Chapter 5

Qiu Yi put his fist to his lips and coughed a few times. The old man sitting on the other side of the car glanced at him and said, "If you feel unwell, just stay at home and rest for a few days. You don't miss these few days of classes anyway."

Qiu Yi smiled and said, "It's too boring at home. I have classmates to play with at school."

"Watch your legs," the old man pointed at Qiu Yi's knees, "You're hurt, but you still don't stop. I told you to study at home, but you just won't listen!"

Qiu Yi had nothing to say and could only smile.

"Just drop me off at the intersection ahead." Qiu Yi reminded the driver that the intersection was still a few hundred meters away from the school and it would take a while to walk.

The old man laughed and said, "Why? You still want to keep a low profile in school? Everyone knows that I spent a lot of money on the school for your education."

"It's not that I want to keep a low profile, it's just that..." Qiu Yi didn't say the second half of the sentence. There was a subway station in front of this intersection, and occasionally he could see Tao Luanxi coming to school along this road. It had become a habit over time.

The old man snorted and laughed: "I don't understand the thoughts of you kids, so you can be happy as you please! But Qiu Yi, you must think carefully about what I told you. This is the most important thing in your life, understand?"

Qiu Yi's expression dimmed slightly: "I understand, Grandpa."

It was already past nine o'clock when Qiu Yi arrived at school. There were still a few minutes before the second class in the morning, so Qiu Yi stood at the door waiting. From Tao Luanxi's position, she could just see Qiu Yi standing in the corner.

Noticing Tao Luanxi's eyes, Qiu Yi immediately smiled back.

How dare this guy smile?

Tao Luanxi glared at him coldly and turned away from him.

When the bell rang, Qiu Yi walked into the classroom from the back and saw someone sitting in his original seat at first glance.

"Brother, are you in the wrong place?" Qiu Yi was tall and strong. He stood beside the table with a schoolbag across his body, almost completely casting the man sitting in the seat in shadow.

Zhang Zhi patted Qiu Yi's shoulder from behind and pointed to the front: "Brother, your seat is over there!"

Qiu Yi looked in the direction Zhang Zhi pointed and found that he was sitting at the same table with Tao Luanxi?

This piece of meat pie that fell from the sky hit Qiu Yi on the head like this?

Yan Hai explained, "Brother Shen arranged the seats yesterday. If you didn't come, it would be a waste. You have no choice. If you don't want to sit in the front, why don't you go to Brother Shen and ask him to change seats for you?"

How could Qiu Yi not be willing? He was really willing a hundred times. As long as he could be closer to Tao Luanxi, he would be willing to sit on the podium.

Qiu Yi suddenly remembered Zhang Zhi's incoherent message yesterday - [Remember to treat me to dinner later! ]

Qiu Yi turned to look at Zhang Zhi and asked, "Did you instigate this?"

"Isn't it? Are you satisfied, buddy?" Zhang Zhibei smiled.

"Just tell me where you want to go."

"readily!"

Qiu Yi didn't have time to talk to them anymore and walked straight to Tao Luanxi's side.

Tao Luanxi was sorting out the wrong questions on the test paper when she suddenly saw a pair of white sneakers appear on the seat next to her and a schoolbag was stuffed into the table. Along with the slight creaking of the seat, the breath of a stranger stimulated Tao Luanxi's nerves crazily.

Tao Luanxi kept reminding himself whether he could see it or not, but the other party simply didn't give him the chance.

A big hand stretched out under his eyes, and the owner of the hand smiled brightly: "Please take care of me, my new deskmate!"

Tao Luanxi stared at the hand expressionlessly. He knew without even looking that the curious people in the class were watching the excitement with eager eyes.

Does he have to accept this hand or not?

Not only did he not want to answer the call selfishly, he even wanted to not even look at the guy in front of him. However, not answering the call would make him look petty, and the matter of the post was even harder to explain.

Just take it, he has a clear conscience anyway!

Tao Luanxi tried her best to force a smile and reached out to take Qiu Yi's hand.

The distance between their fingertips gradually shortened. Before Tao Luanxi could prepare, Qiu Yi had already made a move and grabbed Tao Luanxi's slightly trembling hand. The dry and warm feeling on the back of her hand gave Tao Luanxi the illusion of being electrocuted. Tao Luanxi struggled for a while but failed to break free. In a hurry, she shouted in a low voice: "Let go!"

Qiu Yi let go. Tao Luanxi touched the back of his hand, turned around and saw the teasing eyes of Zhang Zhi and the others, as well as the "as expected" looks from others. Tao Luanxi stood up abruptly and walked out of the classroom.

This desk mate said that he would never do it with Qiu Yi no matter what!

"Change seats?" Shen Tan stared at Tao Luanxi in surprise, and thought carefully: "Did Qiu Yi disturb you?"

"No." It's not disturbing, it's harassing!

Tao Luanxi smiled and said with consideration for her classmates: "Hasn't Qiu Yi always sat in the back? I'm afraid he won't be used to the front. Teacher, you know he doesn't follow the teacher's progress. Forcing him to listen to the class by sitting in the front may be counterproductive. Besides, Qiu Yi is tall, so it would not be good if he blocked the view of the students in the back."

This made sense, Shen Tan nodded: "Okay, I understand, you go back first!"

yes!

Tao Luanxi returned to the classroom with joy. The next class was math. Shen Tan would probably rearrange the seats by then, right? Finally, she didn't have to face that face anymore.

The happy expression may not be hidden well. Qiu Yi was flipping through the book carelessly. He turned his head and saw Tao Luanxi's raised mouth. He smiled and said, "Why did you go out and come back so happy?"

