Chapter 75
The bell rang for a long time before Lu Shenxing pulled back his frantic mood. He adjusted himself, picked up his English book and a stack of papers, and went to the classroom. The moment he stepped through the door, the rustling sound gradually disappeared.
I don’t know which classmate sneezed loudly, but the rustling sound started again.
There was a lot of dust floating in the air, flying everywhere, which showed how noisy the classroom was in the previous ten minutes.
Standing on the podium, Lu Shenxing looked at the fifty or so students, all of them youthful, energetic, and rebellious. He took a deep breath, barely perceptible, and said, "Please adjust your seats before class."
As soon as Lu Shenxing finished speaking, the students began to whisper to each other. Some were expecting it and wished they could move away immediately and never have any contact with their classmates again. Some were reluctant for some reason and lay on the desks, their faces blocked by a pile of books, secretly praying that their names would not be called.
"Liu Yihan." Lu Shenxing looked at the most handsome boy among the four students in the middle row facing him, "Switch seats with Li Mu."
Liu Yihan was stunned for a moment. He bit his lower lip, and hesitation and reluctance were clearly visible in his clear and bright eyes.
"Wu Yuan, switch with Chen Yuanyuan." Lu Shenxing looked at the boy with bruises on his face who was sitting on Liu Yihan's left, near the aisle.
There is a particularly subtle distance between classmates. They can be incompatible, with you crossing your bridge and I going my way, or they can be so integrated that they can't even tell you apart and can't wait to sit at the same table, with their hands and feet entangled under the table.
After hearing this, Wu Yuan zipped up his open school uniform, closed the book in his hand quickly and neatly, and stood up to tidy up his desk.
Liu Yihan turned his head to watch Wu Yuan packing his things. He was holding a ballpoint pen, his eyes slightly red. Lu Shenxing twitched his mouth quickly, and he became the evil mother-in-law who broke up a couple.
There was not much change in the seats. According to the plot, Lu Shenxing scattered the classmates who directly and indirectly influenced Wu Yuan's fate around the area so that they did not sit together. There were no contradictions or conflicts, and everything was peaceful.
After more than ten minutes, the atmosphere in the class became tense. Lu Shenxing blurted out one name after another. The students whose names were called moved their buttocks slowly, twisted their necks to look at the densely packed words in the book, and walked to the blackboard in a very tragic manner, holding the chalk and waiting to die.
“apply.”
Lu Shenxing had just read one word when the six students split into two groups. Some of them wrote and erased, while glancing around.
The other part simply stood there motionless, entering a state of meditation.
Lu Shenxing stood on Wu Yuan's right, his voice raised intentionally or unintentionally. He looked at Wu Yuan holding a slightly worn blue ballpoint pen. Wu Yuan wrote down almost as soon as he finished reading, seriously and confidently.
After reading fifteen words, Lu Shenxing asked the students in front of the blackboard to return to their seats. The original owner often hit students who made mistakes with books in front of everyone.
Lu Shenxing disagreed with this point. Even if his head was smashed, he still wouldn't be able to remember what he had forgotten.
Moreover, as someone who had been hit on the head and had chalk thrown at him many times, he even hated that kind of behavior.
After checking the students' dictation one by one, Lu Shenxing said to them as they waited for criticism, "Copy each word you wrote incorrectly ten times. When you're done, give it to Liu Yihan."
They all showed surprise on their faces. The King of Hell was merciful.
Lu Shenxing instructed the absent-minded Liu Yihan, "Distribute the papers and collect them on Friday."
Liu Yihan walked over to Wu Yuan with the test paper and handed it to him after more than ten seconds.
Wu Yuan's deskmate, Wang Hui, nudged his elbow and whispered, "Did Liu Yihan cry? Her eyes are red, like a woman's."
Wang Hui sat inside, right next to Wu Yuan's left hand. Wu Yuan couldn't hear the low-volume whisper. He tilted his head, moved his right ear closer, and said nothing.
Halfway through the class, a small note left Liu Yihan's hand, passed through seven or eight classmates, crossed the desks and aisles, and was finally passed to Wu Yuan's hands with a trembling voice.
Wu Yuan frowned and stuffed it under the desk without even looking at it.
Lu Shenxing pretended not to see it. After class, he called Wang Hui, the physical education representative, to his office.
"Teacher, I don't know anything."
Lu Shenxing glanced at him and said, "Wang Hui, do you know what I want to ask you?"
Wang Hui shook his head and said embarrassedly, "Teacher, please don't ask me. I really don't know anything."
Wang Hui was very nervous at this moment, fearing that the note-passing incident had been exposed. There was something wrong with Liu Yihan. Why couldn't he just talk to Wu Yuan after class if he had something to say? He had to write a little note, which was so mysterious. If someone didn't know, they would think they had some shameful secret.
They were quite united. Lu Shenxing put the teacup on the table and started the topic that Wang Hui was most afraid of. "Your sports scores are good, but aren't your academic performance too poor?"
As Wang Hui pleaded with the teacher, Lu Shenxing said slowly, "How do you think you did on the comprehensive science exam this midterm?"
