After the Reborn Young Master Embraced a Life of Wellness – Chapter 18

The next day, Saturday, was good weather.

When Chen Mo opened his eyes, he only saw the morning light pouring in from the window, the crisp chirping of birds and the faint voices of people downstairs. He stared at the ceiling for a long time before he remembered where he was.

There was no one on the folding bed.

There was a bowl of white porridge on the bedside table to Chen Mo’s left, with a faint white steam coming out of it.

He stood up and took the phone.

When I opened it, I found that my phone was about to explode with messages after a night.

Many people in the school group that had been blocked tagged him, and he flipped through it casually, only to find out that last night’s video had been sent out. Many classmates went from speculation to excitement, and then to shock when the identity was finally revealed.

There are also many friend requests from people I don’t even know.

Chen Mo took a quick look and didn’t pass any of them.

The finger finally rested on the two most recent people added on WeChat.

The top avatar is a sunflower under the blue sky, and the WeChat name is: Delusion.

The avatar below is a travel photo, showing a tree standing alone between heaven and earth, stained by a fiery cloud. It looks like a casual shot, yet quite artistic. The WeChat name is even more casual, XSY.

When the two portraits were placed side by side, Chen Mo pulled the corner of his mouth in an ambiguous way. Yang Shule’s secret thoughts, at this stage in high school, always had a bit of the true feeling of the pain of youth.

Although he didn’t know why Yang Shule added him, he was not interested in knowing. He ignored the person above and clicked “agree” on the one below.

Because the reason added is: I have something to do and I have to leave first, remember to eat breakfast.

If he doesn’t pass, he will seem like an ungrateful person.

After adding the friend, Chen Mo sent a message: “Thank you for the porridge.”

I don’t know what the other side was doing, but they responded quite quickly.

“woke up?”

“How about I say thank you to you through my mind?”

“You’re arguing so early in the morning. After all, that bowl of porridge cost me two dollars.”

“…Isn’t it only worth one dollar?”

The Xi family’s old house at this time.

The water in the courtyard, which combines Chinese and Western elements, gurgles. The servants busy cleaning up the remnants of last night’s banquet show how much importance they attach. At this moment, in the large reception room, the old man with white hair and beard at the head of the table holds a cup of tea and uses the tea lid to wipe off the tea foam. He blows a breath and says, “What are you laughing at?”

The person being asked was Xi Siyan, who had changed his clothes after returning in the morning.

It is not as formal as what you would wear at a dinner party, nor as casual as what you would wear outside. The white shirt is tailored to fit the body, and the gold embroidery on the shoulders subtly shows its preciousness.

He sat on a pearwood chair at the bottom and looked up when he heard this: “You are seeing things.”

“I’m not blind yet.” The old man took a sip of tea and said slowly, “What did you do last night? Your second uncle, that bastard, knew to come home to sleep, but you’ve learned not to come home at night.”

If other members of the Xi family were here at this moment, they would have probably admitted their mistakes in fear and trepidation.

But Xi Siyan didn’t. He just put away his phone and raised his eyebrows: “I’m almost an adult. Don’t use your old rules from seventy or eighty years ago on me. They won’t work.”

“Humph.” The old man put the teacup on the table beside him to express his dissatisfaction, “Who do you think you can hide this from? The person in the phone just now was also the child from the Yang family, right?”

Xi Siyan looked back and was surprised, “I thought you were not interested in these things.”

“I have known Yang Congxian, the great grandfather of the Yang family, for many years.” The old man’s face was filled with nostalgia and sighing. “It’s a pity that the current head of the Yang family had a quarrel with his wife in his early years, and when he was middle-aged, he revealed that his son was not his biological son. In comparison, your parents have been in love for decades, which is the most gratifying thing for your grandmother and me.”

Xi Siyan found it boring.

His parents loved each other so much, and because they loved each other so much, he grew up in this house.

