Chapter 55

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“This is normal. I don’t think it’ll  last longer than a few days, but everyone will be much more focused than before. After all, the college entrance examination is just around the corner.”

Hai Xiu sighed in a low voice. htbrL

“I don’t even dare to talk anymore.”

“You just do whatever you want to do, don’t mind them.”

Feng Fei’s phone vibrated. Just as he was about to take out his phone, Hai Xu suddenly nudged him with his elbow. Feng Fei took the hint and looked up just in time to see that Ni Meilin had already entered the classroom with the day’s lesson plan in hand. He turned towards Hai Xu and whispered in a low voice. “Look. Even teacher Ni, who usually walks into class just in time with the bell, is early today.”

Ni Meilin actually hated starting classes early. However, it was strongly suggested during the teachers’ meeting that those in charge of third-year classes should enter the classroom five minutes earlier, to allow the students to come up and ask them their questions. Even if there weren’t any questions, starting classes in advance would make the best use of their time. OzShUb

Regardless of whether the extra five minutes would be helpful or not, the higher-ups had ‘strongly suggested’ it, and she had to give them some face. Besides, all the other teachers in the office had also gone to their classrooms early. Ni Meilin sitting all by her lonesome in the office was much too conspicuous.

And so, Ni Meilin irritatedly started class five minutes earlier, just like everyone else.

Feng Fei’s phone vibrated a few more times. He tried to endure, but in the end, fell to his curiosity, and snuck his hand into the bag. He unlocked his phone, opened the messaging app without looking at the screen, and carefully took out the phone from his backpack. He leaned back on his chair, but when he lowered his head to look at his messages, Ni Meilin called him out.

“Feng Fei.” dJ1lT8

Feng Fei hurriedly threw the phone back into his school bag and looked up, uttering a sound of surprise. 

“Ah?”

Ni Meilin gave him the stink eye and repeated herself.

“Multiple choice, you say the answer.” PoUnVJ

“O-oh.”

Feng Fei got up, opened the textbook, and took a look, becoming speechless.

He only did the big free response question and hadn’t had the time to copy Hai Xiu’s answers to the true or false, and the multiple choice questions.

Feng Fei coughed. Hai Xiu instantly understood, and whispered, R8In5m

“C.”

“C.” Feng Feidao, “the third.”

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Ni Meilin’s complexion was dark, and after he explained the question, said,

“Continue.” p17a3x

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Worried that Feng Fei could not hear him clearly, Hai Xiu leaned closer towards Feng Fei and whispered the explanation step by step. Feng Fei saw Ni Meilin’s rapidly darkening face and instantly sobered up. He covered Haixiu’s mouth with the back of his hand and admitted, “I just guessed blindly.”

The classmates laughed while Ni Meilin scolded Feng Fei and told him to sit back down.

Hai Xiu looked at Feng Fei, confused. 

Feng Fei shook his head and said nothing, secretly feeling thankful in his heart that he didn’t cross the line and provoke Ni Meilin any further. cvh93A

After class, Feng Fei pinched Hai Xiu’s face and said, “Didn’t you see that teacher Ni was angry? Yet you kept on talking.” Hai Xiu was at a loss. He really didn’t notice she was angry.

“Why would she be angry?” Hai Xiu came to a late realization. “She saw me giving you the answers?”

“Anyone can see that she’s angry.” 

Feng Fei smiled. “To be honest, I think she just wanted to take the opportunity to scold me. Whether she would’ve berated me is totally dependent on her mood.” 1fRT2I

Hai Xiu still didn’t understand. His brows furrowed as he said, 

“Teacher Ni is so nice, why would she deliberately pick on you?”

“Because she wants me to show more restraint.” Feng Fei didn’t want to keep talking about this with Hai Xiu, so he took out his cell phone and saltily complained, “Who kept on texting me anyways…”

Feng Fei looked at the name and was a little surprised. “It’s my older brother.” IXS1lD

“My older brother will be home this evening.” Feng Fei put away his mobile phone and said to Hai Xiu, “Someone gave him two boxes of mangoes, and he’s giving us one box.”

