Act bravely

Most of the people who had attended the dinner had left. After Shan Yun watched them leave one by one, he returned to the store. Zou Weichen, Jixiang, and Jiang Zhe were sitting at the bar chatting.

Jiang Zhe was putting his arm around Zou Weichen's shoulder, talking and laughing.

"When did you two become so good to each other?"

Jiang Zhe pulled Shan Yun to the door, patted Shan Yun on the chest, and whispered, "Brother Yun, don't worry. After my efforts, the other party has let down his guard. He just praised you. This is a good start. The rest depends on you. You two will definitely get along well."

…

What is going on?

Shan Yun had no idea what Jiang Zhe was talking about, but he patted his shoulder again and said, "That's all for today. Yang Xiu and I will go back first."

"I don't understand." Shan Yun returned to the bar and took out his phone. "How much is this meal? You don't have to give me a discount just because we're in the same class. It's the right amount."

"Jiang Zhe has already paid, AA, 100 each. He said that if it's not enough, you can make up for it, and save the extra here and come back next time. Wei Chen has calculated it, there is still some left, so leave it for another time."

Shan Yun turned around and saw Jiang Zhe and the others were still saying goodbye to their last few people. He felt that he was narrow-minded and still thought that everyone was the same.

"Do you need tutoring in math tonight? Didn't we agree that classmates can help each other with homework?" Zou Weichen suddenly asked.

"Ah?" Shan Yun was confused, then he remembered that they had this agreement, "Okay."

As we were walking home, Jixiang asked, "Why did you suddenly think of inviting everyone to eat at Sister Yue's place?"

Shan Yun looked up at the night sky. In fact, he didn't know why he chose to go there. Was it because he heard Aunt Ji say that Zou Weichen's business was not doing well, and he felt sympathy? Was it because he felt guilty about the last bet? Or was it because of the delicious fried snacks? He couldn't tell.

"If I'm jealous, I'll go to your house to eat noodles next time?"

"Bullshit, eating noodles is embarrassing for you, and my family doesn't need your business. My mom is going to reopen her barbecue stall, and you will eat so much that you will vomit in the future."

Because he had an appointment with Zou Weichen, Shan Yun opened the curtains before taking his clothes to wash. When he returned to the bedroom, Zou Weichen was already standing opposite him, writing his homework.

"So fast?" Shan Yun climbed up to the windowsill and sat down. "But I don't have any math questions to ask you tonight. You can ask them instead."

Zou Weichen asked a few questions in English, and Shan Yun answered them, but he always felt that those questions were not urgent to ask tonight.

"Okay, I don't have anything else to ask." Zou Weichen put away his notebook and glanced at Shan Yun. "Actually, wouldn't it be better if you switched to liberal arts and went to Class 6?"

Shan Yun leaned against the window, "Because Class 17 has you and Jixiang." He looked at the sky for a long time before continuing, "You know, before coming here, I hated the school and those classmates."

"Because I had a bad experience in the experimental high school, I was quiet and expressionless when I transferred to the third high school. But I had to fit in with the class, so I was more generous to my classmates. If they asked me to treat you, I would pay. If there were activities in the class, I didn't want to participate, so I just sponsored them with money. Gradually, I found that the only interaction between me and them was financial. I was generous and they were enthusiastic. Even when I treated the guests of my transfer school, a group of classmates came who I couldn't recognize. I was very annoyed by this kind of fake friendship and I hated myself for being like that."

"So you are unhappy today because you think that the group dinner you organized is like using money to lock their feelings for you. You are afraid that the genuine feelings between you and them will deteriorate, and because you later found out that everyone paid voluntarily, the uneasiness in your heart became even stronger."

"Relationships are mutually beneficial. You will respond as much as they give you."

Shan Yun put his hands on his knees and rested his head on his hands, looking at Zou Weichen. The other party felt a little embarrassed by being stared at by him, and lowered his head and repeatedly flipped open the notebook.

