CH 12.1

Treat You to a Chicken Drumstick! (1)

After taking exams the whole day, people’s stomachs were rumbling with hunger when both Math and English exams had finished.

It was still the middle of August, and the new junior year students hadn’t entered the school. Only the sophomore and senior students were eating in the canteen, but it was already crowded.

Qin Yuan, Fu Songhua, and several boys took their meal and sat in their usual seats.

“The last question in Math was so disgusting. I’ve compared just now; four people had four different answers.” Fu Songhua ate while asking Qin Yuan,

“Boss, what was your answer?”

Qin Yuan who cherished words like gold1. “0.”

Fu Songhua dejectedly beat the table with his fist. “Fuck! This is the fifth answer! Anyway, forget about it. I believe in you.”

He raised his head and looked at his roommate sitting opposite. “What are you looking at so enthusiastically? Are there any correct answers in the group?”

The boy with  thick-rimmed glasses didn’t even raise his head. “Damn correct answers. The exam has already passed. Let the past be in the past!”

Fu Songhua knocked on his rice bowl. “Look at your virtue. Which class’ goddess picture are you looking at?”

“I’m looking at gossip!” The boy’s eyes looked dazed. “That soft balsa wood2 from Class 9 who was Boss’ roommate has fucking shattered the three views3!”

Qin Yuan, who was eating calmly, faintly raised his head.

Fu Songhua blankly stared at him. “What kind of trouble did he make again?”

The boy mischievously laughed. “It’s so amazing! You guys can look at the forum yourself.”

Fu Songhua hurriedly took out his phone and logged in to the school forum, letting out an exclamation when he glanced at it. “Fuck!”

Three hot threads have already come out at this moment!

<<A cellphone was confiscated at the Class 9 examination spot. Who is the owner? How did the phone mysteriously fall to the ground? – Giving you the inside story on the grudges between Class 9 sports representative Liu X and underachiever Ruan XX!>>

<<Seek revenge for the smallest grievance, and pay it back ten-fold – Who gave a weak man the courage to court death?>>

<<Live betting, the countdown to Class 9 Ruan Qingmu being oppressed: will he die by Class 1 Boss’ lighting strike, or in the hand of the class bully from his former class?>>

Clicking on the last post, there was an impressive bet inside already: If you bet that Class 1 will teach him a lesson first, choose 1. If you bet that he will get beaten by Liu Jun first, choose 2.

The one who opened the bet, Bai Xiaosheng, always had a good reputation, and he made a guaranteed post: I would only collect 10 percent, and the rest would be paid on the same day immediately. Those interested, private message me.

Fu Songhua lamented while looking. “Tch…..Tch!”

Qin Yuan shot him a glance and coldly said, “Don’t smack your lips when eating.”

Fu Songhua scrolled through the post and extended the phone in his hand to let him take a look. “Boss, there are more bets for Liu Jun. We’re losing face.”

The boy on the opposite was in high spirits as he slapped the dining table.

“Then, I will bet on our side first. Old Fu, you can grasp the situation and beat that guy in front of everyone, then we can win a little money?”

Fu Songhua glared at him. “Get lost! I, Fu Songhua, am an upright and honest person. Where is the fun in beating a cripple?”

The boy on the opposite suddenly widened his eyes and looked straight into the distance. “Oh! The cripple is here!”

Qin Yuan abruptly turned his head; that familiar figure was indeed slowly walking along the corridor with his crutches.

The cowering, delicate boy beside him carefully supported him and looked around as if wanting to find a place to sit.

It was the peak of lunchtime in the canteen, and almost every seat was filled.

There were only three people on Qin Yuan’s side, but due to the powerful aura of the “Class 1 top student and sports representative,” nobody dared to approach them boldly.

As Ruan Qingmu raised his head from a distance, he instantly met Qin Yuan’s gaze.

A sudden faint smile appeared on his lazy face.

Stretching his hand to nudge Fang Li on the side, he mouthed, “There are empty seats in there. I will go to get the seats first.  Please help me get the meal. Oh, right, remember not to exceed three yuan, ah.”

Fang Li helplessly looked as he walked over there with dizziness. What was he trying to do?? Would he stir up trouble inside and outside the class in rotation?

Walking to the other side, several boys from Class 9 turned their heads in uniform and watched as the underachiever from their class directly sat in front of a certain top student.

“……”

The first thing that Huang Ya did after he could react was retract the number 2 on his phone quickly. “Fuck, fuck, fuck. I’m changing it to 1!”

The boy beside him gave him two thumbs up. “Is he done for? Should we help him when he’s beaten later? It will be so embarrassing if someone from our class is beaten by Class 1!”

Huang Ya quickly lowered his head. “If you can do it, go ahead. I’m only responsible for criticizing4.”

“Say, will the two Bosses from Class 1 smash the plate to Ruan Qingmu’s face later? …..”

Ruan Qingmu slowly placed his crutches and sat before Qin Yuan and Fu Songhua, greeting them with curved eyes.

“Hey, is there someone here? Can we sit here?”

Fu Songhua was dumbfounded as he looked at him. He then turned his head to look at Qin Yuan at the side.

Qin Yuan raised his head and took a deep look at Ruan Qingmu.

Fu Songhua looked at the Boss’ cold face that refused to say anything, then he glared at Ruan Qingmu. “We didn’t even reserve it.”

Ruan Qingmu looked at Qin Yuan’s plate and raised his brows. “Still like to eat fish?”

Everyone at the dining table was stunned.

Qin Yuan’s hand, which composedly held onto the chopsticks, paused in front of a piece of fish.

Fu Songhua bewilderedly looked at Qin Yuan and then looked at the smiling youth opposite.

“Fuck! Are you a stalker? Or did you buy our Boss’ preference information from Bai Xiaosheng?!” He shouted in shock.

Ruan Qingmu lazily propped his cheek. When his slender fingers were placed against the same fair chin, they seemed even fairer.

“Still don’t like to eat shrimp? Student Qin.” He ignored Fu Songhua and muttered to himself. “Why is your taste still the same?”

Qin Yuan’s movement finally became tense.

It didn’t seem difficult to know what he liked to eat.

He could guess it if he deliberately observed what he usually liked to buy. But how could he know that he didn’t like to eat shrimp?

…..It didn’t make sense.

There weren’t many times when the school cooked a dish containing shrimp. In addition, it was expensive, so the students rarely ate these. Based only on observation, it was impossible to guess it.

Footnote:

1 Cherish word like gold: which describes extremely saving words, just like cherishing gold and not wanting to spend more money; doesn’t like to talk much

2 A pun on Ruan Qingmu’s name: 软轻木(soft balsa wood) has the same pronounciation with his name but with different intonation and meaning

3 shattering the three views is mainly beyond the scope of life, attitude and values. To put it bluntly, it means doing things that people do not do.

4 From a slang “你行你上,不行別BB” which means f you can do it, go ahead; if you can’t, don’t criticize it.
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