The new high-end medical cabin works very well, and the medical effect is faster than that of the ordinary medical cabin, after Lin Zimao lay down for forty minutes, the injuries on his body were basically fine, except for a little shallow and thin marks, which will probably disappear in a day or two.
Although it was a pity that he couldn’t leave behind a record of victory, he is more willing to be cared for, and once again looked at the wrist that was held by Jiang Xuan.
It’s so strange, but he’s not repulsed by it at all.
Jiang Xuan wasn’t at home, he left him a message, saying that he had to go out on some matter.
Lin Zimao didn’t ask him how he was able to find himself so accurately at the competition venue, asking this would probably be more trouble than it was worth.
Don’t know since when there was an extra row of jelly in the refrigerator, Lin Zimao exhausted a lot of energy tonight, slept in the medical cabin for a while, now he was tired and hungry, he ate three of them in one go.
Jiaoyan lay on the single sofa and licked its paws, Lin Zimao asked it: “Did you eat something good? Why else would you be licking your paw.”
Lin Zimao also sniffed its body: “Sure enough, Jiang Xuan fed you something, let me guess, there is no strong fishy smell, it must be canned food, there’s still a little bit left in the corner of your mouth, minced beef, you ate canned beef.”
Have to say, he’s got the truth.
He had kept his own cat for several years, how could he not know that there were changes, there is no one else in the house except him and Jiang Xuan, but doesn’t admit it, it’s not a problem.
Jiaoyan continued to lick its fur, Lin Zimao could only sigh.
He took out his communicator to see if anyone was looking for him, didn’t expect that the messages in the group had actually reached more than four digits, it’s only been an hour since he got home from school, and something else happened during this period?
He first read the small group messages of Wang Yi and Su Ran top student, all the chat content revolves around Lin Zimao, who was one of the main focuses of attention, and there were postings that attracted them even more.
The five of them chatted in the group, filled with righteous indignation1義憤填膺 (yì fèn tián yīng): righteous indignation fills one’s breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice; be filled/swollen with righteous indignation., and they were about to go out and tear the perpetrators apart.
Lin Zimao followed the video mentioned in the chat log, and realized that what they were angry about was his fight tonight.
It turned out that someone had captured the fight between him and the friend sent by Ren Siran and posted it on the forum, they also found out the identity of the two of them and guessed the truth.
But they had no evidence to prove that it was Ren Siran who sent Chu Liming to intercept Lin Zimao, for some unknown reason, Chu Liming took the blame for his fight with Lin Zimao by himself, indicating that he was not very familiar with Ren Siran, it’s just because Lin Zimao had been too high-profile recently, and he had repeatedly defeated the new students of their Combat Department, seeing that he was not pleasing to the eye, he thought of a way to learn from one another with him, he had privately investigated that Lin Zimao would usually go in the direction of the small forest and that he was waiting there for him on purpose.
Chu Liming removed Ren Siran out easily, everything was just a coincidence.
The video cameraman was far away, and it is difficult to hear clearly what was said between them, Chu Liming’s reply on the forum seems to have no flaws, but it is full of flaws everywhere, the most important thing is that there is no evidence related to Ren Siran.
Many people know that the number one in the second-year of Combat Department doesn’t pay much attention to the forum, he’s always been obsessed with mecha battles, fighting with real mechas, how could he be interested in Lin Zimao who just participated in the simulation cabin competition, it doesn’t make sense at all.
And who told him that Lin Zimao would walk through the grove when he went to the competition venue, and was sure that he would appear at that point, to put it another way, if someone is stared at every day, then he is actually a pervert, Chu Liming is really a pervert.
The incident of Chu Liming’s bullying new student has only happened a little more than an hour ago, but the matter has become heated2沸沸揚揚 (fèi fèi yáng yáng): bubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz; Noisy and tumultuous; Noisy like boiling water; Describe the noisy human voice., there are already some new students who went to the Student Council to complain about him, second-year student in the Combat Department actually blatantly bullied new student from the other department, if the school doesn’t deal with it harshly, the new students from other departments will unite and go to the principal’s office to protest! Or complain to the University Student Protection Association!
