Chapter 13

Tao Luanxi returned home, stuffed the stack of documents in his hand into the drawer, unzipped the front of his shirt, fell back on the bed and looked at the ceiling. A series of message alerts came from the mobile phone on the bedside.

Tao Luanxi turned over and turned on his cell phone.

【hunter: Have you seen the stuff? 】

Tao Luanxi had few classmates on WeChat except her family. She suddenly saw the unconscious frowns without any comments. After a few seconds, she remembered that it was Qiu Yi, whom she had just added on WeChat today.

Tao Luanxi reached out and replied, "I read a few pages."

The opposite side immediately shows that it is inputting.

【Hunter: I suggest you turn to the last page. 】

Tao Luanxi had just prepared to reply when he put it away. After typing a line, he was still a little hesitant when he was about to click send. Tao Luanxi got up from the bed, opened the drawer, took out something and turned to the last page. There was a piece of paper inside. The words written in pen were careless and casual, messy but powerful.

Listed above are several simple exercise techniques that can be done at home in just a few minutes a day.

Tao Luanxi was watching when the message on her cell phone rang again.

【hunter: I’m using it myself, and it works pretty well. I’ll take you to the gym when I have the chance. 】

Tao Luanxi put it on the table and typed, "Where is the coach you said you would recommend to me?"

【hunter: Isn't it good for me to teach you? Selling cuteness/】

Tao Luanxi rolled her eyes and said that she shouldn't have believed his lies and given him her WeChat account.

[Do you have a fitness trainer certificate? Dislike/]

【Hunter: Not yet. If you like, I can take one after I go to college. 】

Tao Luanxi had already typed the words "I want it now!" into the input field, and when he was about to send it, he suddenly felt something was wrong. Why did the tone sound like he was acting coquettishly with Qiu Yi?

After thinking about it, Tao Luanxi deleted the sentence and quickly typed "no need" and sent it.

The other party became much quieter after that and stopped sending messages.

Tao Luanxi clicked on Qiu Yi's avatar. She had no idea where he had found such a completely black picture as his avatar. There were only pure black squares in the chat interface.

Tao Luanxi lay down for a while and wanted to change the note for Qiu Yi, but the name "Stupid Qiu Yi" was already occupied by his own puppet. Tao Luanxi thought about it, found a poop emoticon on WeChat and added the word "Qiu" to it as his note.

There is a school-wide labor day every semester in No. 1 Middle School. After three classes in the afternoon, all students begin to clean their own classrooms and the pre-demarcated labor areas on campus. It is called the all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor, but it really makes the young ladies and gentlemen who are used to being spoiled at home complain.

"Our school is so rich, why do we need this little bit of labor cost? Didn't your grandfather invest a huge sum of money? Why don't you go and talk to him, Qiu Yi?" During the break, Yan Hai complained while putting his arm around Qiu Yi's shoulders.

Qiu Yi shrugged: "It's just a donation. My grandfather doesn't get involved in the management of the school."

Yan Hai let out a long sigh and helplessly watched Tao Luanxi post the detailed list of labor zones for each class that he had just brought on the blackboard.

"This school is fucked up." Yan Hai scratched his head and said this before returning to his seat.

Coincidentally, Tao Luanxi, who was standing on the podium, thought the same thing.

There are so many extracurricular activities, but why do we have to organize collective labor? !

Tao Luanxi has begun to feel sorry for himself. He didn't know what he would look like after climbing up and down. He might even get covered in dust. He would rather die than be covered in dust in front of so many people.

After Tao Luanxi had posted the form, Shen Tan came in and knocked on the desk, saying, "I don't need to say more, right? Today is a collective labor day. The boys in the class should be more conscious and move the desks and chairs to the back. The tall ones should climb up, and the girls will be responsible for mopping the floor. That's it, Qiu Yi, Yan Hai, you guys follow the labor committee to get the tools!"

After Shen Tan finished speaking, the class started to move. Tao Luanxi rolled up his sleeves to help move the desks. Although he was only in the first year of high school, the various textbooks and supplementary teaching materials distributed by No. 1 Middle School had piled up into a small mountain. Tao Luanxi gritted his teeth, lifted his own desk and moved it to the back, then turned around and went back to help others.

After the tables and chairs were put back in place, the tools were also brought in. The boys who went to get the tools also fetched two buckets of water from the bathroom and brought them back. With a splash, the water splashed onto the floor, and Tao Luanxi was unable to dodge and was splashed directly.

