Chapter 16
What was my attitude before today?
Wu Qi has a greater talent, while Yu Yuan has more experience; it's hard to say who will be number one.
...meaning the two are evenly matched.
So who did I underestimate?
This was a steal, right?
The students in Class 5 were taken aback when they gave up Wu Qi. The top students were eager to recruit him, and we couldn't just privatize Mount Fuji out of affection.
Less than five minutes later, Yu Yuan came downstairs with a grim expression. I stood outside the crowd, staring at him.
He instinctively wanted to run away.
But since we've already seen it, where can we run to? Besides, this isn't even our own campus; running around aimlessly could easily lead to getting lost.
Yu Yuan gave me an awkward smile, shrugged, and walked past the bustling crowd to my side: "The questions were pretty easy, I just wasn't quick enough..."
He didn't lose; he just didn't react quickly enough.
I patted him on the shoulder: "Don't take Wu Qi seriously."
He is someone you mortals cannot compare to.
Yu Yuan sighed: "I didn't bother arguing with him... I just feel that you two are really similar in some ways. You both give off a feeling of being unattainable."
I find it strange. My celestial aura has long been concealed. I am just a mortal. I feel pain and bleed when hit. I don't usually fly through the clouds. How can I still be so unreachable?
Yu Yuan seemed to sense my doubt and said, "This competition is like this, and the Olympiad questions I usually ask you are also like this... You two seem to be more relaxed and carefree than us, as if the sky were to fall and you wouldn't care."
I was stunned.
Is there?
Even if the sky falls, I think I'll still take it seriously.
Otherwise, I would have no home.
Xu Feng, who was standing nearby, overheard this and replied, "That's true. You two sleep so soundly in class, yet you still know everything. I can't do that. If I sleep through a class, I won't be able to sleep tonight."
Before I could speak, Meng Xiaoqiong said, "I know how to do this problem. Look at Sang Yue, she's so relaxed, she's just pretending. You guys didn't see how hard she works during breaks. She always finishes her homework quickly and does a lot of questions that the boy with glasses asks her. Forgive my poor eyesight, but I don't see where she's relaxed."
I couldn't tell if it was an insult or a compliment, so I blurted out a curse: "...Fuck."
"Look at him! He's swearing!" Meng Xiaoqiong pointed at me and made a face. "And Qi Ge, he's an idiot, just ignore him."
The group of people burst into laughter.
I saw Wu Qi give this side a middle finger in the crowd.
"Oh right." Li Guangheng hurriedly took out his phone, "I need to add Qi-ge to the class group right away."
I asked, "Do you have his WeChat?"
Li Guangheng suddenly stopped what he was doing. We exchanged a glance, as if giving a secret signal: "Strawberry Bunny?"
Yu Yuan and Meng Xiaoqiong were dumbfounded.
"What the hell?"
"What???"
Li Guangheng chuckled: "Unbelievable, right? At first, I thought I had added the wrong person. I thought I had added Qi Ge's girlfriend. But then I realized that this guy is destined to be single forever. Where would he get a girlfriend? He's just a flirt."
“That’s so unattainable,” Meng Xiaoqiong couldn’t stand it anymore and said to Yu Yuan, “Even if you join the class group, you still have to post panda emojis, right? You’re just overthinking it.”
Yu Yuan laughed too: "Can I join your class group?"
Meng Xiaoqiong: "No, you've asked twice already, you spy."
Besides laughing along with them, I didn't know what to say.
How lucky we are to have them.
It made me yearn for the human world.
With nothing else to do, our group ate hot pot near the Provincial Experimental School.
There was a table of people eating inside, wearing school uniforms and with dyed blond hair; they were probably locals from the provincial experimental school. That look deserved to be ripped bald by someone with a long, narrow face.
"Sit here," Li Guangheng said, choosing a table next to him.
I could tell they had ulterior motives; the group of people left the two empty seats—the adjacent seats—for Yu Yuan and Wu Qi.
The reason is easy to understand: they're all handsome guys, so let's be friends.
However, no matter how you look at them, they seem awkward with each other, as if they can't see each other. They've drawn an invisible line in the middle of the round table, each moving around in their own half of the circle.
I sat opposite them and felt inexplicably reserved.
Now I finally understand what God meant by giving us two eyes: to let you see one thing with one eye.
Li Guangheng and Xu Feng studied the menu, asking about dietary restrictions before making their selections with peace of mind.
