Early the next morning, Qi Cheng got on the bus. After passing a few bus-stops, he bumped into Zhou Die who rarely took a bus.
Zhou Die saw him as soon as she got on the bus. The little girl came over him joyfully. "What a coincidence, Qi Cheng."
Qi Cheng got up to give her a seat. Zhou Die was not polite. By flicking her ponytail hair, she sat down. "Qi Cheng, I went to see you several times before, but I didn't see you in the classroom. Did you ask for leave or fall in love? "
Zhou Die was a very cute girl, beautiful, cheerful, and lively. In Qi Cheng's eyes, she was just a child. He smiled when he heard the words. "That only proves that we have no fate."
"Always reject me." Zhou Die pouted. "Do you really dislike me? I'm so good in many ways."
Qi Cheng said, "If you are so good in many ways, so what you just lack now is my love for you?"
Zhou Die said sonorously and forcefully, with her head nodding. "It is indispensable."
"F**k off." Qi Cheng smiled. "There are many people that like you, besides that Qi Zhong still treats me as a love rival."
Zhou Die suddenly flattened her mouth before saying, "Qi Zhong doesn't like me and he doesn't treat you like a love rival."
Qi Cheng was stunned and looked down at her. "What do you say?"
"He just feels ashamed," Zhou Die continued. "Didn't you say that what I look for is not you but the other people with the surname Qi? I thought Qi Zhong was the other Qi you mentioned, so I went to him. After knowing which Qi he was, I realized I was mistaken. So I apologized to him, but there were many people around at the time. His face turned to be dark which made me didn’t dare to say more. Without explaining clearly, he thought you made me play him."
She added again in a low voice. "I don't think he does it because he likes me. He just thinks that he has lost his face and feels ashamed."
Qi Cheng didn't speak.
A teenage boy, no matter what age he was, really cared about-face.
Especially people like Qi Zhong.
In public, a girl told him that she fancied him but in the next second, she said that she mistook him for someone else. No wonder their first meeting was like an erupting mountain.
Qi Cheng rubbed his eyebrows, feeling that he had bullied others for nothing.
"You are really too much this time," Qi Cheng said. "When you see Qi Zhong again, you have to apologize to him seriously and sincerely."
Zhou Die nodded. "Last time I went to talk to him, he ignored me. He should be still angry. If you really don't like me, I will try to like him. He is also very handsome."
"Your like is really..." Qi Cheng sighed and stopped talking.
*
On Monday morning, the fourth class of several classes was physical education.
When Qi Zhong was walking to the court holding a basketball, Zhou Die ran from behind.
"Qi Zhong!"
Wu You gave Qi Zhong a wretched look before took other xiōngdì to leave first, leaving a space for him and the passionate sister.
Zhou Die smiled. "It's such a coincidence, your class is also in physical education."
Qi Zhong gave a hum and asked her directly, "What do you need from me?"
"Oh right." Zhou Die made a report. "This morning, Qi Cheng clearly told me that he didn't like me. I always think he has a girlfriend, and the girl's intuition is still very accurate. Since Qi Cheng rejected me again this time, I decided not to pester him anymore."
But Qi Zhong's face turned to be unhappy, and even frowned. "Qi has a girlfriend?"
Last time Zhou Die told him that Qi Cheng might be in a relationship, but Qi Cheng's classmates didn't know about it. Wasn't that fake?
Zhou Die didn't notice his expression. "You do like me, don't you? Can I be your girlfriend?"
"Oh," replied Qi Zhong absent-mindedly. After recovering, his whole body became stiff, and he took a few steps back. "No, no, no. I have something to do. Let's talk about it later."
Right after he dragged his feet, he was running so fast. There was no shadow in a few seconds.
Zhou Die stood there frowning. "These stinky boys, why are they all like this?"
Qi Zhong ran to the basketball court in one breath. Then he sat down on the stairs and threw the basketball in his arms to them. "You guys play first."
The teammates looked shocked. "You aren't gonna play?"
"Don't want to." Qi Zhong frowned. Then buried his face in his knees, and his voice muffled while spoke, "I'm not in the mood now."
Wu You and others looked at each other.
When Zhou Die cleared the misunderstanding with Qi Zhong in the public before, Qi Zhong played basketball to vent his anger. Was there anything else that made him not even in the mood to play basketball?
It was really weird.
*
The first thing Qi Cheng did when he returned to the dormitory at noon was put Han An on the chair, with his long legs in the middle to prevent him from escaping. "What about the barbecue you said before?"
Han An who couldn't move shivered. "What barbecue?"
"I helped you to fix your painting last time," Qi Cheng said lazily. "And you said you would invite me to have a barbecue at the end of the month."