The class was immediately filled with curses. The innocent person who was being cursed pointed at Yan Hai's nose and cursed: "Are you an idiot? How can you curse at a room full of people like this?"

Yan Hai chuckled twice: "Mistake, mistake!"

The boys didn't want to listen to his apology and chased Yan Hai around the classroom with a broom.

At this moment, all the students were rushing to the front of the classroom to get tools. Tao Luanxi walked to the back corner alone. After looking down, he let out an irritable sound. Most of his pants and feet were wet. The water flowed down his ankles into his shoes, soaking his socks and sticking to his heels with a cool feeling.

Another person brought in two buckets of water and splashed them on the windows. The splashing sound made most of the floor in the classroom wet. Every time you stepped on it, a black footprint was left. Tao Luanxi frowned and left the classroom unnoticed. He patted the labor committee member and asked with a smile, "Does the labor zone need anyone?"

"Only Qiu Yi and Zhang Zhi went over with big brooms. Just the two of them."

"Is that so? I'll go help too."

"You? Cleaning the labor area is tiring. The place is big and dusty. Why don't you help clean the windows here? It will be over soon anyway." The labor committee member was a little surprised. Originally, seeing that Tao Luanxi was clean and innocent, he didn't assign him tasks like other boys. But he took the initiative to ask him for the hardest job.

"It doesn't matter. There are enough people here. I'll go down and help." Tao Luanxi showed his signature smile, and his look of "I'm willing to sacrifice myself for others" frightened the labor committee member. He sighed and said, "I never realized that Tao Luanxi is so hardworking."

I would rather eat dust than stay here and be fired, Tao Luanxi thought.

Tao Luanxi was about to go downstairs with a broom in her hand. When she passed by the restroom, she took a special look inside. Sure enough, it was full of people. The ground was shining with water and the tiles were covered with messy footprints. It was not much better than the classroom.

Class A's work area is in the small corridor behind the teaching building, which leads to the parking shed at the back. This is at the very edge of the school, close to the outer wall, so it is rare that there are few people coming here.

Tao Luanxi looked around to make sure there was no one around, then took off his shoes while holding onto the railing.

Fuck! Sure enough, a large area of ​​the socks was wet!

The socks with a bear pattern have the bear's tail soaked in water and turned a dark color. The stain can be seen if you press a little.

"Tsk, damn it!" Tao Luanxi regretted not bringing a pack of tissues with her when she went downstairs just now. Now she finally found a deserted place but had nothing to wipe herself with.

"Xixi?"

Tao Luanxi's hair stood on end. He stuffed his feet back into his shoes and turned to stare at Qiu Yi: "Do you particularly like to scare people from behind?"

Qiu Yi smiled helplessly: "I just happened to run into the teacher of the society and was called to chat for a few minutes. Who knew that I would see you when I went downstairs."

Qiu Yi looked down at Tao Luanxi's calves, frowned slightly and said, "Why are your pants wet?"

Tao Luanxi squatted down to put on her shoes in a bad mood: "There was water splashing in the classroom, and I got splashed."

Qiu Yi recalled the man who was holding the bucket when he was getting the tools: "Did that kid Yan Hai do it?"

Tao Luanxi snorted twice, put on her shoes, and turned to look at him: "Do you have any more brooms?"

"No more, do something else." Qiu Yi hooked his finger to signal Tao Luanxi to follow him, and handed him the long-nosed iron pliers in the corner: "You are responsible for picking up the garbage."

Qiu Yi demonstrated twice and then handed the pliers to Tao Luanxi. Tao Luanxi had never seen this before and found it quite novel in his hands.

"Look for garbage bags stuck in the greenery and throw them into the trash can. But I don't think our school has one. If you're bored, just pick up leaves and play with them."

Tao Luanxi licked the corner of his mouth and tried a few times, but his hand was too low and his mouth was half open with the pliers and he couldn't close it tightly.

Qiu Yi was helpless and reached out to help Tao Luanxi correct his posture: "Hold your hand higher and put your index finger here."

As he was talking, Zhang Zhi came out from the corner, dragging his hands and looking up. He saw Qiu Yi and Tao Luanxi holding hands and talking. He was so scared that he took a step back and whispered, "Fuck, you guys are dating in secret now, aren't you?"

