Chapter 38 038 So you have so many friends
Shen Yi rarely thanks Shen's father, except in this situation.
If it weren't for her father's extremely high expectations of her as a daughter of a prestigious family, she would never be able to walk so nimbly or even run while wearing high heels.
Jiang Yue was also full of admiration, and while running, she looked at Shen Yi and said, "Yi Yi, you're amazing!"
"Practice!"
Shen Yi silently thanked Jiang Jiabao again. If she hadn't accompanied him to Duan Lian, she would have been out of breath running this short distance. Although she was tired now, she could accept it.
There was construction going on at the school gate, and the two of them were unlucky; they waited for almost ten minutes before they could hail a taxi to the Ninth Middle School.
In the car, the two talked while removing their wigs. Jiang Yue also had a stern face: "Xu Qingyi is going too far!"
Shen Yi chimed in, "Xu Qingzhe is truly pitiful to have a brother like him."
For so many years, he ignored Xu Qingzhe and went off to live a good life alone. Now that he needs Xu Qingzhe, he wants him to be his punching bag? What kind of nonsense is this?
Shen Yi only saw it now; Xu Qingzhe had sent her a message ten minutes ago, telling her that he was going to No. 9 Middle School.
Jiang Yue was puzzled: "So why did Xu Qingzhe agree?"
He pondered deeply: "Perhaps it's because he just seems indifferent, but is actually very kind."
That's a serious statement.
After all, Shen Yi knew that Xu Qingzhe's biggest weakness was his soft heart. Xu Qingyi was, after all, his own brother. If he begged for help, Xu Qingzhe might soften his heart after just a few words.
Jiang Yue also thought it made sense and shook her head repeatedly. On the way there, the two of them also took the opportunity to criticize Xu Qingyi.
Shen Yi had already sent a message to Le Yun in advance.
Upon hearing that such a thing had happened, Le Yun immediately joined the fray, but still arranged for a henchman to wait at the entrance to help them enter the Ninth Middle School.
Today is the anniversary of No. 1 Middle School, but for No. 9 Middle School, it's just an ordinary school day.
Fortunately, Shen Yi and Jiang Yue arrived during class time. At that moment, Shen Yi received a location from Wen Que, which was indeed the same teaching building as last time.
Shen Yi stopped and looked at the underling that Le Yun had sent to guide her: "Please take good care of her."
It would be dangerous to go any further in.
It's not appropriate to bring Jiang Yue in.
Jiang Yue understood what Shen Yi was worried about, but just smiled confidently at her: "Have you forgotten my skills? I learned them from beating up Jiang Jiabao. Although I may not be of much help to you, I can still protect myself and not be a burden."
Shen Yi never liked being looked down upon, so since Jiang Yue had said so, she nodded in agreement: "Then let's go in together! Be careful."
Having learned from their previous experience, Shen Yi thought it would be very difficult to climb five floors in one go while wearing high heels, but fortunately, God helped them. As soon as they entered, they heard the sound of fighting coming from above.
The fight must have happened on the second floor, but it didn't sound too loud.
Shen Yi and Jiang Yue exchanged a glance, and the two quickly went upstairs.
They were late.
Fortunately, there was no bad news.
Many people were lying on the ground, all wearing the school uniform of No. 9 Middle School, clutching their arms and legs and groaning in pain, looking completely incapacitated.
He raised his gaze and looked at everything before him.
Wen Que was clearly not good at fighting, but he seemed to join in anyway. His clothes were disheveled and there were some bruises on the corners of his mouth, but fortunately he didn't seem to be seriously injured. Shen Yu kept his back to back with him, and looked warily at the few people lying on the ground on the other side, groaning in pain, afraid that they might still be able to stand up and fight back.
Xu Qingzhe stood alone in the corridor, his back to her, and finished off the last opponent who was still standing on the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.
Song Yang was pinning a student from No. 9 Middle School to the ground, straddling him and delivering two more punches, seemingly with complete ease.
