Chapter 6: Family Games You Never Get Tired of 2
Hongze walked with his head held high, rushing forward without a care in the world. I had to jog to keep up with him. When we arrived at the station, Hongze finally stopped. I asked breathlessly, "Why... why are you in such a hurry today?"
Hongze hesitated for a while, looked at me, and said seriously: "Watch TV."
"What?"
I couldn't believe my ears and wished I was going to pass out. This guy was in such a hurry to go home just to watch TV.
Could it be that some popular TV series is about to air its finale? But this guy never watches TV. He just soaks in the bathtub and listens to the TV...
"Because I have no family, and I don't know what family is like. I thought about it for the whole afternoon, and there must be that kind of TV series on TV that tells me how family members get along with each other and so on." Hong Ze raised his chin slightly, crossed his arms across his chest, and said very proudly.
Seeing Hongze's expression of "please praise me", I couldn't help but slap myself. It was just a sentence of "Human, let me be your family", and my brain must have been flushed down the toilet to believe this guy.
This guy doesn't look like he's taking this seriously at all. Realizing this, I felt bad.
"The bus is here! Let's take the bus today, it's faster." Seeing Nie's bus approaching, Hongze pushed me and motioned for me to get on.
I had never taken Hongze on the Nie company's bus before. I was a little surprised that Hongze recognized the bus at first sight and pulled him to stop him from leaving. "Are you crazy? Why are you taking the bus?"
"Are you going to take the bus today? Don't you want to get on it?" Ji Yuyao, who was passing by us, came over with a polite smile on her face.
I was shocked. Ji Yuyao and I were just nodding acquaintances, and I had been avoiding her even more since Hongze showed up. I didn't expect to meet her in front of the shuttle bus.
I quickly let go of Hongze's hand and explained to Ji Yuyao, "He wanted to go home early to watch the game today. He heard that Nie's bus was faster, so he insisted on taking the bus with me."
"I see, you two have a really good relationship. I heard from Jiang Hao that you seem to go home together often, and Hongze's home is very close to the family building?" Ji Yuyao nodded and raised her hand to make a gesture of invitation, "By the way, let's get on the bus first, so as not to keep the bus driver waiting."
I glanced at Ji Yuyao warily, wondering, was Ji Yuyao saying this to remind me or to warn me?
Ji Yuyao always had a flawless smile on her face, and looked at me with a slightly tilted head, as if asking me why I hadn't gotten on the bus yet. I looked back and saw that Hongze had already gotten on the bus without me holding him back, so I had no choice but to laugh dryly and get on the bus as well.
Hongze was sitting alone in the last row of the bus, next to the window. He seemed very satisfied with the soft seat and kept twisting his body even while sitting.
I walked to Hongze's side, and just as I sat down, I saw Ji Yuyao and Jiang Hao talking together, and my heart sank.
Jiang Hao is one grade younger than me, and among the 14 people in the 15 rooms on the top floor, he is the one I get along the most with.
Normally, I avoid going out at a time when everyone else does in the morning, and I also go home a little later after school. I didn't expect that I would be seen even so.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but frown. I wondered what Jiang Hao saw. If it was just us getting on and off the car together, it would be fine. But if he saw Hongze and I entering the family building together, it would be hard to explain. More importantly, did he tell anyone other than Ji Yuyao about this?
"This means moving the sofa onto the bus? Let's all take the bus from now on. The sofas are comfortable." Hongze, who was having a great time, finally remembered me and proposed to me with anticipation, patting the chair.
I was a little angry at Hongze for not having any sense of crisis, and said unhappily, "It's so comfortable, why don't you just sleep here."
Who knew that after hearing what I said, Hongze frowned and thought for a while, then said seriously: "No, I want to sleep in the bathtub."
I burst out laughing, completely amused by Hongze's serious look. I guess the word "joke" doesn't exist in this guy's dictionary!
Who knew that when I smiled, Hongze became more serious. He held my shoulders, looked me straight in the eyes, and said word by word: "I want to be your family, you can't just throw me out there."
I was speechless after hearing what he said. I opened my mouth but couldn't say anything. He was the one who was leaving, and I was the one who was afraid of him leaving, but he spoke as if I would abandon him at any time.
Looking at Hongze's clear eyes, I had no way to refute him, so I had to say, "Well, I was joking. I won't just throw you out there. I'm looking forward to having you as my family."
"Ha! Look forward to it, be curious, just wait and see! Lord Hongze, the Jiaolong Prince, will tell you what it means to be a family!"
Hongze immediately perked up after hearing what I said. He stood up from his seat, tossed his hair in a cool way, pointed at me in an awkward pose, and said with great pride.
I pulled Hongze to sit down with great amusement and told him to stop playing tricks: "What you mean is just wait and see..."
"What dragon prince?" Ji Yuyao, who was talking to Jiang Hao, heard Hongze's words and asked us curiously.
I raised my eyebrows, but before I could answer, Jiang Hao, who was sitting next to her, also leaned out half of his body and said sarcastically, "Hey, Fu Lingmiao, you haven't given up looking for your family yet?"
"She found it," Hongze looked up at Jiang Hao, narrowing his eyes slightly with a dangerous look, "It's me."
"Hmph, are you related by blood?" Jiang Hao was annoyed and muttered something, then he shrank back and ignored us.
Seeing this, Ji Yuyao smiled awkwardly at us and sat down as well. Seeing Jiang Hao hit a soft and hard nail and blocking Ji Yuyao's words, I couldn't help but admire Hongze's reaction.
Looking at Hongze who was protecting me intentionally or unintentionally, I began to have doubts in my heart because of Jiang Hao's words. Can two people who are not related by blood really become a family?
The non-stop bus soon arrived at the Nie family building. Because of the previous unpleasantness, Ji Yuyao and Jiang Hao disappeared as soon as they got off the bus. Even so, I still dragged Hongze around in the small garden downstairs for half an hour before going upstairs.
"I told you I could bring you up here directly, but you insisted on waiting for half an hour. What a waste of time! You just like to sit outside in the cold wind!" Hongze became angrier and angrier as he spoke. He sat down on the sofa, turned his back to me and ignored me.
I spread my hands helplessly. If I told him that I was afraid that he would overuse his magic power again and become dehydrated and scaly, he would be even angrier. As I thought about it, I walked to the kitchen, wanting to make steak to please Hongze.
Just as I took the first step, Hongze, who had his back to me, turned around and called me, "Where are you going?"
"Huh? I see you're angry, so I'm going to make you steak."
When he heard the word steak, Hongze's eyes lit up and he waved his hand to urge me: "Go! What are you still standing there for?"
"I really doubt that someone can kidnap you with just a piece of steak." I shook my head in amusement, said sarcastically, and walked into the kitchen.
Hong Ze behind him muttered, "With the Soul Binding Cage here, I can't go anywhere." After that, he turned on the TV, and only the sound of the TV series was lingering in the living room.
I stood in the kitchen, holding the soul-binding cage hanging around my neck tightly, staring blankly ahead. Linglong, who thought she was being called out, circled around my feet, turning around and around.