In short, Chu Liming is terrible! If he hadn’t been facing Lin Zimao, who was good at fighting, but other students who weren’t so good at fighting, they’d be in the ICU right now!
Lin Zimao is really grateful to those two lovers, when ‘in the midst of pressing affairs’, they still took this video, the initial intention is a little gossip, but at least it helped him.
Unfortunately, Chu Liming attracted the heat, and Ren Siran behind him was not exposed again.
Lin Zimao replied to Wang Yi’s and other people’s private messages one by one, and also saw the concerned message from Ji Chen.
Lin Zimao can only regretfully say that he couldn’t have supper with him, he’s fine now, has been cured in the medical cabin, there’s no major problems.
Ji Chen was busy scolding Chu Liming in the forum, and kept asking him to apologize to Lin Zimao, the more he scolded him, the angrier he became, Lin Zimao’s reply to him at this moment was so timely, and his mood improved dramatically.
“Hey, my little beauty replied me!” He excitedly reported the progress of his relationship to Jiang Xuan, who was sitting opposite him.
“Little beauty?” Jiang Xuan looked at his friend coldly, “Do people agree with you calling him that?”
Ji Chen seemed to be enlightened: “That makes sense, then I’ll change it and call him Lin Zai, that’s what girls in our class call him, they say Lin Zai is very cute, sweet and wild! Sweet and salty!”
Jiang Xuan: “…” It’s better not to refute it.
Ji Chen has long been accustomed to often talking without getting a response from his friends, he continued to talk to himself, acting as if he were sharing with Jiang Xuan.
“The guys from the Combat Department just need a lesson, they are always domineering and unreasonable3橫行霸道 (héng xíng bà dào): to act in a fierce, domineering and unreasonable way; ride roughshod over; lord it over; play the tyrant; tyrannize; domineer. in the school, they feel superior4高人一等 (gāo rén yī děng): a cut above others; to be superior to others; to be a head taller than others; be a notch above others; stand/tower head and shoulders above others. because they can drive a real mecha and go to space, it’s as if the school is run by their department, it’s really ridiculous, let’s see how they end up this time, don’t know if the school can sort them up this time.”
“Should be possible.” Jiang Xuan suddenly replied.
Ji Chen was in a better mood again, his friends actually responded to his gossip, which meant that he was also paying attention to this matter.
As he spoke, the topic came back again.
“Do you think there’s really no hope for me and Lin Zai?”
“Be normal.” Jiang Xuan didn’t want Ji Chen to speak Lin Zai when he opened his mouth, this word is too intimate, it’s unpleasant for him to hear, “Call by name and surname.”
“Okay, you’re not as modern as my grandfather.” Ji Chen satirized him, when he saw his friend staring at him with cold eyes again, he said, “Next week is Cheng Chen’s birthday, what gift do you plan to give this year?”
Jiang Xuan said: “This is the urgent matter you want to talk about?”
Ji Chen shrugged: “Yeah, I haven’t bought a gift yet, isn’t this just to remind you, isn’t Cheng Chen’s birthday important to you?”
Jiang Xuan said without interest: “Oh, it’s not important. You can help me choose a gift casually, something similar to your price is fine, something ordinary, a gift that’s unmemorable.”
For a moment, Ji Chen thought that Jiang Xuan’s list of requests just now was a result of his faulty hearing: “Um? You’re not buying it yourself? You made those requests just now?”
Jiang Xuan asked him: “Have opinions?”
The two of them are in a cafe right now, there is a band singing a love song on the center stage, the girls are crooning in a low voice.
Ji Chen shook his head: “No, it’s not about the gift that I asked you to come out, I heard from Cheng Chen that the two of you had a fight, he has been in low spirits5悶悶不樂 (mèn mèn bù lè): sulky; gloomy; in low spirits; depressed; moody; unhappy. recently and chats with me every day, can’t you coax him by yourself?”
Jiang Xuan stared at him very seriously: “Ji Chen, what illusion makes you think that I should coax Cheng Chen?”