Le Yun, with a smile, squatted down next to Song Yang, and like a devil, pressed her fingernails against the other's wound. After hearing the other's groan, she let out a clear, bell-like laugh: "Huh? It bleeds as soon as you press it, how interesting."
Everyone looked at Le Yun with mixed expressions.
Song Yang's lips twitched: "Who are you... Never mind, whoever you are, please don't say such terrifying things, okay?"
"Oh dear, I didn't have time to introduce myself."
Le Yun stood up with a smile and extended her hand to Song Yang: "Hello, I am Le Yun, from No. 9 Middle School, and I am friends with Xu Qingzhe."
Song Yang looked at Le Yun's hand with some disdain.
Le Yun looked down at the bloodstains between her fingers, clicked her tongue in disgust, and reached out her other hand to shake hands with Song Yang.
"Le Yun, right? You look more like a devil."
Shen Yu couldn't help but utter such a sigh.
Le Yun just tilted her head and smiled at him: "Thank you for the compliment... Oh, is it Shen Yi? You're here too, long time no see."
"……haven't seen you for a long time."
After replying habitually, Shen Yi noticed everyone was looking at him and realized it wasn't the time for small talk. Looking at the corpses scattered on the ground, he asked, "What's the situation now?"
"As you can see."
As Song Yang spoke, he didn't forget to step on the butt of the despicable man who had just tried to ambush him. The sunlight shone on his beautiful blond hair, and he smiled brightly: "They originally wanted to bully Xu Qingzhe with fewer troops, but we arrived in time, so we won this battle beautifully."
Shen Yi's gaze unconsciously drifted towards Xu Qingzhe.
The boy met her gaze, but for some reason instinctively looked away, unsure of who to look at, and asked, "...Why are you all here?"
just.
While fighting, Song Yang still had time to chat with him, fiercely denouncing Shen Yi's shameless act of directly taking him, the noble prince, offline in order to get him to come and help! He said he would settle accounts with him and Shen Yi after this fight was over!
Shen Yu grumbled and complained that his father hadn't told him anything, saying that if he had known earlier, he wouldn't be in such a panic now.
For some reason, Wen Que also took a punch for him, and then acted as if nothing had happened. Even though he wasn't very good at fighting, he still joined in. Luckily, Shen Yu took care of him, otherwise, who knows if he would have suffered any more serious injuries.
This feeling of being protected.
For Xu Qingzhe, this was unprecedented.
Shen Yi replied naturally, "Of course it's because I'm worried about you."
Jiang Yue nodded along like a little rabbit.
Le Yun exclaimed, "Xu Qingzhe, I didn't know you had so many friends!"
Xu Qingzhe: "..."
The words "They are not my friends" were on the tip of his tongue, but perhaps because of the intense battle, he didn't have time to say them.
Xu Qingzhe knew very well that these people were connected to him because of Shen Yi, and that they were going to such lengths to help him because of Shen Yi's existence.
But in any case.
He was still very grateful to them.
It made him realize that he was not alone when he was most isolated and helpless, because so many people were there to help him.
His deep gaze fell on Xu Qingzhe's face.
On the left cheek, from the corner of the eye to the corner of the lip, a dried bloodstain appeared, just as mentioned in the original storyline, which could not be avoided.
However, judging from the scars on Shen Yi's body after that car accident, Xu Qingzhe's facial wounds are not deep. With just some scar-reducing ointment, he will definitely be able to recover completely.
Even if there are visible wounds, they will not be as terrifying as described in the original storyline, and certainly not to the point of disfigurement and public criticism.
Realizing what Shen Yi was looking at, Xu Qingzhe raised his hand to wipe the bloodstains on his face and said, "It's just a minor injury."
Right now.
Wen Que supported himself by holding onto the table with one hand and coughed heavily twice.
Shen Yi also remembered that Wen Que had only been out of the hospital for a short time and his body might not have fully recovered. She quickly looked over and saw the bruise on the corner of his lips. A look of heartache flashed in her eyes: "Wen Que, are you alright?"
Even if Xu Qingzhe wanted to admit it, the bruise on Wen Que's face was indeed from helping him.