Han An finally remembered. He said with a guilty conscience, "I forgot."
"Oke, this Sunday." He added hastily, "Let's go all together."
Only then did Qi Cheng retract his legs and let him go.
Han An coughed a few times. "Why do you remember this all of a sudden?"
"I want to have a barbecue," Qi Cheng said. "And you look like a barbecue."
The other two people watching the excitement laughed out loud.
But today was still Monday. So no matter how you wanted to eat barbecue, you had to wait until the half-day break on Sunday afternoon.
Han An looked for which barbecue restaurant was delicious on his mobile phone. "I remember someone told me there is a barbecue restaurant that the skewers are very unique and the roasted peppers are very delicious."
Zhu Fan swallowed his saliva as he listened. "Then we must go there. I have been hungry just by hearing it."
After a nap, the last class in the afternoon was a self-study class. Every Monday at the beginning of the month, this class was generally reserved for the classwide meeting. Teacher Yang took things into the classroom and looked up at a circle of people. "Tóngxués, starting from this month, we have a lot of things to do. Even for the holidays, there will be the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays. If these miscellaneous things are also added together, it will be more than 20 days."
Some students snickered.
Teacher Yang sighed. "It's not just a holiday issue, but also various competitions and activities for the school celebration and sports meet... You are all in your third year, although there are some things that I don't need to repeat, you must still cherish your time."
The students responded. "I know."
"Our school spent a lot of money on this anniversary," Teacher Yang said with a smile. "I have told you in the class last night that our school anniversary celebration is not open to the outsider, so whether it is your relatives or friends if they ask you to take them to this school, you must reject them."
"On the day of the school celebration, you should bring the school badge and school card and we'll check it. So if you don't have one of them, you can't enter the school and the hall, do you get it?"
In the list had been written that Lang Bai's was the last to take the stage and it was still the most important performance. They heard that he will come to the school to rehearse for the school celebration in a few days.
Qi Cheng was also looking forward to the school celebration.
After the class meeting was over, the students rushed out to go to the canteen. Han An's class ended early so he had already taken a seat in the canteen.
When he arrived at the restaurant door, Qi Cheng saw Qi Zhong standing on the stairs next to the restaurant door.
Qi Zhong also saw him. He was taken aback for a moment, then pursed his lips, before strode towards Qi Cheng.
Xia Li and Zhu Fan whispered, "What will he do?"
Qi Cheng said to them, "You go in first."
The two looked at him worriedly. Qi Cheng raised his chin, so they could only enter the canteen first.
At this time Qi Zhong had arrived in front of him. But he didn't speak, his eyes just circled Qi Cheng's body. Qi Cheng was unable to see what he was thinking through his eyes. When Qi Zhong chatted with him through QQ, he had already thought that there was something wrong with him. Now after seeing face to face, Qi Cheng unconsciously recalled the scene that happened to him in the corridor of Anyuan High School. But he didn't have a different color on his face, even smiled slightly.
"Do you need something from me?"
What Zhou Die told him in the morning made Qi Cheng feel a little guilty to Qi Zhong. After all, he indeed said to Zhou Die jokingly to find another surname Qi.
Qi Zhong responded with a nasal voice, but his eyes still on Qi Cheng's body carelessly. He suddenly said, "Do you have a girlfriend?"
Qi Cheng suddenly got a headache because of this question. "Who said that?"
"Zhou Die said that you rejected her." Qi Zhong changed to another topic abruptly. "You don't even be interested in such a beautiful girl. What kind of girl do you like?"
He stood in front of Qi Cheng with his hands in his pocket, standing in a dazed posture. This time, he was not as arrogant as before, but there was another strange feeling lingering him.
It seemed that... he was deliberately playing handsome.
As soon as this weird idea rushed up, Qi Cheng immediately clenched his fist and put it in front of his mouth before coughing, to prevent him from bursting out a laugh. "I've never even liked someone before, how would I know what girl I like?"
"But if I reject Zhou Die, doesn't mean that you have a chance?"
Qi Zhong didn't say a word. He just took a deep look at him, then turned around and left. Unfortunately, he stepped on the manhole cover.
Qi Cheng quickly supported him.
After standing steady, Qi Zhong's ears became red and quickly ran away. But he staggered after running for a while. As a result, he couldn't stabilize his body and fell to the ground with a sound of plop.
Qi Cheng hissed in sympathy, feeling that it would be really painful.
The handsome guy who fell hurriedly got up from the ground and continued to run away. The restaurant was behind Qi Cheng, so he didn't know the reason why Qi Zhong was here.
But this kind of anxiety and fluster that made him flee in any path he could, made people laugh.