Tao Luanxi blinked and calmly withdrew her hand: "I'll go pick up the trash."

When passing by Zhang Zhi, Zhang Zhi turned his head away in embarrassment. When Tao Luanxi walked away, Qiu Yi's voice turned cold: "Zhang Zhi, don't talk nonsense in the future."

The indifference and slight threat in the boy's tone strongly stimulated his rebellious psychology. Zhang Zhi frowned: "Why? I was right, wasn't I? Didn't you admit that you like him? You're gay and you didn't tell him?"

"You can say whatever you want to me, but you can't say anything about him."

Qiu Yi walked slowly in front of Zhang Zhi, his figure completely shrouding Zhang Zhi in shadow. The sense of oppression was self-evident.

Zhang Zhi swallowed his saliva and said, "Okay, Qiu Yi, you can do it. That guy is a fairy, but you gave up your brother for him! I understand now!"

Tao Luanxi wandered along the green belt for a while out of boredom. Qiu Yi was right. The environmental sanitation of No. 1 Middle School was excellent. Even in the innermost part of the green belt, there was no garbage at all.

In order to show that he was doing something and not slacking off, Tao Luanxi could only pick up the dead leaves. He gathered the leaves that fell from the books together, picked them up with pliers in both hands and put them into the trash can in one go. It was quite fun.

After hanging around for a while, Tao Luanxi estimated that the work upstairs should be almost done, so he prepared to go upstairs with pliers in hand. As soon as he stepped onto the stairs, Zhang Zhi came down from the stairs.

Tao Luanxi still had a grudge against him, and when they bumped into each other unexpectedly, Tao Luanxi didn't know whether she should just smile and say hello.

While he was hesitating, Zhang Zhi looked at him coldly, and walked past Tao Luanxi without saying a word.

Damn, this guy is angry again?

Tao Luanxi was a little surprised. This guy was always smiling and joking with everyone, so why did he look so cold to him now?

Tao Luanxi frowned as she looked at his back. The last incident was in the past and he didn't intend to dwell on it. He also didn't want to make things too awkward between classmates. Tao Luanxi tried to recall the past period of time. She had not had much contact with Zhang Zhi, and for a moment she couldn't remember what she had done to offend him.

I can’t think of it.

Tao Luanxi smacked his lips and said, let’s talk about it later. Maybe he was the only one in a bad mood.

When they returned to the classroom, the desks had already started to be moved. Tao Luanxi came back late, so he was not needed. He simply decided to be lazy for the first time and stood outside with the girls to bask in the sun.

Tao Luanxi's feet were wet and uncomfortable, and there were also faint wet marks on the hem of her pants, and her calves were cold. Tao Luanxi always took care of her image and didn't intend to catch a cold, so she planned to ask Shen Tan for a leave after school, go home to study and change clothes.

After cleaning up, Shen Tan came in and took a look, then smiled with satisfaction: "Not bad, if I can't get into university in the future, I can use this to make a living."

There was a lot of complaints from the audience, Shen Tan smiled and said, "Okay, pack up and go back! Don't be late for the evening study session."

Tao Luanxi was about to stand up and stop Shen Tan before he went out, but Qiu Yi held his hand.

"Where are you going?"

Why should I report to you where I'm going?

Tao Luanxi was angry, raised his eyebrows and glared at him, whispering threateningly: "Let go!"

"How can I let you go if you don't tell me where you're going? Sister Xiangxiang asked me to take you there for dinner today."

Seeing that Shen Tan had already walked out of the classroom, Tao Luanxi said anxiously: "I'll ask for leave!"

"Uncomfortable? What's wrong?"

Tao Luanxi was annoyed. Why did this person act like an old mother?

Tao Luanxi really wanted to roll her eyes, but the next second Qiu Yi's big hand covered her forehead. Qiu Yi pressed against Tao Luanxi's forehead to test the temperature for a while, and whispered doubtfully: "It's not burning."

A girl happened to pass by Tao Luanxi's seat in the back row. Seeing the state of the two people, she couldn't help but chuckle. Tao Luanxi could almost imagine what they were thinking, and her ears turned red.

"I'm not sick!" Tao Luanxi frowned. Why couldn't he explain it clearly? Shen Tan was about to leave and he couldn't catch up with him. The man in front of him looked like he would not let him go until we explained it clearly.

