"Ah!" Wei Mosheng almost jumped up on the spot. He hurriedly stepped aside, but accidentally knocked the small frying pan over. He frantically tried to steady it, but he didn't hold it properly and his fingers turned red in the heat.
"Why are you so reckless?" Yu Tang didn't expect him to react so strongly.
She quickly turned off the stove, grabbed Wei Mosheng's hand, and took him to the sink to rinse his burn with cold water: "You rinse first, I'll go get the burn ointment."
Two bright red blisters appeared on the boy's slender, pale fingers. Yu Tang felt guilty and wiped the water off them before taking the boy's hand and applying medicine to his fingers.
From Wei Mosheng's perspective, he could see the man's slightly furrowed brows and drooping eyelashes. Their skin was pressed together, and the cool ointment melted with the massage, easing the burning pain.
The longing in his heart began to grow, Wei Mosheng's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he asked Yu Tang in a soft voice, "Brother Tang, can I move into your house and live with you?"
He was a little afraid to go home.
I'm afraid to face the empty house.
Also, he really... really wants to live with Tang Ge.
Seeing a man's face and hearing a man's voice every morning when he wakes up is the greatest happiness for him.
[Ding—Wei Mosheng's favorability +10, current favorability 90. Keep it up, host, you're getting closer and closer to success!]
The system's voice sounded in his mind. Yu Tang was stunned for a moment. He put down Wei Mosheng's hand and said, "Okay, my home is not far from your school. This way it will be convenient for you to go to and from get out of class."
It's almost the end of December now, and he's leaving on March 12th. It would be good if he could take care of Wei Mosheng a little more.
"Thank you, Brother Tang!" Wei Mosheng couldn't hide his joy, smiling like a child.
Yu Tang felt a little uneasy after seeing this.
"But I'll keep track of your food and rent expenses." Yu Tang ruffled his hair. "You can't just eat and stay for free; you have to pay back what you owe."
"Um!"
Today is Saturday. After dinner, the two went to Wei Mosheng's house together to help him pack his things into his suitcase and cleaned the house, which had been uninhabited for a long time, from the inside out.
The dilapidated house was now passable after a thorough cleaning. Wei Mosheng squatted on the ground and used a rag to do the final cleaning work on the floor bit by bit.
This home holds too many painful memories for him, but it also taught him to be strong and to do everything in his power to protect the people he loves.
Although his mother is gone, he still has Tang Ge (a nickname for a friend), and he still has a future to strive for.
He even thought that it would be best if that ledger could never be paid off in his lifetime, so that he would have an excuse to keep pestering Tang Ge and staying by the man's side.
"I don't even know who bought the house." Wei Mosheng finally wiped the last yellowed floor tile clean, walked over to Yu Tang who was sitting on the sofa playing on his phone, and sat down next to the man: "If he hadn't bought the house back then, this house might have been smashed up by those thugs, and even my mother would have been hurt."
Yu Tang's back stiffened.
“But I should be able to wait until he comes back to collect the house.” Wei Mosheng lowered his eyes and said seriously, “I must thank him properly when that time comes.”
He leaned back on the sofa and then quietly slid onto Yu Tang's shoulder: "He and you, Brother Tang, are both good people, both my benefactors."
"If it weren't for you guys, I might have become an incorrigible murderer long ago."
The room wasn't very warm, but it was a rare sunny day in winter, and the sunshine was lovely, making the two of them feel warm and comfortable.
The boy closed his eyes, nestled against Yu Tang, and for the first time laid bare his inner thoughts before the man.
"Actually, I know that my birth was a mistake. If my mother hadn't given birth to me, she wouldn't have been kicked out of the house by her family, and she wouldn't have had to endure the cold stares and ridicule of those around her while heavily pregnant."
“When I was little, my classmates said I was a bastard without a father, that my mother had me with some random man, and that my mother was shameless and called her cheap.”
"They said I looked like a bitch, and they even pulled down my pants to see if I was a girl."
“When I was little, I was malnourished and very thin, so I couldn’t beat them at all, but I was tougher than them.”
“I took a pencil sharpener and slashed their faces and stabbed their stomachs.”
“When my mother arrived at the school, she kept apologizing to the principal and the students’ parents. She bowed to those people and begged them not to hold me responsible.”
“She said I was still young and didn’t understand anything, and begged those people to forgive me.”
"But I don't need their forgiveness at all. They deserve to die for saying those things and doing those things."
At this point, Wei Mosheng chuckled, his voice hoarse: "I matured early, and I know very well that I really wanted to kill them back then. I even feel that I didn't stab them deep enough."
"But my mother's behavior breaks my heart. I don't want to see her groveling to those people anymore, and I don't want to cause her any more trouble."
"So I put away all those extreme thoughts and tried my best to be the good boy she liked."
But my mother understands me, and that's what worries her most.
"Later, in order to stop me from being ridiculed by my classmates, she reluctantly married Zhang Damin."
"But none of us expected Zhang Damin to be such a beast."
