MFIMM Chapter 60

Abnormal

Abnormal

Lin Xi pried open Pei Jiashu’s hand, “Who’s your junior? You didn’t even know me back in school, right?”

Although Lin Xi had been watching Pei Jiashu all along, Pei Jiashu probably didn’t even know who he was. After all, they always lacked a bit of luck.

When Lin Xi was in high school, Pei Jiashu was already in college. Later, when he got into Pei Jiashu’s university, Pei Jiashu was already a senior and rarely came to school.

Lin Xi said this unintentionally, but Pei Jiashu’s face dimmed. He looked at Lin Xi carefully, raising his hand halfway. Seeing that Lin Xi didn’t flinch, he dared to put his hand on Lin Xi’s head, gently touching it, a caress that barely counted as a head pat.

“I’m sorry,” Pei Jiashu said, “But I actually heard about you. When I was a senior in high school, they said there was always a little bean coming to our classroom. They even thought it was some elementary school kid.”

“Who are you calling an elementary school kid?” Lin Xi looked at Pei Jiashu angrily.

Pei Jiashu put the freshly fried shrimp in Lin Xi’s mouth, “Don’t hold it against me, okay? I was wrong before.”

“You…” Lin Xi swallowed the shrimp in his mouth, looking at Pei Jiashu in disbelief. He circled Pei Jiashu, feeling as if Pei Jiashu had been possessed.

If it were the old Pei Jiashu, he would definitely raise his noble head without hesitation and look at him contemptuously, saying, “Of course, it’s you, you little chicken.”

But now, Pei Jiashu not only apologized to him but also told him not to hold it against him.

Pei Jiashu looked at Lin Xi’s furtive movements in confusion, “What’s wrong?”

Lin Xi approached Pei Jiashu’s face, raised his hand, and touched Pei Jiashu’s forehead. He could feel the person being touched stiffen, but his forehead didn’t have a fever.

“Are you really not running a fever? You’re actually not mocking me? Is this normal? Is this reasonable?”

Pei Jiashu grabbed Lin Xi’s hand and released it, his face slightly red, both annoyed and amused. Lin Xi suddenly turned sideways and brought his face close to him again.

“Pei Jiashu, why is your face so red?” Lin Xi directly touched Pei Jiashu’s face with his hand again.

He put both hands on Pei Jiashu’s face, his palms were a little cool, and he quickly felt the temperature on Pei Jiashu’s face.

Pei Jiashu was so stiff that he couldn’t even move, “You…don’t touch me so casually.”

“Tch, you’re the one who touches me more. I just touched your face, and you won’t let me, stingy,” Lin Xi complained, but seeing that Pei Jiashu didn’t pull his hand away, he boldly pinched Pei Jiashu’s face.

“Soft, I like it.” Lin Xi giggled, while Pei Jiashu was fuming in place.

But he never pulled Lin Xi’s hand away.

“Okay, the shrimp is going to be over fried.” Pei Jiashu took the shrimp out of the pot. Lin Xi approached him and used chopsticks to arrange the shrimp one by one.

They put all the cooked dishes on the table outside. Lin Xi’s parents looked much better seeing the large table of food.

“That’s enough, let’s eat together,” Lin’s father said to them.

Lin Xi and Pei Jiashu sat together. Pei Jiashu habitually waited for the elders to start eating before using the serving chopsticks to pick up several dishes that were farther away for Lin Xi first.

Lin Xi also picked up some food for Pei Jiashu, “Eat yourself, don’t worry about me, eat more.”

“Jiashu’s cooking is good,” Lin’s father said with a chuckle.

Pei Jiashu immediately replied, “I moved out of the house after graduating from college. Living alone, you have to learn some life skills.”

Lin’s mother nodded, “Lin Xi, you should learn more too.”

“I can too!” Lin Xi said dissatisfied.

“Lin Xi always helps me when I cook, and he learns quickly. It’s no problem for him to make something simple,” Pei Jiashu added for Lin Xi.

While speaking, he always looked at Lin Xi, his eyes so tender that honey seemed to flow out.

“You’re living together now?” Lin’s mother asked again, her eyes like blades scanning Lin Xi.

Lin Xi pouted, “Well, we’re married, can’t we live together?”

Lin’s parents sighed. Pei Jiashu, knowing he was in the wrong, took the initiative to offer to wash the dishes after the meal. However, Lin’s parents didn’t really intend to keep giving Pei Jiashu a hard time. They just made a show of it and had Lin Xi and Lin’s father go wash the dishes together.

Pei Jiashu sat with Lin’s mother, feeling much more nervous than when he met Lin’s father in the kitchen just now.

Lin’s mother started asking about his background as if she were taking a census, wanting to dig up everything Pei Jiashu’s ancestors had done for three generations. Pei Jiashu answered everything in detail.

“There are only my father and me at home now. Other relatives only visit during the New Year. All the real estate, some financial products, and the shops under my name are all here.”

Pei Jiashu handed Lin’s mother a thick stack of A4 paper, which he had prepared in advance just in case.

Lin’s mother just glanced at it, “I know your conditions are much better than Lin Xi’s. I heard Lin Xi say that your marriage was also a spur-of-the-moment decision, but if you don’t like Lin Xi, divorce him.”