Tao Luanxi pretended not to hear and snorted in her heart, "I'll be happy if I don't have to sit at the same table with you!"

Shen Tan walked in with the courseware, and the first thing he said to Qiu Yi when he stood on the podium was, "I heard you want to change seats?"

Tao Luanxi's hand holding the book trembled, and he was already roaring wildly in his heart, Teacher, I didn't tell you to say that!

"No," Qiu Yi looked puzzled. "I'm fine sitting here, why should I change?"

"You just sleep during class. Why are you taking up a good seat for nothing?"

Tao Luanxi silently opened the book, feeling extremely anxious.

"I won't sleep anymore. I'll study hard."

The pen in Tao Luanxi's hand poked a hole in the paper.

"But if you sit here, what if the students behind you can't see you?"

Qiu Yi raised his eyebrows and turned to look at Wei Yuan behind him: "Can't you see it?"

“…Not bad.”

Qiu Yi turned around and shrugged at Shen Tan: "Any other questions?"

"That's all. Sit wherever you like. Just remember not to disturb your deskmate."

"Don't worry about that."

There was a burst of low laughter from below, and the pen in Tao Luanxi's hand was actually bent by the puncture, making it completely useless.

In the next few classes, Qiu Yi really listened to the class and took notes as he promised, and he didn't sleep or skip class to play basketball. Tao Luanxi was very worried. It would be difficult to change seats now, unless he waited until the next monthly exam. There were still more than 20 days left, so Tao Luanxi gritted his teeth and decided to just ignore this new deskmate.

After the class, they started to talk about the test paper. Tao Luanxi lowered his head and looked at the test paper. He could hear the rustling sound of his deskmate flipping through the test paper.

"kindness?"

A stack of blank papers was handed to Tao Luanxi, and the small pink heart-shaped clip on it was particularly eye-catching.

"This, yours?"

Damn it! Why did I grab this clip when I just grabbed it?

This book clip was given to him by the female student representative in the class. Tao Luanxi kept it in his desk and didn't pay much attention to it. He would take it out and use it occasionally when he touched it.

"No!" Tao Luanxi stiffened his neck and pretended not to know him.

"Oh." Qiu Yi leaned back and turned his head slightly to see several small clips exactly like his own under Tao Luanxi's desk that she used to organize test papers.

Qiu Yi said nothing, took off the wallet and put it in his pocket, opened the test paper and started listening to the class.

Except for the time when they changed seats in the morning, Qiu Yi was a pretty quiet person. He listened to the class during class and went outside for a walk after class. He seldom took the initiative to provoke Tao Luanxi.

Wei Yuan was sitting behind Qiu Yi. When he saw Qiu Yi being dragged away by Yan Hai and the others, he reached out and poked Tao Luanxi: "Are you okay?"

Tao Luanxi forced a smile: "Not bad."

Wei Yuan bit his lower lip and said, "Now that post has gone viral, you should try to... have less contact with Qiu Yi, so that others won't talk about it."

"Thank you."

It's rare to have someone who cares about me. It was worth it that Tao Luanxi spent half a day explaining it to him yesterday.

Wei Yuan smiled, and suddenly came up to Tao Luanxi and whispered, "If you really have any ideas, just keep it to yourself and Qiu Yi, and don't be too public."

“…”

Well, it’s all in vain!

Tao Luanxi was too lazy to explain and waved his hands tiredly to indicate that he didn't want to say more.

After school, she had to deal with some work of the Youth League branch. Every day when Tao Luanxi left the school, almost everyone had left. When she went downstairs, she met two girls. After seeing Tao Luanxi's face, their expressions immediately changed.

Tao Luanxi had seen this kind of look many times in the past two days. He did not panic, but smiled warmly at the two people and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"No, it's okay."

After Tao Luanxi came downstairs, the two female students gathered together and whispered, "He doesn't look like that kind of person, does he?"

In a perspective that they couldn't see, Tao Luanxi curled the corners of his lips and said, "As long as my smile is innocent enough, those stupid rumors can't defeat me!"

Passing by the basketball court, several teenagers who were playing basketball saw Tao Luanxi coming from afar, and they hurriedly whistled and cheered.

"Hey! Qiu Yi is playing basketball! Why don't you come over and take a look?"

More than ten meters away, Tao Luanxi and Qiu Yi's eyes met.

Qiu Yi threw the ball into the basket and turned to give Tao Luanxi a big smile.

This smile made Tao Luanxi more and more unhappy.

"Hmph!" Tao Luanxi turned away and walked across the basketball court angrily.

Looking at Tao Luanxi's back, Qiu Yi felt a little disappointed. While dribbling the ball, he pushed Zhang Zhi, who was still yelling at Tao Luanxi's direction: "Are you stupid? Why are you scaring him like that?"

"Why, are you feeling sad?"

Qiu Yi said nothing, and threw the ball in Zhang Zhi's arms: "Don't make fun of him anymore in the future."

"No way, Qiu Yi, you are such a person, so what if I just join in the fun?"

Qiu Yi was confused by this: "What did he do?"

As soon as Zhang Zhi saw Qiu Yi's expression, he knew that this guy didn't know what happened yet. He waved his hands and took out his cell phone from his pocket: "Come on, I'll find it for you."

Qiu Yi took the phone and quickly scanned the content on it, his brows instantly wrinkled into a "川" shape: "Which grandson made up this rumor?"

The author has something to say: Irresponsible interview time of keyboard:

toQiu Yi: What would you think if this little article was really written by Tao Luanxi?

Qiu Yi: Of course, I would [bi——] him first, then [bi——] him, and finally [bi——] him.

Tao Luanxi: Don’t even think about it!!!