"Our nightmare began when Mom married him."
Wei Mosheng sensed that Yu Tang had subtly adjusted his position to make him more comfortable.
A warm feeling welled up inside me, and my voice softened a little.
He lingered closer to Yutang, inhaling the comforting lemon scent.
“I’ve wanted to kill him more than once.”
“I always keep a knife under my bed. Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night and stand at the door of Zhang Damin’s bedroom with the knife. A voice in my heart tells me to kill him. As long as I kill him, you and Mom can be saved.”
But when I'm about to take action, I remember my mother's face.
“I think she will be very sad if I do this. And once I take this step, there will be no turning back.”
“It doesn’t matter if I die, but my mother will definitely blame herself and be in pain.”
“So I endured it time and time again. Until…” Wei Mosheng paused here, and continued, “Until that time at the gambling den.”
"If you hadn't come, Brother Tang, I think I would have killed Zhang Damin."
And he will be torn to pieces, sent to hell, never to rise again.
Chapter 28
Died for the villain for the first time (28)
When Wei Mosheng said this, his tone was sinister, filled with a hatred that wanted to tear Zhang Damin to pieces.
Yu Tang felt a chill run down his spine.
This was the first time Wei Mosheng had spoken these innermost thoughts to him.
He recalled Wei Mosheng, whom he had met when he first transmigrated.
If he hadn't intervened in time, the boy might have actually strangled Wang Zhi, risking mutual injury.
The villain's obsessive personality is ingrained in his bones, and he can see this ruthless, reckless spirit in Wei Mosheng.
“Brother Tang. I…” Wei Mosheng sensitively noticed Yu Tang’s stiffness. He pursed his lips but did not dare to turn around to look at the man’s expression.
Did I scare you?
He asked cautiously, "Are you disappointed in me?"
A sense of panic welled up inside him. Wei Mosheng clenched his fists and took a deep breath to suppress his emotions: "Actually, I've changed now. I won't do it again. I..."
“It’s okay…” Yu Tang interrupted him, placing his large hand on Wei Mosheng’s head: “Everyone has a beast inside them, and when misfortune accumulates to the point where they can’t bear it anymore, it will explode.”
"And all you need to do is control this beast, which you've been doing very well all along."
He smiled at Wei Mosheng and said, "So, for my sake, you'd better do even better in the future, understand?"
The boy stood there, stunned, staring blankly at Yu Tang's face, his eyes gradually reddening.
He reached out and hugged Yu Tang, burying his head in the man's shoulder, his voice muffled: "Okay, I understand."
"As long as Tang Ge is still by my side, I will definitely be able to control myself and will never let you down."
As January arrived, Wei Mosheng became even busier with exams approaching.
However, he was smart and caught up on everything he had missed in the first six months of school. He learned the material better than others this semester and was often praised by his teachers.
Yu Tang was like a second parent to him, often picking him up from school and becoming familiar with many of his classmates and teachers.
The students all knew that Wei Mosheng had such a "brother" who was both handsome and stylish, and they were all very envious.
Some girls asked Wei Mosheng for Yu Tang's contact information, but he politely declined.
joke……
Tang Ge can only be his.
No one can take it away from you.
When is the holiday?
Wei Mosheng took the motorcycle helmet that Yu Tang handed him: "There are still three exams left."
Sitting on the motorcycle, he put his arm around Yu Tang's waist: "Today, Teacher Chen said there is a national competition for college students' clinical skills in integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine on March 12th, and she recommended that I participate."
"The first prize not only grants a full scholarship and a free summer camp opportunity, but also gives priority to obtaining a postgraduate recommendation qualification."
Wei Mosheng's voice carried a hint of excitement: "But what I'm most optimistic about is the fame the competition will bring me."
"If I could win the jackpot, my path after graduation would be much easier."
It's March 12th again.
The timing was perfect.
Yu Tang's heart sank for a moment, then she quickly recovered: "You really have to thank Teacher Chen for giving you such a great opportunity."
He asked with a smile, "But you're talking like you're guaranteed to win the jackpot just by participating. Are you that confident?"
“Those projects are no challenge for me.” Wei Mosheng has gradually emerged from the grief of Jiang Yuan’s passing, and with Yu Tang’s company, his confidence and smile have returned considerably.
He's increasingly showing the vigor of a young man his age.
He was even a bit arrogant.
“When I win the grand prize, there will be an awards ceremony, and you’ll come with me.” Wei Mosheng leaned against Yu Tang’s back contentedly. “I’ve already thought of my acceptance speech.”
"I want to thank my mom, my teachers, my school, my classmates, and my major..."
"Aren't you going to thank me?"
“No…” Wei Mosheng heard Yu Tang’s dissatisfaction and couldn’t stop laughing: “You’re the last one.”
"The person I am most grateful to is my brother Tang. He is a powerful underground boxer, handsome and with a great physique. His smile is irresistible to both men and women. He is my mentor, my brother, and my benefactor."