Qi Cheng entered the restaurant with his mouth cocked and found Han An's seat. The three people at the dinner table looked at him up and down before breathing a sigh of relief after making sure that there were no signs of fighting.
"Why is Qi Zhong looking for you?"
Qi Cheng took the chopsticks. He stopped for a while before continuing to eat the meal Xia Li had served him. "He asked me if I am in love."
The three of them frowned together. "Weird."
Qi Cheng nodded.
When Qi Zhong fell into his arms, the feeling of the young man's vigor and vitality suddenly hit him. It was still the same feeling that he felt from the young man who was rude, passionate, and bold that day.
But... he remembered the scene of Qi Zhong running away with red ears.
Because his ears became red after being touch by someone who was the same sex as him, would Qi Zhong really be the one who attacked him in the dark that night?
Such a pure and immature person.
How could he be the one who kissed him so greedy that night?
*
When Qi Cheng asked for leave before, Teacher Yang said that Qi Cheng would use his evening self-study to make up for the absences for a week. But after a week passed, neither Qi Cheng nor Chi Yan said that they would end this make-up class. They continued the class. Chi Yan explained to Qi Cheng the rules of answering questions in Chinese. After finishing the homework of the day, Qi Cheng began to explain how to chase the girl.
Chi Yan was learning very seriously, the amount of paper written by black ink in the notebook was increasing day by day. If the class teacher of Cass 6 saw Chi Yan learning the skills of chasing girls so seriously, the teacher might be very furious.
Qi Cheng was amused by his own thoughts. Chi Yan raised his head and curled his lips. "What are you thinking?"
Xueba's back was straight, maintained a meticulous posture even when he was studying.
Qi Cheng smiled and said, "Actually, I'm very curious. Who is the girl you want to chase after."
Chi Yan's eyes flickered. He turned his head and rubbed the paper with his fingers. This page recorded Qi Cheng's advice for chasing girls.
Proper skin contact could increase the feeling of each other.
Chi Yan didn't dare to think deeply about how to increase contact.
Boys at this age, no matter how cold and indifferent they were, would have a heart that grows wildly like weeds.
A corner of the white paper was rolled up by him, the ringing bell just now meant that class had ended. Chi Yan said in a low voice, "A person who is hard to chase."
Qi Cheng looked at him with his chin up. "How hard is it to chase?"
Chi Yan's ears began to be red from the base of the ears. The pink turned to red, and red turned to blood red.
"Anyway..." He pushed his glasses, but the glasses were placed inappropriately which made it look funny because of excessive force. Chi Yan's body was stiff. "Anyway, I'll talk about it later."
Qi Cheng glanced in his ear. "Okay."
*
After finishing the self-study class in the evening, Chi Yan finally stepped out of this room that made him feel unable to breathe.
Both of his ears already dyed red, and the corners of his eyes were also dyed red. But this ambiguous red color was hidden behind the frame of his glasses, and no one could appreciate it anymore after he stepped into the darkness.
Qi Cheng was still sitting in the room, packaging his things. After a while, he left with his school bag on his back. He didn't wait long in the stairwell when the roommates finally came over then they walked together to the dormitory. Under the dormitory building, beside the big poplar tree, a familiar group of people was standing there and gathered. The person in the center was tall and conspicuous, every move was calm.
Wu Yuan's eyes were patrolling the crowd.
"Yuan gē," the younger brother beside him said. "You asked us to find the most handsome one in the crowd, but after I saw several handsome ones, you all said no. What actually is the standard for the most handsome one?"
Wu Yuan replied, "The most handsome one."
Another little xiǎodì slapped another rainbow fart and said, "It must be a little worse than our Yuan gē, right Yuan gē?"
Wu Yuan just glanced at him and continued to scan the crowd.
This group of people squatted here which made the boys who entered the dormitory trembling, and invariably closed their mouths tightly when they passed them, for fear of getting the attention of this evil spirit. Because Wu Yuan's whole face was now wounded. The corners of the chin were cracked, the skin was glowing blue, and a band-aid was put on the bridge of the nose. These kinds of scars left after a fight made this group of people look as if they came with ill intent.
The one who saw Wu Yuan first was Han An. When he saw that they were looking for someone, he frowned then pulled the people around him a step forward, blocking Qi Cheng behind.
Qi Cheng asked, "What's the matter?"
Han An said, "You stick behind me, keep walking."
"Why so suddenly." Qi Cheng felt amused behind their shadows. "I can't see the way ahead."
"Shhh." Xia Li straightened up and whispered, "Don't talk."