Although Xu Qingzhe was able to dodge that punch, he didn't understand why Wen Que had come over to help, but saying such things seemed too heartless.
Before Wen Que could answer, Xu Qingzhe spoke up to explain to Shen Yi, "The injury on his face was because he was helping me."
"……nothing."
Wen Que turned his face away, as if he didn't want Shen Yi to see the bruise on the corner of his lip, and said, "I'm also very happy to be able to help everyone."
Just as Shen Yi was about to say something and turned to call out to Jiang Yue, his eyes suddenly widened.
The body reacts faster than the brain.
Before Shen Yi realized what was happening, she had already gripped her high heels and used the heels to stab hard into the shoulder of the boy behind Jiang Yue.
now.
She was still dressed in a gorgeous and elaborate dress, holding her crystal shoe aloft, as brave as a knight rescuing a princess.
The boy let out a wail, clutching his wound, and fell to the ground again.
Shen Yi was also startled.
Her actions were purely instinctive, but when she saw the heel of the high heel she was holding was stained with thick blood, she was so frightened that her hand trembled and the shoe fell to the ground.
Jiang Yue hadn't expected to suddenly become the target of these people's attacks. Realizing this, she immediately looked at Shen Yi gratefully: "Yi Yi, thank you."
"N-nothing."
Shen Yi swallowed hard, trying her best to keep her voice from trembling too much. After all, this was the first time she had participated in something that was equivalent to a group fight, and she had even stabbed someone until they bled. It was impossible for her not to be afraid.
Song Yang walked up, kicked over the man who had just tried to ambush Jiang Yue, squatted down to check him over, and said, "He was just unlucky. He already had an injury on his shoulder. It wasn't you who did it, so don't blame yourself."
After hearing this...
Shen Yi still couldn't completely relax, and still held Jiang Yue behind her with one hand: "Let's go out first."
Even if they win, the people on the ground may not be completely incapacitated. If someone suddenly gets up and attacks them like before, it would be bad if they got injured again.
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downstairs.
The sun is shining brightly today, and it feels warm and cozy on everyone.
Suddenly, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground came from the wall not far away, one after another, like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Everyone turned to look at the sound.
A group of people dressed in black uniforms climbed over the wall one after another. The leader looked up, saw them, paused for a moment, and called out, "Young Master! Are you alright?"
Wen Que: "..."
Feeling everyone around him staring at him, Wen Que's forehead seemed to crease with ellipses as he asked, "Why are you all only arriving now?"
Why did you come in from a place like this?
"There's nothing I can do!"
The leader, a towering 1.9-meter-tall, muscular man, looked aggrieved. "The gatekeeper wouldn't let us in, saying we didn't look like students. We had to go around in circles and find this wall. By the way, young master, who do we need to beat up? Who? Who bullied our young master! Step forward!!!"
Everyone: "..."
Are all the bodyguards in the Wen family this unreliable?
Wen Que had rarely felt so humiliated in his life. He raised his head expressionlessly and said, "It's alright. Go back to where you came from."
"Yes, young master!"
The leader bowed and then climbed back over the wall.
The remaining people looked at each other, then scrambled to climb the wall and quickly disappeared from sight.
Song Yang laughed out loud and retorted, "Wen Que, are you waiting for your family to come and rescue Xu Qingzhe? We could all be there to eat at his feast by then."
Wen Que rarely needed this squad; he only had the authority to command them and didn't know anything about their situation. Naturally, he was so embarrassed that he couldn't say a word.
Shen Yu stepped in to smooth things over: "Oh, everything's fine now, isn't it? Besides, we're so grateful to Wen Que for bringing us here today; he's worked hard too!"
"yes."
Shen Yi echoed her sentiment, then changed the subject, asking Xu Qingzhe, "What's the deal with those people inside? Why are you at No. 9 Middle School?"
The air suddenly became quiet.
Seeing that Xu Qingzhe was not going to answer, Le Yun slowly prompted, "Those people are not from No. 9 Middle School."
That makes perfect sense.
