I Might Have Fallen in Love With My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 194 - 188: Can’t Be Away from Me for Even a Day

Chapter 194: Chapter 188: Can’t Be Away from Me for Even a Day

On Saturday, Li Qingmo and Song Shize almost stayed up all night playing video games.

Since they didn’t have school the next day, they had no concerns.

Staying at Song Shize’s house for these three days, Li Qingmo felt pretty good, especially loving the feeling of not having to do homework every night.

It’s just a bit uncomfortable for him not being able to sleep naked.

At 3 a.m., Song Shize, still fiddling with his phone, raised his panda eyes from the screen and suddenly asked Li Qingmo, "I heard your sister hasn’t been attending school these past few days. What’s wrong with her?"

Li Qingmo, with eyes almost as dark as Song Shize’s due to gaming, was in the heat of the game and responded casually: "How would I know? I haven’t contacted her these few days..."

Realizing something was off right after speaking, he casually tossed away the phone and sat up from the bed: "What did you just say? Li Qingran hasn’t been attending school these two days?"

"Yeah," Song Shize’s fingers were still tapping on the screen: "Didn’t Ma Qingsheng mention it when school ended?"

When they came back together after school, Ma Qingsheng casually said, "Just two days after the results came out, and both stream-toppers haven’t been coming to class; they must have pissed off the class teacher haha~~"

Ma Qingsheng, although generally okay, was chatty and loved to gossip joyfully.

Back then, Li Qingmo was also walking with them, and Ma Qingsheng’s voice wasn’t soft, but Li Qingmo didn’t react at all, even Song Shize thought he knew.

Li Qingmo knew nothing; he was still under the impression that the top of the grade was Xie Ying’an, who has always been casual. During elementary and middle school, he would just skip classes whenever he didn’t feel like attending due to good grades, the teachers just let him be.

He had completely forgotten that his sister also topped the grade this time, even though he specifically went to stay at Song Shize’s place because of it.

As her brother, Li Qingmo naturally knew Li Qingran’s personality well; it wasn’t possible for her to miss two days of school without something going on. Without caring that it was 3 a.m., he hastily slipped on a pair of slippers and was ready to go back.

Hearing the door open, Song Shize turned his head to look. Li Qingmo had already reached outside the living room.

He got out of bed and asked, "Hey, hey, hey! Where are you going?"

Li Qingmo didn’t turn back:

"Going home to check on Li Qingran."

"It’s the middle of the night, man," Song Shize also jumped out of bed, slipping on a pair of slippers and followed him to the living room: "Aren’t you good just calling home to ask?"

Li Qingmo placed his hand on the doorknob: "Li Qingran turns her phone on ’Do Not Disturb’ mode when she sleeps, there’s no way the call will go through."

"It’s the middle of the night, you won’t be able to catch a cab, why not wait till it’s light and go back?"

Li Qingmo ignored him, opened the door, and walked out: "If I can’t find a cab, I’ll walk back."

Having said that, he closed the door and left.

Song Shize rolled his eyes and cursed: "Crap, walking back in the middle of the night? Is he sick!"

He didn’t care whether Li Qingmo walked back or not, he just collapsed back onto the bed and continued gaming on his phone.

After a few minutes, feeling uncomfortable with his position, he switched to lying on his stomach. Within minutes, he slapped the phone aside, pulled over a thin blanket, and covered his head ready to sleep.

"Gone mad," Song Shize kicked off the blanket and grabbed the phone he’d thrown aside: "Screw it, I might as well ask Ruan Ruan what’s actually going on with Li Qingran."

He muttered to himself, searched for Ruan Ruan’s name on the page, but after looking for a long time without finding it, he remembered that he had blocked Ruan Ruan earlier today.

He removed Ruan Ruan from the blacklist, then typed three words and sent them off.

The WeChat notification sounded, and Song Shize raised an eyebrow, surprised that Ruan Ruan hadn’t gone to bed at this hour and actually replied to his message instantly.

Tsk! He secretly felt smug in his heart. Being a handsome and wealthy man was different; after women did all they could to get him, they couldn’t brave a few minutes delay in replying to his messages.

This guy completely forgot that Ruan Ruan had been blocked by him this afternoon because she didn’t reply to his messages in time.

Song Shize looked at the WeChat chat interface with a smug look, then his smile froze on his face.

On the screen of his phone, just before the message "Are you asleep?" was sent, there displayed an annoying red exclamation mark, and below it a few lines of gray text: Soft girl has enabled friend verification, you are not yet her friend. Please send a friend verification request, and after the other party approves it, you can chat.

Damn! Ruan Ruan dared to block him?

Song Shize got so angry that he sat up from the bed, now thoroughly wide awake.

Song Shize’s place was very close to the school, and naturally not far from Qingran’s home.

As for Song Shize talking about taking a taxi, it was purely because he was too lazy to walk.

The streetlights illuminated the road, and with Li Qingmo’s long legs walking briskly, it took less than twenty minutes to reach home.

When he got to the front door, he remembered he hadn’t brought his keys with him when he left, not only that, he hadn’t brought his phone either.

Knocking from outside, there was absolutely no way to be heard inside, especially now at 3:30 in the morning, it was even less likely for anyone to hear.

Li Qingmo thought about it and decided to climb over the outer wall; he had often secretly climbed over walls to go to internet cafes during middle school, so he was very familiar with the walls to climb.

Finding a spot at the corner of the wall, he skilfully climbed over, then found himself stopped by the locked house door.

Shit! He kicked the door, somewhat regretting coming back in the middle of the night. Song Shize was right; it wouldn’t be too late to come back at dawn, at least someone would be around to open the door for him.

Aunt Liu wouldn’t arrive until at least 6 a.m., and the summer nights without the cool air conditioning were unbearably hot outside. Did he really have to wait at the door for two to three hours?

Li Qingmo felt annoyed and kicked the door hard again.

He was only so bold because his dad was out of town these days.

If his dad found out that Li Qingran was sick and he wasn’t at home, without a doubt, he’d be in deep trouble.

As Li Qingmo was despairingly slumped at the door, it suddenly opened, and he nearly jumped in shock.

Xie Ying’an, who had opened the door, saw Li Qingmo frowning, and opened the door wider: "Why are you back at this hour?"

Li Qingmo stood up, casually dusting off his pants. He peeked inside the house, brushed past Xie Ying’an and asked, "Are you alone? Li Qingran didn’t come out?"

Xie Ying’an moved aside to let him into the house: "No."

Yesterday, after they got the test papers Ruan Ruan brought back, they ended up working on them until eleven at night. It’s still early morning now; Qingran must still be asleep, how could she come out?

It was only because he was a light sleeper and the noise from Li Qingmo’s kicking the door was loud that he, feeling uneasy with just the two of them at home, decided to come downstairs to check.

The living room was cool, Li Qingmo grabbed a can of cold Coke from the fridge, and sprawled on the sofa as usual. He asked Xie Ying’an standing by the staircase: "Is Li Qingran sick?"

Xie Ying’an nodded expressionlessly.

"Is she better now?" Li Qingmo asked again.

"Yeah."

Receiving Xie Ying’an’s affirmative response, Li Qingmo visibly relaxed.

"Ah~" This guy sighed, took another sip of Coke, and started to toot his own horn: "But what can I do, my little sister just can’t stand being away from me even for one day."

Xie Ying’an: "..."