I raised my nemesis into my husband

Chapter 62.1

Editor: Princess

Ning Sheng: “….”

“I…” Under the mascot head, Ning Sheng’s cheeks suddenly flushed red. “I know… of course I know you’re Dog Xu!”

Ning Sheng: “You…”

“Do you think I’m stupid?!” Ning Sheng jumped up and began beating Xu Ling.

Xu Ling: “….”

Xu Ling: “Alright, alright, stop hitting me. Ning Ning, aren’t you tired?”

The math nerd mascot turned around clumsily, and just as his head came close without making a sound, he got punched by Xu Ling.

“Shut up.” Xu Ling said.

The math nerd: “….”

The staff from the neighboring shop were all stunned.

“Are you… still going to fight us?” They asked.

This group of attention-grabbers was incredibly good for business, as passersby were all buying bubble tea from this shop, and business was booming.

“Nah, brother.” Lu Peng said. “Just handling some domestic affairs.”

Under countless cameras, three mascots pushed and pulled a dejected mascot away.

In 30-plus-degree weather, wearing mascot costumes, Xu Ling and the others could handle it, but Ning Sheng couldn’t.

Just from this short time, when Ning Sheng removed his mascot head, his hair was already soaked with sweat, clinging wetly to his forehead and cheeks. Several strands of hair on his head were disheveled, and his cheeks were flushed pink from the heat, making him look both beautiful and pitiful.

He parted his lips slightly, breathing gently, and raised his right hand to fan himself.

“I told you not to go, but you insisted on following.” Xu Ling folded a small fan from flyer paper and fanned it at Ning Sheng.

Lu Peng and Li Haoyue helped Ning Sheng remove the entire mascot costume.

“You put it on wrong, no wonder you couldn’t see the road clearly.” Li Haoyue said.

Lu Peng pulled out a tissue from his pocket and wiped Ning Sheng’s sweat. “Princess does care about me after all, hehe.”

“Who cares about you?” Ning Sheng said. “I was just expanding my life experiences.”

Ning Sheng: “Ah, that hurts… get away!”

“Let me do it.” Xu Ling took the tissue and gently pressed it against Ning Sheng’s cheek.

Ning Sheng tilted his head slightly, actively exposing a section of his clean, slender neck. “Wipe here too.”

Xu Ling’s fingertips gently brushed across the pale neck, restraining the sharpness in his gaze.

It seemed that being gentler allowed him to touch more.

“Princess, I’ll never do this kind of part-time job again.” Lu Peng said with deep regret, standing by the roadside making a vow.

“What does that have to do with me?” Ning Sheng said. “This young master wants to squeeze every penny out of your hundred yuan first.”

Lu Peng was stunned, then smiled brilliantly. “Great! Perfect!”

Then he went to a nearby mall and bought four ice creams, each costing 30 yuan. Ning Sheng added twenty yuan, perfectly spending all of Lu Peng’s work money.

“I can treat princess to ice cream too!” Lu Peng was overjoyed. “I’m useful too!”

“Don’t pat my head.” Ning Sheng said with disgust, then was pulled into an embrace by Xu Ling.

Ning Sheng looked at Xu Ling in surprise. What was this? Did eating ice cream require being so close?

At the same time, Li Haoyue got punched again.

Ning Sheng: ?

Ning Sheng: “Little Bell, you can’t suddenly hit God of learning Li like that.”

Xu Ling: “I’ll give a warning before hitting next time.”

“Since we’re already downtown.” Lu Peng asked, “Should we buy some things needed for university?”

Ning Sheng: “Such as?”

Lu Peng: “Toothpaste, toothbrush, washbasin, thermos…”

“We’re going to university.” Ning Sheng said, “Not being exiled.”

Lu Peng: “….”

“I won’t let you all become cavemen.” Ning Sheng said seriously.

I want to bring you all with me into civilized society, Ning Sheng thought to himself.

In the evening at Qing’an Town, the sunset painted the sky, and the roads winding through the mountains glowed like luminous ribbons as a Maybach traveled through them.

