Chapter 6 Transformation "Isn't it said that real men don't hold umbrellas?" ...

Yu Xiang finally returned home with Jiang Ci while Zhang Miao and Fang Chengyu stared at him as if they had seen a ghost.

"Is your bike not repaired yet?" It was almost noon, and even in April the sun was already quite scorching. Yu Xiang felt too hot and chose to walk under the shade of trees. As he walked, he turned his head and asked Jiang Ci.

"No." Jiang Ci took out an umbrella from his schoolbag.

"Why do you have to drag me along if you want to walk?" Yu Xiang couldn't stop mumbling, "You just think walking is too boring and want to drag someone along, right?"

"Almost." Jiang Ci answered ambiguously.

Yu Xiang took it as an affirmation: "Strange. Even someone as boring as you is afraid of being bored."

Jiang Ci glanced at him, didn't respond, and just opened the umbrella.

Yu Xiang's gaze followed Jiang Ci's movements, finally landing on his slender, powerful fingers gripping the umbrella handle. "Why are you holding an umbrella like a girl? It's healthier to get some sun..."

Before he could finish, Jiang Ci interrupted him calmly: "Then don't go under the shade of the tree."

Yu Xiang: “…”

Very good, a deadly word.

"By the way, insects are more likely to fall from trees during this season." Jiang Ci continued.

Yu Xiang froze when he heard that. He said, "Stop talking nonsense. I used to walk every day without any problem." But he honestly looked up at the tree branch above his head.

"Especially caterpillars."

Yu Xiang's eyelids twitched as he listened. He muttered to himself, "Jiang Ci must be trying to scare me on purpose. I must not be fooled." At the same time, he stared at Jiang Ci, trying to find evidence of ill intentions in his flawless expression.

But during this process, he felt something falling on his neck, tickling it. Combined with Jiang Ci's words just now, "especially caterpillars", Yu Xiang's expression became even more distorted.

He didn't even have the courage to reach out and touch it or turn his head to look.

The more he didn't know what it was, the more likely it was to trigger some bad fantasies. He held his breath and his face almost turned green.

At this moment, Jiang Ci, who had seen all of this, chuckled.

"What are you laughing at? Don't laugh." Yu Xiang looked at the faint smile on Jiang Ci's face and became angry. "Is there something on my neck?"

"Yes." Jiang Ci answered firmly.

Yu Xiang's heart sank when he heard this answer: "...caterpillar?"

"It's just petals blown down by the wind." Jiang Ci restrained his smile and said seriously, "But you can't say what it will be next time."

"Why didn't you tell me it was a flower petal?" Knowing it was a false alarm, Yu Xiang finally relaxed the tension in his head. He looked at Jiang Ci with resentment, feeling powerless, wanting to curse but not knowing how.

This guy is still so annoying!

"It's funny to see you being so stubborn and scared." Jiang Ci didn't hide it and admitted it directly.

Yu Xiang exhaled heavily from his nose and strode towards Jiang Ci. His face turned green and he said stiffly to Jiang Ci, "There's quite a lot of space under your umbrella. Make room for me."

Jiang Ci: "Didn't they say real men don't hold umbrellas?"

"You must be hallucinating. When did I ever say such nonsense?" Yu Xiang crawled under Jiang Ci's umbrella without saying a word and answered without thinking.

"But you said something similar." Jiang Ci looked straight ahead and answered calmly.

"I..." Yu Xiang was stuck for a moment, then tried to explain himself, "I just expressed it incorrectly. This behavior does not discriminate between men and women according to actual needs."

"I'm glad that you have such awareness." Jiang Ci said as he turned around and raised his free hand towards Yu Xiang's neck.

Yu Xiang didn't take it seriously at first, until he felt Jiang Ci's fingertips lightly brushing the skin on his neck: "Why are you touching my neck?"

Jiang Ci withdrew his hand and handed him a purple petal to show him: "You didn't take the petal off just now. Here it is."

"Oh, I forgot." Yu Xiang was stunned for a moment, then said, "I'll give it to you. No need to thank me."

What he meant was that Jiang Ci should just throw it away, and generally speaking Jiang Ci would do so.

But he seemed to catch a glimpse of Jiang Ci still holding it in his hand and not throwing it away.

Yu Xiang was too lazy to take another look and just assumed that Jiang Ci was going to wait until he saw a trash can before throwing it away.

After all, Jiang Daxue is not only a good student, but also has excellent personal morals and never litters.

"By the way, what's wrong with your bicycle?" Yu Xiang asked casually.

Jiang Ci pondered for a moment before answering, "The tire was taken away."

Yu Xiang: “?”

What did you say was taken away?

tire?

It's completely off the mark.

"Stealing batteries isn't unusual, but stealing bicycle tires is new to me." Yu Xiang looked surprised. "Have you offended anyone recently?"

Jiang Ci was silent, then looked at Yu Xiang.

The moment the latter met Jiang Ci's gaze, he immediately said, "It wasn't me!"

"I haven't said anything yet." Jiang Ci was amused by Yu Xiang's reaction, which was like a kitten with its fur standing on end. "Don't get so excited."

"Isn't that what you really think?"

"I didn't." Jiang Ci said calmly. Coincidentally, they had already reached the door of the Yu family's house. "It's the first physical education class this afternoon. Don't be late."

"I'm not late every day." Yu Xiang stressed dissatisfiedly, waving at him. "Okay, go home and find your mothers. Bye."

"Bye-Bye."

That afternoon.

In order to prove that what he said at noon, "I'm not late every day," was not just a casual remark, Yu Xiang came early for the first time even though the first period was physical education class.

