Contractual Marriage: We’re Meant to Be Together

47. Just Drinking a Cup of Coffee?

Translator: Alanese Fantasy

“What? Aren’t we going to look for a restaurant to have the meal?”

“Let’s go home!”

Yan Chuyang was speechless.

Yan Chuyang finally badgered Wei Qing into taking an X-ray and asking his private doctor to take a look at it.

“Uh…” The doctor looked at the X-ray and surveyed it for a while; the he said seriously. “Mr. Wei, your leg is very healthy.”

Wei Qing’s expression darkened. “How is it possible? A doctor said that I couldn’t do vigorous exercise or it would disable me.”

The doctor was stunned and burst into peals of laughter. “Ha ha! It’s ridiculous. How is it possible? A leg like yours won’t be crippled even if you keep bouncing every day, let alone the vigorous exercise.”

Wei Qing collapsed against the back of the sofa, his eyes flashing.

Yan Chuyang went over sympathetically and tapped the man on the shoulder. “Wei Qing, did you so easily give up your dream that you had been holding for over ten years just because you were tricked by a charlatan?”

Wei Qing squeezed out two words from his teeth, “Get out.”

Yan Chuyang wanted to check the urge to laugh out loud, but seeing Wei Qing’s tense face, he couldn’t keep it to himself anymore and burst out laughing uncontrollably.

‘It’s too funny. Wei Qing, who has always been decisive and confident, was jerked around by an old man when he was young and even became downhearted to give up his dream.

Ha ha, this should be the funnest joke I has ever heard this year.’

The doctor saw Yan Chuyang laughing and he also shrugged with a smile.

Listening to the uncontrolled laughter of the two with a livid face, Wei Qing even had the thought of killing them.

Yan Chuyang had been drawing on form these days.

After horsing around with Wei Qing, he had obviously recovered a little from the bad mood.

He was in a good mood, not so anxious, and he also didn’t seek short-term success when he was drawing, so his draftsmanship was naturally improved.

As the flat time went on, he still made no progress in chasing Wei Qing. Not only did he make no progress,  but also Wei Qing would occasionally said the pet phrase to provoke him, “You are my brother. So I should treat you well.”

Every time he said it, Yan Chuyang would want to hit a wall. Because it was so upset that the one he liked didn’t like him and even treated him as the brother.

The afternoon class ended, and Yan Chuyang gathered the things in his backpack and was about to go out when his phone suddenly rang.

“Hello?”

“Chu Yang, it’s me,” There was Song Huaiqi’s low voice at the other end of the phone.

Yan Chuyang was stunned and hurriedly asked, “What is it you want to see me about?”

“I’d like to ask that you have participated in the international cartoon exhibition competition, right?”

“Yes,” the boy nodded. “I’m preparing for it now. The competition is going to be held in June.”

“Then do you have spare time now? I have something to tell you.”

Yan Chuyang was stunned, “Can’t you tell it to me on the phone?” He still wanted to go home and have dinner with Wei Qing.

“It’s about the cartoon exhibition competition. I want to confront you with the conversation.”

“Okay, where are you? I’ll go there now.”

“I’m at Maple Leaf Cafe on Budong Road.”

“Okay.”

After saying it, Yan Chuyang hurriedly hung up the phone and rushed to Budong Road.

“Drink some water,” Song Huaiqi pushed the cup towards Yan Chuyang’s hand and said, “Did you hurry on your way? I see you are gulping.”

“No,” Yan Chuyang took a slurp from the cup and said, “There’s a traffic jam on the road. So I got out of the taxi and ran for a distance.”

Song Huaiqi nodded and suddenly said, “I heard that if you win the cartoon exhibition competition, you will have a chance to study at the best cartoon studio in Japan.”

“Yeah!” Yan Chuyang put the cup down and nodded with shining eyes. “Visiting Ghibli Studio in Japan and studying there has always been my dream since I studied drawing cartoons.”

“That’s great,” Song Huaiqi said with a gentle gaze, and then suddenly said after a short silence, “If you go there, I might be able to go with you.”

“Go with me?” Yan Chuyang was shocked, “Have you also participated in the competition?”

“No.” Song Huaiqi shook his head. “Our company is the partner of this competition and I’m an investor too. So I have the opportunity for a place in the finals in Japan with the contestants.”

“That’s great!” Yan Chuyang said with a smile, “I’m thinking that if I really assured a place in the finals and went to Japan alone, I wouldn’t be able to cope with it for I couldn’t speak Japanese.”

Song Huaiqi smiled gently. “Don’t worry, I’ve worked in Japan for a few years. I could be a guide for you.”

Yan Chuyang scratched his head and said, “Actually, I couldn’t assure a place in the finals yet. Whether I could go to Japan or not is still unknown.”

Song Huaiqi’s eyes darkened, “I believe you. You have always been capable.”

Yan Chuyang trembled under his steady gaze and lowered his eyes to avoid the man’s vision. “No matter what the result would be, I must work hard.”

This was the best way for him to prove himself. Anyway, he didn’t want to disappoint Wei Qing.

After chatting with Song Huaiqi for a while, It was a little dark. Song Huaiqi wanted to invite him to dinner, but Yan Chuyang declined his invitation and said that he wanted to go back to drawing early. So they said goodbye and went to their respective homes

The living room was silent when Yan Chuyang opened the door. He put on slippers and walked to the freezer. He took an ice cream from the freezer in a reflex action and turned around. When he saw the shadow on the sofa, he suddenly gasped.

“Are you going to scare me to death?!” After seeing who it was, the boy sighed, walked over with the slippers and sat down beside Wei Qing. “Why didn’t you speak after hearing my knock on the door? I thought you were away.”

Wei Qing sat cross-legged and looked at the watch expressionlessly. “I phoned Wei Yuan and he said that you have left school at 5 p.m. The time is now 7.30 p.m. Yan Chuyang, where have you been in the past two and a half hours?”

“Uh…” Yan Chuyang was stunned. “A friend asked me out, and I had a cup of coffee with him.”

“Did you just drink a cup of coffee?”

“Yes.” As he said it, Yan Chuyang took a spoonful of ice cream and was about to eat it, but he was stopped.