Wang Churan look at his childhood friend and the furrow in his face deepened hearing his explanation on why he want to move to the school dormitory. It is not that Wang Churan did not realise his friend troubled over the matter of staying with his family, but he sometimes want to pretend like it never happened.
However, this is the Cheng Jiayi he knows, a person who will never allowed other easily into his personal space. The current cheerful Cheng Jiayi is actually no different from the Cheng Jiayi before his incidents. People who does not know Cheng Jiayi will only remember the gloomy, loner, and quiet person, but Wang Churan had been his friend since they are little baby.
This cheerful Cheng Jiayi with bright eyes and smile is the Cheng Jiayi he mostly remembered from their childhood day. Everything change after his parents passed away and he changed from the former cheerier Cheng Jiayi to the well-known quiet Cheng Jiayi.
Thus, that is the reason why the Wang has never suspected if this Cheng Jiayi is different or not, they had seen the little brighter and sweeter Cheng Jiayi. Mrs Wang especially happy with the current Jiayi mood than the gloomier and melancholier Cheng Jiayi. She hopes that Cheng Jiayi will forever have this bright smile on his face rather than been a loner and gloomier person.
"That is only his excuse to move out from our house, to be honest," Wang Churan grumble with low voices. His eyes contain unhappiness with his friend stubbornness which had make Wang Churan frustrated many times over before.
"Hey Chuchu, you know well I am not making any excuses. Besides, if you are that worry about me why don't you come along and stay in the school dorm with me. Hehe then we can study together, remember it is our sophomore year already, next year it will be our senior year. We will face the university entrance exam at that time," Cheng Jiayi remarks casually to his friend while smile brightly. However, it is clear that pair of hazel eyes contain mischief and Wang Churan felt he has been toyed by this rascal Cheng Jiayi.
Move to the dormitory with him ? Does Cheng Jiayi joke with him. The school only 15 minutes bicycle ride from his house and he want him to stay in the school dormitory. Not to mention the strict discipline that the Shishi 1st High school employed upon his student, the school dormitory rules is far more stringent than their school rules and regulation.
No way he would trade the life as day student and become the stay in student, he have heard how strict the dormitory warden is. Stricter than their school principal.
"I will discuss this with aunt. She must agree with it, besides, she always feel worried about your school rank. Isn't it the right time to improved it baby Chuchu ?" Cheng Jiayi find it is funny to press certain button of this 'best friend' of his. He know Wang Churan from the memory is not someone that would enjoy the strict rules living in school dormitory. Not to mention, the dormitory food is not what you can said the finest kind of cuisine, it just exist to fill in your stomach. That is why there are many food stall and restaurant establishment surround the Shishi 1st High School. The school allow his student to buy food from outside during luncheon and dinner time. Even the teacher also know the food quality of their school cafeteria is not that stellar but well it is healthy for the consumption of teenager in their growing phase.
That is the word, healthy. All sorts of healthy recipe which is not as delicious as snack or food from the stall or restaurant. It mostly boiled, steam or poached food, and with a few amount of stir fry. It full of proteins and vegetables dishes, thus it does not really focus on being delicious rather than nutritious. For Wang Churan who taste bud has been pampered with Mrs Wang cooking skill, there will be no way he can actually live inside the dormitory.
Cheng Jiayi know this really well; thus, he used it as a way of prodding the chubby best friend weakness, Wang Churan cannot stomach the nutritious food provide by their school cafeteria that he basically bring luncheon box daily.
So, will he sacrifice his stomach and taste bud to accompany his friend and lived in the school dormitory ?
"No way Cheng Jiayi, you better not said that to my mom. Yeah, yeah go and enrol to the school dorm, anyway I can still meet you in the school," the chubby boy, frightened with the possibility that his mother will actually consider that and send him to live in the dormitory directly wave his white flag as a means of surrender.
This Cheng Jiayi is poisonous. How can he allow this best friend of his to wallow in misery without his mom divine cooking ?
Cheng Jiayi giggle with Wang Churan reaction but then he realised the tall teenager sit in front of him and he smile sheepishly while stroking his neck a few times. This is the habit that he had developed due to his awkward nature growing up previously, but somehow this teenager Cheng Jiayi also has the same itch. Thus, subconsciously he will do this when he feel awkward, embarrass or guilty.
"Do you see it, schoolmate Yang. This is the real Cheng Jiayi. Do not fell into the ruse of his innocence face, he is just a mischievous brat," Wang Churan does not hold back from bad mouth Cheng Jiayi to Yang Guang as a way of retaliation against his poisonous scheme to send him live in the dormitory. That is unforgivable. Cheng Jiayi know how he cannot live without the food that his mom cook on daily basis.
"Huh you baby Chuchu, that is outrageous accusation," Cheng Jiayi directly remarks with bristle fur err hair, he definitely does not have fur. Wang Churan smirks to him but then both awkwardly turn toward Yang Guang that does not actually response to their banter. He only watch their back-and-forth repartee with a light smile on his handsome face.
