Chapter 36: Admission Ticket Torn (13)
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This time Zhu Qingchen was wrong. There was no need for him to introduce them, as Chen Hesong and Xie Chao already knew each other.
Xie Chao was bullied by He Yu throughout the entire third year of junior high school, and at that time, Chen Hesong was often around He Yu. How could they not know each other?
Chen Hesong had seen Xie Chao being bullied several times.
Although he was busy with his own affairs, he definitely could not just stand by and watch.
He would help Xie Chao out of trouble, would tactlessly barge in and interrupt their conversation when He Yu insisted on "testing" Xie Chao, and would also help call the teacher or security guard over when He Yu was about to get angry.
After a while, the two of them would talk to each other when He Yu was not around.
Later, contact information was added.
Xie Chao sent him a message, thanking him for his help and wanting to join forces with him to get rid of He Yu.
[I'll deliberately find a place with surveillance cameras to get beaten, and you can lure the security guard over and catch him in the act, how about that?]
[I have money. Let's find some hooligans outside the school and put He Yu in a sack and beat him up. How about that?]
[My uncle is also a businessman. Go steal the He family’s business secrets, just like in the TV series, and then we will bring down the He family together.]
Of course, none of these plans succeeded.
He Yu is very good at choosing places and knows where there are surveillance cameras near the school and where there are no surveillance cameras.
Ordinary thugs didn't dare to provoke He Yu, let alone beat him.
Chen Hesong pretended to clean and wandered outside the He family's study for several days, but in the end he got nothing.
They are just two teenage students who seem to know everything and yet seem to know nothing.
These methods are nothing more than beautiful plots they made up together on many quiet nights, a topic for mutual warmth, and a sweet dream before going to bed.
Finally, Chen Hesong replied to him: [You can ask your uncle to help you transfer to another school]
Xie Chao asked: [What about you? ]
Chen Hesong said: [I just want to get into university]
With the encouragement of Chen Hesong, Xie Chao plucked up the courage and called Xie Zhiheng to ask for transfer.
Xie Zhiheng was very straightforward. He didn't ask him much. He just let him finish the third year of junior high school and helped him transfer to another school during the summer vacation.
It’s a pity that Xie Chao never waited until the summer vacation of the third year of junior high school.
Chen Hesong still doesn’t know what exactly happened that day.
At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Xie Chao sent him a message: [I hid the fruit knife in my schoolbag. I have extra lessons tomorrow.]
Chen Hesong had fallen asleep at that time. When he woke up and saw the message, it was already the next day.
He sent a bunch of messages to Xie Chao, advising him not to be impulsive and not to get himself involved. He would be able to transfer to another school soon, so he should not do anything stupid.
But Xie Chao did not reply to him.
Chen Hesong didn't even have time to take his schoolbag. For the first time, he asked the He family's driver to take him to school.
"Go to school! I'll give you money, just think of it as a taxi! Hurry up!"
In the classroom, when He Yu wanted to "test" Xie Chao again, Xie Chao took out a fruit knife from his schoolbag.
He was sure that He Yu was the culprit, so every stab of his sword was aimed at He Yu.
He Yu kept dodging and tried to push his younger brothers out to block the knife. The scene was in chaos. Just at this moment, Chen Hesong came over.
Xie Chao roared: "Chen Hesong, hold him down!"
Chen Hesong held He Yu down, but when he met Xie Chao's red eyes, he suddenly came to his senses.
He grabbed He Yu and pushed him hard against the wall next to him.
That fruit knife could have
It was sent to He Yu's heart, but now, it just brushed He Yu's arm, leaving a scar as wide as a palm.
Xie Chao raised his head and looked at Chen Hesong in disbelief.
Chen Hesong opened his mouth and wanted to explain, but no words came out.
Chen Hesong was afraid that Xie Chao would ruin his life. Xie Chao blamed Chen Hesong for not helping him at the critical moment and instead helping their enemies.
After this incident, Xie Chao dropped out of school, and Chen Hesong also found that he had been deleted.
He called Xie Chao to explain, but Xie Chao never answered the phone.
——Until now, Zhu Qingchen brought Chen Hesong to the Xie family. After a year, the two students met again.
Zhu Qingchen parked the car, turned around and looked at the two of them seriously.
Chen Hesong and Xie Chao were far away from each other, one standing on the steps and the other standing at the bottom of the steps.
Chen Hesong wanted to say hello to Xie Chao, but Xie Chao turned his head away and didn't want to pay attention to him.
