Chapter 13: Consequences of Being Hard-Talking "A qualified kidnapper will take your...
Yu Xiang had no choice but to stop and turn around: "Didn't you say that we can leave without taking our names or writing a self-criticism?"
"That's what I said to Jiang Ci! It's his first time being late, and you're a repeat offender!" Xie Wenhui said angrily, puffing his beard and glaring.
"No, Director, you said all students are treated equally."
Xie Wenhui was choked by his words, and after a long pause he said, "Slippery tongue! If you put all this effort into studying, you would have been at the top of the class long ago. Jiang Ci, why haven't you returned to class yet?"
After he finished teaching Yu Xiang a lesson, he found that Jiang Ci had stopped and turned around to look at this side.
"I'll wait for him."
"This..." Xie Wenhui had just been choked by Yu Xiang and now was choked again by Jiang Ci, feeling very aggrieved. "You can go back first. I still have a few words to say to him."
"Then I'll wait for you to finish." Jiang Ci was more persistent than he had imagined and did not obey him obediently.
Xie Wenhui couldn't do anything about him, so he turned his attention back to Yu Xiang: "Tell me, why are you late again? Is the alarm clock broken again? Is your mom staying up late again? Or did the door inexplicably lock itself again?"
Jiang Ci, who was not far away and could hear everything clearly: "..."
It seems that someone's previous reasons for being late are not only varied but also quite exciting.
"Neither." Yu Xiang shook his head. "Like Jiang Ci, I also overslept."
"How can it be such a coincidence? I don't think you can think of a reason. Just because others say so, you will follow their example?" Xie Wenhui snorted coldly.
"It's absolutely true, Director. If you don't believe me, ask him." Yu Xiang saw that he didn't believe him, and he raised his hand and pointed at Jiang Ci in a hurry.
"How would he know? I think you're not in your right mind. Did you stay up late playing games again last night?"
"It's true." Jiang Ci took two steps towards them and said to Xie Wenhui calmly, "He didn't stay up late playing games last night. He just stayed up late doing math homework."
Xie Wenhui: “?” Is this true? Where did the sun rise today?
He looked Yu Xiang over from head to toe with a scrutinizing gaze, then turned to Jiang Ci and said seriously, "Jiang Ci, if he threatens you to bear false witness for him on the way here, just tell me boldly. I'll take care of it for you, and he won't dare touch you."
Yu Xiang looked at him in shock, as if a huge question mark appeared above his head.
Director Xie, please wake up. Who the hell has the ability to threaten him?
"He stayed at my house yesterday." Jiang Ci explained calmly.
Xie Wenhui suddenly understood something and turned back to look at Yu Xiang: "So it was you who caused them to oversleep and be late?"
Yu Xiang raised his hand and touched half of his face guiltily: "..." You could say that.
The story begins this morning.
All I can say is that his worries last night were not unfounded. His sleeping posture has improved over the past few years - but not for the better.
He used to be used to sleeping with something in his arms, but when he woke up this morning, not only was he holding Jiang Ci, but even more terrible was that one of his legs was wildly crossed over him.
Of course, the scariest thing was that it was already past 7:10, and unless there was a portal, I would be late no matter what.
"Five alarm clocks couldn't wake you up, and I couldn't move even if you held me." This was the first thing Jiang Ci said to him after he woke up. "Your sleep quality is terrifying."
Yu Xiang's expression was numb: "...I'll just take it as a compliment."
The memories end.
"It's none of his business. I was the one who forced him to stay up late to do his math homework yesterday." Just as Yu Xiang was still trying to think of how to answer, Jiang Ci spoke before him.
Xie Wenhui listened to their explanations, his mind full of lawsuits. Finally, he gave up: "Forget it, forget it, don't say anything, just go back to class and study."
"Thank you, Director!" Yu Xiang was very enthusiastic when he heard that they would be let go.
Xie Wenhui: “…” This brat!
The vitality is quite energetic.
On the school avenue, Jiang Ci glanced calmly at the young man following behind him.
His expression looked normal, not as gloomy as when we first met last night.
Yu Xiang probably didn't even realize that staying with Jiang Ci allowed him to temporarily forget those unpleasant things, or rather, he didn't have the time to think about them.
Some emotions that should have had a profound impact on him seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind called "Jiang Ci".
Not surprisingly, everyone in the class was still curious about the conversation between Yu Xiang and Jiang Ci in the class group last night.
Yu Xiang decided to play dead to the end. He would lie down on the table and sleep during the break. Even Jiang Ci helped him to find his homework and hand it in to the group leader.
Naturally, some of those people asked Jiang Ci, but Jiang Ci refused to answer questions that were not related to study.
Yu Xiang returned home at noon, and his mood, which had been repaired with great difficulty, was shattered into pieces again.
Chen Xiaomei and Yu Jinsheng had a big quarrel at the dinner table. After the quarrel, both of them slammed the door and went into the room, leaving Yu Xiang alone in the restaurant, eating the remaining white rice in the bowl in silence.
After eating, he went straight to school.
At this time, the boarding students had finished their lunch self-study and returned to the dormitory to rest. The classroom was empty except for him, and it seemed spacious and quiet.
Yu Xiang supported half of his face with one hand, staring blankly at the neat and beautiful handwriting on the draft paper left by Jiang Ci on the desk.
It felt like there was a huge rock pressing down on his heart, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
When Jiang Ci arrived at the classroom, he saw Yu Xiang lying face down on the table.
I couldn't see his face, and I didn't know if he was asleep or just didn't want to get up.
"Come so early?" he asked tentatively.
Yu Xiang ignored him.
Jiang Ci sat down beside him and started doing the exercises.
About five minutes later, Yu Xiang moved his head, slowly stood up, half turned his face, and began to stare at Jiang Ci's writing hands in a daze again.