Ji Chen: “Uh, didn’t you guys quarrel?”
Jiang Xuan: “Who told you that?”
Ji Chen: “Ching Chen, he said you’re angry that he came to your residence without asking for your permission, he asked me to speak for him, he just cares about you.” He’s also a little curious, “Why aren’t you two together yet?”
Jiang Xuan couldn’t help but tell him the truth: “It’s impossible for us to be together.”
Ji Chen almost thought that he had heard wrong: “Doesn’t he like you very much? Moreover, whenever we went out to play, you also didn’t deny everyone’s jokes.”
Jiang Xuan asked him back: “Let me ask you, which time have I never deny it in the three years of high school? Didn’t I tell you not to arbitrary forcing marriage6拉郎配 (lā láng pèi): forced marriage–forced alliance or merger prompted by administrative forces.?”
It was only after his first year of college, he’s separated from Cheng Chen because of different schools, that the jokes in his ears are gone.
Ji Chen was taken aback by Jiang Xuan’s rhetorical question, and then he began to recall slowly.
Since Cheng Chen was in junior high school, he liked to follow Jiang Xuan’s behind, after entering high school, he grows up and becomes cuter, because he especially likes to be in front of Jiang Xuan, these older brothers began to pair him up with Jiang Xuan, at the beginning, it was just a joke, and everyone didn’t care, but Jiang Xuan was really disgusted by this jokes, and repeatedly emphasized that they are not in this relationship.
It’s unknown since when Jiang Xuan stopped explaining, but they still joked and mistakenly thought that the two would be together, in fact, Jiang Xuan really didn’t seem to have done anything too intimate with Cheng Chen from the beginning to the end, apart from the usual gatherings, he never seen Jiang Xuan and Cheng Chen alone together either.
Ji Chen asked in a low voice: “You really don’t like him at all?”
Jiang Xuan stirred the juice in the glass: “In fact, I don’t really understand why you guys are pairing him up with me together all the time, my attitude is very clear from the beginning to the end, I don’t like him, and I won’t be with him.”
Ji Chen: “We’ve been joking around a little too much?”
Jiang Xuan: “Maybe you guys think if you keep talking about it, it’ll become true, but I really won’t be with Cheng Chen.” Ji Chen tried to explain, but Jiang Xuan interrupted him, “Now we are all in the same school, it’s inevitable to run into each other frequently7抬頭不見低頭見 (tái tóu bú jiàn dī tóu jiàn): (idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly; (colloquial) to meet often; see each other frequently; be bound to run into each other., I also don’t want any more groundless rumors8風言風語 (fēng yán fēng yǔ): groundless talk; slanderous gossip; Unfounded, unkind, and sarcastic remarks. with him to spread, last time he came to my residence to intercept me, I think this is very bad, in the past, for the sake of everyone being friends, he also not very old, let me take care of him, so I reluctantly did it9勉為其難 (miǎn wéi qí nán): to tackle a difficult job (idiom); to reluctantly do something that is almost beyond one’s ability or something that one does not wish to do; to force someone to do something that he/she is hardly capable of or is unwilling to do; undertake to do a difficult job as best as one can; try to do sth beyond one’s ability/power., in order to avoid such things from happening in the future, don’t make this kind of meaningless jokes again.”
Ji Chen patted his own mouth lightly, realizing the seriousness, of the situation, if it wasn’t more than he can bear, Jiang Xuan wouldn’t bring it up, this time it may have really touched his bottom line.
He apologized again and again: “Brother, I was wrong, I’ll never say it again! I really don’t know, I thought you two would be together.”
Jiang Xuan scolded him: “Not only blind, but also stupid.”
After Ji Chen clarified the details, it did happen that Jiang Xuan really didn’t treat Cheng Chen any differently, It seems that they really think too much, plus Cheng Chen will always bring up the topic of Jiang Xuan intentionally or unintentionally, which always makes people feel that their relationship is very good.