Wang Hui stuttered, "It's... it's okay." He licked his lips, "Teacher, my performance has been very stable."
"Well, you are very stable." Lu Shenxing snorted, "Stable at 50 points." The full score is 300, and he scored 50 points, never climbing above 60. Even Lu Shenxing, a poor student, expressed his admiration for him.
Wang Hui's face flushed red and he couldn't utter a word.
Lu Shenxing raised his eyebrows and said, "I heard that you are very good at basketball."
Wang Huite modestly showed his white teeth and said, "It's just so-so."
His heart suddenly skipped a beat. "Teacher, I promise you, I'll try to get 600 points on the comprehensive science test by the end of the semester!"
Lu Shenxing twitched his forehead. Wang Hui was the male protagonist of this youth campus story. He had strong limbs and a simple mind. He lived in the hearts of countless female students with his face, took root, and became the most profound and important stroke in their youth history.
He is also Wu Yuan's childhood friend and occupies a significant position in Wu Yuan's life.
"Wu Yuan has excellent grades. I put you two together in the hope that he can boost your motivation to study."
Wang Hui said righteously, "Teacher, I will definitely work hard."
After talking for about five minutes, Lu Shenxing waved his hand and said, "Close the door."
Wang Hui's expression changed as he left the room. He sprinted back to the classroom. When Wu Yuan returned from his exercises on the playground, he was still in shock. "I was so scared just now. The devil is so treacherous today, constantly dropping mines and digging pits for me to step into. Damn, I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat."
Wu Yuan stopped searching for his textbook and asked, "Did he blow you up?"
"Of course!" Wang Hui said righteously, "Don't worry, I didn't reveal anything about you and Liu Yihan."
Wu Yuan's finger pressed on the lower right corner of the book, his tone a little cold, "What's going on between him and me?"
Wang Hui choked, yes, nothing happened to Wu Yuan and Liu Yihan.
He turned his head to look at Liu Yihan who was sitting in the third row of the innermost column. He was looking at him. Their eyes met, and then he immediately looked away, looking flustered as if he had been caught. He also felt as if something was wrong.
At noon, when Liu Yihan was getting food in the cafeteria, he couldn't help but cut in line, stood behind Wu Yuan, and stared at the back of his head in fascination.
Wu Yuan didn't look back, just ordered the food and left.
Liu Yihan chased after him, carrying the lunch bowl. "Wu Yuan, your English notes are still here with me."
Wu Yuan said, "Give it to me in the afternoon."
Liu Yihan smiled and agreed, "We've been desk mates for almost half a semester now. I thought before graduation..." His voice suddenly stopped, "Wu Yuan, don't forget it tonight."
Wu Yuan glanced at it and asked, "What?"
Liu Yihan's face paled a little. "Didn't you read the note I wrote to you?" His smile was a little awkward, but he quickly recovered. "I'll wait for you in the playground after evening study."
Wu Yuan stopped and leaned slightly, "If you have something to say, tell me now."
Being stared at by such sharp eyes, Liu Yihan felt like he was stripped naked and had nowhere to hide. He swallowed and left in a panic.
Wu Yuan narrowed his eyes.
The dormitory was occupied by sixteen people. The air was filled with the stench of stinky socks and piles of dirty clothes. Wang Hui squatted at the door, picking at his food. Seeing Wu Yuan coming back, he mumbled, "Why did you just finish your meal? Hurry up and go play basketball after you finish eating."
Wu Yuan shook his head. "No, my homeroom teacher is looking for me."
When he passed by the dormitory building, he saw the man standing there with an ambiguous expression on his face, as if he was waiting for him.
Wang Hui said with a click of his tongue, "It seems that the King of Hell is going to make a big move. Everyone, please pay attention and don't be fooled by him."
Everyone in the dormitory knows that it’s possible for someone to not have a little secret, and if they dare to reveal it, they’ll be exposed.
This guy felt uncomfortable all over after eating too much and having nothing to do. A few boys took the reader with them and went to the toilet. The rest of them closed the door of the dormitory and started their usual lunch break. They lay on the bed and commented on the female classmates in the class. Their perseverance and diligence are worthy of praise.
Who has a crush on whom, who has a better figure, who is prettier, who had sex with whom again... These are the topics that have remained unchanged for thousands of years and become more and more interesting the more you chew on them. After more than half an hour of quarreling, the second fun of the afternoon began: talking about dirty things.
Li Mu said, "I'm going to tell you something. Don't go out and tell anyone."
Everyone was curious and asked, "Tell me quickly."
Wang Hui also pricked up his ears.
Li Mu coughed several times and lowered his voice, "I heard from my mother that a distant relative has AIDS."
Wu Yuan noticed something was wrong in the dormitory. He turned around and heard Li Mu's angry curse, "Fuck, why are you looking at me like that? I'm not the one with AIDS!"
"I got it from having sex with a guy." Li Mu scratched his head. "I asked my family for a loan. I don't think I'll live much longer."
"No way, how can men do it with men?" Some boys didn't understand, "There's no place?"