The second master of Yang only sit on the sofa in the living room, and his present enough to change the atmosphere of the living room from very sunny and cheery to austere and serious ambiance. The two teenager feel their school mate has the grace like an emperor or a king where all in heaven and earth is his subject. For mere moments, they can see Yang Guang sit on mighty throne with the mianguan (1) and mianfu (2) and thousands upon thousands of subject prostrate in front of him with devotion and loyalty.
"Hmmm" Wang Churan shakes his head and then turn to Cheng Jiayi that still has those awe expression on his face. He nudge his friend and Cheng Jiayi turn to him, "What ?" "Stop looking stupidly at school mate Yang," Wang Churan whispered hurriedly to Cheng Jiayi. It seems like both of them has been ensnare for a few moment. Realising this, Cheng Jiayi could not help but blushed furiously.
He watch way too may custom historical and fictional drama by his Renren that he could actually imagine Yang Guang in such a grandeur setting. But isn't he having the face, the charisma, the elegance and even the built to be a great young emperor in historical fiction ?
Cheng Jiayi once again lamented in his heart, even his Renren is less compelling when he acted as prince or rich aristocrat in ancient setting drama, but Yang Guang carry the majestic air with his very present.
Maybe this is the difference between the real aristocrat family and those who only act the character.
"I hope my visit is not that abrupt and disturbing both of you," Yang Guang speak calmly and there is a graceful lilt the way he said this which make those two friends abandon their antic instantly.
"No, no. You are not disturbing anything school mate Yang. It is only Yiyi loves make trouble," Wang Churan reply instantaneously. "When did I make trouble, you who insist talking about my decision to enter the school dorm. You are just a brat, baby Chuchu," Cheng Jiayi would not back down from Wang Churan taunt.
"Ok, ok whatever. Try talk this later to my mom and I would like to see how you persuade her," the chubby teenager also will not back down from this matter and Cheng Jiayi scrunched his nose distastefully.
"Hehe Cheng Jiayi is so cute scrunching his nose. Master, both of these teenagers is quite funny and entertaining," Fushe who enjoy all the interplay of both Cheng Jiayi and Wang Churan comments this with amusing smile. Yang Guang also find these school mate of his quite hilarious and their interaction is interesting. This make the modest house full of warm and joyful atmosphere.
Unlike the serious ambiance and imposing atmosphere of his household. It is not that the Yang does not share tight familial bond, it is just that from their birth, they have been instilled with certain set of behaviour and attitudes that fit the Yang family status. Yang Guang does not find it a hassle or bother him in anyway but seen such a close friendship between Cheng Jiayi and Wang Churan, suddenly there is an impulse within him that he want this kind of close camaraderie.
Specifically, he want a close camaraderie with one school mate name Cheng Jiayi.
Yang Guang does not overstay his visitation and after an hour of listening and watching the two friends, he bid his goodbye to the warm Mrs Wang as well as Cheng Jiayi and Wang Churan. The kind Mrs Wang send the second master Yang till the front of her gate accompanied by the two teenagers.
"Anyway, school mate Cheng and Wang. If you have anything to ask, either it is problem in study or anything that related to our school, both of you can come and ask me. Besides, I have been living in the school dormitory, and worry not there is no such thing as ghost in our dormitory," both Wang Churan and Cheng Jiayi is quite astounded when they heard this.
"Young master Yang is a living in students. Wah that is amazing," Mrs Wang also find this astonishing. A scion of Yang is actually living in the school dormitory while the distance between the Yang ancestral home and Shishi 1st High School is approximately only 30 minutes with car ride.
"It is the tradition of the family, and Aunt Wang please just call me Yang Guang," Yang Guang has several times asked the kind woman to call him by his name instead using the moniker that almost everyone in the secular world use to call him, the second young master Yang. That is why he feel much freer in cultivation world, at least the cultivators only measuring him based on his cultivation prowess rather than his family background.
"Oh sorry, yes yes, pardon me. But still it is amazing to hear that the Yang family have such a tradition," Mrs Wang said this while blushed with a bit of embarrassment.
"It is a tradition for Yang family to send their family children live in school dormitory when they reach high school. It as a way of instilling independent as well as educating the young family members to associate with their peer," it is the family butler, Uncle Ming that explaining this with his benign smile to the three individual in front of him. Mrs Wang find this quite novel while Wang Churan just could not believe that this rich school mate of his living in the school dormitory. However, Cheng Jiayi eyes brightened up when hearing this.
"It is great. Then, I can meet you often Yang Guang."
The sudden burst make everyone look at the cheerful Cheng Jiayi. Wang Churan has a big O shape of his mouth while glancing at his mother that now looking at Cheng Jiayi with face full of question.
"Yiyi, what do you mean with you can meet Yang Guang often ?" Mrs Wang query make Cheng Jiayi the realise his mistake. It seems he still yet inform Mrs Wang about his decision to stay in school dormitory and already he burst it out in the moment of ecstatic. Yang Guang could not hide his smile when he seen glimpse of panic in those pretty hazel eyes. But it is also full of determination.
"Oh err, erm aunt I want to live in the school dormitory when school begin."