Hearing this, Noah, feeling utterly exhausted, tossed him a table. The chart on it was wildly volatile, fluctuating wildly. The values bounced back and forth between two extreme values like bungee jumping, as if they were just a hair's breadth away from leaping out of the range and galloping away.
"You're right, there's a range to what a persona should be like. But you should also be a little more understanding of how I feel. Seeing you constantly approaching that threshold every day is giving me a heart attack."
Qin Chu coldly reminded him, "Wake up, you don't have a heart."
"..." Noah felt discriminated against and was very angry. He said, "I've decided that unless you beg me, I will never speak again!"
"Really?" Qin Chu was overjoyed. "Then I'll celebrate first."
Noah: "..."
However, Qin Chu did not continue with the "bungee jumping" in the following days.
High school students' lives revolve around the dormitory, cafeteria, and classroom, with few unexpected events. In this atmosphere, Qin Chu unexpectedly relived his school days, focusing most of his energy on learning English.
Such a peaceful and stable life was like a precious vacation for Qin and Chu, who lived on the border year-round.
Apart from……
Aside from Zhao Yuan, who is a cowardly and talkative classmate.
Ever since Qin Chu told him to "call me when you leave school," Zhao Yuan has successfully extended the word "leave school" to every aspect of his life. He even worriedly invited Qin Chu to go to the toilet with him, but was coldly and ruthlessly rejected by Qin Chu.
The bell had already rung during self-study, but Zhao Yuan's seat was still empty. He said he was going to the office to get homework for the teacher.
But if someone were to look up at the teaching building from the playground at this moment, they would see a tall, thin figure leaning against the bathroom window.
His school uniform jacket was open, the sleeves rolled up halfway to his elbows, revealing a section of the boy's thin but strong wrists. Unlike his usual posture of always keeping his head down, Zhao Yuan was now looking out with his head tilted back.
A gentle breeze ruffled his long bangs, revealing his sharp eyebrows and a casual smile at the corner of his lips. His demeanor suggested he was interested in everything, yet also indifferent to everything.
He had previously claimed that the school didn't allow cell phones, but now a cell phone was spinning between Zhao Yuan's slender fingers. Suddenly, the phone vibrated twice. Zhao Yuan looked down at the screen and saw Yang Ge's avatar flashing there.
Never-setting Sun: Boss, why haven't I seen you around lately?
"Never-setting Sun: Those bastards on the back street, seeing you're not around, keep wandering over here every day."
Zhao Yuan tapped the screen listlessly, not very interested in what was happening outside. He felt that things were more fun on campus these past few days, since he had a deskmate who answered English tests in Chinese.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yuan twitched his finger.
Zhao Yuan: There's nothing I can do, my new deskmate is quite clingy.
The Sun Never Sets: ...? ? !!!
Yang and his gang of henchmen were squatting on the street corner, staring at the small phone screen with shocked expressions.
"Wasn't our boss's deskmate a guy before?" Yang asked blankly.
The younger brother reminded him, "Brother, you should ask the eldest brother if his current deskmate is a boy or a girl."
The thugs looked at each other, completely baffled as to why Zhao Yuan, that ruthless and cunning guy who could beat people up, was still being harassed by others.
Actually, Yang Ge wanted to ask Zhao Yuan about Qin Chu today, since the memory of being beaten up on the ground that day was still too deep.
But now that Zhao Yuan has interrupted them, they've forgotten all about it, afraid that they might accidentally delay their boss's dating life.
After slacking off for a while, Zhao Yuan figured it was about time, so he put away his phone and headed to the classroom.
Yang didn't have anything else to ask him, but at the end he couldn't help mentioning that he wanted him to go out and "hold the fort." The time was set for Friday, and since he was going home anyway, he casually agreed.
As I approached Class 1, I heard a few class committee members chatting away by the window, discussing something.
They weren't discussing anything important; it was the class monitor's birthday, and they wanted to invite classmates to his birthday party.
For high school seniors burdened with heavy workloads, this is all the entertainment they have. As soon as the news came out, the classmates were quite excited.
However, such things never really concerned Zhao Yuan, so he didn't pay much attention and simply pushed open the classroom door to walk towards his seat. The next class was English, and Zhao Yuan could see from afar that his deskmate was writing furiously with his head down, clearly not having finished his English homework.
Qin Chu had excellent grades in school, but he wasn't the kind of "good student" teachers envisioned. Instead, he was a "good student" with his own ideas. This kind of person also had his own ideas about learning. Specifically, he would complete the tasks he set for himself very well, but he didn't want to do the homework assigned by the teacher.
But now is not the time for Qin Chu to decide whether or not to do it.
"Sir, hurry up! There's still one test paper left to finish, and class starts in five minutes!" Noah had completely broken his promise in just two days. Before Qin Chu could even respond, he couldn't help but jump and shout.
"Shut up!" Qin Chu said succinctly, flipping through the dictionary in his hand.
His learning style was very frustrating. He had no problem reading, but he couldn't write a single word, to the point that his English teacher always thought Qin Chu was faking it.
It was impossible for Qin Chu to finish a test paper in five minutes. He was having a headache when he looked up and saw Zhao Yuan.
Noah was on high alert: "Sir, what are you going to do!"
Qin Chu looked at Zhao Yuan calmly and said, "Let me copy your homework."
Noah scratched at Qin Chu's head, wailing, "Sir, you've fallen from grace! How can a top student copy homework!"
Qin Chu: "Shut up. You decide for yourself whether it's worse to get caught by the teacher for not doing your homework or by getting caught by your classmates."
Noah fell silent.
Zhao Yuan squeezed into the seat behind Qin Chu and glanced down at Qin Chu. His deskmate usually hated physical contact and would always urge him to hurry up and go in with a sour face.
