Research
Due to something that everyone knows, No. 10 Middle School finally took action against the innocent first-year high school students—
Starting next week, the whole school will carry out "research and study activities".
The so-called "study and research activities" actually deprive students of their weekends. Classes are held from Monday to Friday, and continue from Saturday to Sunday.
It is truly heartless! So utterly depraved! So ruthless! So heartless! So cruel! So cruel! So inhumane! So worthless! So cruel! So heartless! So intolerable!
"It's like this. The weekend study tours are arranged according to the school's situation. Students can sign up voluntarily after communicating with their parents. Registration is not mandatory..." Cen Man spoke incessantly at the podium with a cold face.
Chen Can watched the group bombardment with the volume on mute.
Silence is better than words at this time.
In fact, although they say it is not mandatory, in reality, if you "miss one or two classes", you are already firmly in their hands. Even if you agree not to study, few parents will agree.
【biG】My dad will definitely be the first one to support me in my research [heartbroken][heart dead]
[biG] With Shizhong being so arrogant, aren't you really afraid of being cheated in the game? [laughs]
【biG】Why doesn’t the savior come to save the high school students [heartbroken]
"Students who want to apply for study tours should write a letter of guarantee and submit it to the class monitor within this week." After Cen Man finished speaking, he announced the end of get out of class.
Chen Can didn't want to participate in any bullshit research, even though no one at home forced him to, but...
"Do you want to participate in the study tour?" Ou Ranyu asked.
"I haven't made up my mind yet, but I don't want to participate." Chen Can looked away from the screen.
"If you don't join, then I will..."
"Stop——" Chen Can interrupted Ou Ranyu.
Don't even think about what he'll say next.
"You don't have to. Whether you participate or not is your own business and has nothing to do with me. It would be extremely foolish to delay yourself because of others."
Ou Ranyu stared at him without saying anything.
"If you delay yourself because of someone, it may become a burden to that person." Chen Can advised.
It harms others and does not benefit yourself.
"I think you are the only one who feels it is a burden." Ou Ranyu said.
Chen Can said: "Anyone with a conscience would think so."
"But I am not a conscientious person. If you don't participate, then I won't participate either." Ou Ranyu said.
"Are you tying me up?" Chen Can asked back.
"No, the doctor said that my illness should not be treated with overwork." Ou Ranyu smiled.
"And I want to stay with you." His eyes were firm, not allowing for any doubt.
What kind of words are you talking about?! Who would believe it if I told them this?
"Who cares about you?" Chen Can was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.
As a result, during one self-study session, I wrote an 800-word guarantee.
Forget it, if your grades are so bad, don’t stay at home. Maybe studying abroad is not a bad thing.
Thinking this, Chen Can handed the letter of guarantee to the squad leader.
"Wow, Chen Can is so active that he handed in the letter of guarantee as soon as the get out of class was over." The monitor opened his voice and the whole class heard it.
Ou Ranyu smiled at Chen Can and handed the letter of guarantee to the squad leader.
"The top student has finished writing, so everyone should be more active!" the class monitor shouted again cheerfully.
Chen Can chose to ignore Ou Ranyu's smug smile. He was intercepted just as he walked out of the classroom.
A basketball flew through the air, heading straight for Chen Can's arms. Chen Can reached out to intercept it before it hit him. Several men approached from the opposite direction, each one with dark skin and muscular muscles, their faces clearly indicating they were not to be trifled with.
The leader with a crew cut uttered an "ah" and said hypocritically, "I'm sorry, my hand slipped."
It's obvious that he is looking for trouble.
Chen Can threw the ball back to him and turned away.
"Why are you running? Are you scared?"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the people nearby immediately hid far away, and some people even leaned out of the window to watch the fun.
Chen Can couldn't help but turn his head when he heard this. The monkey-faced man following behind the crew cut said, "I'll give you a chance. Call out Ou Ranyu from your class."
Have courage.
Chen Can smiled and said, "It's not that I don't want to call him, I'm just afraid that if I call him out, you won't have the courage to receive him."
This was not a lie. Chen Can could not guarantee what would happen if he offended Ou Ranyu.
