The head teacher was used to it. He took out a note book from the drawer and tore it to pieces and handed it to him: "You have been running a lot recently. How are you preparing for the competition?"
Ye Kai was a little embarrassed: "It's OK, I'll go to the city library to supplement some information in the afternoon."
"Come on, I'm counting on you to win the award."
Ye Kai smiled, went back to the classroom, picked up his backpack, and walked towards the school gate with a thick stack of information in his hands, not even bothering to eat lunch.
Almost the moment he stepped out of the school gate, he noticed the black Porsche SUV parked on the side of the road. Chen Youhan also drove this model recently, so he sensitively paid a few more glances. During this time of hesitation, a person got out of the car, a boy to be exact, wearing a simple T-shirt, straight jeans, rolled up at the ankles, and canvas shoes. This outfit was about 70% of Ye Kai's style. But the boy was taller than Ye Kai, so he looked more upright.
Ye Kai looked at it twice and then looked away, handing the note to the guard. The guard glanced at it, put it in the folder, and waved at him.
He said thank you, turned around and walked towards the bus stop, took two steps, and stopped. The boy walked around to the driver's side, bent over and spoke to the inside, the window was half rolled down, revealing the owner's face, although he was wearing sunglasses, but Ye Kai still recognized him at first sight, it was Chen Youhan.
Ye Kai felt his breath suddenly stagnate in his chest. He was stunned for a second or two before he woke up and quickly turned around and hid.
He didn't know why he was hiding. It was almost an instinctive reaction. Anyway, he didn't want to meet Chen Youhan at this time.
He was holding the documents and saw Chen Youhan getting out of the car, supporting the roof with one hand and the other on the door, with a cigarette habitually between his fingers, and his face behind the sunglasses seemed a little impatient.
Ye Kai dialed Chen Youhan's number and called.
"Hello?" The call was answered quite quickly.
"Where?"
"company."
Ye Kai narrowed his eyes and said in a very natural tone: "Are you free? I've asked for leave this afternoon. Can we have dinner together?"
Chen Youhan answered readily on the phone: "Okay, I'll be at the school gate in twenty minutes." After that, he waved to the boy and sent him away.
Ye Kai breathed a sigh of relief. After the boy entered the school gate and Chen Youhan got into the car, he came out from behind the guard post and said to the phone, "I saw a Porsche at the school gate. It looks like yours."
Chen Youhan hesitated for a rare moment: "Are you at the school gate?"
"Ah, I just came out, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, it's just me, come here."
Ye Kai hung up the phone, walked calmly to Chen Youhan's car, and knocked on the window. Chen Youhan came over and opened the door for him: "Get in."
"Aren't you at the school gate? Why are you making me wait for twenty minutes?"
Chen Youhan looked at the rearview mirror and backed up with one hand, answering without any ambiguity: "I came here to see you in the first place, aren't you afraid that you will think it's cheap for me to stick to you all day long?"
Ye Kai glanced at him lazily, but didn't expose him: "Why, you don't have any bad intentions towards me, do you?"
Chen Youhan was so confused by his words that he almost crashed into the green belt. The car owner behind him gave him a middle finger and cursed: "Idiot, do you know how to drive?"
Ye Kai rolled down the car window, leaned half of his body out, and gave a middle finger in return.
Chen Youhan cursed with a smile and pulled him back with one hand: "Little brat." Then he stepped on the accelerator hard, spraying the exhaust gas of the car behind him.
Chen Youhan took him to a private restaurant they often went to. When the foreman saw that it was Chen Youhan, he led them to a small pavilion in the courtyard and said while refilling tea, "Mr. Chen hasn't come here with Mr. Ye for a long time."
Chen Youhan nodded and named a few dishes, all of which were Ye Kai's favorites. The foreman smiled and served tea to Ye Kai, saying, "Mr. Chen is thoughtful. He remembers everything you like to eat."
Ye Kai did not comment, and smiled: "Don't you remember it too?"
The foreman was stunned: "Look at what you said, we remember that it is our duty." He didn't say the second half of the sentence, he knew the limit.
Chen Youhan took a sip of tea and dismissed him with a half-smile: "Is there no way to stop you? Why don't you get out?"
