Qin Chu glanced at Qin Shiwu and said, looking like nothing mattered to him, “What are you looking at me for? What’s with your expression? Look at me again, and I’ll dig out your eyeballs.”
Qin Shiwu felt indignant but found it hard to talk about his suffering. So he turned his head to look at Lu Tong.
If you asked him to cry, he would have cried then and there. There were tears in the pair of big eyes, and the small face looked extremely aggrieved, silently accusing Qin Chu of his atrocities.
Lu Tong felt soft-hearted and said to Qin Chu, “Why do you bicker with him?”
This tone……
It was the tone of a wife reproaching her husband……
It just like that ah……
After Lu Tong finished speaking, he also felt awkward.
He asked himself: What’s with my tone? Am I sick?
Huang Nian took a step forward quietly and leaned a little closer to Qin Chu.
And the distance between Lu Tong and Qin Chu widened.
Qin Chu didn’t notice this little detail and kicked Qin Shiwu, “Why are you standing here? Not going to the snack counter?”
Qin Shiwu was angry, “I’m not going!”
Lu Tong asked him, “For buying what, are you going to the snack counter?”
Qin Shiwu said gloomily, “To buy candies.”
Qin Chu’s eyes fell on Lu Tong’s hand — — He was holding two packets of candy in his hand.
It was the same candy that was in Lu Tong’s pocket.
Last time, Qin Chu had felt candy in his pocket.
Lu Tong should always prepare candies for himself, and the taste of these candies was the same.
It seemed that he particularly liked this brand of milk candy, White Rabbit, just like everyone else.
Qin Chu also thought that Lu Tong was like a rabbit — — Although sometimes he was fierce and like a kitten.
Lu Tong grabbed a handful of candies and gave them to Qin Shiwu, “I’ll share some with you. There are many people at the sports meeting, so don’t run around. If you are caught by the student union, points will be deducted from your class.”
Qin Shiwu got the candies and instantly forgot the unpleasantness just now.
This time it was Qin Chu’s turn to be unhappy, “What about me?”
He held out his hand.
Lu Tong glanced at him.
Qin Chu’s attitude was resolute, “Where are my candies? Why does he get it but not me?”
Lu Tong glanced at Huang Nian again.
Huang Nian said, “Ah Yu, if you want to eat, I’ll go to the snack counter to buy it.”
Without even thinking about it, Qin Chu interrupted, “No. I want him to give it.”
Is that why you want to eat sweets?
Qin Chu didn’t have this hobby of eating sweets!
This was, of course, because Lu Tong was being partial! Why did Qin Shiwu get a share but he didn’t?
Damn it, he didn’t agree with it!
Lu Tong was blocked at the entrance by Qin Chu and couldn’t leave. So he had to grab another handful of candy and give it to him, “Take it, and don’t stand in front of me.”
Qin Chu caught it in his hand and stopped him, “You have 1,500 metres today, right? What’s the number of your race bib?”
Lu Tong casually asked, “What? Are you going to submit a writing for me?”
Submission of articles during the sports meeting refers to each class’s contribution to cheering for the athletes of their class. They were usually handed over to members of the radio station on the command podium. Each letter cannot exceed 140 words, and they mainly consisted of rainbow farts.
In order to encourage this kind of interaction between classmates, the school added each point for one writing. If it could be read out by the radio station, three points would be added.
“You like that.” Qin Chu raised his eyebrows.
Lu Tong, “Get out of the way.”
Huang Nian took the opportunity to speak, “Can people from outside your school come in? I’ll stay for a while and then leave.”
Qin Shiwu said quickly, “No! Where are you going to stay?”
Huang Nian smiled and said, “I haven’t chatted with Ah Yu for a long time, and I plan to catch up with him.”
Qin Shiwu, “What’s the point of reminiscing about the past? As a human being, you have to look forward. What’s gone is gone. What’s the point of always not moving forward?”
While he was talking, Lu Tong had already walked away by himself.
Qin Shiwu quickly turned around and planned to chase after Lu Tong.
Qin Chu immediately grabbed him by his collar and said, “Go to the snack counter and buy me a bottle of water.”
Qin Shiwu bared his teeth and said, “I won’t go! I’m going to go find Lu Tong!”
Qin Chu, “What are you going to go find him for? He can’t get away?”
Qin Shiwu succumbed to Qin Chu’s abuse of authority and walked to the snack counter angrily.
As soon as he left, Huang Nian said, “You are equally popular in China. Who was that just now?”
Qin Chu, “A friend.”
Huang Nian, “He looks cold. I didn’t expect you to be able to deal with such a person.”
While talking, Huang Nian actually sighed a little in his heart.
All the stars in abroad cupped themselves around the moon1(idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb who was this person, Qin Chu, and everyone gave way to him. When had he ever seen someone be so disrespectful to him?