But perhaps because he had received a gift, he didn't scold him this time; his face remained as cold as ever.
Zhao Yuan found Qin Chu's expression quite amusing, so he calmly slowed down his movements. Only when Qin Chu couldn't hold back any longer and was about to punch him did he leisurely sit back down in his seat and take out his exam paper.
As soon as Zhao Yuan handed the test paper to Qin Chu, the man frowned in disgust: "Your handwriting..."
Zhao Yuan craned his neck to look at Qin Chu's scribbles, then at his own, and said with great emotion, "How dare you criticize me like that?"
General Qin glanced at Zhao Yuan, then looked at his own handwriting. Perhaps he was also disgusted by how ugly it was, so he stopped arguing with Zhao Yuan and silently copied the homework.
Class started, and as expected, the English teacher raised her hand to check Qin Chu's test paper.
Holding the fully filled test paper, the English teacher was very pleased: "Cheng Cheng, your handwriting has finally improved. If it was like a dung beetle crawling before, now it's like a dog crawling."
Qin Chu had a blank expression; he couldn't hear any improvement in his expression.
Zhao Yuan leaned closer and whispered, "They evolved from arthropods into mammals."
"..." Qin Chu felt that this guy was really infuriating. With old and new grudges combined, he reached out and pulled the test paper off Zhao Yuan's desk and stuffed it into the desk hole.
After reviewing Qin Chu's test paper, the English teacher habitually looked at his deskmate, Zhao Yuan, only to find his desk completely empty.
"Zhao Yuan, where's your exam paper?"
Before Zhao Yuan could speak, Qin Chu blurted out, "I forgot to bring it."
Zhao Yuan: "???"
Fortunately, Zhao Yuan was always considered honest and unassuming by the teacher, so the teacher didn't say much and just let them look at a test paper.
Zhao Yuan leaned in to watch half the class, while Qin Chu silently memorized vocabulary while mentally reviewing his earlier actions. The more he thought about it, the more he felt he'd been staying in this place too long and had caught the influence of these kids.
Otherwise, why would they do something so childish?
Feeling guilty, Qin Chu quickly stuffed the test paper back into Zhao Yuan's desk.
Zhao Yuan was at a loss for words, wondering whether he should take it out or not.
The homework crisis had just been resolved when Noah, who had been holding it in for two days, started nagging in Qin Chu's mind again:
"Sir, are you aware that the class monitor is going to hold a birthday party?"
Qin Chu grunted in response but didn't reply, treating Noah's words as nonsense.
This guy extracts information entirely based on his five senses; of course, Qin Chu could hear the whispers he could hear.
But Qin Chu didn't think this matter had anything to do with him, and he had absolutely no interest in attending the children's gathering.
Noah continued, "No, sir, you can't refuse the invitation this time."
Qin Chu was very unhappy, but at Noah's prompting, he looked at Zhou Sisi.
"As the class monitor, Zhou Sisi will definitely attend this birthday party. She's been getting picked up by family members lately and hasn't taken the shortcuts from the old street anymore, so the chances of her running into Meng Bo at school or home are slim. But this birthday party is out, what if she falls in love at first sight again!"
Noah's tone was worried.
Qin Chu had to admit that Noah was right. He could never figure out what girls were thinking, so he could only keep a close eye on them.
This individual and the system discussed back and forth, arguing that they couldn't refuse the invitation and had to participate, but completely overlooked one situation.
Young people are always quick and decisive. Before get out of class was even over, a small note was passed around the whole class during English class.
When get out of class ended, Qin Chu overheard people around him discussing the time and place of the class representative's birthday party. Only then did he realize that the little note had been passed around and never reached him.
Noah: "...As expected, given your reputation in the class, no one wants to invite you."
Chapter 12, First Story (10)
General Qin was stunned for two seconds.
Noah started lamenting again: "I told you to smile more, and now look what we're going to do, we can't even get an invitation!"
In fact, several class committee members are still discussing this issue.
The sports committee member asked with great difficulty, "Should we invite Cheng Cheng or not? Everyone else is going, wouldn't it be inappropriate not to invite him?"
He was the brother who had laughed so hard he almost convulsed when Qin Chu said "challenge yourself," and who couldn't help but give Qin Chu a thumbs up.
Zhou Sisi glanced at the corner where Qin Chu was, then turned back to her: "Why didn't you invite him? I've already clarified what happened before..."
Moreover, after confirming that Qin Chu had saved her that day, Zhou Sisi was actually very grateful to him, and she greeted him properly whenever they met in the cafeteria these past few days.
She wanted to say more, but it wasn't her birthday after all.
As the host of the party, the class representative was also quite troubled. There were quite a few people in the class who didn't like Cheng Cheng, and it wouldn't be good if things turned unpleasant because he invited them.
Before he could decide whether to invite Cheng Cheng, the sports committee member nudged him again and asked, "By the way, did you invite Zhao Yuan this time?"
The class representative immediately rolled his eyes: "Would I dare disturb his studies? Last year, didn't you see how many people went to invite him, only to be turned down with the excuse that they needed to study that night? How embarrassing! I'm not going to embarrass myself."
That makes sense.
Zhao Yuan was an extremely withdrawn person, usually holed up in his seat, seemingly devoted to nothing but studying. In their eyes, such a good student was somewhat admirable, but more so, he seemed out of place.
Several people stared blankly at Qin Chu and Zhao Yuan.
As they watched, the class representative couldn't help but speak up: "Besides, look at Cheng Cheng's current appearance, even if I had eight lives, I wouldn't dare to talk to him."
Apart from Zhou Sisi, the others nodded with lingering fear.
Others chimed in, "I don't know why, but these past few days, Cheng Cheng has become even scarier than our Dean of Students, Old Chen."