Male Sing and His Pet Owner: Chapter 130

No one could talk Zhan Hang out of it. That night, Zhao Kaile had no choice but to contact the family doctor. The other party hurried over with simple instruments and gave Zhan Hang an examination.

“Nerve related tinnitus. Did the hospital prescribe medication?” Doctor Chen asked.

Zhan Hang didn’t make a sound. Zhao Kaile replied, “Yes. It didn’t flare up much before, but it’s been very frequent these past two days.”

“You need to strictly regulate your schedule. I’ll add one more medication for you. Once a day, after meals.” Doctor Chen rapidly wrote a line on the paper, saying, “I know young people these days are under a lot of pressure. Try not to throw yourself entirely into work. Relax once in a while. Balance work and rest. Didn’t you already have a major surgery before? How do you still not know to take care of your body? Don’t think you can mess around just because you’re young. When you get older you’ll know regret.”

Zhao Kaile: “You’re right. We’ll definitely change, definitely change…”

“If it really gets unbearable, you can also try traditional Chinese medicine treatment, acupuncture.” Doctor Chen said, “That counts as an auxiliary treatment method.”

Zhao Kaile looked at Zhan Hang inquiringly. The latter still had no expression, his thoughts seemingly drifting elsewhere.

“If needed, I can recommend a few elderly gentlemen for you. Very refined.” Doctor Chen adjusted his glasses, his attitude relatively gentle.

Zhao Kaile hurriedly said, “Okay, that would be trouble for you.”

After packing up his things, Doctor Chen sized up Zhan Hang’s expression, said goodbye to him, and Zhao Kaile followed to see him out.

Only when they reached the door did Doctor Chen say, “It’s best to find some time to go to the hospital for a scan… Normally surgery isn’t needed for treatment, but just to be safe. It’s always good to spend some effort to confirm. I can see Zhan Hang’s emotions are very unstable. The mental stress needs to be helped along by you people close to him. This illness is generally a chronic condition. You need to regulate his emotions in a timely manner.”

Zhao Kaile nodded, listening carefully, memorizing every point, and walked him all the way to his car.

When he returned, Zhan Hang, who had originally been sitting in the first floor living room, was nowhere to be seen. Zhao Kaile’s heart jumped. He quickly ran up to the second floor. Sure enough, he found him in the cat room.

KIKI and TITI seemed able to sense their owner’s emotions. At this moment they were quietly lying on his knee, softly purring.

Seeing this, Zhao Kaile let out a breath of relief. He walked to Zhan Hang’s side and looked down at him.

Zhan Hang petted KIKI’s head. He was finally willing to speak.

“I can rest now,” he said.

Zhao Kaile sat down beside him and softly made a sound of agreement.

Zhan Hang asked again, “Want to go back to school?”

Zhao Kaile was startled. He turned to look at him and asked hesitantly, “Back to school? Why are you asking this?”

“Bai Li’s idea. Also to let me rest for a period.” Zhan Hang said, “Business activities that can be cancelled have all been cancelled.”

Even Bai Li couldn’t break this situation. Without needing to spell it out, he also knew how deep the water was.

Zhao Kaile frowned and asked, “What does that have to do with me going back to school?”

Zhan Hang was silent for a moment, then said, “Zhao Kaile, I’ve fallen now. There’s no future following me. Understand?”

“I don’t understand.” Zhao Kaile was unexpectedly stubborn, saying on his own, “I also don’t want to talk to you about the logic of sharing joys and sorrows. I know what kind of person you are.”

Zhan Hang asked, “What kind of person am I?”

“Arrogant, self righteous, chauvinistic.” Zhao Kaile said with a deadpan expression, “You think carrying everything alone makes you a real man? Hearts are made of flesh. I’m not an ungrateful wretch.”

Zhan Hang completely didn’t expect him to have such a response. He was practically amused into anger by him.

“Why didn’t you say this before? You dare curse at me today?” Zhan Hang finally had some emotion, raising his eyes toward Zhao Kaile and saying, “Then let me tell you, Bai Li’s reaction right now means she really can’t save this. Unless I’m lucky and something even more explosive hits the hot search tomorrow, shifting public attention. The solution she’s giving me now is the only solution. Stall. Hope that with time, passersby will forget. But if my luck is bad and heaven won’t let me eat this bowl of rice anymore, then I’ll never be able to turn things around.”

Zhao Kaile said, “There’s always a way to think of something… Did Sister Li issue a related statement?”

“She’s been in this industry for nearly ten years.” Zhan Hang said lightly, “Whatever you can think of, she can think of too.”

Zhao Kaile made an “oh” sound, hugged his knees, and began spacing out.

Outside the window it was still drizzling. The indoor lights were dim and yellow, peaceful and warm.

Zhan Hang said, “Go to sleep. I’ll stay alone for a while.”

