Hu Pangâs patrol plans were ruined because of Zuo Kuanâs shout which managed to rescue a large number of young couples. Because of this, Zuo Kuan gained the title of âNanchengâs God of Loveâ.
In order to express his gratitude, Zhu Xu took care of his breakfast for an entire week.Of course, he also had to pay the price for it. Hu Pang sorted out all his violations until now, recorded another one next to it, and even made him write a three thousand word self reflection which he needed to read out in front of everyone during next week's flag raising ceremony.And so, on Monday, Zuo Kuan deliberately dragged out his words as his voice resonated across the field----ââŠ.So I am reflecting. I shouldnât have skipped my classes, I shouldnât have smoked at school and I also shouldnât have shouted loudly while Director Hu was planning on capturing the students who had snuck off.â After smoothly reading two thousand words, Zuo Kuan blinked a few times and proceeded to change the topic, âBut I also think Director Hu shouldnât have twisted my ear. It really hurt and it also made me feel very embarrassed. I was originally planning on getting my ears pierced that weekend but I wasnât able to because of that-----âA loud screech sounded from the speaker at the front and following that, Zuo Kuanâs microphone was turned off. Hu Pang angrily charged up the rostrum.Having taught for many years, Hu Pangâs voice had strengthened enough for the students in the audience to hear him even without a microphone, âWhy would a big guy like you get your ears pierced? You want to be punished again??âZuo Kuan, âCome on! Itâs cool when guys have piercings!âThe students in the audience who were originally nodding off were stunned for a moment before bursting out into laughter.Wang Luâan was rocking back and forth as he laughed, âFucking hell, why is he like this?? Is he really saying that he wants to get his ears pierced just to make Fat Tiger angry?âYu Fan lowered his head and yawned. His entire body exuded a sleepy air, âDonât know.ââHey, it was because you werenât there at the time so you have no idea how hilarious it was. When Zuo Kuan saw that you still havenât returned from smoking, he wanted to join you to have a smoke but, just as we snuck away from the field, we saw Fat Tiger sneaking towards the laboratory building. Zuo Kuan immediately knew that something wasnât right and shouted a warning for the others, startling Fat Tiger in the process hahahaha!âSpeaking of that matter, Wang Luâan then remembered something. He asked, âBut where did you go to smoke that night? Zuo Kuan and I waited in the classroom for a long time. I heard from Zhu Xu that you were with Top Student?âThe fingers in Yu Fanâs pockets curled slightly and his eyes cleared up a little. He only answered a few seconds later, ââŠFound a random corner to smoke and bumped into him when I was done.ââOh. Itâs a pity that you missed out on that hilarious moment.â Wang Luâan was busy watching Zuo Kuan getting scolded on the rostrum and didnât notice his friend's unnatural behaviour.The students from all three grades were gathered on the field, standing in an orderly manner with half a step spacing between each other.Yu Fan could smell a faint mint scent coming from behind him. He slowly thought to himself: Itâs alright.He didnât miss out on too much.His shoulder was suddenly slapped. Yu Fain raised his eyes and subconsciously glanced at the person behind him when he looked back but paused when he met Chen Jingshenâs gaze before turning his head to look at Zhuang Fangqin who had hit him.âStraighten up. What kind of look is that? Take your hands out of your pockets.â Zhuang Fangqin ordered in a small voice, âCanât you learn from Chen Jingshen?âZhuang Fangqin was prepared to hear him talk back to her but unexpectedly, Yu Fan only fell silent for a moment before turning back and lazily straightening up.While she was still in a state of surprise, class eightâs homeroom teacher leaned closer, âItâs fine, Teacher Zhuang. Yu Fan has been behaving very well lately, itâs fine if he wants to stand a little slouched. Itâs still much better than the child from my class standing up there on the rostrum.âZhuang Fangqin laughed, âI heard Zuo Kuan gave Director Hu quite a big scare last week?âThe two quietly chatted. The other party shrugged and said, âWho knows? I wasnât there either. By the way, I heard Director Hu caught two couples last night. Were any of them from your class?âZhuang Fangqin, âNo.ââThey also werenât from mine. My students probably managed to escape. Haa, I have to say though, Director really went too far that night. Did he really have to do all this just to stop students from dating? Children at this age have trouble hiding their restlessness. You can tell whether or not they are dating in one glance.â The other party slowly began to name a few examples.âHelping do their homework, hanging around after school for no apparent reason, helping each other move books and chairs, passing notes during classâŠ.Itâs too obvious.âAfter the flag was raised, the students dispersed. Only after returning to his classroom and everyoneâs attention was on the physics teacher, did Yu Fan support his chin and mentally cross things off.Fuck. So close. They almost did all of thatâŠ..His arm was suddenly poked by a pen. Yu Fanâs eyes moved over. He saw his deskmate push something over to the edge of his desk with the hand that was still holding a pen.When his hand moved away, a small slip of paper was revealed.Yu Fan was speechless for a moment.He stared at the neatly folded note for a while before looking up at his deskmateâs calm face. After repeating this several more times, he picked it up.
