Chapter 16: Brotherly Love (08)

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  Goodbye Chen Haonan, Li Donglin returned home almost at eleven o'clock. He rushed upstairs in one breath and saw that his father, mother, and sister were all sitting on the sofa with the TV not turned on, which made him feel very strange.

  Before her son could even greet her, Mrs. Li called out affectionately: "Donglin, come here, I have something to ask you..."

  "Ah," Li Donglin responded softly, and walked over to the sofa. He guessed that his mother must be asking about Chen Haonan, so he immediately began to think of an excuse in his mind.

  "Donglin, you said Haonan has changed a lot, but I don't see it at all?" As expected by Li Donglin, his mother asked directly before he could even sit down. However, before he could respond, his mother spoke again: "Not only did I not notice, your father and sister didn't either. Originally, I had a lot of questions to ask Haonan, but seeing him greet your father and me with the same enthusiasm as before when he came in, and then watching you three chat and laugh together so happily, I didn't dare ask anything else..."

  "I also think that Haonan is quite strange, when I just went there at noon he was still worried, but in a moment he started joking with us. I think he seems to be fine!" Li Jia chimed in opportunely.

  Li Donglin appeared to be listening seriously to his mother and sister, but in reality, he was feeling very complicated and disordered inside. After a moment of thought, he pretended to be calm and said: "I think Haonan should be fine, maybe we're just overthinking it! Earlier I chatted with Haonan for a long time, probably because his family has high expectations of him, he doesn't want to disappoint them, so he feels a lot of pressure... I think Haonan is putting all his heart into studying, that's why he's like that..." Li Donglin knew he was lying, but what could he do at this moment? However, he wasn't entirely wrong either - Haonan's family did have high hopes for him, and Haonan was indeed studying very hard.

  "Oh, I see!" After Li Donglin said that, his mother nodded involuntarily. But in an instant, her expression suddenly turned serious and she said: "Look at Haonan, he's so sensible! You should learn from him, if you don't understand something in your studies, ask Haonan, got it?"

  Li Donglin didn't want his mother to seize the opportunity to lecture him, and he felt regretful in his heart, but there was no other way out. He could only nod his head while saying "yes".

  At this time, Li's father, who had been silent all along, spoke up: "I said Haonan was fine, but you didn't believe me and insisted on waiting for Donglin to come back. Now that everything is clear, can you finally rest assured? Go to sleep, or you won't be able to get up tomorrow morning!

  Then, the family of four dispersed, those who wanted to sleep went back to their rooms to rest, while those who wanted to take a shower went to the bathroom to do so...

  Because of the disturbance in his heart, like a lump of paste, Li Donglin lay on the bed and couldn't sleep no matter what. After several tosses and turns, he finally got up, felt his way through the darkness to the window.

  The night outside was quiet. As soon as he pushed open the window, a gentle breeze blew in, and Li Donglin's heart gradually felt more comfortable.

  Suddenly, Li Donglin thought of a sentence: "Good brother, nothing to say!" This was a phrase he often said to Chen Haonan. He felt that he should do something for his old partner, but what exactly? Many ideas suddenly popped up in his mind...