This made Qin Chu inexplicably sigh about how difficult it is to be a parent; you have to be careful with your words and actions to prevent your child from going astray. However, the person who raised him was naturally carefree and didn't belong to this category of parents who had to work so hard.
Noah suddenly spoke in Qin Chu's mind: "Sir, I heard you saying bad things about the Marshal in your mind again."
Having something in your head is really inconvenient. Qin Chu clicked his tongue and said, "Don't try to read my thoughts."
Noah said smugly, "This mission is special; this is my new privilege."
Otherwise, with Qin Chu's perpetually cold face and virtually unmoved emotions, how would he possibly know Qin Chu's feelings? Noah was only gloating for a couple of seconds when he suddenly heard Qin Chu mentally curse, "Idiot."
Noah: "..." The voice was extremely clear, obviously meant to be directed at him.
After criticizing Noah, Qin Chu thought of some other details.
He stopped under the streetlight, thought for a moment, then turned to Zhao Yuan and asked, "That sheep...?"
Noah reminded him at the right moment: "Brother Yang."
Qin Chu then asked, "Do you know the sheep that stepped on my phone?"
Zhao Yuan was taken aback by the title, while Noah felt that he had given a pointless reminder.
Qin Chu glanced at Zhao Yuan indifferently. He had been paying attention during the fight and noticed that Brother Yang kept looking up behind him, probably at Zhao Yuan.
Why would Zhao Yuan know some thugs from outside the school?
Faced with Qin Chu's question, Zhao Yuan stood still with his head down and did not speak.
Qin Chu's eyes sharpened slightly. As expected, he had guessed correctly. Zhao Yuan was hiding something.
Standing opposite him, Zhao Yuan became somewhat hesitant: "I..."
He kept stammering "I" for ages without getting anything wrong, and this attitude completely wore down Qin Chu's patience. Qin Chu cracked his knuckles, preparing to give this guy a good beating if he didn't say anything more.
Just as he was about to reach out, the boy opposite him said pitifully, "Then I'll tell you, but can you not tell the other classmates?"
Qin Chu: "..." Why the hell is this like exchanging little secrets with a girl?
"Speak quickly." Qin Chu glanced at him and then looked away, taking it as tacit agreement with his request.
Zhao Yuan scratched his head sheepishly and said in a low voice, "I... I was stopped by them a few times. I'm not as strong as you, and I was afraid of getting beaten up, so... so I gave them money..."
Qin Chu's face went blank for a moment. He hadn't expected to get such a cowardly result after waiting for so long. He turned around and left in anger.
Once Zhao Yuan started talking, he couldn't stop. I quickly followed behind him, looking worried: "What should we do? They've been watching me the whole time. Will they cause me trouble?"
"I have to go home this week, and I'll be crossing this street on my way..."
These words were so cowardly they gave Qin Chu a heart attack.
He couldn't stand Zhao Yuan's personality at all, but he was afraid of saying the wrong thing and setting a bad example for the child, so he could only keep it to himself, and his face became even more frigid.
Zhao Yuan kept rambling on and on, his words filled with worries about his future life.
Noah added fuel to the fire in Qin Chu's mind: "Tsk tsk tsk, sir, this won't do. These thugs love to settle scores. They won't dare come after you, so they'll naturally come after your deskmate. What if your deskmate gets bullied so badly that he decides to join the thugs?"
Did he really decide to join a gang?
If Zhao Yuan, with his cowardly attitude, could actually do something like this, Qin Chu would be happy to set off firecrackers to celebrate.
Tired of being nagged so much, Qin Chu could only stop and tell Zhao Yuan, "Call me when you leave school."
Noah shook his head. Their commander was a naturally cold and arrogant person. Even though he meant to escort them home, the way he said it sounded like he was coming to collect a debt.
Fortunately, Zhao Yuan didn't seem to mind. Hearing this, he seemed finally relieved and couldn't help but run forward a couple of steps to put his arm around Qin Chu's shoulder: "That's great, classmate, with you here..."
Before he could finish speaking, Qin Chu grabbed his arm and twisted it, almost knocking him to the ground.
"Ouch, ouch...it hurts!"
Zhao Yuan was bent over at this moment, his bangs tilted to the side, revealing half of his forehead and youthful features, which matched Qin Chu's impression of the car owner when he stole the car that day.
"Don't touch me from behind." Qin Chu stared at him for two seconds, then loosened her grip.
The man's arms were limp and weak; he didn't even offer any instinctive resistance when the other man grabbed him, clearly indicating that he had never been in a fight before.
This should have been a good thing for Qin Chu's mission, but Qin Chu's face was even more icy and heavy, as if Mount Tai were pressing down on him.
It is hard to imagine that there could be such a cowardly person in the world.
Having shaken off Zhao Yuan, Qin Chu continued walking forward.
Neither he nor Noah, who could only gather information with his eyes, saw it. Zhao Yuan, lagging behind, was rubbing his shoulder while panting, but there was no pain on his face. Instead, a faint smile appeared on his lips, as if he had seen something interesting.
Today, shortly after school, Qin Chu broke his phone. He went to the bookstore to buy some books, and didn't forget to use the compensation money to buy himself a new phone.
They were so wild that, as a result, he and Zhao Yuan stood in front of the tightly closed school gate, staring blankly at the thick iron chain on the gate.
Damn it, I forgot, the school locks its gates at night.
Even the guard on duty had gone to sleep; the guardhouse was pitch black, with only faint snoring to be heard.
Qin Chu didn't hesitate for more than a few seconds before reaching out to knock on the guardhouse door. But the old man inside was fast asleep, and there was no response after two knocks.