ââŠâŠâ Never mind. They did all of that.Yu Fan expressionlessly opened it.[Letâs watch a movie this weekend?]Chen Jingshen was in the middle of correcting his practice paper when a note flew over, hit his thumb and then landed beside the tip of his pen.He opened it up. The neatly folded note had already become completely disfigured by his boyfriend------[You donât have a mouth? Iâm sitting right next to you.] After it was written, it was crossed out but you could still somewhat make out what it said.[Donât pass notes to me.] It was the same as above.[What movie?] It was the same as above.At the very end, under a bunch of crosses and scribbles, there was a single word that was written very messily, [Oh.]-The weather in Nancheng had been approaching the forties the last few days. Yu Fan didnât like to have the fan on while he slept so whenever he woke up, he would be covered in a layer of thin sweat across his forehead.So at noon on Saturday, Yu Fan took a shower as soon as he got up. While he dried his hair with a towel, he stood before his desk and went through his messages.The WeChat group chat was still as lively as usual. As soon as he opened it, he saw Wang Luâan comparing answers with the others.The end of semester exams were scheduled to be held on the seventh of next month. They had just finished the last monthly exam for this semester yesterday.[Wang Luâan: What? The answer to the seventh question is C? No way! @S Top Student, please tell me it isnât!!][Zhang Xianjing: Do you really think Top Student is going to reply to you?][Zhang Xianjing: Just give up. I checked with Ting dear just now, she also chose C.][Wang Luâan: @- Yu Fan, what did you choose?][Zhu Xu: âŠ..I canât believe there would actually be a day where I see someone ask Yu Fan what he answered. [Shocked rabbit.jpg]][Zuo Kuan: Zhu Xu, stop fucking using your girlfriends emoticons, it doesnât suit you.][Zuo Kuan: Alright, stop messing around you guys from class seven. Who cares about your grades? All this chatter is ruining the vibe here. Come out and letâs play billiards @Everyone.][S: C.]Seeing Chen Jingshenâs profile picture appear in the group chat, Yu Fanâs act of drying his hair slowed down a little. The next second, a private message appeared.[S: Letâs watch this one? [Photo]]Yu Fan tapped into it and checked the time. He didnât even look at the title of the movie before he replied with an âohâ.After discussing the time to meet up, Yu Fan threw aside his towel and sat on the balcony to let his hair air dry.As he sat in the warm afternoon breeze, he wondered to himself if this counted as a date.He leaned back against the anti-theft screen and scrolled through his phone for a while before finally succumbing to his urges and typed into the search bar ---- What should you pay attention to when watching a movie with your boyfriend?âŠ..Am I crazy? Itâs just a movie, what is there to pay attention to? Itâs just sitting side by side and looking at a screen, no different to class.Yu Fan coldly scolded himself but still tapped into the search results.When he saw âThe surveillance cameras in the movie theatres are very clear. Donât get too touchy with your boyfriendâ, Yu Fan subconsciously reached for the cigarette box next to him but paused and found a piece of gum instead.Now that it was almost the end of the semester, the teachers had been assigning them a lot more practice papers that required them to stay up late to finish. With the addition of the monthly exam, he hadnât had much time alone with Chen Jingshen this past week.Canât even do it at the movie theatre.Yu Fan casually thought this and continued to scroll down. After reading through a whole bunch of nonsense, the concluding line was: âFinally, make sure you donât get lipstick stains on your teeth and be sure to dress nice~â
Yu Fan furrowed his brows in confusion. He then belatedly realised that the person answering the âboyfriendâ question had assumed that the poster was a girl.FuckâŠ.What a waste of time.Now that his hair was dry, Yu Fan returned to his room. He picked out an outfit from his pitifully empty closet and headed out with a packet of gum with him.There werenât many people taking the bus at noon. Yu Fan sat alone by the window at the very back of the bus, playing on his phone with his legs spread open.He opened the chat interface with Chen Jingshen and looked more carefully at the photo of the movie ticket.The movie was set to start at three in the afternoon. It is currently one forty. It was just about right. He could play Snake for a while after arriving and break Chen Jingshenâs high score.The movie was called âSummer, Moon and Youâ. Today was the movie premiere. The poster depicted a celebrity Yu Fan recognised but couldnât name; theyâre probably pretty famous.The seats were couple seats. Seats 520A,520B------ (KKnotes: 520 means I love you in Chinese)ââŠâŠ.â[-: ?][S: ?]Who the hell said you could buy couple------Yu Fan typed that out before silently deleting it.Oh right, he and Chen Jingshen are dating.Yu Fan woodenly typed out: [What do you want to eat? Popcorn or potatoes?]The tickets were bought by Chen Jingshen so he should naturally buy the food.