Cleaning a desk was no problem for Zhu Tong.
When he was at home before, he didn’t want servants to come into his room too frequently. So, he would occasionally clean his room by himself.
Even though it was a slow process – due to his physical ailment – and it would take him several more times compared to others.
But it doesn’t matter, he’s free anyway.
Under the watchful eyes of the whole class, he slowly put on disposable gloves. With alcohol in one hand and cotton cloth in the other, he began to wipe his chair.
The classroom was stunned by his sudden operation.
“The transfer student… is he so particular?”
“He has all the equipment.”
“It looks professional too.”
“Look at that wiping motion, it looks efficient and uniform. It looks so satisfying to see.”
The students inside the class whispered.
Zhu Tong focused on cleaning and turned a deaf ear to other people’s reactions.
When Shao Ming came in from the back door of the classroom, Zhu Tong had already finished wiping the chair. Now he was moving towards cleaning the desk.
He wiped it very carefully, not sparing even the edges of the table and the crevices in the holes.
There was a faint smell of alcohol wafting in the classroom.
“I’ll go, this buddy is awesome,” Luo Suo commented as he stood beside Shao Ming, “He wiped the desk so well that it can be used as a mirror now. Ming-ge, you both are the same kind of person!”
Shao Ming: “…”
Shao Ming held a mobile phone in his hand. The screen of the mobile phone was off, and the case of the mobile phone was so clean it looked like a genuine mirror.
He raised his eyebrows with interest.
The boy who was obsessed with cleaning the table was staring down at his work at this moment. His eyebrows were exquisite, his eyelashes were long, and his side profile was also beautiful. However, he was too sickly pale.
Truly a poster child of the “sick beauty”.
Subconsciously, Shao Ming bent his lips upwards.
‘Congratulations! You gained +5% of the white moonlight’s favorability.’
Zhu Tong: “!”
Along with a festive jingle, a system prompt sounded in his head.
Zhu Tong was dumbfounded.
Why did he suddenly gain favorability?
He looked up with a blank look, and quickly found the target at the back door of the classroom.
–It’s him.
The brightest star in the crowd!
The white moonlight that makes thousands of people obsessed like crazy!
It’s no wonder that Zhu Tong was able to see him at a glance. It was because Shao Ming’s face was too conspicuous in the crowd.
The system gave him an explanation about the white moonlight. Apparently, he’s a person who paid great attention to his image.
Among a group of high school students with casual hairstyles and outfit, Shao Ming was sporting a Korean-style pure black short-sleeved shirt with a slightly open neckline – it was ascetic yet seductive. And as for his hair, it was carefully styled to match.
As the saying goes, the cloth makes the man. His demeanor combined with his attire was already excellent, coupled that with his handsome face, he truly was outstanding.
Others came to the school to study, but he seemed to come to the school to debut as a popular celebrity.
Zhu Tong only took a quick glance at his target before focusing his attention back to cleaning his desk again.
He reacted calmly, but the system was puzzled. ‘You didn’t say hello to him?’
Zhu Tong: ‘It’s too deliberate to say hello now.’
‘When is greeting not deliberate?’
‘Hold on, let me finish wiping my desk clean first.’
System 666: ‘…’
This was the most hygiene-conscious host the system ever met.
Even life is not as important as proper hygiene!
System 666: ‘Aren’t you curious where his favorability comes from?’
Zhu Tong paused as he sprayed alcohol on the edge of the desk. He thought for a while, and seriously answered, ‘Probably because both of us are handsome.’
System 666: ‘…’
The system felt helpless.
Because Zhu Tong was right!
Shao Ming was a total face-con!
The face-con Shao Ming was originally standing at the door; but when he saw that his new deskmate had wiped the desk spotless and yet refused to stop, he leaned directly on the door frame.
He looked Zhu Tong up and down, his expression was inscrutable.
Seeing him settled by the door, Luo Suo asked in suspicion, “Ming-ge, won’t you go in?”
Shao Ming said, “It looks good here.”
Luo Suo: “…”
Do you have a new hobby of watching your new deskmate from a distance?
Just what kind of peerless white lotus is this new deskmate?
The type that can only be seen from a distance, and not to touch?
Luo Suo didn’t understand. He was too lazy to stand guard at the door and planned to enter the classroom.
Just as he was about to go in, he saw the sick beauty who was buried in wiping the desk suddenly stood up.
Zhu Tong stood and stared at the desk he had finally wiped clean for a while. Then, he looked up, eyes locked on the desk in front of a girl, and he walked forward.
He was the focus of the whole class. So when he made a sudden movement, everyone’s eyes followed him.
The girl who was locked by his eyes saw him getting closer and closer to her, making her heart start to erratically beat out of control.
Finally, Zhu Tong stood still in front of her and politely said, “May I ask where you bought this desk cover?”
He looked at the girls’ desk.
In order to keep the surface clean, many students would wrap their desks with this kind of plastic cover.
—So the transfer student fell in love with her desk cover?
The girl was stunned for a moment. Then, she finally answered, “It’s sold in the first stationery store on the right side of the school gate.”
Zhu Tong nodded. “Thank you.”
After thanking her, he turned around and walked out through the classroom’s front door.
It wasn’t until he disappeared that the girl who had just talked to him let out a howl and hugged her deskmate, “He really looks so good!!”
The deskmate whose eardrums were abused: “…”
But before her deskmate could respond, someone kicked open the front door of the classroom. He had the same hairstyle as Harry Kane. After kicking the door open, he immediately yelled, “Where is the new transfer student?!”
