After Ye Cheng took a shower and lay down on the bed, she received a message from Lu Xiao.
Suspect X: [I'm home.]
He and Lu Xiao said goodnight to each other, then put down their phone and got ready to sleep.
Before going to bed, Ye Cheng felt that something was wrong. Lu Xiao admitted his mistake too quickly, which made him feel abnormal. He knew this person's character too well, he was stubborn and irritable. If it was him who quarreled with Lu Xiao ten years later, he would definitely not admit his mistake so quickly.
After much deliberation, Ye Cheng decided to talk to Zhang Qi again. The conflict between him and Lu Xiao was too deep, and Chen Zhen was also involved in it. Only when Chen Zhen's problem was solved, the two of them could truly keep the water in the water in the future.
He didn't have Zhang Qi's contact information in his mobile phone, so he went to Zhou Kai and asked him for Zhang Qi's WeChat.
Zhou Kai never replied to him, and finally he couldn't get over the sleepiness and fell asleep first.
After waking up the next day, Zhou Kai still didn't reply to the message.
Ye Cheng looked at the phone suspiciously. He is timid and easy to betray others. He is afraid that he will be so scared that he will not reply to the message on purpose.
In the morning, Lu Xiao came to him to do homework together, and handed over three training papers.
"It's finished, here it is." He yawned.
Ye Cheng was a little surprised, "Three days' worth, you finished it so quickly?"
Some time ago, he collected questions from the question bank and sorted out a stack of training papers, and assigned one to Lu Xiao every day, and asked him to go home and complete it by himself.
"Well, approve it quickly." Lu Xiao urged him with dark circles under her eyes.
Ye Cheng picked up the red pen and said casually, "Suddenly working so hard, did you do something wrong?"
Lu Xiao's eyes flickered, "How come, I'm studying hard."
Ye Cheng thought it was his compensation for yesterday's quarrel, so he lowered his head and focused on making corrections.
Lu Xiao looked at him guilty, and was relieved to see that he didn't respond.
Because he did bad things behind Ye Cheng's back, he was extra hospitable today and took the initiative to go to the kitchen to help Gao Qiulan cook together.
He learned a few Sichuan dishes from Mrs. Wang at home, and Gao Qiulan stood aside with a smile to guide him.
Ye Cheng was eating melon seeds in the living room, and gradually there was a wave of fluctuation in his heart.
Lu Xiao's state, why is it so similar to how he used to accompany his brother to get drunk and didn't come home all night? Could it be that shedding two tears by himself has such great power
Gao Qiulan served the dishes with a plate, and praised repeatedly: "Cheng Cheng, come and try this spicy chicken. Xiao Lu made it by himself, and I didn't interfere in the whole process."
Lu Xiao stood aside with her hands tied like a little daughter-in-law, looking at Ye Cheng expectantly.
Only then did Ye Cheng realize that at some point, he had coaxed Gao Qiulan into submission.
This kid has always had two brushes in social life.
He took a chicken nugget and ate it. Lu Xiao blinked and waited for the evaluation.
"Yes, it tastes good." Ye Cheng nodded, "But it's so spicy, how do you eat it?"
Lu Xiao immediately said: "I've been trying to eat spicy food recently, and it's just a matter of time to exercise."
When interacting with people from Sichuan and Chongqing, of course you have to do as the Romans do.
The corner of Ye Cheng's mouth twitched, "You don't have to force yourself so much."
Gao Qiulan shook her head and said, "You are so caring, kid. Let me pour you a bowl of water to rinse it off. It's too spicy. I'm afraid you'll choke on it."
"Thank you grandma." Lu Xiao said.
While Gao Qiulan went to pour water, Ye Cheng sized him up and said, "You really are, my grandma is almost becoming your grandma."
"Of course your grandma is still your grandma...Damn it, why does it sound like she's swearing?" Lu Xiao took a sip.
Ye Cheng smiled and said, "She likes you very much, even more than Huang Shengan."
Lu Xiao was a little embarrassed and said, "What about you, do you like me more than Huang Shengan?"
Those girls are always discussing in private, saying that Ye Cheng likes smart people, but he doesn't look like the smart one at all. Although Lu Xiao appeared wild and unruly, in fact, he was quite unconfident in this aspect most of the time.
Ye Cheng smiled, "Guess."
Lu Xiao knew that he was playing tricks, so she poked him and said, "Say it quickly."
At this time Gao Qiulan came, the two looked at each other, and both secretly laughed.
Ye Cheng had a very good weekend this weekend. After the quarrel, Lu Xiao was like a child's foster husband in ancient times. It made Ye Cheng feel more and more that if he knew it earlier, he would have shown weakness earlier, which made him feel so guilty.
It wasn't until Monday that he remembered that Zhou Kai still didn't reply to his message.
Ye Cheng vaguely had a bad premonition, so she went directly to Class 18 during self-study on Monday morning.
He asked Zhou Kai to be called out, and after waiting for five minutes, Zhou Kai walked slowly to the door.
He wore a pair of brown glasses and had an OK bandage on the corner of his mouth.
Ye Cheng frowned and said, "What's wrong with you?"
Zhou Kai tried to stay calm and said, "Kissing my girlfriend, she bit my mouth open."