[S: Coconut chicken soup.][-: Shall I set up a table for you inside?][S: Letâs eat it after watching.][-: âŠ..Oh.]Even after arriving, Yu Fan was still searching for a store nearby that sold coconut chicken soup.He picked a store with the highest rating, took a screenshot and was about to send it to Chen Jingshen when Wang Luâanâs call suddenly arrived.With WeChat having the voice call function, Wang Luâan very rarely called him properly like this.Yu Fanâs eyelid twitched. He stopped in place and answered----âYu Fan, where are you?? Weâre in big trouble!!â Wang Luâan sounded very anxious, just like the time when Yu Fan was stopped by the students from the neighbouring school, âZuo Kuan is fucking facing off a dozen or so people at the billiards place!!!â-Before Chen Jingshen left, Fan Fan circled around him several times.He hooked his finger through Fan Fanâs collar, dragged him back a little, sat down on the stone chair in the garden and explained: âIâll have the aunty take you out for a walk later.âFan Fan was clearly unhappy. He let out several low whines.âI donât have time to play with you today.â Chen Jingshen patted his face, âBe good.âAfter settling the dog down, Chen Jingshen got ready to get up. At this moment, his phone suddenly sounded.[-: Something came up. Letâs go another time.]Chen Jingshenâs eyes lingered on the screen for a moment. He sat back down and typed, [What happened?]
The other party typed for almost ten minutes before replying:[-: The little girl upstairs is afraid to be alone at home.][S: When is next time?]Several minutes passed again.[-: Any day apart from today is fine.][S: Tomorrow?]In the small park behind the billiard hall, more than twenty boys fought. It was completely chaotic.Yu Fan grabbed someone by the collar, threw him against the wall and forcefully elbowed them hard on the back. While the other party cried out in pain, he quickly typed back an âokayâ on his phone.Zuo Kuan had invited Wang Luâan to join him for a game of billiards at the billiards hall today. The people at the table next to them were bored so they made a bet with him.Although Zuo Kuan didnât have good grades, he was very good at other things that were not study related. After the other party lost against him several times, they were a little unhappy and said a few not so nice words when paying up.How could Zuo Kuan let this go? He immediately responded with âbiting more than you can swallowâ and also added âdonât cry just because you suckâ and âget lost you loserâ.Wang Luâan could sense that the situation wasnât looking good. He quickly called for help.Zhu Xu came with a group of sports students in tow. Yu Fan arrived just as they arrived. When they arrived at the park, the two idiots Zuo Kuan and Wang Luâan were both already quite beaten up.The situation turned as soon as they came. Although the other side had more people, they werenât able to go against seventeen/eighteen year old sports students and the only one who wasnât a sports student was also particularly good at fighting. About ten or so minutes later, the other group ran off.As if he had won a war, Zuo Kuan, whose face was covered in injuries, waved his hand and offered to treat everyone to milk tea.At the milk tea store, Zuo Kuan crossed his legs and cursed, âFucking hell. They accused me of cheating just because they didnât want to accept their loss and would constantly spout all sorts of nonsense. How could I let them off just like that?ââMy brother, canât you read the room a little? There were only the two of us at the time!â Wang Luâan said.Zuo Kuan weakly retorted, ââŠ.How would I have known that there were so many of their friends outside?âWang Luâanâs calf that was kicked still hurt. He waved him away, âForget it, Iâll just accept it as my bad luck. I was unlucky to have accepted your invitation to play billiards on a beautiful Saturday like today.âââŠâŠ.âWang Luâan glanced out of the corner of his eyes at his other friend who was leaning against the wall with his phone in his hand. It was unknown what was on his mind.âYu Fan, did you get hurt?â Wang Luâan asked.Yu Fan shook his head.Those people earlier mostly relied on having more people on their side but didnât have much experience fighting so they barely managed to touch him. If he had to say one thing though, the side of his face did hurt a little.âIs there a mirror?â Yu Fan asked.Wang Luâan was stunned for a moment, âNo. Would a phone front camera be enough? I can hold it up for you.âHalf a minute later, Yu Fan cursed internally as he took in the two scratches on his face.Why did they have to hit his face??Would he still be able to go tomorrow? If he said that it was because he fell, would Chen Jingshen believe him?What is Chen Jingshen doing right now? Watching the movie? Or did he cancel the tickets?Seeing his expression darken, Wang Luâan immediately reassured him, âItâs okay, itâs nothing compared to your previous injuries. It should be fine in a week.âYu Fan leaned back in annoyance when he heard this, âJust be quiet.âZuo Kuan went and bought a few packets of cigarettes and gave each of them a cigarette. Yu Fan didnât accept. He pulled out a piece of gum from his pocket and fiercely chewed on it.
