Chapter 4: Pickup



"I heard that you had a fight with someone in your class last semester?"

The night falls, and the city buries many things, including the brilliance of the Milky Way. The only remaining light in the sky cannot illuminate the loneliness of the world. Only then can neon lights take its place, usurping the authority of the stars.

Of course, for the students of Haiyi Middle School, both the stars in the sky and the city lights are too far away. The school is only separated by a wall from the busiest commercial street in Wanghai, but the wall is too high, separating the lights and noise, and also blocking the noise. There are only fifteen minutes left before evening self-study, and many students are busy in the dormitory area. There are only six dim street lights in total to illuminate these boys and girls.

Xu Jingwen was not among them. He was standing by the fence of the dormitory on the fifth floor, looking down at the light below, and asked Chen Tinghan next to him this question.

Chen Tinghan leaned on the railing with both hands, looking extremely lazy. He responded weakly, "How did you know about this, something I can't even remember?"

Xu Jingwen obviously didn't believe it. He just thought Chen Tinghan was being stubborn. "Can't remember? Don't try to fool me. Everyone in the class remembers it clearly. You chopped someone's head off for a woman. I thought it was interesting, so I came back to find you."

Then Xu Jingwen's eyes began to dart around, finally settling on the bench: "Look, that's her."

Without him signaling, Chen Tinghan's eyes were always on her.

The girl is like a honeyed fruit, blooming in the wind in response to summer and autumn, her youthful beauty overflowing. Even the dim light can't catch the light of her snow-white skin, so tight and smooth, it's truly skin whiter than jade.

Unlike the one Chen Tinghan knew, she wanted to appear a little more casual. In order to make it easier to work, she actually wore a pair of flip-flops that didn't look very "elegant". Her crystal toes were like ten crystal jades, dazzling. One dared not look at them for too long, but could subconsciously admire their preciousness.

Looking up, even if she was wearing an ugly set of green pants and blue and white shirt, she could wear it very stylishly. She was obviously working just now, and she had rolled up the legs of her school pants, revealing her delicate and plump ankles and white, soft calves.

Further up, the wide trousers covered the amazing curves of her legs, and the blue and white school uniform jacket kept out the cold wind at night, but also concealed the childish pride revealed by the sweat soaking through her shirt.

The ends of her short black hair were wet with dew, half covering her forehead, and her face was like a fresh and sweet date full of water... There are many beautiful girls in Haiyi Middle School, or should I say a lot, but it is rare to find someone like her who exudes charm at such a young age and becomes the enlightenment of beauty to a class of boys.

Even many years after graduation, there will still be many people who remember her name, remember her... Wang Jinling.

Perhaps because Chen Tinghan's gaze was too undisguised, Xu Jingwen teased him and said in a more serious tone, "I forgot—ah."

Chen Tinghan was not annoyed. He smiled and said, "It's amazing that you have the leisure to ask such trivial questions."

"It's not that I asked. I just went to class and told others about you, and someone brought up this matter." Xu Jingwen said, "What's your relationship with her?"

Relationship... Chen Tinghan recalled carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he said seriously: "Now, I haven't said a word to her."

"One sentence..." Xu Jingwen was shocked. He said, "You don't even know her, and you're fighting with her for her? What's your goal?"

Chen Tinghan said nonsense seriously: "I want to pursue her, is that not okay?"

Xu Jingwen took out a pack of cigarettes, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, then shook out half a cigarette and handed it to Chen Tinghan. When handing it to him, he carefully hid the cigarette box inside, for fear that there would be some people who liked to tell tales in this unfamiliar environment.

Chen Tinghan took it without thinking too much, but he just held it in his hand and didn't smoke. In fact, he was addicted to smoking, and it was a heavy addiction, but that was before he died. Cigarettes were definitely not good things, but his previous life was too hard and too tiring, so he had to have some entertainment.

Bullets are worse than cigarettes. The strange thing is that the cigarette made him cough half to death, but the bullet passed through his skull and brought him back to today more than ten years ago.

When it all began.

Young people don’t know the taste of sorrow. Now that you are back, don’t smoke anymore.

When his thoughts were swirling, Xu Jingwen said solemnly, "There are so many beautiful girls in Haiyi Middle School, and I will respect and support you no matter which one you pursue. I might even be your wingman, but this one... is extremely difficult."

"Why?" Chen Tinghan asked knowingly, as a way of adding support.

Xu Jingwen said, "I used to live in the same compound with her, and several of our families had interactions. The bastards I know were all interested in her to some extent, but I haven't heard of anyone succeeding in getting her."

Then he pointed and said, "She's sitting on the bench, but no one dares to approach her. Do you know why?"

Chen Tinghan thought for a moment and said, "Because of Wang Kai."

"Wang...Uncle Wang?!" At first, Xu Jingwen didn't realize who Wang Kai was. After he figured it out, he lost his voice. He looked at Chen Tinghan in surprise and doubt. From his tone, it was clear that he didn't have respect for Wang Kai, but more of a familiarity. Xu Jingwen took a breath and said,

"What does this have to do with Uncle Wang? Do you know him?"

Chen Tinghan smiled but said nothing. This was a harmless test. He had long known that Xu Jingwen's circle and Wang Jinling had some overlap, and the families had been in contact for a long time. He had a good relationship with Xu Jingwen in his previous life, and he had also inquired about it, but all those who knew the situation kept silent about the Wang family, as if they were afraid of something.

To the extent that, after so many years and investigating so many things, Wang Jinling's family situation was the only thing that remained a complete mystery to him.

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