The history behind Lu Tong immediately aroused Huang Nian’s curiosity.
If you called Qin Chu’s group of friends2a pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels abroad to see this, who would believe that this person who was criticised without saying back a word was Qin Chu! When did he have such a good temper? If it had been anyone else, they would have died eight hundred times by now.
Huang Nian, “But. He is very good-looking.”
He thought silently in his heart: Qin Chu is the same even if he returns to his home country, and he has a very high taste. For him, making friends depends on their appearances. Lu Tong’s top-notch looks are rare even in the wealthy second-generation circles abroad.
Qin Chu didn’t talk to him but looked at Lu Tong’s back thoughtfully and said, “Really? Do you also think that he is very good-looking?”
Huang Nian smiled, “Isn’t that visible to the naked eye?”
While the two were standing at the entrance and chatting, Qin Shiwu reached the snack counter, kicking pebbles all the way.
Lin Xiaomian had been standing in front of the snack counter for a long time. She was hesitating whether to buy the milk tea that was unique to the snack counter and Provincial No. 1 High School.
It was sweet, greasy, and hard to drink. But it had a magical power that made people unable to stop themselves from drinking it.
Moreover, at this moment, she was in a little trouble.
“Hey, schoolmate.” A young girl dressed in gangster-like attire stopped Lin Xiaomian.
Lin Xiaomian looked back and saw that the taimei was not alone, and there was a group of two or three sisters around her.
She had some impressions of this girl. She was in class five of high school. Her family had a lot of money, which led to her domineering in the school, and no one controlled her.
Lin Xiaomian was a typical good girl who never interacted with these kinds of people. When she was called by her, she looked very confused.
The girl delinquent’s school uniform was that of men’s style, with sleeves covering her hands and colourful clips on her hair. This was the fashion sixteen years ago.
“Do you know Qin Shiwu?”
Lin Xiaomian held her hands tightly and looked at them.
The girl delinquent smiled and said, “Can you do me a favour?”
Lin Xiaomian thought silently in her heart: Can I not do you a favour……
Obviously, that was not possible.
Once this kind of student asks you for help, she isn’t meaning to ask you to make a decision, but she is just letting you know.
Lin Xiaomian timidly said, “I can’t help you much. You can find someone else……”
Her voice was as low as that of a mosquito.
The girl delinquent didn’t hear it at all and continued, “Help me get Qin Chu’s mobile number.”
Lin Xiaomian’s hands were sweaty from being nervous.
Qin Chu’s mobile number?
That was not so easy to ask for.
Qin Chu’s mobile phone number had been listed in the school forum before, and some people who were bold enough to call him directly rang Qin Chu’s mobile phone off the hook.
A few weeks ago, Qin Chu changed to a new number. This time, the confidentiality measures were taken very seriously, and few people had been able to contact him yet.
The girl delinquent said, “Aren’t you sitting at the same table as Qin Shiwu? Ask him to ask for us.”
Lin Xiaomian stammered and said, “I, we are not very familiar……”
Was she joking?
You get yourself to ask for Qin Chu’s number?
Although Lin Xiaomian was in the same class as Qin Chu, she hadn’t spoken a word with him from the beginning of the semester to the end.
From the beginning, she was introverted and shy, and she always resigned herself to adversity3(idiom); to grin and bear it / to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc. She and these ignorant and incompetent students were from two entirely different worlds.
Not to mention Qin Chu, even with Qin Shiwu — — It was Qin Shiwu who came to her door himself. If he hadn’t helped Lin Xiaomian that time, the two of them might not have talked to each other during the three years of high school.
But the girl delinquent wasn’t ready to yield, “Who are you trying to deceive?” Will you die if you help?”
With that said, several girls surrounded them.
Lin Xiaomian’s friend saw this scene when she came out of the snack counter.
Fu Xingyue’s hand shook, and the ice water in her hands almost fell to the ground.
“Mianmian4I shouldn’t be saying this at this moment, but I am getting dejavu.!” She shouted anxiously.
Lin Xiaomian was blocked at the entrance of the snack counter, and her face became flushed. She shook her head and mumbled, “I’m really unfamiliar with……”
As soon as the voice fell, Lin Xiaomian’s wrist was suddenly grabbed tight. A huge force came from behind, and her thin body couldn’t help but take a few steps back. Before she could stand still, she heard Qin Shiwu’s voice.
“Why don’t you just ask me yourself?”
The girl delinquent froze.
Fu Xingyue ran up quickly, but Lin Xiaomian was dragged behind Qin Shiwu. So halfway through, because she was afraid of Qin Shiwu, she carefully observed them from the distance of several people.
Qin Shiwu clapped his hands, “Can I help you?”
