Returning to Infancy with my Nemesis - Chapter 106

In the first and second years of university, there were quite a lot of courses, but after the third year, it became much easier. With almost all the credits for cross-disciplinary elective courses completed, there was no need to scramble for credits in this aspect anymore; just focusing on major courses was sufficient.

On the other hand, Fu Shizhao became busier due to the matters concerning the Fu family.

Grandma Fu transferred all her assets to Fu Shizhao. Although many people in the Fu family were prepared for this, when the day finally arrived, it pushed Fu Shizhao to the forefront.

Fortunately, this time Fu Shizhao was not alone. With the help of the Tang family, Grandma Fu, Fu An, Fu Chuming, and others, along with the groundwork laid in the previous twenty years, everything went much smoother compared to the previous life.

 However, it was inevitable that he would feel a bit exhausted.

 When Fu Shizhao came back busy, Tang Mian would listen to him vent, cheer him up, help him solve problems, and adjust his mood.

 Fu Shizhao also became unusually clingy, acting like a child.

 One day, Fu Shizhao came to Tang Mian with the diary he hadn’t continued writing since high school, flipping open a page in it with an air of mystery.

 Since graduating from high school and being together, Fu Shizhao hadn’t written in this diary anymore, but instead, they recorded their daily lives together.

 Tang Mian hadn’t seen Fu Shizhao’s diary for a while.

 The page Fu Shizhao opened read: “Things to do with my gege when we grow up.”

 Tang Mian carefully recalled and vaguely remembered that this was some assignment from primary school. The teacher had asked them to list all the things they wanted to do when they grew up, and Fu Shizhao had included himself in it.

 Each item written below had been done together with Fu Shizhao, one after another.

Going to the amusement park, the zoo, the water park, doing crafts, wearing matching outfits, volunteering, watching the sunrise and sunset…

They had been to the amusement park together when they were in kindergarten. Back then, Fu Shizhao pretended to be afraid of heights and clung to him like a koala the whole time they were on the Ferris wheel. 

They went to the zoo when they were in primary school, organized by the school as a class activity. Each child was given a pair of animal ear clips. Mu Zichen even got pecked by a bird in the zoo.

The water park was visited during the summer vacation of primary school. Tang Mian still remembered that his mom bought them each a yellow duck swimming ring, which was particularly cute.

As for doing crafts, that goes without saying.

 They wore matching outfits bought by their mom from childhood to adolescence. Almost every day in primary school, they wore clothes from the same series. It wasn’t until they entered middle school that they made some slight changes.

 Volunteer activities had been organized by the school before. They were assigned to pick up litter on the streets together, wearing volunteer hats and sashes. In the end, they sold some of the collected bottles and cans to the recycling center and used all the money to buy snacks.

They had also watched the sunrise and sunset during their travels, and Tang Mian had even drawn them himself.

…

Fu Shizhao smiled and said, “Do you want to do them all over again?”

Tang Mian blinked, not objecting. He just didn’t know why Fu Shizhao suddenly wanted to do these things.

But since Fu Shizhao wanted to, he would accompany him.

That night, Tang Mian cuddled in Fu Shizhao’s arms and spent a long time picking out couple outfits on the shopping app.

In the following days, it seemed like things were not as busy on Fu Shizhao’s side at the company. The two of them checked off the list, going to the amusement park, the zoo, the water park… They even went to a DIY store to do crafts, bringing back several bowls for their two cats, with patterns personally drawn by Tang Mian, which were incredibly cute.

They also participated in a volunteer activity organized by the school alliance and coincidentally saw a familiar name on the list.

“Zhan Wanqi.”

The name was listed under the team leader column, responsible for the Women’s Federation volunteer project.

Tang Mian suddenly remembered something and asked, “How’s Wei Haifan doing now?”

“He’s still in custody,” Fu Shizhao smiled. “The Wei family has tried several times, but they haven’t managed to get him out.”

Tang Mian nodded.