Hai Xiu hesitated to ask,

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“Then… should I go back home for tonight?”

“Why would you go back home?” Feng Fei laughed. “There is no one at your home. What would you even do there? Just come back with me like usual. My brother isn’t sure what time he’ll get there. By the time we go back after evening self-study, it’ll be much too late for him to arrive just then. He definitely would have left by that time, and even if he does see you, it’s not like it’ll be a problem. sMg07i

After thinking about it, Hai Xiu felt that Feng Fei made sense, so he stopped insisting on going back to his own home.

Just as Feng Fei expected, Feng Xuan went to deliver the mangoes early, right after he had eaten dinner.

Although Feng Xuan moved out of their home much earlier than before he got married, he still kept the keys to the house.

When Feng Fei was still young, his parents were often busy with work, and would worry about him a lot. They were worried that he would go to bed late, or not come home at night, or that he would bring suspicious people to the house, but it wasn’t like they could squeeze out any time to look after him either. Feng Fei didn’t want a nanny, and there was no one else who they could ask for help. In the end, it was Feng Xuan who would rush home every night after work to check up on Feng Fei and the house. NqBZyU

Feng Xuan opened the door and changed his shoes for slippers, moving the box of mangoes into the kitchen and washing his hands afterwards. As he was walking back, his eyes narrowed after seeing the handcrafted lamp by the entrance of the house.

Not long after Feng Xuan graduated, his company put him in charge of handling an important project. He became extremely busy during this period, spinning around like a top. After finally getting some free time, he spent all of it with his wife. In fact, there was nobody there to watch after Fengfei. Feng Xuan bought a hidden camera after months of saving up and installed it in the handcrafted lamp by the entrance.

With this, he could, at any time, check when Feng Fei came and left the house. Feng Xuan didn’t tell Feng Fei, fearing that he would jump out the window to avoid his monitoring. As Feng Fei grew older and became more mature, he no longer needed Feng Xuan to monitor him anymore. In fact, Feng Xuan himself had forgotten he’d installed it there.

Now, he suddenly felt a little grateful that he still had this thing at home. EFnBib

The cell phone and computer that were connected to the monitor were replaced a long time ago, and even the remote control was long gone. However,  the camera remained connected to the house’s electrical system, and it had been dutifully recording everything that happened.

Feng Xuan pulled over a chair, dismantled the handcrafted lamp, and took out the hidden camera inside, blowing off the accumulated dust. He wanted to check the monitoring footage to confirm his suspicions.

When Feng Fei and Hai Xiu arrived home after evening self-study,, they could spot that the majority of the lights in the house were all lit from a long distance away. Feng Fei was struck dumb.

“It couldn’t be that he really came over this late, right?” (TN – it’s probably around 11 pm) z50uGo

Hai Xiu suggested, 

“Why don’t you call your older brother and check?”

Feng Fei nodded and made the call. After confirming that his older brother was still in the house, he turned to Hai Xiu.

“Let’s go then. It really is him, he just hasn’t left yet…” klVcR

When Feng Fei and Hai Xiu entered, Feng Xuan was sitting on the couch watching a football tournament. “Brother.” Feng Fei put down his bookbag, laughing. “Is it that you just had to see my face before you left? Did you come give your condolences to your dear little brother who is fighting hard to place first in the college examinations?” 

Hai Xiu nodded his head towards Feng Xuan in greetings , trying to keep his smile natural.

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“Brother Feng Xuan.”

“You can just call me ‘brother’ like Feng Fei does.” Feng Xuan looked Haixiu up and down, then turned back towards the TV. “The mangoes are in the fridge, go ahead and help yourself.” SAIL8F

Feng Fei promised he would eat them, then checked the time and casually asked,

“When did you get here? Did you eat dinner yet?”

Feng Xuan casually answered back.