Ye Cheng: "..."
He looked at Zhou Kai's glasses suspiciously, and asked, "Aren't you short-sighted?"
Zhou Kai was about to cry, "I... played games all night on weekends, and suddenly became short-sighted."
Ye Cheng seemed to have thought of something, she lowered her face and said, "Take off your glasses."
"No!" Zhou Kai quickly covered the temples of his glasses, and then realized that he had overreacted, so he stammered, "Take it off, I won't be able to see."
Ye Cheng said: "Are you fucking short-sighted by a thousand degrees, and you will be blind if you take it off?"
Zhou Kai was silent.
Ye Cheng said again: "Take it off, don't make me say it a third time."
Zhou Kai had no choice but to accept his fate, and took off his glasses with a ashamed face.
After seeing the bruises around his eyes, Ye Cheng instantly understood, "Did Lu Xiao hit you?"
No wonder he was so busy these days, so it turned out that he beat someone behind his back.
Zhou Kai's calves were shaking: "No... no, it's not brother Xiao..."
Ye Cheng was quiet for a few seconds, then said, "Don't be afraid, I won't go to him directly."
Zhou Kai tentatively asked, "Really?"
He carefully observed Ye Cheng's expression, but found that his eyes were as calm as a lake, without the slightest ripple.
However, as long as he is a little older, he will understand that the calmer the lake is, the more undercurrents are actually surging.
Ye Cheng said to him: "Go back to class."
Zhou Kai opened his mouth, watching him anxiously, turned and left.
After returning to class 20, he went to the podium to lead the reading as usual as if nothing had happened.
Lu Xiao read very loudly today, and cooperated with him very face-savingly, causing the students in the front row to look back.
"What's the matter with Brother Xiao, I haven't seen him read aloud before."
"Hahaha, he just mispronounced a pseudonym."
"I laughed to death, look at the monitor's expression, it's hard to say."
Ye Cheng finally figured out a very important truth.
The reason why Lu Xiao agreed to him so hard and expressed herself so desperately was because of one reason in the final analysis - he was afraid that he would break up with him.
All the hard work and all the concessions he made were not because he wanted to do it, but because he was afraid that he would not want him.
If you want Lu Xiao not to fight, it's actually very simple.
He just needs to tell Lu Xiao, if you make another move, we will break up immediately.
But Ye Cheng couldn't say such words.
He also didn't want Lu Xiao to make these changes for himself, which would only make the rebellion in his heart deeper and deeper.
This is equivalent to walking the old path ten years later. At that time, Lu Xiao treated him the same way. He dared not tell him many things, worrying that his image in his heart would not be perfect. But what he didn't know was that after Ye Cheng discovered these things by himself, it would only make the two of them more alienated.
After the morning self-study, Ye Cheng quietly found someone on WeChat.
He sent a message to Chen Zhen: [Are you free for lunch?]
Since the last time I added WeChat in the hospital, the two have chatted twice. Once it was purely for pleasantries, when he learned that Chen Zhen had transferred to the No. 3 Middle School, Shanhai was just two streets away. Another time, Chen Zhen encountered a topic that he couldn't write and sent it to him for advice.
It wasn't until the last class that Chen Zhen replied: [If you're free, I'll invite you. Just thank you for teaching me the topic last time.]
Ye Cheng knew that his family was not well off, so naturally it was impossible for him to invite him: [No, let's talk about it when we meet, can we meet at twelve o'clock?]
Chen Zhen: [Then I'll go find you after school.]
Seeing him covering his cell phone to send messages, Lu Xiao asked suspiciously, "Who are you chatting with?"
Ye Cheng glanced at him lightly, and didn't answer him directly with the usual glance, but said: "You don't care about me."
Lu Xiao endured it, swallowed it, and changed the subject: "I'm so hungry, what do you want for lunch?"
"I've made an appointment, so I won't eat with you." Ye Cheng said lightly.
Lu Xiao immediately quit, "I have an appointment with someone and I have to go alone, can I go with you?"
Ye Cheng looked into his eyes and said two words, "Chen Zhen."
Lu Xiao was a little dumbfounded: "When did you have such a good relationship with him? No, you two didn't say a few words at all, right?"
"After we chatted in the hospital last time, I feel that we have a common language." Ye Cheng propped his chin back, "You are right, he is indeed very smart, and sometimes he can solve problems faster than me."
Lu Xiao turned to him completely: "When did you do the problem together? Also, I never said he was smart, he just worked harder than others."
Ye Cheng raised her eyebrows, "Really, so he worked so hard."
When it was over, Lu Xiao felt that he had said something wrong again.
He quibbled: "It's not the hardest kind. You see, I finished three papers in one day. Am I not working hard?"
Ye Cheng tapped the table with her fingers, and said, "I can't say, I always feel that he is very similar to me, he thinks twice before doing things, he is neither impulsive nor irritable nor bullies his classmates."
Lu Xiao laughed angrily: "Don't I think twice before I act! I'm impulsive and easy..."
He got stuck halfway through.
The get out of class bell rang.
Ye Cheng smiled and said, "I'm going first, I'm going to find Chen Zhen for dinner."
Then he patted his shoulder smartly twice, and walked out through the back door.