Scum like him should receive the punishment they deserve; they shouldn’t be let off easily to roam free.

Zhan Wanqi should have been out a long time ago.

It’s good.

 …

Following the childish handwriting in the diary, the two of them checked off each item one by one.

The last stop was the amusement park.

It was also deliberately left for last by Tang Mian.

He remembered Fu Shizhao once saying that the place he wanted to go to the most when he was little was the amusement park.

By “little,” of course, it meant “in the previous life” — his true childhood.

Before being taken back by the Fu family in the previous life, Fu Shizhao had always been very well-behaved, afraid of causing any trouble for the Tang family who took care of him alongside his adoptive father, Tang Mian.

He didn’t dare to make any requests, and coupled with Tang Mian’s dislike of crowded places due to some ear problems, Fu Shizhao never had the chance to visit the amusement park. Tang Mian himself wasn’t very enthusiastic about the place either, so Fu Shizhao never had the opportunity to go there with him.

In this life, however, they had visited the amusement park together many times. Although time couldn’t be turned back to the previous life, they managed to fill in some of the regrets in their hearts.

Tang Mian had booked two tickets for a weekday visit to the amusement park.

That day, neither of them had classes.

Weekdays weren’t as crowded as weekends, so they could enjoy more rides without having to wait in long queues. This was one of the joys of being a university student.

As soon as they entered the amusement park, Tang Mian took out a pair of animal ear hair clips from his backpack and smilingly put them on his and Fu Shizhao’s heads.

One pair was white cat ears, and the other pair was white dog ears.

The cat ears stood up straight, while the dog ears drooped down.

They were also wearing couple outfits they had bought some time ago, standing together and drawing quite a lot of attention.

The weather was getting a bit hot, but the temperature hadn’t crossed the 30-degree mark yet, so it wasn’t particularly unbearable. It was the perfect time to go out.

There were already quite a few stalls selling ice cream and popsicles in the amusement park.

Tang Mian went straight to buy two ice creams, one for himself and one for Fu Shizhao, and then they headed towards the rides one by one.

Carousel has many toddlers, only a few years old, being held by adults as they sit on it, excitedly waving their little hands.

Tang Mian’s eyes curved slightly as he sat down on the carousel with Fu Shizhao.

When they were in kindergarten, they had been taken to a children’s amusement park by their family. The carousels there were small enough for children to ride alone without the need for parental supervision.

At that time, Fu Shizhao insisted on sitting on the same carousel as him, holding him tightly.

Unfortunately, they were grown up now, and even though this carousel was relatively large, it wasn’t very convenient to lift two adult men together. They couldn’t sit together anymore.

As Tang Mian listened to the carousel’s background music, he subconsciously glanced at Fu Shizhao, only to find him holding up his phone, seemingly taking a picture.

Tang Mian didn’t mind and even cooperated by making a peace sign.

After all, their phones were filled with countless pictures of each other, both normal and silly ones, and even some that were not suitable for minors… cough cough.

The carousel spun around several times before finally coming to a stop.

Fu Shizhao quickly grabbed Tang Mian’s hand and whispered, “Let’s not ride this anymore in the future.”

“What’s wrong?” Tang Mian asked in confusion.

“It’s no fun riding separately; I can never catch up with you, and it feels really bad,” Fu Shizhao said.

Tang Mian couldn’t help but feel that Fu Shizhao had been acting a bit strange lately, and his speech had become somewhat “sentimental,” but he still tightened his grip on Fu Shizhao’s hand and agreed, “Okay, let’s try something else we can play together.”

…

Time passed quickly, and after a few rides, the sun had descended to the horizon, and the sky was filled with the glow of the sunset.

The tickets they bought included admission to the evening session.

After all, the Ferris wheel at night was especially beautiful. 

The Ferris wheel here was the largest in the Imperial Capital, and during the peak tourist season, there was always a steady stream of people coming to take pictures.

They had come here together before, and Fu Shizhao had pretended to be afraid of heights back then, clinging to him like a clingy little puppy the entire time.