After the boys praised each other on their wonderful moves during the fight earlier, they proceeded to discuss where they should go next.As they happily chatted, Zhu Xuâs phone rang. He immediately made a âquietâ gesture when he saw who the caller was.âHey babe, whatâs up?â After everyone quietened down, Zhu Xu answered the phone, âIâm not doing much. Why didnât I respond to your message?âŠ..I had my phone on silent earlier and didnât hear it. Hey, hey, donât be angry, I really didnât hear it. Where am I? Iâm currently at the internet cafe with Zuo Kuan and the othersâŠâAfter Zuo Kuan ended the call, all the boys burst out laughing.âZhu Xu, arenât you being too much of a wuss? Just because you didnât respond to a message, you had to coax her for almost half an hour?ââYou two are disgusting as fuck.ââAnd why did you lie? You should just tell her the truth. Itâs not like we lost.ââThat wonât do. If she found out I fought, she would definitely get angry at me.â Zhu Xu lamented, âWhen I went to help Yu Fan and missed the exam last time, she almost broke up with me. Fortunately we had the make up examâŠ...Hey, you better not mention this matter when you see her later. Iâm dead if she finds out.âAlthough the others may tease him, they all nodded and promised that they wouldnât mention it.âAlso donât tell Chen JingâŠ..â The person sitting in the corner suddenly coldly spoke up. He proceeded to change his words halfway, âAlso donât tell anyone in our class.âThe others were confused when they heard this.âWhat do you mean? Zhu Xu didnât want us to talk about it because he didnât want his girlfriend to find out. Why donât you want others to know about this?â Wang Luâan asked in confusion.âThatâs not it.â Yu Fan frowned in annoyance, âIf Iâm telling you not to talk about it, just donât talk about it.ââWhat? Do you also have a girlfriend, Yu Fan?â Another person asked.âNo.â Yu Fan, âShut your mouth.ââAhâŠ.um, Yu Fan,â Zuo Kuan who was sitting by the door froze for a moment before waving his phone, âI do want to keep it a secret but I think itâs a little too late.âYu Fan, â?ââI have been live updating it in the group chat. Itâs mainly to let Zhang Xianjing and the others see and to check if they want to join us later.â Zuo Kuan coughed awkwardly, âBut donât worry, I only mentioned it in our group chat, I didnât talk about it anywhere el-----ââTop Student?â Wang Luâan exclaimed in surprise when he looked towards the store door.Yu Fanâs act of chewing on his gum froze. No way?Several seconds later, he slowly turned his head towards the door.And met Chen Jingshenâs eyes.Chen Jingshen stood silently outside the store. He glanced at him expressionlessly and then lightly lowered his eyes, his gaze sweeping past the injuries on his face.âŠ..In an instant, the pain on Yu Fanâs cheek seemed to have intensified a little.Lying was something the Yu Fan felt no burden doing. He personally considered himself as someone with poor upbringing; anything he did or said depended on his mood. Both Zhuang Fangqin and Hu Pang had already heard countless lies of his. Even if the other party didnât believe him or directly poked a hole in his lies, Yu Fan wasnât bothered. He was the classic example of someone who wasnât concerned no matter what consequences his lies brought about.But at this moment, an inexplicable feeling of guilt surged inside him like a tide, turning his mind a little cold.Yu Fanâs lips moved slightly but because he didnât know what to say, he wasnât able to say anything.Wang Luâan, âTop Student, why are you here? Did Yu Fan call you over to hang out?âChen Jingshen lightly looked away.âNo, I was just passing by.â He said, âIâll head off first.âWatching Chen Jingshen leave, Wang Luâan mumbled to himself, âHe was just passing by? Thatâs too coincidentalâŠ..âA gust of wind blew past him. Before he could even react, Yu Fan had already rushed out and disappeared in the distance.