Chapter 20
Looking at the flamboyant guy, both of them had somewhat unspeakable expressions. Xiang Wan was worried that her good child would be led astray, while Chen Yan looked at Jiang Zhuochun with a secret scrutinizing gaze.
"Don't mind him, little sister. He just likes to pretend sometimes. I'm also your sister's friend. My name is Che Nanbei."
"It's alright." Chen Yan shook his head to indicate that he didn't mind. "Hello, my name is Chen Yan."
Xiang Wan took the milk tea from Jiang Zhuochun, then handed a cup to Chen Yan, before looking at the two of them and asking, "Why are you here?"
“We couldn’t find you, but Jiang Zhuochun happened to see a post on a junior’s WeChat Moments saying that you had come to the sixth grade, so we came looking for you.” As he spoke, Che Nanbei also sat down next to Xiang Wan.
Jiang Zhuochun sat down in front of the three women and turned to look at them: "Xiang Wan, I'm participating in the men's 50-meter sprint this afternoon. You'll come to watch, right?"
Before she could answer, Che Nanbei interrupted, saying, "Wanwan didn't have time to watch your match."
"Why?"
"Because she wants to watch my game."
"..."
Jiang Zhuochun's face darkened, but Chen Yan chuckled, and even Xiang Wan couldn't help but laugh: "I remember you signed up for several items, aren't you going to repeat them?"
"I've calculated everything, it won't be the same twice." Che Nanbei said this with a proud look on his face.
The women's 800-meter endurance race is about to begin. Students participating in the men's 1000-meter endurance race, please report to the registration area.
Then the volunteers at the broadcasting station began reading out the cheering messages from each class, including one written by Che Nanbei.
"When exactly did you write this news report?" Jiang Zhuochun was somewhat impressed with his childhood friend, who still had the energy to write a news report after submitting five reports.
"I finished writing it at home last night."
"..."
"Look! Shen Feiyang is waving to us!"
Upon hearing this, Xiang Wan also looked towards the playground. Nearly 30 girls were standing behind the white line on the track, waiting for the signal gun to fire.
Among them was Shen Feiyang, who was standing in the first position. While everyone else was looking down to find their footing, her gaze lingered on the audience.
She only smiled and waved in their direction when her eyes met those of the people in the stands.
Xiang Wan waved to her. She was a little confused as to how Shen Feiyang could see them among so many people.
Looking back, I realized that Che Nanbei had found a flag somewhere and was standing there waving it with Shen Feiyang.
Jiang Zhuochun, standing to the side, kept his head down and pretended not to know her.
"..."
Upon seeing this scene, Xiang Wan burst into laughter. In this second life, her life seemed much more vibrant.
Not long after, it was time for Che Nanbei to register for the high jump. Jiang Zhuochun was also going to register, so they headed towards the registration area, where they bumped into Zhao Luyu from the next class.
Zhao Luyu is the only son of the Zhao family in the building materials industry. Because he was born late in life, his family dotes on him.
He is a simple and honest person with no ulterior motives, which is perhaps why he gets along well with Jiang Zhuochun and Che Nanbei.
Xiang Wan also had a good impression of him. In her previous life, they would greet each other when they occasionally met.
Both groups stopped in their tracks. Jiang Zhuochun chuckled and punched Zhao Luyu in the chest: "You did a great job running the 1000 meters just now."
Zhao Luyu laughed and punched back, and even greeted them.
"It's such a pity, you didn't see Xiang Wan's sister just now, she was just here."
Upon hearing that Xiang Wan had a younger sister, Zhao Luyu was taken aback: "Uncle Xiang and Aunt Xiang had a second child?"
"..."
Xiang Wan was afraid that if he continued, Chen Yan would become the Xiang family's illegitimate daughter, so she took the initiative to explain, "She is my adopted sister, not my biological sister."
"All right."
Hearing that Xiang Wan had acknowledged a younger sister, Zhao Luyu was quite curious about this rumored 'sister'. However, Chen Yan had just gone to the restroom, so Zhao Luyu didn't see her.
After exchanging greetings, the group parted ways.
Xiang Wan and the others watched Che Nanbei jump high on the playground, while Zhao Luyu walked alone toward the back gate of the school.
It was chained up, and few people went there normally, which is why students often climbed over the wall to get out.
He originally just wanted to climb over the wall to go to an internet cafe outside the school, but he saw a figure wearing a female uniform from the affiliated high school, who was about to climb over the wall.
Although the person was wearing shorts, it was clearly the summer uniform of the girls from the affiliated high school, and Zhao Luyu recognized her immediately.
He had seen many boys climb over walls, but this was the first time he had seen a girl doing so.
He walked up to the other person with some curiosity, wanting to see who he was, but what he saw shocked him.
Especially those indifferent eyes, as if they would knock him unconscious at any moment. With just one glance, Zhao Luyu was captivated; he realized he had fallen for the other person.
His heart skipped a beat, and it took him a second to realize that he didn't even know the goddess's name. He followed behind her, also stepping onto the stone steps, and nimbly climbed up the wall.
He had climbed this low wall countless times, but today his legs inexplicably felt weak and powerless.
