"Hello."
In the hall, Qi Yan raised his eyes from the pages of the Leto Daily and found several people of similar age standing in front of him.
The one who was speaking was standing among the group.
I don’t know any of them.
Qi Yan lowered his head again and looked at the time—it was not convenient for Monge to leave for too long.
"You ignored me... Are you angry?" Jiang Qi bit his lower lip and said guiltily, "Don't be angry, I had something to deal with that day, and my father was very busy and not in Leto, so we didn't go to Star Harbor to pick you up."
Tan Rui, who was standing next to Jiang Qi, saw that Qi Yan didn't even raise his head, and said impatiently, "Jiang Qi didn't mean to not pick you up at Star Harbor. He just had something to do that day." He raised his eyebrows with a hint of pride, and then pretended to be calm and continued, "The notification letter from Turan College has come, and he and I both need to register our information, so we were delayed."
Xia Zhiyang, who was standing by, made an exaggerated toothache expression after hearing this, and interrupted casually: "Let's not talk about anything else. When I joined Turan last year, it took me less than five minutes to register my information on Dengxing.com. Did Turan change its process this year? Or, are you different from everyone else? It takes you five hours to simply register your information?"
Tan Rui glared at Xia Zhiyang with a bad look on his face: "You—"
Xia Zhiyang spread his hands and sneered: "Me what? Did I say something wrong?"
Jiang Qi then tugged at Tan Rui's sleeve and said, "It's my fault. No matter what happened that day, I should have gone to Star Harbor."
Tan Rui felt sorry for Jiang Qi: "I just didn't go to pick him up, why should you apologize so carefully? He was so rude and didn't go home, causing you to be scolded by your mother, why didn't I see him apologize to you?"
Jiang Qi pursed his lips, a trace of grievance flashed across his face, and he pulled Tan Rui again to calm things down: "It's nothing, it's not like I haven't been scolded before, please stop talking."
He looked at Xia Zhiyang again and explained seriously: "Something unexpected happened the day we logged into the system, so it took a lot of time."
What Xia Zhiyang hated the most was Jiang Qi's aggrieved look as if he had been bullied. He rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
Jiang Qi curled his hands at his side and looked at Qi Yan who had been silent the whole time: "Do you... do you believe me?"
If Qi Yan answered that he believed it, it would be a slap in Xia Zhiyang's face. If Qi Yan answered that he didn't believe it, that would be even better.
Qi Yan ignored Jiang Qi and looked at Xia Zhiyang instead: "You know him, who is he?"
Xia Zhiyang had just picked up a glass of juice and was drinking it. After hearing Qi Yan's question, he almost burst out laughing.
Jiang Qi was also stunned.
"Hahaha! This is indeed a good question!" Xia Zhiyang felt inexplicably a little pity for Jiang Qi. Not only did he bring his followers to act together, but he also bit his lips and looked depressed, with all the micro-expressions in his mind.
The last question is, who is he
Chen Mingxuan, who was holding the game terminal, also curled his lips.
"Brother, I'm Jiang Qi, your younger brother." Jiang Qi felt disappointed for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "You're mad at us, so you pretend not to know me, right? Although we haven't lived together, in my heart, we've always been a family!"
Qi Yan supported his chin with his hand, a piece of snow-white fabric showing at the cuffs of his black suit, and his left hand rested on the wooden armrest of the chair, looking very naturally noble.
He tapped his fingertips twice nonchalantly. "I'm an only child. Besides, I won't get angry at people or things that don't matter."
Jiang Qi stood there, his body somewhat stiff.
Tan Rui was irritated by Qi Yan's gesture and expression. He felt that the white cuffs were particularly dazzling. He said lightly, "Is the clothing custom-made by Debo?" He smiled contemptuously, "This should be the first time in your life that you have taken off the cheap fabrics produced on the assembly line and put on these expensive hand-sewn clothes, right? How is it? After wearing good clothes, seeing good things you have never seen before, and eating food you have never eaten before, are you unwilling to go back to the remote planet where you lived before?"
