Looking at the boy's pure gaze that was faintly filled with youthful emotions, Zhang Yansheng felt that the hostility in his heart seemed to have been neutralized a lot.
It was cold in winter, and after standing for a while, the tip of Zhang Zhiyuan's nose had already started to turn red from the cold. There was a faint white mist in his breath, making his eyebrows and eyes look hazy and clear.
Zhang Yansheng felt a soft feeling in his heart.
Zhang Heling sometimes made her feel this way. It seemed like she and Zhang Zhiyuan had something in common. But Zhang Heling was still too young, so he couldn't be felt as clearly as Zhang Zhiyuan.
Zhang Yansheng laughed.
"Don't let your imagination run wild." She said softly, "I'm actually afraid of affecting you."
Zhang Zhiyuan blinked.
Zhang Yansheng's eyes and eyebrows were exceptionally gentle at this moment, which was very different from her usual cold and lonely look. He couldn't help but hold his breath slightly and listen to her carefully.
Zhang Yansheng smiled and told him, "I have been paying attention to your grades. From the beginning of the school year to now, your ranking has been moving forward and has never dropped."
She is usually aloof, but when she smiles on this cold winter day, she looks indescribably bright. The smile in her eyes was gentle, and she admitted that she had always been paying attention to him. Zhang Zhiyuan felt his heart stop beating for a moment, followed by an accelerated thumping.
"Zhang Zhiyuan, I predict that you will be in the elite class next semester." Zhang Yansheng said, "Later, I felt that I disturbed you too often. Although everyone says that when you help others, you can also get a review. But there is a gap between my level and yours, and it is a waste of your time. I have been lingering on the basic questions, and you should spend your time solving those difficult and sophisticated questions."
Zhang Zhiyuan opened his mouth: "No, I..."
But Zhang Yansheng interrupted him.
She stared into his eyes and told him: "Zhang Zhiyuan, I want to see you enter the elite class, the sooner the better. There are only more than 900 days left until the college entrance examination, don't waste your time in Class 2!"
Zhang Zhiyuan was stunned because Zhang Yansheng's eyes were shining and full of expectations. What she said was not empty words to coax him, but her expectations that really landed on the ground.
Zhang Yansheng pays attention to him, cares about him, and has such high expectations for him.
Zhang Zhiyuan smiled, revealing a row of white teeth.
"I think Class 2 is particularly good," he said, "but I will try my best."
"It's a must." Zhang Yansheng said, "Q University is your goal."
Zhang Zhiyuan was slightly surprised: "How did you know?"
Zhang Yansheng smiled and said, "You are so good at math, physics and chemistry, where else can you go except Q University?"
"Well, I'll give you good luck!" Zhang Zhiyuan said with a smile, "But you don't have to avoid me, really. The so-called difficult questions are just the accumulation and deformation of basic questions. In the end, you still need a solid foundation. It won't delay me to explain the questions to you."
"Okay. If Gao Xiaoxiao and the others can't explain the questions to me, I'll ask you again." Zhang Yansheng said, "Besides, I've been thinking about hiring a tutor recently."
"Tutoring... If your financial situation allows, it's best to hire a teacher instead of a part-time college student." Zhang Zhiyuan has obviously studied this. "The college entrance examination changes every year, and college students can't keep up. After all, we are an exam-oriented education, and the key is still the exam. Those tutoring institutions are also mixed. You can consider looking for one in our school. We have many special teachers. But you have to look quietly, don't make a big fuss. Now the Education Commission is investigating this kind of thing, and the teachers are very low-key."
The topic changed naturally. The two of them had white breath and smiles in their eyes as they discussed the tutoring issue in a relaxed manner.
When they waved goodbye at the school gate, both of them had smiles on their faces. There is only brightness, no ambiguity.
But in Xu Lichen's eyes, it still made him jealous.
The next day was January 1st, New Year’s Day, and the school was closed. It's not a day off, just one day off, and I feel it's not as good as a weekend off. Before I can even get comfortable, I have to go to school again.
The two little ones went to school with sour faces in the morning.
In Class 1 and 2 of High School No. 1 Middle School, everyone was startled when Zhang Zhiyuan entered the classroom. He had a bruise at the corner of his eye and a large dressing on his cheek. There are also bruises and swellings on the places where the stickers were not applied, so it is conceivable that the skin must have been broken on the places where the stickers were applied. The base of one hand was bandaged.
