Chapter 31
Chapter 30 – Turning Point
His head was still caught in the shock of the protagonist Gong’s love affair, he turned his head and met a handsome face that was as gentle as jade.
The corners of Yan Ci’s lips curled into a smile, and he lowered his head, seeing a trace of doubt on the young man’s pale face, his smile widened a bit, pretending not to know.
“What’s wrong, student Xia?”
Xia Zhinian’s temples were throbbing with pain, his lips were pale, and he looked at him in a daze, “What… what are you doing?”
“Me?”
Yan Ci tilted his head and smiled politely.
“Nothing.”
Yan Ci didn’t intend to let the young man know his thoughts now, at least…after the young man gave up on Chu Qingjian completely.
He chuckled.
The meteor shower was coming to an end, it was not early, Lao Qin organized the students to bring good things, clean up the garbage, and go back to the bus on the same road.
This place is remote, and the car is still some distance away from the viewing point. A group of students turned on the flashlights of their mobile phones, and walked back laughing and laughing according to the uneven road under their feet.
In front, Chu Qingjian walked with the girl, saying a few words from time to time.
Xia Zhinian walked at the end, looking in the direction of Chu Qingjian, pursing his lips tightly, his face was ugly, and there was a trace of panic in his almond eyes.
He hasn’t really reacted yet.
The direction of this world is different from the original text. The protagonist Gong fell in love, and the original text was a cookie, and the whole story almost completely collapsed.
Then how about him, how will he return to the original world.
Xia Zhinian was in a trance, looking over there without blinking, stepped on the uneven ground and staggered.
He swayed, stopped, put his fingertips into his palms, panted slightly with his body slightly arched, his eyes were bewildered, and he slowly raised his feet to move forward.
Zhao Jinjin was not far away from him, the young man looked almost pitiful after being hit, so he walked a little slower and came to his side.
“Xia Zhinian, don’t be too sad.”
She sighed a little, “I wanted to tell you after you rescued me from those gangsters before, you transferred to another school late, and you don’t know the situation, Chu Qingjian has always been in love.”
Xia Zhinian: “??”
“…Subject, constantly?”
Xia Zhinian raised his head suddenly, his eyes widened a little, his face was blank, “What do you mean?”
Before the main character attacked… had a partner?
“that is…”
Seeing his pale face, Zhao Jinjin tried to change the euphemism, “There are often gossip about Chu Qingjian in the forum, but not all of them are gossips, many of them are true.”
“However, Chu Qingjian’s partners are generally not from the No. 3 Middle School, so it is regarded as a scandal in the school.”
Her family has been in contact with the Chu family a lot, so she knows a little bit more. At this moment, the young man’s face is blank, as if he was stunned, and his whole body is as delicate and fragile as glass.
Sighing lightly, giving him some space to calm down, he moved forward a bit.
Xia Zhinian walked slowly, the things in his head one after another, all kinds of guesses seemed to be heavy, and he was almost out of breath under the pressure, the slower and slower he walked, his movements were a bit sluggish.
Only the dull pain in the head was clear, and the buzzing in the ears.
He raised his eyes to look at Chu Qingjian, his long eyelashes trembled slightly, his amber eyes were foggy in the night, his breathing was difficult, he couldn’t help but raised his hand and bit the knuckle of his index finger, his teeth sank.
“Student Xia.”
A hand suddenly grabbed his wrist and gently pulled his fingers out.
Yan Ci saw that he was completely lost, the smile on his face faded a little, the thin scars at the end of his eyes were slightly cold, and his voice was very soft.
“Is it that sad?”
Like Chu Qingjian so much?
Xia Zhinian’s ears were buzzing, and he heard something vaguely. He looked up at Yan Ci for a while, and after a while, he pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, looking bleak.
Yes, not only is there a problem with the protagonist’s attack, but there is also a protagonist who also does not match the setting of the original text.
There was no mention of Yan Ci’s skin hunger in the original text.
Xia Zhinian’s head hurt badly, he was confused, he really didn’t have the energy to entangle with Yan Ci, his breathing was heavy, his arms struggled limply, he avoided Yan Ci, and walked forward without saying a word.
Yan Ci’s eyes were dim, and the extremely dangerousness that was usually restrained leaked out a little, but he concealed himself completely, and followed behind him unhurriedly.
Like a ferocious beast, it lurks in the dark, staring at its prey, waiting for an opportunity to move.
As soon as Xia Zhinian got into the car, he leaned against the car window and closed his eyes. The car shook, he curled up motionless, looking weak, he didn’t take out the leftover candy in his pocket, and closed his eyes tightly in a drowsy state.
After returning, Jiang Yuan stood at the door of her youngest son’s room, looking in worriedly through the door.
“Xiaohan.” She asked Xia Wenhan next to her, “What’s wrong with Niannian? I went out to watch the meteor shower, but when I came back, I felt so dazed as if I had been hit by something.”
Xia Wenhan shook his head and said concisely, “I don’t know either, so I should ask someone.”
Jiang Yuan nodded, deliberating to call Yan Ci.