On normal days, he would have to sleep until two o'clock before going home on time and then go directly to the playground for roll call.

"Hey classmate, you're here quite early today." The security guard on duty at the door was already familiar with Yu Xiang, the "professional latecomer", and was surprised to see him come so early.

"Keep a low profile." Yu Xiang's voice rose slightly at the end. "Hey, uncle, did you see a tall boy come in before me?"

This description was so general that the security guard looked confused: "There are so many tall boys, how can I know which one you are talking about?"

"You must know him. He comes very early every morning and is very tall." Yu Xiang gestured to him with his hands. "Probably a little taller than me. He has a pretty face and carries a black schoolbag. He's very handsome, but not as handsome as me."

This time the description was much more detailed, and the uncle listened very carefully, nodding repeatedly: "Hiss, now that you put it that way..."

Yu Xiang looked at the security guard intently with anticipation, waiting for his next words.

"Are you talking about me?" Jiang Ci's cold voice suddenly came from very close behind Yu Xiang.

"Oh my god—" Yu Xiang was so frightened that he turned around in horror, his voice trembling: "When did you come?!"

The security guard quickly reacted: "Hey, classmate, this must be the person you are looking for."

Yu Xiang: “…” It’s a bit late to talk about this now, uncle.

"I just arrived. I'll walk a little behind you."

"Then why didn't you say anything?"

Jiang Ci's face was almost paralyzed: "Because I don't like talking to myself."

Yu Xiang: “…”Okay.

"Go in." Jiang Ci walked past him and swiped his card to enter the school gate.

Yu Xiang did not linger any longer and followed him in.

About ten minutes later, other people arrived at the playground one after another.

"Brother Yu! We brought you some drinks." Fang Chengyu accurately caught sight of Yu Xiang as he stepped into the playground. He walked over quickly and saw Jiang Ci standing next to Yu Xiang, and his enthusiasm suddenly disappeared.

How come these two are together again?!

I was scolded by the god of thunder because of this person the day before. Shouldn't I stay away from him even more?

Why are we getting closer?

"Let me see what you bought." Yu Xiang's attention was attracted by the bag in Fang Chengyu's hand and he didn't notice anything unusual about him.

"We have iced black tea, green plum green tea, cola and Pocari Sweat. It's up to you what you want to drink." Seeing that there was nothing wrong with Yu Xiang, Fang Chengyu selectively ignored Jiang Ci and continued talking to Yu Xiang as if he didn't see him.

"Buy so much?"

"That buffalo from Sanshui can drink two bottles by himself. I brought an extra bottle to prevent him from snatching mine after he finished his drink," Fang Chengyu explained. "Last time during physical education class, he drank up the remaining half bottle of water, leaving me thirsty."

"Awesome. Where's the other guy? Why isn't he with you?"

"That idiot got caught riding his bike without a helmet by Director Xie. Thunder God went to get him, but he'll probably be late."

Yu Xiang frowned when he heard this: "I remember I reminded you last night."

Fang Chengyu: "Yes. He deserves it."

"If you don't listen to advice, you will have to pay the price, so let him drink one bottle this time. I'll take the green tea and Pulse, and you two can share the remaining two bottles." Yu Xiang continued very naturally, and quickly reached out and took away the two bottles he mentioned.

He acted so naturally that Fang Chengyu didn't notice anything was wrong at first: "Okay—eh? Ah?"

Yu Xiang: "I'll give you the money later. Be good."

This isn't a question of money! When did you become a water buffalo?!

Fang Chengyu was just wondering when he saw Yu Xiang pass the Pulse to Jiang Ci: "I bought it as payment for using the umbrella at noon."

Pupil tremors.

Fang Chengyu quickly glanced at his watch. There were only five minutes left before class. Without saying a word, he dragged Yu Xiang away and said, "Brother Yu, come over here. There's something urgent—"

"What's the urgent matter? Wait—" Yu Xiang was dragged away before he could finish his words. He only had time to stuff the green tea in his hand into Jiang Ci's hand: "Help me hold it first!"

"Brother Yu, tell me honestly, what's going on between you and Jiang Ci?" Fang Chengyu dragged Yu Xiang to an empty pavilion in the corner of the playground and asked.

Yu Xiang was still confused: "What's going on?"

Fang Chengyu: "Have you reconciled with him?"

Yu Xiang: "I don't think I broke up with him?"

"No, don't you hate him? Not only are you going to and from school with him, you're also buying him drinks." Fang Chengyu was a little anxious. "Did you forget that he made you write a self-criticism yesterday?"

"Wait, wait a minute. I think there may be some misunderstandings here. Let me sort it out first." Yu Xiang's mind was full of lawsuits. "First of all, he was the one who got crazy these past few days and suddenly tricked me into going home with him. I didn't deliberately abandon you two. Secondly, looking back on this matter, you can't blame him entirely. After all, it was you and Sanshui who started it, and he wasn't the one who complained to Lei Gong. He even privately told Lei Gong not to punish us. Finally-"

Yu Xiang confirmed that there was no one else around before continuing, "Although I did have a lot of opinions about him before, that was just my personal opinion. It has nothing to do with you. Just get along with him normally and don't worry about me."

Fang Chengyu asked uncertainly, "Really?"

"Of course it's true. Go back and tell Sanshui to stop eating and having nothing to do and then staring at people inexplicably when they pass by." Yu Xiang said earnestly, "And I find that I don't seem to be that..."

He was halfway through his words when a loud whistle sounded from not far away.

It's time to gather.

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