Chapter 39
A week after returning to Suicheng from Bingyuan Town, Xi Siyan moved back to the dormitory and everything was back to normal.
The first half of the second year of high school has entered the final review month. In a place like the experimental class, one can clearly feel the increasingly intense learning atmosphere.
Chen Mo is now also the focus of attention of many subject teachers.
They were afraid that he would be too careless and fail miserably in the final exam, falling back to hundreds of places. So he became the target of repeated lectures and could be seen in the teacher's office from time to time.
Near the end of the term.
"Brother Mo, here you go again." Several students from the neighboring class who were often dragged to the office to be scolded couldn't help but tease him.
Chen Mo leaned on the desk of his homeroom teacher Xiang Shenglong and nodded, "Yes, it's fate. This is the third time I've run into you this week."
"Damn it." Taking advantage of the fact that no one was in the office, a boy from the next door complained with a smile: "It's really not our fault this time. It was those bastards from the next door school who started it first."
Unfortunately, Chen Mo was not very interested in this kind of feud between schools, and said perfunctorily, "It's really not your fault."
But perhaps because he was known as the school bully, the other people were quite interested in talking to him about science.
"In fact, this incident was first instigated by Li Rui."
"Last time, after being beaten up by you, Brother Mo, and taken back for education, he still didn't learn enough of a lesson. This time, it was said that it was for Yang Shule from our school, but in the end, we got implicated for nothing."
"Who made Yang Shule so popular recently? Some people in the neighboring school can't stand him."
"Li Rui must be crazy, standing up for Yang Shule. It's a pity that people don't take guys like Li Rui seriously at all. With the path he's taking now, it's only a matter of time before he's recommended to university."
Chen Mo hasn't heard any news about Yang Shule for a long time.
After leaving the Yang family and now not being in the same class, Chen Mo would almost forget about this person if he didn't pay special attention to him.
As for Li Rui.
Perhaps because he was afraid of what happened before, Chen Mo hardly saw him after that review.
I didn't expect that these two people really got together, and it was reported by other people.
Chen Mo was not interested in hearing more details.
During the two days before the final exams, more and more stories about the two of them spread among many people.
I had just finished my math test in the morning that day.
Chen Mo and his group were eating in the cafeteria.
Not far away, diagonally opposite, someone discovered that the "future star" of No. 1 Middle School, who had become very popular recently due to the overwhelming publicity, and the former school bully who had left office in an ignominious manner, were actually having dinner together.
This is like blowing up a beehive.
Many people looked over there quietly.
If you look at him, you will find that the person who can become a future star is indeed not an ordinary person. He talks to Li Rui from time to time, and there is no sign of abnormality on his face.
In fact, Yang Shule had been enduring the discomfort.
He knew that Li Rui had a good impression of him, and he was quite happy to see Li Rui target Chen Mo.
Who knew that the other party was so useless that Chen Mo easily turned the tables. Nowadays, Chen Mo is not only surrounded by many people, but also has a better reputation among many teachers.
This made Yang Shule feel more and more urgent.
So he tried his best to cooperate with all the publicity and shape his image as a talented young man. Next month, he will have a piano performance in the auditorium of the largest cultural exchange center in Suicheng. He is still living a glamorous life.
If Chen Jianli hadn't asked him for money from time to time.
In addition to the trouble he suffered from a few hooligans from the neighboring school last week, he thought that he was still far superior to Chen Mo.
It was precisely because of this little episode that he and Li Rui had to endure so many strange looks in the cafeteria.
"Thank you." Yang Shule expressed his gratitude again, "If it weren't for you last time, I might have been in big trouble."
Li Rui's face turned red with excitement.
He never thought that Yang Shule would really accept his invitation, especially since he is so popular nowadays.
He quickly waved his hands, "You don't have to thank me again and again. I'm very happy to be able to help you."
Yang Shule lowered his eyelashes, revealing a hint of disappointment.
As expected, Li Rui asked urgently: "What's wrong? Are those people still bothering you?"
"Not really." Yang Shule poked at the plate as if he had lost his appetite, and smiled bitterly, "You know, my life experience is quite complicated. My biological father has been coming to see me recently, but I dare not tell my adoptive parents."