Beijing No. 9 High School is notorious for its chaotic management; school rules are practically ignored, and fights among male students are commonplace. It's fair to say that as long as no one dies, fights and bloodshed are considered minor incidents.
Rather than finding a secluded spot outside and potentially frightening passersby, it's more convenient to stay at No. 9 Middle School.
Xu Qingzhe didn't like to talk about his private affairs, but these people in front of him were going all out to help him, so it would be too much to keep everything from him.
Just as Xu Qingzhe was about to explain the reason, a somewhat helpless voice came from behind them: "Of course it's because I made a deal with him."
Everyone looked over.
Xu Qingyi appeared behind them at some point and waved to Le Yun.
Shen Yi looked at Xu Qingyi and then at Le Yun, his surprise barely concealed. They actually knew each other?
Le Yun walked over to Xu Qingyi's side, surprised that the truth was revealed so quickly. A look of distress appeared on her face: "Shall I reintroduce myself? I'm Xu Qingyi's younger brother, or rather, Xu Qingzhe. You're my older brother too!"
Shen Yi: "...?"
What is all this nonsense? Her brain was starting to malfunction.
But thinking about it carefully, the way these two people were grinning and joking...
They do look somewhat alike?
It's just that Le Yun is really cute, and Shen Yi has a bit of a crush on him, so she has never doubted him.
The others weren't much better off either.
Why are you all making that face?
Xu Qingyi shrugged helplessly, looked up at the teaching building again, and then looked Xu Qingzhe up and down for a while: "You won? That's good too."
"Don't be so hypocritical."
Le Yun yawned and looked at Xu Qingyi: "You arranged to meet at No. 9 Middle School, wasn't it because you hoped I could help him out?"
Next.
Through Xu Qingyi's narration, everyone finally understood the cause and effect.
This script is similar to the one Shen Yi received, but with some slight deviations, mainly in the background of Xu Qingzhe and Xu Qingyi's father.
In fact, Xu Qingyi and Xu Qingzhe's father was a member of the wealthy Xu family in City A. However, his mother was married into the family after his first wife passed away. She died in childbirth after giving birth to him, and Old Master Xu soon found a new love.
Mr. Xu was the least favored child in the family. He had a son from his first wife who was the heir, and a beautiful stepmother who had recently married into the family. When he was in his twenties, he could not bear the life at home, so he chose to escape to the capital, married an ordinary girl, had children, and lived a very ordinary life.
Unfortunately, the original heir in City A passed away early, leaving the old man's vast fortune without an heir.
So the old man sent people everywhere to search for all the children who were related to him by blood in some roundabout way, creating a game of fighting for the heir to the wealthy family.
Le Yun was the first loser in that game.
His father was a distant cousin of the old man and wasn't very interested in the property, so he was quickly eliminated. However, he met Xu Qingyi in the process, and the two became friends.
Over the years, the dozen or so children originally left by the Xu family have been gradually eliminated, and the right of inheritance has almost been locked in Xu Qingyi's hands.
Furthermore, in terms of blood relations, Xu Qingyi is Old Master Xu's own grandson. As long as he can secure a marriage that meets the Old Master's standards, it will be a sure thing.
It's a pity.
He wasted several months in the capital without accomplishing anything. The Xu family's punishments were always the simplest forms of corporal punishment. As long as Xu Qingyi endured this beating and recovered from his injuries, he should be able to go back home.
Xu Qingyi then proposed that if Xu Qingzhe was willing to take the beating for him, he would leave immediately.
Of course, it would be great if we could win, but that's obviously unlikely.
The arrival of Shen Yi and his group was unexpected.
After lazily finishing his sentence, Xu Qingyi suddenly switched to an exaggerated tone and said, "But I never thought my dear brother would actually agree. My brother, who used to never even speak properly to me, is actually willing to take a beating for me. I'm so touched."
Song Yang, inappropriately thinking, "Could it be that he just hates you so much and wants you to get lost?"
Xu Qingyi was clearly speechless.
Everyone knows that this may indeed be the truth, but it's still quite impactful for Song Yang to say it so directly.