The little yellow dog was held in Chen Hesong's arms, looking eagerly in the direction of Xie Chao and crying sadly.
After all, Chen Hesong is busy with his studies, so Xie Chao usually spends more time with him, and he likes playing with Xie Chao more.
Although Xie Chao also wanted to play with the puppy very much, he didn't want to speak.
Zhu Qingchen didn't plan to speak either, wanting to see who would speak first.
Xie Chao made up his mind not to speak, Chen Hesong was silent, and finally Zhu Qingchen spoke first.
"Didn't you say you would set off fireworks? Where are the fireworks? Are you two going to stand here all night?"
The two people seemed to come alive and showed some reaction. They wanted to step forward at the same time and took a step towards Zhu Qingchen, but then stopped.
Zhu Qingchen asked again: "Is it in the garden? Shall we go there now?"
"Yeah." Xie Chao responded sullenly.
"Let's go, then."
Zhu Qingchen walked towards the garden, and the two students followed behind him, keeping a distance from each other.
Xie Zhiheng was already waiting for them in the garden. When he saw them coming, he greeted them, "Teacher Zhu."
Zhu Qingchen smiled at him and waved: "Mr. Xie, good evening."
Chen Hesong also greeted: "Hello, I am Teacher Zhu's student."
There were all kinds of fireworks piled on the coffee table.
Zhu Qingchen squatted in front of the coffee table, holding the silver fountain in one hand and the fairy wand in the other, holding them in his arms, and looked back at the two students: "Aren't you two going to go out and play? Just sit here all night?"
Chen Hesong and Xie Chao sat on either side of the sofa, far away from each other.
Chen Hesong said, "Teacher Zhu, go and play. I'll sit here for a while."
Xie Chao responded: "Me too."
"Oh well."
Zhu Qingchen picked out a few fireworks that looked relatively safe. Xie Zhiheng stood up and said, "I'll go play with Teacher Zhu. Xie Chao, take good care of the guests."
Xie Chao glanced at Chen Hesong and nodded: "Got it, uncle."
Just take care of him, give him something to eat and drink, and make sure he doesn't starve to death.
"Yeah." Xie Zhiheng unbuttoned his cuffs and rolled up his sleeves.
Zhu Qingchen held the fireworks and waved them at him.
The two men walked side by side towards the open space in front. Xie Zhiheng took out a silver flip-top lighter and handed it to him.
Zhu Qingchen hesitated for a moment. He didn't dare to light it directly with a lighter, nor did he dare to use a candle. If the candle oil accidentally dripped on his hands, it would be very hot.
Before he could say anything, Xie Zhiheng seemed to understand. He took out a stick of incense from somewhere, lit it with a lighter, and handed it to Zhu Qingchen.
Zhu Qingchen gave him an embarrassed smile and took the Lixiang: "Thank you."
Although incense ash can burn your hands if it falls on them, it is still safer than burning candles.
Zhu Qingchen pulled out a fairy wand, pinched the very end, and moved the incense closer to it. After trying several times, he finally lit it.
With a "hiss", the small firework emitted a warm yellow light, illuminating Zhu Qingchen's face.
After Zhu Qingchen put one away, he took out another one and lit it with incense.
He was extremely timid, and the most powerful firework he dared to play with was the Silver Fountain.
Place it far away on the ground, and it will run back immediately when you tap it. It usually takes three or four taps before it will start to move.
Xie Zhiheng folded his hands and sat on the chair next to him, watching him play.
The little red light ball reminded him: "Host, please control your emotions."
Xie Zhiheng remained calm: "Am I not playing the role of an expressionless villain CEO?"
"The president won't set off fireworks with others."
"I just sat here and didn't accompany him."
“…You always have so many things to say.”
After playing for a while, the incense went out in the middle. Zhu Qingchen slowly moved in front of Xie Zhiheng and asked carefully: "Mr. Xie, are you free now?"
Xie Zhiheng took out a lighter and helped him light the incense again.
"Thank you." Zhu Qingchen continued to play happily.
Xie Zhiheng stood up, took out a cloud-piercing arrow, held it directly in his hand, and lit it with a lighter.
With a "whoosh" sound, the cloud-piercing arrow shot straight into the sky, exploded in the night sky, and flashed for a moment.
Xie Zhiheng rubbed his fingers that were blackened by gunpowder, as if he felt nothing.
Zhu Qingchen was stunned.
"Wow, is this the legendary overbearing president?"
He actually dared to set off fireworks with his hands, that's really amazing.
