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“Even if he finds out it’ll be fine”. Feng Fei laughed and said, “The past two days when my mom called she told me to bring some gifts to your mom for the new years. My brother heard our conversation too, so it’ll be fine”. 
Feng Fei looked at the time, saying, “It’s already getting late, I won’t keep you here any longer. If you’re any later, your mom will start to worry. Here, take it”.  eGK0Dx
Haixiu hesitated to accept the package, feeling slightly uncomfortable. He uneasily stated,
“Just now I didn’t bring any presents when I went to go get you either… come upstairs, you should eat dinner with us before you leave”.
“It’s fine, it’s already so late, I won’t inconvenience you guys anymore”. Feng Fei pinched Haixiu’s face. “Didn’t you buy me a watch? Doesn’t that count as something you bought for me? Stop dilly dallying and go back up now”.
Haixiu nodded and went up, albeit reluctantly. After he got home, he sent a text to Feng Fei, telling him to drive safe and to text him when he got back home. NJeCRy
The next couple days, the two each had their own relatives to be with, so although they wanted to see each other, their schedule never matched up, so they had to give up in the end. 
The box of traditional chinese medicine that Feng Fei had taken was eventually discovered by his brother. When asked, Feng Fei zipped his lips, only saying, “I got hungry when I was driving, so I just randomly found something to eat. It’s not like I knew you wanted to give it to someone, why are you blaming me?” (TN bruh.)
Feng Xuan laughed coldly.
“You ate an entire box of ass-hide-glue just because you were hungry? Did your teeth break from eating so many? How come you haven’t died from the overdose? ” (TN – ass-hide-glue is medicine made from the hide of a donkey. It’s made into bars, but not supposed to be eaten directly like that. You’re supposed to dissolve ~5 grams max into water then drink it) GyWCRr
“It’s the Chinese New Year! What kind of unlucky things are you spewing, me dying like this or me dying like that”. 
Feng Fei’s sister-in-law pat Feng Xuan’s shoulder and pushed him aside, saying to Feng Fei with a smile,
“It’s fine. The stuff is already gone, so let’s just let it go”.
Feng Fei was just about to thank her when she scooted closer to him and asked curiously, “So who did you send it to? I heard your brother say you got a girlfriend recently. Is she your classmate? Bring her over one day, okay? I’ll cook her a table full of good food!” LSu4br
Feng Fei was speechless.
When Feng Fei’s sister-in-law married into his family, he had only just entered middle school. After so many years, she still treated him as a child. Feng Fei didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, pleading,
“Let’s not talk about this anymore… they’re very shy, so let’s talk about this matter later”.
“When is later? You’re just like your brother, procrastinating matters when you don’t want to do it”. She pat Feng Fei’s head, and started to dig for more information. “You really did give the stuff over to her, right?” J17wig
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“It’s fine like this”. Feng Fei was afraid he’d give away too much by saying a lot. He tried to slink away, saying, “I’m in the middle of a video game right to, so i’ll go continue playing my games…”
“What’s the hurry?” 
Feng Fei’s sister-in-law continued. “Our parents aren’t here, so I have to say some stuff to you. Come here, stop trying to sneak away”.
Feng Fei was helpless. eMDKPu
“You can say it then, i’m listening”.
With a solemn tone, she started to speak.
“Your studies should be your first priority. There’s only about a hundred more days until the college entrance examination. There will always be time to fall in love, but there’s only one time you can take the college entrance examination, you know? Also…” She hesitated to speak, but in the end, said out of worry, “You have to properly take responsibility for your girlfriend. You guys are still so young, when you guys… act within reason okay? Don’t go creating a problem, okay?”
Feng Fei laughed. He didn’t feel embarrassed, but his sister-in-law had talked herself into feeling very ashamed. Waving her hand, she said, “You can go play now, as long as you know about it then that’s fine”. DlnsZ5
Feng Fei smiled and nodded, then turned to go play games. Feng Fei’s sister in law went back to her own room, only to see Feng Xuan laying on the bed in a daze. She smiled and asked,
“What’s wrong? Did you drink too much last night? Do you still have a hangover?” She walked closer and rubber Feng Xuan’s head. Feng Xuan frowned slightly, and held her wrist, asking in a low voice,
“That brat admitted it?”
Feng Fei’s sister-in-law nodded and sat beside Feng Xuan with a small smile. w Ualg
“It’s not like he’s still a kid, at this age, falling in love is very common”.
Feng Xuan didn’t say anything. Of course falling in love is common, even him and his wife had been dating in high school. He didn’t think there was anything wrong with it, and he didn’t think it delayed Feng Fei’s studying that much.
However, ever since the new years when he returned to visit his hometown with his family, Feng Xuan had felt that Feng Fei’s matter wasn’t as simple as he said it was.
If he guessed correctly, Feng Fei should’ve given that box on the night of the 30th. That would have meant that he gave that box of medicine to his classmate’s parents. FZS15K
It wasn’t his girlfriend’s parents at all!
Feng Xuan remembered that his classmate’s name was Haixiu. Feng Xuan himself didn’t go back to his hometown often, so he rarely was able to see Feng Fei. Even so, in just this half a year, he had heard this name from Feng Fei and his parents repeatedly. Compared to Feng Fei’s ‘girlfriend’, he hadn’t ever heard a single word from Feng Fei about her. He didn’t know a single thing about her. Not how she looked, where she went to school, or even her name!
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Feng Xuan thought about it some more.
