Chapter 43: Super Scary
When Ji Mian came back from Yue Lao Temple that day, he felt something was wrong with him.
It’s hard to explain specifically, but when facing Fu Chenyu, he was always in a daze and not in the right state of mind.
As a result, in the third monthly exam before the final exam, his score dropped five places.
Ji Mian held the test paper with a sad face, took out the wrong answer book, and copied the questions one by one.
Fu Chenyu came back from playing basketball. There was wind outside, which had dried the sweat on his body. However, he was afraid that Ji Mian would think he was dirty, so he put on a coat.
When the young man sat next to him, a gust of wind still blew up. Ji Mian's mind went blank and his attention shifted from the test paper to Fu Chenyu.
"Is there a smell?" Fu Chenyu sniffed his sleeve.
Ji Mian shook his head: "No. I'm looking at the results."
Fu Chenyu glanced at his test paper. His scores were all there, but they had dropped a lot compared to the last monthly exam.
I am still learning new courses in the first half of the second year of high school. As long as there are any knowledge points that I haven’t caught up with, it will be immediately reflected in the test paper, and reviewing in the second semester and the third year of high school will be very difficult.
"Give it to me." Fu Chenyu took his test paper and glanced at the questions Ji Mian got wrong: "Let me explain it again."
Ji Mian said "hmm" and dragged his seat next to Fu Chenyu.
Fu Chenyu's voice was cold and low. Ji Mian listened absent-mindedly at first, but later he paid full attention.
After all, the other party was really explaining the problem to him seriously, and he didn't want to let Fu Chenyu down.
This confused state lasted for a while, and during the final exam review period, Ji Mian returned to normal.
He is a man of self-control. When it comes to exams, all other messy worries have to be put aside.
He performed very well in the final exam and ranked second in the class, only behind Fu Chenyu.
When the results came out, the Zhennan Experimental Class won the honor of being a city-level "Three Good Classes."
The head teacher, Mr. Cai, was so happy that he waved his hand and invited the whole class to watch a movie.
It’s called watching a movie, but in fact, it’s just to relax during evening self-study, pull the lights and close the curtains, and watch it in the classroom.
The experimental class courses at Zhennan Middle School are the most intensive in Tongcheng, and the students study the hardest. For them, the opportunity to watch a movie is a very good way to relax.
After all, I am in the second year of high school and even the winter and summer vacations are taken away from me.
Lao Cai asked the class monitor and the sports committee member to buy some snacks, and the girls in the class were eager to name the snacks.
Boys of this age like to act cool, so they wait until the girls say yes before they slowly order a few things.
When it was Ji Mian's turn, he ordered some cream puddings, fearing that Fu Chenyu might have low blood sugar.
The sports committee member looked up and asked, "What does Lao Fu want?"
Fu Chenyu lay on the table, and the sports committee member immediately got it: "I understand immediately, just like you are in love."
Ji Mian was stunned and wanted to refute, but the words were on the tip of his tongue and he didn't say them.
He and Fu Chenyu had a good relationship, appearing to be inseparable to outsiders. Over time, the boys in the Sports Committee began to tease Ji Mian, saying he looked like Fu Chenyu's wife. Initially, Ji Mian was worried that Fu Chenyu would mind such a straight man's comment, since the boss liked men after all. Later, he realized that Fu Chenyu didn't mind it either, and Ji Mian felt relieved.
At the same time, his previous suspicion that Fu Chenyu was secretly in love with him was shattered. If Fu Chenyu was interested in him, how could he be so frank? He even felt a little ashamed. He was too narcissistic! He actually made such an outrageous assumption. His face flushed and he was very angry.
What's more, there are even worse ones in the class. After class, a boy sits on another boy and shakes violently. He is so lewd. It's not surprising that he would do something immoral at this age.
It doesn't sound like anything usually, but why does it sound so weird today?
Ji Mian touched his nose and made a "tsk" sound.
It seemed... a little weird. The emotions I felt when I saw Fu Chenyu at Yue Lao Temple that day came flooding back.
Fu Chenyu kicked the table next to the Sports Committee and warned coldly, "Don't shout."
This was the first time he refuted this title. The physical education teacher quickly said, "Wrong, wrong, Brother Fu." Ji Mian paused while writing the test paper.
During lunch in the afternoon, Song Wenqi leaned against the window of the experimental class and looked at Ji Mian enviously: "You guys are going to watch a movie tonight."
Ji Mian nodded, and Song Wenqi said, "Second year of high school is great. Senior year is so tiring, but luckily there's only one year left."
Ever since Song Wenqi got into that homosexual incident, he hasn't had many friends.
Ji Mian was the only one in the school willing to talk to him. Song Wenqi would bring some snacks to see Ji Mian and chat from time to time.
The physical education teacher even cautiously pulled Ji Mian aside and talked to him several times, fearing that Ji Mian would be entangled by this "gay guy".
They are all young people who accept new things quickly. They are not to the extent of calling for the destruction of homosexuality, but they do avoid it.
In their eyes, they are always different from normal people.
After Song Wenqi left, Ji Mian supported his chin and was stunned for a while.
