Chapter 38 P - A Song of Offering
Xing Yu glanced at him indifferently and handed him the school uniform: "It's a fact that you're more popular than me."
Chu Beiling put on her school uniform: "Then why are you in a bad mood—"
After a pause, as if he had discovered some incredible secret, Young Master Chu asked in shock, "So you still like that girl from earlier?"
"I don't like it." Xing Yu reminded him with a stern face: "Aunt Li asked me to supervise you and not allow you to date in high school. You'd better tone it down and not flaunt your relationship."
"I don't like hearing what you're saying. Girls are the most beautiful beings in the world. Even if I don't like them and don't plan to date, I shouldn't be mean to them."
Chu Beiling revealed her two small tiger teeth: "How can you call it a peacock spreading its tail feathers? You should praise me for being gentle, kind, and polite."
Xing Yu's lips curved slightly, and he turned his head away, uttering two words with utter speechlessness: "Narcissism."
Chu Beiling raised an eyebrow, somewhat curious: "We're such good friends now, if you don't cover for me, are you really going to tell Ms. Li on me?"
Xing Yu lifted his eyelids: "So, who have you taken a fancy to?"
Chu Beiling's eyes lit up with a smile. He reached out and lifted Xing Yu's chin, forcing him to look at him. "Of course, Prince Fanfan has his eye on our Princess Pea." He leaned closer. "Want a kiss?"
Xing Yu pushed away his face that was leaning in: "Shao Lang, stay away."
Chu Beiling was in a particularly good mood after teasing Xing Yu until he blushed and was speechless. He continued to cause trouble: "As long as you go and tattle, I will drag you down with me and tell Ms. Li that you are my girlfriend."
"Shut up," Xing Yu warned coldly.
The more interesting Xing Yu's expression was, the happier Chu Beiling became. Her excitement was about to explode, and she was going crazy with gusto: "How about we make it official now? We can call Ms. Li and tell her that we're going to be together for life, and let her decide what to do."
Xing Yu: "How dare you trick me?"
Chu Beiling was always self-righteous and showed no remorse for setting Xing Yu up: "Why should I be embarrassed? If you dare to tattle, I dare to do it."
Xing Yu's eyes narrowed dangerously: "Fine, if you've got the guts, fight now. I'm waiting for you. Don't just talk the talk, walk the walk. All you do is be arrogant."
Chu Beiling: "Provoking me?"
Xing Yu reached out and took Chu Beiling's hand away, then walked towards the cafeteria.
Chu Beiling quickly chased after him and grabbed him: "Oh, I was just joking, how could I really drag you into this?"
Xing Yu snorted coldly: "So you're planning to be in a relationship?"
"It's not that I'm already planning to date, it's that I'm already in a relationship."
Xing Yu froze, completely oblivious to his expression, and continued, "You know this person too."
"Who?" Xing Yu asked.
Chu Beiling proudly boasted, "As for painting, she has always been my girlfriend. We will love each other for a lifetime and never be apart."
Xing Yu's tense expression gradually relaxed, and he gave a nonchalant "Oh~".
After a moment of silence, he said quietly, "You were so serious just now, I thought... you were in love."
"Yes, we talked, and we talked for many years." Chu Beiling said in a very irreverent way, "Send me a greeting card another day, and my girlfriend and I will treat you to dinner."
People come and go on the Osmanthus Avenue at school. His voice wasn't loud, but he always attracted attention. Many girls who passed by couldn't help but steal a glance.
Hearing this, I felt like the sky was falling.
Xing Yu quickly told someone to shut up: "If you keep talking nonsense, the whole school will know you have a girlfriend tomorrow. Let's see how you handle that then."
Chu Beiling stopped himself in time. He hated trouble the most. If someone misunderstood and it got back to Wang Caiyan, then Ms. Li would have no peace from then on.
As soon as they entered the cafeteria, Li Dong waved to them: "Chu Fanfan, over here."
They arrived late, and only one window was left open. Chu Beiling chose a window with fewer people, quickly got his food, and carried the tray toward them.
As soon as Li Dong and Xing Yu sat down, Li Dong gestured with his chin toward Chu Beiling and said, "Take the big chicken leg."
"You're being so kind?" Young Master Chu narrowed his eyes as he stared at her, afraid that Li Dong's sudden kindness might be a trap, a way to get back at him.
"Heh~ If it weren't for the fact that you have no food, do you think I would be willing to give you this big chicken leg?" Li Dong glanced at him and said, "Never mind if you don't want it."
He and Xing Yu arrived late, and all Chu Beiling usually had left was stir-fried lotus root slices, which he could barely manage. He was really craving the big chicken leg.
"Then I won't be polite." Chu Beiling directly took the large chicken leg from her plate.