Li Mu chuckled, "Isn't there one on your butt?"
Everyone burst into laughter. Wang Hui couldn't stand it and said, "How perverted!"
Wu Yuan's face was extremely ugly. The food in his stomach had not been digested yet and he felt nauseous. He picked up the water bottle, felt for the water ticket, went out and got a bottle of boiled water in the water room.
In the dormitory, Lu Shenxing, who was fiddling with the tape recorder, heard a knock on the door. He looked up and glanced at the alarm clock on the table, "Come in."
Wu Yuan, who came in, was tense, reserved and alert.
Lu Shenxing frowned and said, "Sit aside for a while."
He wasn't paying attention just now and dropped the tape recorder on the ground. Now it makes a noise when playing the tape and he doesn't know what went wrong.
Wu Yuan stood there without moving. As time passed, he relaxed a lot, and once he relaxed, he would easily lose his mind.
"Let me take a look."
Wu Yuan cursed in his heart as he blurted out the words without thinking, "What the hell is that?"
Lu Shenxing was not polite at all, "Then you come."
Wu Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then he was sure it was not a joke. He pursed his lips and walked over with a serious expression, as if what he was about to touch was not a tape recorder, but a priceless national cultural relic.
"Don't be nervous. I won't ask you to compensate if it breaks." Lu Shenxing found a towel and wiped the sweat from his face and neck.
Wu Yuan lowered his head to check the recorder. His fingers were long, his nails were neatly trimmed, and his fingertips were pink. Lu Shenxing stared at them for a moment, then looked away without leaving a trace.
"Okay." Wu Yuan put the tape in and read the words fluently.
Lu Shenxing gestured for him to sit down, "Your academic imbalance is serious. Your hearing is too poor."
Wu Yuan said nothing.
Tapping his fingers on the table, Lu Shenxing said, "Come to me every weekend afternoon and I'll give you extra lessons."
Wu Yuan's frown deepened. "I don't like English."
Many people would dare to say that they don’t like English in front of their English teacher, but very few would actually say it out loud.
Lu Shenxing blurted out, "I don't want to be a teacher yet, is that okay?"
Wu Yuan had a strange expression on his face, as if asking, "What are you talking about? Did I hear it wrong?"
Lu Shenxing obviously didn't respond to him, "What's the matter with the wound on your face?"
Wu Yuan tilted his head uncomfortably, "I fell."
"I'll talk to your parents about the extra lessons." Lu Shenxing pointed to the plastic bag at the door and said, "Please take the trash down for me."
Seeing that he didn't leave, Lu Shenxing closed his eyes and said, "Teacher is going to take a nap."
After closing the door, Wu Yuan caught a glimpse of a bottle of safflower oil in a plastic bag, with more than half of it left. He pursed his lips, took it out and put it in his pocket.
Lu Shenxing pinched his eyebrows and decided to find time to visit Wu Yuan's house.
There were no classes in the afternoon, so Lu Shenxing took a nap. Several teachers from the next door invited him to play mahjong, so he went to join them with sleepy eyes.
After four rounds, Lu Shenxing counted the change and said, "My luck is much better today than usual."
The other three people were shrouded in dark clouds, their faces darker than the bottom of a pot.
After the evening study, Wu Yuan had no plans to go to the playground. Liu Yihan followed him closely, attracting the curious gazes of many classmates. He cursed in annoyance and turned to walk towards the playground.
Standing in an empty corner, Wu Yuan frowned, "Liu Yihan, what do you mean?"
Liu Yihan said shyly, "I like you."
The next moment he clung to Wu Yuan, speaking incoherently, "You like me too, right? I can feel it, Wu Yuan, we are the same kind of people, Wu Yuan... Wu Yuan, I'll let you touch me...it feels so good..."
The words that happened in the dormitory at noon flashed through Wu Yuan's mind. His face turned pale. He pried Liu Yihan's arms apart with force, breathing heavily and shouting in a suppressed voice, "Liu Yihan, you're mistaken. I'm not."
"How do you know if you're not one if you don't try?" Liu Yihan licked his lips and said excitedly, "I'll do it for you, really. I'm willing to do it. After we're done, you'll know if you're one or not."
Wu Yuan took two steps back, and Liu Yihan shamelessly approached him again, but was pushed to the ground by him.
Before Liu Yihan could get up, Wu Yuan had already run away.
Wu Yuan ran very fast, in a panic. He just wanted to hide and calm down, and not let anyone find out that something was wrong with him.
"It's so late, why are you standing here instead of staying in the dormitory?"
A voice suddenly came from behind him, and Wu Yuan felt a chill on his back. Cold sweat broke out in an instant. He shuddered, gritted his teeth and turned around.
Lu Shenxing put his hands in his pockets and walked over leisurely. He looked up and down at a very fast speed and asked, "Running?"
Wu Yuan's breathing was very irregular, and his palms were sweaty. "Yeah."
"The air is nice at night, and most importantly, it's quiet. It's nice to exercise a little." Lu Shenxing curled his lips, "Go for a while with the teacher."
Wu Yuan was flustered and clumsy the whole time.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