When Fu Chenyu woke up, he saw Ji Mian in that absent-minded state again, as if his soul had flown away. This state had lasted for a while since they came down from the Yue Lao Temple.
It was fine before the final exam, and now it starts again.
"Ji Mian?" Fu Chenyu reminded.
Ji Mian woke up from her dream and tilted her head to look at him: "Call me?"
"You're daydreaming."
Ji Mian said that if he was daydreaming, he should ask Fu Chenyu to remind him so that he would not lose concentration and his grades would drop.
He touched his nose embarrassedly: "I forgot. I was thinking about something."
Fu Chenyu lazily asked, "What are you thinking about?"
At this time, everyone in the classroom was present and dusk was falling outside the window.
Fu Chenyu looked at him against the light, his expression was noble and lazy, with a small mole on his eyelid, like a contented little fox.
Ji Mian panicked and turned his head away: "I didn't think anything."
He scratched the test paper and felt that the temperature in the classroom was quite high. His face was burning. How about... opening a window?
The movie was voted on by the whole class. It was a disaster film that was a hit in theaters that year.
The Mayan prophecy of the end of the world in 2012 was still two years away, and disaster movies had been surging in recent years. They watched a rather thrilling film. The timid girls huddled together.
The classroom curtains were drawn tightly. As the movie began, the ethereal sound effects created a mysterious atmosphere. Ji Mian felt a chill on his back.
When I saw Fu Chenyu, he was about to lie down and sleep.
Ji Mian recalled the last time he watched a horror movie in the dormitory, Fu Chenyu had been looking down at his phone and rarely glanced at the computer screen.
In an instant, an incredible thought flashed through my mind.
Fu Chenyu...is he afraid of ghosts?
Oh my god, are you afraid of ghosts?
Ji Mianxin suddenly became excited. He had not yet discovered what Fu Chenyu was afraid of!
The two sat close to each other, and Ji Mian poked Fu Chenyu's shoulder with his hand: "Fu Chenyu, why don't you watch the movie?"
Fu Chenyu turned his head to look at him. Ji Mian was smiling. It was obvious that the stupid rabbit was planning something bad, and his face showed "I'm going to do something bad".
I don't want to pay attention to him.
Ji Mian poked him again: "Fu Chenyu, are you afraid of ghosts?"
Fu Chenyu looked at him speechlessly: ...
Ji Mian's cat-like eyes curved up: "Are you trying to be cool?"
"Yeah." Fu Chenyu said coldly: "I'm scared to death. What should I do? Will Officer Rabbit protect me?"
Rabbit Police Officer was Ji Mian's nickname when he was a child, given by the people in the old street. I didn't expect Fu Chenyu to still remember it.
Looking at his mean attitude, could it be that he has found a sore spot?
Ji Mian: "I think if you go against a bad guy, the bad guy will be more dangerous."
Fu Chenyu asked, "Why?"
Ji Mian thought, why else? Because you are the biggest villain among the bad guys.
He didn't respond to Fu Chenyu's words, but covered Fu Chenyu's hand with his and crossed them on the desk.
Ji Mian spoke righteously, radiating love: "But the righteous rabbit police officer still decided to protect the weak ordinary citizens."
Suddenly, Fu Chenyu stopped moving.
No one responded to Ji Mian's joke, and when he wanted to save face, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Their hands were pressed tightly together, his palm facing the back of Fu Chenyu's hand, and the warmth gradually spread.
Ji Mian's mind went blank for a moment, and his fingers curled up.
This posture goes beyond the intimacy of friends.
Fu Chenyu was silent for a moment, and before he could react, he spoke: "Holding hands, it's nothing?"
Ji Mian's pounding heart slowly fell back from his throat, but Fu Chenyu said slowly: "But you took advantage of me in the dark, which is not good, officer."
"I am... arresting you." Ji Mian's mind was a mess, and he didn't know what to say. He just kept making excuses.
"Oh. Handcuffs?" Fu Chenyu asked.
"Well, handcuffs are used, or handcuffs for short." Ji Mian explained with a stiff upper lip.
Fu Chenyu seemed to have heard it, but he was not going to let Ji Mian go tonight, and said, "Then - I am an ordinary citizen. Isn't that what you said? Are you killing innocent people indiscriminately?"
Ji Mian's brain was burning, and he shot himself in the foot. He muttered, "I won't talk to you. I can't win the argument."
His palm felt scorching hot, and Ji Mian quickly withdrew his hand.
Unexpectedly, Fu Chenyu suddenly turned his hand, interlocked his fingers with his, and held his hand tightly.
Ji Mian felt like he'd been punched in the head. He heard Fu Chenyu's voice, pretending to be calm: "Is your Public Security Bureau so irresponsible? Didn't you say you were supposed to protect the weak?"
Ji Mian hesitated: "How are you weak? ... Bad guys will take the initiative to go to jail when they see you."
Fu Chenyu paused and said, "Didn't you just ask me if I was afraid of ghosts?"
Ji Mian thought to himself, I shouldn’t have asked this question just now!