The students were doing a sprint review before the morning test. They stopped writing and asked in surprise: "What happened?"
Zhang Zhiyuan also had broken skin on his lips and a bruise on the corner of his mouth. He smiled helplessly, "I did it accidentally..." and then refused to say anything more.
The bell for morning self-study rang and everyone returned to their seats.
But Zhang Yansheng still frowned and looked a few times before turning back.
From her point of view, those scars... looked like they were caused by being beaten.
The break between the morning test and the first class is very short, only five minutes. As soon as the get out of class was over, the boys swarmed over and surrounded Zhang Zhiyuan to ask questions.
Soon Zhang Yansheng heard the second-hand information that Gao Xiaoxiao passed on to her: "It is said that he had a conflict with someone on the way home and started fighting. Really, boys are so aggressive in their bones. He looks quite gentle at other times." He was shocked as he spoke.
It turned out that he was beaten.
Although the bruises look scary, from a professional perspective, they are just superficial injuries and no damage to the bones.
Zhang Yansheng is from a mixed boxing gym and has seen injuries much more serious than this. Moreover, in her previous life, she was fooling around with Xu Lichen, a guy with excess hormones and energy, and fighting was a common occurrence for them.
Zhang Yansheng is therefore very calm about things like boys fighting.
Gao Xiaoxiao, who was sitting in front of her, praised her and said, "You are so calm."
Since the one who was injured was Zhang Zhiyuan, these words were obviously meant to mock her. Zhang Yansheng pinched the fat on her cheek without any hesitation. She cried out "Ouch, ouch" in pain.
When I went to get water after class, I ran into Zhang Zhiyuan at the water tank. Zhang Yansheng asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
Zhang Zhiyuan said, "It's okay."
He wanted to smile at her, but it pulled the wound at the corner of his mouth, causing him to hiss in pain.
Zhang Yansheng quickly raised his hand to stop him: "Stop laughing, just bear with it."
She asked again: "What happened afterwards? Did you call the police?"
After being classmates for almost a semester, she subjectively concluded that it was definitely not the top student who caused trouble first, and he must have encountered a gangster. In this case, you should call the police.
Zhang Zhiyuan said: "No, it's not worth calling the police."
Zhang Yansheng felt that his character was a little too gentle. But after all, not everyone is like her and Xu Lichen, who are determined to fight back.
She shrugged and said, "Apply more cold compresses, and it will heal faster."
Zhang Yansheng thought that the matter was over and never thought that Zhang Zhiyuan’s beating might have something to do with him.
But on Saturday, Gao Xiaoxiao suddenly sent her a message saying, "Do you know, Zhang Zhiyuan seemed to have been beaten by Xu Lichen from Class 8..."
Zhang Yansheng was stunned at the time and immediately called her.
"Oh my gosh, why don't you use WeChat voice to make calls? You still have to pay for the phone bill, you rich guy." Gao Xiaoxiao shouted.
Zhang Yansheng asked in a deep voice: "What's going on with Zhang Zhiyuan? How did you know about it?"
"It's Qi Guanyu from our class. Can you guess who he is? You will never guess. Our dean is his uncle! His real uncle! It's been a whole semester, and I haven't heard him mention him. He is so low-key! He is so cunning!" Gao Xiaoxiao praised repeatedly and explained the source of the information to Zhang Yansheng, "Qi Guanyu told Huang Heng, Huang Heng told Li Shuqing, Li Shuqing told him in their group, Ye Meng saw it and told Liu Keren. Aren't Liu Keren, Wang Siyu and I studying piano together in xxx? We have a small group..."
Zhang Yansheng pinched his brows and said, "Speak to the point!"
"Well, the point is, my information is very reliable!" Gao Xiaoxiao said, "This is what happened..."
After Gao Xiaoxiao's explanation, Zhang Yansheng figured out what was going on.
He didn't have a conflict with some gangsters on the road. He was blocked by Xu Lichen and beaten up on his way home.
"Zhang Zhiyuan told his family that he had a conflict with some hooligans on the road, and they wouldn't let him call the police. But his mother refused to listen, and she later secretly called the police. The police station checked the road surveillance and found that the other party was also a student. They also said that the boy had just finished school at that time and was being chased from behind, so he must be from our school."