Zhao Kaile was a bit uneasy. However, Zhan Hang had fallen into that strange silent state again and wasn’t paying attention to anyone. He had no choice but to leave as told.

When lying alone in bed, he would start letting his thoughts run wild. He also had no mood to write. After tossing and turning restlessly a few times, he still couldn’t resist opening his phone to check the online news.

At this point the situation was growing more and more intense. Netizens had spontaneously elevated this incident into a “blood steamed bun” incident. Words like “ban” and “boycott” crashed into Zhao Kaile’s eyes one by one, shocking to behold.

There were people speaking up for Zhan Hang, but compared to the majority of angry masses, the voice of Hang fans was noticeably weak and easily crushed.

Zhao Kaile took a deep breath and couldn’t resist saying a few words for Zhan Hang on his own Weibo. That night he lost nearly two thousand followers in a flash. In the comments, the fans who were still relatively reasonable were all advising him to wake up and delete quickly.

Too absurd.

Zhao Kaile’s face was expressionless. His finger repeatedly swiped over the delete and block options. But in the end he didn’t choose to delete, nor did he reply to anyone. He let those who unfollowed him passionately criticize him all night.

Near midnight, Zhao Kaile still hadn’t heard any movement of Zhan Hang coming upstairs. He couldn’t sit still. When he went downstairs to find him, he discovered Zhan Hang was slumped over on the sofa. On the table were several bottles of opened whiskey. In the wine glass there were still a few half melted ice cubes.

“…” Zhao Kaile shook the bottles in disbelief and found they were all empty. He was instantly so angry he was speechless.

Zhan Hang wasn’t completely drunk yet. Seeing him come, he could still support himself to sit up, look back, and ask slowly, “What’s that expression… Want to hit me?”

Zhao Kaile said irritably, “If you agree to it.”

Zhan Hang laughed in a low voice, pointing at his own face. “Come, right here…”

Zhao Kaile ignored him. He went ahead and cleaned up the bottles and glasses on the table, taking away the half bottle that Zhan Hang had placed at his side and hadn’t had time to finish. He had just grabbed the bottle and hadn’t even straightened his waist when Zhan Hang stopped him.

Zhan Hang’s face was slightly flushed from drinking. He reached toward him, frowning, and commanded vaguely, “Give it here…”

Zhao Kaile said angrily, “You can’t drink anymore!”

“Give it here!” Zhan Hang raised his volume and repeated, grabbing the bottle from his hand.

Zhao Kaile’s temper instantly flared too. He hugged the bottle in his arms tightly and wouldn’t let go, shouting, “No!”

Zhan Hang looked at him with red eyes, as if he had completely lost his reason. With one hand he grabbed the empty bottle at his side and smashed it hard against the corner of the coffee table. With a loud crash, glass shards instantly splattered across the floor. One piece sliced across Zhao Kaile’s face, instantly leaving a bloody mark.

The wound wasn’t deep. It only seeped a tiny bit of blood. But Zhao Kaile was truly frightened.

Zhan Hang also seemed to sober up a bit. His expression was shocked. Then he retreated a step at a loss, loosened his hand, and the bottle remains in his hand fell onto the sofa.

Zhao Kaile looked at him, not speaking for a long time.

Zhan Hang was at a loss for words for a moment. His Adam’s apple moved. Then he hesitantly reached out, wanting to touch his face, but the other party subtly dodged.

Zhao Kaile squatted down, wanting to clean up the shards on the floor. Zhan Hang finally spoke, his tone somewhat anxious.

“Don’t pick it up,” he said. “They’ll come clean it up tomorrow.”

Zhao Kaile stopped as told, but still squatted on the ground, not saying a word. He only did this when he was very upset.

His heart was a complete mess. In his mind he couldn’t suppress the flash of certain guesses Feng Biqin had once said to him.

Zhan Hang wanted to say something, but felt that anything he said would be powerless. His head was very dizzy and his heart was restless. He didn’t know what else he might do.

After a few minutes of silence, Zhao Kaile stood up and said to him, “I’m going out for a walk.”

Zhan Hang’s head was dizzy and his mind was slow. He tried hard to speak clearly, “Walk… Where to?”

Where are you going this late? Where are you going alone?

He wanted to ask more carefully. But the alcohol was acting up. He could barely even straighten his tongue.

Zhao Kaile didn’t respond. He went out on his own.

The sound of the door closing came. Zhan Hang was startled. Then he heavily collapsed onto the sofa, breathing heavily. Only one thought remained in his heart. It’s good he left. It saves him from seeing an even worse version of me.

At one in the morning, light from the small supermarket shone through the door crack. Zhao Kaiming was concentrating on taking stock of today’s inventory when the door was suddenly knocked on.

He was a bit puzzled. He walked over and peeked through the crack. He immediately widened his eyes in surprise and quickly opened the door to let the person in.