Tian Qingqing was chatting with someone on WeChat, and she kept smiling with her lips pursed.
Meng Xiaoqiong asked me what I wanted to drink.
She said that everyone present was one of their own, so they should have a drink together, no matter how high or low the price. She suggested that people choose either Qingdao or Harbin.
I glanced at it and said casually, "Mineral water."
Meng Xiaoqiong: "..."
She then turned to Wu Qi and asked, "What about Brother Qi?"
Wu Qi closed the menu: "Orange juice."
Meng Xiaoqiong: "..."
I could tell what she wanted to say: that we were a bit too out of touch with reality and didn't know what was good for us.
Fortunately, Yu Yuan, who was acting strangely with us, finally glanced at Wu Qi for the first time and said, "Just like him."
Wu Qi snorted coldly: "That's really not very creative."
Yu Yuan retorted, "So what if you won a math competition? You'd think you'd been elected President of the United States."
Wu Qi raised an eyebrow: "So you're admitting I won?"
Yu Yuan: "..."
“That makes sense.” Wu Qi was really annoying. “Do you know why I can beat you? Because I have someone to teach me.”
Not only was he deserving of a beating, but he also seemed to be trying to kill him emotionally, saying each word slowly and deliberately, "You...didn't."
Yu Yuan: "..."
He abruptly slammed down his chopsticks, seemingly contemplating abandoning his literary pursuits for martial arts. However, when he stood up too abruptly, the stool lurched backward, and a blond-haired man happened to be passing by behind him.
The blond-haired guy was a bit drunk. He stumbled to the side as he walked, falling back as if he'd been scammed. Finally, he yelled angrily, "Damn it! Are you looking for trouble?!"
For a moment, it was unclear who was stirring up trouble.
Although Yu Yuan was quite fierce just now, he had never seen such a big storm before, and he was so frightened that he fell silent.
They were picking on the weak, and I saw them exchange glances and stand up together.
“Brother, we don’t want to make a big deal out of this…” a man with a dragon tattoo on his arm stepped forward, “Give us some money and this will be over.”
Yu Yuan clenched his fists, biting his lips until they turned white.
Everyone here has a high school education; who among them has money?
Wu Qi suddenly put down his chopsticks: "No!"
The man looked at him instantly.
Wu Qi stood up and slowly walked towards the man, putting his arm around him like two buddies. "I really want to make a big scene. Come on, let's keep the music playing and keep dancing."
"It's not that bad," Xu Feng said perfunctorily, "Eat your food properly... Brother Qi, don't be impulsive..."
I looked up, unscrewed the Nongfu Spring water bottle in front of me, and moistened my lips.
The blond-haired man said again, "Don't push your luck, or don't blame my brothers for taking action."
Brother Wenlong also said, "This matter can be resolved by giving some money, don't you understand?"
Wu Qi laughed and said provocatively, "I really can't understand a dog's bark."
"Hold!"
Huang Mao instantly flew into a rage, leading his men to surround our table in a large, imposing manner, clearly indicating that they were not to be trifled with.
Looking across at the group of adults, and then at our table... there's one who just came out of the exam hall.
The disparity is simply enormous.
The atmosphere was tense, and a major battle was about to break out.
I remained relatively calm and put two pieces of meat into the hot pot.
No fights should be spared. I thought I was safe after escaping from the provincial experimental school, but I ended up getting into trouble and even running into troublemakers at a hot pot restaurant.
Meng Xiaoqiong couldn't stand it anymore and shoved me aside: "...Stop eating! What time is it!"
The hot pot was bubbling away when I heard Wu Qi call my name, "A-Yue."
I tasted the meat: "What?"
Wu Qi: "Should we leave them alive?"
In an instant, everyone at the table, both sides, looked over.
...
Arrogant.
That's incredibly arrogant.
I feel that Wu Qi is setting me up, and he has a good reason to do so.
But you have to be a little arrogant when chatting with trash. With everyone watching, I raised my eyes and said, "I won't kill any living beings, just leave a few cripples."
Yellow Hair: "..."
"Holy shit! You're looking down on us, aren't you?!" The tattooed man roared, throwing a punch at my face. "This is your boss—"
Bang!
Before I could react, a dark shadow flew past me. When it landed, I realized it was Xu Feng who had attacked: "Flying Kick!"
"Do you think we're fools if we don't talk? Ladies, step back!" Li Guangheng grabbed a stool and slammed it down. "Grab your weapons, let's go!"