Fu Chenyu hummed and said sincerely, "I'm really scared. Please protect me, Sheriff Little Rabbit."
Their hands never separated until the end of the movie.
Ji Mian didn't see a single word of what was happening in the disaster movie. All the cells from head to toe were scrambling to run into his palm, starting a rock concert there. He didn't dare to move at all, and it felt like all his neurons were numb.
"Click", the classroom lights turned on.
The sports committee member saw the two people's clasped hands and asked in surprise, "What's going on between you two, Brother Fu? We're just watching a movie, why are you so affectionate?"
Ji Mian withdrew his hand, his expression unchanged: "He is afraid. I give him a sense of security."
Fu Chenyu nodded and pressed his finger: "Yeah." Thinking of the hero and heroine in the movie who clasped their hands tightly when facing the earthquake caused by the tsunami, he said lightly: "It's more immersive."
The sports committee member slowly gave a thumbs-up: "Awesome."
After evening study, Ji Mian rushed into the dormitory without looking back. He didn't speak to Fu Chenyu, and Fu Chenyu didn't speak to him either, as if they were competing with each other.
When lying in bed at night, Fu Chenyu heard the sound of tossing and turning coming from the bed next to him, which only stopped in the second half of the night.
Fu Chenyu looked at his hands in the dark, his eyes darker than the night. He was a little surprised by Ji Mian's recent bizarre and strange behavior.
Especially tonight, Ji Mian hardly refused his indulgence and temptation.
The blood in his body was boiling with excitement. He felt that... there was still a chance.
Winter vacation means Ji Mian has to face Li Jue's pursuit.
When we were in school, everyone lived in the school dormitory. Tongwai had strict management, so Li Jue couldn't always climb over the wall to beat Ji Mian.
And Ji Mian was avoiding him, which made it even more difficult for him to meet Ji Mian. Not to mention pursuing her, it was even difficult to say a word to her.
When he saw Li Jue appear at the school gate again, Ji Mian was incomparably calm.
Otherwise, why do people say that humans are highly adaptable animals? No matter how scary something is, if it keeps appearing in front of us again and again, it will eventually become just like that.
Moreover, Ji Mian will not fall in love with Li Jue in this life. No matter how much he pursues her, it will be useless. There is no way to drive away the protagonist anyway. Ji Mian simply lets nature take its course, and takes things one step at a time.
"Tenderness in Stranger Road" is actually a love story between Li Jue and Su Luoyu. How long can Li Jue remain fresh about his cannon fodder substitute?
Just like now, Ji Mian can treat Li Jue as an ordinary person.
Maybe Li Jue can't beat him.
As soon as Li Jue arrived, he raised his eyebrows and looked Ji Mian up and down, then asked nervously, "I heard that you were injured while climbing the mountain last time. Are you feeling better now?"
Ji Mian replied calmly: "You could have asked later, my scar would have disappeared."
Li Jue felt very uncomfortable after hearing this and admitted his fault: "It's all my fault for not being by your side."
In his previous life, Ji Mian had always been under his nose and had never suffered any serious injuries.
The closer we were before, the more regretful we are now.
Li Jue asked: "Why didn't Fu Chenyu accompany you today?"
Ji Mian: "He's in class."
Li Jue said sarcastically, "Oh... that would be great, otherwise I'll beat him up every time I see him."
Ji Mian didn't want to pay attention to him, so Li Jue walked with him for a while, then ran to buy him a cup of milk tea, inserted the straw and handed it to him.
"No." Ji Mian refused.
"Then I'll throw it away." Li Jue didn't care.
Ji Mian: ...
Li Jue smiled, his fangs showing again, and he caught Ji Mian's weakness: "It's not good to waste food. Don't you always hate people like this?"
"So you're quite annoying." Ji Mian took the milk tea. He didn't want to owe Li Jue money, so he just pretended that he bought it himself. He took out thirteen yuan from his pocket and put it in Li Jue's hand.
Li Jue was silent for a moment: "You don't have to calculate it so clearly with me."
Ji Mian didn't say anything. Li Jue followed him to Intersection No. 3. He knew he couldn't follow him any further.
Ji Mian hated that he knew his home address, and Li Jue was very tactful and deliberately didn't want to know. Every time they reached a fork in the road, he would walk Ji Mian across the last street, and then stop after he was relieved.
While waiting for the red light, Li Jue said, "Ji Mian, if you don't like me, don't like others."
His voice was somewhat harsh and sinister: "Don't think too highly of me. I can't stand it."
Ji Mian paused, then suddenly turned around and said, "Li Jue, you don't really need a man, do you?"
This was the first time he called Li Jue's name. Li Jue's heartbeat quickened when he heard it. He said arrogantly, "I must have you."
Ji Mian remembered that in the original novel, Li Jue had not only had him as his little lover, but also had several girlfriends before this.
In other words, he likes women.
Ji Mian was confused. After liking a woman, could he still like a man?
Li Jue: "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?" He probed: "I've had a few girlfriends before, but they're all over now. I only like you."
Ji Mian was silent, as if thinking about Li Jue's words. After a while, he asked again: "How did you fall in love with men?"
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