For a while, Ji Chen’s impression of Cheng Chen didn’t seem to be so good, every time he talked about the matter between him and Jiang Xuan, it seemed to be true, and it was a bit like adding oil and vinegar.
Most importantly, they didn’t take the initiative to ask for confirmation.
Except for the mecha design, Ji Chen really rarely saw Jiang Xuan tell him something so in-depth, he listened very carefully.
He asked Jiang Xuan: “So, you’re not going to Cheng Chen’s birthday this time, are you?”
Jiang Xuan said without hesitation: “Um, not going.”
Ji Chen: “I will tell Cheng Chen for you, half of this misunderstanding is caused by us.”
Jiang Xuan: “As long as you know.”
Ji Chen: “But he may not listen to what I say.”
Jiang Xuan: “It doesn’t matter, he and I are not close at all.”
Just as Jiang Xuan was about to leave, Ji Chen suddenly noticed that there were something like hair on Jiang Xuan’s black shirt today: “Do you have cat hair on you?”
Jiang Xuan calmly patted it off: “You see wrong, it’s catkin.”
Ji Chen: “…” You treat me as blind!
He asked probingly: “Are you in love with someone?” Otherwise, he took so much trouble explaining to himself today, there must be something wrong.
Jiang Xuan hesitated for a moment and denied it: “No.”
In a 24-hour convenience store not far away, Chu Liming and Ren Siran met in the dining area.
After Chu Liming’s beating of Lin Zimao came out, the fact that Ren Siran suffer a crushing defeat in Lin Zimao’s hand and then fainted was suppressed, so it wasn’t so conspicuous.
Chu Liming hasn’t gone to the doctor to fill his teeth yet, and now his speech is indistinct because of the missing front teeth, he didn’t have time to buy a mask, so he covered his speech with his hands.
He now can’t wait to strangle Ren Siran to death: “Ren Siran, why did you lie to me, Lin Zimao is not a voyeur at all, you’ve ruined me, and I’ve taken the blame for you! What the hell is going on?”
Before coming out, Ren Siran had already thought of countermeasures: “He’s not a voyeur, but he threatened me.”
Chu Liming: “What exactly did he threaten you with?”
Ren Siran burst into tears: “I’m sorry, Liming, I shouldn’t have lied to you, in fact, what happened was like this, last time I said a word during the rescue, I said that I was afraid of dying, I didn’t dare to save people, so he used this to threaten me, if I didn’t give him the money, he would expose this to the public.”
Chu Liming obviously a bit skeptical: “He said what he said, there is no evidence, what can he prove.”
Ren Siran said: “But, I finally gained a little fame, I also want to plan for the future, I don’t want to give up everything that I’ve managed to get with difficulty this soon, don’t you think I’m stupid?”
Chu Liming comforted Ren Siran with an indistinct voice, he thought about it and thought it was very possible: “The one who beat people is me, it has nothing to do with you, I’ll take care of it first, you don’t have to worry about it for the time being.”
Ren Siran was secretly happy, he wished that Chu Liming would help him take the blame, in two days he could be completely out of the picture.
Chu Liming didn’t know that he was being used by Ren Siran again.
However, it won’t be long before he knows all the truth.
Monday morning at nine o’clock, that is, the day after the fight.
Someone on a school forum reposted a recording of a conversation, the audio source of which came from a contracted maintenance shop worker who wished to remain anonymous.
Ren Siran: “A1800 is a heavy mecha, we’ll be crushed to powder if we rush over rashly, I don’t want to die.”
Lin Zimao: “Save people, if you don’t dare to, let me do it, time is limited, they’re about to fall.”
Call for help: “A1800 request help! A1800 request help!”
Ren Siran: “How to save, I already said, I don’t want to die, you don’t know anything, save my ass! Don’t press randomly!”
Lin Zimao: “What kind of mecha warrior are you, fearing death! You don’t save people, I’ll save them!”
Ren Siran: “You dare!”
Lin Zimao: “You are afraid of death, I’m not afraid of death, I also don’t want to see anyone else die.”
Lin Zimao: “Locate A1800 immediately now…”
The truth comes out!