Chapter 32
The back gate of Nanyang High School.
When the homeroom teacher, Jiang Zhe, was taking attendance during the long break, he discovered that the top student in the grade and the new transfer student had both disappeared. He was so angry that he laughed.
When the transfer student Zhao Luyu came to his office to report for duty that morning, he guessed that he was another troublemaker.
But to his surprise, on the very first day, he caused trouble, and it was with that troublemaker who was the top student in the grade.
The homeroom teacher looked at the two students who had climbed over the back wall and were both bruised and battered, and said with a forced smile, "Climbing over the wall and fighting, you'll have to run 20 laps."
The two: "..."
On the playground, the two ran one after the other. The homeroom teacher counted laps for them in his office upstairs. He only returned to his office slowly when there were only two laps left.
On the track, Zhao Luyu glanced up and saw that his homeroom teacher had entered the office. He didn't even have the strength to climb onto the grass, so he lay down directly on the rough plastic track.
He was panting heavily when he kindly reminded Chen Yan ahead of him, "Chen Yan, your homeroom teacher has gone inside, you don't need to run anymore."
However, Chen Yan, who was ahead of him, ignored him and kept running until he stopped after two laps.
Zhao Luyu lay on the track, his head resting on his arm, looking at Chen Yan lying not far away, and thought he was more stubborn than a donkey.
He listens to the teacher so well that anyone who doesn't know him would think he's a good student, but he's always there when we try to bypass the firewall.
Not long after the two finished running, Ni Zhen and another roommate sneaked over.
During self-study in class, Ni Zhen saw the teacher leave and knew that her roommate, who was ranked first in the grade, had definitely been caught climbing over the wall again.
He didn't understand why Chen Yan was so unlucky, always getting caught, and then having to climb over the wall again next time.
Ni Zhen and her roommate crouched down and ran to the track. They looked at the two people lying on the ground with bruises and swelling on their faces, and laughed.
He thought the two of them had been discovered climbing over the wall together and had ended up fighting, so he wondered why they had taken so long this time, guessing the teacher had doubled the punishment.
Ni Zhen looked at Chen Yan and kicked his shin: "Still alive."
"Um."
Seeing that Chen Yan was too tired to open his eyes, he couldn't help but tease him: "Did you and that new guy fight, or did you fight with someone else?"
"..."
Ni Zhen didn't really want to know the answer; she was just teasing him. Chen Yan knew this too, so he gave him a cool look and ignored him.
He couldn't stop laughing, and his other roommate couldn't help but chuckle as well.
The two men, showing great loyalty, helped the two men into the dormitory, one helping each of them into their rooms.
Chen Yan, who was originally on the lower bunk, leaned against the quilt and looked at Zhao Luyu on the opposite bed. He pursed his lips and reminded Ni Zhen beside him, "You carried him to our dormitory."
Ni Zhen was also exhausted. She picked up the bottled water on the table and took several sips: "Our teacher said he is our new roommate."
"..."
Zhao Luyu didn't even look up, but waved twice at Chen Yan across from him: "Hello roommate."
Chen Yan pursed his lips and didn't speak, but reached out and pressed his fingertips against the corner of his wildly twitching eye.
Looking at the two of them, Ni Zhen couldn't help but tease, "The teacher said when he was taking attendance, 'There are troublemakers every year, but there seem to be more this year than ever.'"
As he spoke, he deliberately cracked his throat and imitated the tone of the homeroom teacher, Jiang Zhe, saying, "There's the top student in the grade who breaks school rules by climbing over the wall every few days, a transfer student who disappeared on his first day at the school, and Ni Zhen who only knows how to sleep in class."
After imitating him, he couldn't help but laugh: "Three troublemakers in one dormitory, even the teacher has a headache."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Luyu finally raised his head, looked at him, and asked, "Who is Ni Zhen?"
Ni Zhen blinked: "Me."
"..."
*
A month after Bei Yi University started, Xiang Guan was going to the beach with a group of four during the National Day holiday, so he did not return.
After hearing that Xiang Wan wasn't coming back, Chen Yan didn't go back either, but instead stayed in his dormitory studying code.
Because of the controllable robot shown to them by the teacher in physics class, he suddenly became interested in code, and even secretly studied microcontrollers and code during class.
The teachers turned a blind eye, after all, his achievements were evident, and he had won many competition trophies for the school. The principal even recruited a mechanical and electrical technician to specifically work with Chen Yan on projects.
If I win an award, the prize money alone will be enough to recoup my investment.
On the other hand, the four of them returned from five days of fun, all looking refreshed, especially Che Nanbei, who was radiant with happiness after getting along so well with her crush.
However, Xiang Wan was a bit carsick, so she went back to her apartment after getting off the plane.
Because of her different schedule from her roommate, Xiang Wan moved out of the dormitory after military training. She bought a fully furnished apartment in a residential area next to the school and moved in with her luggage.
But because she didn't plan to stay for long, Xiang Wan bought a small apartment, only a little over 100 square meters. When Wang Yidong came to visit her, he was so moved by how small her apartment was that his voice choked up.
Wang Yidong was afraid that it would be too crowded if he moved in, so he didn't move in. But every few days he would still bring a big bag of side dishes and cooked food and fill the refrigerator in the apartment.