"You protect him so much, he is your father." said the other one with a flat nose.
"I don't know if he's my father, but everyone who came to me today was my son." Chen Can said with a forced smile, "Would you consider calling me dad?"
When they heard this, they immediately became ferocious and wanted to go forward and grab Chen Can.
Chen Can had already prepared for defense, but was blocked by someone behind him.
The man with a crew cut on the opposite side stopped the guys who were about to grab people when he saw someone coming.
"It would be better if you came out earlier. Tomorrow after school, I'll come to the camphor tree on the south road and ask you something." The crew cut said to Ou Ranyu.
Ou Ranyu glanced at him coldly, showing no sign of agreeing. The crew cut made an impatient "tsk" sound, and the other brothers started moving again.
"What are you doing looking for trouble?" Zhu Baifeng came in a hurry with a group of people, pushing Chen Can and Ou Ranyu behind.
Zhu Baifeng said harshly: "Still staying here and not leaving?"
"Tomorrow, tomorrow." The man with the crew cut said this and left with his men.
As soon as those people left, Zhu Baifeng quickly dispersed the people he had called. If he didn't, Cen Man would probably be attracted.
"Light bulb, what's going on?" Zhu Baifeng asked while pulling Chen Can.
Chen Can said, "It's okay. Someone is picking on Ou Ranyu."
Zhu Baifeng also knew that this matter was only related to Ou Ranyu, so he didn't ask any more questions. He chatted with Chen Can about other topics and went to eat.
Ou Ranyu naturally followed behind.
Chen Can had long been accustomed to this and tacitly allowed him to eat with them. Even though Zhu Baifeng was dissatisfied, he couldn't drive him away. So Zhu Baifeng sat across from Chen Can and Ou Ranyu, frowning and glaring at Ou Ranyu when he wasn't paying attention. If anyone didn't know, they would think he was eating rotten rice.
"By the way, Light Bulb, you definitely don't want to study, but I'm different. I'll study no matter how hard I try." Zhu Baifeng suddenly became gloomy, and the rice in the bowl tasted even less.
"I'm doing research. Why shouldn't I do research? I even submitted the guarantee letter." Chen Can said to Zhu Baifeng, but his eyes were glancing at Ou Ranyu.
Chen Can felt indignant when he thought of the guarantee letter he had just submitted, and the ribs he chewed made a crunching sound.
Ou Ranyu gave him a look as if nothing had happened.
Look at your fart.
"Great! It's fast enough." Zhu Baifeng had no vision and smiled foolishly.
"Fuck you." Chen Can rolled his eyes at him and almost pushed him into the food bowl.
“Oh—damn it!”
Zhu Baifeng was so frightened that he almost lost both his face and his meal. He immediately changed the subject.
He curled his lips and said, "Now Li Yachang is happy. He now has a full half day's vacation more than us, so he can be considered wealthy."
Chen Can said: "If you have the ability, you don't have to apply, as long as you are not afraid of having your legs broken."
Zhu Baifeng retorted, "Are you going to spew lava today? Why are you so angry?"
Chen Can looked up and said with a fake smile: "Have you eaten pig brains today? You have so many questions."
"I'm done! Take your time eating!"
Zhu Baifeng was worried that Chen Can would really push him into the rice bowl, so he threw down his chopsticks and hurriedly left with the rice bowl.
Chen Can snorted and looked at Ou Ranyu again.
Ou Ranyu seemed to have finished eating a long time ago and had been waiting for him.
"Let's go."
Chen Can and Ou Ranyu walked into the playground together. He looked at the sky, felt the breeze, and felt refreshed. He even had the urge to play a hearty basketball game. He turned around to look at the people around him, but he didn't seem to be interested either.
Why do people have to be so complicated?
Chen Can wanted to ask him how he was going to deal with the crew cut guys tomorrow, but he didn't ask. Firstly, he and Ou Ranyu were not very familiar with each other, and secondly, he felt that Ou Ranyu could handle it himself without anyone else's interference.
After walking around the playground twice, I went back to the classroom to study.
