20/Traveling in Huai
Even the most captivating campus gossip was quickly overshadowed by the upcoming exams. Chen Mian squeezed in her spare time to finish her essay and hand it in. Just then, Chen Ke was also on his way to the teacher's office, and the two walked together without exchanging a word.
Chen Mian's silence seemed to Chen Ke as indifference and mockery. The embarrassment at the Western restaurant that day became the biggest nightmare of Chen Ke's campus life. Young people have lofty ambitions, especially Chen Ke, who is poor but ambitious. Behind his high sensitivity lies an inferiority complex that he dares not talk to others. He usually doesn't look at other people's expensive sneakers, nor does he look at his own faded canvas shoes.
"I never expected you to be this kind of person." Chen Ke broke the silence first, his words filled with the reproach of a patriarch.
Chen Mian, holding the test paper, didn't intend to say much to him. But hearing Chen Ke's words, her initial reluctance to talk to him changed. "What's it to you?"
Just as she told Shen Yu.
Chen Mian wasn't a particularly outspoken person at school, and it was rare for her to speak like this.
Therefore, this retort stunned Chen Ke. Before he could speak, he saw Chen Mian take the essay and go straight into the teacher's office.
You Huai went to the teacher's office to discuss his college application and witnessed this scene.
He immediately burst out laughing, leaning against the desk without any proper posture. His homeroom teacher tapped his arm with a pen and scolded him irritably for never doing anything right, saying that his cello playing sounded like a bellows and that he had no ears to listen.
You Huai listened to the teacher's lecture with a grin, glancing at Chen Mian as she handed in her essay.
His teacher followed his gaze to the top student in the humanities class and found a new angle to lecture him: "Look at others, they study so intensively and still find time to participate in competitions. They haven't neglected anything and are excelling in everything. And you? I don't know what you little brats are doing all day long."
All day long, of course, they're busy having fun.
But You Huai couldn't say that directly. The atmosphere was already shifting towards implicating the entire music class because of him. He listened with his eyes downcast, thinking that this conversation really didn't need to go on for so long. Then he heard a clear voice from the doorway, "Teacher."
You Huai looked up and saw Chen Yin standing at the door, carrying an assignment she hadn't had time to hand in during the first class, walking inside. She had obviously also seen Chen Mian standing in the next corridor. Her expression had just turned slightly displeased when she heard her homeroom teacher say "Oh," in a teasing tone, "Speak of the devil, and he appears. The two rabbits are having a race."
Chen Yin was a little confused, but You Huai knew what the teacher meant and scratched his eyebrows.
The two sides of the office have two completely different atmospheres: the music class is in complete chaos.
Every now and then, Chen Yin could be heard uttering a wronged curse at You Huai, then whining to her teacher, "What does this have to do with me, teacher!"
Chen Mian waited quietly for the teacher to finish her phone call and hand over the composition paper. Chen Ke stood a few steps behind, his neck stiff, not even glancing at her. The atmosphere between the two was visibly cold and hard.
Of course, the homeroom teacher of Class 3 knew that Chen Ke had reported Chen Mian, but after all, they were not kindergarten children but teenagers about to step into adulthood. Trying to mediate such a fight was just a face-saving project and had no effect, especially since it was between male and female classmates.
Every night, security guards patrol the school with flashlights to check for early romantic relationships. The homeroom teachers are generally aware of the situation of the students in each class. For example, who is in a flirtatious relationship with whom? All of this is revealed by the attitudes and words of a group of students who love to stir up trouble. However, Suizhong is relatively flexible in this regard. Instead of simply punishing and prohibiting, they guide students. Especially for top students, they pay the most attention to protecting their self-esteem and artificially cool things down by changing their seats.
The homeroom teacher never worried about Chen Mian. She had been Chen Mian's homeroom teacher for three years before the classes were divided. She knew Chen Mian's family situation very well and knew that she had an unreliable father and an irresponsible stepmother. Chen Mian's seat was always empty at parent-teacher meetings, and occasionally her neighbor would come to attend for her.
The girl stood by the window, gazing quietly inside, like a white magnolia quietly blooming.
The homeroom teacher nodded to the two of them. "Okay, I'll keep it for your Chinese teacher for now. I'll give it to her when she gets back. Hurry up and go home, class will start soon." Then, she asked Chen Mian to stay behind. After Chen Ke left, she took the confiscated phone out of her drawer. "Classmates, you said this phone isn't yours?"
Chen Mian looked at her with a somewhat blank expression.
The homeroom teacher smiled and jokingly said to her, "You are a day student, so confiscating your phone is just a formality. In principle, it should be returned to you after school, but the grade leader is holding onto it. It only came to me after you submitted your self-criticism. Since the phone isn't yours, you should return it to someone else."
