Ch24 - Court in Session (2/2)
Zhou Sheng, “……”
“Look at that.” Zhou Sheng motioned for Yu Hao to look outside.
Yu Hao, “What is it?”
Yu Hao looked in the direction that he pointed at — there was a cloud there that had enveloped the peak of a mountain.
“What’s there?”
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“It just looks nice.” Zhou Sheng said, “So I asked you to take a look.”
Yu Hao realised that Zhou Sheng was in a good mood today, though he didn’t know why Zhou Sheng was happy.
“Do you think Nini will get better?” Yu Hao said.
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Zhou Sheng leaned back on the chair and pondered over it, then replied earnestly, “Of course, weren’t you the same?”
Yu Hao felt that the him of today was a completely different person from who he was before.
Zhou Sheng continued, “When you send her off to the airport later, I’ll develop the photos we took today and make a photo album for her.”
Yu Hao just smiled at him. Zhou Sheng was baffled. He looked outside the window, then looked at Yu Hao, “What are you smiling so foolishly for?”
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“You have a halo around you.” Yu Hao said.
Zhou Sheng, “???”
Yu Hao, “When I performed on stage, they said that my body was surrounded by a halo of light……”
Zhou Sheng, “Oh, I remember now. Shan Jie said the same thing. She said that you seemed like a different person, and even had your own spotlight effect.”
Yu Hao smiled, “You’re the same today.”
Zhou Sheng looked at Yu Hao suspiciously and said, “Me?”
“Yes.” Yu Hao sincerely said. Zhou Sheng suddenly felt embarrassed, “Okay stop being so corny, my current get-up is just passable ba!”
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“Your get-up’s passable.’ Yu Hao smiled, “But your character gets an A+.”
Zhou Sheng, “……”
“Was the ferris wheel fun?” Shi Ni asked them after they alighted.
“It was really fun, I’ll take you on it again.” Zhou Sheng said, “We won’t have to queue anyway.”
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“I want to take it with Yu Hao.” Shi Ni said, “You should go to the toilet ba.”
Zhou Sheng, “……”
Yu Hao took the ferris wheel again with Shi Ni. Shi Ni said worriedly, “Zhou Sheng won’t get angry ba, I just wanted to talk to you alone……”
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“Don’t worry, he won’t.” Yu Hao said.
“You looked so cool when you shouted at my Dad today.” Shi Ni said.
Yu Hao was a little embarrassed as he said, “I just felt really angry.”
Shi Ni answered, “But don’t worry, I’m alright now. Today, someone came to find me and asked if I would be willing to cooperate with her, for something like an exclusive interview.”
Yu Hao got nervous and asked, “Who?”
Shi Ni said, “A representative from the Municipal People’s Congress.”
Yu Hao, “Ah!”
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Shi Ni took out a name card and passed it to Yu Hao, “I told her that you and Zhou Sheng were the ones who helped me, so she wanted to meet the both of you. Would you like to see her? You know a lot, and I think you can tell her what you know.”
Yu Hao looked at the name card carefully, then answered, “What does she want?”
Shi Ni said, “She wants to organise some Social Studies classes in a few kindergartens and elementary schools in the city……”
“Social Studies classes?” Yu Hao said, “Okay! I’ll help her. It’ll be great if we could promote such lessons!”
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Yu Hao took a picture of the name card. The two of them got off the ferris wheel and saw an unhappy Zhou Sheng who had bought some drinks and fried chicken while he waited for them. Shi Ni smiled, “It’s your turn now.” Then dragged Zhou Sheng onto the ferris wheel too.
At 5pm, Yu Hao and Zhou Sheng changed their clothes and took Shi Ni out of the park to send her off to the airport. Zhou Sheng said to Shi Ni, “I’ll go prepare a gift for you, I’ll see you at the airport later.”
When they arrived at Ying city’s airport, Shi Ni’s uncle and aunt were waiting for them outside the security checkpoint.
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“That……” Yu Hao said, “You will come back, right? Nini.”
Shi Ni answered, “By the time I come back, I may already be an adult.”
“Protect yourself well.” Yu Hao smiled.
“You need to protect yourself well too.” Shi Ni said, “Don’t bump into a damned child like me again.”
Yu Hao suddenly burst into laughter, but Shi Ni’s eyes watered as tears threatened to overflow. After Yu Hao finished laughing, he said, “You’re not a ‘damned child’. One of the things I don’t regret the most in my life, was getting to know you.”
Shi Ni was overwhelmed with tears and she rushed forward to embrace Yu Hao tightly.
“Okay now, when Zhou Sheng comes over later he’ll get upset again.” Yu Hao laughed, “Actually, Zhou Sheng is my mental pillar of support. So if you always thank me without thanking him, it’ll be too unfair towards him.”
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Shi Ni parted from Yu Hao and said abashedly, “What…I do like him too, but he’s such an arrogant guy. Yu Hao, look…….does my dress look nice?”
She delicately picked up the edges of her dress — just like that moment under the totem in her dreamscape when she had performed a curtsy.
Yu Hao scrutinised her dress and thought of her dreamscape. This dress of hers is the materialisation of her totem — it was both an armour that could protect her, as well as a gorgeous dress that belonged to a princess.
“It’s beautiful.” Yu Hao answered, ”I’ve been meaning to say this all day.”
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Shi Ni said, “On the day my Dad was arrested, I even dreamt that I had worn this dress.”
Yu Hao, “And you also dreamt of me, right?”
Shi Ni smiled and said, “I’ve dreamt of the both of you several times.”
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Yu Hao nodded, “Un, what was I doing in your dream?”
“In my dream……” Shi Ni tried her best to recall the details in her dreamscape. Yu Hao’s heart suddenly began to thud violently.
“Dreamt of you and the Great Sage.” Shi Ni thought about it briefly and said, “Both of you defeated a……monster that my Dad had transformed into. Then the sunlight spilled everywhere, and I was no longer afraid.”
Yu Hao said, “Great Sage? Who’s that? Have you ever seen Sun Wukong before?”
Shi Ni pondered for a bit, then laughed, “Why are you asking me that? Un……I should have seen him before ba? I feel like, one dreams at night what one thinks of in the day, so it should be you and……Zhou Sheng? Aren’t the two of you always together? That’s why I asked if he was your boyfriend. What’s wrong?”
In that moment, all the sounds around Yu Hao seemed to escape into the distance. Shi Ni’s uncle arrived at the airport. Shi Ni stopped talking and smiled knowingly at Yu Hao. Yu Hao bid farewell to her, and Shi Ni walked through the security checkpoint.
Yu Hao turned around. Zhou Sheng was running into the airport as he looked all around him. He had a perplexed and irritated expression on his face as he searched for their figures.
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“Yu Hao! Yu Hao!” Zhou Sheng had already ran through more than half of the airport with a photo album in his hand. He was stopped by security, but Shi Ni shouted, “Zhou Sheng!”
Shi Ni ran back again. Zhou Sheng passed the photo album to her, then the two of them said their goodbyes in front of the security checkpoint before Shi Ni entered again.
“Whew.” Zhou Sheng said, “I finally caught up, there was a jam on the way here!” As he spoke, he made a ‘yeah’ gesture at Yu Hao.
Yu Hao felt like a flood had burst through the dams in his heart. He stared blankly at Zhou Sheng. Through the roof of the airport hall, the sunset cast down and descended upon Zhou Sheng like a resplendent spotlight.