His kick was so loud that the student closest to the front door was terrified, and subconsciously said, “Just… just went out.”
The boy glanced at the terrified student, snorted, and left.
There was a simultaneous burst of complaints in the classroom.
“What the hell is that?? Is Yuan Shaozhou fucking sick?”
“Scaring this old lady1老娘 Laoniang, the female equivalent of Laozi.!!”
“Why is he looking for the transfer student?”
“Fuck, the transfer student will be fine, right?”
“I guess it’s true that there are no tigers and monkeys to dominate the mountains,” Luo Suo also complained, “It seems that you played too lightly last time, Yuan Shaozhou is so arrogant… What should we do now?”
Shao Ming calmly said, “Do what?”
“Save your new deskmate!”
“…”
Shao Ming turned his head and glanced at the school gate over the guardrail. Then, he looked away and said, “No need, let him go.”
Although the sick beauty looked low-key, all his clothes were all from famous luxurious brands.
If Yuan Shaozhou wanted to cause trouble for the transfer student, it’s actually quite hard to tell which of them would actually suffer in the end.
Luo Suo: “…you really are quite cruel.”
So ruthless to “people of the same ilk”!
Shao Ming looked at him with a mysterious smile.
Luo Suo straightened his back and stretched his hand forward, “Please.”
So Shao Ming walked into the classroom as if nothing had happened.
Outside the school gate, just as Zhu Tong walked out, he was confronted with the mixed scent of oily smoke from various snacks, which made his stomach churn.
With difficulty, he bypassed several carts selling cold noodles, roasted gluten, and wolf-toothed potatoes. He bought two rolls of desk covers at the store pointed to by his classmate. Finally, he returned to school, where he received a phone call from his grandfather.
“All the procedures are done?”
Zhu Tong answered, “It’s all done.”
Grandfather: “Have you brought all your medicines?”
Zhu Tong: “I have all the medicines.”
–Actually, it was useless to bring them.
He has the aura of a villain. So long the fundamental problem hasn’t been solved, taking medicine wouldn’t help at all.
But in order to reassure his grandfather, he still carried a large bag with him.
The old man was silent for a while, but still didn’t ask the question that should be asked. Instead, he said, “I have asked your principal to pay more attention to your schooling.”
Zhu Tong: “Okay.”
“If you have some place you want to go, call your Uncle Liu and he will pick you up.”
“Okay.”
“Tell your Aunt2specifically 表姨 “biǎo yí”; literally cousin-aunt. It’s the mother’s female cousin. if you are in trouble; she will help you.”
“Okay.”
“…”
The call fell silent again.
Zhu Tong paused, stopped and said, “Grandfather, is Xiao Xin okay?”
He didn’t explain to his sister the reason why he sent her to their grandfather’s house. Plus, his sister didn’t call him after that.
Probably still sulking at him.
Just as he was thinking about this, a girl’s voice came over the phone, “Smelly brother, don’t talk to me for three days!”
“Beep beep…”
Zhu Tong: “…”
The phone was hung up.
He didn’t say anything and secretly transferred schools without telling Xiao Xin. It’s natural for his twin sister to be angry.
What surprised Zhu Tong was his grandfather’s attitude towards him.
For someone as shrewd as his grandfather, he must be able to tell that he transferred to such a small remote county town for a specific reason, and not for whatever he said previously.
But he never asked anything.
He also thoughtfully helped him arrange everything.
…When the matter is over, he will explain it to his grandfather.
After finishing the call, there were still many unread messages on his WeChat.
The first one was sent by his father.
[Remember to call Dad back when you’re done.]
Zhu Tong stared at the chat log for a while, then decisively exited the interface.
In all fairness, Zhu Shoushan didn’t treat him or his sister badly.
He gave them a lot of material needs. He also still gave them verbal care and greetings. In order to take better care of them, he even married Qin Manwen after the death of their biological mother.
But—
Zhu Tong thought both he and his father had nothing to say if he really called him. After all, his father was so busy with work that he couldn’t even show up when he transferred to another school.
So he just pretended he didn’t see it and continued to scroll down.
The actor Mr. Huang once said that when you become famous, the people around you will suddenly be good to you.
In the same way, as one of the only direct heirs of his grandfather, after hearing that he had transferred to another school, it was inevitable that people flocked towards him, showing their care.
Quickly scrolling across a bunch of “friends and relatives” whose faces he couldn’t remember, Zhu Tong clicked on a familiar name.
<Young Master Cheng’s Love of Crime 2>: I heard that you ran away from home right after you got out of the ICU?
<Young Master Cheng’s Love of Crime 2>: Such a ruthless person!
<Young Master Cheng’s Love of Crime 2>: Your play is truly exciting!!
Zhu Tong: …
‘Who the fuck ran away from home?’
‘Which ghost “plays exciting”??’
He was about to reply when a huge obstacle suddenly appeared in front of him.
“You’re the new transfer student, right?”
Someone said in front of him.
Zhu Tong raised his head when he heard this. He saw a big boy with a big back.
While looking at each other, the system promptly provided him with the character’s personal information.
Facts have proved that people really shouldn’t play with their mobile phones while walking. Firstly, it’s easy to trip down and fall; and secondly, the chance of a meeting with idiots will skyrocket.
Yuan Shaozhou, one of Xia Yang’s suitors in the original novel.
Not a good person to meet.