There was silence for a while.
After a while, there was a slight sigh, as if worried.
“Student Xia was rescued by Chu Qingjian. She always thought that she liked him. Today, she found out that Chu Qingjian is in a relationship, and her emotions are all tied there. It is inevitable that she will be lost.”
“…Again, it has something to do with the children of the Chu family?” Jiang Yuan pursed her lips slightly.
Yan Ci on the other end of the phone sat in front of the window, with a smile on his lips, lightly tapped his fingertips, and said in a steady voice: “…Yes.”
In the classroom, Xia Zhinian sat with his head down, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, and he looked a little fragile.
He went back to check the forum, and sure enough, he found a lot of Chu Qingjian’s past love history. He couldn’t figure out why the protagonist Gong fell in love with someone who was not the protagonist.
He was worried about what to do if the plot of kissing Chu Qingjian failed, but now, the protagonist Gong directly dropped a bomb on him.
His little plot seems to be particularly irrelevant.
…But he is going back.
Apart from other things, this is the original owner’s world, not his world.
He has no system, no quests, and he has never met someone who actually wears a book and told him how to go back. The only way he can think of to return to the original world is to complete the plot.
This was the last straw he could grab at.
If this straw is gone, if the plot collapses or if you can’t return to the original world in the end—
He moved his eyes down, looked around, and landed on the thin and pale wrist with clear blue blood vessels.
“Wow!”
The sound of water splashing down was caught off guard, and half of the clothes were quickly soaked with a bit of scorching heat, interrupting the thoughts in Xia Zhinian’s head.
He was stunned for a moment, with round almond eyes, before he could react, he was pulled back to avoid more hot water behind him.
“sorry Sorry!”
A handsome boy next to him held a super-large cup in his hand, his face panicked, he glanced at the person behind Xia Zhinian, and blew on his reddened fingertips, looking weak.
“I didn’t do it on purpose. I didn’t hold it steady. I’m sorry I spilled it on you. I’ll wipe it off for you.”
Xia Zhinian’s slightly pale face was a little dazed, and he looked at the boy with round almond eyes.
“you…”
He murmured, digging out his name from his head, “…Qi Jin?”
“sorry Sorry.”
Qi Jin hastily put the cup down on Xia Zhinian’s table, and accidentally pressed it on a pen, the big cup suddenly turned over, steaming water quickly flowed across the table, and fell onto Xia Zhinian’s lap.
Xia Zhinian was stunned for a moment, and hid to the side. He turned halfway and realized that there were two hands clasped on his shoulders.
The legs of the stool rubbed against the porcelain floor tiles, making a sharp sound, attracting the attention of those around them.
Xia Zhinian came back to her senses completely, her almond-shaped eyes brightened slightly and looked at Qi Jin who was clearly harboring malicious intentions.
…Isn’t this, isn’t this the smaller villain who troubled him, the cannon fodder villain!
He sobered up.
The original owner is annoying, and there are many people who don’t like him, Qi Jin is one of them, he likes Yan Ci, seeing that the original owner and Yan Ci can’t get along, he deliberately took a cup of hot water and poured it over.
The plot of the villain has been briefly mentioned, but the time is about the same as now!
…The plot didn’t completely collapse!
The emotional line is messed up, but the plot line is still there!
Xia Zhinian’s eyes suddenly lit up.
“Don’t look at him yet.”
Suddenly there was a voice from behind, the voice was clear and subdued, with a hint of coolness, “Are you hot?”
Xia Zhinian: “??”
The voice sounded from very close behind, Xia Zhinian raised his head, met Shang Yan Ci’s gaze down, saw him reaching out to touch the wet school uniform on the left, subconsciously avoided it, his voice was clear.
“I’m fine, you, you, don’t…”
Don’t get so close to him.
Xia Zhinian was frightened by the protagonist, broke his shoulders from his palm, stood up quickly, turned his eyes away from him, and shook the dumb hair on the top of his head.
“It’s okay, thank you.”
He seemed to be hiding from some horrible creature.
Stay away.
Qi Jin glanced at the uncertain expression on Yan Ci’s face, the innocent and helpless expression on his pink cheeks, and worried: “Xia Zhinian, I’m sorry, are you okay? Squad leader, your hand…”
Xia Zhinian: “???”
He turned his head and looked over with round almond eyes, only then did he see that the back of Yan Ci’s cold white hand was red a lot, probably scalded when he was pulling him just now.
How…
He glanced at Yan Ci quietly, pursed his lips, and didn’t know what to say for a while.
Yan Ci’s gentle and clear face was rarely expressionless, and his voice was low and neither hurried nor slow.
“Qi Jin, I’m sorry, but it can’t calm down the matter of you intentionally pouring hot water on people.”
The people around looked over, and Qi Jin’s face changed, “Squad leader, I didn’t do it on purpose, I was really careless.”
Yan Ci twitched the corners of his mouth, his voice was calm.
“There’s only one pen on the table, not even a book. In such a big place, can you accidentally press the cup onto the pen?”