It is precisely because of the perfection of the eldest son that the second uncle’s debauchery is particularly unacceptable to the old man.

Although the Xi family has many side branches, there are only two direct sons. Counting further, Xi Siyan, the only son, has been the focus of efforts and hopes of several generations since he was young.

But he sometimes seemed less than excellent and respectable.

For example, when he mentioned his parents, his frown was full of speechlessness. “What on earth did you tell them last night? My mom sent me three pages of 60-second voice messages. If someone didn’t know, they would think I had done something serious outside.”

The old man was also a little annoyed, “How dare you bring that up? Just let your second uncle drink to death outside. Your mother has always felt sorry for you. You were nowhere to be seen at that occasion last night. How could she not worry that you have a grudge against her?”

Xi Siyan leaned back in his chair.

He raised his head and crossed his hands on the armrests in front of his chest.

“I just don’t like her taking matters into her own hands.”

The old man looked at him and picked up the teacup again, looking mysterious and said, “The Yang family has more than one little son. Didn’t you just meet another one last night?”

Xi Siyan tilted his head, “What do you mean?”

The old man said, “The deceased great-grandmother of the Yang family was kind to your mother. Your mother asked you to take better care of the children of the Yang family, but she didn’t ask you to marry a daughter of the Yang family. You despise one, you despise both, but you can always pretend to be a good brother during festivals and big and small matters, right? You are so grown up, and it’s like a flood or a beast to confront your own mother.”

When talking about this, Xi Siyan got a headache, “That’s because she never cries to you and grandma.”

She used all her acting skills to deal with her husband and son.

At this point, Xi Siyan seemed to remember something and asked the old man, “Since you can say something that makes me pretend, why do you specifically mention what happened last night?”

The old man cleared his cough.

“Your Grandpa Yang came to find me specially.” He said, “He is very satisfied with his grandson who was found not long ago. If you don’t want to meddle in other people’s business, at least be nicer to him.”

Xi Siyan was surprised at first, then he sneered.

I asked halfheartedly, “What’s a better attitude?”

Without waiting for the old man to express his opinion, he suddenly said, “You helped him clean up after a fight, moved a table to sit next to him, helped him study, and always acted as his free driver. Is this attitude good enough?”

“Be more serious!” The old man kicked him. “Don’t bully others all the time. I heard from your Grandpa Yang that his grandson is kind-hearted and gentle. You should take care of him.”

Xi Siyan stood up from the stool, supported his forehead and laughed for a long time.

The old man asked him what was wrong with him.

Xi Siyan: “Whether he is weak and can be bullied, you can just ride the donkey and read the opera. Let’s see for a while.”

Xi Siyan stood up and left the hall.

The old man called out from behind: “Where are you going again?”

“Nanshan.”

The old man, who had been sitting upright, suddenly stood up, waved to the servant next to him and said, “Quick, stop that bastard! He’s speeding again without caring about his life!”

“Calm down, old man.” The servant who had worked in the Xi family’s courtyard for many years hurriedly patted the old man’s back and said with a smile, “Don’t worry, Ah Yan went to say hello to the old lady. He didn’t go to Nanshan to race, but said there was some cycling event. He asked me to go to his apartment outside to get him a set of clothes this morning, saying that he would stay overnight in the mountains tonight.”

“Really?” The old man looked doubtful.

The servant laughed: “Really, that child is just teasing you on purpose. In fact, he has never lost his sense of propriety. Don’t worry.”

Only then did the old man calm down his anger.

He slammed the table, sat down and cursed: “You unruly bastard.”

The servants were laughing beside them.

“You’re the only one who would scold him like that.”

*

Chen Mo left the hospital at nine o’clock and went back to the dormitory to take a shower.

After staying in the hospital for a night, he always felt that his body was contaminated with the unique smell of the hospital, which made him frown.

