Ephemeral Ties and Eternal Struggles Chapter 7

Aiden Qi never thought about separating from Brandon Yin.

We agreed to protect each other, how can we protect each other now that we’re separated?

His father said that a man should keep his word.

No... like a real man? Who cares? Anyway, his father is just a big tofu in front of his mother.

Aiden Qi pushed the slightly melted chocolate to him: "Do you want to eat it?"

Before he finished speaking, the teacher noticed: "Aiden Qi, what are you doing?"

Aiden Qi quickly put the chocolate into his palm and sat up straight.

The teacher came over majestically and asked, "Did you bring snacks to school again?"

Our Aiden Qi is honest and never tells lies. He bared his teeth and said, "Yes."

Teacher: ...Oh, I'm so angry, but there's nothing I can do!

Brandon Yin didn't want Aiden Qi to be scolded, so he wanted to speak, but Aiden Qi had already stood up and asked, "Teacher, should I go to the back or outside?"

Teacher: "Outside the door!" My heart aches when I see him.

Aiden Qi stood up happily and secretly stuffed the chocolate into Brandon Yin's hand before leaving.

Brandon Yin looked at his back and clenched the chocolate that was so warm that it was slightly deformed: He wanted to be with Aiden Qi, he must be with him, no one else would treat him so well.

How could Aiden Qi stand outside the door obediently? He turned a corner and went to the bathroom, urinated and washed his hands, then picked up his fragrant towel and wiped his hands - Brandon Yin was so nice, she always helped him wash the towel so clean.

While the class was going on in the classroom, Aiden Qi was outside chatting with Dong Jisheng from Class 2.

---This little R@sc@l was also kicked out by the teacher and made to stand in the corner as punishment.

Dong Jisheng asked him: "Do you want to go to Shixiao?"

Aiden Qi said: "Yes, don't think about me."

Dong Jisheng: "I miss you, you big head ghost."

Aiden Qi shrugged: "Without me, who will stand with you in punishment?"

Dong Jisheng: "I don't need anyone to accompany me!"

Aiden Qi said: "Then I'll leave."

He turned around and was about to leave. Dong Jishen was not as brave as him. When the teacher asked him to stand, he just stood there obediently and didn't dare to go anywhere. Usually, only Aiden Qi accompanied him. When he left, he felt really bored.

"Hey..." Dong Jisheng called him, "You left, the little one in your class..."

Aiden Qi glared at him before he could even utter the word "lunatic". Dong Jisheng changed the subject and asked, "What about your little follower?"

The little follower didn't sound good either, Aiden Qi said: "Brandon Yin."

Dong Ji was afraid that he would punch him if they disagreed, so he had to say, "Brandon Yin, Brandon Yin, I remember it." He had been in the same class with Brandon Yin for two years but he couldn't remember his name, but now he remembered it clearly.

Aiden Qi said as a matter of course: "He will come with me."

Dong Jishen was just a little kid who didn't understand so much. He said, "Yeah, you two can go together." He felt very happy after saying that. Rui Xiao is great. Now that the big devil Aiden Qi and the little psychopath are gone, it's really exciting.

When the get out of class was over, Brandon Yin was the first to come out and gave the chocolate in his hand to Aiden Qi.

Aiden Qi was surprised and asked: "Why didn't you eat?"

Brandon Yin said: "I took a bite, these are for you." He knew Aiden Qi wanted to eat.

Aiden Qi was not tempted and asked, "You really don't want to eat?"

Brandon Yin said: "Eat quickly, don't let the teacher see you."

Aiden Qi chuckled and said, "You are still nice to me!" After that, he peeled off the plastic wrap and stuffed the whole chocolate into his mouth.

Seeing him like this, Brandon Yin felt happier than if she had eaten chocolate.

When he got home from school, Aiden Qi told him, "Don't forget to tell your mother when you get home."

Brandon Yin nodded seriously, clenched his fists and encouraged himself.

Aiden Qi went home early, and Brandon Yin waited until the sky darkened before the driver who was going to pick him up arrived.

There was no conversation along the way until the car drove into the gate, then he became slightly nervous.

His house is very big, and after the car drives through the gate, it has to go around the garden before you can see the building behind.

The garden was well-maintained, but to Brandon Yin it was not beautiful. He did not like the dark green pines and cypresses. He thought they were tall and gloomy, as if they blocked all the light.

The building behind the garden covers a large area and has an elegant style, creating a quiet place in the midst of noise. However, in the eyes of a six-year-old child, all this is quiet and depressing.

He didn't want to go home. He didn't like the pervasive coldness in the house. Even though the air conditioner was on and the thermometer showed a pleasant temperature, the coldness that penetrated his skin and seeped into his bones was everywhere.

Brandon Yin took a deep breath and pushed the door open to enter the house.

There was no one in the living room and even the lights were not on. The dark and empty room was like a giant beast with its mouth open, ready to devour any prey that stepped into it.

Brandon Yin trotted over and turned on the light. The huge crystal chandelier illuminated the entire room as bright as day, but her trembling fingers did not calm down so quickly.

He took another deep breath, returned to the entrance to change his shoes, and then wiped his shoe prints with a towel - the nanny would scold him if she found out.

After doing all this, he slowly went upstairs and went to the room on the far right.

