Sister Li also needed to depend on every massage to make money for a living and had to raise a kid. Now that Xiao-Yun had brought a brother to live here, the meal, school, and clothes expenses also needed to be considered. Even if she didn’t take a single cent for herself, it was another matter of whether she could make ends meet or not.
Moreover, it was already very crowded for those of them who lived in this tiny house. Where would they find the space for another person?
Ruan Qingmu looked at his complexion and suddenly understood something.
“There’s no place for the kid to live here, right?” He asked.
Xiao-Zheng hesitated for a while. “I will stay in the massage room at night. He can only stay with me if there’s really no other way.”
Ruan Qingmu stood up. “Enough. Tell the kid to stay in my room.”
Xiao-Zheng was startled. “No need, no need. Don’t randomly say that.”
Sister Li didn’t owe them, the blind and mute, anything. It was initially very kind of her to hire them and her commission was also small. There was no need for them to occupy her son’s room. No matter how shameless they were, they couldn’t possibly do something like that.
Ruan Qingmu ignored him and rushed into the bathroom to take a mop, mopping the entire floor in his small room to make it as clean as possible. He then ran to Mu Wanli’s room, looked for a mattress, spread it out on the floor, and put a pillow and quilt on it.
“Cut the crap. The little mute will sleep in my bed when he returns tonight. He will also sleep there in the future.” He wiped the sweat on his forehead and clapped his hand. “I will only return on Saturday to sleep here for a night and go back to school on Sunday. It’s fine to sleep on the floor mattress for a day.”
It wasn’t like he had never slept outdoors before. He also slept pretty comfortably – With the sky as the canopy, earth as the mat, and grass as the quilt. This was great for a righteous young master who always liked cleanliness wherever he stayed.
***
In the sports field at Experimental No. 3 High School, a group of boys were divided into two teams and were passionately playing a stand-off basketball game.
Fu Songhua leaped high into the air with a beautiful jump, aiming from the three-point line afar. The basketball arced beautifully through the air and exactly went into the hoop.
The time-out whistle sounded. He and several teammates rushed to the side of the sports field and reached out for the cold mineral water handed by Fang Li. He happily took several gulps and proudly sat down beside Fang Li.
“Was it fun to watch the game? I said you should come out to exercise and bask in the sun more often.”
Fang Li helplessly let out an “oh” and whispered, “I don’t like to play basketball…”
Fu Songhua lowered his head and looked at his companion’s face. “It wasn’t inconvenient for you to play ball with big spectacles. Isn’t it better now?”
When Fang Li’s glasses were smashed to the ground last time by Liu Jun, one of its legs was broken. When he went to get a new one, he wasn’t able to get a frame suitable for his face.
Fu Songhua happened to pass by the school gate that day. When he saw him, he persistently urged him to get contact lenses. The reason was simply that he was a man and needed to play ball. The spectacles would become a huge hindrance to PE class!
“Come and try to go on the field. I will teach you to play ball.” Fu Songhua urged. He raised his arms and showed off his bulging muscles like a peacock. “How can you not work out? Don’t you see, this is more like being a man!”
Fang Li glanced at him and muttered in a whisper, “What’s so amazing about it. Who doesn’t have…”
Fu Songhua wasn’t content and reached out to roll his sleeves. “Still trying to speak against me. Do you have it?”
Fang Li’s school uniform was already on the large side and his sleeves were easily pushed up to his shoulder. Several school basketball team members burst out in laughter once they caught sight of him. “Damn, his arms are like straw.”
Fang Li was anxious and jerked his arm back. His beautiful eyebrows raised as he suddenly bent his arm hard. “It’s there, ah!”
At first glance, his arm did look extremely thin and slender. But when he deliberately bulged his arm like this, faint muscles with soft and beautiful lines were discernible.
Fu Songhua was stunned and reached out to touch it in disbelief. “Hey, there really is a little?”
The boy beside him was also curious and wanted to reach out. “Hey?”
He had just extended his sweaty hand but was fiercely slapped away by Fu Songhua. “Just talk, don’t randomly grope!”
The back of the member’s hand he slapped turned red and the boy couldn’t help but cry out. “Fuck, didn’t you touch it yourself too?”
Fu Songhua proudly drew Fang Li to himself. “My brother, I just took him in. Since I cover for him, I can also touch him.”
“Tch. He’s not even your wife, but you won’t let people touch him?”
Fang Li lowered his head and there was a slightly strange redness on his face.
Another boy was slightly curious and looked at Fang Li’s beautiful slender arm. “Did you work out or something?”
Fang Li didn’t utter a word. He lowered his head and silently twisted the mineral water bottle’s cap.
Fu Songhua suddenly slapped his head and pulled Fang Li to the side to avoid everyone’s eyes.
“Oh, right, I have something important to tell you.” His face was earnest, but his eyes were drifting around.