Zhao Yuan hurriedly reached out and grabbed him: "Stop knocking. Old Liu has a bad temper. If you really wake him up, we'll probably be reported tomorrow."
"Isn't it okay to help the teacher?" Qin Chu raised an eyebrow at him.
Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "It's helping the teacher out, but moving books shouldn't take more than an hour, right?"
All the time was spent on the road.
"Then what do you suggest we do?" Qin Chu leaned against the iron gate and started looking at English materials on his new phone.
"How about..." Zhao Yuan looked up at the sky, "we climb over there?"
Even if one were to climb, it would be impossible to climb the door.
The No. 1 Middle School still had those old-fashioned, large iron gates, easy to climb, but very high. That wasn't the main point, though. The main point was the row of sharp spikes at the top of the gate, as if one might accidentally leave a mark on one's groin.
Although Qin Chu was capable of climbing eight iron gates without any problem, as a man, no one likes to climb such things unless absolutely necessary.
Zhao Yuan took Qin Chu's phone again, turned on the flashlight, and led Qin Chu around to the back.
"I heard there's a pretty low wall at our school, and sometimes when they're late, they come in through it..."
Qin Chu had never actually considered climbing the wall.
Although he was a troublemaker in school, he was too arrogant and never bothered to climb walls. Even if he got into trouble, he would swagger out the front door.
After a few steps, the two of them circled around to a low wall.
The wall wasn't far from the gate, and it was indeed easy to climb. Qin Chu glanced at it, didn't use any leverage, and leaped directly onto the top of the wall.
He glanced down at Zhao Yuan: "Hurry up."
He was about to jump down when Zhao Yuan called out, "Hey, hey, deskmate, wait a minute!"
"What are you doing?" Qin Chu looked down at him.
Zhao Yuan looked embarrassed and said, "Can you help me? I can't climb up with such a heavy backpack on my back..."
Qin Chu remained silent for a moment, then reached out and lifted Zhao Yuan's schoolbag.
Then he stared at Zhao Yuan and saw that this man, with his long arms and legs, seemed to be just for show. He struggled against the wall for a long time, but his height did not change at all.
"You're the one who has to climb this damn thing..." Qin Chu couldn't help but swear, wanting to give him fifty pull-ups.
Zhao Yuan looked helpless: "I'm not very skilled at this since it's my first time. Would you like to come down and help me out if we're not at the same table?"
Qin Chu only wanted to carry Zhao Yuan and throw him over, but his physical abilities were limited in this world, making it impossible for him to do so. Unable to abandon Zhao Yuan, he could only jump down from the wall again, positioning himself so Zhao Yuan could climb over.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuan raised his foot and gestured for a long time, then held onto the wall for support: "No, deskmate, I feel a little dizzy as soon as I step on it. I'm afraid of heights!"
Qin Chu: "..."
His fists clenched so tightly they cracked, and he asked Noah in his mind, "Can I beat him up and then let you find another target?"
Noah could only try to appease him: "Sir, you have to be understanding of a good student who only knows how to study. Also, I must remind you that there are security guards patrolling the campus. As a top student, if the guards discover your climbing the wall, it could ruin your image."
Qin Chu cursed under his breath and had no choice but to jump onto the wall again.
From Qin Chu's perspective, this guy, whether genuinely afraid of heights or not, was leaning against the wall with his head down, his shoulders trembling almost imperceptibly.
Qin Chu reached out his hand to him: "You fucking hurry up!"
This time, Zhao Yuan finally didn't hold them back. He "huffed and puffed" as he climbed up the wall, and the two of them finally managed to squat on the top of the wall.
Just then, Qin Chu suddenly heard a sound coming from the guardhouse, followed by the beam of a flashlight. The old guard, Liu, called out, "Which little brat is there?"
Author's Note:
Even if your phone gets smashed, try to resolve the issue rationally; don't act impulsively.
Using VPNs is wrong; please don't emulate it in real life.
Chapter 10, First Story (8)
Why did this person not wake up earlier or later, but only after they had all climbed up the wall?
Noah was beeping in his mind, and Qin Chu was furious. He bent down to jump. But at that moment, Zhao Yuan, that coward, grabbed his leg: "Slow down, deskmate! I'm scared!"
Qin Chu kicked him off the wall, then grabbed two backpacks, pulled up Zhao Yuan who had fallen to the ground with a thud, and ran towards the boys' dormitory.
It wouldn't be difficult for Old Liu to shake off his old arms and legs, provided that Zhao Yuan wasn't with him.
This guy not only runs slowly, but he also keeps calling out "deskmate" to Qin Chu. Qin Chu has no doubt that if this guy gets caught, he'll sell him off without even needing to interrogate him.
After finally shaking off Old Liu and running back to the dormitory building, the dormitory building was already locked.
This time, there was no option to knock on the dormitory manager's door; otherwise, if it corresponded to Old Liu's shouts, it would be as if the two of them were announcing to the world that they were the ones climbing the wall.
Without saying a word, Qin Chu grabbed Zhao Yuan by the back of his collar and dragged him to the back of the dormitory.
Their dormitory was on the second floor, while the dormitory at No. 1 Middle School only had burglar bars on the first-floor balcony, which was just enough for them to climb up to the second-floor balcony by stepping on the burglar bars.
Having found the right spot, Qin Chu looked at Zhao Yuan.
Zhao Yuan seemed to have something to say: "Classmate, I..."
"Shut up." Qin Chu was afraid he would blurt out that he was afraid of heights again. "One question: climb or not?"
His expression and demeanor were practically screaming, "Crawl or die!"
Faced with Qin Chu's cold and unsympathetic attitude, Zhao Yuan could only silently climb through the security window.