The moment he finished speaking, Jiang Qi said, "Stop talking. He... He is my brother after all. He was just joking."
Having said that, I felt particularly happy in my heart.
He is obviously the young master who grew up in the Qi family with fine clothes and delicious food, so why are all those people's eyes on Qi Yan
Why did this person make his mother lose her composure and steal all his limelight as soon as he appeared
Tan Rui continued to talk to himself: "Oh, by the way, maybe you don't even know about Turan College. Let me put it this way, you come from a remote planet, and it's impossible for you to be admitted to Turan in this life or the next!"
He raised his eyebrows and said in a long voice: "Oh, not necessarily."
Tan Rui swept the non-existent dust on his collar with his fingers: "Daydreaming, maybe it will be faster."
There were bursts of laughter all around immediately.
At the same time, a middle-aged woman with a serious face walked in from the gate.
Jiang Yunyue greeted her with a smile on her face: "Principal Caroline! Long time no see."
Caroline was wearing a simple black dress. She nodded and said, "Sorry, I'm late."
Jiang Yunyue said quickly: "No, I am very honored that you can come."
At this moment, a burst of laughter came from the corner, attracting the attention of many people in the hall.
Jiang Yunyue saw Caroline looking over and said with a smile, "My son is chatting with his friends. He just got admitted to Turan College this year."
"So that's how it is."
Suddenly, Caroline fixed her sight and saw the person sitting on the chair. She turned to Jiang Yunyue and said, "Sorry, I saw someone I know. I have to excuse myself for a moment."
Jiang Qi was the first to notice Caroline approaching.
Caroline is the vice president of Tulane College and is in charge of administration. After Jiang Yunyue sent out the invitation letter, she received a reply from Caroline's assistant, saying that Caroline might not be able to attend that night. Jiang Qi was a little disappointed.
Someone next to him bumped Jiang Qi's arm and couldn't hide his envy in his voice: "Jiang Qi, you are so prestigious that even Principal Caroline came to attend your celebration!"
Jiang Qi tried hard to restrain himself, but a smile still slipped out of the corner of his mouth. He maintained a calm tone: "I'm not that powerful. The principal only came here because of my parents."
Tan Rui was also very excited.
Seeing Caroline approaching, he put on his most appropriate smile: "Hello, my name is Tan Rui, and I am Turan Xue-"
Caroline walked over but she passed them by and stopped in front of Qi Yan. She stretched out her right hand wearing a black lace glove and said gently, "Hello, I'm Caroline, the vice president of Turan College."
Qi Yan gently held the hand Caroline handed over, and replied politely, "Hello, I am Qi Yan."
Caroline took her hand back and smiled, changing her usual serious expression. "When he heard that you were here, the principal called me twice and asked me to come and see you. He was worried that you might not be used to Leto. He was also thinking about the last attack and wondered if it would leave a shadow on you."
Qi Yan shook his head: "I'm fine. Has the principal's fracture healed?"
"It's been well for a long time," Caroline complained deliberately, "but she always uses the excuse that her arm hasn't fully recovered yet to leave school affairs to us to handle, while she herself is very leisurely every day."
Jiang Yunyue, who came with Caroline, listened to the two people's greetings, her face stiffened slightly, and then she smiled generously and asked: "Does Principal Caroline know Qi Yan?"
Caroline asked Qi Yan in confusion: "Don't they know?"
She turned to Jiang Yunyue and said, "Qi Yan is a student at Turan College. He will be a sophomore at the start of the school, majoring in artificial intelligence."
"Brother, are you also Turan's student?" If you listen carefully, you will find that Jiang Qi's last tone trembles slightly.
Tan Rui clenched his fists and said with difficulty: "Yes, he has never appeared in Turan."
"This is the principal's arrangement."
