Chapter 32: Trouble

Chu Rongshi walked to the door of Qi Nian's room and knocked on it.

Qi Nian, who was covering his forehead and sucking in the cool air, did not hear it. Chu Rongshi frowned, put his hand on the door handle, pressed it down slightly, pushed the door open and walked in.

The room was dark, and Qi Nian could be seen squatting beside the bed. Chu Rongshi called him, and Qi Nian heard it this time, and was stunned for a moment: "Brother."

Qi Nian explained bitterly: "I accidentally hit my head."

Wuwuwu, I should have known I shouldn’t have looked at my phone while walking.

Chu Rongshi was relieved to see that he was fine, but he was a little confused: "Why don't you turn on the light?"

As he spoke, he reached for the switch.

Qi Nian stretched out his hand with horror to stop him: "Don't!"

As soon as he said a word, Chu Rongshi's hand had already pressed the light switch, and in an instant, the dark room was replaced by colorful lights.

Along with it came deafening heavy metal music.

Qi Nian swore that he saw in the light of the lamp a stiff look on his brother's handsome face, and he was so embarrassed that he almost fainted.

Fortunately, this embarrassment did not last too long. Chu Rongshi raised his hand and turned the switch off again.

Qi Nian breathed a sigh of relief, and then he heard Chu Rongshi's voice still faintly say, "Come out."

Qi Nian nodded in agreement, covered his forehead with his hands, and quickly walked out of the room.

Chu Rongshi was standing opposite him. As he was half a head taller than Qi Nian, he lowered his eyes slightly and his gaze fell on the forehead that Qi Nian was covering.

Chu Rongshi said, "Let me take a look."

Qi Nian blinked and lowered his hand from covering his forehead.

Qi Nian's skin was naturally a shade lighter than other people's. Now, there was a red and swollen spot on his originally fair skin, which looked particularly glaring.

Chu Rongshi frowned slightly and asked him to go downstairs with him.

Qi Nian followed him obediently. When he got downstairs, he saw his brother take out a medicine box. He searched inside and found a tube of ointment. He held the ointment with his bony fingers and handed it to Qi Nian: "Apply it to the red and swollen area."

Qi Nian reached out to take it. His forehead was indeed a little painful. If he didn't apply medicine, it might turn black and blue tomorrow. It would be better to apply medicine.

Chu Rongshi collected the medicine box and put it back in its place. When he came back, he saw Qi Nian holding a mobile phone in one hand, a few centimeters away from his forehead, and ointment on the other hand. He tried to widen his deer eyes, as if to see the condition of his forehead clearly, and finally applied the ointment little by little on the blue area of ​​his forehead.

The ointment feels cool and feels comfortable when applied to the red and swollen areas. I don’t know if it’s Qi Nian’s illusion, but it doesn’t seem to hurt as much.

He put away his phone and looked up, then he saw his brother, who lowered his head slightly and looked at him, then handed him a tissue and asked him to wipe his hands.

Qi Nian wiped his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you, brother. I'm fine now. Go and have a rest."

Speaking of this, Qi Nian felt a little embarrassed. His brother was already tired after get off work, but it was already so late and he was still making trouble with him.

Chu Rongshi did not leave immediately, but asked: "Do you need to change the light in the room?"

Everyone thought in unison: “!”

What do you mean by need or not? He has wanted to change it for a long time!

He quickly said: "Change!"

Chu Rongshi took in Qi Nian's expression and smiled faintly: "Okay."

——

The ointment was indeed very useful. The next day, Qi Nian woke up and touched his forehead. It didn't hurt much. He looked in the mirror and saw only a little blue on his forehead. It didn't hurt even without pressing hard.

He found some ointment and applied some.

He had an early breakfast today, so he got up quite early, but Chu Rongshi got up even earlier than him.

When Qi Nian went downstairs, he ran into his brother who had just returned from jogging. He was wearing a black sports suit, and his hair was slightly hanging down without any hair gel, and he didn't look as serious as usual.

He waved to Chu Rongshi: "Brother, good morning!"

Chu Rongshi's eyes first fell on his forehead, then he looked away and nodded: "Morning."

Before leaving, he said, "After breakfast, I'll take you to school."

Qi Nian thought it was a good idea and agreed happily.

