Chapter 36

"Bell Tong?"

Samson Nan was a little surprised, looking at the girl in front of him.

"Miss Tong, what brings you here..."

"My dad is busy, so I'm here on his behalf."

Bell Tong interrupted him and glanced around before speaking again.

"So, are you not happy to see me?"

"No, no, no. How could that be? It's my honor to have you here. Haha..."

Big Ball twitched his facial muscles and squeezed out a smile.

"Miss Tong, please have a seat over here."

"I'll just sit here."

She stood beside Samson Nan, blinking her eyes.

"Brother Feng, you don't mind, do you?"

"Huh?"

Samson Nan was stunned for a moment.

"No objection."

"Well, that's good, hehe."

Bell Tong smiled and sat down on Samson Nan's right side, completely ignoring the people around her.

Big Ball felt something was not right and quietly slipped away.

"Bell Tong, you couldn't have come at a better time."

William Wei nudged her with his elbow and spoke softly.

"Oh? Teacher Wei, are you here too?"

"I've been here all along! You have me confused."

Bell Tong made Wei Ge speechless.

"What's your background, anyway? You had me in stitches watching Big Ball being such a wuss, hahaha."

"I just can't stand people showing off. What's there to pretend about?"

Bell Tong looked satisfied and turned to Samson Nan again.

"Brother Feng, I helped you out. How are you going to thank me?"

"Thank you? Thank you, my foot!"

Samson Nan stiffened his eyebrows and knocked her head.

"Ow! What are you doing, you brute?"

Bell Tong felt bewildered and looked at him with a hint of grievance.

"Can't you use your brain?"

He seemed angry.

"Huh?"

"If Big Ball had gone crazy after you provoked him, what would you do?"

He didn't seem to be joking and stared at Bell Tong with his clear eyes.

"What... what can I do?"

Bell Tong was stunned and had no answer for a moment.

"Even if he dared to, what does that have to do with you? He's afraid of your dad."

"I know, you talk too much..."

Bell Tong turned her head slightly, not willing to listen to his lecture.

Samson Nan didn't speak and buried his head in his food.

After a moment of hesitation.

"Does that mean... you are worried about me?"

"Ah, is there a problem with that?"

Samson Nan felt a little weird. What did Bell Tong mean by blushing and acting strange?

"N... No."

"Hey, you're still smiling. What's wrong with you?"

"I want to smile, I want to make you sick!"

At least in terms of momentum, she wouldn't lose.

"By the way, isn't Yuyu with you?"

Bell Tong scanned the surroundings, realizing someone was missing.

"No."

There was a moment of hesitation in his eyes.

"That's weird."

"What's so weird? Do you have to bring her everywhere you go?"

Samson Nan raised his voice slightly and immediately realized he had overreacted, burying his head in his food.

"Are you two quarreling?"

"None of your business. Let's eat."

"Hmm..."

Bell Tong propped her chin up with interest.

She probably guessed right, but Samson Nan didn't want to bring it up.

"Oh, excuse me, I have to take a call."

Bell Tong took out her phone from her bag.

"Hello?"

"Oh, it's Yuyu~"

"!"

Hearing her name, Samson Nan's chopsticks paused for a moment.

"We're eating~"Can't hear the voice on the phone.

"Well, guess who I met?"

"..."

His Adam's apple moved, and a trace of anxiety flashed across his previously calm face.

"I met Teacher Wei, haha~"

"..."

He took a deep breath, picked up the tea cup on the table, and drank it all.

"And your brother."

"Huh?!"

He almost sprayed the water he just drank.

"Feng, do you want to say something to Yuyu?"

Bell Tong waved her phone in front of him.

"..."

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "No, it's not necessary."

It's not that he was angry, but he found it difficult to talk to her after the last time they talked. To be honest, he didn't understand this feeling.

It was so unlike himself, even he felt that way.

"Oh~"

Bell Tong pouted and picked up the phone again.

"Yuyu, your brother doesn't seem to want to talk to you~"

"?!"

What was Bell Tong exaggerating about? He felt a little flustered.

"Hey? Yuyu?"

Something seemed to have happened on the other end of the phone, and he couldn't help but listen closely.

"Why are you crying?!"

"!"

"Give me the phone!!"

He snatched the phone and felt a mix of heartache and regret when he heard that she was crying.

"Yuyu, I'm here!"

He shouted into the phone, his eyes wide open.

"..."

But there was no sound from the phone, not even a peep.

He took a deep breath and looked at the screen.

"..."

"Bell Tong, you're so cruel."

His phone screen was locked, and there was no call.

"Hehehe..."

Bell Tong covered her stomach, trying not to laugh, but couldn't help it.

"Hahaha! You fell for it! You're such a good sport, ha ha!"

"..."

He fell silent, and seemed to have lost the strength to curse. A feeling of exhaustion crept all over his body, like a vine.

"Well..."

