Just in Time Chapter 11
Translated by Sylver (ko-fi)
Chapter 11: Scenery
Yi Chenliang was drinking porridge angrily. This person is really annoying!
Yun Fang saw him drinking so fast and was startled, “Slow down.”
Yi Chenliang ignored him, gulped down the porridge, put the bowl on the bed, wiped his mouth with his hand, “I’m done drinking, you can go now.”
Yun Fang handed him the small pill in his hand, and then gave him a water cup, “Take your medicine.”
Yi Chenliang swallowed the medicine and drank the water fiercely, “You can go now!”
Yun Fang sat cross-legged on the bed like him, “Class doesn’t start until two, can I sit here for a while?”
Yi Chenliang didn’t say a word, and after a long while, he said, “Whatever.”
Yun Fang saw that his face looked much better after taking the medicine, and he was relieved.
“Do you also think I’m quite heartless?” Yi Chenliang stared at the pattern on the mat and suddenly asked.
“Conscience can’t be eaten as a meal.” Yun Fang paused, “Besides, you did nothing wrong, you didn’t let anyone down, they are just two scumbags.”
Yi Chenliang turned his head to look at him, his eyes full of surprise.
Yun Fang couldn’t help but want to laugh when he saw him like this, “What, did I say something wrong?”
“Quite right.” Yi Chenliang pursed his lips, “I just didn’t expect you top students to be so sharp.”
Yun Fang saw him yawning, looked at the clock, “Can I borrow your bed for a nap?”
Yi Chenliang looked at him with a strange expression, thought for a moment, “Then you sleep.”
“You’re not sleeping?” Yun Fang saw that he was so sleepy that he could hardly keep his eyes open.
“I…” Yi Chenliang was actually very sleepy, but he felt that it was not quite appropriate for two people to sleep in the same bed, “You sleep by yourself.”
Yun Fang understood what he meant instantly, laughed and said, “Don’t misunderstand, I don’t like men.”
Yi Chenliang thought to himself– Fart, this person is always full of bad ideas.
“Moreover, even if I really liked men—” Yun Fang looked at him meaningfully, “It’s not just about being a man.”
Yi Chenliang was so annoyed by his gaze that he jumped up from the bed and threw the bundled up bedsheet on Yun Fang’s face, “Go to sleep!”
Yun Fang pulled down the bedsheet, his nostrils filled with the faint scent of laundry detergent, and he rudely lay down on the bed, “Then I’ll sleep.”
He had been correcting papers until midnight yesterday, and now he was indeed very sleepy. He unceremoniously occupied Yi Chenliang’s pillow and bed, and thoughtfully left half of the bed space for Yi Chenliang. He fell asleep after a short while.
He hadn’t dreamed in a long time.
He seemed to have turned back into a seven or eight-year-old, standing under the big banyan tree in front of the village, very hungry and very sleepy.
“Yi Chenliang!” A few children about his age ran past, “Did you know you have a younger brother?”
Yi Chenliang nodded somewhat blankly.
“You were adopted, your parents won’t want you once they have their own son.” The child’s face in the dream couldn’t be seen, but his words were exceptionally clear.
At that time, it was common to buy a child in the countryside, let alone Yi Chenliang who was adopted back when he was six years old, it was not a secret in the village.
“My mom treats me very well, she won’t abandon me.” Yi Chenliang shouted loudly, but he was very scared in his heart.
In fact, his adoptive parents didn’t treat him that well either. He was always envious of the children in the village, but his life now was much better than when he was in the orphanage.
At least he could eat his fill and wouldn’t go hungry.
He ran home panting, lying outside the door, the voices of Song Lili and Yi Mingzhi came from inside the house.
“Can’t afford to raise, sell it.” Song Lili’s tone sounded like when they sold a pig at home a few days ago, “In the future, he will have to be provided for school and food. If his biological parents come to find him, he will definitely run away with them.”
Yi Mingzhi’s voice was very hesitant, “But he’s already so big, people won’t buy a child who can remember things.”