There were several adults accompanying them back then, but this time, it was just the two of them, free to say and do whatever they wanted.

After dinner, the sky had completely darkened, and all the lights had come on. The two of them headed straight for the Ferris wheel.

The lights on the Ferris wheel were all lit up, giving it a dreamy appearance from afar.

As they entered the Ferris wheel cabin, Tang Mian noticed that Fu Shizhao was still holding his hand tightly.

Tang Mian simply held his hand back and asked softly, “Has something happened recently?”

Fu Shizhao licked his lips, knowing that Tang Mian must have noticed something was wrong with him, but he didn’t know how to explain it. He felt like he was being overly sentimental.

As the cabin slowly ascended, their view gradually rose, becoming wider and more open.

After a while, Fu Shizhao spoke up, “Actually, it’s nothing much. It’s just that I’ve come across some projects at work that reminded me of things from our past life.”

“Is the project going smoothly?” Tang Mian asked, gazing at his eyes intently, waiting for him to continue.

“This time it’s going pretty smoothly… but in our past life, things weren’t going well at this time. I was walking on thin ice at the Fu family’s, and there was one time when I was feeling particularly uncomfortable. I sneaked off to your school, almost bursting out to see you. But by then, there was already a distance between us that I could never bridge again, and it was me who pushed you away.”

Fu Shizhao paused for a moment and continued, “Perhaps the recent workload from school and the company has been too exhausting. I’ve been having a lot of dreams at night, many of which are nightmares. Sometimes when I wake up from a nightmare, I feel like I’ve returned to our past life. Luckily, you’re still sleeping beside me.”

Tang Mian listened quietly.

He usually took off his hearing aid at night, and with Fu Shizhao by his side, he always slept well, almost sleeping until dawn without waking up in the middle of the night.

So… he hadn’t noticed at all that Fu Shizhao had been having nightmares and waking up in the middle of the night recently. 

Listening to his casual description, Tang Mian felt a pang of heartache. 

Fu Shizhao said, “I’ve had some free time recently, so I thought about finding something to do with you to recharge.”

Tang Mian listened quietly until he finished speaking, and instead of replying, he suddenly leaned closer and planted a kiss on his forehead.

Not on the lips, but on the forehead.

It was oddly soothing.

Fu Shizhao inexplicably felt much better.

Tang Mian said, “Don’t push yourself too hard. If it comes down to it, I’ll take care of you in this life.”

Fu Shizhao couldn’t help but laugh, “Okay.”

After speaking, Fu Shizhao leaned close to his ear again and whispered softly, “…Okay, master.”

Tang Mian’s ears instantly turned red.

This title reminded him of the previous embarrassing experience when Fu Shizhao had called him “master” all night.

Tang Mian quickly pushed Fu Shizhao away from his ear, glaring at him and saying, “But you’re not allowed to push yourself too hard.”

He knew that Fu Shizhao didn’t want to secure his position in the Fu family for money or power but because of the persecution he and his family had suffered in their past life. He was just seeking rightful revenge.

Fu Shizhao would support whatever Fu Shizhao wanted to do, but his health came first.

“Okay,” Fu Shizhao also planted a gentle kiss on his forehead and then hugged him like a clingy big dog, “I’ll make sure to recharge with you in time.”

Tang Mian murmured softly, his gaze shifting to the window.

The cabin had risen to a considerable height, and the view had become expansive. The night view of the Imperial Capital was beautiful, with twinkling lights everywhere, and both people and cars looked tiny, leaving only a small bright spot.

Fu Shizhao rested his chin on Tang Mian’s shoulder, and they both quietly waited for the highest point to arrive.

When the first two sections of the cabin reached the highest point, Fu Shizhao suddenly smiled and said, “Want to kiss?”

Tang Mian met his gaze and raised an eyebrow, asking back, “What do you think?”

Fu Shizhao directly lowered his head and kissed him.

Impatiently.