On the last day of summer vacation, a banner welcoming new students was hung at the entrance of Kai Tak School, marking the start of the real school season.
Zhao Binlin was drinking soy milk, leaning against a stone pillar in boredom. After waiting for a long time, he finally saw Jiang Wen getting off the car.
He ran over and elbowed him in the chest, "Ask my brother."
Jiang Wen leaned forward to take the schoolbag from the car, and pushed him away with one hand, "Get lost."
Zhao Binlin held on to her tightly, jumping up and down in anger. "Jiang asked why you are so proud. Are you so arrogant so early in the morning? I must stay close to you today!"
A fresh breeze blew, and the fragrance of the laurel tree floated in the air. The two of them pulled each other into the school. Zhao Binlin smiled with dimples, squeezed his shoulders hard, and gossiped about the gossip he had heard recently, "Let me ask you, what's the situation with that Mexican mixed-race guy?"
“I don’t know him.”
"What do you mean, she's not your girlfriend?"
Jiang Wen raised his eyebrows with a cold expression, "When did I have a girlfriend?"
"Someone saw you playing basketball at AU before, and they sat on the sidelines and handed you water."
"What an imagination." Jiang Wen was a little annoyed and took his hand away.
He is acting so pretentiously again, as if he doesn't care even if someone throws themselves at him to the end of the world.
Zhao Binlin couldn't stand it anymore, so he looked him up from head to toe and said sarcastically, "Bro, don't be so stuffy. I hope your sister won't have to worry about your sexual orientation in the future."
They walked side by side, tall and thin, with a bit of youthful handsomeness, against the ten o'clock morning sun, it was really eye-catching. Although they were wearing school uniforms, they somehow felt that they matched the noble atmosphere of this school.
The two of them ran into Xi Gaoyuan at the stairs, who hugged their necks in a frivolous manner, "Good brothers, I've been waiting for you for so long."
"What are you waiting for us to do?"
The fat on Xi Gaoyuan's face trembled, "For the sake of our F3's integrity."
"F3? You are worthy of it!" Zhao Binlin's mouth twitched twice, and he laughed and scolded him, "With your looks, don't you think you are a bit of an exaggeration for me and Jiang Wen?"
"The handsome guy from our Kai Tak Junior High School hasn't said anything yet, so why would you be the one to say something foul? Right, top star?"
"Don't call me that. There's more." Jiang Wen lost his patience and grabbed Xi Gaoyuan's neck and moved his fork further away. "Don't touch me."
As the three entered the classroom, several people who were talking stopped and stood up to greet them. Zhao Binlin and Xi Gaoyuan responded to these people with the same enthusiasm, but Jiang Wen was not very interested.
They were born in a very good family, their families' businesses were related, they had played together since childhood, and even had similar watches. They all had older brothers and sisters, and were the most favored youngest in the family, so they had a smooth life, and they were basically indifferent, not caring about how to get along with others.
Among them, Jiang Wen was the most indifferent. He spoke little and generally ignored people he didn't know well and didn't respond.
The teacher hadn't arrived yet, and the classroom was noisy. A girl wearing black-framed glasses stood up at the back and pointed at the stack of papers on the podium. "Students, each of you take one, fill it out and give it to me."
Jiang Wen didn't bring a pen, so he borrowed one from someone else. He leaned over the podium to fill out a form, his brows lowered, his expression very focused.
This was a very ordinary scene. But when the clear sunlight fell on the ends of his messy hair, the girls in the front row who were talking in a group lowered their voices in a reserved manner.
After all, the nickname is not given for nothing.
In and out of school, no matter male or female, they all like to stare at Jiang Wen's face. However, his good looks are mixed with feminine characteristics, and it is difficult to tell whether he is male or female. He has a delicate nose, black eyebrows and long eyes, and a cold and beautiful face. Compared with x grass and the like, the top card seems to be very appropriate. At the same time, there is also regret and ridicule that such a face is wasted on a man.
Jiang Wen hated being called that. Usually only Xi Gaoyuan and his friends dared to call him that for fun.
The form only contains the high school entrance exam scores, the school of graduation, and some family contact information, and it is very quick to fill out.
While writing, I accidentally glanced at another page. The whole page was filled with wild cursive writing, and the strokes of the name were particularly vigorous and sharp. The two words were written without any scruples, as if they were going to pierce the paper alive - Feng Ning.
He finished writing, handed in the form, and sat down at random. Zhao Binlin couldn't stay idle, so he threw his schoolbag on the table next to him and went to the crowd to chat with his acquaintances.
Amidst the chaos, Jiang Wen spread out the book on the table, lazily supporting his forehead with his hand, lost in thought. Someone poked him on the back, and suddenly a voice came out.