Qi Jin’s eyes suddenly burst into tears, and the pear blossoms were raining.
“Squad leader, I know that Xia Zhinian’s family has a high position and authority, but you can’t be indiscriminate just because you care about Xia’s family.”
His elementary school was in the same school as Xia Zhinian, why, why should a psychopath who came out of an orphanage end up becoming a son of a wealthy family, the disgusting Chu Qingjian who did whatever he wanted, and the monitor was so kind to him.
Why!
“…”
Seeing his clenched fists, Xia Zhinian thought she was pitiful when looking at him, but in fact she couldn’t hide her jealousy and was rarely speechless.
Good guy, no wonder it’s more cannon fodder than the original owner, the play is too bad, flat mouth.
“The business of the Yan family is no smaller than that of the Xia family. Yan Ci doesn’t care about the Xia family. Moreover, the last row is so big, why did you sprinkle it on me impartially?”
The young man wrinkled his face and looked lively. Yan Ci’s hands were itchy for a moment, and he couldn’t help reaching out to touch his soft hair and smiling.
“We still have to take care of it, but don’t overdo it.”
Xia Zhinian: “?!”
Xia Zhinian glared at him with almond-shaped eyes, and let out a crisp and fierce voice.
Still take into account?
Is that what you care about?
In order to use him as medicine, he deliberately let him see Chu Qingjian with the girl.
Hard and soft go together, don’t give up until the goal is achieved, it’s really black-hearted!
Xia Zhinian glanced at the redness on the back of Yan Ci’s hand, stayed there for a few seconds, then pursed his lips and looked away.
Yan Ci smiled, looked thoughtfully at the red mark on the back of his hand, told him to take off his coat, took a shower of cold water, turned his head to look at Qi Jin again, his eyes darkened.
In the bathroom, Xia Zhinian took off his school uniform jacket, and pulled up the cuffs of his short sleeves.
The ironing through the clothes was not serious, but it was red in a large area, which looked quite frightening.
He rushed down his arm, and the icy cold water fell on his arm, and the biting chill made his head calm down a lot.
If the plot doesn’t completely collapse, there is still hope.
His mood, which had been stuffy for several days, finally relaxed, and the corners of his lips curved into a smile.
“Student Xia is so happy to be scalded?”
A voice behind him was caught off guard.
Xia Zhinian: “!!”
Fuck?
Startled, he turned around abruptly.
Yan Ci twitched his lips into a smile, looked at the young man with unknown meaning, and dragged the thin scars and eyeliner at the end of his eyes, adding a little softness to him, and asked in a gentle voice.
“Is it very hot?”
There were only the two of them in the bathroom, Xia Zhinian stepped back vigilantly holding his jacket, his eyes were round and full of caution, and his mouth was deflated.
“It’s not serious. Take a look at yourself, your hand… If the situation is not good, you can come to me again. I’ll go first.”
He didn’t want to be alone with Yan Ci, so he hurried to walk around Yan Ci after speaking.
Yan Ci casually took a step aside, his height and long legs blocked his way.
“Student Xia, wait a minute.”
Yan Ci guessed that the young man would hide from him after watching the meteor come back, but now that he really dodged, there was a little bit of uneasiness in his heart, and the thin scars at the end of his eyes were slightly cold.
Xia Zhinian stood still, his heart beating violently, his almond eyes were round, his rosy lips were flattened, and he looked at him nervously like a frightened little animal.
“What are you doing?”
“Student Xia.” Yan Ci smiled with a smile on his lips, his voice was gentle and suspicious, “I’m a little curious.”
“Chu Qingjian is in love. You’ve been downcast all day. Why…you became happy after being splashed with hot water by Qi Jin. Is there any special reason?”
“!!”
Xia Zhinian’s heart thumped heavily, his scalp was numb, his fingertips curled up, his eyes were round on his porcelain white face, and he said in a tense voice, “Why are you happy, I just calmed down a bit.”
“I won’t give you any medicine, you, you should find another way as soon as possible.”
The main character is too sensitive.
He averted his eyes and wanted to leave without saying a word.
Yan Ci’s black eyes stared at the large patches of red on his arm, and for a moment, he chuckled lightly, with a gentle voice.
“I’m guessing, Student Xia is… wanting to seek comfort from your brother Chu?”
“?!!”
What the hell? !
The back of Xia Zhinian’s neck felt cold from his laughter, his pupils shrank, his body’s instincts were faster than his reaction, and he wanted to run subconsciously.
The arm on the waist was caught off guard, and the terrifying force brought him back a bit, and his feet were suspended in the air. Xia Zhinian’s eyes widened, his heart was beating wildly, and he couldn’t help thumping his legs that didn’t touch the ground.
“Yan Ci!”
“Are you sick again?”
“That’s not true.”
Yan Ci laughed, with a gentle expression, firmly supporting him with one hand, and put the struggling rice cake dumpling aside, the expression on his face changed, he sighed softly, and looked straight at him with his dark eyes.
“Student Xia, I’m in pain.”