“Now I feel really good about transferring here.”

Zou Weichen raised his eyes and tilted his head slightly. The person opposite him was looking at him and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Come to think of it, since you can enter the advanced class, why don't you do it? It's such a good opportunity." Shan Yun sat up straight and asked.

Zou Weichen looked at him, sighed, turned around, and waved the notebook in his hand, "It's late, time to go to bed."

*

Now Shan Yun has transferred to Class 17. Jiang Zhe lies in the corridor as soon as the class is over. When he sees Shan Yun passing by in the corridor opposite, he will shout loudly. To go to the toilet, he has to run to the science building opposite, and then pass by Class 17 to say hello. If he has plenty of time, he will even lie at the window of Class 17 and chat with Shan Yun and Jixiang.

The students in Class 2 couldn't understand why their class bully turned into a pug and ran to Class 17 as soon as the class was over.

Even after school he sticks to Shan Yun.

"Can you please not run to Class 17 as soon as the class is over? People who don't know might think the girl you have a crush on or the girl you like is in Class 17." Shan Yun couldn't help but complain.

Jiang Zhe said proudly: "You and Jixiang are both my good brothers, I will definitely go out to play with you. By the way, let's not talk about this, Brother Yun, it's my birthday next week, and we're going to have a dinner together. You'll be the first one I invite to join us." Jiang Zhe put his arm around Shan Yun's neck and told him his birthday plans.

"Please, let us go, we have no money."

As soon as Shan Yun took Jiang Zhe's hand away, he heard a voice begging for mercy.

As they were passing by the dark alley where they had first met, they ran into a few young men from other schools who were surrounding two female classmates from their school and seemed to be threatening them for money.

Shan Yun was wondering whether he should go up to stop them. He and Liang Yuzhao had once bravely rescued the bullied Jia Wei, but they were also harassed by those hooligans for a whole semester.

Now, he just came here and is not familiar with the situation here, and doesn't know whether he should go up and help.

"What are you doing? How dare you bully our schoolmates?"

Before Shan Yun could make a decision, Jiang Zhe took a step forward and scolded him.

The two men surrounding the two female classmates turned around, only to find that there were two more people behind them. The two in front were too tall and strong, and they directly blocked the two people behind them.

Jiang Zhe retreated to Shan Yun's side with a smile, and asked in a low voice: "What should I do, Brother Yun? I thought there were only two of us, but now there are four. Can you beat them?"

"What do you think?" Shan Yun rolled his eyes at him.

"How about we run?"

"Do you think you can run away now? And you were so brave just now. What will your female classmates think of you if you run away now?"

"What are you guys whispering about?"

"Brother Yu, here come two more. We are going to make a fortune today."

The two tall men in the alley had fierce looks on their faces, and when they clenched their fists, their finger joints made a crackling sound.

As luck would have it, Zou Weichen passed by here on his bike, and when Jiang Zhe saw him, he looked at him pleadingly, as if he had seen a savior. Shan Yun also turned around, hoping that Zou Weichen could help them, as he often exercised with sandbags, so he should know how to fight.

Zou Weichen glanced at them, gave Shan Yun a look, and rode away on his bicycle.

"He, why is he gone? This nerd is so stupid." Jiang Zhe pointed at Zou Weichen who was walking away and complained. The next second, he was pushed into a dark alley.

Shan Yun was also pushed into a dark alley by them.

One of the four men walked to the alley entrance to keep watch, "Hurry up and take out all the money you have on you if you know what's happening." Shan Yun and his friends were forced to retreat again and again, and the two female classmates were so scared that they started crying.

This is a small alley, usually only young people and naughty students come here, there are not many people coming and going. The main street outside is the back door of the community, there are no shops, and there is a railway on the other side of the road, so naturally there are few cars and people passing by.

