Chapter 7 Rumors are almost like a hug
Thursday.
The whole morning was particularly quiet.
Xin Jing had her period and felt a little uncomfortable. As soon as the class was over, she lay down on the table and felt listless.
Yan Ning helped her get hot water twice and filled a hot water bottle. Then, during the break, he helped Xin Jing copy the notes for each subject.
After lunch break, there is still some time before the afternoon class.
Yan Ning sorted out the math exercise books collected from each group and prepared to send them to the teacher's office. There were dozens of them stacked together, and it was quite a thick pile.
Xin Jing leaned her head against the table, looking at the endless pile of notebooks, and said worriedly:
"Ningning, I'm not here this time, so you must go quickly and come back safely~"
Although the weight of these exercise books was not exaggerated to this extent, every time they were delivered, Xin Jing would volunteer to take half of them and accompany Yan Ning to the office.
Yan Ning nodded, curved his eyes, and lifted the exercise book up with both hands holding the bottom.
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"
After leaving the classroom, the corridor was filled with the hoarse chirping of afternoon cicadas, the shadows of the trees swayed, and a gentle breeze blew past. Groups of two or three students leaned on the railings and chatted.
Yan Ning held the exercise book and avoided the people in the corridor, walking slowly.
When we were almost at the fifth shift.
Sudden.
A male voice...
"Road God!? Haha, what a trashy violent man!"
Yan Ning heard the voice and turned around to see a fat boy leaning on the railing with one hand, talking to the short-haired girl next to him.
"At best, he's just good-looking, but his character is terrible! I really don't understand what you girls like about him?"
The fat man's voice was not small, and the contempt in his tone made his harshness particularly obvious.
The girl with short hair seemed to refute something.
The fat boy interrupted directly, "Who said there wasn't one? My buddy saw it with his own eyes. Last night at the school gate, Lu Chen had a conflict with Brother Yuan from Yinghua and the others. Even Hawkeye King was there. I heard that someone was admitted to the school hospital!"
Yan Ning's grip on the exercise book tightened.
Is the security guard late?
Did they really fight?
"Who went to the hospital?" the girl with short hair asked in surprise.
The fat boy was very proud of having first-hand information: "His name is Chen She or something, Brother Yuan's younger brother. I heard he had a stomachache. Maybe he was hit in the internal organs."
Yan Ning's hand loosened again.
Because her mind flashed back to what she said to the security guard last night:
"There seems to be a classmate squatting under the tree over there with a stomachache. Why don't you go and see if he needs to go to the school hospital?"
So, now I think about it——
perhaps.
Fighting and such are just unreliable rumors.
The back door of Class 5 was right next to the middle staircase. At this moment, three boys walking side by side came up the stairs and walked towards Yan Ning, blocking her way.
Yan Ning moved to the outside of the corridor.
The fat man turned his back to Yan Ning and continued to chatter:
"I'm very familiar with Brother Yuan, he's very righteous. The one picking on him is definitely Lu! The reason is probably because the campus beauty goddess and Brother Yuan reconciled, and Lu's self-esteem was hurt, so he resorted to such a despicable trick..."
Yan Ning frowned when he heard this.
This person is obviously making blind guesses without any evidence.
The fat man was fantasizing, and when he got excited, the wrinkles on his face were all smiling. His idle right shoulder shook, and his right arm suddenly swung back without any warning, straight towards Yan Ning who was diagonally behind him.
Yan Ning was shocked.
Between the flashes of lightning.
She subconsciously dodged backwards, but unexpectedly, her back bumped into someone.
The firm touch with a slight body temperature startled Yan Ning. As if he had been electrocuted, he quickly moved forward to create some distance.
But in front, the fat man's arm was still swinging towards this side.
Yan Ning became even more flustered for a moment and wanted to move to the side, but the three boys who were coming towards her were blocking her way.
Unable to dodge.
Watching the arm swinging towards her and heading straight for the pile of exercise books she was holding, Yan Ning instinctively tried to avoid it.
Her hand holding the exercise books lost its balance due to the force, and the stack of books began to fall to the side.
Everything happened so fast.
Before she could react again.
A slender hand with distinct knuckles appeared out of nowhere, nimbly and gently, catching the large part of the exercise book that she had not held and was tilted to the side.
The same hand.
On the other side, with a sense of full power, the blue veins bulged slightly, and he directly grasped the fat man's wrist, instantly stopping the arm that was swinging over.