"One more!"
Xie Zhiheng laughed and picked up another cloud-piercing arrow: "Okay, another one."
Zhu Qingchen covered his mouth, as if he had spoken out his true feelings.
Xie Zhiheng reminded him: "You swallowed all the gunpowder."
“Pfft—” Zhu Qingchen quickly put down his hands and clapped them in panic, “Pfft, pfft, pfft.”
Of course, during the happy play, Zhu Qingchen also paid attention to his students from time to time.
At the beginning, Chen Hesong and Xie Chao were still far away from each other.
Because his uncle asked him to take care of the guests, Xie Chao put snacks and drinks in front of Chen Hesong, making sure he ate and drank well and would not starve to death, and then left him alone.
Chen Hesong wanted to talk to him, but Xie Chao did not give him the opportunity.
After a while, Chen Hesong put the little yellow dog in his hand on the ground.
The little yellow dog walked up to Xie Chao with its short legs, wagged its tail, and bit his trouser leg.
Xie Chao didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but the puppy was so pitiful that Xie Chao didn't last more than three seconds before he picked up the puppy, pinched its chin, and spoke to it in a low voice.
"Who is that cute little dog? Is it you?"
After a while, Chen Hesong spoke first: "Xie Chao, how are you doing?"
Xie Chao didn't answer. He scratched the puppy's double chin, and the puppy purred comfortably.
Chen Hesong asked again: "At first I thought you transferred to another school, but later I asked the teacher and found out that you had dropped out. I tried to call you, but the call didn't go through."
Xie Chao still ignored him.
"At that time, I really wanted to hold He Yu down and let you stab him more accurately with the fruit knife. But..." Chen Hesong paused, "I can't do that."
When talking about this matter, Xie Chao had some reaction: "Chen
Hesong, you have Stockholm syndrome, the one in the novel, the perpetrator's love syndrome."
"I didn't." Chen Hesong looked at him seriously, "I'm not."
"You did." Xie Chao said seriously, "You made breakfast for He Yu, took notes for him, tutored him, and ran errands for him every day. He bullied me, so you followed him around, deliberately approached me, and helped him appease the victim so that I wouldn't seek revenge."
"I didn't." Chen Hesong repeated firmly, "I'm just worried about you."
Chen Hesong turned his head and said seriously, "You were already sixteen years old at that time. If you killed someone, you would go to jail. It is difficult for an untrained person to stab a fruit knife into a person's heart."
"Besides, we were in the school at the time, and there were people everywhere. If we had sent him to the hospital in time, and with the financial support of the He family, it would have been difficult to kill He Yu."
Xie Chao was puzzled: "How do you know?"
Chen Hesong said: "I have checked it before."
Xie Chao paused and suddenly understood something.
Chen Hesong had also thought about killing He Yu directly, and he had even searched for relevant information.
Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, he gave up.
If Xie Chao had really thrust the fruit knife into He Yu's chest at that time, He Yu would not necessarily die, but what would have awaited Xie Chao would have been decades in prison and the He family's almost crazy revenge.
Chen Hesong said: "You will be transferring to another school soon, I don't want you to do such a thing."
Xie Chao was silent for a while, and finally said: "After all, you still didn't help me."
Chen Hesong paused and said, "I'm sorry."
Not expecting him to say it so directly, Xie Chao choked and did not answer.
Chen Hesong continued: "But if I had to do it again, I would still do it this way."
Xie Chao was helpless: "You are just like this, you keep enduring. I have thought of so many good ways before, but you just said 'no', 'can't', 'this is very dangerous', you are just a coward."
Chen Hesong lowered his head: "Just think of it as me being timid."
"You have finally made it. But what would you do if Teacher Zhu didn't exist?"
"I have no idea."
Chen Hesong also thought about this question when he couldn't sleep at night.
In the past ten years, Chen Hesong was like a puppet being manipulated by someone, with his mind full of thoughts like “Just get through today,” “Just get through this year,” and “Just get through the college entrance examination.”
If it weren't for Teacher Zhu, he would have continued to endure like this, occasionally resisting, but would soon be suppressed by the He family.
Given He Yu's personality, since his competition has been ruined, there is no way he will be able to take the college entrance examination smoothly.
It was only after Teacher Zhu pointed this out to him that he finally realized what was happening.
He could have called the police, but it was only after Teacher Zhu reminded him that he remembered to do so.
Without Teacher Zhu, his life would have been unimaginably dark.