Of course, Ou Ranyu was doing homework and Chen Can was catching up on sleep.
I slept through the class and my mind wasn't fully awake until the end of evening self-study.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Chen Can went home with his bag on his back. When he went downstairs, he realized that someone was following him. He turned around and saw that it was indeed Ou Ranyu.
"I'll go back with you." Ou Ranyu said with a smile.
Chen Can was too lazy to pay attention to him. He just took a look and left, tacitly agreeing to Ou Ranyu's following.
Outside the school gate, the lights were bright, the crowds were bustling, and parents could be seen everywhere picking up and dropping off their children. I don't know if it was Chen Can's imagination, but there seemed to be more people crowding the gate than usual.
Bang--
A crash in the distance broke the balance between noise and tranquility. The crowd paused for a few seconds, and then became agitated.
Chen Can looked in the direction of the sound. It seemed that a car had been hit. He looked more carefully, but a sharp shout from behind diverted his attention.
"Psycho! Go to hell—"
Chen Can subconsciously turned his head and saw a woman with a pale face, bloodshot eyes and a distorted expression rushing towards Ou Ranyu.
Damn it!
Chen Can pulled Ou Ranyu back suddenly, and the woman missed and almost fell down. She reacted and was about to attack again.
It’s not over yet.
Ou Ranyu pulled Chen Can and dodged sideways.
"Give me back my child!" The woman grabbed Ou Ranyu like crazy. Finally, someone in the crowd couldn't stand it anymore and quickly stopped the woman. No matter how much she punched, kicked, cried and shouted, she couldn't break free.
"Why aren't you the one who died!" The woman seemed to have no strength left and collapsed. Fortunately, someone supported her so that she didn't fall to the ground.
The commotion at the school gate had long attracted the attention of the school security. When several security guards came out with sticks, they saw a weak woman being supported by someone and two vigilant, unarmed students, so they put away the sticks again.
Chen Can pulled Ou Ranyu, frowned at the woman and still didn't say a word. Ou Ranyu looked at her expressionlessly, shook hands with Chen Can and was about to leave.
Perhaps the woman saw Ou Ranyu was about to leave, and she burst out with strength and pushed away the person who was supporting her. She chased after him desperately, holding something in her hand, and quickly hit Ou Ranyu.
It is a small fruit knife, and Chen Can also has one at home.
Chen Can didn't know that he could be so fast. When he reacted, he had already grabbed the woman's wrist and twisted it hard, and the knife fell to the ground.
When everyone saw a weapon fall out, they were eager to try it out.
"That's enough!" Chen Can kicked the knife away and released his grip. Finally, several people in the crowd rushed over and held the woman down. Some called the police, and some took videos.
The scene was chaotic for a while.
“Don’t shoot, don’t shoot!”
When the school leaders rushed over in a hurry, Chen Can and Ou Ranyu had already run away. He didn't want to spend the rest of the night in the police station.
When he was almost running home, Chen Can remembered that he and Ou Ranyu had been holding hands all the way. He suddenly let go of his hands, and his palms were warm and even sticky because of a thin layer of sweat.
Chen Can wiped it on his clothes and walked in front of Ou Ranyu, groping for the key as he walked. It took him a while to find it.
"Aren't you going home?" Chen Can inserted the key into the keyhole and turned to ask Ou Ranyu who was standing in the corridor.
"The explosion has nothing to do with me." Half of Ou Ranyu's face was covered in shadow, which made him look much more serious than his usual smiling face, even with a hint of coldness.
"I understand. I believe you." Chen Can was stunned for two seconds and replied immediately.
This time it was Ou Ranyu's turn to be stunned.
Chen Can went into the room, closed the door, and collapsed tiredly on the sofa.
In fact, he himself didn't know why he said all this to Ou Ranyu. Was he afraid that he would comfort him or did he really trust him?
It’s hard to explain.
At the unclear boundary between light and darkness, Ou Ranyu looked up at the window as it darkened, then lowered his head to look at his palm for a long time, and whispered two words.
Chen Can.
Perhaps realizing what he was saying, Ou Ranyu remained silent for a moment and left under the street light.
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