Previously, when Feng Fei dragged him to talk to the dean to get him into the supplementary lessons, it seemed to also be because Haixiu was attending the lessons as well. R8JjU6
Feng Xuan leaned against his arm and looked at the ceiling, both stunned and thoughtful.
Seeing Feng Xuan still not talk after so long, Feng Fei’s sister-in-law pushed his arm.
“What’s wrong? What are you thinking about?”
Feng Xuan looked up at his wife with a smile. SsGOr2
“I was thinking about you, and when we first met”.
 
 
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Feng Fei had been anticipating the vacation long before it happened, but now that it was the holidays, he wanted school to start again. Even if the classes at school were tiring, at least he could see Haixiu every day. There were too many things during the holidays. Family and friends were coming and going, and it was very inconvenient to contact each other. The plan to pick up Haixiu on the fifth day of the lunar month was cancelled after Haixiu’s uncle showed up unexpectedly. 
Haixiu repeatedly apologized to Feng Fei on the phone. His uncle travelled a long way to see him and Jiang Yuman, and Haixiu just couldn’t leave. Feng Fei was unable to say anything, and could only comfort Haixiu instead, telling him to stay at home and properly accompany his family. They could just meet when school started again, they would just meet a couple days later than planned.
After hanging up, he heard his brother and his wife talking in the room next over, and felt even more frustrated. Feng Fei cursed and used his mattress as his sandbag, punching for a long while. In the end, he only stopped when Feng Xuan hollered at him.
His short temper lasted all the way until two days later, when school started again, after he saw Haixiu. On the very first day, Feng Fei arrived especially early. He first went to the podium and copied down the new schedule, which was exactly what Feng Fei had been hoping for–self study for essentially the entire afternoon. He hated afternoon classes the most, especially if it was english or chinese literature. The afternoon drowsiness and the complicated language made him want to jump out of the window. MpsmTv
Feng Fei’s silently prayed for the teachers to not randomly change the self-study session for a lecture. After copying the schedule, he went back to his desk and tore off the old schedule and threw it into the trash can. He cleaned his and Haixiu’s tables and chairs inside out. Just as he finished cleaning up, Haixiu walked into the classroom. 
Haixiu looked at Feng Fei rush over to him and say,
“Don’t sit down just yet. First stand, and think about what you’ve done”.
Haixiu immediately apologized. gJFXdq
“S-sorry… I didn’t think something would come up at the last moment. Oh!”
Haixiu opened his backpack, taking out a box of chocolate, saying, “My uncle brought this for me. It’s not too sweet, but it’s really good. I thought you would like it… I, I only ate one piece, and the rest is for you”.
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Feng Fei looked at Haixiu’s eager to please appearance and felt his heart go from stormy to clear in an instant, but he pretended to still be unhappy.
“This is your compensation? I was so disappointed, and now you want to write it all off with a box of chocolates?”  z4qcnH
“It’s not a compensation, I didn’t mean to disappoint you. I was going to bring it to you anyways. Try it, it’s really not that sweet”.
(TN i’m kind of paraphrasing, the author used some sort of pigeon analogy that I can’t wrap my head around. Also, in the next paragraph, the author writes ‘kelp’ or ‘Haidai’ instead of ‘Haixiu’, and idk why)
Haixiu looked down at the chocolates in his hand, trying to convince Feng Fei to eat it.
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“It’s not compensation? Then what’s the compensation?” Feng Fei looked left and right. There weren’t a lot of other classmates in the classroom, and they were all a good distance away. Feng Fei suggested in a low voice, “Sending chocolates is old now. This brother has received too many chocolates ever since he was a child. I’m being serious when I say i’m tired of it”.
Hai Xiu thought that what he said was reasonable but before he could speak Feng Fei once again whispered in his ear “But… until now, no one has fed me yet. This can still be done.”
Hai Xiu was at a loss “Feed you? Do you want me to help you open it?”
“No.” Feng Fei beamed “With your mouth.” qwptVd
Hai Xiu’s face flushed red in an instant and he couldn’t speak for a while. Feng Fei was instantly in a good mood when he saw that Hai Xiu was embarrassed to the point of smoke almost coming out of his ears. Just when he was about to soothe Hai Xiu, Hai Xiu whispered with shame “Then… then you have to wait until we go back home.”  
Feng Fei felt as though his heart had been softly scratched by a kitten and the corners of his mouth rose upwards uncontrollably. He nodded his head “I’ll be waiting.”
Feng Fei sat back down in his own seat and took out his textbooks from his book bag arranging them on his desk. Hai Xiu rubbed his face and felt like hiding in his desk.
Hai Xiu watched Feng Fei organize his things and waited for a while before asking “Can… Can I sit down now?” KsUvpd
“Ah?” Feng Fei was stunned before realizing that he had just told Hai Xiu to stand and reflect. He laughed “Sit ah, are you silly? Before I told you to stand up because I had just wiped down your desk and seat and I was worried it would still be damp. Now it’s long been dry, sit ba.”
Haixiu looked at the desks and chairs of the classmates around him, and upon seeing that theirs were covered with a thick layer of dust, while he and Feng Fei’s were shining so brightly you could see someone’s reflection in them, he finally understood. He felt moved for a moment, then felt that he was a bit silly, and was too embarrassed to sit down.
Feng Fei pasted the newly copied schedule on his own desk, on the side that was closest to Haixiu. He sighed in his heart, wondering just how much virtue and good karma the ancestors of Feng Fei’s family must have accumulated to let him meet such a rare treasure like Haixiu.
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Also can we pleeeease have Feng Fei’s sister-in-laws name?\n