Chapter 5
After the formal classes, the school cafeteria also began to operate, and students usually had lunch in the cafeteria or small restaurants around the school. Because the cafeteria of Haiyi has always been famous for its cleanliness and richness, most students would choose the cafeteria.
As soon as the bell rang, several naughty boys in the class rushed out of the classroom like the wind. The math teacher was used to this kind of scene. While collecting the lesson plans, he joked: "I hope they can get the first sweet and sour pork ribs this semester."
The signature dish of Haiyi Canteen is sweet and sour pork ribs, which has been featured on local food shows.
Yue Li had been drooling over the whole class with Qi Ying, and seeing this, she was unwilling to be left behind and pulled Qi Ying towards the cafeteria.
As a result, they underestimated the love of these eager teenagers for sweet and sour spareribs. When they went there, the bowl was empty.
So I had to settle for the sweet and sour fish balls.
During the lunch rush, there were people everywhere. When Yue Li and Qi Ying finished their meals, there were no empty tables around. Usually, classes would gather together to share tables, and Yue Li was no exception. She found her classmates, took her meal tray and walked over there.
The other tables were almost full, except for the table near the glass door, where only one person was sitting.
People were coming and going, and I didn't even dare to look at it, let alone sit there.
Yue Li was still talking to a classmate not far away: "Why are you sitting here again? This is close to the swill area and it smells so bad!"
As soon as the words fell, the noisy cafeteria suddenly became quiet for a moment.
Yue Li covered her mouth in fear, thinking that her voice was too loud, but she found that everyone around her was looking at the door. She turned around to look, but it was not a big deal, she almost dropped the plate.
Qi Ying, who had been following behind her, had sat opposite Ji Rang at some point.
Everyone in Haicheng No. 1 Middle School knew that Ji Rang never ate at the same table with others, and even the group of teenagers who followed him did not dare to overstep their boundaries.
When Ji Rang first entered Haiyi, no one took this freshman who was said to be difficult to mess with seriously. At that time, the senior high school leader who came from a sports school sat opposite Ji Rang provocatively, and Ji Rang hit him in the face with a plate full of hot dishes in front of all the teachers and students in the school.
The leader jumped up and was knocked out two teeth by Ji Rang.
From then on, everyone avoided him when they saw him.
Yue Li was almost frightened to death. She wanted to shout, but Qi Ying couldn't hear her. She wanted to go over, but she didn't dare.
The entire cafeteria was eerily quiet.
And Qi Ying actually smiled at the boy opposite.
She was actually a little unhappy in her heart. Why were all the people talking and laughing so lively, but the general was sitting here alone?
It would have been fine if these people just misunderstood him and gossiped about him, but they actually ostracized him!
This is too much!
Ji Rang's hand that was picking up the food stopped in mid-air for a moment, and he didn't react.
Qi Ying blinked, as if confused, smiled sweetly at him, then lowered her head and began to eat in small bites.
Her eating posture was also very good. Her long eyelashes moved up and down as she chewed. She was clearly eating with great relish, but there was no sound at all.
Qu Dazhuang, Liu Haiyang and others were sitting at the table nearby. They didn't dare to make a sound, for fear that their brother would pick up the plate and hit this special classmate who couldn't even have his hair touched and faint.
Ji Rang looked at her for a long time and finally moved.
Everyone took a deep breath.
Then I saw the school bully picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful of soup, stuffed it into his mouth, and continued to eat.
All the students in the school: ???
Qu Dazhuang slammed the table with his spoon: "What are you looking at? Get out if you don't want to eat!"
The surroundings quickly withdrew their gazes, and the cafeteria was filled with people again. Yue Li walked to an empty seat with difficulty and sat down, staring at her classmates.
Huang Botong, a member of the school committee, asked, "What's going on?"
Yue Li was confused: "A hen."
Class monitor Chen Meng hesitated and said, "Maybe... Ji Rang is more tolerant of special students."
That's right, after all, he helped Qi Ying yesterday. So it seems that Ji is still very friendly and sensible.
On the other side, the friendly and sensible classmate Ji drank a few sips of soup and gradually tightened his hand holding the spoon. As if Qi Ying could hear him, he scolded her in a low voice: "Didn't I warn you to stay away from me?"
Qu Dazhuang poked his head out: "Ah? What do you want me to say?"
Ji Rang: "Get lost."
Qu Dazhuang: “…Oh.”
Qi Ying, who was eating with his head down, caught a glimpse of the movement opposite him. He subconsciously looked up and met the young man's cold gaze.
The general looked fierce.
Is the food not tasty?
She cast her eyes towards his plate, which clearly contained the most delicious sweet and sour pork ribs that Yue Li had mentioned. This was strange.
Qi Ying thought about it, picked up the unused spoon, scooped a fish ball from her plate, and put it on Ji Rang's plate.
Ji Rang: “???”
Qi Ying said silently: "This is delicious."
Ji Rang: “…”
He understood lip movements.
That look was so pure, as if saying, come and have a taste.
Ji Rang was stunned for a moment, then sneered. He used the tip of his chopsticks to push the fish ball aside, muttering to himself, "You're still pushing it further."
He didn't eat the fish ball, didn't even finish his meal, and got up and left.
Qu Dazhuang and a few others wiped their mouths and hurried to follow.
Qi Ying looked at his back and felt a little sad.
The generals in this life seem to be difficult to approach.
Like having thorns all over the body.
She lowered her head and slowly stuffed the food into her mouth, bite by bite.