Tao Luanxi sighed and had to start from the beginning: "I went home to change clothes and my pants got wet."

Qiu Yi was startled, looked down at Tao Luanxi's pants, and nodded in understanding: "It's time to change clothes."

"Come to my place and change!"

Tao Luanxi was about to say no, but Qiu Yi spoke first: "Aren't your pants wet and uncomfortable?"

Of course it’s uncomfortable, extremely uncomfortable!

When Tao Luanxi obediently followed Qiu Yi into Wenxinyuan, she suddenly realized that she might have fallen into Qiu Yi's trap again. She clearly wanted to stay as far away from this guy as possible, but unknowingly, she had more and more contacts with this guy.

Tao Luanxi frowned and looked at the back of Qiu Yi's head, and began to seriously wonder why he was always led by this guy by the nose.

As they were thinking, they arrived at Qiu Yi's house. Qiu Yi took out his key, opened the door, and stepped aside to let Tao Luanxi go in first: "Welcome."

The house was surprisingly clean, with no clothes scattered around, no messy takeout boxes or garbage. It was clean enough to take photos directly for display as a sample room.

Tao Luanxi was a little surprised and turned to look at Qiu Yi, who was said by classmates to be the real eldest son. This guy could even do his own housework.

The eldest master Qiu Yi closed the door, took out a pair of spare slippers from the shoe cabinet for Tao Luanxi, took out milk from the refrigerator and went to the kitchen to heat it up, and did not forget to greet Tao Luanxi: "Please sit down first."

Tao Luanxi looked at Qiu Yi's house with some curiosity. There were two bedrooms, one of which was converted into a study and a gym. The door was not closed, and Tao Luanxi could see sandbags and barbells in the corner.

Qiu Yi handed the hot milk to Tao Luanxi: "Drink some hot milk to warm yourself up first. There is nothing else at home, so you have to make do with it."

"Thank you." Tao Luanxi took the milk and took a sip. There was a little sugar in the milk, so he could accept it even though he didn't drink much milk.

"Change into it!" Qiu Yi took out a pair of clean pants from the bedroom and threw them to Tao Luanxi. Tao Luanxi took it and took out a pack of socks from it.

Facing Tao Luanxi's slightly confused expression, Qiu Yi smiled and said, "Aren't your socks wet too?"

"Thank you."

Qiu Yi smiled, turned around, found the shoe dryer from the shoe rack, plugged in the cord and stuffed it into Tao Luanxi's shoes, then turned around and pointed in the direction of the bathroom.

Tao Luanxi didn't expect Qiu Yi to be so thoughtful and actually see through it. For a moment, he couldn't say anything except to apologize. When Tao Luanxi took off his socks, he suddenly remembered that he really didn't know much about Qiu Yi.

The wet bear socks were taken off and there was no place to put them. Qiu Yi was on the phone and saw Tao Luanxi holding the socks with a confused look on her face. She smiled and pointed at the faucet.

Tao Luanxi felt a little embarrassed, so she went into the bathroom clutching the wrinkled little bear, turned on the faucet and rubbed the little bear's head all over the place.

When Qiu Yi came out, he had finished his phone call and took Tao Luanxi's wet socks to the balcony to dry without any disgust.

"I just called Sister Xiangxiang and told her we can't go. I heard that you scolded me here. I won't say anything. You can explain it to him yourself next time you go back!" Qiu Yi wiped his hands after hanging up the clothes. Seeing Tao Luanxi standing on the balcony looking at him with an awkward expression, he couldn't help but feel softened and reached out to rub his hair.

Tao Luanxi rarely avoided the question: "What shall we eat tonight?"

"You can only eat here, otherwise you won't be able to catch up with your studies." Qiu Yi rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go into the kitchen.

"You can also cook?" Tao Luanxi's eyes widened. For the first time in her life, she felt a little admiration for someone.

Qiu Yi smiled, took out two packs of instant noodles from the kitchen cabinet, and shook them at Tao Luanxi: "Does this count as cooking?"

“…”

"I didn't buy any vegetables, so I can only eat this."

"Do you usually cook for yourself?"

Qiu Yi paused, and sighed in his heart that he had not been able to get away with it, so he honestly explained: "There is an auntie... come and do it."

really.

Tao Luanxi had an "I knew it" expression on her face, which made Qiu Yi laugh.

"Can you please stop giving me that 'I knew you were just a human' expression? Apart from cooking, I do all the housework by myself."