This state of being lost in the world lasted until the end of evening self-study. During this period, Yu Xiang said no more than ten sentences, which scared Zhang Miao and Fang Chengyu, who were having dinner with him, so much that they had no appetite for dinner.
"Are you still coming to my house today?"
"Is your bike not repaired yet?"
On the way home after evening self-study get out of class, Jiang Ci and Yu Xiang spoke almost at the same time.
"How dare you let me live here?"
"Maybe it can't be repaired."
Then they answered at the same time.
There was a silence.
"I don't want to live here anymore. I'm not homeless." After a while, Yu Xiang said in a muffled voice.
In the night, Jiang Ci lowered his eyes and looked at Yu Xiang's beautiful eyes, which seemed to have lost some of their brilliance. He swallowed the "how dare you" that was on the tip of his tongue and said, "Then go to bed early tonight."
"You too." Yu Xiang said this and took the key to open the door.
As expected, the first floor was dark and no one was waiting for him to come home.
He went straight up to the second floor and tried to open the door of his room, but the door was locked from the inside and could not be opened from the outside.
"Dad! Open the door! Give me back my room!" Yu Xiang had no choice but to start knocking on the door.
No one answered.
With a click, the door to the next room opened. Chen Xiaomei poked her head out and said tiredly, "You should continue to stay at Aunt Fang's house today. He won't be willing to come out for a while."
"But..." Before Yu Xiang could finish his words, Chen Xiaomie closed the door again.
Yu Xiang: “…” Mom, at least let me finish what I’m saying.
Helplessly, he could only continue knocking: "Dad, open the door..."
Still no one answered.
Yu Xiang's eyes and nose began to feel sore, but he blinked quickly, held back his tears, and went downstairs with his schoolbag on his back.
But he did not choose to go to Jiang Ci's house, but sat down on the sofa.
He sat there all night long. He forgot when he fell asleep, but when he woke up from the cold, it was already dawn.
It's so cold.
He covered his nose and sneezed, then curled up on the sofa.
But the result is that it is getting colder and colder.
In fact, the temperature today will not be very low, but he just feels cold.
When he finally couldn't stand it anymore, he simply got up, brushed his teeth and washed his face, checked the time, and went out with his schoolbag.
But he didn't expect to see Jiang Ci as soon as he opened the door, and he was surprised: "Why are you here?"
Jiang Ci handed him a cell phone: "You didn't take your cell phone back yesterday."
The school checks cell phones very strictly. I left in a hurry yesterday morning and forgot to bring my phone with me. I planned to get it at noon, but I forgot about it again yesterday at noon.
"Oh, thank you." Yu Xiang took the phone and hesitated for a long time without knowing where to put it.
"You look very bad." Jiang Ci said again.
"Maybe I didn't sleep well." Yu Xiang's voice lost its usual vitality, and there were faint dark circles around his eyes. It was obvious that he didn't get a good rest at night.
After giving a perfunctory answer, he stepped past Jiang Ci and walked out slowly - he had no strength in his body, and every step felt like he was stepping on cotton.
Jiang Ci turned around and called him: "Going to school so early today?"
Yu Xiang answered without turning his head, "Yeah. You can't really be late every day, right?"
He was about to continue walking when Jiang Ci said, "Wait!"
This time he finally stopped and turned around, asking weakly, "What's wrong with you?"
Jiang Ci raised his hand and pointed at Yu Xiang's shoulder: "Your schoolbag is unzipped."
Yu Xiang: “…”
He was speechless for a moment, then resigned himself to taking off his schoolbag. Sure enough, he saw that his schoolbag was wide open, as if grinning at him.
"Also, are you planning to bring your cell phone to school?" Jiang Ci asked again.
Yu Xiang zipped up his schoolbag with a swish: "There's no place to put it."
He couldn't get into the room, but he was worried about putting it anywhere else.
"Come with me." Jiang Ci said, and relying on his height and long legs, he walked a few steps to Yu Xiang, grabbed Yu Xiang's wrist without saying anything, and pulled him towards his home.
Yu Xiang hadn't expected this, and since he was in such a bad state that his brain wasn't working very well, he was dragged along for several steps before he realized, "Hey, hey! Where are you taking me? The school isn't in this direction—"
He howled while trying to change direction, but Jiang Ci was stronger than him, so there was no way he could get away so easily.
The two of them dragged each other into the house next door, startling Luo Fang, who came out of the kitchen humming a song while holding dishes. "Xiao Ci? Didn't you go to return the phone? Why did you kidnap Xiao Xiang?"
"Mom, please bring out an extra set of dishes and chopsticks, let's go upstairs." Jiang Ci said this and pulled Yu Xiang up the stairs.
Luo Fang: “???” What’s going on?
"Slow down!" Yu Xiang stumbled and nearly tripped over a step. He couldn't help but complain, "Who would drag someone along? Even kidnappers are gentler than you."
"A qualified kidnapper would tie your hands behind your back and blindfold you. You probably don't want me to do that." Jiang Ci said this coldly and ruthlessly, but his movements became noticeably softer and his pace slowed down a lot.
Yu Xiang followed Jiang Ci's words and imagined the scene, then said honestly: "I think we should not talk about such dangerous topics."
"Leave your phone here with me for now, and then come downstairs with me for breakfast." Jiang Ci took the man to his room and said to him seriously.
Yu Xiang blinked blankly a few times: "What else?"
Jiang Ci: "No more."
"So, just for these two simple things, you made such a fuss and dragged me from my door to your room?" Yu Xiang couldn't believe his ears.
Jiang Ci: "Yeah."
Yu Xiang was so angry at the frank "hmm" that he was speechless: "..."
Bastard!!!
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