C254 If It's All Hypothetical

"Wholesale gift, if you don't like it." Qiao Lin grabbed Qiao Yan's arm, "Although I had the master in the shop carve the words on this piece of paper, these beads were all carefully selected by me and strung together by my own hands. How is this wholesale?"

"Your bracelet is different from ours," Qin Lang added for Qiao Lin. Then, he took Qiao Lin's hand and showed the bracelets on their wrists to Qiao Yan.

Only then did Qiao Yan see clearly that the words on their bracelets were not as neat and beautiful as hers. Her "Yan" word was smooth.

Looking back at the two of them, the word Lin engraved on his brother's hand could barely be considered neat. However, the word Lin engraved on Qin Lang's hand was a bit too horrible to look at. The strokes were crooked and full of holes.

It was obvious that he had carved these two words for each other.

Although it was not as beautiful as hers, it had a better meaning.

She found herself being stuffed with dog food again.

When this man showed his affection, it was simply killing bystanders.

"It's different, mine is better looking than yours." Qiao Yan made her last struggle. The gift from her brother was indeed the best to her.

Qiao Lin shook his head helplessly, "You don't have to force yourself. If you like it, just wear it. If you don't like it, just leave it."

"Who said I don't like it?" Qiao Yan touched the bracelet like a treasure, "This is my token of appreciation, how can I not like it? Furthermore, I received a gift under such circumstances, it's very precious to me."

The gift that she had received today meant a lot to Qiao Yan. With her brother home, her relationship with her father would probably improve and become better from now on. Of course, it would be a good thing if the Qiao family would have one less conflict and quarrel in the future.

"I'm very happy that you like it." Seeing that his younger sister did not dislike his' wholesale 'gift, Qiao Lin felt relieved.

After dinner, Qiao Yan went back to her room to apply a cold compress on her swollen face. She went back to the house and told Qiao Lin that the room he used to live in had always been kept and that the servants had cleaned it today.

Since Qiao Zhicheng had not come down since he went upstairs after dinner, Wu Huanran would not take the initiative to come down and talk to him. Since Qiao Yan had already gone back to her room, there was no point for Qiao Lin and Qin Lang to stay downstairs.

So Qin Lang helped Qiao Lin carry his luggage and the two of them went upstairs.

When he opened the door of the room that he had lived in, Qiao Lin found that it had not changed much. It was not much different from when he had been caught and escaped from five years ago. The only difference was that the landline that had been unplugged had been reattached. The iron fence that Qiao Zhicheng had welded on the balcony to prevent him from escaping over the balcony had long since been removed.

The other decorations in the room had not changed at all. Even the desk and bookshelf by the wall had been used by Qiao Lin before. On the bookshelf were the extracurricular books that Qiao Lin used to like to read when he was in school. The third-year textbooks were neatly folded on the desk, and there was a stack of test papers sandwiched between them.

This was totally a student's room.

However, it made sense as Qiao Lin was still in his third year of high school when he left this house.

While Qin Lang was in this room, imagining Qiao Lin's appearance when he was studying, Qiao Lin noticed two pairs of neatly folded pajamas of the same style on the bed.

It seemed that his father had been preparing for him to go home and was also prepared to accept Qin Lang.

Qiao Lin was already very tired after riding on the bus for the whole day. After being disturbed by his father, he was now both tired and sleepy. Although he was not used to returning to this house and the room he used to live in, he could not resist the fatigue at all.

Seeing that Qin Lang was very curious about this room, he let him look around. After all, he did not leave any secrets here.

He took his pajamas and turned around to go to the bathroom. "Take your time. I'll go take a bath."

He had just taken two steps when a strong arm wrapped around his waist, and then his back was pressed against a familiar chest.

"What are you doing?" Qiao Lin struggled for a while, "This is the Qiao family's residence. My father lives on the third floor and next door is Qiao Yan. Don't you dare mess around with me."

Qin Lang chuckled, "What do you think I can do to you? We haven't seen each other for a few days. Today, we can finally meet again. It's the same situation again. I just want to hug you like this. What do you think I want to do to you?"

Qin Lang gently rubbed his ear and said, "Your thoughts are really unhealthy."

The warm and humid breath tickled his ears.

"You..." Qiao Lin was speechless. This brat had clearly come to tease him first, but now it seemed that his thoughts were not healthy.

"Then you better remember what you said now." Since he dared to say that to him, he would definitely make this brat regret it.

"Don't." Qin Lang quickly let go. "I'm talking nonsense. Hurry up and take a bath. Rest well today. I won't do anything reckless."

Qiao Lin smiled at him, "Then I'll go take a bath."

Qin Lang felt that his smile was a little strange.

As soon as the bathroom door closed, Qin Lang went to the desk and opened the textbook that Qiao Lin had used before.

The yellowed textbook was filled with careful notes on every page. Qiao Lin's handwriting was not good, but he wrote carefully and tried his best to be neat.

Most of them were mock exams, and after all these years, he had learned a lot of things he hadn't been able to understand, and it was clear that he had given them back to the teacher.

The scores were not low. If Qiao Lin had not been unable to bear the pain that this family had caused him, he would definitely have been able to get into a good university.

Qiao Lin must have regretted giving up his studies, but to be able to make him make up his mind to give up his studies and leave this house, one could imagine how depressed he was in this house.

If Qiao Lin had not given up back then and went to college after graduating from high school, perhaps the two of them would not have met each other.

His path might not have changed much, but it might not have allowed him to meet someone he liked so much so quickly.

As for Qiao Lin, he probably lived in another world.

If that was the case, would they still be able to meet?

What ifs? Those were all just fantasies. Fortunately, the two of them met and fell in love with each other.

After Qiao Lin came out of the shower, Qin Lang took his pajamas and went into the bathroom.

Qiao Lin was exhausted. He dried his hair with a dry towel and got into bed.

When Qin Lang came out of the shower, the person on the bed was already yawning. However, he still refused to sleep. It was obvious that he was waiting for him.

Qin Lang lifted the blanket and threw himself onto the bed. He pressed the person under him like a hungry wolf pouncing on a sheep, but Qiao Lin pushed him away.

"Stop messing around."

Qin Lang looked at him in confusion, "When I saw you refusing to sleep and waiting for me, I thought you were allowing me to sleep with you."

Qiao Lin smiled and put his arm around his neck, "Stop messing around. It's still early. Call your mother and sister and I'll apologize to them. I promised to have dinner with them at your house today, but they waited for nothing because of me."