The three of them always felt that Wu Yuan was looking for Qi Cheng now. The three of them were very good at hiding Qi Cheng. Qi Cheng thought they were playing, so he cooperated with them all the way. The color of the night also became a protective color, even if with the help of the presence of street lights, it was still difficult to find someone.
When Xiǎodìs still could not find the "most handsome man" for a long time, they became hesitant before said, "Yuan gē, did we miss it?"
Wu Yuan frowned. He shook the soot from his hand, then squinted to find someone tall. Qi Cheng had a unique temperament, which made him easy to be found in the crowd.
As soon as the three of Han An were about to pass Wu Yuan’s eyes, they were called to a halt with his hoarse voice, "Hey."
They couldn't identify the emotion of the tall figure who stood beside that big tree through his voice. "Qi Cheng, why are you hiding?"
Qi Cheng was a little bit surprised. He walked out from behind the three people who froze, only to see Wu Yuan standing on the side of the road.
"Long time no see." He walked toward Wu Yuan. As soon as he stopped at the side of the tree, a heavy smell of smoke came over his face.
Wu Yuan stood on the back of the street lamp without any emotion appearing on his face. After looking closer, Qi Cheng found that his face was covered with a wound. He frowned, "How can you get injured?"
Wu Yuan continued smoking in silence, staring at Qi Cheng without blinking.
A dark and unclear light flashed under his eyes. Wu Yuan could see every change in Qi Cheng's expression. He gradually relaxed, and his shoulders stretched. "It's from the group of people who attacked me before, but this time I've beat them back."
Qi Cheng asked, "Those in the alley?"
Wu Yuan gave a hum. The corners of his mouth curled up, a little arrogant expression mixed in it.
"All the enemy has drawn back?"
"Not all."
Qi Cheng snorted. "But they slapped you in the face."
Wu Yuan touched the wound on his chin. "I think it's so handsome."
The xiǎodìs beside him secretly glanced at Wu Yuan several times.
They could clearly see that their boss's mood had changed in the blink of an eye.
Qi Cheng raised his watch to check the time. It was still too early to turn off the lights. He raised his chin at Wu Yuan. "Let's go."
Wu Yuan pinched the cigarette. "Where?"
"Buy medicine to cure your handsome face." Qi Cheng turned around and said to Xia Li and the others, "You can go first, I'll go back in half an hour."
Han An smiled and said, "Let's go together."
Wu Yuan glanced at him lightly before walking to Qi Cheng's side.
"It's okay," Qi Cheng soothed him. "Don't worry."
The two of them walked from the side of the road in the direction of the infirmary. The trio Han An and Wu Yuan's xiǎodì still stayed in place for a while, didn't know whether to go or to continue standing.
Han An took out a cigarette from his pocket, gave it one by one to Wu Yuan's xiǎodì, then asked with a smile, "Who was so bold as to leave the wound on Wu Yuan's face?"
While they were talking, Qi Cheng and Wu Yuan had passed several dormitory buildings and restaurants all the way. The street lights at night were faint, small flying insects were flying around the lights, and the moonlight went through the trees on the roadside, which light and shadow intertwined.
When approaching the medical care room, Wu Yuan said, "Actually no need to treat it."
After a month, the wound on the upper part of the head was already healed. Wu Yuan was very capable of self-healing.
Qi Cheng smiled and said, "You should pay more attention to your face. It's better to do disinfection."
He walked ahead, while Wu Yuan followed behind him. When he opened the door of the medical care room, someone happened to come out of it. It was Qi Zhong who grinned while putting medicine on his face. When he looked up, he saw Qi Cheng. His movements suddenly stopped in place. His face's expression changed again and again before his expression was restrained, acting as nothing happened. Putting his hand in his pocket, his handsome face seemed a little uncomfortable. "I fell by myself. It's none of your business. So you don't need to buy me medicine."
Qi Cheng was taken aback for a moment.
Qi Zhong sighed. He swayed the medicine in front of him, then inserted it into his trouser pocket, posing a pose with his head upright. "The doctor said the wound will be gradually fine if I apply this medicine for a few days. Don't think too much, it isn't a big deal."
When he fell at the entrance of the restaurant before it caused his skin peeling and bleeding, and his face was also bruised, turning to be blue and purple. People could know it hurt badly when they saw it.
But he was obviously smiling now, pretending that nothing had happened. His eyes were spinning around Qi Cheng's body, and then immediately moved his gaze when Qi Cheng noticed it.
Qi Cheng suddenly didn't know what to say.
He just stood silently at the door of the infirmary.
Wu Yuan then appeared from behind him, raised his eyebrows as he looked at Qi Zhong, and said, "He is going to buy me medicine."
The corners of his mouth twitched. "Don't think too much. It's not for you."
Gingers: Oh man, that's so sad...