The door was closed, silently rejecting everyone.

Brandon Yin knocked on the door, but no sound came out, but he knew his mother was inside.

He pressed the doorknob and pushed the door open. The room was dark, with only the bloody sunset outside the window shining in, shining on the woman sitting there, casting a dark red glow.

The woman was dressed in white and was extremely quiet, like a cold statue.

She was very beautiful, with amazing silky black hair and charming skin as delicate as cold jade.

She was at the most beautiful age, but she had lost her vitality and became a withered flower.

Brandon Yin looks like her, and such facial features on a boy's face look delicate and somewhat feminine.

He glanced at his mother, lowered his eyes and said, "Mom, I'm back."

No one responded to him, and she didn't even bother to give him a glance.

There was still a hint of disappointment in Brandon Yin's eyes. Even though it was like this every time, even though he already knew the result, he was still secretly expecting that maybe one day things would be different, maybe one day she would look at him.

Unfortunately, no, just as he kept coming to say hello to her, she always gave him endless indifference.

This was the third time Brandon Yin took a deep breath since returning home. This was the only way he could use to relax his tense chest.

After going downstairs, Brandon Yin picked up the phone. His father had not been back for a long time, so he could only call him to talk about the elementary school registration.

He didn't know whether his father would agree, but he had to take this step and fight for it.

Before the phone number was dialed, a series of footsteps were heard outside.

Brandon Yin was stunned for a moment, and then an uncontrollable joy surged up in him - Dad is back!

He hurriedly put down the phone and trotted to the living room. At this time, the door opened and Yin Gongzheng, dressed in a neat suit, walked in. Behind him were his assistants, but the assistants did not enter the house. They just explained some plans for tomorrow and then left.

Brandon Yin waited until everyone had left before carefully coming out and speaking cautiously, "Dad."

Yin Gongzheng didn't even look at him, he tugged at his tie and asked, "Where's your mother?"

Brandon Yin paused and said, "It's upstairs."

"Yeah." Yin Gongzheng strode towards the stairs and went straight up.

Brandon Yin pursed his lips and followed him. He wanted to talk to his father about the elementary school...

As soon as he walked up, he heard his mother screaming: "Yin Gongzheng, get out, get out!"

Brandon Yin stopped and his face turned pale as paper.

There was a sound of something heavy falling in the room, and Yin Gongzheng came out with disheveled hair. He cursed, "Crazy woman!" and then locked the door from the outside.

Brandon Yin stood at the stairs, shaking uncontrollably.

Yin Gongzheng glanced at him and felt annoyed: "Get out of the way."

"Dad!" Brandon Yin didn't know where he got the courage from, he grabbed Yin Gongzheng's sleeve.

Yin Gong was frowning at him: "What's wrong?"

Brandon Yin's throat was trembling, but his voice was loud. He tried to speak clearly in one breath: "I, I'm about to graduate from elementary school, and I want to go to Experimental Elementary School." He said it, he really said it.

Yin Gongzheng showed no disdain in his eyes: "Experimental Primary School? Do you think I'm not embarrassed enough?"

Brandon Yin was stunned for a moment, then looked up at him: "Experimental Primary School is very...very good."

"What do you think your last name is? Who do you think gave you the name Brandon Yin?"

"I..." Brandon Yin didn't know how to answer his father's question.

Yin Gongzheng said irritably, "Don't even think about going to that kind of rubbish school. Even if I hire a tutor to teach you at home, I won't let you go there."

After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and left.

It was not until the sound of a car roared outside that Brandon Yin came to his senses.

The father left, and the mother, who was locked in the house, smashed everything she could touch.

The nanny and the nurse went upstairs one after another to comfort the frantic mother. No one paid any attention to Brandon Yin. He leaned there, like a transparent person, being ignored by everyone.

He couldn't go to the Experimental Primary School, and he was about to lose the only person who had ever laid eyes on him.

The wishing genie...can't possibly come to him because he's a child who doesn't even have a birthday.

Brandon Yin cried all night long, wailing heart-wrenchingly, as if he wanted to cry out all the tears that had accumulated from childhood to adulthood.

But what's the use? This empty house swallows everything up.

Brandon Yin took three days of sick leave and when he came back he had lost a lot of weight.

Aiden Qi said distressedly: "Is your air conditioner set too low? I tell you, you have to cover yourself with a quilt in the summer. If the air conditioner blows air, it will be very cold."

Brandon Yin wanted to cry when he saw him, but he held it back. These were the last few days, and he wanted to spend time with Aiden Qi.

Aiden Qi said again: "You have to take the medicine well, don't be afraid of the bitterness." Then he said, "Anyway, I am not afraid of bitterness. I just close my eyes and swallow it in one gulp. It's so cool!"

Brandon Yin thought about the scene and smiled: "Well, I'm not afraid either."

Aiden Qi was still thinking about the business: "Have you talked to your mother? Can you go to Shixiao?"

Brandon Yin's drooping eyelashes trembled, and he whispered: "I said it."

Aiden Qi smiled happily: "Then I feel relieved." He added, "Don't be afraid. Although there are no familiar classmates in Shixiao, as long as I am here, no one dares to bully you!"

Brandon Yin smiled, his voice was very hoarse: "I know."