While eating breakfast, Qi Nian remembered to ask Ning Min: "Auntie, do you still have headaches recently? Is it getting better?"

Ning Min was asked by him and suddenly realized: "Don't tell me, my head doesn't hurt that much recently. I used to have this problem every two or three days."

Ning Min also suffered a lot when she was young and worked hard to build her career. At that time, she didn't care because she was young. Now that she is older, some of the problems she had from her youth have shown up.

Qi Nian was very happy to hear this: "It seems that Grandpa Zhang's medical skills are really good."

Chu Zhen laughed at the side: "She was being lazy and unwilling to take the medicine before, thanks to my strict supervision."

Ning Min gave Chu Zhen a look: In front of the children, I don’t want to save face? !

Chu Zhen didn't know whether he saw it or not, he was still cheerful.

Qi Nian drank a mouthful of porridge, hiding his smile, and after holding back his smile, he said, "Grandpa Zhang said that if you feel better after taking the medicine, you don't need to drink this anymore. He also gave me a food tonic recipe before, so I just need to follow that recipe and take it slowly in the future."

Ning Min heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that she didn't need to continue taking Chinese medicine, and kept saying, "It's good to eat more."

Breakfast ended in a relaxed atmosphere, and Qi Nian got into his brother's car, and his brother took him to school.

When they arrived at the school gate, they saw a school bus. Qi Nian quickly said something to his brother, got off the bus, and ran back to the bus like a little rabbit.

After the school bus left, Chu Rongshi closed the window and said, "Let's go."

Fortunately, Qi Nian had used the summer vacation to systematically review what he had learned in his freshman year. Therefore, although the first class at the beginning of the school year was a bit difficult, he was able to keep up.

Moreover, with Lu Ze, a top student who has been receiving scholarships for many years, Qi Nian can ask him questions if he has any.

Speaking of Lu Ze, Qi Nian felt that he was really too ambitious. Not to mention the part-time jobs he had during the summer vacation, he still hadn't stopped now that school had started.

It's just that he has to attend classes and can't go far away. Lyu Ze is currently giving tutoring to a family's children.

After class, the other party left the school with Qi Nian and watched Lu Ze get into a luxury car.

Lu Ze had given tutoring to this child before, and heard that the child's academic performance had improved a lot. The family thought highly of Lu Ze as a teacher and even arranged for someone to come and pick up the child.

Qi Nian had admired Lu Ze from the bottom of his heart for countless times.

After saying goodbye to Lu Ze and returning home, Qi Nian entered his room and was surprised to find that the light in his room had finally been restored to normal!

His brother is really efficient!

Before it was completely dark, Qi Nian happily turned on the light in the room. For the first time, the room was bathed in normal light. Qi Nian sat at the desk and reviewed what he had learned in class today. He circled the parts he didn't know and planned to find time to ask Lu Ze tomorrow.

Lu Ze is really a talented player. He can apply what the teacher says almost instantly. Qi Nian is different. He knows that he is not very smart and his basic knowledge is weak, so he can only catch up in the time after class.

He is different from some people who just want to get by in college. In Qi Nian's opinion, with such a good learning environment, he should study hard, otherwise he will feel uneasy.

Before crossing over, Qi Nian was an orphan, just like Lu Ze now, he had to work to finish school smoothly, but he was not as good as Lu Ze, and in the end he only got into an ordinary undergraduate program.

After graduation, I only found an ordinary job.

Therefore, Qi Nian really admires Lu Ze and believes that after graduation, he will definitely not stick to ordinary work.

After sorting out all the knowledge points, Qi Nian stretched his back, went downstairs to have dinner, cleaned up, and finally lay down on the bed.

Only then did he see that Zhou Jing had sent him a message.

【Zhou Jing】: My mom is going to put me in a talent show_(:з」∠)_

[Qi Nian]: Didn’t you say you wanted to join director Zhu Yan’s crew to film a movie?

Zhou Jing had just sent a message to Qi Nian two days ago. He didn't have many trustworthy friends around him, so he liked to talk to Qi Nian about everything.

Maybe typing was too troublesome, Zhou Jing sent a voice message.

Zhou Jing: "Wuwuwu... I really want to cry now!"

Social phobia concept is still typing.