Xu Qingzhe was unwilling to reminisce with Xu Qingyi in public any longer, and said directly, "I have done what I promised you."
"Okay, I'll take care of the transfer procedures."
Xu Qingyi answered in this way, his gaze falling lightly on the people around him. Suddenly, he looked at Xu Qingzhe with some resentment and murmured, "Why is it that everything I've wanted since I was a child has been yours?"
Clearly...
He couldn't win the affections of either Shen Yi or Jiang Yue, yet now they, along with these other people, are willing to give up everything to help Xu Qingzhe.
How ironic.
They were in the same class, and he spent more time with them. He even looked just like Xu Qingzhe. Apart from them, almost everyone in the class thought he was easier to get along with than Xu Qingzhe. So why did they all choose Xu Qingzhe over him?
before……
That's true too.
Xu Qingyi frowned, seemingly not understanding what he was saying.
We probably won't see each other again.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingyi suddenly moved closer, looking at Xu Qingzhe with a hint of provocation, and revealed a secret that had been hidden in his heart for many years: "You don't know, do you? When we were little, Mom wanted to run away with you, but that day I lost money while buying salt. Afraid that Dad would beat me, you agreed to switch identities with me, and Mom didn't distinguish between us."
So when Mom quietly took my hand and asked, "Xiao Zhe, would you like to come with Mom?" I naturally continued to pretend to be you. I said, "No, I want to stay with my brother."
Three days later, that heartless woman really abandoned us and ran away alone.
His voice held a hint of laughter, yet also a touch of sadness.
He understood that his mother resented his father, and he would support her if she wanted to leave alone. But she never thought of taking him with her, and even considered leaving his younger brother behind, leaving him isolated and helpless. How could he not resent her as well?
Xu Qingyi couldn't understand.
Was it because Xu Qingzhe was more lively and cheerful than him, and sweet-talking, which pleased the elders and made him a lovable child praised by everyone, while he was relatively quiet and reserved, and his mother saw the shadow of his father in him, so did his mother choose his younger brother and abandon him?
He used that method to make his stance clear, hoping that his mother would take him along as a burden, out of respect for Xu Qingzhe. He promised to work diligently, eat very little, and not be a burden to them.
Unexpectedly, their mother was willing to abandon them all.
In the years that followed.
Xu Qingyi tried his best to live up to the image of Xu Qingzhe in his memory. Or perhaps it was because fate was playing tricks on him. When Xu Qingyi saw Xu Qingzhe again after many years, he found that his younger brother was living as aloof and silent as he had when he was a child. He felt a strong sense of excitement.
It's like...
He truly succeeded in stealing the life that should have belonged to Xu Qingzhe.
It also seems like—
That year, the question her mother actually asked was, "Xiao Yi, would you like to come with Mommy?"
Xu Qingyi thought that by saying such things, he could hurt Xu Qingzhe and soothe the displeasure he had felt over the years due to jealousy and resentment.
Xu Qingzhe lowered his eyes, his expression slightly gloomy, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
Song Yang and Shen Yu exchanged a glance.
Both of their faces seemed to say: "Is this something we should listen to? Or should we just leave?"
Everyone silently took a few steps back and huddled together, giving the stage completely to the two Xu brothers.
Wen Que raised his head, only to have his sleeve pulled and tugged at by Shen Yi. A slight smile appeared on his lips as he obediently leaned closer.
Le Yun glanced at it; he had never heard of this performance before, so he simply stood aside with them and watched the show.
Xu Qingzhe raised his head.
He looked at the face in front of him, which was almost identical to his own, with a mocking expression, and replied, "I know."
She met Xu Qingyi's slightly surprised gaze.
Xu Qingzhe even revealed a self-deprecating smile: "Before my mother left, she asked me one more time if I wanted to go with her."
Xu Qingyi stood there stunned, then blurted out, "Then why didn't you agree?"
"Because I was so stupid back then."
Xu Qingzhe turned around and walked towards the school gate, leaving behind only a cold remark: "I also told her that I want to be with my brother forever."
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