Just as I took a bite, that heartless bastard Li Dong spoke up: "Five hundred yuan each, pay up."
Chu Beiling leisurely picked through the scallions, ginger, and garlic, and said without any politeness, "A chicken leg that costs five yuan is sold to me for five hundred yuan. Does the chicken leg have become inlaid with jade or something after it has passed through your hands?"
Xu Tunan, not wanting to miss out on the excitement, added fuel to the fire: "You still have to pay a five-yuan handling fee. Brother Li bought it for you specially because she was tired from serving food, since you arrived late."
After picking out the scallions, ginger, and garlic, he then picked out all the pork belly and put it on Xing Yu's plate, while also shifting the blame to Xing Yu: "Trade the big chicken leg for the pork belly, 510 for Xing Yu."
"Chu Fanfan, you you you..." Xu Tunan was stunned. Chu Beiling actually put the pork belly he didn't want into Xing Yu's plate, who was a germaphobe. The key point was that Xing Yu didn't even react.
This is simply unbelievable.
Chu Beiling didn't sense anything was wrong at all: "What's wrong?"
Seeing that Xing Yu didn't show any displeasure and instead started eating as if nothing had happened, Xu Tunan couldn't help but sigh, "You and Xing Yu are really close now, but why did you add five yuan?"
Chu Beiling asked in confusion, "Didn't I just report 502?"
Xu Tunan silently lit a candle for him: "I'm sorry, it's not." Then she added, "It's 505."
Chu Beiling: "It's alright, Xing Yu will pay."
Li Dong's reaction wasn't as strong as Xu Tunan's. She raised her eyebrows with interest and turned to bring Sheng Xia into the conversation: "Xia Xia, Chu Fanfan and Xing Yu owe me 510 now. Just tell them what you need and squeeze every last drop of value out of them. Don't be shy."
Xu Tunan clicked his tongue several times: "Xiaxia is here, and Brother Li has become much gentler." He looked at Sheng Xia: "Xiaxia, otherwise this guy would have kicked someone without saying a word, he's super, super fierce."
Chu Beiling nodded in surprise: "It's true. I'm grateful for the summer that brings blessings to mankind."
Xing Yu lowered his eyes slightly, his gentle gaze following Chu Beiling's every move without saying a word.
Summer Baby has been spending more time with those unreliable kids lately, and her personality is much more outgoing than when she first transferred schools. She'll occasionally join in the teasing: "Okay, I won't hold back."
Her soft and obedient words were like playful punches to your chest, utterly harmless and rather endearing, making everyone laugh.
Their class rotates groups every two weeks, and this week the entire group just moved to the first group, which is right by the door.
Just as he stood up, Chu Beiling spotted Ma Qiu walking down the corridor. He quickly alerted his classmates, "Ma Qiu is here to patrol. Those of you who are up to no good, behave yourselves."
As soon as the words were spoken, those in the class who were reading novels, playing on their phones, or doing naughty things instantly stopped, especially the phones, which they immediately stuffed into the deepest part of their desks.
Chu Beiling looked down and patted Xing Yu, who didn't react much: "Stop playing on your phone and hide it quickly."
Even though Xing Yu was quick, Chu Beiling still saw the text message he had just deleted.
It was a bank deposit notification. The sender was Xing Xiaoshu, and the transfer note included: "[This month's living expenses have been transferred. Contact your mom if you need anything. By the way, your aunt said she saw you last time and greeted you, but you ignored her. What's going on? Why were you so rude? What did your aunt do to you?]"
Chu Beiling could feel the anger and dissatisfaction of the person who sent the message even through the screen.
He wanted to laugh, but he couldn't. Chu Beiling just found it absurd.
If you don't like Xing Yu, don't want him, and don't welcome him into your current happy life, why bother to greet him politely?
Do we really have to make Xing Yu disappear?
The hemp ball that was just at the end of the corridor had somehow drifted here, startling Chu Beiling.
Maqiu asked him with a smile, "What did you do? Why are you so guilty?"
Chu Beiling patted his chest: "It's not that I'm timid, it's just that my heart can't take being scared like this."
Anesthesia rubbed his nose and started to get down to business. Besides checking phones, he had another purpose: to recruit several good artists from the art department to paint the school bulletin board wall, the stone pillars in the science building that were missing plaster, and the backdrop for the school auditorium stage.
Preparing for the upcoming school anniversary celebration.
It's not a big problem to let Chu Beiling do the mural painting, but the monthly exam is coming up soon. There are countless outstanding students in the school. He is not a typical academic student and spends all his time on academic studies. Even though he is fully committed to his academic studies, he is not very confident about being in the top 35.
He promised Ms. Li that he would get into the top 35 in the school, and from now on, he only wanted to spend his time reviewing his academic subjects.
