Little Terrified Bun

Inside the spacious and bright ward, the faint smell of disinfectant permeated the room.

Wei Jing’s face had turned pink from excitement. “Yes, I do. Of course I do.” He yelled out loud enthusiastically.

Xu Jiaming was amused by the child. He wanted to rub Wei Jing’s soft and smooth looking hair, but under Wei Zhe’s fierce gaze, Xu Jiaming withdrew his hand reluctantly and only smiled, “Alright, then I’ll wait for you at my house. Remember to come visit when you’ve fully recovered.”

“Okay,” Wei Jing answered in a clear voice.

Seeing that Wei Jing admired his father so much, Xu Jiahui stood taller and straightened his back with pride.

“The sky is getting dark. We will not bother you guys anymore. Rest early.” As he said the sentence, Xu Jiaming dragged his silly son to the side.

Originally, he was going to prepare a decent gift and come along with his wife tomorrow to thank Wei Jing, but Xu Jiahui had been howling all this time saying that he wanted to find Wei Jing right then. Having no alternatives, he could only go with Xu Jiahui’s will.

“En, be careful on your way back.” Wei Zhe stood up to see the visitors out.

Xu Jiaming’s face stiffened. Why did he feel that he was being suppressed for no reason; the implication of ‘be careful on your way back’ sounded like ‘Hurry up and leave’. Nonono! He must have been overthinking. The handsome young man was just being polite!

The confused Father Xu went home with his sturdy son.

Wei Zhe furrowed his eyebrows slightly, feeling irritated. His younger brother just woke up and his body was still weak, but those two people still came to visit late at night, what a…

That was Xu Jiaming! He could draw with Xu Jiaming in the future. Wei Jing smiled until his eyes became crescent shaped, feeling that he was one more step closer to his dream. Seeking an outlet to share his enthusiasm, he started to chat with his big brother. “Big Brother, Big Brother, I will work hard to learn drawing and not let Uncle Xu down.”

Wei Zhe: =-=

“Even though I can’t be as good as Uncle Xu, I will still work hard and earn money.” Wei Jing decided to put in extra effort.

Wei Zhe lifted the corner of his eyebrows. “Your allowance is not enough?”

“Not that!” Wei Jing scratched his head as if he was confused about the sudden change of the subject. “I don’t even have stuff to spend my money on. How could it not be enough?” He smiled shyly.

“Then why do you want to earn money? Am I short of the little money that you spend?” He used ‘I’ instead of ‘the Wei family’.

This was like a bucket of water pouring down one’s head, cooling one’s ardor. Right, the money he would earn in the future was probably nothing to Big Brother! If it was a normal occasion, Wei Jing would simply reply with ambiguity.

But he just went through a huge catastrophe yesterday, battling with the kidnappers using his own power. It was a time where his courage was soaring to a point that he felt unstoppable.

“Maybe in Big Brother’s perspective, hundreds of thousands, or even millions, tens of millions are not worth mentioning. Even what I can do or who I am is unimportant.” Wei Jing inhaled a deep breath and lifted his head. Both of their eyes met. Wei Jing’s fierce eyes made the teenager stunned. “But even so, I still want to work hard and be a person who can earn my own living.”

Small sprouts rely on the tall trees to survive, but they too, look forward to burgeoning, blooming, and finally accepting nature’s baptism to take root in the soil firmly, embracing the bright and beautiful sunshine.

This indeed didn’t sound like what a child would say. This thought suddenly flew across Wei Zhe’s mind.

Not waiting for him to think, Wei Jing’s upcoming words made him curl his lips subconsciously, his eyes were full of gentleness and indulgence, his heart feeling as if it was in a spa, slowly rising in temperature.

“The most important thing is…” The child was stuttering with a blush appearing on his originally pale cheeks. “I also want you to count on me and spend my money.” Ahhhh! How can he say such shameful words?

Wei Jing had his head lowered and his eyes closed, not daring to look at his Big Brother’s expression.

Anyway… he will ridicule me by saying that I’m overly confident…

“Sure!”

An answer with a smile and satisfaction, the complete opposite of what he was expecting,

Wei Jing turned his head back in bewilderment. Without fully recovering from the shock, he reacted, “Eh?”

Wei Zhe casually moved to sit on the side of the bed with his hands next to the child’s body and his head slightly facing down. The two of them were forehead to forehead, their distance so close to each other that they could clearly feel each other’s breath on their face.