Tao Luanxi didn't say anything. Anyway, you have a nanny at home, so if you do something simple, there will be someone to clean up after you.

"Hey!" Qiu Yi frowned slightly, put down the instant noodles, propped one hand on the cooking table, and smiled as he turned to look at Tao Luanxi: "I'm really annoyed by your distrustful expression now."

"You are not trustworthy in the first place." Tao Luanxi glanced at him and said, "Some of the things you did can be considered as 'deception' if you round it up!"

The little guy even knows how to cheat!

Qiu Yi was amused and looked at him with raised eyebrows: "Oh? What did I trick you into doing?"

Tao Luanxi counted on her fingers seriously: "You took photos to trick me into admitting that I was the one in the park that day, tricked me into going to study, and even lied to me about WeChat! You dare to say that you didn't do these things?"

Still holding a grudge!

Qiu Yi smiled and said, "You are right. I am sorry for causing you trouble."

Tao Luanxi snorted twice, thinking to himself that you've caused me a lot of trouble, but I'm a magnanimous person and I don't bear grudges!

Then he pushed Qiu Yi with his shoulder and said, "Get out of the way, go to the stove and boil some water, leave this place to me!"

Qiu Yi was a little surprised: "After all this time, you know how to cook?"

"No," Tao Luanxi picked up the knife, "but I don't want to just eat instant noodles."

The afterglow of the setting sun gradually disappeared, the bear socks were dripping water on the balcony, and the room was already filled with the aroma of food.

Qiu Yi brought the cooked noodles to the table, with a half-cooked fried egg and a few slices of ham on each bowl. Tao Luanxi followed him out, holding a plate of fried eggs with tomatoes.

Tao Luanxi put his hands on his waist and admired his work for a while with satisfaction. He took off his heavy cotton gloves with satisfaction and said, "Let's eat!"

Qiu Yi smiled helplessly: "If you are afraid of being splashed with oil, just don't do it."

"I told you not to just eat instant noodles!" Tao Luanxi said seriously. He picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the dish he cooked. He chewed it a few times and swallowed it. Tao Luanxi frowned slightly: "Is it a little bland?"

Qiu Yi took a bite and said, "It's delicious! You are a good cook!"

Tao Luanxi smiled, lowered his head and started eating noodles.

After the meal, Tao Luanxi barely touched the scrambled eggs with tomatoes, as Qiu Yi ate it all. The ham was fried very successfully, and Tao Luanxi even ate three more slices. Qiu Yi said he didn't like it, so he gave it all to Tao Luanxi.

After finishing their meal, the two of them lazily leaned back in their chairs without moving. Qiu Yi stared at Tao Luanxi's face and suddenly laughed: "This is the happiest meal I've had since I moved here."

Tao Luanxi snorted twice, thinking, what's so good about instant noodles? Then he inexplicably felt the loneliness in Qiu Yi's words.

"No one usually comes here?"

"Yes, the cooking aunt, Yan Hai, Zhang Zhi, and a few of my other friends."

That’s quite a lot.

Tao Luanxi noticed something and asked tentatively, "What about your family?"

Qiu Yi fell silent and just looked at Tao Luanxi quietly without saying a word.

Tao Luanxi also looked at him, wondering if he had said something wrong.

The warm aroma of rice in the air gradually dissipated, and a cool smell spread. After a while, Qiu Yi's voice in the quiet room was cold: "No."

Tao Luanxi pursed her lips, feeling it was not appropriate to ask any further, but she didn't know what to say to ease the atmosphere.

Although his parents were not perfect and he even had a big stupid dog that couldn't be controlled by his father when it went crazy, Tao Luanxi knew very well that he was a rare and happy child. He had never experienced any domestic violence since he was a child, and his parents had never said a harsh word to each other.

A child like him really has no position to comfort children from unhappy families.

But speaking of Qiu Yi, aside from the fact that he liked her, this person was really good to her. Responsible and considerate. What surprised Tao Luanxi was that she could express her true self in front of him without any worries, without worrying about being inappropriate or caring about her image. It felt like being at home.

Like family.

Doesn’t Qiu Yi have no family?

Tao Luanxi suddenly got excited, slammed the table and stood up: "I'll take you as my brother!"

Qiu Yi was confused: "Huh?"

The author has something to say: My sister's brain circuit is quite unique~