Withdrawal

Qiao Luo felt that he could probably understand Fu Zhi Zhou’s mood at that time when he received the dinosaur pendant—— he wanted to fight him.

But Fu Zhi Zhou finally returned after so long. He was reluctant to quarrel with the other, so he could only spit out angrily, “Fu Zhi Zhou, you did this on purpose, right?”

He may not have wanted to fight with Fu Zhi Zhou but Fu Zhi Zhou instead, wanted to beat him up.

This little bastard had changed his mind, hadn’t he? It’s fine if he didn’t call him gege, now he even dared to call him by his full name?!

Fu Zhi Zhou looked at Qiao Luo’s little face. There was nowhere to vent his anger. The small boy was definitely looking at him aggrievedly. That, Fu Zhi Zhou was very sure and affirmative of. As long as he said something harsh, the little bastard would definitely cry right in front of him.

So Fu Zhi Zhou could only say irritably, “You’d better study hard.”

Qiao Luo threw the book onto Fu Zhi Zhou’s bed, curled his lips and then made a request, “Study hard and learn well, this I can do, but in exchange, you will come home and play with me during the summer vacation.”

Fu Zhi Zhou held back his anger and asked with patience, “What do I even play with you? Don’t you have other friends? When I was your age, I was going out with my friends and classmates to play. What are you so sticky to me?”

Qiao Luo quickly threw Fu Zhi Zhou a big black pot1, “I have no friends. I was only sticking to you when I was young, so all the people I know are your friends.”

This little rascal was using the same old tactic and he even lied casually this time round.

When Fu Zhi Zhou graduated from high school, his class wanted to go out for karaoke. After Qiao Luo graduated from elementary school, he spent the whole day at Fu house, clamoring to follow him.

The reason being: I have been following you ever since I was a child, so I have no other friends.

At that time, it was the truth.

When Qiao Luo was in kindergarten, Qiao family picked up Fu Zhi Zhou and Qiao Luo at the same time. They basically went and left school together.

After school, Fu Zhi Zhou did his homework and Qiao Luo was very obediently playing with his horse, watching Fu Zhi Zhou finish his work.

When he finished his work, Qiao Luo would slip into Fu Zhi Zhou’s arms. Yes, in his arms. Qiao Luo would then look up at him with his small round face that was like a glutinous cake then, and ask obediently, “Can Zhou Zhou gege watch cartoon with Luo Luo?”

Obviously, Fu Zhi Zhou would not agree. “No.”

Qiao Luo poked at his face and said shamelessly, “Luo Luo has been good and very cute. Luo Luo stayed together with Zhou Zhou gege to do his homework.“

Fu Zhi Zhou competed with a little kid as he said, “You could have chosen not to accompany me.”

Qiao Luo stretched out his arms to put them around Fu Zhi Zhou’s neck. After confirming that he could hang onto Fu Zhi Zhou’s body, he said resignedly, “Okay then, just bring Luo Luo along to do whatever Zhou Zhou gege wants.”

What else could Zhou Zhou gege do?

Zhou Zhou gege could only watch cartoons with this little kid.

Even though his face was so black that strangers or even people familiar with him didn’t dare to come close.

Those few years were unbearable to reminisce on. The other peers of his age were all playing with games and he was stuck accompanying a little bean to watch children’s cartoons.

The content of the cartoons were basically an insult to his intelligence.

However, Fu Zhi Zhou forcibly accompanied Qiao Luo just like this for 5 years, all the way till he reached junior high school and didn’t need Qiao family’s chauffeuring. 

—— To be precise, it was because of Qiao Luo’s interest which no longer lied in watching cartoons.

After attending elementary school, Qiao Luo made quite a few friends.

However, whenever his classmate invited him over to his house to play games after school, Qiao Luo would say, “My Zhou Zhou gege is better at playing games, so I’m going home to play.”