Zhao Kaile’s eyes were still a bit red. He was only wearing a single layer of clothing. On his feet were a pair of slippers. It seemed he hadn’t had time to bring anything.

He smiled embarrassedly at Zhao Kaiming, “Hehe… Shelter me for one night?”

“What’s going on?” Zhao Kaiming touched the back of his hand. Sure enough it was cold. He also keenly spotted the small bloody mark on his face and asked in disbelief, “How did you get hurt? Did Zhan Hang hit you? Did he throw you out in the middle of the night?”

Zhao Kaile shook his head. He wanted to find some excuse to brush him off, but felt it was pointless. He only said, “No. Don’t ask. I’m so sleepy…”

“What do you mean don’t ask!” Zhao Kaiming was both heartbroken and angry, “Even if he’s our great benefactor, you can’t give in again and again! Even a clay figure has three parts temper! Being an assistant also has basic human rights, right??”

Zhao Kaile couldn’t be bothered with him. He went in on his own to find the small compartment, saying slowly, “I know… But I’m really too sleepy right now… I need to sleep.”

Zhao Kaiming sighed in frustration, went over to get him hot water, and made the bed.

That night Zhao Kaile didn’t sleep well.

The two brothers hadn’t squeezed together to sleep in a long time. He was somewhat unaccustomed to it. On the contrary, Zhao Kaiming was very comfortable. After falling asleep he still treated him like a human shaped pillow just like before. His snoring, teeth grinding, and other habits hadn’t changed at all. He tortured Zhao Kaile the entire night. It was only when the sky was faintly bright that Zhao Kaile finally got a bit of sleepiness.

The next day at noon, Zhan Hang woke up from the sofa with a hangover, feeling like his head was about to split open.

He reached out habitually to feel at his side, but didn’t touch the person he expected. So he sat up in a daze, called out Zhao Kaile’s name a few times. When he called the third time, he finally remembered something and was instantly stunned.

All of yesterday’s memories flooded into his mind like a mountain collapsing and the sea overturning, shaking his scalp numb, instantly sobering him up.

What did I do…

Zhan Hang cursed in a low voice, supported his sore body to get up, rushed to Zhao Kaile’s room and knocked on the door. The door pushed open with one touch. It was empty inside. Zhao Kaile wasn’t in the bedroom, nor in the cat room or kitchen. It seemed he hadn’t returned all night.

Zhan Hang irritably ran a hand through his hair. His thoughts raced. He quickly went back to wash up and get dressed. Then he grabbed his phone, went downstairs while calling Zhao Kaile, thinking only that no matter what he had to bring the person back first.

But the development of events far exceeded his expectations. The other party had turned off his phone.

He couldn’t believe it. He called again. There was still only the cold powered off message on the other end.

Zhao Kaile turned off his phone!

He turned it off!

He unilaterally cut off contact with him!

Zhan Hang had never imagined this scenario. He was so shocked he didn’t know what reaction to make. Only after a long while did he remember to call Lu Jiayin.

Lu Jiayin picked up quickly and comforted him the moment she answered, “Hang, Sister Li is still thinking of ways. Don’t lose heart yet. Don’t pay attention to the online comments. Rest for a period and things will pass quickly…”

“Did Zhao Kaile go to the company today?” Zhan Hang asked.

Lu Jiayin, “As long as we explain Zhan Hongyuan’s matter… Huh?”

Zhan Hang said impatiently, “I’m asking you if Zhao Kaile went to the company today?!”

Lu Jiayin, “N… no.”

Before she had time to ask what was going on, Zhan Hang had already quickly hung up.

Lu Jiayin, “…”

Then where would he be?

Zhan Hang put on a mask, grabbed his car keys and went out. His mind rapidly searched for places Zhao Kaile might go. He had just buckled his seatbelt and pulled out of the garage when he saw a figure slowly swaying in through the main gate.

He was startled. He tried hard to suppress his excited emotions, confirming that it was Zhao Kaile.

Zhan Hang got out of the car, forcefully closed the car door, and strode toward him. Zhao Kaile was walking absentmindedly, his mind currently imagining what the first sentence should be when he saw Zhan Hang in a moment so it wouldn’t seem too awkward. He was still zoning out when a person came rushing toward him, pulled him into a hug, and took several heavy breaths, his body still trembling uncontrollably from being too emotional.

For a moment neither of them made a sound.

A moment later, Zhan Hang barely calmed his breathing and asked in a deep voice, “Where did you go?”

“Went to my brother’s shop.” Zhao Kaile asked uncertainly, “Were you looking for me?”

Zhan Hang said angrily, “What else?! Why did you turn off your phone? You want to dump me?”

Zhao Kaile, “…”

“I know I did something wrong!” Zhan Hang was still very angry, “I apologize to you! But can you not play the running away from home card every time?! Are you trying to kill me?”

Zhao Kaile, “………..”

Who apologizes with this kind of tone!