Unfolding Under the Evening Sun Chapter 9

Saturday morning is still sunny.

The red maple leaves were painted in autumn colors, birds were playing on the branches, and a corgi named Niu Niu Mian was trying to climb the tree with his four short legs. But his legs were too short, and after climbing for a long time, he dug two holes in the ground.

"Woof!" A defiant cry startled Ethan Chen, who was thinking about life in a bedroom on the second floor.

Instantly, three soul-stirring questions emerged in Ethan Chen's mind:

who I am?

Where am I?

What did I do?

Ethan Chen looked down and saw the unfamiliar big bed. The gray-blue quilt gave off a hint of coldness. He lifted the quilt and saw two bare white legs under the wrinkled T-shirt. Where were the pants?

At this moment, he caught a glimpse of a hint of blue on the stool beside the bed. He turned around suddenly, and then his eyes slowly opened wider and wider.

Ethan Chen, male, 20 years old, nicknamed "Tingting", is cute, well-behaved and polite, and everyone who has met him has praised him. But last night, he did the biggest stupid thing since he was born.

At this moment, memories flooded him like a surging tide. He sat on the king-size bed with his legs crossed, expressionless, but his face became redder and redder, until he let out a "woohoo" and wrapped himself in the quilt, not moving a muscle.

Listen to the death.

At this moment, the sound of the door opening made Ethan Chen tense. Someone walked in and approached the bed step by step until he stopped beside the bed.

Ethan Chen continued to play dead.

The man stayed for a while, then turned and left, as if he had taken something from the closet or cabinet, and walked into the bathroom. Soon, the sound of splashing water could be heard from afar.

After the sound of running water lasted for about a minute, Ethan Chen quietly pulled back a corner of the quilt and looked around the room. The clothes on the stool were the familiar blue sportswear. This bedroom was naturally Aiden Pei's bedroom.

It is eight o'clock in the morning. Aiden Pei should be taking a shower after returning from his morning run.

As for last night, Ethan Chen vaguely remembered that he cried so hard and refused to let go, so Aiden Pei did not send him back to the dormitory but came here instead.

So, do you want to run now?

Ethan Chen fell into deep thought. If he ran away, it would be too embarrassing to meet him in the future.

But if he didn't run, he would definitely run into Aiden Pei coming out of the shower. One was taking a shower, and the other was still in bed. It didn't seem right to think about it. Moreover, when Ethan Chen thought of Aiden Pei and the other two, he couldn't help but start to replay the words Aiden Pei said to him yesterday in his mind.

"Don't cry."

"Don't ask."

The drunk Ethan Chen was a complete spoiled brat, still needing to be coaxed. But he was also a well-behaved boy, except for crying a little pitifully, he didn't do anything else out of the ordinary, but Aiden Pei hugged him and coaxed him, and he only recognized Aiden Pei.

He was still sobbing and all his tears were on Aiden Pei's clothes.

Finally, when Aiden Pei carried him to the bed, he originally wanted him to sleep like that. However, although his mind was fuzzy, the habit of taking off clothes before sleeping was deeply rooted in his mind, so he took off his pants directly.

Where did you throw the pants?

Ethan Chen thought hard and thought, Oh, it was given to Aiden Pei.

After handing over the pants, he lay down on the bed, covered himself with the quilt, closed his eyes and muttered: "I'm going to sleep."

Three seconds later, he lost consciousness.

Thinking of this, Ethan Chen already had a terrible headache. He didn't dare to think about more details, and couldn't figure out whether running or not running was more embarrassing.

Fortunately, Aiden Pei took a quick shower and came out of the bathroom in a few minutes. So Ethan Chen had no choice but to continue pretending to be dead in an attempt to get away with it.

There was nothing he could do about it. After all, this was the first time he had encountered such a thing in his twenty years of life.

"Put the clothes on the stool." Aiden Pei looked at the small, moving, suspicious ball on the bed, with a smile on his lips that he didn't even notice.

Finally, he added, "My parents are not at home today."

After saying that, he went out and considerately closed the door.

After hearing this, Chen lifted the quilt and sat up. He glanced at the sportswear on the stool, then looked at his bare thighs, and finally, reluctantly, picked up his clothes and went to take a shower.

But when he stood in front of the mirror, Ethan Chen was stunned again.

Who is that bullied young wife with red eyes in the mirror? Ryan Yang?

Ethan Chen suddenly felt a little weak and couldn't walk. He hesitated for a long time, applied cold water and fanned himself with his hands, and finally the swelling went down a little, but the pink on his eyes did not fade away.

In the end, he simply gave up, grabbed his hair in frustration, and decided to go out and face this ridiculous life.

So when Aiden Pei waited in the living room for a long time, and finally saw someone, he saw an expressionless pink Tingting. He looked so pitiful and lovable, but he exuded an aura that said: Tingting is very strong, please go away if you don't want to see or listen.

"Breakfast is in the kitchen." Aiden Pei said.

Ethan Chen finally put aside his awkwardness and looked at Aiden Pei carefully. He was wearing a beige home suit today, which made him look much softer. In addition, the playful and arrogant Corgi on his lap made him look more down-to-earth.

Ethan Chen nodded, hesitated for two seconds, and said, "Thank you for troubling you yesterday."

Aiden Pei said simply: "It doesn't matter."