“I haven’t.” QdudpJ

“You didn’t eat dinner yet?!” Feng Fei exclaimed in surprise. “Aren’t you hungry?”

Feng Xuan sneered in his heart. 

Would you still be hungry after seeing the footage of your blood brother embracing another guy?

Feng Fei thought for a moment, then said, “Why don’t I make you a bowl of noodles? It’s the only thing I know how to make. You… are you going to leave after you finish eating?” Rd5v6G

Feng Xuan pretended that he didn’t understand Feng Fei’s subtle hint, giving a perfunctory sound in response. Feng Fei went back into the kitchen, leaving Hai Xiu and Feng Xuan alone in the living room.

“I’ve heard a lot about you from Feng Fei”. Feng Xuan nodded at Hai Xiu. “You’ve helped him a lot. After getting to know you, he seems to have improved himself.”

Haixiu gave a  polite answer.

“No, it’s always Feng Fei who helps me.” NF3KBW

Feng Xuan picked up the remote control, turned the volume up a little, and deliberately said,

“Although we can all tell how much Feng Fei has matured, it’s the easiest to go down the wrong path at your age, so I can’t help but always worry about him.”

Hai Xiu thought that Feng Xuan was referring to Feng Fei’s past behavior of fighting and skipping classes, and so he dutifully promised,

“You don’t need to worry, Feng Fei has become very steady. Our…our teachers like him a lot now.” W8MTmN

“Really? That’s good.” Feng Xuan laughed.  “It seems that we have you to thank for this. I remember during his second year of high school, I attended a parent-teacher meeting for him. At that time, his teacher didn’t seem to like him very much.”

Hai Xiu felt a little embarrassed after hearing this, not knowing how to continue the conversation.

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Feng Xuan continued, “But he is still too young and can easily go astray. That’s what I worry about the most with him.”

“Feng Fei is almost an adult now. He is a man now. He has to be responsible for what he does.” Feng Xuan looked at Hai Xiu. “If you misstep now, the consequences will last a lifetime.” sm1GTE

Hai Xiu was stunned, quietly saying,

“You.. you may not believe me, but Feng Fei has a lot more self-discipline now. He rarely arrives late, is a lot more focused during class, and always tries his best to do all his homework… if you still don’t believe me, I can watch over him for you.”

Hai Xiu felt a little disappointed. Feng Fei was working so hard, so how come his older brother still couldn’t believe him?

Feng Xuan felt helpless, feeling that Hai Xiu was naively cute. He perfunctorily nodded his head. EeWMYQ

“Yes, you’ve done a very good job in supervising him. But what are you guys going to do once you’re in college? You might be separated by thousands of miles…”

“We won’t be separated”. Hai Xiu said seriously, “We’re going to go to the same college.”

Feng Fei was unintentionally led astray by Hai Xiu. His brain hurt the moment he remembered the scene when he went to the parent-teacher meeting for Feng Fei.

“You’re going to the same college as him? With his grades…” VuRwKv

“Feng Fei’s grades are very good right now.” Hai Xiu couldn’t bear to hear other people say any bad things about Feng Fei, so he hurriedly corrected him. “He can choose from a lot of decent schools to go to with his current grades, not to mention there’s still more than a hundred days to study for the entrance exam. Feng Fei has really improved recently.”

Feng Xuan could only nod his head.

“Yeah, he’s improved a lot… but what about you? I remember you should be the highest ranking student in your grade, right?”

“I am.” Hai Xiu nodded. “I could probably enter any college I want to go to in China, so wherever Feng Fei goes for college, i’ll be able to follow him.” Es4IH8

Feng Xuan was speechless.

Hai Xiu very sincerely comforted him. “You see, you don’t need to worry about anything at all. I’ll always be there to look after him.”

Feng Xuan took a deep breath and leaned back onto the sofa to continue watching the game.

He suddenly understood how his demon king little brother had fallen for such a person. YwKvAd\n