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Chapter 34 • 1,989 words • 17 min read

Jiang Song noticed Shi Yun swaying and his tone was unusually excited.

He was taken aback at first, then understood immediately, and awkwardly changed the subject,

“Shi Yun, so you’re the legendary lightweight who gets drunk after just one sip.”

Not only that, but Shi Yun was also very flushed.

Almost as soon as Jiang Song finished speaking and took a sip of wine, Shi Yun turned into a red apple.

The red apple gave him courage. Tasting the sweetness of the wine, he secretly tried to take An Huaixu’s cup.

An Huaixu dodged slightly, but Shi Yun persistently followed.

An Huaixu frowned and raised his hand higher, “Stop it, you’ll really get drunk later.”

“Just one sip.”

“No.”

“Brother Huaixu.”

Shi Yun was half-drunk, and unconsciously elongated the ending of his words.

Even though it was unintentional, it sounded to An Huaixu like Shi Yu when he was being spoiled, like a pampered kitten who knows exactly where to scratch to get what he wants.

An Huaixu took a deep breath and closed his eyes, “…”

Why did he let Shi Yun call him “brother” yesterday?

Jiang Song spoke up to break the stalemate, “Shi Yun, if you don’t mind, you can drink mine.”

Shi Yun straightened up happily, “Teacher Jiang, you’re so kind!”

Jiang Song chuckled twice and then coaxed, “Shi Yun, you call Teacher An ‘Brother Huaixu.’

Judging by age, shouldn’t you call me ‘Brother Jiang Song’ too?”

Shi Yun tilted his head slightly, as if seriously considering the feasibility of this.

An Huaixu’s brow twitched. He felt that Jiang Song had come specifically to make him uncomfortable today.

“Shi Yun, go check on An Shuqi.”

Hearing that it had something to do with the child, Shi Yun immediately put everything else out of his mind and obediently left.

Jiang Song took a bite of food with some regret, and casually said to An Huaixu,

“I thought I could hear Shi Yun call me ‘brother’ today.”

An Huaixu never liked beating around the bush. Jiang Song had repeatedly jumped on his landmines.

He had been able to endure until now only because Shi Yun was here.

Now that he was gone, he couldn’t even bother to pretend.

“What exactly do you want?”

Jiang Song feigned ignorance, “What could I want? I just—”

An Huaixu impatiently interrupted him, “Stop talking nonsense. If you’re after Shi Yun, I advise you to have a tough life.”

Jiang Song curled his lips, raised his glass, and took a sip.

“You have the most contact with Shi Yun, so you must know that Shi Yun’s personality is very likable, right?

If you don’t have feelings for Shi Yun, please don’t stop me from pursuing him.”

An Huaixu’s face was even colder than before, “He won’t like you.”

Jiang Song didn’t think so, “Feelings can be cultivated. Besides, you’re not Shi Yun. How do you know he won’t like me?”

An Huaixu was unusually silent, not because of Jiang Song’s question, but because he suddenly realized that as an older brother, when he imagined his younger brother finding someone he liked in the future, his first reaction wasn’t happiness, but sourness.

He clearly felt that—he didn’t want Shi Yun’s eyes to look away from him, didn’t want Shi Yun to call others intimately, didn’t want Shi Yun to smile at others, didn’t want Shi Yun to touch others.

It would be best if he only looked at himself, only smiled at himself, and was always confined by his gaze.

This was obviously no longer normal brotherly affection. No older brother would have such a strong desire for his younger brother…

An Huaixu abruptly stopped his thoughts, gulping down a mouthful of wine.

The spiciness went straight down his throat, attacking his internal organs, and heavily striking his heart with the blood.

Jiang Song observed An Huaixu’s expression and bluntly said, “Your sexuality isn’t a secret in the industry.

As people of the same kind, I can tell what you’re thinking at a glance. If you don’t like Shi Yun, I can’t explain your behavior.”

An Huaixu didn’t fall into his trap, sarcastically saying, “You’re blind.”

Jiang Song probably had a lot of wine today, and he became bolder,

“Thank you for your concern. I wear contact lenses.

On the other hand, Teacher An, you’re very narrow-minded.”

An Huaixu was too lazy to argue with him, “I’m warning you one last time, don’t say these things to Shi Yun.”

Jiang Song realized that this topic could only end here. Any further, and An Huaixu might really add fuel to the fire.

However, judging from An Huaixu’s past behavior, he definitely wasn’t someone who would beat around the bush, someone who fell in love but didn’t dare to admit it… Could it be that he was really overthinking it?

Shi Yun came back. His drunkenness came on quickly and went away quickly. A cool breeze had already sobered him up a lot.

“Teacher Jiang, what are you going to do about Teacher Chen’s matter?”

Jiang Song said lightly, “My request is simple: to have Cao Zhiwei kneel down and apologize to Chen Yu.”

Shi Yun: “Is there anything I can do to help you?”

Jiang Song rested his chin with interest, “Yes, just call me ‘Brother Jiang Song’ to cheer me on.”

Shi Yun heard his first half of the sentence and sat up straight. He didn’t expect the second half to directly give him—

An Huaixu stuffed him, “Is he teasing you?”

Jiang Song shrugged, and could only put this matter down for now, “I’m just here to be honest with you today.

Your not blaming me is the best help you can give me. I’m very happy to have a friend like you.”

Shi Yun: “Um… I’m not angry with you, because I know that in your heart, Teacher Chen is irreplaceable.”