"Mom, it really is you."
Jiang Wen couldn't believe his ears. After a moment, his eyes moved, he turned his head and frowned, "Why are you here?"
Feng Ning had a late-night snack until the early hours last night and didn't sleep well. Today, Qi Lan forced her to get up early, so she had to come to the classroom to make up for half an hour of sleep. At this moment, she was sleepy and slumped on the table like a boneless person, with several red marks on her face.
Hearing Jiang Wen's words, Feng Ning propped up his cheek with one hand, looking wild and smug, and said, "I'm taking classes here, is it not allowed?"
Feng Ning is used to teasing any handsome guy around her without any shyness.
So she smiled. Her smile was natural, strong and direct. Her eyes narrowed into a crescent shape, with a burning warmth and a little greed, "Since we are so destined, let's get to know each other, handsome guy, what's your name?"
He said nothing.
She had expected this attitude, so she continued to introduce herself as if nothing had happened, "My name is Feng Ning, Feng means "I regret meeting you too late", and Ning means "I would rather break than bend". Remember this."
He frowned, as if smiling, "Ning, who would rather break than bend?"
"how?"
After a pause, Jiang Wen pursed his lips and said, "Read the fourth tone."
"Hmm?" Feng Ning felt it was new. It was the first time someone corrected her pronunciation. She was very interested. "Then can you help me think of an idiom?"
I thought there would be no more response.
It was just a few seconds. Jiang Wen glanced at him lightly, his eyes mixed with slight contempt, and turned his head back, "The whole family is in turmoil."
The head teacher came into the classroom and without saying a few words, he informed everyone to go to the small auditorium to attend the opening ceremony.
The area was divided by class, and it was full of people. Before the meeting officially started, the large LED screen in the center was showing several outstanding freshmen representatives.
The shy girl from yesterday sat next to her. She was the first to arrive in the classroom in the morning, and Feng Ning was the second, so they naturally became deskmates. Meng Taoyu especially liked to keep her head down, including when she walked, and basically didn't like to talk to others.
But Feng Ning was good at chatting. She took the initiative to open up the conversation, from her previous fight with someone over a hair dryer to comedy comics, and she kept talking like a stand-up comedy, which made Meng Taoyu laugh from time to time. At this time, a girl with pear-shaped hair standing a few steps away shouted, "Meng Taoyu, come out with me."
Meng Taoyu's expression froze, he was silent for a few seconds, then shrugged and stood up.
Feng Ning sat by the aisle and looked at her pale face for a while. After Lihuatou urged him several times, he slowly stood up and made way.
After the people left, there was nothing to do. Feng Ning was very sleepy, but couldn't sleep. In order to stay awake, she began to listen to the two or three people chatting behind her.
"I just met Pei Shurou. She looks so mature, but she has a lot of temperament. She doesn't look like a girl of our age. By the way, Cheng Jiajia was actually talking and laughing with her."
"Is this true?" The female voice was full of surprise, "Cheng Jiajia? Wasn't she particularly self-righteous before? She didn't choose Pei Shurou as the top beauty, and she privately said that people with hooked noses are mean."
Another person mocked, "Isn't it obvious? You are trying to climb up the social ladder."
"What do you mean?"
"Zhao Binlin, Jiang Wen, and Pei Shurou from Class 7, they all hang out together. Few people in the school can get into their circle. If Cheng Jiajia falls in love with that guy, she has to please Pei Shurou first, right? You know."
"who?"
"Jiang Wen, do you know him? Yes, the one on the screen right now is him."
Feng Ning looked up.
"Jiang Wenchao has a unique personality. In junior high school, he was often blocked on the road by people confessing their love and giving him love letters, but he never accepted them."
Someone nearby continued to gossip, "Do you know that the weird girl in our grade also confessed her love to him? God, you know, her family can't even afford a discarded car, how could she want to pursue Jiang Wen?"
Several girls lowered their voices and laughed in a sarcastic way, with a sense of superiority in their tone. It was a very boring topic, but they kept talking about it and always got back to that thing, chewing it over and over again without getting tired of it.
Boring. Feng Ning was totally uninterested and had no mood to continue listening.
"That young master with such a vicious mouth, his name is Jiang Wen, right?" She thought indifferently, even with a hint of malice, no wonder he developed such bad habits when he was praised by so many people!
The lengthy opening ceremony finally ended after the principal finished his speech, and Meng Taoyu didn't come back until the end. Shuangyao came to find Fengning, and they followed the crowd out.
