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Twenty-First Period (2)
T/N: Translated by Jen on Broken Jinsei! Please do not repost my translations! All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
Only after Zhou Jinwei left the classroom did the silence break into quiet whispers.
“Woah, what the hell?”
“When has Zhou Jinwei ever cared about this kind of thing? It can’t be that he likes…..”
Following the pause, everyone’s gaze shifted from Zhou Jinwei, who’d left the classroom, to Xu Lianyu.
The latter frowned. She naturally knew that this was impossible.
When she went out, Zhou Jinwei was standing outside playing with a lighter. She hasn’t seen him smoking lately. However, that metal lighter, he still kept around.
He flicked open the lid, the flame ghostly blue.
The lighter skillfully twirled between his long, slender fingers.
Zhou Jinwei calmly watched all of this.
He seemed to very much like watching certain things go from brilliance to nothing.
Just like the flame coming from this lighter.
Xu Lianyu hesitated for a long while before walking over, “What exactly is your relationship with Zhou Yanli?”
He didn’t answer, his arms lazily resting on the balcony railing. He frequently came here, because from up high, the view was wide and open.
From this bit, it was more than enough to tell that he was an ambitious person. After starting high school, he never asked his family for another cent.
Having grown up in that kind of family and getting influenced over the years, the elite education he received was beyond what ordinary people could imagine.
His talent for business far surpassed that of everyone else in his family.
Xu Lianyu explained, “I don’t mean anything by it, just noticed that you seem to be very close with him recently.”
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“No relationship.” He snapped the lighter shut, putting it back in his coat pocket, finally willing to give her a glance, “Since he didn’t do anything wrong that’s worth noting, stop constantly looking for him.”
Xu Lianyu paused for a moment, “But he…..”
His gaze was cold, “To put it bluntly, even if you have all his points deducted, what difference would it make?”
Xu Lianyu was momentarily stunned, feeling the embarrassment of having her thoughts exposed. She was a very prideful person. Even when facing the person she liked, she was unable to lower her head, so she could only use a high and mighty attitude to make the other party notice her.
“Don’t go provoking him.” These were Zhou Jinwei’s last words to her before leaving.
Xu Lianyu actually couldn’t tell whether this was an advice or a warning.
In the empty classroom behind them, Sun Ju originally only wanted to come in to smoke a cigarette. He’d just pushed open the window when he accidentally found himself in the middle of that conversation, completely caught off guard.
After listening to all of it, he stood there stunned in place for quite a while.
This conversation just now seemingly was already more than enough to thoroughly overturn that previous guess—–
—–that Zhou Jinwei likes Xu Lianyu.
Could it be……
Sun Ju slightly frowned, his gaze towards Zhou Jinwei becoming complicated.
He although has never shown interest in any girl before, he didn’t seem to be interested in guys either.
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Qin Yu has recently taken to following behind Zhou Yanli everywhere, calling him boss left and right.
Zhou Yanli got annoyed, letting him get lost.
Qin Yu could only find someone that was even more annoying than him. He said, “That girl from the other building hasn’t been coming to find you lately, has she?”
Zhou Yanli asked, “What girl?”
“You know, the one that always comes to bother you, quite pretty, wears glasses.”
“Who?”
Seeing that the hints were useless, Qin Yu could only say her name directly, “Xu Lianyu.”
Zhou Yanli still couldn’t remember. What’s the point of remembering someone irrelevant? Total waste of time.
He glanced at today’s class schedule. The last two classes weren’t language arts, math, or english, these major subjects. And the other teachers weren’t very strict.
He used the pen to poke Jiang Huihui who was working on a practice test.
The latter looked up, her eyes a bit puzzled, “What’s wrong?”
She has been struggling with this practice test all day. There were a few problems she couldn’t solve no matter what.
Zhou Yanli took a glance. She had already gone through five sheets of scratch paper, and in the blank section of the practice test, she’d only written the word ‘solution’.
He said, “If you really can’t solve it, then forget it. I’ll take you to do something more interesting. Not only can it build stamina, it can also strengthen your resilience to pressure.”
Jiang Huihui blanked, what can both build stamina and also strengthen one’s resilience?
Zhou Yanli was being mysterious, letting her not ask that many questions and just follow him.
The class bell rang. Everyone was rushing towards their classrooms. Only the two of them were heading in the opposite direction.
Jiang Huihui actually wanted to go back too, but Zhou Yanli held her by the hood, not letting her go, “Just come with me, would I ever harm you?”
“But…..” The model student Jiang Huihui has never skipped class before. She was extremely hesitant and also a bit scared. If they were to get caught, they’ll be done for.
Skipping class indeed will strengthen one’s resilience, but what about stamina?
This question got answered five minutes later. In a secluded corner, Zhou Yanli effortlessly leapt onto the two-meter high wall.
He sat atop the wall and extended his hand towards Jiang Huihui, “Give me your hand, I’ll pull you up.”
Jiang Huihui looked to him in disbelief, “We even need to climb over the wall?”
Zhou Yanli pointed to the side, “There’s a dog hole over there. If you don’t mind, you can try going through it.”
Jiang Huihui, “…..Do I really have to pick one between these two?”
Seeing this constipated look of hers, Zhou Yanli laughed, once again extending his hand towards her, “Don’t worry, we definitely won’t get caught. I’ve checked this place out several times already. No teachers will come here.”
Jiang Huihui felt that she really was crazy for listening to him and skipping class with him.
She hesitantly gave him her hand, still feeling scared, “Really won’t get caught?”
Zhou Yanli firmly held her hand and pulled upwards. She was like as if not having any weight, easily getting pulled up by him.
Before Jiang Huihui could even react, she was already sitting atop the wall.
She had a shocked expression on her face, gaining a newfound understanding of his strength.
“We won’t get caught.” After pulling her up, Zhou Yanli leapt down. He stood below the wall with his arms out, waiting to catch her, “Jump.”
Jiang Huihui glanced at how high the wall was, her arms and legs trembling, saying with a stammer, “I…I can’t.”
Sometimes, even Jiang Huihui herself felt that it was very astonishing. Towards Zhou Yanli, she had a kind of blind trust. This kind of trust didn’t seem to have any reason behind it.
Even if he was always taking her to do some reckless things.
Including this time, he was absolutely certain that since he’d scouted out the place in advance, no one would come this way. But when Jiang Huihui heard footsteps and looked inside the wall, she clearly saw a face that was doing its best to retrain its emotions.
Jiang Huihui didn’t know how Zhou Jinwei knew that they were here.
But he was undoubtedly an existence that was even scarier than the teachers. Jiang Huihui’s face instantly turned pale.
And yet, outside the wall, Zhou Yanli was even assuring her non-stop, “Don’t worry, my arms are really strong, certainly won’t let you fall. Plus, I’ve flipped over this wall at least twenty times before.”
Zhou Jinwei ignored his words as he extended his arms towards Jiang Huihui, “Come down.”
He clearly appeared more steady and reliable than Zhou Yanli.
Jiang Huihui sat atop the wall, experiencing firsthand what it means to be in a tight spot for the first time in her life.
There was one outside the wall and one inside the wall, both waiting for her to jump down.
She swore, this really was her first time skipping class.
Why was she just this unlucky?
……..Who should she listen to?
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