He was obviously a little sleepy. He paused for a moment, and slowly said,

“Teacher Chen is the person who accompanied you through dark times.

His meaning to you goes far beyond what words can express. Alas! I just learned a new word, they seem like moons…”

Jiang Song didn’t expect Shi Yun to say this.

Shi Yun opened the floodgates and rambled, “Actually, I didn’t quite understand why men would like men, but then I looked at the comments section and understood that love has nothing to do with gender. Um… any kind of love is great.”

Jiang Song relaxed with Shi Yun’s words. It was no exaggeration to say that he really liked Shi Yun’s personality.

“Shi Yun, do you know that people like you are very attractive to people like us?”

Shi Yun was very happy to be praised, and turned his head to An Huaixu to confirm, “Really?!”

An Huaixu paused for a moment in his drinking, raised his hand to cover Shi Yun’s eyes, and said as usual,

“You’re drunk. It’s time to go to sleep.”

Jiang Song looked at them and suddenly felt that this was also good.

Besides, An Huaixu must be even more aware than himself, and he was indeed worrying too much.

His mood gradually cleared up, and he no longer bothered the two of them.

He got up, picked up Jiang Nianyu, and took the lead in waving goodbye,

“Sorry to bother you for so long, I’ll go back first. Thank you, Shi Yun.”

Shi Yun walked to the door to see Jiang Song off, and An Huaixu put the tables and chairs back into the house.

When Shi Yun came back, An Huaixu had already carried the obviously sleepy An Shuqi back to the house.

Without the lively atmosphere just now, the heavy night rushed to engulf the small courtyard.

For the first time, Shi Yun wasn’t in a hurry to go back to his room in this atmosphere, but stood in the courtyard looking at the sky.

There were no stars tonight, and even the moon was hidden in the clouds.

It seemed that tomorrow would be a cloudy day…

He had never liked cloudy days very much since he was little.

Because being wrapped in damp darkness would always give him a headache for no reason.

Shi Yun sighed, and obviously wilted.

An Huaixu coaxed An Shuqi to sleep, and stood by the window watching him, “What are you doing?”

Shi Yun came back to his senses, walked up the steps, and said softly, “Nothing, I’m just a little worried about Teacher Jiang.

I heard them say that this circle is very messy, and Teacher Jiang doing this might even be…”

He said the word with difficulty, “blacklisted.”

An Huaixu handed his phone to Shi Yun.

Shi Yun glanced at it and his eyes widened instantly, surprised, “So many people support Teacher Jiang!”

[Little Star 1: (Repost: Jiang Song’s micro-post) Teacher Jiang’s words made me dare to speak out for myself, even if it’s infamous. 

June 13th, I accidentally collaborated with Cao Zhiwei once. That night, my agent told me to go and sleep with him, I… (1567 words omitted below)]

[Little Star 2: (Repost: Jiang Song’s micro-post) Because I’ve been rained on myself, I want to hold an umbrella for others.

I support Teacher Jiang, please Cao Zhiwei apologize to us!]

[Little Star 3: (Repost: Jiang Song’s micro-post) Speak out for myself, support Teacher Jiang, and demand an apology.]

[Little Star 4:…]

[…]

In a series of Weibo posts, there were men and women, some who were once very popular, and some who were unknown.

Even Pinchi advertised, and the other guests of the baby variety show successively supported Jiang Song, and major entertainment accounts competed to appear.

Cao Zhiwei’s fans were originally aggressive, but looking at these statements on the Internet, they quickly lost their confidence.

An Huaixu: “Don’t worry, things will be fine. Jiang Song dared to do this, which means Director Lin agrees, and he will operate behind the scenes.”

He put away his phone: “Can you rest well now?”

Shi Yun happily hummed: “Good night, Brother Huaixu.”

An Huaixu: “Good night.”

The Jiang Song, Chen Yu, and Cao Zhiwei incident quickly made it to the top of the trending searches after a night of fermentation.

Because Cao Zhiwei was famous for his gentleness and high emotional intelligence, he had a very good reputation among passers-by, so many netizens still had wishful thinking and occasionally defended Cao Zhiwei a few words, until—

A well-known paparazzi revealed that Cao Zhiwei appeared at the airport overnight, looking flustered, suspected of fleeing, directly confirming the rumors.

In an instant, the heat turned back, and many netizens transformed into justice, jointly washing his micro-post comment area to help Chen Yu and many other stars prove their case.

Chen Yu probably didn’t expect that she would have a chance to become popular again many years after her death.

The wind has turned to An, and Jiang Song’s tough actions have won a lot of goodwill, and even made many people change their views on ‘homosexuality’.

In the morning, Shi Yun came to the kindergarten and was about to go to Jiang Song when Ani told him that he hadn’t come.
He nervously asked Principal Zhang about this matter.

Principal Zhang smiled and reassured him: “It’s okay, Teacher Jiang just went to submit information to the police.”

“Information?” Shi Yun recalled Teacher Jiang’s micro-post and understood, relieved: “That’s good.”

Director Lin pushed the door in and happened to hear their conversation, humming:

“Some people are jealous and are preparing to deal with us.”

Shi Yun didn’t understand, and Director Lin explained a few words simply.

The two talked about this matter for a while, and near class time, Ani suddenly knocked on the door and said that the village chief was here.

Shi Yun blinked and suddenly stood up: “Oh no, what’s the date today, Principal!”

Principal Zhang: “The 6th… Ah! Are you going to help the village chief with that love night market?”

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