Chu Beiling flatly refused: "The teacher has an exam soon. I can participate in drawing, but for organization and coordination, please find someone else."
Maqiu said, "Those who paint the art wall don't need to take this exam. You're usually so excellent, so coordinating this will definitely not be a problem for you."
No student could refuse the news of exemption from the exam. Chu Beiling was somewhat tempted, but thinking of his row of blue chubby boys that had been sold, he hesitated for a moment and finally insisted that he could participate, but he would definitely not organize it, and he would still take the exam.
Painting murals is usually a highly sought-after activity. When it happens to coincide with exam week, participating students can skip the exams, which is a good thing for many students.
In order to catch up on the schedule, the students deliberately used class time to draw.
In the past, Maqiu would turn a blind eye to this and pretend not to know.
When Maqiu first asked someone to organize the creation of an art wall, he suffered a major setback.
He sighed, "You stubborn child, fine, whatever."
Ultimately, we respected his wishes.
Ma Qiu turned his attention to the second member of the Art Department: "Xing Yu, you will be in charge of coordinating the arrangements for the cultural wall for the upcoming school anniversary celebration. You can discuss the specifics with Chu Beiling. That's settled."
Just as Xing Yu was about to refuse, the man with the sesame ball had already slipped away.
Seeing Xing Yu's confused and slow-to-react appearance, Chu Beiling felt nothing but heartache.
For the entire class period, Chu Beiling was thinking about how to eliminate the negative impact of that text message.
After the first period of evening self-study, Chu Beiling rushed to the school's broadcasting station.
He knocked on the door, and Chen Nian's voice, the head of the broadcasting club, came from inside: "Come in."
Chen Nian, who was organizing the radio script, saw the person who came in and smiled gently: "What is it?"
Chu Beiling walked in: "Senior, I'd like to borrow the school's radio station to sing a song for someone."
Chen Nian was slightly taken aback, then asked curiously, "Oh, that girl is so lucky."
Chu Beiling was very popular with girls at school and was the object of many people's affections, but unexpectedly, he already had someone he liked.
Chu Beiling: "It's not a girl, it's Xing Yu."
Chen Nian was stunned. She thought Chu Beiling had come all the way from the art building to sing for the girl he liked, but it turned out to be a boy.
That boy was Xing Yu, who didn't get along with Chu Beiling.
Although it's a bit hard to understand, Chen Nian thought, "But Chu Beiling is good-looking, so he can be an exception. If he were to actually sing for a girl, a lot of girls at school would probably be heartbroken."
Chu Beiling looked at Chen Nian expectantly: "Senior, is this okay?"
He was already good-looking, and staring at people like that, coupled with his soft and gentle tone, made him a heartthrob. Even though Chu Beiling wasn't Chen Nian's type, his gaze still made her heart skip a beat.
Chen Nian gradually came to her senses: "It's possible, but the school has a rule that only people from the broadcasting station can use the campus radio. If you want to request a song, no problem. But you're not very good at singing yourself, so I can sing it for you."
Chu Beiling shook her head in refusal, but then asked, "Can I join the school's broadcasting club now, so I can sing myself?"
Chen Nian was amused by him: "Okay, come over and fill out a form in a bit."
Chu Beiling asked, "Senior, could you play the song 'Lucky' for me in a bit?"
Chen Nian: "Sure, no problem."
Chu Beiling emphasized, "Senior, please play the original version for me, not the instrumental version, I'll be out of tune with the instrumental version."
Chen Nian agreed and found a song: "If you think it's okay to play a song for me in a bit, give me an OK. Okay, I'll start now."
Chen Nian turned on the loudspeaker, signaling to Chu Beiling that they could begin.
Chu Beiling took a deep breath, leaned closer to the microphone, and said softly, "Xing Yu from Class 13 of Grade 1, are you listening? Don't be sad, I'm here for you."
Chu Beiling's clear voice, like a news report, traveled from the school's broadcasting station to every corner of the campus and to every class.
The class was momentarily stunned and stirred, all turning to look at Xing Yu.
Xing Yu, who was in a terrible mood after deleting the text message from Xing Xiaoshu, was startled when he heard the voice coming from the radio. He looked up at the radio.
Chu Beiling's singing voice came from the radio.
You and I, living in the same country
You and I, speaking the same language
How lucky!
With such luck,
There was no better plot.
...
The sunlight will always gently embrace you.
I couldn't take my eyes off you, you were so radiant.
As the music faded, Chu Beiling's voice came through again: "Xing Yu, this song 'Lucky' is for you. I hope you're lucky every day."
The surging crowds and boisterous noises during the break, and all eyes in the classroom were fixed on Xing Yu, whose lonely and dejected world was filled only with Chu Beiling's deep voice from the loudspeaker.
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