“Then sell cheaper.” Song Lili said, “If it really doesn’t work, just find a place to abandon him. This child is a white-eyed wolf, can’t be tamed.”
(t/n: white-eyed wolf-ungrateful and vicious person)
Yi Mingzhi sighed, “Sell then.”
He listened outside the door, very scared, his whole body was shivering. He wanted to beg Song Lili and Yi Mingzhi not to sell him.
He also thought it would be nice if his biological parents came to find him, and he wanted to grow up quickly and become an adult who wouldn’t be afraid.
Or maybe, someone could come to save him.
“Yun Fang? Yun Fang? It’s time.” Someone was calling him.
Yun Fang suddenly opened his eyes, for a moment he couldn’t tell whether he was in a dream or reality.
Yi Chenliang saw his stunned expression, his eyes bloodshot, and couldn't help but say, “Can’t sleep?”
Yun Fang sat up from the bed, just woke up and had no strength, his voice was a bit hoarse, “I slept.”
Yi Chenliang had been awake all the time, he was already sleepy. Seeing him sitting on the bed with his head down and not saying a word, he suddenly felt that the top student looked quite well-behaved when he wasn’t up to mischief.
He felt like he could knock him down with a poke.
Yun Fang had a headache from sleeping, he rubbed his face, “What time is it?”
“It’s 1:15.” Yi Chenliang said, “It’s just the right time to take the bus now.”
Yun Fang nodded, and the two of them went to take the bus together.
Yi Chenliang timed it very well, they had just arrived under the bus stop sign when the bus arrived.
There was nothing on the bus, Yun Fang went to sit in the last row on the left by the window, turned his head and saw Yi Chenliang looking at him with a speechless expression.
Yun Fang raised an eyebrow.
“That’s my seat.” Yi Chenliang said somewhat sullenly.
Yun Fang knew about his own little quirk, he had a habit of sitting in a fixed seat when he took the bus to school, he considered it his exclusive seat, if someone was already in that seat he would be very upset.
For example, he felt like all the good luck of the day was taken away by others, in short, he could always come up with strange reasons for himself every time.
“Isn’t this a public bus?” Yun Fang teased him on purpose, “How did it become yours?”
“Forget it, if you like, just sit.” Yi Chenliang sat down unceremoniously in the seat next to him.
–Small rule number two, if the exclusive seat is occupied by someone, then sit in the position closest to that seat, you can get back some of the luck that was taken away.
Yun Fang turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window, but couldn’t help but laugh.
I’m enjoying my own luck, self-satisfaction.
The meaningless chatter somehow made his somewhat irritable mood feel better.
The bus swayed forward, Yun Fang watched for a while and felt bored, so he turned his head to look at Yi Chenliang.
Yi Chenliang didn’t sleep at noon, and he couldn’t help but fall asleep on the bus, leaning his head back on the seat.
Yun Fang had never observed himself from such a close angle, he couldn’t help but evaluate himself.
A bit too thin, don’t know where he goes every day, got a bit tanned.
Although his facial features haven’t fully developed yet, one could vaguely see the shadow of his future handsomeness, this high nose bridge was obviously very good.
His hair is a bit long, and doesn’t find it hot either.
Yun Fang evaluated himself in a nonchalant way, the main idea of his thoughts could be summarized in three words:
I’m really handsome.
The bus shook a bit, Yi Chenliang was sleeping soundly, and with this shake, he tilted to the side, almost leaning on Yun Fang’s shoulder.
It’s okay to look at him from a distance, Yi Chenliang suddenly leaned over like this, Yun Fang was startled, and the neck area became hot.
Yi Chenliang’s head was inching closer, Yun Fang felt a bit uncomfortable watching, he turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window, sat up a bit straighter, just right for Yi Chenliang’s head to lean on his shoulder.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, the wind blew in from the window, the sunlight filtered through the green leaves and fell into mottled light spots, the trees and houses on both sides of the road quickly passed by in his field of vision. Yun Fang yawned lazily, and suddenly felt sleepy again.
So he closed his eyes and fell asleep in the wind.
No one came to save him.
He saved himself.