Xu Ling held their graduation photo, which he had just picked up from school, admiring it—

The three of them stood in the back row, next to Lu Peng, who had squeezed over shamelessly from the sports class to take the photo with them.

To Ning Sheng’s left was the math nerd, and to his right was Xu Ling. Initially, Ning Sheng was quite unhappy, feeling that they made him look short, but Xu Ling had held him back from leaving forcefully.

So, when the shutter clicked, Ning Sheng had stepped on both Xu Ling’s and the math nerd’s feet while using Xu Ling’s support to stand on his tiptoes.

The camera captured the moment: Xu Ling grimacing in pain, the math nerd smiling helplessly, and Lu Peng looking completely oblivious.

Ning Sheng had his arm around Xu Ling’s shoulder, smiling proudly and brightly.

This was quite different from the angry little person in his elementary school graduation photo. He had grown up some and had become even more charming than before.

“Why are you looking at the photo and grinning like an idiot?” Ning Sheng poked Xu Ling.

“I didn’t smile properly in the graduation photo, so I’m making up for it now.” Xu Ling said.

Ning Sheng: “?”

“Our class graduation photo has over two million likes on the school’s social media account.” Li Haoyue told them. “They’re saying it’s very energetic and youthful.”

“Princess accounts for at least 800,000 of those likes. Everyone came to look at princess.” Lu Peng said.

Ning Sheng: “Uncultured fools.”

Xu Ling clenched his fists, wanting to beat up the increasingly numerous digital dogs.

The car stopped in front of the small villa. Tonight, Ning Sheng’s grandmother was hosting a graduation celebration, and she had included celebrations for Xu Ling, the math nerd, and Lu Peng as well. They had reserved dozens of tables at a small restaurant in town, and quite a few people from both this town and neighboring towns had come.

The math nerd sat at the restaurant entrance wearing a small shopkeeper’s cap, a large gold chain that Ning Sheng had dug up around his neck, and holding an abacus in his hands, collecting gift money.

Ning Sheng sat on the restaurant’s roof, gnawing on a large pig’s trotter.

“The math nerd’s abacus is about to catch fire from all the calculations.” Ning Sheng said gleefully.

“He’s having a blast.” Xu Ling said, stretching out his long legs casually in a seemingly relaxed manner, but with one hand firmly positioned at Ning Sheng’s waist to prevent him from falling.

“Is this pig’s trotter delicious?” Xu Ling asked.

“It’s absolutely delicious!” Ning Sheng, wearing gloves, grabbed a fresh pig’s trotter and stuffed it into Xu Ling’s mouth. “I got you one too.”

Ning Sheng absolutely loved the food in Qing’an Town. Everything had a fragrance you couldn’t taste in the city, and he was always willing to eat a few more bites.

In a few days, when they went to S City for university, they wouldn’t be able to eat these foods often.

He was feeling a bit melancholic. How wonderful it would be if people could stay children forever and never grow up.

Some commotion came from the edge of the roof, then the math nerd and Lu Peng had also climbed up.

“Have you finished collecting the money?” Ning Sheng asked the math nerd.

“Have you finished moving the party favors?” Ning Sheng asked Lu Peng.

“Dog Xu’s dad did it all.” Lu Peng said. “His dad is really super nice.”

Below, Xu Ling’s stepfather was working hard to move party favors while muttering something under his breath.

Xu Ling’s mother thought he was singing and went over to listen.

Xu Ling’s stepfather was muttering “The village children bully me for being old and powerless.”

Xu Ling’s mother: “….”

“Where are the kids?” Xu Ling’s mother asked, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

“They went off to play, I guess. They all dislike that adult-style wine table socializing.” Xu Ling’s stepfather said. “I’m guessing they’re on the roof. I’ll set off some fireworks for them to enjoy later.”

Lu Peng sang folk songs on the roof, providing entertainment for the three who were gnawing on pig’s trotters.

Fireworks rose into the night sky, and streams of light fell into the clouds.