Traveling through Thailand

Chapter 132 School Notes

When did these two develop such a close relationship with the Tang family? One time, after a fight, they went to a pharmacy to buy medicine. Whether it was bad luck or their own magnetic field, nine out of ten times they went to a pharmacy to buy medicine, they came back empty-handed.

During one of the Tang Dynasty's moments of overflowing compassion, after seeing that they had new wounds on their old ones, he beat up the two men who were fighting passionately, and then applied medical treatment on their wounds without saying a word.

Perhaps startled by his sudden outburst, they did whatever he told them to do, only regaining consciousness after the wounds were bandaged and the medicine applied to the painful areas. When they woke up the next day and found their aches and pains had healed considerably, they felt like they had found a healing haven. After every fight, they would follow Tang Xi home. Gradually, his house developed a dedicated cabinet filled with various healing remedies, all of which they had personally tested and found to be the most effective over the years.

That silent rapport ended after a Christmas performance in high school. Pran's parents, for unknown reasons, suddenly showed up. Seeing their son performing with the son of his archrival, they disregarded the situation and interrupted the performance, bringing the carefully prepared event to a complete standstill. That was also the day Pran was absent from school.

A week later, after still not seeing Pran, I brought up the issue with my parents at dinner. Suddenly, they realized, "The child you're talking about, his father said he had his son transferred to another school. He said he wanted to give his son a better education, so he transferred him to a school with better facilities."

"Transferred?" It was then that he realized how strained the relationship between the two families had become. He had assumed they were simply used to bickering, that daily arguments were just the way neighbors get along. After all, with that kind of bickering, any normal person would have moved away long ago.

Therefore, in the following days, Pat was the only one who showed up at home with the scars from the fights. He would talk about how his fight went today and how he was upset about the opponent's dirty tricks, without any trace of the honor of a fair competition.

Perhaps because the person who had been arguing with him had left, he came here more often, and whenever his sister couldn't find anyone during dinner, he would come here to look for her. And he would always find her, and then there would be an extra bowl on the table.

At first, when their parents saw their daughter and son still not home by dinnertime, they would come looking for them. But once they saw their son and daughter had already started eating, they stopped complaining. But the next day, they would ask their children to bring gifts, starting with desserts and snacks and ending with clothes, shoes, and socks. From then on, almost everything in the Tang family home came from their parents.

"Well, eat slowly. No one will snatch your food away."

Tang Xi was very disgusted with the way Pat ate, but compared to the beginning, he was much better now.

"Brother Tang, next time just put his portion over there on the table and keep his plate away from us. Ah!! Brother, you stole my chicken again."

"Humph, who told you to say bad things about me in front of Tang?"

Tang Xi watched quietly as the two siblings across from him fought over the meat in each other's bowls. After Pha lost to her brother and had the last piece of chicken snatched away, he placed the chicken in front of her and said, "Your brother is a boy, so he consumes it quickly. I'll give you this."

Pha was very surprised. She placed her portion of spicy chicken in front of her brother and said proudly, "I'll give you this. No need to thank me."

Pat pouted and said, "Ah~ Tang, you are biased." Pat looked at the spicy chicken without any chicken cubes in front of him and felt very resentful.

"You eat two servings, and you still say that Brother Tang is partial!!" Pha was speechless at her brother's spoiled and aggrieved words, but in the end she still picked out a few pieces of meat from the portion given by Tang Xi: "Here, I'll give you a few more pieces. Don't fight over it anymore."

After eating, Pat happily lay in the chair, stroking his full belly: "Tang, I heard from my parents that you will go back after graduating from college. Is it true?"

"Well, my parents have returned to China to develop their business, and the company is on track. They originally wanted me to go back to China to study at university, but I declined in the end." After all, how could I study Chinese language in China? How could I open the door to returning home? It was obvious that staying was the best outcome.

"Doesn't that mean that once I graduate from college, I'll never see you again? Wouldn't it be even harder to eat authentic Chinese food in the future? No!!!" Pat sat up straight and looked at Tang Xi with an expression that showed he didn't want him to leave.

Tang Xi finished his last bite of food, put down his chopsticks and said slowly, "Didn't I write down the recipe for my aunt? Didn't she make it for you?"

Pha picked up the last piece of meat with the chopsticks: "I don't know why, but the dishes my mom cooks taste different from yours. I always feel like something is missing, otherwise I wouldn't come to your house every now and then to eat for free."

"By the way, my mom asked me to ask if you want anything. She's going to Huaguo Supermarket tomorrow. If you need any seasonings, you can make a list."

"Not yet. The ones I bought last time haven't been opened yet."

"What about clothes, shoes, and so on?"

"That's even more unnecessary. Besides, it's just a few meals, there's really no need to be so polite."

Pat left his seat and hooked his arm around Tang Xi's neck: "I'm not being polite, I treat you like a family member. And I once heard my parents talking about wanting you to be their son-in-law. What do you think? Do you want to consider it?"

Tang Xi slapped his arm away fiercely: "Don't say such things. Besides, if your sister and I are interested, do you think it's your turn to match us up here?"

"That's right, that's right. If Brother Tang and I were on speaking terms, we would have gone home long ago. Why would we have to wait for you to say this?"

Pat rubbed his sore hands: "Alas, my sister is not a beauty, but she is not bad either. Why don't you feel the same? Could it be..." He looked at Tang Xi with horror and hugged himself with both hands: "You don't like men, do you?"

At this moment, Tang Xi felt his hands itching, and he really wanted to beat someone up to satisfy the itch. He gave Pha a look, and she gave him an OK sign, picked up her plate, and left the table.

Tang Xi looked at Pat with a smile on his face, and his tone was very gentle: "Pat, I haven't practiced for a long time, and my hands are a little itchy. Why don't you practice with me?"

Upon hearing this, Pat immediately dodged away. But unfortunately, Tang Xi, who was prepared, grabbed his wrist and said, "Let's go to the yard."

Pat yelled for help from his sister, but Pha just cleared the dishes from the table and shook his head helplessly. Listening to the screams coming from outside, he sighed, "That's what Brother Tang said, you'll suffer if you torture yourself."

A few minutes later, Pat, limping, hugged his 'weak' self, accusing his sister of not helping him. Tang Xi, who had arrived earlier, had already taken out his medicine box and sat on the living room sofa. "What are you doing standing there? Are the bruises on your sister's body going to disappear just by looking at them?"

With one word, he put on a flattering look, and while walking, he reluctantly took off his shirt, revealing his bruised body.

"Hehe, Tang, your technique is still as good as ever. The blockage left over from the fight is now much more relaxed after this move. Ah!! It hurts, it hurts..."

After finishing the cleaning, Pha sat on the other side and looked at his brother who was showing off with amusement: "You'd better shut up, otherwise Brother Tang will hit him harder."