Just then, the music class teacher raised her voice and said, "Why don't you two just go to the media class and study broadcasting and hosting? You two love to argue so much. This afternoon, when you go to the art exam in the next city, you two sit next to each other and argue the whole way!"
As Chen Mian stepped out of the office, her cell phone felt heavy in her coat pocket.
She stood in the corridor, a breeze carrying the damp scent of grass and trees after the rain. Every now and then, passing classmates would glance at her, tugging at each other as they walked away, muttering: "Is it true? Is it really true?"
Are you very concerned about this?
Actually, no.
But the complicated study life always needs some spice, and the little bit of romantic news between boys and girls is like a flower blooming in the green bushes. The hormones of adolescence are bright and fresh.
Even the discussions were friendly, and the glances were filled with envy. It seemed that beneath the somber blue and white school uniform, her youthful spirit shone brightly and boldly.
Chen Yin and You Huai, one after the other, saw Chen Mian waiting at the door.
Chen Yin hadn't spoken to Chen Mian for a long time. You Huai was an expert in Chen Yin's field of study. He had seen from a young age that she was a paper tiger. She could talk as much as anyone else about how annoying she was, but she couldn't actually do anything.
Like a traffic cop directing traffic, You Huai leaned against the white wall by the teacher's office door and said to the two girls who hadn't said a word, "Should I start things off for you?"
No one paid any attention.
He bit his cheek. "Alright, I'll set the pace."
"Chen Yin, you go first."
Chen Yin was so angry that You Huai had her completely at a loss. Finally, she glared at him angrily and said, "Are you crazy, You Huai?! Why did I have to go first?!"
You Huaiwei nodded, "Because I'm sick."
"..."
Chen Yin was immediately speechless, her princess-like temperament held high, her chin held high, as proud as a swan.
Chen Mian walked up to her and handed her the phone from her pocket. "Here you go."
Chen Yin didn't take it, but You Huai reached out and took it. "How come people have such different fates? We're just getting scolded inside, but you get your phone returned by your teacher inside?"
Clearly trying to liven things up, You Huai and Shen Yu are completely different types. Both are handsome, but Shen Yu is too dazzling, while You Huai has an unpredictable personality. His lack of pretension makes him less mysterious and appealing. Some girls have confessed to him, but they all ended up as friends. This tactic is more ruthless than Shen Yu's cold-blooded approach, making even sexual orientation unclear because of this way of getting along.
Even though BL (Boys' Love) is still a niche genre, quite a few people have already started shipping him and Shen Yu as a couple. You Huai grinned and put his arm around Shen Yu's shoulder, saying, "That's great! I'll take care of you from now on, Brother Shen."
Chen Mian overheard these words because she was at Shen Yu's house at the time and was somewhat stunned by You Huai's sudden visit. She felt a bit helpless, like an underground party member who had been discovered. As a result, this person put on a one-man show of being abandoned.
Later, Shen Yu told Chen Mian that You Huai was just pretending to be ignorant when he knew the truth.
Friends who are involved in the Shenyu region will always have a better understanding of it than others, even if they are not explicitly told.
It was even clearer that You Huai was standing there to help her out of that predicament.
Chen Yin knew this better than anyone else. She was furious. Her once eloquent mouth suddenly seemed to have gone silent. She snatched the phone from You Huai's hand and headed towards the classroom. Hearing the slow footsteps following behind her, she turned around and walked straight to the trash can. Under Chen Mian's watchful gaze, she was about to throw the phone into the trash can.
Chen Yin was proud. She had been holding her breath all night in the background of the confession wall, which had become a mere backdrop. The tragic figure in other people's words, who loved Shen Yu but could not get what he wanted, was too heavy for Chen Yin, almost crushing the princess's crown.
How could Chen Yin possibly tolerate such treatment?
However, just as she was about to drop it, her wrist was grabbed. The usually easy-going boy gripped her wrist tightly, forcing her to take a step back. He took the phone from her hand, glanced at it, and tossed it into her pocket.
He warned her softly in a tone he had never used before, "Chen Yin, you can make a scene, but don't go too far."
At this moment, Chen Mian, the one who had been humiliated, actually had the leisure to recall the question she had asked Chen Yu in the stairwell.
What is his relationship with Chen Yin?
At that time, Shen Yu said, "Guess."
Now, she is witnessing firsthand how You Huai and Chen Yin interact.
Seeing that the girl was clearly angry and biting her lower lip, but instead of being arrogant and domineering as usual and telling him to get lost, the boy grabbed her wrist and dragged her to the corner, where her figure disappeared.
Chen Mian finally found the answer to 'Guess'.
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Yes, the secondary couple is the arrogant little swan and her carefree, nonchalant childhood friend.
The campus storyline might have some slice-of-life elements, but that's the general tone. The explicit content will come later.
In short, I also want to write about the supporting characters in addition to the male and female leads.
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