She sighed, “Lin Xi has liked you since high school. If the feelings aren’t equal, it’s very painful in a marriage. If you have a conscience, you should choose to end it before Lin Xi gets too deeply involved.”

“I’m sorry, Auntie, I won’t divorce Lin Xi,” Pei Jiashu said to Lin’s mother solemnly.

“Dad, you wash first, I’ll go see Pei Jiashu.” Lin Xi had been watching the living room, but he couldn’t hear a word.

Lin Xi casually washed off the foam on his hands, walked to the living room, and sat between Lin’s mother and Pei Jiashu, separating them.

“Mom, what are you talking about?”

Lin’s mother snorted lightly, “You couldn’t sit still after I only talked to him for a few minutes. Do you think I’m going to eat him?”

Lin Xi looked at Lin’s mother dissatisfied, turned his head, leaned close to Pei Jiashu’s ear with concern, and whispered, “My mother didn’t ask you anything too excessive, did she? If she asks you about your family or something, you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.”

Pei Jiashu took out a silk scarf from his suit pocket, held Lin Xi’s hand, and wiped all the water droplets off his fingers one by one.

He shook his head, “They are your parents, there’s nothing I can’t say.”

Lin Xi really wanted to pull his hand back, but Lin’s mother was still watching him fiercely from the side, so he could only pretend to be happy.

What was going on in Pei Jiashu’s mind? Why was he suddenly so gentle?

It made Lin Xi’s heart race a little.

Lin Xi shook his head, reminding himself that Pei Jiashu was just pretending to be intimate on the outside. After all, Pei Jiashu himself had said that they would have to pretend to be a real couple in front of everyone in the future.

They both had work tomorrow, so they didn’t stay at Lin’s parents’ house.

Just before leaving, Lin’s father suddenly handed Pei Jiashu a red envelope, “It’s a custom here, parents give a ‘change of address fee’ after the wedding.”

Pei Jiashu looked at Lin’s father and Lin’s mother standing behind him in surprise, “Dad, Mom!”

Lin Xi also looked at his parents in delight. Although they were strict on the surface, he knew that his parents loved him the most.

“Wuwu, Mom and Dad, I love you.” Lin Xi threw himself on Lin’s father, and Lin’s father almost stumbled and stepped on Lin’s mother. Lin Xi grabbed Lin’s mother and hugged her too.

Lin’s mother looked at Lin Xi with disdain, “You can’t use it as an excuse not to let Mom and Dad visit you in the future.”

“Okay, okay, you can come anytime, we’ll welcome you anytime.”

Pei Jiashu looked at the hugging family of three, a look of envy flashing in his eyes. When Lin Xi turned his head, he met Pei Jiashu’s eyes, but Pei Jiashu quickly looked away.

Lin Xi left his parents and turned to grab Pei Jiashu’s hand.

“Bye-bye, we’re leaving.”

Leaving the room, Pei Jiashu instead held Lin Xi’s hand tighter, Lin Xi felt Pei Jiashu’s body temperature pushing from his palm to his body constantly.

He didn’t let go either, “What were you thinking about just now?”

“I was thinking, only a family like this could raise a fool like you.”

Lin Xi swung their hands, raising them very high. Hearing Pei Jiashu’s words, he was a little unhappy, “What do you mean by that?”

But touching the gentle smile on Pei Jiashu’s face, he knew that Pei Jiashu wasn’t joking.

“You’ve already accepted our family’s red envelope, so now my parents are also your parents.”

“Yeah.”

The two tacitly didn’t mention the five-year contract. Just like that, they held hands and strolled on the winter streets. Pei Jiashu held Lin Xi’s hand and stuffed it into his coat pocket.

Lin Xi intuitively felt that Pei Jiashu was a little different, but he didn’t dare to think too much about it.

“You worked hard today. If it weren’t for your efforts to build a good impression in front of my parents, this matter probably wouldn’t have been let off so easily.”

Pei Jiashu stopped, “Since it’s my credit, shouldn’t my little junior give me some reward?”

Lin Xi originally wanted to refuse, but perhaps Pei Jiashu’s loneliness when he saw their family’s harmony touched his heart, so he changed his words and asked, “What reward do you want?”

“Haven’t thought about it yet, I’ll owe it for now.”

“Okay.”

Pei Jiashu didn’t expect that he would be able to use this reward so quickly.

Assistant Song said to Pei Jiashu: “President Pei, recently a variety show came to you and Mr. Lin, it is said that because the originally scheduled personnel had problems, just right your and Mr. Lin’s marriage is very popular, so I want to find you on the show.”

“What variety show?”

“It’s a couples variety show, which is actually publicly funded travel. I’ve checked, there are four couples, one of which is a stable couple in the circle, and two more who got married in the last year.”

Pei Jiashu thought about it, “Did you tell Lin Xi about this?”

Assistant Song shook his head, “Because you said before that you hope Mr. Lin’s future career development will get rid of you as much as possible, so I haven’t told Mr. Lin yet.”

“…” Pei Jiashu originally believed that Lin Xi could slowly attract more people’s attention with his own ability, so he tried to separate Lin Xi from him, the boss, so as not to let others say that Lin Xi was a “relationship person”.

But he now regretted this decision immensely.

This variety show was an excellent thing to cultivate the feelings of a couple.