Yue Li didn't dare to come over until Ji Rang left. Without even wiping the oil off the corners of her mouth, she took out her phone and typed for Qi Ying to see: Yingying, did you know that Ji Rang never eats at the same table with others? The last person who sat opposite him had two teeth knocked out by him!
Qi Ying: ???
She covered her mouth in fear.
I'm sorry, she wronged the general!
The general was not unapproachable at all! He even showed mercy to her!
During the afternoon class, the whole school knew that the school bully had dinner at the same table with a special student. After all, every move of a celebrity was gossip material during the boring school days.
In the women's restroom, several girls gossiped fiercely:
——The boss rescued the girl yesterday and had lunch with her today. Is this the beginning of a relationship? !
——No way? Ji Rang doesn’t even like Xue Manqing, how could he like that deaf-mute?
——But the special classmate is prettier than Xue Manqing.
——Isn’t Ji Rang gay?
——???
——!!!
——Hey, hey, hey, stop glaring at me, I didn’t say that! Everyone is spreading this privately, saying that he is lukewarm towards girls and doesn’t accept any confessions. I heard that Xue Manqing was rejected by him three or four times…
The toilet door in the inner room creaked open.
Xue Manqing walked out with an expressionless face.
The gossiping girls looked at each other and left in a hurry.
The afternoon passed quickly.
When school was about to end, Yu Zhuo sent a message to Qi Ying: Sister, I am on duty today, please wait for me in the classroom.
Qi Ying replied: OK.
Yu Zhuo said again: I heard that you had dinner at the same table with Ji Rang today? Can you please stay away from him? He is really not a good person.
Qi Ying ignored him this time.
After copying Qi Ying's notes, Yue Li said hello to her: Yingying, I won't wait for you. I have to do dictation of the words in the first unit tomorrow, so I have to go home early to review!
Qi Ying nodded. Although she couldn't participate in the word dictation tomorrow, she still took out her English book and started reviewing. Almost an hour later, she received a WeChat message from Yu Zhuo, asking her to go downstairs and wait for him at the green flower bed outside the teaching building.
Qi Ying packed her schoolbag, waved to the classmates who were still cleaning the classroom, and left the classroom.
When she was going down the stairs, seven or eight students came out from the corner. There were boys and girls, smiling and blocking the entrance of the corridor, asking her: "Hey, little mute, is school over?"
Qi Ying couldn't hear them, and felt that their smiles were unfriendly, so she frowned and stepped back.
The people nearby surrounded her and trapped her in the middle.
The leading girl pushed her and said, "You can seduce people without even being able to speak. If you could speak, you would be able to charm all the boys in the school."
Several boys burst into laughter: "Don't talk nonsense, who the hell would like a deaf and dumb disabled person."
The students cleaning the corridor glanced over here a few times, and the tall boy in the lead said in an angry voice: "Don't mind your own business!"
Those glances were quickly withdrawn. This floor was the classroom for the second grade of high school, and it was almost empty at this time of year. Qi Ying didn't know what they wanted to do, and she couldn't leave, so she was anxious and almost cried.
Just when I was at a loss as to what to do, I saw a familiar figure walking down the stairs, and my eyes suddenly lit up.
It’s Ji Rang.
The people who were surrounding her also saw it, and a look of fear suddenly appeared on their faces. They were panicking, but Ji Rang walked past without even looking at her, as if he didn't see anyone.
Several people breathed a sigh of relief, and the light in Qi Ying's eyes dimmed instantly.
One of the boys sneered and reached out to wipe her face: "Don't tell me, this face, with such a pitiful expression, is really attractive."
Qi Ying suddenly pushed him hard.
She had been standing there quietly, allowing them to bully her, but suddenly she exerted force, and the boy was caught off guard. He was standing on the steps, his center of gravity was unstable, and he leaned backwards, tripped over the steps, and fell heavily.
Several people were stunned. The boy who fell down cursed loudly and got up quickly in anger. He raised his hand and hit Qi Ying in the face.
His arm was raised in the air when it was suddenly grabbed.
The boy turned around and cursed, "I □□...", but when he saw the person behind him, he swallowed the rest of the words as if he saw a ghost.
Ji Rang stood behind with a cold expression, and almost broke the boy's arm with his slender fingers. He threw the boy backwards in the face of pain, and said only one word: "Get lost."
This group of bad students dispersed in a hurry.
The tears that Qi Ying had been holding back suddenly fell out.
Ji Rang looked down at her with an impatient look on his face: "Why are you crying? Aren't you back?"
She cried even harder.
He felt around but found nothing in his pockets. Finally, he took out a math book from his schoolbag, tore off a page, crumpled it into a ball, turned it over and over several times until the paper was softened, and then handed it to Qi Ying: "Don't cry, if someone sees you, they will think I bullied you."
She took the crumpled paper and wiped the tears from her eyes.
Ji Rang asked again: "Where is your brother who is always so arrogant? Why didn't he come to pick you up?"
Qi Ying pursed her lips and looked at him with red eyes.
Ji Rang couldn't stand this look.
He retracted his gaze, stretched out two fingers to pick up her schoolbag, and walked downstairs. Qi Ying hurriedly followed, and after two steps, Ji Rang looked down.
As expected, she grabbed the corner of his clothes again.
The fingertips were white and smooth, and they carefully twisted a small piece of clothing, as if afraid that he would be unhappy, and the force was so light that it was almost imperceptible.
Noticing his gaze, Qi Ying loosened her fingers and let go hesitantly.
Ji Rang paused, took out the sleeve of his school uniform that was draped over his shoulders, and handed it back.
He said impatiently, "Take it and lead it."
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