It was rare for Bell Tong to successfully prank him, but seeing his depressed state, she felt a little guilty.

"If you care so much, why don't you go talk to her and make up?"

Silence filled the air, as if one could hear the voices of people talking around them, the voice of the wedding emcee, and the clinking of spoons and bowls...

Smack.

Suddenly, he stood up.

"Luo Jia, Wei-ge, I have something to do."

"Ha..."

Samson Nan had been acting strange recently, even when he was with friends. He would occasionally stare off into space, absent-minded and distracted.

Luo Jia could see this, but she couldn't figure out what he was thinking as she looked into his eyes, which sparkled.

"Be careful on the way home~"

All she could do was smile and squint her eyes.

"Okay."

He stood up and left.

...

Bell Tong played with the soup in her bowl with her chopsticks, bored.

"They're gone, you can stop looking now."

She was probably talking to Luo Jia, even though William Wei was between them.

"So are you."

Luo Jia responded with a joking tone.

The two of them avoided each other's gaze and looked in opposite directions.

Then, silence descended on them.

"Hey, you two."

William Wei was uncomfortable with the atmosphere.

"What’s happening? The Single Hearts Club? Ah, it hurts!"

Before he could finish his sentence, his feet were brutally stepped on.

...

"..."

Samson Nan stood at his doorstep, hesitating.

Would it be too sudden to come back like this after not talking for half a month?

Wait, why did he need a reason to go to his own house?

He hesitated for a moment before knocking on the door.

"Oh, Samson Nan?"

It was his mother who answered."Mom, where's Yuyu?"

He asked while glancing at the living room with the corner of his eye.

"Your sister went to her supplementary classes. What do you need her for?"

"Oh," he then remembered it was still the holidays and Yuyu hadn't finished her supplementary classes yet.

"Nothing, I'm just nearby having lunch and decided to come back and see how things were."

After a couple of half-hearted sentences, he changed his shoes and entered the house.

"Old man, your son is back!"

Mom still shouted from the living room with her loud voice.

"Oh, Samson Nan's back?"

Dad walked over, still holding onto the newspaper.

"Call Yuyu and tell her to come home after class, let her know that her brother is back, so she doesn't wander around outside again."

She said to her dad.

"No need, Mom. She can come back on her own, I'm not in a hurry," Samson Nan found it funny that his return was made into a big deal and didn't want to put pressure on the family.

"Hey, Samson Nan, do you want to know something?"

"Huh?"

Mom lowered her voice, looking around suspiciously as if someone might be eavesdropping.

"We suspect your sister…"

"Early love!"

"Huh?!"

He thought he must have misheard.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Dad spoke up.

"It's just a rumor, did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Hey, old man. What do you mean, 'just a rumor'? Oh, I see. Do you want to protect your daughter again?!"

"Enough, stop! Can you please explain clearly?"

Samson Nan saw that his parents were about to start arguing and quickly interrupted them.

"I heard from the neighbor, Auntie Zhang, last week. She saw Yuyu coming home with a boy. At first, I didn't believe her, but then a few days later, I heard from Uncle Wang next door that they saw Yuyu going to the cinema with another boy!"

"See, it's all hearsay," Dad couldn't help but interject.

"Hey, Nan Lao Tou (Samson's Dad), are you just going to spoil her like this? Do you know what you're doing to her?"

Mom was livid and started scolding her husband.

"Boys…"

Wait a minute, Samson Nan remembered that Raina Nan had agreed to go see a movie with Gu Zihang. He didn't think much of it at the time, but it couldn't be him, could it...

Somehow, he felt a rush of blood to his head.

"Mom, if this is true, I have only one stance."

"... "

Mom swallowed nervously.

"Absolutely against it!"

"Huh?"

Mom was taken aback.

She thought that Samson Nan, who had always been indulgent of Yuyu, would also protect Raina Nan.

"Early love is not allowed, this will affect her studies and future prospects. This is not a joke!"

He said with conviction.

"Haha, look at our son's enlightenment! He is my good son! Understanding things in principle! Unlike some people!"

This unexpected surprise made Mom very happy.

"I was just saying that the truth of this matter needs to be considered. Of course, I am also against early love…"

Dad's tone was obviously much weaker than before.

"Samson Nan, if this is true, what should we do?"

It had become a family meeting.

"Well, in my opinion, we should admonish Yuyu, and then bring that boy over to the house, and maybe break one or two of his legs or something. It's not impossible..."

"That is a good idea! ... Ah? Isn't that going too far?"

Mom was taken aback and almost got carried away by Samson Nan's radical proposals.

"Mom, don't worry. Leave it to me."

"Oh, okay…"

"..."

Dad stopped talking. What had happened to his son today? He was acting completely out of character.

Bang!

As the family conference was in full swing, the door opened.

"Hey, bro?"It's Raina Nan.

She was first taken aback, then looked at the three people with suspicion.

"What are you all doing?"