Chapter 36 The Double-Faced Classmate of the Academic Master
Song Jiazhu's attention was not focused on the test paper because Lin Zhi was looking at him.
The distance between them shortened, and he could feel Lin Zhi's eyes on his face very clearly. It was an undisguised and overly focused gaze.
In the teacher's voice, Song Jiazhu heard Lin Zhi's whisper.
"Little mute, I found you are quite good-looking."
Song Jiazhu suddenly looked at Lin Zhi, but saw that Lin Zhi had already fixed his eyes on the test paper, listening to the teacher's answers and comparing them with his own.
The slightly rounded lines of his eyes accentuated the dullness of his innocence, and the red pen used for corrections was pressed against the center of his lips, making his lower lip slightly concave.
Lin Zhi looked in the direction of the teacher, as if he was a student concentrating on his studies. The seemingly meaningful words of praise were only heard by him, like an illusion.
Lin Zhi shifted her gaze towards him again, with the corners of her lips slightly raised.
There was no concealment of introversion in those eyes, which made Song Jiazhu's heart skip a beat, and he knew that it was not an illusion.
Lin Zhi quickly turned his attention back to the teacher and corrected the last multiple-choice question that was wrong in the teacher's explanation.
Song Jiazhu stared at the test paper, his mind unconsciously wandering as he pondered what Lin Zhi meant.
Things like appearance are always intuitive, and he didn't make any sudden changes. It's not the first day Lin Zhi saw him, so why did he suddenly say that?
Song Jiazhu remembered the note he had thrown away half a month ago, on which Lin Zhi wrote that she was not interested in him. Could it be that he suddenly changed his mind?
Extremely complicated emotions appeared in Song Jiazhu's heart, making him a little confused for a moment.
There are about two weeks left before the midterm exam. Song Jiazhu's hands under the table clenched unconsciously, and his fingers rubbed against each other.
This is an expression of anxious thinking, which is intentionally or unintentionally ignored by the subject himself.
Lin Zhi didn't pay for the tutoring tonight.
"Just deduct it from the lock money."
Obviously, even if the chef raised the price, he would not add two hundred. However, Song Jiazhu did not say anything and watched Lin Zhi leave.
He added the lock change to his memo and had another dream.
It was not the picture like a bright block of color half a month ago, but the picture in math class when he was looking at the pen pressed against Lin Zhi's lips, and the slight dent caused by the squeezing.
It's hazy like fog and I can't remember it clearly when I wake up.
The nights are getting cooler and winter is coming.
This was the third Sunday after Lin Zhi and Song Jiazhu's agreement, and the school was closed as usual in the afternoon.
Lin Zhi picked out a beige long skirt from the closet, layered it with a camel-colored plush vest, and wore a wig without any makeup.
Since he is a boy, he is taller than the average girl, and the long skirt is fitted at the waist, outlining a narrow waistline.
Although it was the second time that Lin Zhi dressed as a woman, she was much more calm than the first time.
After getting dressed up, Lin Zhi planned to go to the bookstore to meet Song Jiazhu by chance, and then make up a little lie to add fuel to his plan.
The bookstore that Song Jiazhu often goes to is located in the middle of Bohai Road, which is also the only way to get to the gymnasium. The gymnasium is at the end of Bohai Road. Xu Lieyang and his friends will rent a court in the gymnasium for a few hours to play basketball on Sunday afternoons.
Because they were in a straight line, the original owner who followed Xu Lieyang out of the stadium was run into by Song Jiazhu who was coming out of the bookstore that day.
Lin Zhi had no plan to watch Xu Lieyang play basketball. The gymnasium was very large and many people had rented the venue. He randomly found an audience seat, sat down and watched people play basketball, going over the plan in his mind.
Lin Zhi is good at many things, but basketball is not one of them. Although he can remember the rules, competitions and teams of basketball clearly and can talk about these things with anyone who likes to play basketball, he has never played basketball.
During his adolescence, he was not allowed to waste his time on things that would not help his future. His family preferred to grit their teeth and save money for him to take equestrian or golf lessons, so that he could engage in business activities more calmly and decently in the future.
In fact, he was not very interested in this kind of sport. Lin Zhi glanced at the time on his watch and asked 01 to keep an eye on Song Jiazhu's position.
Lin Zhi didn't notice that the confrontation on the court suddenly became intense.
He doesn't have to do anything, just sitting there quietly can attract a lot of attention.
When the time was almost up, Lin Zhi got up and left.
Someone trotted over to ask for contact information. Lin Zhi pretended to have a more neutral voice and shook his head to decline.
Before leaving the gymnasium, Lin Zhi went to the public sink outside the bathroom to wash her hands and observe her posture to avoid any problems with her wig that would affect her aesthetic.
He suddenly felt someone was looking at him. He raised his head and saw Xu Lieyang's face through the mirror.
The expression of this adolescent boy, who was full of vigor and vitality, was extremely complicated, with some habitual disgust and curiosity about Lin Zhi's face.
"I thought you gave up, but I didn't expect you to come back again."
Lin Zhi did not respond and planned to leave. He thought that this place was just in line with his plan and his lies would no longer be lies.
Xu Lieyang thought he wanted to run, so he took two steps at a time and blocked Lin Zhi's way.
"Stop following me, you pervert dressed as a woman."