【Qinian】: What's wrong with you? Not going well?

Zhou Jing's voice sounded even sadder. "Not only was it not smooth, my mom scolded me every day. She said that she couldn't have me as a failure in her drama and that I wasn't suitable for acting! She said that my face was just okay and I should just participate in talent shows to become an idol. Anyway, idols don't need to know anything nowadays. It doesn't matter if you can't sing or dance. As long as you are good-looking, it's much easier than being an actor."

Zhou Jing sniffed and said, "I think I should just stay as an idol. Anyway, I don't want to be in a relationship right now. Being an idol is good."

Qi Nian: “…” She is indeed my mother.

【Qinian】：It's good as long as you can figure it out.

Zhou Jing: "I can't figure it out, but there's nothing I can do. By the way, the program I participated in is called "Please Vote for My Debut". Remember to support me when the time comes. Each person can cast ten votes online. I see that there are quite a few people who are close to you, so remember to vote for me."

Qi Nian: No, are you here to canvass for votes from me?

But it is not easy for a child to suffer such a big blow one after another.

[Qinian]: Okay, I only guarantee my own vote, I’m not sure about others.

After all, it is really too difficult for a socially anxious person to canvass for votes for you.

Zhou Jing said it didn't matter, as long as Qi Nian could vote for him.

I don’t know if it was because I talked about canvassing for votes before going to bed, but Qi Nian dreamed that he was forced to canvass for votes for Zhou Jing everywhere, otherwise Zhou Jing would cry in front of him if he couldn’t make his debut. When Qi Nian woke up, he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

He stood in the bathroom with a toothbrush in his mouth and sent an emoticon to Zhou Jing viciously.

【Qinian】: Take out my 50-meter machete.jpg

【Zhou Jing】：?

——

More than half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and Qi Nian has gradually adapted to the current campus life.

On the playground, several boys in basketball uniforms were running and dribbling on the court. They were at the most energetic age, and every move they made was reckless. Many students who had nothing to do gathered around the playground to watch them play basketball.

There were also some girls who looked at the tallest boy on the playground with starry eyes. He had a buzz cut, a thin layer of muscles, and a face that was more handsome than the other boys.

The opponent raised his hand, and a beautiful three-pointer fell into the basket, and cheers of joy rang out all around.

The boy smiled, lifted the hem of his basketball jersey, and used it to wipe the sweat off his face.

In an instant, his eight abdominal muscles were exposed as he moved, and the other person's hormones rushed over his face.

Not far away, several girls screamed excitedly: "Ahhh! He is so handsome!"

"He's such a good basketball player, and you just saw his eight-pack abs!"

"He's really handsome, a dark-skinned gym student, hehehe..."

"He seems to be the most handsome guy in the sports department. I looked at the forum and saw his photo... Indeed, his name is Ling Yunzhi!"

"Ahhh, a 1.8-meter-tall dark-skinned gym student who is so handsome. No, I'm going to have a love brain."

"Don't even think about it, I have a girlfriend."

“Ah… what a pity.”

Ling Yunzhi quickly defeated the opposing team with his superb skills. After the game, several players came over and said, "Captain, you are so handsome!"

"How long did you practice that three-pointer just now?"

Ling Yunzhi raised his eyebrows: "Is my prowess something that only happens in one or two days?"

"Can you be more low-key? You already have a girlfriend, so don't compete with us for her. Look at those girls, they are all looking at you."

I don’t know what those words touched Ling Yunzhi, but he smiled and said, “Okay, I’ll try to keep a low profile.”

"Yayyoyo sister-in-law is here."

Ling Yunzhi looked over and saw a thin-looking girl carrying a bag of water walking towards him. Ling Yunzhi immediately walked over with his long legs, took the bag from the girl, and reached out to hold the girl's hand.

Ling Yunzhi's girlfriend Tang Xiang was held by the hand in front of so many people. Her face turned red. She tried to shake off Ling Yunzhi's hand, but he held her even tighter.

Tang Xiang pursed her lips, and her small earlobes turned red.

Ling Yunzhi laughed and said, "Why did you buy so much water? My hands are all red from the water."

Tang Xiang said embarrassedly: "Aren't there still your teammates?"