This place is a garden courtyard, the boss is also from their circle, and bought this garden for a group of playboys to eat, drink, play and have fun, and sometimes to discuss business and organize parties. Chen Youhan is a frequent customer among frequent customers, no one dares to neglect him, the dishes are served like water, in addition to what Chen Youhan ordered, they also added a few according to Chen Youhan's preferences, and they pay attention to the variety and exquisiteness of the small quantity.
"Seriously, are you still with the guy from last time?" Ye Kai asked him with his head tilted, biting a spoon in his mouth and half lying on the table.
Chen Youhan took a sip of the whitebait soup and asked, "Which one?"
"That's the one where the phone was left in your car."
Chen Youhan was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Ye Kai and asked, "Why do you want to ask this?"
"Just ask."
"We're still together." Chen Youhan said slowly, not taking it seriously: "He's very well behaved."
Ye Kai paused and said "Oh" very slowly. The only sound in the air was the clatter of cups and plates.
Ye Kai later saw the boy several times in school. With his social connections, it was not difficult to find out about someone. He soon found out that the boy was in the liberal arts class of senior high school, his name was Wu Sijiu, he had few friends, was usually a loner, seemed a bit withdrawn, his grades were not very good, but he was good at drawing, and he was probably an art student.
Ye Kai had inquired about Wu Sijiu, so naturally there were those who were nosy and attentive, who passed on news about Wu Sijiu every now and then, and gradually pieced together an image of a rich and handsome boyfriend for him. They often picked him up from school, and gave him sneakers, clothes, paintings, and digital tablets. Ye Kai just responded without any extra actions. He knew that when Chen Youhan liked someone, he would do everything he could to treat him well. The key was how long the freshness lasted. He changed men more frequently than he changed clothes, and those companions went out of season faster than the haute couture at fashion week.
To some extent, Chen Youhan is not a scumbag. He is generous and willing to hold people in his hands. I guess he is also gentle and skilled in bed. You can't blame such a person for being fickle and sentimental. You can only blame yourself for not being able to extend the shelf life of this person a little longer.
During the time when Chen Youhan was "infatuated" with her new boyfriend, Ye Kai was also busy. His family was the chairman of Tianyi's board of directors, and they had been the school's golden signboard since he enrolled in school. The Ye family sent their only heir to receive education here, wasn't that enough to say? Therefore, his every word and action, every score on every answer sheet would be magnified for others to see. Although Ye Kai had good grades, he didn't want to make a mistake in the final exam, so he was mostly focused on preparing for the exam.
It rained heavily on the day of the final exam. This southern city does not have distinct seasons, and only when it rains does it feel a bit like winter. Ye Kai sat in the classroom, with a neatly laid English answer sheet in front of him. There was still half an hour before the end of the exam, so he checked it again, making sure there were no missing or wrong answers, and then he put down his pen. The school did not allow early submission of papers, so he propped up his chin with one hand and began to daydream.
He was thinking of a lot at this moment. Maybe it was because he hadn't seen Chen Youhan for a long time. Some memories came back to him. His boyfriends who kept coming and going, the way he looked at the person he liked, the way he nonchalantly criticized him while cooking for him with a cigarette between his fingers.
The ringing of the bell interrupted Ye Kai's thoughts. He waited quietly for the teacher to collect the papers and did not join the army of people who were excitedly checking their answers. Back in the classroom, Ye Kai hastily packed his schoolbag and was almost the first one to leave the school in the rain.
Today is the city-wide joint entrance exam for high school students, and the same applies to the second and third year students. Because it was raining heavily, the square at the school gate was full of cars, all of which were there to pick up people. The teaching building was very noisy, but on the contrary, the school gate was quiet and there were very few pedestrians. Thunder rumbled in the distance, Ye Kai held an umbrella, and the rain curtain made it difficult for him to see the pedestrians, but he still recognized the familiar car.
He hesitated for three seconds and walked towards the black Porsche.
Chen Youhan leaned back in his seat, closed his eyes and rested. He heard the sound of the car door opening, and the sound of the pouring rain squeezed in through the small space. The whole world suddenly became noisy. He didn't open his eyes, and asked indifferently, "Have you finished the exam?"
Ye Kai sat in the passenger seat, put away his umbrella, looked at Chen Youhan's handsome profile for two seconds before he said "hmm".
Chen Youhan rubbed his brows. The company had been very busy recently, and he hadn't gotten a good night's sleep for several days. Just as he was about to ask the other party what his plans were for the evening, he realized something was wrong, opened his eyes suddenly, and sat up straight: "Why are you here?"