Once he is not with Qin Chu and Lu Tong, the school bully gene in his bones begins to faintly work in him. Sixteen years later, Qin Shiwu was also a popular figure at the school. He ran amok, relying on his good-looking face, and everyone who saw him had to somewhat let him do it.
This group of girl delinquents bullied the weak but was afraid of the strong. On seeing that Qin Shiwu himself had arrived, they found it hard to speak.
His imposing manner was sharp and threatening, and it made people shudder even when it was not cold5(idiom) / fig. to tremble with fear / to be terrified.
To be honest, they had heard of Qin Shiwu’s name before.
All they knew was that there was a little stutterer in Class 12 of junior high school who was easy to bully, and everyone could make him run errands.
Later, this little stutterer got some kind of stimulation. And he suddenly underwent a transformation and took on a completely new look. Not only did his attractiveness index rise by several degrees, but his aura also changed. Everyone knew about his fight with Gu Kaifei. When everyone recalled it, they all felt that Qin Shiwu’s force value was terrifying. All in all, he was a master who was not easy to mess with.
Besides, he also got along with Qin Chu.
He really called for people to sit up and take notice of his improvement.
The girl delinquent muttered, “I’ll just ask.”
Qin Shiwu spat out the three words, “Just get lost.”
The girl delinquent face turned pale, “Don’t fucking show off here.”
Qin Shiwu, “You can take a step forward and give it a try. I don’t follow the principle of not hitting women.”
The girl delinquent’s face turned even paler. But the group of sisters pulled her and persuaded her, “Let’s go…… Don’t get mixed up with him.”
The subtext was: Go back and let’s call someone.
These women would not get any benefit from confronting Qin Shiwu.
After the others left, Lin Xiaomian said gratefully, “Thank you.”
Qin Shiwu, “No need. What are you doing here?”
Fu Xingyue quickly answered for Lin Xiaomian, “We were here to buy water. Who would have known that we would meet those senior sisters from Class 5……”
Qin Shiwu said “Oh”.
Lin Xiaomian asked, “Are you here to buy water too?”
Qin Shiwu, “I am buying it for Qin Chu.” He took out the campus card and put it on the POS machine, “Boss, get me a bottle of Wangzai milk.”
Lin Xiaomian laughed.
Qin Shiwu asked, “What are you laughing at.”
He was in a bad mood.
That guy, Huang Nian, made it clear that he wanted to stay and watch Qin Chu’s games. And when Qu Muyao mentioned the foreign lover and so on, Qin Shiwu’s alarm bells went off.
However, Huang Nian’s appearance was that of a pretty boy. He looked soft and weak. He was not aggressive, and he spoke softly. But after all, Qin Shiwu still knew Qin Chu a little bit. Qin Chu didn’t necessarily prefer pretty boys. He was a typical straight male cancer chūnibyō with a very high taste. Only a gorgeous-looking person could catch his eye.
Lin Xiaomian asked, “Are you in a bad mood?”
Qin Shiwu had been sitting at the same table with her for a while, and she could be regarded as a person with whom he had shared joys and sorrows. But most importantly, he kept copying Lin Xiaomian’s homework and developed a little bit of friendship, like during the wars. When the other party asked him this now, he sighed and said everything.
After Lin Xiaomian heard this, she said, “It turns out that it is related to Lu Tong again.”
Qin Shiwu said, “What do you mean ‘again’!”
Lin Xiaomian said, “It’s just that you are always worried about him. You seem to want Qin Chu and Lu Tong to be together.”
Qin Shiwu said, “Of course!”
Lin Xiaomian thought of those CP fans on the forum and said clearly, “I understand.”
Her friend Fu Xingyue was also a fangirl and a CP fan. Sixteen years ago, when several Korean boy groups became popular, Fu Xingyue truly hoped that the lead singer and the visual of the Korean group would fall in love and sincerely felt that they should get married.
— — The symptoms were exactly the same as those of those with this terminal illness of Qin Shiwu.
Qin Shiwu followed her to the sports field.
Fu Xingyue had left early with other friends.
Qin Shiwu said as he walked, “I’m very worried. That pretty boy is shameless. The brazen faced one wants to stay and watch Qin Chu run.”
Lin Xiaomian gave him her analysis, “That must be to give him water after it.”
Qin Shiwu was sullen, “Of course I know!”
Sleazy.
He thought in his heart.
The sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy was precisely at the time when he was full of sap6(idiom); young and vigorous.
As soon as the 1,500-metre long-distance run finishes, his hormones will surge rapidly. This was a good time to promote feelings! If you deliver water to Qin Chu, even a weasel would look better for him under the influence of hormones!
Qin Shiwu turned to the only doctor he could find when he was critically ill7fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis and asked Lin Xiaomian, “Do you have any good ideas? The pretty boy’s move is too insidious. I have to find a way to deal with it.”
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