Ling Yunzhi heard this and said loudly: "Why do you care about them? Just let them be thirsty."

He deliberately raised his voice, and sure enough, several teammates heard it and said that he was not loyal and valued women over friends.

"Come on, come on, it's just a bottle of water, isn't it?" Ling Yunzhi said, throwing the water to them: "Drink it quickly, you can't shut them up."

Several people laughed and said, "Okay, thank you, sister-in-law."

"The water my sister-in-law bought is so sweet!"

"Brother Ling is so lucky!"

Tang Xiang was almost depressed by what several people said.

She is a rather introverted person and doesn't like to talk much. Even though she is pretty, she has never been in a relationship. This is her first time in a relationship and she has no idea how to deal with such a situation.

I could only look to Ling Yunzhi for help.

Seeing that his girlfriend was embarrassed, Ling Yunzhi immediately scolded those people and told them to get out immediately.

"Okay, I'll get out of here quickly and not disturb the love between Brother Ling and Sister-in-law."

A boy who was very eloquent saluted in a proper manner, then ran away laughing.

Tang Xiang's face turned even redder, and she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

Ling Yunzhi comforted her: "Don't worry about them, they are so mean. Didn't you want to learn how to play basketball? How about I teach you?"

Tang Xiang nodded with a red face, and looked at Ling Yunzhi's handsome face, feeling dizzy.

She felt so lucky to have met such a good boyfriend. She only mentioned it once, but he took it to heart.

Ling Yunzhi taught Tang Xiang how to shoot the ball for a while, but Tang Xiang just couldn't get it right and basically didn't make any shots. His forehead was covered in sweat and he looked extremely tired.

Ling Yunzhi wiped her sweat with concern, and then said, "Take a rest for a while, don't be too tired."

Tang Xiang blushed and nodded, then took the water handed to her by Ling Yunzhi and started drinking it.

She raised her head to drink water, and saw a person out of the corner of her eye. She was stunned and stared at the person blankly.

He was a skinny boy with curly chestnut hair, and he looked like someone who came out of a comic book.

Tang Xiang muttered, "He's so handsome."

"What are you looking at?"

This sentence brought her back to her senses. She didn't notice Ling Yunzhi frowning a little, and even happily shared with him: "Look, that boy over there is really good-looking."

Tang Xiang didn't have any other thoughts, she just thought the other person was good-looking.

But it sounded a bit harsh to Ling Yunzhi's ears. Ling Yunzhi had been surrounded by all kinds of girls since he was a child, and the girls around him were only attracted to him. Tang Xiang's words made him feel a bit unhappy.

He frowned, suddenly picked up the basketball and threw it straight over.

Qi Nian was walking fine when a basketball suddenly came towards him. He didn't have time to dodge and the ball hit his chest with the force of the impact, causing some pain.

Qi Nian frowned, thinking that someone had hit him accidentally and felt that he was unlucky today.

"Hey." A slightly provocative voice came from a distance. Qi Nian looked over and saw a boy about 1.80 meters tall looking at him. He said in a nonchalant manner, "Sorry, I accidentally hit you. Can you help me throw the ball over?"

The other party said sorry, but there was no apology on his face. What he said was also very uncomfortable. Qi Nian frowned.

Ling Yunzhi curled the corner of his mouth and saw Qi Nian bend down and pick up the ball. His eyes fell on the other party, "Tsk, what a thin arm and leg, what a sissy."

Qi Nian grabbed the basketball and threw it with force, accurately hitting Ling Yunzhi's chest. The basketball encountered resistance and slowly fell to the ground and bounced a few times.

Ling Yunzhi looked at the gray mark on his chest and the smile on his face stopped abruptly.

As if provoking him, the other party spoke clearly, "I'm sorry."

Ling Yunzhi's face darkened a little.

If Qi Nian knew what Ling Yunzhi was thinking, he would definitely shout that he was innocent and that he just stuttered a little because of social phobia. But to the other party, it would be regarded as a provocation.

However, social phobia is social phobia. Qi Nian himself is not a weak person. He just gets nervous when talking to people. Naturally, he will not allow others to bully him.

In fact, as an orphan before traveling through time, if he had been weak in character, he would have been bullied by others.

Because of Qi Nian's resistance, the atmosphere between the two became somewhat tense.