Even though he was a frequent visitor to the hospital in his previous life, and had a friend like Lao Gou who worked there, it didn’t mean that Chen Mo was used to the hospital. On the contrary, the hospital always reminded him of some unpleasant memories, such as when Li Yunru was young and threw a tantrum at the hospital gate for his medical expenses of a few hundred yuan, Chen Jianli said he was a money-loser who couldn’t be raised. For example, on the day of the surgery on his leg, the cold lights above the hospital made him feel that it seemed not bad to just fall asleep the second before he lost consciousness from the anesthesia.

All these factors made him have a deep aversion to hospitals, so he was surprised that he slept well last night.

After taking a shower, Chen Mo put a towel on his head, brushed his teeth and looked at his face in the mirror.

This is probably the only advantage of the genes given by the Yang family. From his twenties to almost thirty and then to seventeen, the changes in his face seemed to have only worn away the outlines, and it actually looked a bit softer.

He took the medicine, and soon began to feel sleepy again. Thinking that he had nothing to do on the weekend, he simply went back to bed and let himself fall into a deep sleep.

He was still unconscious when he received the call from Gou Yiyang.

Covering the quilt: “You better be okay.”

“It’s already one in the afternoon, ancestor.” Gou Yiyang seemed to be incredulous, and said with fear: “Didn’t the doctor say that your illness looked serious, and you would be basically fine after an IV drip overnight? Why is your voice so weak? Is your stomach hurting again?”

Chen Mo was annoyed by the noise.

But he found that Gou Yiyang started calling him “ancestor” again. He thought of the almost 30-year-old Old Gou who was his personal doctor in his previous life and always asked him from time to time, “Ancestor, are you still alive?”

Chen Mo felt guilty and decided to be nicer to the young Lao Gou who had a young heart.

He took the phone away and checked the time, then put it back to his ear, “Nothing, I’m sleeping. Also, what happened at one in the afternoon?”

“You forgot, we are going to Nanshan for a ride, remember?”

Chen Mo turned over in bed.

After a few seconds, he said, “I remember now. But I’m a patient after all, so I won’t go.”

Gou Yiyang confirmed with him: “Really not going? Not all of them ride. Some girls in the club took the bus directly to the top of the mountain. It’s actually a team-building activity. If you don’t want to come, then I’ll say hello to the person in charge of registration.”

Chen Mo didn’t have any other thoughts. After listening to Lao Gou’s idle chat, he hung up.

Chen Mo originally planned to sleep a little longer, but then his cell phone rang again.

With eyes closed: “Anything else?”

“Xiao Mo.” This time the female voice coming from the other side made Chen Mo open his eyes.

He sat up from the bed, scratched his hair, and didn’t care much about the cautious silence on the other side, and asked directly: “Are you looking for me?”

Zhou Yaoqing’s breathing could be felt through the phone. It was a little faster, but her tone was still gentle: “Xiao Mo, are you still not going home today? Auntie made your favorite red date and black chicken soup.”

Chen Mo pulled the corner of his mouth, thinking of the casserole that was overturned on the morning of the dormitory, and said, “I don’t like black chicken soup.”

The other side froze for a moment, “Really? Then what do you like? I’ll let Auntie make it for you.”

Chen Mo was too lazy to talk anymore.

Ask directly: “What can I do for you?”

“It’s okay, it’s just that I haven’t seen you for a long time.” After saying this, she seemed to feel Chen Mo’s rejection and said, “Mom heard that you were sick. Was it the Xi family’s kid who sent you to the hospital?”

Here it comes.

Chen Mo thought expressionlessly.

Chen Mo: “Who said that, Yang Shule?”

Zhou Yaoqing: “He just mentioned it unintentionally…”

Chen Mo was too lazy to listen anymore and simply hung up the phone.

Until three o’clock in the afternoon.

At a square 500 meters away from the gate of No. 1 Middle School, the bus was parked on the side of the road and waiting quietly.

There were more than a dozen men and women gathered in groups of three or five, but the atmosphere was a bit weird.

The crowd can be divided into three groups.