I:"……"
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"I'm speechless, he's too strong."
"A bunch of overconfident fools!"
"No man can beat my Sister Yue, they're trash."
As Xu Feng left the hot pot restaurant, he drank a Coke and complained, getting goosebumps all over his body after finishing it. "That scene was too brutal. I've decided I shouldn't mess with Sang Yue in the future."
Tian Qingqing and Meng Xiaoqiong were standing three meters away from me, each holding a cup of hot cocoa. They both needed to calm down.
When I realized something was wrong, Yu Yuan was standing very far away from me.
Wu Qi and Li Guangheng, on the other hand, talked freely, as if they were exchanging martial arts secrets.
I took a step toward those three people, and lo and behold, they almost flew off their feet.
"Hey." I frowned and called out to them, "Why are you being so formal?"
"...It's not that I'm being formal, honey, just let me be alone for a bit. I need to think about whether I've ever offended you before." Meng Xiaoqiong's face darkened. "Holy crap... I remember you couldn't even climb stairs before, how could you take down three people with your bare hands?"
"..."
Tian Qingqing said, "I was completely stunned. I just lowered my head for a moment, and Sang Yue had already choked the tattooed man across from us. Then, with a kick, I saw that the man, who was over 180cm tall... had both feet off the ground..."
Is it off the ground?
That's an exaggeration, absolutely an exaggeration.
I only gave them a light kick; those mortals couldn't withstand a single blow from me.
Actually, I haven't trained much. I've just hung out with Wu Qi for many years. We're always punching and kicking each other. Sometimes when we encounter a formidable opponent, we fight together.
It was only around that time that I realized how much mercy Wu Qi had shown me when he fought me.
We'll see.
That guy surnamed Wu is much more bloodthirsty than me, why doesn't anyone say anything about him?
I played a simple style, while he played a style that was completely unpredictable and brutal, like trying to cut water with a knife.
Just now, we each took turns on one side. Although Xu Feng and Li Guangheng shouted loudly, they weren't very good at fighting. I usually refer to them as cheerleaders.
After finishing his conversation with Li Guangheng, Wu Qi said to the three men, "That's enough! She's just a young girl..."
Meng Xiaoqiong and Tian Qingqing were getting anxious: "This is supposed to be a young girl???"
I:"……"
She's quite eloquent.
Don't say it again next time.
They chatted for a while longer, but as it got dark, it was time to go home and study. Xu Feng and Li Guangheng had a class that evening and were about to be late, so they hailed a taxi and left in a hurry.
Tian Qingqing said someone was picking her up, but she was teased and asked whether it was a man or a woman. Seeing that she was being stubborn, Meng Xiaoqiong decided to take her away for a private questioning.
Everyone who was supposed to leave has left, leaving only me, Yu Yuan, and Wu Qi on the side of the road.
The streetlights all came on, and another sun was setting on the horizon.
Young people often become friends after a fight.
I walked between the two people. They were the same people, but the atmosphere was different, awkward and unfamiliar.
Yu Yuan unbuttoned one button on his shirt, pushed up his glasses, and rolled up the cuffs in two sections—after doing these meaningless actions, he finally spoke: "This time... you win."
Wu Qi replied in a huff, "Do you even need to tell me?"
Although Yu Yuan said that, I knew he wasn't sincere. Who would happily admit defeat? He probably wanted to thank Wu Qi for helping him out, but found it hard to say.
Sure enough, he added, "I may not be as good as you in math, but that doesn't mean you're better at other subjects!"
Wu Qi: "Oh?"
Yu Yuan said solemnly, "I'm going to have a showdown with you in the monthly exam in two weeks!"
I:"……"
Wu Qi: "..."
After walking for a while, I don't know who laughed first, Wu Qi or I. Maybe it was me. I felt that this scene of 4x30 was familiar, and as a result, Wu Qi and I laughed together and couldn't stop.
Yu Yuan blushed slightly: "Is it that funny?"
Wu Qi walked to my other side, hooked his arm around Yu Yuan's neck, and advised, "Dude, let's not compete anymore."
Yu Yuan: "?"
Wu Qi: "From now on, if you hang out with me, the oldest person is family."
Yu Yuan: "..."
I haven't known Yu Yuan for very long; we've known each other for several weeks now, so we've gotten to know each other a bit.
But at that moment, I heard him swear, which was quite unusual for him.
It's really fresh.
He said, "Wu Qi, I'll fuck you."
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