Caroline did not answer their questions and looked at Qi Yan again: "The principal and I are looking forward to seeing you in Turan when school starts." She betrayed the principal without hesitation, "By the way, there is a special book storage room in the library. It contains paper books collected by the principal in recent years. If you are interested, you can ask the principal for the password."
Qi Yan nodded: "Okay, I'll remember that, thank you."
After Caroline left this corner and walked away, Xia Zhiyang breathed a sigh of relief and lay on the table without caring about his image. "The vice-president is really scary! Scarier than the principal!" He also whispered to Qi Yan: "Tan Rui and Jiang Qi, when Principal Caroline came, they were so angry that they almost vomited blood!"
Qi Yan thought for a moment: "Why are they vomiting blood?"
Taking a closer look at Qi Yan's expression, Xia Zhiyang discovered that he was genuinely confused. He froze for two seconds, then leaned back abruptly, trying hard to suppress his laughter. His shoulders were shaking. "Hahahaha! If I were them, I wouldn't be so angry that I would vomit blood. I would vomit three liters of blood right here!"
At this time, Qi Yan discovered that while the people in the hall were distracted by Caroline, Monger re-entered the hall through the side door.
Picking up the water and taking a sip, Qi Yan thought that it seemed the conversation was over and Lu Fenghan should be back soon.
Since Caroline was talking to Monger, everyone knew better than to disturb them.
Tan Rui leaned against a round table and looked at Qi Yan from a distance: "Jiang Qi, are you willing?"
Jiang Qi also glanced in Qi Yan's direction and smiled bitterly: "No matter what, he is still my brother."
Tan Rui was so disappointed that he sneered, "You treat him as a relative, but he may not. He was late just now, maybe he was late on purpose, trying to tarnish your impression with Colonel Monger. You are stupid, and you helped him and apologized for him."
Jiang Qi lowered his head, and after a while he said softly: "But Tan Rui, what can I do? You know, my mother asked me to please him and have a good relationship with him."
Tan Rui was silent. His heavy eyes suddenly fell on the table decoration beside him. He paused and asked Jiang Qi: "Is the 'Voice of the Forest' your father bought last year?"
Jiang Qi followed his gaze and saw a small ornament on the table. It was inlaid with gems and diamonds of several colors. It was only the size of a palm and less than one centimeter thick. It had been placed in the hall as a decoration.
He guessed Tan Rui's plan, but pretended not to know: "Well, I remember that little ornament was very expensive."
"Very expensive?" Tan Rui said with a smile, "The more expensive it is, the better."
After reading today's "Leto Daily", Qi Yan picked up a silver fork and twirled it a few times with his fingers nimbly.
At this moment, someone suddenly came from behind and took the silver fork from his hand and put it aside: "Aren't you afraid of getting your hand pricked?"
A strong and aggressive aura surrounded them.
Qi Yan sniffed subconsciously—
A very faint smell of... cigarette smoke.
Lu Fenghan was outside just now, smoking
Qi Yan didn't touch the silver fork again, and looked up at Lu Fenghan: "You're back."
Lu Fenghan sat back in his original position, "Yeah, I'm back."
Qi Yan nodded, "Let's go then."
The purpose of his coming here has been achieved.
Seeing Qi Yan raise his hand again and loosen his black bow tie, Lu Fenghan asked him, "What's wrong?"
Qi Yan frowned slightly: "Boring."
Do you feel that the fragrance of flowers in the air is too strong and it's too stuffy
Lu Fenghan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a little pampered girl.
The two men stood up. Xia Zhiyang and Chen Mingxuan did not plan to stay any longer and followed Qi Yan towards the gate.
Just a few steps away from the door, Tan Rui suddenly rushed over and said, "Stop! Do you want to leave after taking the things?"
His voice was not low, and soon everyone's attention was focused on him, including Colonel Munger and Principal Caroline.