Shan Yun just received Zou Weichen's gaze. Although he couldn't understand it, he believed that Zou Weichen must have a way. He had to find a way to delay time.

But those people didn't give him any time at all. They glanced at each other and the leader kicked Jiang Zhe directly.

Jiang Zhe covered his stomach in pain and rushed up to fight with the man.

As for the other two people, one went to help while the other faced Shan Yun.

How can students compare with the hooligans who are used to fighting outside? Shan Yun and Jiang Zhe fought a few times before being pushed against the wall, with injuries not only on their faces but also on their bodies.

Jiang Zhe wiped his mouth, rushed forward and kicked the man. Shan Yun relied on the strength of the wall to push forward and knocked him down, but three people quickly surrounded him. The man who was watching shouted, "The police are here."

The three men immediately retreated to the alley entrance, and the one called Brother Yu said, "I'll remember you guys, wait for me," and then ran away.

A patrolling policeman came over and saw several students in a dark alley. He asked, "Just now someone came and said someone was blackmailing students here. Was it you?"

Shan Yun deliberately turned his back to them.

Jiang Zhe hurriedly said, "They ran away." After saying that, he did not forget to point in the direction those people ran. Seeing that the students were fine, the police chased in the direction Jiang Zhe pointed.

Shan Yun rubbed his face, which was hurt. It must have been swollen. He turned around and said, "They are blind. They didn't hit the school hunk's face, but mine."

"Brother Yun, how can you talk like that? I've been kicked just as often as you have."

Two female classmates came up to thank us, "Thank you for helping us. We are students from Class 16, Wang Bingyan and Nong Chan."

Jiang Zhe smiled and said, "I am Jiang Zhe from Class 2, and he is Shan Yun from Class 17."

"Are you the transfer student?" Wang Bingyan was a little surprised. He was the only student in the school who didn't wear a school uniform, and she had once stopped him at the school gate.

Shan Yun nodded. His face was in great pain and he wanted to ask Jiang Zhe if he was disfigured, but the two female classmates refused to leave.

Shan Yun came to the alley entrance to wait for Jiang Zhe. He looked around and saw a familiar figure riding a bicycle away.

The two female classmates wanted to treat them to a meal, but Shan Yun ignored them and Jiang Zhe didn't know what to say.

Seeing that her attempt to treat him to a meal failed, the girl asked for Jiang Zhe’s WeChat ID. Jiang Zhe did not refuse, and they added each other on WeChat.

The female classmate named Wang Bingyan kept glancing at Shan Yun and wanted to add Shan Yun on WeChat, but Shan Yun pretended not to see it and urged Jiang Zhe to leave quickly.

"Brother Yun, they want to add you on WeChat. Both of them are very cute, especially Wang Bingyan, who has big eyes and long flowing hair..."

"Brother, you've gone too far." Shan Yun reminded him. Jiang Zhe finally responded, waved and went home.

Shan Yun was afraid that her grandmother would see her face and get worried, so she covered half of her face, went to the refrigerator, got a bottle of frozen drink, and ran back to her room to apply ice.

He looked at his face several times with a mirror and found that his face was not broken, just swollen.

While eating, the wound on his face still did not escape his grandmother's eyes. Shan Yun lied and said that he accidentally fell. His grandmother forced him to sit down, boiled eggs, rubbed them for him, and applied some kind of medicine on it. It felt cool and the burning pain on his face disappeared, and the swelling also shrank a lot, but the smell of the medicine was a bit pungent.

The smell of the medicine grandma applied was so strong that Shan Yun couldn't concentrate on his homework. He fanned himself with his hands to try to get rid of the smell.

The phone screen lit up, and a friend on WeChat requested to add me as a friend. The avatar was a cute anime girl. I saw the note "I am Wang Bingyan from Class 16"

Shan Yun clicked to reject, but the other party did not give up and sent several more request messages.

"What are you busy with? So serious?" A voice suddenly came from outside the window.