In the early autumn breeze, the man was very close.
Yan Ning could even smell a faint, pleasant citrus scent coming from behind him.
After his brain stopped functioning for a second, Yan Ning gradually reacted.
Even though there was no actual physical contact, she was now being held in someone's arms.
It was almost like a hug.
Whether it was the height that was much taller than her, the strong arms that were wrapped around her, or the big hands that helped her hold up the fallen exercise book.
They were undoubtedly reminding her.
The person behind the scenes.
It's a boy.
"careful."
A steady, concerned, and strangely familiar voice came to her ears.
Because he was so close, his breath when he spoke almost seemed to be brushing her ear.
Brings a slight tingling feeling.
Yan Ning couldn't help but react a little slowly and blinked.
As if after making sure that she was standing firmly, the person behind her took a step back, held the notebook in his hand, and directly took away most of the exercise book in Yan Ning's hand.
His hand suddenly felt lighter, and Yan Ning heard the man say calmly:
"Apologize."
The incident happened suddenly, and the three boys passing by quickly stepped forward and made way for the space.
Yan Ning finally came back to her senses. Without time to think about anything else, she quickly stood aside and said in a low and serious voice:
"sorry."
The man paused, his voice changed, and there was inexplicably some helplessness in his voice.
"I'm not talking about you."
At the same time, Yan Ning turned sideways and saw the person behind him clearly.
As expected——
It’s Lu Chen.
The temperature has dropped over the past two days, and most students in the school have put on their school uniform jackets. According to the rules of No. 1 Middle School, if you wear a jacket, you don't have to wear a short-sleeved shirt underneath.
Just like Lu Chen at this moment.
He was wearing a blue and white school uniform jacket with the zipper undone, revealing a pure white T-shirt underneath.
Yan Ning's gaze lingered for a moment on the obvious wrinkles on the white T-shirt at her level, and then he quickly looked away as if he was burned.
Then, he met a pair of dark eyes.
Because he had just spoken to her, Lu Chen lowered his eyes and looked at her.
Yan Ning only looked at him for a moment, and before he could figure out what was written in those eyes, he felt even more uncomfortable and looked away.
“Ouch, it hurts!!!”
At this time, there was a cry of pain.
Yan Ning then noticed that the fat man's wrist was still being held by Lu Chen. His fat body twisted around and his face was wrinkled.
"I asked you to apologize."
Lu Chen repeated his words in a cold voice.
He was caught talking bad about someone behind their back, and now his wrist is restrained. The fat man tried to break free secretly just now, but couldn't...
The fat man lowered his head, looking somewhat reluctant, "I'm sorry, Brother Lu, I shouldn't have gossiped and talked nonsense."
Lu Chen didn't let go yet, "What else?"
The fat man looked up, puzzled, "Huh? What else?"
"You almost hit this classmate. Apologize to him."
When she heard "this classmate", Yan Ning looked up in surprise. Lu Chen turned and looked at her with some comfort in his eyes.
Then, he looked back at the fat man, his gaze was indifferent, but his words left no room for doubt.
Although no one gathered around, there were obviously more and more people coming out to "get some fresh air" in the corridor.
The fat man swallowed the words "why" again and again. He hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and said to Yan Ning:
"sorry!"
Yan Ningren was still a little confused and nodded, "It's okay."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Chen let go of her hand. The fat boy felt embarrassed and ran back to Class 5.
I thought the matter ended there.
Yan Ning also noticed the gazes from all around her. She hurriedly sorted out the remaining dozen or so exercise books, then raised her head, put her hands forward, and said to Lu Chen:
"Thank you. Give it to me."
Signal him to put the other half up.
But I didn’t want to——
The next second, Lu Chen reached out and took the exercise book from Yan Ning's hand, then handed the remaining half directly to the confused boy with curly hair next to him.
Yan Ning:?
The self-curling boy Jin Zishuo: ???
Lu Chen smiled and explained, "I just happened to be going there, let me help you take it there."
Although, Lu Ge originally said he was going to the supermarket to buy water.
But Jin Zishuo reacted quickly, hugged the notebook in his backhand, and immediately said:
"Haha, that's right, classmate, don't be polite, we are just going to the office on the second floor, it's just a matter of convenience!"
After Jin Zishuo finished speaking, he immediately looked at Yan Ning with a sharp gaze, waiting for her response.
Jin Zishuo and Lu Chen have been sitting at the same table for almost two weeks.
