317 Confession (1/2)

Chapter 317: Confession

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Lingering around the horizon, the sun could be devoured by darkness at any time.

Down a straight street, a small figure was running fast, whose shadow had been elongated by the setting sun.

Yi Le had forgotten why he went to the pet shop in the first place, he just kept running with only one idea in his head—making it home before his parents started fighting. He must prevent his parents from separating!

Bang!

It was getting dark. He was short-sighted and running too fast. Yi Le accidentally stepped on an empty package bag, slipped, and fell on the ground. Luckily, he was wearing thick clothes for the winter, and although he felt pain, he wasn’t injured. If his parents were there, he would cry aloud, seeking their attention, and asking them to grant his wishes when his parents consoled him. But today, he just bit his lip, stood up silently, dusted off his clothes, and kept limping towards his home.

The pet shop was not far away from his home. After crossing the intersection and taking a shortcut through the alley, it would take over ten minutes to get home. By running, it would only take him less.

He ran into the resident district and saw the new car, a joint venture brand, that his family had recently bought was parked in front of the building—just as expected, mom and dad had already gotten home. A pair of seniors that were taking a walk frowned disdainfully towards Yi Le — everyone knew that this kid was a brat, and even dogs detested him.

Yi Le breathlessly climbed to the fifth floor where his home was. He pulled out the key to open the door. Exhausted and nervous, his failed to put it in the keyhole twice in a row. The door was opened finally with his third attempt.

There was no time to pull the key from the door. He threw his backpack on the ground and rushed inside.

His home was terrifyingly quiet.

”I’m... I'm home!” he said loudly, worrying whether he was too late.

”You’re back? Go wash your hands, it will be a while before dinner is ready.” His mother Gu Le stretched her head from the kitchen, wearing an apron.

”Where is Dad?” Yi Le looked around the living room and didn't see his dad, Tian Yi.

Gu Le looked at the study room and pouted unpleasantly, ”He went straight into the study room when he got home, leaving me with all the chores. Why? We all have to go to work, and I make as much as money as he does. Why am I the only one responsible for the chores? You think I don't want to sit down and watch TV when I get home too...”

She said this angrily and loudly, so that Tian Yi could hear her dissatisfaction.

Yi Le waved his arms anxiously, ”Mom! Mom! Stop it! Dad works very hard...”

”No, I’m not stopping today!” Gu Le became increasingly angry. She threw away her apron and put her hands on her hips, ”He works hard? What about me? Is that what he's been telling you all the time? That your mom’s work is super easy?”

”No, it’s not like that...” Yi Le was so nervous that he was sweating. He regretted that he didn't ask for more information from that black and white kitten, because now he didn't even know how to proceed.

Just then, the door of the study room was pulled open. Tian Yi, who had heard the vague commotion, stepped outside. With a dismayed look, he said in a sullen manner, ”What did you say?”

”I said—” Gu Le was aggravated. She stared at him and was on the brink of losing her temper.

Yi Le closed his eyes, summoned the courage and shouted, ”I have something to tell you!”

His sudden shouting startled his parents so much that even their anger had disappeared. His parents looked at each other, baffled, trying to find answers from each other’s eyes.

After shouting, the anxiety and depression that Yi Le had suffered was vented out. With every breath he took, he grew more courageous.

Now he believed in the black and white kitten’s words completely—it had been right, his parents did get into a fight. If he dawdled on his way home as usual, it would have been too late for him to stop the fight from deteriorating.

”Yi Le, what do you want to say?” Tian Yi calmed down a bit and said in a normal tone.

Gu Le didn't speak, but was looking at her son in concern.

There was no backing out now. Yi Le knew that if he said he was just joking around, his parents would get furious and would escalate their quarreling. Perhaps just like the black and white kitten had said, they would address some long-existing problems, like the education of their son.

He lowered his head, walked over to his father, pulled his father by his sleeves, led him over to sit down on the couch, and then went to pull his mother over to sit in front of his father.

”Wait a minute.” Yi Le went into the kitchen, grabbed some tea leaves from the can and put them into the tea cup used by his father, added boiled water, brought the cup into the living room, and put it on the table in front of his father.