Delighted, Tan Rui quickened his pace to catch up with Qi Yan and reached out to grab Qi Yan's wrist.
Unexpectedly, he was suddenly clamped halfway.
When he looked up again, he saw a tall and imposing man standing firmly beside Qi Yan, his five fingers clenched on his outstretched arm, as if cast from iron.
After a burst of severe pain, the fingertips became numb and the blue blood vessels on the arms swelled up.
Tan Rui wanted to break free, but found that his whole body seemed to be fixed. He dared not move at all, and could not make any sound.
In less than half a minute, my back was soaked.
Jiang Qi, who was following behind, saw that Tan Rui was restrained and said quickly: "Please let him go! He is just too impatient!"
Jiang Yunyue came over and answered at the right time: "Jiang Qi, what happened?"
Jiang Qi bit his lower lip and looked away: "Mom, nothing happened."
"Is there something you can't tell me?" Jiang Yunyue patted Jiang Qi's shoulder gently and said, "If there is anything, you must speak up and tell mom and dad."
Jiang Qi looked at Tan Rui, as if he couldn't bear it, and said with embarrassment: "I just found out that the 'Forest Voice' that my father bought last year is missing."
Jiang Yunyue was so surprised that she couldn't help but say, "The Voice of the Forest is gone?"
"Yes," Jiang Qi nodded, "Tan Rui said... he saw Qi Yan passing by the table and seemed to pick up something. He also found that Qi Yan was about to leave, so he ran after him in a hurry."
After saying this, he looked past Tan Rui and Xia Zhiyang and saw Qi Yan.
Qi Yan looked back calmly, his brow bones were delicate and clear, and his expression was cold.
"How is it possible? How could Qi Yan steal something?" Jiang Yunyue covered her lips and exclaimed, and then confirmed again, "Could it be that Tan Rui saw it wrong?"
People gathered around and some small discussions could be heard.
Under Lu Fenghan's extremely oppressive aura, Tan Rui swallowed his saliva and said, "Did I see it wrong? We can find out if we search Qi Yan's pockets."
Xia Zhiyang looked unhappy: "Tan Rui, don't be so shameless!"
"Are you feeling guilty?" Tan Rui snorted and laughed, "You are indeed from a remote planet. You have never seen good things before, so you want to steal them away quietly! If you have the guts, just—"
Before he finished speaking, Qi Yan took out a palm-sized object from his pocket and shook it: "Is this what you are talking about?"
Tan Rui didn't expect Qi Yan to take it out by himself. He caught a glimpse of Madam Caroline's serious expression and became a little excited. "Sure enough, you stole it!"
At this moment, the hand that was clamped on his arm suddenly withdrew.
Lu Fenghan glanced at Qi Yan's expression and confirmed that she was not crying. Then he chuckled and asked, "Have you finished what you are saying?"
Tan Rui moved his numb and painful arm and raised his chin: "The physical evidence is here, do you still want to quibble? You have no shame!"
Lu Fenghan didn't say anything, but lowered his head and clicked a few times on his personal terminal lazily.
After a few seconds, a blue light flashed, and everyone present recognized it as a video projection.
A picture was projected into the air and began to play.
The moment he saw the content of the picture clearly, Tan Rui's pupils shook violently!
The picture shows Qi Yan's back, as he seems to be walking forward through the crowd.
After a while, someone suddenly approached Qi Yan, quietly stuffed a palm-sized object into his suit pocket, and then quickly left.
Lu Fenghan turned off the projection.
"I'm really sorry. As a bodyguard, my personal terminal has always had the recording function turned on." Lu Fenghan took his time to appreciate the sudden change in expression on Tan Rui's face and the pale complexion of Jiang Qi beside him, and made a sincere suggestion.
"You can seriously study the two courses of 'Micro-expression Psychology' and 'Micro-expression Performance'. If Turan College does not offer these courses, then you can make good use of the Star Network."