The two walked back side by side for a while, and Jiang Ji took the initiative to speak: "How do you know about the basketball team?"
Qin Qingzhuo didn't answer, but just said: "Speaking of this, how did your captain get removed? Do you mind telling me?"
"Have you checked me?" Jiang Ji glanced at him, "Why, do you think I'm not a good person?"
Qin Qingzhuo smiled and said, "I can't help it. Someone tried to blackmail me before. I can't just sit there and wait for death."
Jiang Ji didn't say anything at first, but took a few steps forward before speaking: "Because I beat one of the debt collectors into the hospital."
"When you were in the first year of high school?" Qin Qingzhuo was a little surprised. "How old were you then? Sixteen? Seventeen?"
"Sixteen." Jiang Ji said lightly.
"Have they been coming to you to collect debts since then?" Qin Qingzhuo frowned, thinking of the tall and strong debt collectors last time. No one would destroy their future by fighting for no reason. How did they force a sixteen-year-old boy to this point
"More than that." Jiang Ji laughed calmly, as if he didn't want to continue this topic. He talked about something else, "Besides this, what else did you find out?"
After a pause, Qin Qingzhuo said, "I found out that you have good grades and a clean past." He turned his head to look at Jiang Ji, "Jiang Ji, a good student like you will have a bright future if you continue to study. Why did you choose to drop out of school?"
"Because I think I'm a genius, and it would be a waste of talent for me to stay in school and continue studying." Jiang Ji said, with that carefree, indifferent tone again.
Qin Qingzhuo could feel that Jiang Ji was not as hostile towards him as before. He talked more and occasionally made some harmless jokes. However, once the issue concerning himself was mentioned, Jiang Ji always seemed to avoid the main point.
However, everyone has things they don't want to reveal to others, and Qin Qingzhuo doesn't intend to continue asking about this issue.
When he reached the corner of Honglu Street, he saw that the group of children on the steps had dispersed, so he changed the subject and said, "By the way, I saw a group of children here today watching Jiang Bei play games. Did you know that she was pretty good at the game? She was very serious, like a little adult."
"Really? She's trying to trick kids into paying her to play with her again," Jiang Ji said. "She's an expert at cheating and deceiving people."
"Is that how you evaluate your sister?" Qin Qingzhuo laughed.
"I'm just telling the truth. I don't want to have such a sister. If you want one, I'll give it to you for free."
Qin Qingzhuo smiled and said, "You may say that, but weren't you worried the last time she got hurt? You're a pretty good brother."
"We can't just let her fend for herself." Jiang Ji said calmly.
Qin Qingzhuo smiled and said nothing more.
The car was parked on the side of the road about ten meters away from the bar. He raised his chin in that direction and said, "Your guitar is in my car. It has been repaired. Take it back and try it."
Jiang Ji said "hmm" and walked towards the car with Qin Qingzhuo.
After getting the guitar from the car, the two pushed the door and walked into the bar.
It was getting dark and the bar was open, but there weren't many customers coming in yet.