When his friends invited him to play at the park during the weekends, Qiao Luo said, “Zhou Zhou gege would scold me if I go out and play too much during the weekends, so I have to get his permission first.”

On his birthday, he invited a few friends over to his house, but he ended up being Fu Zhi Zhou’s shadow2, mumbling, “Where’s Luo Luo’s present? Zhou Zhou gege, did you or did you not prepare a gift for me?”

His every word was all of Zhou Zhou gege.

And thus, no one liked to play with him anymore.

On the other hand, Fu Zhi Zhou’s friends were all familiar with Qiao Luo. Whenever they see Qiao Luo, they would even tease Fu Zhi Zhou, “Yo, your family’s little tail is here again?”

Fu Zhi Zhou’s friends all liked him very much, finding him cute and obedient.

They especially liked to play with Qiao Luo, “Come, Brother Zhao Zi will buy you an ice cream.”

Fu Zhi Zhou would then pull his personal pendant back next to him with a black face, “You’re not allowed to eat. You’ll cause a lot of trouble once your tummy aches.”

Zhao Zi would stare without blinking at Qiao Luo, who was obviously very, very, reluctant, as he moved further away from the ice cream that he couldn’t even look away from. Qiao Luo would show off his obedience as a way to curry favor with Fu Zhi Zhou, saying, “I didn’t eat it.”

So when it was Fu Zhi Zhou’s high school graduation, he believed it when Qiao Luo said that he had no other friends.

And now, Fu Zhi Zhou had already graduated 3 years ago. He left this tail at home for 3 years. 3 YEARS! Who would believe it when Qiao Luo said that he had not made even a single new friend?!

Fu Zhi Zhou was a person who skipped a grade in elementary, was in the top 10 in high school, and was also a candidate for the college entrance examinations. How could he be duped by a little rascal who barely scraped past to get into senior high? Just as he opened his mouth to retort, he heard Qiao Luo counting with his fingers, “Brother Zhao Zi3, Brother Xiao Pang, Brother Zi Xuan……”

As he counted, Fu Zhi Zhou’s expression became darker and darker.

They were all called ‘Brother’, right? So he was the only one who became a rigid “Fu Zhi Zhou“?!

Fu Zhi Zhou took a deep breath, and took another one. He coldly interrupted Qiao Luo’s chant, “All these brothers of yours are all in college year 3. None of them will be coming back for the summer holiday. The only person who you can find to play with, is only me.”

Qiao Luo didn’t know that his stream of recital had almost made Fu Zhi Zhou angry to death, and still happily rolled about in Fu Zhi Zhou’s bed, “Having you alone is good enough.”

Fu Zhi Zhou gave a smack on his butt, “Get up and bathe.”

Qiao Luo saw a pole and climbed up, turned up his nose and raised his face4. If he wanted to play shameless, he would. Pushing his two white and slender legs as he messed up another’s blanket into a huge mess, “Not going means I’m not going, bleh bleh bleh5!”

Fu Zhi Zhou glanced at his own messed up bed and gloomily threatened, “Really not going?”

Qiao Luo pressed the pillow into his face, continuously harming someone else’s bed, “Not going! Bleh bleh bleh!”

The little bastard had ascended6. It wouldn’t be good if he wasn’t taught a good lesson.

Fu Zhi Zhou snatched and threw aside his pillow, then causally picked up the person, “Looks like you forgot about the time when I threw you into the pond during 5th grade.”

The sunny spring day had a sudden thunder, waking up Qiao Luo violently.

Qiao Luo, like a little carp, got up, and earnestly stepped into his slippers, slipping away into the bathroom.

——When Fu Zhi Zhou said “throw”, he would really throw. After throwing, he would even strip off all of your clothes with his actions being very rough and ruthless.

5th grade Qiao Luo felt that other than being drenched like a wet chicken, it was nothing much. But the 16 years old Qiao Luo had already learnt the meaning of embarrassment. 

T/N: THROWING THEN STRIPPING? MY BOI HERE IS NASTY >