Self-reliance

Ji Qin didn't know what to say.

"Okay, okay," Zhou Zui said again, "Let's sleep."

"..."

"I'm really tired after running outside all day."

"..."

After Zhou Zui finished speaking, he closed his eyes, rubbed his pillow, pulled up the quilt to cover his head, and said in a coquettish voice, "Turn off the light, please."

Ji Qin was also too lazy to talk to him, so he reached out and turned off the light.

Ji Qin had a nightmare.

——Something with a hideous face was chasing after him, and everyone ran away desperately, but Ji Qin was very slow, and his parents, Ji Meng, Xin Xin, etc. all gradually left him behind. It disappeared from view in a flash.Like those end-of-the-world scenes in movies, once they are separated, they will never be found again.Ji Qin tried his best to catch up, but he couldn't do it anyway. He didn't know what to do.That monster-like thing will soon catch up, it will always be just a fingertip away, and it may be swallowed at any time.Ji Qin has been breathing heavily, forcing himself to run, but he is getting more and more tired, and he seems to be unable to walk anymore. Sometimes he really wants to give up, but he struggles hard with a faint hope of breaking free. .

Ji Qin woke up suddenly, panting in the dark.His whole body was a little limp, and his hands and feet were cold.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Zui asked in a daze beside him.

"……fine."

"Have you had a nightmare?"

"..." Ji Qin hasn't had any nightmares recently. Although it was a common occurrence in the past, Ji Qin would feel very irritable, and he would feel bad during the day if he couldn't sleep well. But occasionally, Ji Qin would like those nightmares a little bit, because Waking up in the morning can make him feel that reality is not so bad.

Ji Qin was recalling the dream when he suddenly felt a warm embrace.

Zhou Zui hugged him and patted his arm lightly.

"..." Ji Qin had no strength in his whole body, so he didn't bother to move.

Zhou Zui touched Ji Qin's hand again: "It's so cool."

It was rare for Ji Qin not to shake off, Zhou Zui helped him with his hands and feet.

After a while, Zhou Zui asked again: "What kind of dream is it?"

Ji Qin still told the truth.

"You haven't dreamed about the future yet." Zhou Zui said, "I'll find you soon."

"..."

"I'll drag you away, help you escape it, and then we'll find everyone."

"How can it be avoided so easily?"

"Maybe it will be really difficult... Then I will be with you, at most I will be eaten by it."

Ji Qin snorted: "That's all you can do?"

In doomsday movies, the protagonist can always eliminate the source, fight bravely with it, solve the problem and save everyone.

Zhou Zui said with an aggrieved face, "Then what else can I do?"

"..." Ji Qin thought for a while, if there is such a scene, there is really nothing he can do.

"Don't think too much, go to sleep."

"……Um."

Just now, the mood eased, and indeed the drowsiness struck again.

"I hold you in my arms, and you won't be alone in the dream."

"You think I'm a three-year-old?"

However, having said that, Ji Qin didn't have the strength and didn't want to move, and he was really sleepy and wanted to fall asleep immediately, so Ji Qin struggled a little, and then went with others.He also knew that even if he waved away now, when he fell asleep later, Zhou Zui would come over again, wasting his energy and time.

Just like that, Ji Qin fell asleep with Zhou Zui in his arms while awake.

……

——The next day Zhou Zui went out to buy a bed again, but he didn't buy it again.

"Why are you so busy?" Ji Qin asked him.

"Of course you need to choose carefully." Zhou Zui took it for granted, "The bed is the most important thing. If the bed is uncomfortable and you don't sleep well at night, you will lose energy all day long."

Ji Qin snorted.

Before Zhou Zui lay on the air cushion, Ji Qin felt that he was quite energetic.

Just like that, as time passed, Zhou Zui has been lying on Ji Qin's bed.Usually Zhou Zui would go to the company during the day, and only on weekends would he have time to go out for a stroll, and on weekends he would usually spend one day with Xinxin, that is to say, he could only spare one day a week, and without exception, he would not see anyone he liked. Ji Qin asked him to design his own design and get someone to customize it, but Zhou Zui couldn't tell why he wanted it.

In fact, Ji Qin really wanted to share the same bed with Xinxin and let Zhou Zui go to Xinxin's room, but the kindergarten teacher once specifically said that it is best for children over five years old to have a separate room at night, because there is no need for them in the middle of the night. Special care, for needs such as going to the bathroom, cold, hungry, etc., you can solve it by yourself.Only when we separate at the right time can we exercise our sense of independence. Otherwise, children will be overly dependent on their families, girls will easily become attached, boys will easily become vulnerable, and may be hurt in the future.

So Ji Qin can only make do with Zhou Zui.

In fact, in all fairness, Ji Qin didn't hate this situation that much, especially after the nightmare that night.In the past years, every time the nightmare passed, Ji Qin would not be able to fall asleep for a long time, and those scenes always made him feel very anxious.It was the first time in his memory that he quickly calmed down and then became sleepy like this.After waking up with a start, someone next to him could talk, which didn't seem to be a bad thing, although, after that night, Ji Qin never encountered the nightmare again.

Now Zhou Zui doesn't regard himself as an outsider at all.

Once when Zhou Zui was cleaning up the house, he even threw away some things from Ji Qin, such as several electronic products that were no longer functioning normally, all of which were used by Xin Xin.

Regarding this, Zhou Zui didn't feel the slightest problem: "Xinxin said it's broken, and it can't be used anymore. If it was placed there, it looked messy, so I threw it away."

Ji Qin sometimes snorted: "You really don't think of yourself as an outsider."

"...?"

"I said," Ji Qin frowned, "do you have a plan? Do you really plan to live here forever?"

Ji Qin hopes that Zhou Zui will gradually reduce the number of visits. Now Xinxin is too clingy to him. This is the result of the bad planting at the beginning, but Zhou Zui needs to be slowly separated from the lives of their father and son.

But Zhou Zui seemed to have no plan at all, so Ji Qin asked him casually.

"There is no..." Zhou Zui said, "Personally speaking, I really want to continue..."

"...Oh?" Ji Qin didn't expect him to be so honest this time.

"Ah."

"Are you going to live here for a long time?" Ji Qin frowned.

"It would be best if I could."

Ji Qin looked at Zhou Zui, not quite sure how true his words were: "Why?"

"I said it before." Zhou Zui smiled again, "Because I like you and Xinxin so much."

"..."

"And," Zhou Zui continued, "if I'm not here, what will you do?"

What the hell is this?

Ji Qin sneered: "I didn't do well without you in the past."

Zhou Zui asked inexplicably, "Really?"