Chen Hesong smiled at him and said, "But I succeeded. Using the method we discussed, I lured He Yu to a place with new surveillance cameras, had him beat me up, and then went to the police station to report the crime. In the end, I succeeded."
"It's strange to say, I don't know why, but we never thought of calling the police. It was only when Teacher Zhu told me that I realized I could call the police."
Xie Chao's face darkened: "Are you still making breakfast for him now?"
Chen Hesong said: "Of course not."
Xie Chao snorted coldly, turned his head away, looked ahead, and asked, "Do you want to set off fireworks?"
Chen Hesong shook his head: "Just sit like this for a while."
The two of them didn't speak anymore, and just
Sit quietly.
In the open space in front, Zhu Qingchen and Xie Zhiheng were still setting off fireworks.
Zhu Qingchen was very supportive: "One more!"
Xie Zhiheng held the fireworks in one hand: "Okay."
The two of them had a lot of fun and set off all the fireworks in one night.
The night was dark. Xie Zhiheng glanced at his watch and said, "It's almost midnight. Let's set off the biggest firework."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen nodded vigorously, "Let it go on time."
"Okay." Xie Zhiheng took off the watch on his wrist and handed it to Zhu Qingchen.
Xie Zhiheng arranged the fireworks and got his lighter ready. Zhu Qingchen stood far away and was responsible for counting down.
"Three minutes left... one minute left... ten seconds... three, two, one!"
The moment Zhu Qingchen finished speaking, Xie Zhiheng lit the fuse, and after lighting it, he walked back calmly.
Large fireworks rose into the sky and bloomed in the dark night sky.
Zhu Qingchen raised his head and looked at the sky seriously.
This is the second New Year he has spent in his little world. Although time is tight, there are fireworks to watch every New Year.
Xie Zhiheng walked up to him and watched the fireworks with him.
Chen Hesong and Xie Chao also raised their heads. Amid the sound of "bang bang", Xie Chao suddenly said, "Swear you are not doing this to protect He Yu."
"I swear, I'm certainly not doing this to protect him." Chen Hesong whispered, "I'm doing this to protect us."
Chen Hesong added: "If one day I forget how He Yu treated me and continue to work like a slave for him and be his full-time nanny, you must wake me up."
Xie Chao snorted coldly: "You love him."
Chen Hesong said firmly: "Absolutely not."
He would never fall in love with an abuser and a bully, he was not that confused.
"If such a day really comes, it must be that I am possessed by some evil thing. You can send me to a mental hospital or a Taoist temple."
The large fireworks lasted for 20 minutes before they ended. Zhu Qingchen returned the watch to Xie Zhiheng and walked towards the two students: "Are you talking?"
Xie Chao held the puppy and turned his head away: "No, it's so late now, Teacher Zhu, do you want to stay tonight? We have prepared a guest room at home."
"Sure." Zhu Qingchen nodded, "What about Chen Hesong?"
Xie Chao looked back and said, "Let him walk back by himself."
"Um?"
Xie Chao paused: "Okay, he can stay too." Xie Chao held the puppy: "I still want to sleep with the puppy. I have prepared a doghouse for it. Is that okay?"
Zhu Qingchen nodded: "Sure, as long as you don't mind it destroying your home."
It was too late, so Zhu Qingchen and Chen Hesong stayed in the villa.
The guest rooms on the third floor had been cleaned up, and Xie Chao led them there.
He pushed open the door of the guest room and said, "Teacher Zhu, please sleep in this room. Your pajamas are in the closet and the sheets are clean."
"Okay, thank you."
"Chen Hesong sleeps in the room opposite."
Chen Hesong smiled at him: "Thank you."
Before going to bed, Zhu Qingchen gave red envelopes to two students.
"One for each person, put it under your pillow when you sleep."
"good."
After a tiring whole day, Zhu Qingchen returned to his room, took a quick shower, and fell asleep.
Chen Hesong returned to his room with his schoolbag and took out the test paper he had not finished today and finished it first.
Do today's work today. Although today is New Year's Day, you still have to do the test paper.
While checking the answers, Chen Hesong held the pen and suddenly fell into deep thought.
When he came to his senses, he wrote four small words on the paper:
Never forget past shame.
He never forgets it.
*
The next day, eight o'clock in the morning.
Zhu Qingchen played too late last night and fell into a deep sleep until dawn.
He originally wanted to sleep a little longer, but then he thought that he was in someone else's house and it would be inappropriate to stay in bed all the time, so he got out of bed in one go.