Jiang Wen's clothes were pulled from behind. He turned around and saw Xi Gaoyuan hooking his shoulder and flipping through the photos he had just taken on his phone to show him, "You looked so real when you were giving a speech just now. Look at how arrogant you are now. You were almost waving to the female fans in the audience."
The older generation of the Jiang family had all served in the military, so Jiang Wen had been trained in standing posture since he was a child, just as strictly as military drills. He had to stand straight, his back couldn't bend, and his shoulders couldn't hunch.
When he went to the podium to speak, he was wearing a school uniform with the school badge on his chest, and he held the speaker to his lips. The first-year high school girls below were whispering to each other, but he remained expressionless, with a sense of distance, like the tallest pine tree growing in the winter snow.
Xi Gaoyuan put away his playful smile and, a little pretentiously, deliberately imitated Jiang Wen's closing remarks, "A person's life is a life of struggle. From this moment on, let us, in the spirit of perseverance, jointly write a beautiful future for Kai Tak."
"Hahahahahahahahaha, Jiang Wen, you and your father are becoming more and more like each other." Zhao Binlin next to him was laughing so hard that he fell down, and he finally stopped laughing.
Jiang Wen was still polite and sneered, "This is a public place. If you two want to go crazy, stay away from me."
"Top card, you are so cool, I like it so much."
Jiang Wen glanced at him indifferently and said, "Don't disgust me." When he looked up again, he happened to meet a playful gaze from the side.
There were several people between them. When their eyes met, Feng Ning raised his right hand, waved it left and right, and mouthed something to him leisurely.
Jiang Wen was stunned for a moment, staring at her back as she disappeared into the crowd. He didn't come back to his senses until Zhao Binlin leaned close to his ear and called out, "What are you daydreaming about?" He looked around.
There was an imperceptible pause of half a second, and Jiang Wen said nonchalantly, "Nothing."
"That girl, isn't she pretty?" Zhao Binlin secretly pointed to her and said excitedly, "She seems to be from the class next door."
She has a slim back and fair arms. She is the pretty and brainless girl he likes.
Xi Gaoyuan recently started dating a new girlfriend and they are in the honeymoon period, so he does not participate in them.
Jiang Wen glanced at it casually and then looked away.
"Master Jiang, what do you think?" Zhao Binlin asked.
Jiang Wen lazily agreed in a low voice, "It's OK." He recalled the scene just now.
—She was calling his name.
Shuang Yao grabbed Feng Ning and dragged him to a place with fewer people, saying viciously, "It's the first day of school, everyone else is acting serious, but you're the only one being so naughty."
"I don't have any."
"You like him?"
Feng Ning pretended not to understand, "What?"
"Just now."
Feng Ning turned around and winked at her in a mean way, saying half-seriously, "I don't like it."
Shuang Yao yelled, "You little bitch, this is how you act every time you want to make trouble for someone."
"Let's go eat. I'm so hungry."
It was just after lunch break, and the sun was still blazing hot outside the window. Feng Ning woke up to find the dormitory empty. He didn't know if his roommates hadn't come back or if they had all left.
She yawned continuously and walked to the classroom sleepily. She saw several boys and girls gathered at her seat, taking pictures with their mobile phones.
After observing for three or four seconds, Feng Ning finally realized that the person surrounded was Meng Taoyu.
She also took out her phone, adjusted the angle, and took some photos of them. Then she walked to her seat and squeezed in from the crowd.
Amidst the sarcastic laughter, Meng Taoyu took a piece of paper and leaned over to wipe the milk stain on Feng Ning's chair.
"What happened?" Feng Ning frowned and pulled her hand away. "You hit her hard. Who did you offend?"
The corners of Meng Taoyu's mouth were cracked, and he looked dull, as if he was stuck. He looked at her and shook his head, forcing a smile.
Ignoring the subtle scrutiny around him, Feng Ning bent down and helped Meng Taoyu pick up the books and stationery scattered on the ground one by one, brushed off the dust marks on them, and pulled her to sit down together.
The crowd was still there, sharing the "trophies" they had just taken. But the atmosphere became a little colder because of one person who suddenly came in.
Feng Ning didn't mind being watched at all, and she didn't feel unnatural at all when facing the pointing and criticizing. She was a little thirsty, so she took a sip of water from the cup, then squinted her eyes and asked them sincerely, "Why are you all standing here as punishment?"
For a moment, everyone had different looks, and someone couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?"
"My name is Feng Ning, Feng, who means we met too late, Ning..." Feng Ning screwed the lid on the cup and paused, "Ning, who means everyone is in turmoil." She licked the water droplets on her lips and said half-seriously, "Nice to meet you."
The man choked and laughed out of anger.