In these two weeks, in various situations, Jin Zishuo has seen all kinds of beautiful women coming up to him, Lu Ge, with different reasons.
Besides business.
No matter what the other party's state or tone is, Lu Chen will definitely end the topic within two sentences.
However!
just! !
It was the first time in Jin Zishuo's life that he saw Lu Chen take the initiative and say three sentences to a girl!!!
Three whole sentences!!
Lu Ge took the initiative!!
How amazing!!
And she is such a cute and lovely sister who looks like a fairy!!!
So now that it’s so lively, even if Jin Zishuo dies of thirst and doesn’t drink a drop of water today, he has to watch it to the end!!!
Just as Jin Zishuo cheered up, his eyes shining, looking forward to seeing Lu Ge and the little fairy sister, and any unexpected follow-up developments.
Yan Ning didn't insist any more, "Then please."
Lu Chen nodded and said to Jin Zishuo, who was stunned beside him, "Let's go."
Jin Zishuo: Hmm?
Is that all? ?
But he didn't dare to ask, because the fairy sister was in front of Lu Ge, and he was next to Lu Ge. He had to go first to make way for Lu Ge.
Jin Zishuo held the majority of the exercise book and took two steps forward dejectedly.
Lu Chen paused for a moment before catching up.
When he was about to pass by Yan Ning.
Yan Ning heard him, and he said in a very low voice:
"Consider it my thanks for what happened last night."
The sound lingered only between the two of them, creating an inexplicable illusion of ambiguity.
But what Yan Ning was more concerned about, or rather, was surprised by—
How is he.
You even know about this?
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Yan Ning returned to the classroom.
Xin Jing was still slumped on the table. When she saw her, she couldn't help but feel a little strange:
"Wow, Ningning, why are you so fast today? I'm about to break the record!"
Yan Ning paused for a moment before saying:
“I didn’t go to the office because…”
Yan Ning briefly recounted what had just happened, but did not elaborate on the rumors spread by the fat boy.
Upon hearing this, Xin Jing slammed the table in anger. "You fat bastard, how dare you bully my Ningning? If I were here, I would definitely twist his pig's trotter off!"
After Xin Jing finished scolding, she pulled Yan Ning to look at her again and again, worried, "That fat guy really didn't hit you, did he?"
Yan Ning shook his head, "Really not."
Xin Jing was relieved, and then she remembered the other protagonist of the incident.
"God of Roads..."
When Xin Jing mentioned this name, her mind came up with the embarrassing incident two days ago on the playground when she was reading out her idol's name and was mistaken for Lu Chen, and was even heard by Lu Chen himself.
My toes kind of want to grab the ground.
But it was a rare opportunity for her best friend to have such "intimate contact" with the campus idol. While Xin Jing was happy for Yan Ning, she also felt a little curious.
Enduring the goose bumps on her arms, Xin Jing leaned over to Yan Ning and changed her words:
"The guy who saved the beautiful girl, isn't he super handsome today..."
“Ring, ring, ring—”
Xin Jing's question was drowned out by the preparatory bell for the first quarter.
At the same time, the physics teacher came into the classroom with handouts and asked everyone to take out their textbooks and preview the new content to be taught today.
So, Yan Ning's recollection was paused before it could even begin.
More than forty minutes passed.
After the physics teacher finished teaching the new lesson, there were still a few minutes left, so he asked the students to do exercises.
The classroom was quite quiet.
There was only the rustling sound of writing and the teacher's light footsteps walking back and forth on the stage.
Yan Ning finished both questions and checked them carefully again. Only after he confirmed that they were correct did he turn his mind away from the questions.
She put down the pen and took the water glass from the corner of the table.
I opened the lid and took a sip.
For some reason, I suddenly remembered the question I asked before class...
That someone, it seems.
Very handsome...
Yan Ning's unfocused gaze fell on Xin Jing, who was still scratching her head and thinking, for a while in front of him. He turned his head and glanced at her.
Then, Xin Jing took out her own water cup and put it in Yan Ning's hand.
"Drink mine, this one's warm."
After Xin Jing finished speaking, she returned to the ocean of knowledge, leaving Yan Ning alone, holding two cups of the same style but different colors, one pink and one white, which she had taken to the bathroom before and filled with warm water, staring blankly.
Two seconds passed.
Yan Ning belatedly raised his hand, placed the back of his hand against his face, and then, with surprise, realized—
Her cheek.
Why.
It’s so hot?
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