Li Rui frowned, "Your biological father?"
"Yeah." Yang Shule seemed to be unable to speak, "He... is actually a country bully, a gambler and a drinker, and he has always wanted me to ask my adoptive parents for money."
Li Rui suddenly felt that he had a great responsibility.
When he thought of that kind of person who always troubled Yang Shule, he was powerless and had been pampered since childhood. He didn't know how difficult it was and how uncomfortable he felt.
Li Rui immediately assured: "Don't worry, I will solve this matter for you."
"You solve it?" Yang Shule was embarrassed. "After all, we are all students, and he is a grown man..."
Li Rui was confident, "Don't worry about that. I know a lot of people in society, and I will definitely not let him cause you any trouble again."
Yang Shule's eyes were filled with gratitude. "Thank you. It seems that the school always said bad things about you before, which was all misunderstanding. In addition, you and my second brother, oh, my second brother is Chen Mo, you..."
"He is totally unworthy of being compared to you." Li Rui cut him off bluntly. When he thought about how Chen Mo and Xi Siyan had made him degraded to a situation where everyone hated him, while Chen Mo's popularity was getting better and better, his eyes were full of hostility and disgust. "He simply used some tricks to curry favor with Xi Siyan, and the two of them were in cahoots. Don't think too highly of him and still call him second brother. You will inevitably suffer at his hands in the future."
When Li Rui mentioned Xi Siyan, Yang Shule's eyes darkened.
But he concealed it very well, and since Chen Mo came back, it had been a long time since he met someone like Li Rui who made him feel particularly easy to control, which made him feel relaxed and happy.
So he had a smile on his face, but also a hint of disappointment, "Chen Mo is so close to Si Yan now, he must have his own strengths."
"What's so great about him?" Li Rui didn't want to admit it at all. With a bit of a flattering mindset, he mocked and belittled, "He just wanted to alienate your relationship. He can't stand to see you doing well. He wants to snatch anything that belongs to you from you."
"No, right?"
"Shule, you just have such a good personality."
Chen Mo was not lucky enough to enjoy this self-directed and self-acted performance as if no one else was around.
If he could hear it with his own ears, he would have a deeper understanding of Yang Shule's ability to manipulate people's hearts, and would applaud his superb acting skills.
He ate lunch slowly and attentively.
In the end, I was struggling with the two ribs left on the plate. I felt like I would be too full if I ate them, but it would be a bit of a waste if I didn’t eat them.
Quite hesitant.
Until someone on the opposite side reached out, took his plate away, and stacked his own plate on top of it, pretending to turn a blind eye to it.
Chen Mo looked up: "...There are still some left."
"I know. If I were two seconds later, you would have already stuffed the food in your mouth." Xi Siyan glanced at him and reminded him, "If you don't want to have a stomachache and can't eat, don't force yourself to eat. You have an exam in the afternoon."
Qi Lin couldn't bear to watch it.
Contempt: "Old Xi, do you know that you are like a violent parent who doesn't even feed your children enough?"
The spurned man took the plate calmly.
Others also left the table one after another.
Just as a few people were about to leave, there was a loud "clang", which made people around them stand up and look.
Xi Siyan, who was walking in front, has stopped.
The plate in his hand fell to the ground and spun several times before falling down. As for the two ribs left by Chen Mo, they just happened to roll back to Chen Mo's feet.
"Sorry, I didn't see it." Li Rui was looking at Xi Siyan provocatively.
Yang Shule was standing behind Li Rui. At this moment, he looked at Xi Siyan with a bit of surprise, as if he didn't expect Li Rui to be so blind as to pick on Xi Siyan directly.
He seemed to want to pretend not to know Li Rui.
But Li Rui obviously didn't understand the situation. He thought Xi Siyan had fallen out with Yang Shule. At this moment, he didn't know whether he was deliberately trying to make himself felt in front of Yang Shule. He was very bold.
Qi Lin and the others were already starting to get angry.
"Li Rui, are you crazy?"
"The idiot obviously did it on purpose!"
"Didn't you see it? Are you blind?"
Li Rui acted like he was so scared, showing off his scumbag rich second generation traits. He deliberately raised his voice and said, "Being the top student in the grade is so great. I've already apologized to you, but you still let the dog bite me!"