Ye Kai looked at him with a half-smile, his lips slightly curled: "You're not waiting for me, then I'm leaving."
After saying that, he pretended to open the car door.
Click.
Chen Youhan was quick with his hands and eyes, and locked the car with his body before his brain did.
Ye Kai smiled and sighed, his umbrella leaving water trails under his feet. The rain was too heavy, and even with the umbrella, half of his body was still wet, and his hair was dripping with water. He brushed his hair and turned on the air conditioner: "I'll lend it to you to blow it, and you can leave when you come."
"That's not what I meant."
"Why are you so nervous?" Ye Kai took out two tissues to wipe his hands and said slowly, "Grandpa is here to pick me up. He'll be here soon." He looked at Chen Youhan seriously, "It's raining so hard, you won't even let me stay for a while, right?"
Chen Youhan had no way to defend himself, so he simply turned the steering wheel and stepped on the accelerator: "Shut up!"
Ye Kai fastened his seat belt and made a phone call: "Hello? Grandpa, you don't have to come to pick me up. Um, I'm at Brother Youhan's place... Um, um, OK, nothing much, I'll be back for dinner in the evening... OK, OK, goodbye Grandpa."
A few seconds after hanging up the phone, he answered another call.
"...Yes, I'm going to go back first. Can you go alone? Okay, tell me when you get home." He shrank back in his seat, looking relaxed, even a little defenseless and gentle, with a little wrinkle between his eyebrows, looking helpless but tolerant. I don't know what the other party said, Ye Kai smiled and said "OK".
Chen Youhan and the others hung up the phone before asking, "Who are you calling?"
"Grandpa." Ye Kai was puzzled.
"I mean the one behind."
Ye Kai thought about it and was about to answer when his phone screen lit up. His attention was almost instantly drawn to the message. He did not speak for a moment and focused on typing. The phone buzzed again. The other party replied very quickly, so Ye Kai typed a reply. His fingers moved very quickly, and the two of them exchanged messages. Ye Kai could not stop smiling.
red light.
Chen Youhan couldn't help but glance at him; he looked extremely happy.
"Who are you chatting with?" he asked again.
Ye Kai didn't even raise his head: "Ah?"
"I said, who are you talking to?"
Ye Kai finally looked up at him, confused: "What?"
Chen Youhan recalled the chat records between him and her from more than ten days ago and smiled: "Nothing."
Ye Kai finally locked his phone screen: "A junior high school girl asked me about the exam. She didn't know much about the Tianyi independent enrollment reform this year."
After he finished speaking, it was Chen Youhan's turn to have his phone ring. Chen Youhan glanced at the name on the screen, hung up on him, and then turned the topic back to the previous call, asking, "Who called second time?"
Ye Kai had no choice but to call out "Brother Youhan" obediently. Then he changed his tone and said impatiently, "You are quite nosy today, aren't you?"
Chen Youhan cut into the traffic and said shamelessly: "Brother Youhan is worried that you will fall in love at such a young age."
"How do you know? You didn't even hear clearly whether it was a man or a woman."
Chen Youhan thought to himself, "Stop being so disgusting. Do I need to hear clearly? Even if I'm a deaf person wearing a hearing aid, I know you're in a premature relationship!"
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Ye Kai mocked him, "What qualifications do you have to criticize me? Your boyfriend is not even an adult yet."
“Stop talking bullshit.” Chen Youhan slammed on the brakes, sending up a cloud of water from the tires. The car stopped in front of the main entrance of the Ye family, cursing, “I’m eighteen this year.”
The servants in charge of the Ye family's door stood beside the car with umbrellas. They knew that this was Mr. Chen's car, so the person sitting inside was either Ye Jin or Ye Kai, and they didn't dare to help open the door for either of them.
Ye Kai said, "You won't come in with me?"
"Why would I go to your house?" Chen Youhan took out a cigarette and waved his hand impatiently: "Get lost."
Ye Kai guessed that he was probably going back to school to pick up Wu Sijiu. A month was really long. He leaned down under the servant's big black umbrella.
"Brother Youhan?"
"explain."
"You're not serious, are you?" Ye Kai looked at him with a smile, holding a backpack with wet stains in his hands.
Chen Youhan was stunned, half-closed his eyes and took out the cigarette from his mouth: "Don't ask such questions, kid." He pointed at Ye Kai and warned: "No love affair!"
Ye Kai slammed the car door.
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