Two groups, led by Sun Xiaoya and Yang Shule respectively, were confronting each other, and the rest were those who did not participate.

Gou Yiyang saw him from a distance, walked over and was surprised: “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t come?”

“I was bored in the dormitory, so I came here.”

Chen Mo was too lazy to say that he didn’t want to listen to Zhou Yaoqing’s halfhearted melodrama, and he didn’t want to be urged to go back to that home again and again.

He looked at the crowd and raised his chin. “What’s going on?”

“I don’t think you want to know.” Old Gou, who has always been at the forefront of gossip, said mysteriously, “All I can say is that after last night, Sun Xiaoya and Yang Shule in our class have completely fallen out. From now on, wherever these two are, there will probably be corpses everywhere.”

At this time someone noticed Chen Mo.

The atmosphere inexplicably relaxed.

Some people who had come into contact with him during this period also greeted him, “Mr. Mo, are you participating too?”

“Didn’t you just get sick? The second half of Nanshan is all uphill. Can you ride it?”

Chen Mo replied: “No, didn’t they say the bus can go directly to the top of the mountain?”

“The first rule for joining the club is that you cannot bring people other than members to participate in activities.” The person who said this was Yang Shule, who had been staring at Chen Mo since he found him. Today, he looked a little listless, but his eyes were gloomy. He looked at Lao Gou next to him, “Gou Yiyang, if you break the rules, don’t you have to ask other people’s opinions?”

There was no sound at the scene.

It’s not that strict to say you can’t bring people with you, but there have been many precedents in the past. This club has gathered many famous students from the school, and many people are trying their best to get in, so this rule is in place, in case someone breaks the rules and brings people out and causes an accident.

Who knew that Yang Shule would suddenly attack.

What happened last night was like a watershed. In the past, Yang Shule had always been low-key in his dealings with others, but today he openly showed that he and Chen Mo were not on good terms.

Chen Mo stopped Lao Gou and looked over: “This matter has nothing to do with Lao Gou. If you have any opinions, find someone who can speak out and talk to me about the rules.”

Sun Xiaoya mocked Yang Shule, “That’s right, you said others were being treated specially, but weren’t you the one who brought those people behind you in?”

Someone on Yang Shule’s side immediately couldn’t stand it anymore.

“Sun Xiaoya, that’s too much.”

“Shu Le is just reminding you to follow the process. If you can’t stand it, just quit. I can’t stand you girls anyway. You keep making so much noise every day.”

Sun Xiaoya’s side is full of girls.

His face changed immediately.

“You guys are amazing. Don’t you realize how greasy you are on weekdays?”

“Just keep talking about the matter. Attacking girls makes you look superior?”

“Rubbish!”

Many people were probably confused as to how the situation got so out of control.

“What are you doing!” The angry shout came from Qi Lin.

He and Xi Siyan walked side by side from the other end, and pulled apart the two people who were about to fight. He looked around and said, “Are you all crazy? Sun Xiaoya, what’s going on?”

Sun Xiaoya pointed at Chen Mo, “Can he participate?”

“I called Chen Mo here.” Qi Lin was puzzled and frowned, “I reported it in advance. The activity funds are shared equally. His share is on me. Does anyone have any objection?”

Some people looked at each other and lowered their heads.

Chen Mo, who was standing next to him, asked Lao Gou, “Is his words so effective?”

“He’s the vice president of the club.”

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows, “Oh.”

At this time, Chen Mo noticed Xi Siyan’s eyes glancing over here, and then he withdrew his gaze indifferently. He spoke in a low voice, loud enough for everyone to hear clearly: “Who else has something to do? If you don’t have any, get in the car. Those who caused trouble today, please go to Qi Lin to register, and you don’t need to come next time.”

A group of people moved timidly towards the car.

Lao Gou put his arm around Chen Mo’s shoulder and walked towards the car. “Don’t doubt it, that person is the chairman, and he has the final say.”