"Zhang Zhiyuan's mother found the school with the surveillance video, and our director immediately recognized it as Xu Lichen."
"They called Zhang Zhiyuan and Xu Lichen over and asked them why they were fighting. And guess what, the two said in unison that they just didn't like each other, and had a verbal conflict, and then they started fighting. Hehehehehe, think about it, think about it carefully..."
"What am I saying?" Zhang Yansheng said angrily. "Tell me quickly, how is the school going to deal with this?"
"Oh, this is really a bit troublesome." Gao Xiaoxiao said, "According to Qi Guanyu's information, because both of them insisted, the responsibility is half and half. Wait until Monday, and they may each receive a punishment..."
Zhang Yansheng fell silent.
Gao Xiaoxiao rambling on and on, "Actually, everyone knows that it must have been Xu Lichen from Class 8 who started it. We've just discussed this, he might not be able to do this, hehehe, he's just risking his life for the woman he loves. Even though he knows it's not right, he's still kind of handsome. I'm going to tell you the truth, actually, many of our girls have a crush on him..."
This kind of bad boy with a bad look often has a special attraction to these good girls who follow the rules.
"He is not suitable for you." Zhang Yansheng said bluntly.
Gao Xiaoxiao was disappointed: "Of course, we are just thinking about it. Hey, he is so handsome, why doesn't he study hard? If he is willing to study hard, the girls in our class will elect him as the school idol of our class."
After hanging up the phone with Gao Xiaoxiao, Zhang Yansheng felt a surge of evil fire rising up.
Just before New Year's Day, she was secretly happy that he was willing to study hard in order to prove himself.
Now, she felt that the anger in her chest that had dissipated because of Zhang Zhiyuan rose up again because of Xu Lichen.
Zhang Yansheng took a deep breath, turned on his phone and wanted to call Xu Lichen. But she found that in this life, there was no Xu Lichen’s phone number in her mobile phone.
In his previous life, Xu Lichen’s phone number was the shortcut key “1”. Open the dialing interface, press and hold "1" to directly dial Xu Lichen's number.
But she remembered that she and Xu Lichen had added each other as friends, although he was stubborn and had never sent her a message.
Zhang Yansheng dialed the audio call, and it rang for a long time before Xu Lichen answered: "Zhang Yansheng?"
There was a cacophony of voices and blaring music on his end. Obviously he was playing in some entertainment venue.
Zhang Yansheng asked: "Where are you?"
The music became a little quieter, and it sounded like it was coming from the private room into the corridor. Xu Lichen said: "I'm outside, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Zhang Yansheng asked: "Where?"
Xu Lichen paused and replied: "Bao Chi, on Liudao South Road..."
Zhang Yansheng doesn't need an address. She knew where Baachi was. Before the Jinding Club where she died became popular, Baochi was the most popular entertainment club in K City. She went there often in her previous life.
She interrupted Xu Lichen and asked, "Room 806?"
There was silence on the phone for a second, and then Xu Lichen's somewhat incredible voice came: "How did you know?"
Of course Zhang Yansheng knew.
Because Basch was opened by a relative of Xu Lichen, and his family has shares in it. Room 806 is a private room reserved for him.
They used to go there often to play. Before Xu Lichen went abroad, he gave her his membership black card so that she could use his private room at any time.
But he was gone. He went abroad to sleep with foreign girls. Zhang Yansheng never went there again.
Zhang Yansheng did not alarm his family nor call the driver. She called a taxi from outside.
When she calls a car, she usually calls a luxury car, such as Mercedes or BMW. Car companies have strict requirements on drivers, and they are not allowed to chat with customers casually just because they want to chat, disturbing the customers' peace.
But Zhang Yansheng looked like a student. The driver looked at her several times in the rearview mirror. Finally, out of curiosity, he asked, "Miss, what are you holding?"
Zhang Yansheng wrapped the strap around his fingers attentively and told the driver: "Wrist strap."
The driver asked, “What is this for?”
Zhang Yansheng said: "Protect the hand bones and cartilage from fractures, protect the skin from abrasions, and protect the wrists from sprains."
“But this…we wouldn’t get injured like this in our daily lives, right?” the driver asked puzzled.
"Not normally." The girl in the carriage, with a cold white face, raised her eyes, "Yes, when I'm beating someone."
"The scientific name of this thing is combat bandage."
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