When Zhu Qingchen was dressed neatly and walked downstairs, everyone else had already gotten up.
In the restaurant, Xie Zhiheng was sitting at the main seat, reading a newspaper.
In the kitchen, Chen Hesong was wearing an apron and holding a colander, gently stirring the colorful vegetable wontons in the pot.
Xie Chao stood beside him, breaking seaweed into a bowl and sprinkling some pepper powder as a base flavor: "Is this okay?"
Chen Hesong took a look and said, "Okay."
The little yellow dog smelled the fragrance and circled around the two people's feet.
Zhu Qingchen greeted them: "Good morning, and Happy New Year."
"Good morning, teacher."
Chen Hesong scooped a spoonful of soup from the pot, poured it into a bowl, soaked the seaweed, then scooped up twelve small wontons and put them into the bowl.
He picked up the tray and went to the dining room: "It's time to have breakfast."
Xie Zhiheng said: "Thank you very much, I will let the chef do these things in the future."
Chen Hesong smiled and said, "Thank you very much for the hospitality from President Xie and Xie Chao. This is a small token of my appreciation."
Xie Chao also sat in his seat, enjoying Chen Hesong's apology with a clear conscience.
He knew that because he mentioned "Chen Hesong should make breakfast for He Yu" twice last night, Chen Hesong got up early this morning and cooked breakfast.
Chen Hesong had no choice but to make breakfast for He Yu.
When he was bullied, he even thought about poisoning He Yu. He even figured out which store to buy rat poison from and how to destroy the evidence.
But this time it was different. This time he really wanted to make breakfast for Teacher Zhu and the Xie family.
After breakfast, Xie Chao forgave Chen Hesong and added his contact information back.
In addition to the wontons made by Chen Hesong, the villa chef also made dumplings and glutinous rice balls.
After breakfast, Chen Hesong and Xie Chao walked the dog in the garden, while Zhu Qingchen collapsed on the sofa to bask in the sun. While basking in the sun, he fell asleep again.
Xie Zhiheng threw the blanket on him, covering his face.
Zhu Qingchen slowly lost his breath and woke up from his dream. He threw off the blanket and said, "Li Yue, what did you do..."
He came back to his senses and saw that it was Xie Zhiheng. His voice gradually became quieter: "What..."
Xie Zhiheng was sitting next to him, reading documents, his expression unchanged, as if he hadn't heard what he said.
Zhu Qingchen sniffed, not sure if it was him who did it.
This guy is a domineering villain. A domineering president shouldn’t do such a boring thing.
"System, did you see that? He was the one who threw the blanket on my face?"
"I didn't see it. I was watching cartoons."
"What's the use of you?" Zhu Qingchen clenched his fists, covered himself with a blanket, and moved to the side.
No, he has to stay away from Xie Zhiheng.
If Li Yue knew that he was calling his name to others, he would be so angry that he would die.
maybe……
Zhu Qingchen asked: "System, are the small worlds close to each other? Will they affect each other?"
"The small worlds do not interfere with each other, so generally there will be no impact."
"Oh." Zhu Qingchen nodded thoughtfully.
The system asked: "Why are you asking this?"
"I was worried that if Li Yue knew I was shouting his name to someone else and he heard it from afar, he would tear the little world apart and come over to grab me back."
"Is it that serious? You call his name to a puppy and 'suck suck' at him and nothing will happen, but if you call his name to other men, then there will be something wrong? What kind of logic is this?"
"It's OK for a puppy, but not for other men. Anyway, it's very serious." Zhu Qingchen said seriously, "He is a stingy person."
"Don't worry, he won't know. I will keep it a secret for you."
"Thank you. This matter is known to heaven and earth, and you and I know it."
"no problem."
Zhu Qingchen hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said to Xie Zhiheng, "Boss Xie, I'll go walk the dog with them."
Xie Zhiheng nodded slightly: "Okay."
Zhu Qingchen quickened his pace and fled away like the wind.
Xie Zhiheng looked at his hurriedly fleeing back, feeling somewhat confused.
The villain system asked: "What happened to him?"
Xie Zhiheng was somewhat moved: "Maybe he missed me too much and was too sad to let me see his tears. Find a quiet place to cry. He just called my name in his dream."
Xie Zhiheng and the system said in unison: "He loves me so much!"
Xie Zhiheng turned his head and looked at the system, and said seriously: "What did you say? How can he love you? He loves me."
The system was also speechless: "Then can't you use some fresh words?"
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