Perhaps it was the power of love, he thought.
Zhao Luyu stood on the wall, looking at the girl outside.
A gentle breeze stirred, and willow catkins drifted in the air. Zhao Luyu had always found the drifting catkins annoying, but now they stirred up a flood of thoughts.
'So this is what love at first sight feels like.'
The other person turned to leave, which startled Zhao Luyu, as he didn't know which class his goddess was in.
Ignoring the possibility of attracting the teacher, he stood on the low wall and asked loudly, "I am Zhao Luyu from Class 3B of Junior High School. What is your name?"
"..." The other person only glanced back at him, then quickly looked away and walked straight ahead without paying him any attention.
Thinking that the goddess was being coy, Zhao Luyu wanted to go up and ask her more questions, but he fell while climbing over the wall because he was distracted. When he looked up again, she had disappeared.
Ignoring the pain in his leg, he was still lamenting that he didn't know the goddess's name.
Until the patrolling teacher heard his shouting and followed the sound to find him...
*
On the other side of the playground, the relay race was only 400 meters away from the end of the school day. Xiang Wan and the others were watching the race when they heard the angry voice of the head of the teaching department coming over the loudspeaker.
[A quick announcement: The school strictly prohibits any form of climbing over the wall. The low wall at the back gate has been raised. Any student found climbing over the wall will be punished according to school rules.]
Today, a student attempted to climb over the low wall at the back gate and suffered a fracture. Please take this as a warning…
No one cared what the dean of students said next; everyone's attention was focused on the second half of his sentence, discussing which unlucky guy had broken his leg while climbing over the wall.
"Wanwan, who do you think it could be?" Che Nanbei was always the first to ask gossip.
"Could it be someone we know?" Jiang Zhuochun was also a little curious.
"I don't know, but we'll find out who gets their cast tomorrow."
"All right."
After school, Xiang Wan and Chen Yan took a car home together. Chen Yan went to feed Lv Mao, while Xiang Wan sat in the living room watching TV.
She didn't find anything interesting to watch and was about to turn off the TV when the doorbell rang.
Wang Yidong went to open the door, and Xiang Wan was a little curious about who it was that was so late.
However, the next second, the voice was heard even before the person was seen.
"Wanwan!"
"Wanwan!"
Ever since Che Nanbei started calling her Wanwan, Shen Feiyang has followed suit and started calling her Wanwan as well, and even Jiang Zhuochun sometimes calls her Wanwan.
Xiang Wanguang recognized Che Nanbei and Shen Feiyang from their voices: "What brings you here?"
The two men looked at her mysteriously, especially Che Nanbei, whose eyes seemed to say, "Quick, ask me what happened."
"..." Xiang Wan looked somewhat helpless, but still asked, "What happened?"
"That unlucky kid who got reported is in the third year of junior high..." Xiang Nanbei deliberately kept everyone in suspense, "and you know him too."
Shen Feiyang brought a plate of snacks from the coffee table and sat down next to the two of them. He said he wanted to keep it a secret and refused to tell her anything on the way north of the car, which made her anxious the whole way.
Xiang Wan was genuinely curious, as she remembered that this had never happened in her previous life: "Who is it?"
The two were still waiting for the name in the car. Chen Yan had just finished feeding Green Hair and returned. He had just seen the two in the courtyard, so he wasn't very surprised to see them.
He greeted the three men and was about to go upstairs when he heard Che Nanbei's incessant laughter on the stairs.
Some people can't stop laughing before they even finish telling a joke; Che Nanbei is a typical example of this.
She laughed for a long time before she had the strength to continue: "It's Zhao Luyu from the next class. He doesn't know he's been reported, and he's still asking Jiang Zhuochun if there's a beautiful girl in our school who's incredibly aloof."
"Jiang Zhuochun asked him a few questions and then he learned that when he was climbing over the wall, he saw the beautiful woman he fell in love with at first sight, so he lost his focus and fell down."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Wan and Shen Feiyang couldn't help but chuckle, which suited Zhao Luyu's goofy persona.
While they were still gossiping about which leg Zhao Luyu had broken, Chen Yan, who was going up the stairs, suddenly stopped and remembered the idiot he had met in the restroom who had inexplicably introduced himself.
He was climbing over the wall to go to the public toilet outside the school when he encountered another person. He didn't think anything of it, but after he climbed over, that idiot glanced at him and then inexplicably shouted his name.
It was as if they were afraid there weren't any teachers patrolling nearby.
Chen Yan has always had a good memory, and he remembered that the name that idiot said at the time seemed to be Zhao Luyu from Class B of the third year of junior high school.
The thought that the other person mistook him for a girl and fell in love with him at first sight sent a chill down Chen Yan's spine, and he quickly went upstairs.
In the other hospital, Zhao Luyu had a cast on one leg and could only limp back to his bed with assistance.
He glanced at his phone; it was full of people making fun of him. He immediately turned off his phone and completely cleared his mind.
His mind went blank, all he could think about was that fleeting glimpse of the goddess that afternoon.
'I still don't know what the goddess's name is...'
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