Qi Lin was about to take action, "Who the hell are you calling a dog?!"
"Qi Lin." Xi Siyan called the man and spoke in a cold tone.
He looked at Li Rui, and then passed by Yang Shule behind Li Rui. Anyone who was familiar with Xi Siyan knew that he was very unhappy at the moment.
Yang Shule obviously knew this too.
He hesitated for two seconds and stood up, "Brother Yan, I..."
"Shule, why are you afraid of him?" Li Rui pulled Yang Shule behind him, ignoring the look Yang Shule gave him at that moment, as if he was looking at an idiot. He said to Xi Siyan sarcastically in a protective manner, "Some people are blind themselves. Why bother trying to please them? It's not worth it."
Many people in the school who knew about the grudges between the few people were looking at this scene in confusion.
Even muttering.
"By saying Xi Siyan is blind, do you mean he is good friends with Chen Mo?"
"Although Yang Shule is very popular, it is a recognized fact in this semester that Chen Mo is a good person. Anyway, I haven't heard of any excessive bad deeds by him."
"Honestly, how did Yang Shule and Li Rui get together? Who is blind?"
“Outrageous.”
"No wonder Li Rui can't even keep his reputation as a school bully. He has such a face."
Some of these words always reached the ears of the parties involved, causing the atmosphere on the scene to become even more ugly and tense.
If this scene is described by someone like Lao Gou who has been hanging out on forums for years, he can probably weave a drama of "childhood sweethearts turned against each other, the childhood sweetheart brought the third party to cause trouble, is it pure revenge or have they never let it go at all".
It’s a pity that not many people can get into the show at the scene.
Especially when everyone was secretly expecting the former school bully to continue his passion towards the top student in the grade and then see how it would end, what they ended up seeing was this scene: the new school bully, who was originally walking at the back, bent down to pick up something from his feet, pushed away the crowd, walked forward, and when the defeated opponent was about to open his mouth to speak, he stuffed the thing in his hand into his mouth, fixed his head, and covered his mouth with his hands to prevent him from spitting it out.
The world became quiet.
Very violent and direct.
Especially looking at Chen Mo's expressionless face, coupled with Li Rui's whimpering sound and his flushed neck, this scene seemed particularly impactful.
About half a minute later, Chen Mo took two steps back and looked at his hands with disgust.
Li Rui spat out the bone in his mouth, his eyes looked dark and scary.
He was furious and pointed at Chen Mo, "What are you doing?!"
"Biting someone." Chen Mo looked around and finally stared at Xi Siyan's trouser pocket. He walked over and took out a pack of tissues with his other hand. He took out two pieces of tissues and barely held down his dirty hands. In an irritated tone, he said to Li Rui: "Didn't you say he let the dog bite someone? It just so happens that it bit you."
"Fuck you... OK! Chen Mo, you are so cruel!"
Li Rui pointed at Chen Mo, dragged Yang Shule, whose lips were bitten blue because of Chen Mo's attitude, pushed a few people away and strode away.
Qi Lin and his men were furious. They said to the people around them, "What are you looking at? Disperse."
Chen Mo was concentrating on wiping his hands, thinking about where the nearest faucet was.
As he was looking around, someone held his hand.
The temperature of Xi Siyan's palm was not low even in winter, and when it touched Chen Mo's cold wrist, he felt a burst of warmth.
Chen Mo looked up, "What?"
Xi Siyan took the tissue from his hand and gave him two new ones, "You really can say anything."
Chen Mo didn't care: "It would be best if he could be pissed to death, what an idiot."
Feeling the force of the tissue wiping his palm, Chen Mo pulled it back and frowned: "I have to go wash it. When I think of the touch I just had, I want to spit out the food I just ate."
Xi Siyan rolled his eyes at him.
"Who told you to fight like this?"
"How could I know it was so disgusting?" Chen Mo frowned. "I already covered it up. I can't let go halfway. It would be embarrassing."
Xi Siyan laughed angrily.
"Do you still care about face?"
"It's your face." Chen Mo raised his eyes, "Brother Yan's face, can we lose it for you? That's not possible, right?"
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