Xiang Wan hailed a taxi and waited until she arrived at her apartment. She swiped her card to take the elevator, only to find a woman squatting next to her shoe cabinet.
Each apartment here is a single unit, so they couldn't possibly be neighbors. Xiang Wan frowned and slowly approached her, but when she saw the other person's face clearly, her wariness turned into a joke.
"Xia Yueshen? What brings you here?"
Xiang Wan looked at her squatting in the corner, looking pitiful, and couldn't help but tease her a couple of times. But when she saw the dark circles under her eyes, she couldn't help but frown.
"Who hit you?"
Xia Yueshen, however, gave an irrelevant answer, looking up at her as if nothing was wrong: "Xiang Shuhan, I want to eat hot pot."
"..."
Once inside the apartment, Xia Yueshen still didn't mention the injury near her eye, but instead rummaged through the refrigerator: "I knew Wang Yidong must have made braised beef for you again."
She took out the ingredients on her own, cutting meat and washing vegetables. After setting up the hot pot, she went to the kitchen to get two pairs of chopsticks and handed one pair to Xiang Wan.
Xiang Wan took the chopsticks and placed them on the table, showing no intention of touching them. She watched Xia Yueshen eating heartily and suppressed her anger, wanting to call Li Xia, who was far away overseas.
Without her saying anything, Xiang Wan already guessed who had hit Xia Yueshen.
In her previous life, when she returned to China, Xia Yueshen came to pick her up at the airport. Xiang Wan was surprised to see her disheveled appearance with a bruised and swollen face and asked her what happened. She laughed and said that she had fallen flat on her face on the way.
She took it seriously at the time and even teased her for being careless while walking. It wasn't until later, when someone caused trouble at the hospital where Xia Yueshen worked, and the police came and arrested the person, that Xiang Wan learned that her ex-boyfriend had been abusive.
Xia Yueshen's boyfriend is a year younger than her. They started dating in high school and have been together for ten years. Their relationship is very deep, but the guy is idle and lazy. Xiang Wan actually looks down on him.
However, she didn't like interfering in other people's relationships, so she never got involved. But after her ex-boyfriend, who was abusive, was arrested, she found the best lawyer to give him a longer sentence.
After her rebirth, Xiang Wan was busy with company affairs and forgot about the incident until she saw Xia Yueshen with a bruised and swollen face again, at which point she remembered the incident.
She was about to call Li Xia to come back and deal with the abusive man, but Xia Yueshen on the other end stopped her, saying, "Shuhan, I want to handle it myself."
Xia Yueshen is a love-obsessed person, and he's only ruthless to his own people; when it comes to relationships, he's a pushover.
Xiang Wan's tone was also somewhat cold: "What do you plan to do?"
"I broke up with that scumbag, and I also called the police."
"..."
They actually broke up. Regardless, Xia Yueshen has made some progress in this life; his cerebellum has finally returned a little. Xiang Wan put her phone away, her anger subsiding considerably.
Looking at the person across from her who was still engrossed in eating meat, Xiang Wan raised an eyebrow and asked casually, "I remember you bought a house in the city center."
"He moved in with his relatives from his hometown."
"..." Xiang Wan's face darkened, but when she saw the tears falling into the rice bowl across from her, she softened her tone: "Do you need any help?"
“No need.” Xia Yueshen picked up another slice of beef from the pot. “His uncle is a minor official. I went to his workplace and made a scene. His uncle said he wouldn’t bother me anymore.”
Xiang Wan didn't think that scumbag would let her off so easily, so she took advantage of her inattention to send an email to Li Xia, asking him to keep an eye on Xia Yueshen's scumbag ex-girlfriend.
After a while, Xiang Wan looked at the newly arrived email and opened it.
Li Xia: [Received, Miss, don't worry.]
She put her phone away and looked at the person across from her who was oblivious and still cooking beef, teasingly asking, "Why aren't you going back to the Xiang family?"
Xia Yueshen is her family doctor, and she has a room in the villa.
Hearing this, she pursed her lips and said, "If Wang Yidong saw me like this, he would definitely grab a spoon and stand up for me."
Hearing this, Xiang Wan laughed. Although Wang Yidong usually seemed to have a very good temper, he might actually do something like this.
One year, Xiang Wan was knocked down by a golden retriever from the neighboring villa, and her hand was scraped. However, the golden retriever's female owner did not know Xiang Wan. Relying on her husband's good family background, she didn't care and even said that she would pay for the medical expenses.
Before Xiang Wan could even get angry, while she was at home having Xia Yueshen apply some medicine, Wang Yidong brought eight golden retrievers from somewhere and chased the woman around the huge villa area twice.
When she and Xia Yueshen came out after applying the medicine, they were both stunned. In the end, it was the male homeowner who brought his wife to apologize, and only then was the matter considered closed.
Xiang Wan looked at Xia Yueshen eating hot pot, but instead of comforting her, she put another piece of meat on her plate.
"Your tears just fell in, and all of this is yours."
"..."
*
This year, Bei Yi experienced a harsh winter, and Nanyang High School suspended classes for a week.
Chen Yan stood in the courtyard, watching the heavy snowfall, lost in thought. Suddenly, he felt a chill on his neck and turned around to find that it was a snowball she had thrown at him…
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