Contractual Marriage: We’re Meant to Be Together

46. Why Didn’t You Appear Earlier?

Translator: Alanese Fantasy

“No.” Wei Qing turned his head and smiled at him with a relaxed expression. “I didn’t participate in the finals because on the night before it, I argued with my daddy. He battered me by the stick in anger and broke my leg.”

Yan Chuyang’s face froze. “How… how could it be?”

“That’s it,” Wei Qing shrugged and said casually, “I missed the finals. The doctor also told me that I couldn’t play basketball anymore because of my leg, so I gave up.”

“Then, do you hate your daddy?”

“No,” Wei Qing shook his head and said seriously, “That is life. Apart from yourself, who will understand your dream? In their eyes, my persistence is laughable forever.”

“No,” Yan Chuyang shook his head hurriedly. “There’s always somebody who will understand you.”

Wei Qing turned his head and smiled. He touched Yan Chuyang’s chin and said, “What are you anxious about? I didn’t say all of them. The people who love you are definitely willing to understand you. Just like your grandmother who loved you so much, she would support you whatever you did.”

“I understand you too,” Yan Chuyang stared at him and said firmly, “If I had known you at that time, I would have helped you stop your father. No matter what you do, I will support you.”

Wei Qing’s eyes darkened. He raised his hand and rubbed the delicate skin of Yan Chuyang’s lips. He snorted, “Then why didn’t you appear at that time?”

Yan Chuyang punched his legs and sighed heavily, “I’m sorry too. It’d be great if I met you at that time!”

‘If I had gotten closer and made you become a gay earlier, I wouldn’t have to be so lovesick now.’

Looking at Yan Chuyang’s gentle facial features, Wei Qing smiled, turned his head and said in a low voice. “Actually, it’s good that I haven’t joined the national team.”

“How can it be good?” Yan Chuyang shook his head. “That’s your dream.”

Wei Qing stared at the willow tree in the playground in a daze and whispered, “If I had joined the national team, I certainly wouldn’t have been able to meet you. I haven’t joined the national team, but I’ve gotten married with you, which is also not bad.”

Yan Chuyang nudged his arm. “What are you mumbling about?”

“Nothing,” Wei Qing pulled him up and asked, “Are you good at playing basketball?”

Yan Chuyang stared, “Of course.”

“Then, let’s play it for a while.”

Yan Chuyang said with a flustered expression, “Isn’t it impossible for you to play it because of your leg?”

“It’s all right.” Wei Qing shrugged. “As long as I don’t get vigorous exercise, it’s fine to play basketball once or twice.” After saying it, Wei Qing grabbed Yan Chuyang’s wrist, pulled him off the grandstand and walked towards the basketball court.

The two of them sneaked unashamedly into a group of children in school uniforms and played with them who were just freshmen or sophomores in high school.

After having a nice time for two rounds, the bell went for the start of the class. The students attended class and no one played with them. So they ended playing basketball.

After returning the ball to the gym teacher, the two strolled along the path next to the school.

“Here,” Wei Qing gave a bottle of mild salt water to Yan Chuyang beside him. “After the exercise, drink some salt water and replenish the fluid.”

Yan Chuyang nodded, accepted the water, took a mouthful of his drink, raised his hand to fan his body and frowned. “Why is it so hot today?”

Wei Qing shook his head and looked discontentedly at the blush onYan Chuyang’s face. He said softly, “It’s not hot. You don’t exercise often, and now you suddenly come out to play basketball, so you can’t stand it.”

“Why could you say I don’t exercise often?” Yan Chuyang craned his neck and explained, “I run in the school track every morning. Otherwise, would I be so thin?”

To pursue Wei Qing, he must keep himself in trim. Even if he was not so muscular, he also couldn’t put on weight.

Wei Qing snorted, “Then it’s because you have a weak body.”

Yan Chuyang snorted, “Is my body weak? I told you before, mine is 18 cm! I let you compare with me but you didn’t dare do it, and now you even say that I am weak.”

Wei Qing’s forehead twitched, “Why do you talk about it again?”

Seeing that his expression was not right, Yan Chuyang turned his head intelligently and pulled up the T-shirt to fan his chin. Then he changed the topic, “It’s getting late. Let’s go for lunch.”

Looking at Yan Chuyang’s fair part of the waist, Wei Qing pressed Yan Chuyang’s hand down with an unhappy face and said, “How hot are you? Can’t you be dressed well?”

Yan Chuyang sighed and lowered his hand. He realized that no matter what he was doing now, it was plebeian in Wei Qing’s eyes.

The two of them slowly left the school and walked to the restaurant up the path. As they walked, they suddenly saw a small clinic in bad condition. Wei Qing stopped and pointed at the school hospital’s sign, saying emotionally, “At that time, I was told here that I couldn’t play basketball as a professional again because of my leg.”

Yan Chuyang took a bite of the ice cream bought from the convenience store and said strangely, “You’re so rich. Why did you go to the small clinic instead of a major hospital to see a doctor?”

Wei Qing shook his head, “My aspiration was so big that I wasn’t willing to ask for money from my family, so I was so poor that I could only go to a clinic near the school.”

Yan Chuyang frowned suspiciously, “Was the check correct?”

“Probably yes.” Wei Qing pursed his lips and said, “There was an old and experienced doctor here. I heard that he majored in orthopedics who had retired from a big hospital. He had a way with diagnoses and treatments. Many people in the school sports team would come here to be checked.”

“But why has it been closed?” Yan Chuyang looked strangely at the big seal on the door.

“Because he was found to be a liar,” the female cleaner at the door suddenly said as she lowered her head to sweep the floor. “It’s been closed for a few years. The old man in this clinic was a physician without qualifications. He didn’t know about diagnoses but he still diagnosed in wrong ways and delayed many students’ treatments.”

Wei Qing was stunned.

Yan Chuyang’s face tightened and he quickly stepped forward, “Madam, couldn’t the doctor diagnose here?”

The woman shook her head and pursed her lips. “It was not that he didn’t know how to diagnose. It was just that he wanted students to buy more medicine to make money so he deliberately exaggerated their illnesses. For example, if one grazed the skin a little, the doctor would say that he broke his bone. And he would tell one with broken bones that his bones completely cracked. In short, he thought of many ways to frighten the students.”

Yan Chuyang turned his head in a daze, glanced at Wei Qing and said cautiously, “Then…then, is your…”

“Let’s go home!” Wei Qing grabbed Yan Chuyang’s arm and strode forward without hesitation.

“What? Aren’t we going to look for a restaurant to have the meal?”