A CERTAIN SOMEONE ( THE ON1Y ONE )

Chapter 064 - Father and Son

Ji Huanyu Said, “Xiao-Tian, Do You Know? Some Things...Can Be Inherited.”

They walked to the west gate together. Zhao Xi was heading to Xi Le, Sheng Wang and Jiang Tian were heading to Wu Tong Wai.
The three of them could chat normally when they were together, but for some reason, the moment Zhao Xi left and Sheng Wang and Jiang Tian were left travelling side by side, the mood took a turn for the quiet.

Evening at the west school gate was a constant stream of people. The school banned car horns around the school premise, and the items dangling from street food carts were jingling and chiming. The sky was slowly overtaken by the night, the lights in the distance were sparse and scattered, yet to form a single straight line.
Sheng Wang’s head was full of the scene upon leaving the classroom, he didn’t know what to say. As for Jiang Tian, he wasn’t the chatty type. Usually, it was hard to tell if there was something weighing on his mind or if he was simply too lazy to speak.
Still, this moment was overly quiet.

For an instant, a vague thought formed in Sheng Wang’s mind. Maybe he did know why Jiang Tian was so silent, or maybe he didn’t know anything at all.
It was already said that the troubles of youth were the hardest to tell, his Ge happened to take the cake. Personally, he actually wasn’t outdone either.

The old lady at the entrance to the alley was walking her grandson around, stooping and teasing the child with an imitation of how the child spoke. Sheng Wang side-stepped to give way, and his shoulder accidentally bumped against Jiang Tian’s chest. Jiang Tian supported him a bit.
Jiang Tian’s palms were huge, but they weren’t particularly thick either. Sheng Wang could feel the long and slender fingers pressing down against his shoulder, and then backing away after a while.

He tugged at his school bag, slung across a single shoulder, and continued walking only after the old lady left. Perhaps it was because he bumped into him, he wanted to say something to break this ineffable deadlock. However, before he opened his mouth, he heard Jiang Tian say, “I’ve caught a bit from outside the classroom.”

This topic was brought up so jarringly, Sheng Wang stilled.
Jiang Tian looked at the narrow and long alley before them. A short while later, his gaze finally turned to him, like a casual glance. “You have a girl you like?”
“No,” the word left Sheng Wang’s mouth almost immediately.
Maybe it was because he was too quick to answer, but Jiang Tian paused too.

It was like Sheng Wang finally saw the chance and grabbed it. He said, “I was just chit-chatting with Xi-ge earlier. He casually asked me, so I casually replied too. I didn’t mean anything else.”
He thought, and added, “I don’t like any particular girl. There are only so many in our class anyways.”

Jiang Tian’s eyes were on him. A while later, he finally shifted his gaze and nodded, not saying anything else. Like he was simply casually asking too.
Now that he finally explained what he had been holding back, Sheng Wang’s heart slowly sunk back onto the ground. He only cared about finally getting that sigh of relief, only when they went around the corner of the last alley and heard the sound of human voice from the near distance, a question then suddenly flashed by in his mind.
Why…...did Jiang Tian ask that?

The moment that thought materialised in his head, he peered at Jiang Tian, only to see Jiang Tian looking straight ahead, his expression turning ugly for some reason, seemingly both irritated and disgusted.
The last time he saw him turn that way, it was because of Ji Huanyu.
Sheng Wang looked in front on instinct, and just as expected, he saw a man who had just exited Old Man Ding’s courtyard. The other person was still immaculately dressed, his expression was the only thing filled with unkempt.

Old Man Ding’s raspy voice came from the door, “Look at the way you are, do you have no shame? Doesn’t it look bad for you to keep going on about this everytime you come here? Take a listen at yourself, are those reasonable words at all? Oh, you can just say yes when you feel like it and no when you don’t? Does the world revolve around you? Xiao-Tian is a human! You’re a complete monster! Don’t you come looking for me, and don’t you dare look for Xiao-Tian either, the both of us aren’t acknowledging you! Scram, and stay as far away from us as possible!”
This was the first time Sheng Wang witnessed the old man truly lose his temper, and not lovingly act harsh. The old man’s physique may not be as good as his younger days, but he was part of the military before, he still had plenty of strength. He pushed the person out of the door without any mercy, and Ji Huanyu stumbled a few steps backwards with the force too.