Xu Lieyang was waiting to see Lin Zhi's guilty look. This person was like a rat in the gutter, always staring at him. That gaze followed him like a shadow, and because they were of the same sex, it made him feel even more disgusted.
Later, he found that there was a girl on the court who would look at him and follow him secretly in the same way. He thought he was unlucky and met two psychopaths, but one time he saw the girl's face and found that he looked very similar to the male classmate who had no sense of existence.
Xu Lieyang actually couldn't remember what he looked like very clearly, he just felt very disgusted. Sometimes he considered threatening him directly or telling the teacher, but he felt it was too embarrassing for a man like him to be targeted by a man, and the man didn't look normal, what if he was exposed and committed suicide? Considering that this man hadn't done anything to harm him and hadn't spoken to him, he simply ignored him.
He was relieved that Lin Zhi no longer looked at him, but then he found that Lin Zhi started following him again. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous, so he decided to expose her and make her give up.
"This time it was just a coincidence. I didn't follow you, and I won't follow you again."
Lin Zhi also sympathized with Xu Lieyang's situation and hoped to make him feel more at ease.
Xu Lieyang was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Lin Zhi's attitude to be so calm. There was not even a hint of guilt in his eyes.
"I'm sorry for the trouble this has caused you."
Lin Zhi's apology was very sincere, and Xu Lieyang became even more stunned.
He no longer felt the dark gaze from the other person's eyes that made him feel sick.
The expression of the 'girl' in front of him was very calm, so calm that Xu Lieyang felt that if she had appeared in front of him in this situation from the beginning, perhaps he would really have some good impression of her.
Realizing what he was thinking, Xu Lieyang had a strange expression on his face. He left in a hurry after saying "It's better this way".
Lin Zhi walked out of the gymnasium leisurely, but when he was about to reach the bookstore, he pretended to be a little distraught.
He calculated the time, listened to 01 reporting Song Jiazhu's coordinates, and slowly walked towards the bookstore.
Song Jiazhu was holding the newly bought exercise book and saw the "girl" standing not far away waiting for him.
In the cool breeze at dusk, it gives people a sense of illusion.
Even though Song Jiazhu had only seen Lin Zhi wearing women's clothing once, she had a good memory and remembered her characteristics, not to mention that Lin Zhi was not wearing any makeup today.
As the other party approached, Song Jiazhu clearly felt that the other party seemed to be in a bad mood.
This was very unusual. At least in their time together, Lin Zhi had never shown such a state before. He seemed a little distraught.
So when Lin Zhi said, "Can I go to your house for dinner?", Song Jiazhu did not refuse.
Lin Zhi was going to order some dishes to take home, but after Song Jiazhu used sign language to indicate that he could do it, Lin Zhi went into the supermarket with him.
Song Jiazhu discovered that the other party did not seem to come for food, because as soon as Lin Zhi entered the supermarket, he bought a can of beer with a clear purpose, and paid for it after he finished buying the vegetables.
Seeing Song Jiazhu drinking from the wine in his hand, Lin Zhi curled her lips and said to him, "If I get drunk, I will consciously sleep on the sofa. What happened last time will not happen again. That time, someone in the bar was not clean."
Song Jiazhu said nothing and went home to cook and wash vegetables.
Low sighs were heard one after another in the living room, which made his originally calm heart become troubled.
Song Jiazhu prepared three simple dishes. Lin Zhi opened a beer and asked, "Would you like some too?"
Song Jiazhu shook his head and refused, then continued eating.
He didn't ask Lin Zhi why he did this, and remained indifferent to the world.
Lin Zhi hardly touched his chopsticks and kept drinking. He didn't speak until he finished a bottle of beer.
"Little mute, do you think this kind of habit is really hard to accept?"
"But you were very calm. You weren't afraid, you didn't discriminate, you weren't even curious."
Lin Zhi opened another bottle of wine and said to Song Jiazhu.
There was a mist of frustration and loneliness in the boy's eyes, and his handsome face was full of confusion.
"I wish he could be like you."
The vague murmur made Song Jiazhu clench his chopsticks tightly.
He analyzed almost indifferently that the person who was following Lin Zhi and whom he liked probably expressed rejection because he was wearing women's clothes. This was normal and not everyone could accept it. A psychopath following someone was scary enough, let alone a psychopath dressed as a woman.
But there was also a kind of inexplicable anger that arose, like dense roots that continued to grow downwards, slightly tightening his heart.
Isn't she so majestic in front of him? Doesn't she bully and threaten him? Why is she like this in front of others?
When did he really become so easy to bully? Aren’t you good at pretending? Aren’t you able to talk without talking back? Since the other party can’t accept it, can’t you not like him?
Song Jiazhu continued to eat, but the rice in his mouth seemed to become extremely hard, and even chewing and swallowing seemed to be a difficult task.
There seemed to be gas rising in the stomach, and I had no appetite even though I hadn't eaten much.
"Little mute, he told me to stay away from him."
The boy's voice was distressed, his innocent resentment disappeared, and he became a lost, wilted and dying flower.
Lin Zhi saw the blue veins on the back of Song Jiazhu's hand and hid the smile in his eyes.
Thanks to Xu Lieyang, his lie turned into truth.
Sometimes, to get closer to someone, you don’t have to know his vulnerability, you can offer your own vulnerability first.
He spoke, adding a decisive blow in a light tone.
"I wore women's clothes because I knew he liked girls."
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