Ling Yunzhi had an ugly look on his face, and he looked like he was about to rush up and hit someone. Qi Nian had a headache. Why was this guy so hostile to him for no reason?

"Qi Nian!" At the critical moment, Lu Ze appeared in time. The opponent had just seen the situation from a distance. At this time, he looked at Ling Yunzhi with a bad face. He protected Qi Nian behind him and looked at the opponent: "What? You want to fight?"

Tang Xiang also came back to her senses and quickly tugged at Ling Yunzhi's clothes.

The school has rules that fighting will result in punishment, not to mention that it was Ling Yunzhi who took the initiative to provoke. If a fight had taken place, this matter would obviously not have been easily resolved.

Ling Yunzhi had no choice but to look at Qi Nian with an unpleasant expression, then left with Tang Xiang holding the basketball.

Lu Ze looked at the other person's back and said speechlessly: "How did you offend him?"

Qi Nian was even more speechless: "I don't know either. Why did you throw the basketball at me for no reason?"

Lu Ze: "Isn't he sick?"

Qi Nian deeply agreed with this.

He turned around and looked at Ling Yunzhi again.

——

On the other side, Tang Xiang walked beside Ling Yunzhi, her face also looking a little unhappy: "You just went too far."

Ling Yunzhi came back to his senses and said quickly, "I'm sorry, I just heard you praising him and I got a little jealous and couldn't control my temper."

"Xiangxiang, I like you so much."

Tang Xiang pursed her lips, her expression softened a little: "You...don't do this next time, I didn't mean anything else just now."

Ling Yunzhi nodded, looking obedient: "Okay, I understand. I won't do it again next time."

Tang Xiang became happy again. It wasn't a big deal, so she didn't take it seriously.

Tang Xiang had never been in a relationship before, and Ling Yunzhi was considered a well-known figure in the sports department, and she had heard of him before.

Ling Yunzhi had many suitors, but his partner rejected them all and said that he already had someone he liked.

Not long after, Ling Yunzhi confessed his love to Tang Xiang. Her mind went blank at that time. She had only heard of Ling Yunzhi's name before and the two had never met each other. When he suddenly confessed his love to her, he rejected her subconsciously.

She thought that Ling Yunzhi was such a proud man, and there would be no follow-up after being rejected. Unexpectedly, Ling Yunzhi often came to see her, accompanied her to class, prepared birthday gifts for her on her birthday, and sent her flowers from time to time.

The other party did this for a full six months. At first, Tang Xiang didn't believe that he really liked her, but as he persisted for half a year, her heart began to waver.

Ling Yunzhi said that he had noticed her a long time ago, and he also took out the photos he had taken of her. It was hard for Tang Xiang not to believe him.

Therefore, under the other party's enthusiastic pursuit, Tang Xiang agreed to be with the other party.

They were together during the summer vacation. Ling Yunzhi would often travel hundreds of kilometers to visit her in her city. Everything he did made Tang Xiang feel moved.

Now, the other party is jealous because of her words. Although Tang Xiang thinks that what the other party did just now was wrong, it is also a bit sweet.

Ling Yunzhi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was no longer angry.

The two were walking slowly when Ling Yunzhi's phone suddenly rang. He clicked on it and saw the caller. His expression paused, and he smiled as he handed the basketball to Tang Xiang: "Help me hold it for a while. I'm going to answer the phone."

Tang Xiang nodded without asking any more questions.

Ling Yunzhi held the phone, walked to a distance anxiously, and answered the call.

A man's voice came from the other end: "Why did you take so long to answer?"

Ling Yunzhi explained: "I was just with my girlfriend."

Hearing this, the other party did not ask any more questions: "Boss, it's been a long time since the last time..., you are a little slow here. Business people value luck a lot. Boss, you don't have that much time to waste. As long as you have money, there are many people who can provide you with what you want."

Ling Yunzhi looked anxious when he heard this, and said quickly: "Don't worry, there are still a few months left. I can definitely get it done."

The other party: "It's good that you know. In a few months, the new building will be launched for sale. We must not make any mistakes on the trip."

Ling Yunzhi agreed readily, and after the other party hung up the phone, he exhaled, adjusted his expression, and ran towards Tang Xiang with a smile.