Ethan Chen saw that he looked normal, and felt relieved. Yes, the other party was the cool guy Aiden Pei, why would he care about his little drunken behavior? He definitely wouldn't take it to heart.

What's more, the other party also brought me home, which prevented me from making a fool of myself at school. That was very thoughtful.

"Then I'll go have breakfast." Ethan Chen walked into the kitchen with ease, thinking that according to Aiden Pei's temperament, he should get a glass of milk and two slices of bread. If it was more luxurious, there might even be fried eggs and bacon.

But he saw multi-grain pancakes and soy milk, with the logo of a famous breakfast chain on the bag.

Well, ordering takeout early in the morning is also in line with the cool guy’s temperament.

After breakfast, Aiden Pei was no longer in the living room. Ethan Chen was puzzled when he heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and found that Aiden Pei had changed into sportswear and came down from upstairs.

"Are you going out?" Ethan Chen was slightly stunned.

"Yeah, playing basketball." Aiden Pei looked at Ethan Chen's eyes, which had gradually returned to normal, and asked, "Do you want to go?"

Ethan Chen subconsciously wanted to refuse. Not to mention whether he was fit to go out in this state, it was obvious that Aiden Pei had an appointment with someone, and Ethan Chen didn't recognize any of his friends.

Unexpectedly, Aiden Pei seemed to see his hesitation and said directly: "You don't have to fight, just sit down. I don't know those people. It's still some distance from here to the basketball court. By the time you get there, your eyes will be almost healed."

This was truly the longest sentence Ethan Chen had ever heard Aiden Pei say since he met him, so Ethan Chen was too surprised to refuse.

Aiden Pei took it as his acquiescence, raised his hand and put a white baseball cap on Ethan Chen's head: "Let's go."

Ethan Chen wanted to refuse at this time, but he couldn't say it, so he had to follow. So a minute later, he saw Aiden Pei pushing a bicycle out of the garage.

What about the cool heavy machine?

Ethan Chen felt that Aiden Pei was repeatedly refreshing his cognition, but Aiden Pei remained cold and stepped into the car neatly, then turned back to look at Ethan Chen: "Get in."

"You want to... give me a ride?"

"far away."

Well, this is a very strong reason. Ethan Chen felt that he couldn't misunderstand the cool guy because of his own weird thoughts, so he sat in the back seat.

The next second, the bicycle carrying the two people went away like the wind.

"pay close attention."

Aiden Pei's low and sharp voice came from the wind. Ethan Chen subconsciously raised his eyes to look at his back, which was not very broad but made people feel particularly reliable. Before he decided whether to reach out his hand, the instant acceleration and weightlessness made him instinctively hug his waist.

Banshan Villa is built on the mountain, and most of the roads are sloped.

The whistling wind blew past Ethan Chen's ears, and the extreme speed that he had not felt for a long time made Ethan Chen's heart beat faster. He leaned against Aiden Pei's back, looking at the ancient trees and red maples on both sides that were rapidly retreating, and took a deep breath of the fresh air in the forest, feeling a little happy.

There was a big curve ahead, and Aiden Pei turned the corner skillfully. The strong wind from the car blew across the fallen leaves on the ground. In an instant, the leaves were flying.

The sun pours down from the sky, and the boy like the wind travels through the mottled dream of leaves and light.

Ethan Chen slowly loosened one hand, trying to catch a wisp of wind passing by. It doesn't matter if he can't catch it, because the wind is so cunning. If Jiang Hai was here, he would probably recite a line affectionately---Ah, dear Saint Laurent Tingting, what passes through our fingertips is not the wind, but our lost youth.

As he thought about it, Ethan Chen felt better and better, and he completely put last night's events behind him.

Half an hour later, Aiden Pei finally stopped in front of a public basketball court. Ethan Chen looked around carefully and found that there was also a villa area nearby. Although the scenery here was not as good as Aiden Pei's home, it was also a good place to find peace in the bustling city.

"Brother Yao!" A fat man in black and a baseball cap ran out of the basketball court, his steps revealing excitement and joy. But when he walked in and saw Ethan Chen behind Aiden Pei, he was a little surprised.

When will Brother Yao take people out again?

"Hello." Ethan Chen took the initiative to greet.

The fat man was about to reply cheerfully when Aiden Pei glanced at him coldly: "Call me brother."

The fat man shuddered immediately, but looking at Ethan Chen's baby face, he was younger than him anyway! It was okay to call him Brother Yao, he was loyal to Xu Pang, so it was not a loss to call him that, but no matter what, he was still a big shot, how could he call someone younger than him "brother" casually!

It will be embarrassing if you tell others!

Ethan Chen didn't care. With a face like that, it was rare for others to guess his age correctly, so he waved his hand and said, "Just call me Ethan Chen."

The fat man nodded quickly: "Okay, okay! My name is Xu Yiming, you can call me Xu Pang. Brother Yao's friend is my..."

Aiden Pei glanced at him again, and the fat man immediately shut up, looking quite aggrieved.

At this time, a few more people walked over from the basketball court. Each of them was tall and had long legs. The one in the lead was spinning a basketball on his fingertips and looking at them with his head tilted. He looked quite cool and handsome.

"Fatty Xu, they are the reinforcements you found. They look uneven."

Xu Yiming was furious, his eyes widened: "Wang Chaoshuai! I warn you not to be so cocky, the last person who spoke to my brother Yao like this has been admitted to the hospital!"