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Zhen Yuanbai had already prepared for Shi Bufan to crush his phone.
Then he noticed again that Shi Bufan had a very good attitude towards his friends. He even laughed, asking, "What's the matter? How did I offend you?"
Shi Bufan was actually a kind person.
The more Zhen Yuanbai got along with him, the more he realized how kindhearted Shi Bufan was. Shi Bufan didn't even beat him up for saying those words, so Zhen Yuanbai was a bit embarrassed to continue on. He said, "I was just kidding."
Although Shi Bufan thought he wasn't joking, he nodded his head and asked, "Did you finish your homework? Do you want to play games?"
"I don't know how."
"I can teach you."
Zhen Yuanbai pursed his lips and recalled his parents' words again. He responded, "No."
Shi Bufan cushioned his hands behind the back of his head and asked, "How come?"
"I don't want to learn."
His parents made some reasonable arguments; Shi Bufan would badly influence him. He said, "I'm going to hang up if there's nothing else."
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to take a shower and then sleep."
"I want to see you shower and sleep."
"..." Zhen Yuanbai immediately hung up and scolded him countless times in his heart. There's something wrong with his brain.
It was already November and it was turning cold. Zhen Yuanbai woke up in the morning to hear Qin Ying knocking on the door."You can start wearing winter school uniform now. Youxiu?"
Zhen Youxiu answered and Qin Ying went over to call Zhen Yuanbai."Congming?"
"I know." Zhen Yuanbai got out of bed.
Qin Ying had already washed and dried the clothes for winter a few days ago, placing them in their drawers. Zhen Yuanbai changed into his clothes and walked over to call Zhen Youxiu. The latter continued to snore and sleep, trying to get a few extra minutes to lay in bed.
He looked up to see Shi Bufan, shocked."Why are you here?"
"It's getting colder nowadays, so I came to bring warmth." Shi Bufan smiled and delivered breakfast to him, saying, "You didn't eat breakfast yet right?"
"Today is freezing, so my mother woke up later as well. She didn't cook." Zhen Yuanbai took breakfast from him and felt the warm congee made of much nutritious food placed in a plastic container. His eyes brightened and asked, "Is this convenient for you?"
"Convenient my a**." Shi Bufan snorted and said, "I had my driver especially bring me over. Don't you know where my house is?"
Zhen Yuanbai recalled how it took at least half an hour to go from his house to school. Therefore, it would probably take 40 minutes or so from Shi Bufan's house to get there. He was a bit touched right now."You especially came over to bring me breakfast?"
"Of course. What if you freeze to death?"
His attitude was a matter of fact and Zhen Yuanbai felt his heart thumping rapidly. He poked the straw in and took a sip, not knowing how to answer him for now.
Right now, it was rush hour and before Zhen Yuanbai could finish drinking his congee, they got on the bus and Shi Bufan held him in his arms. He separated the people from Zhen Yuanbai and said, "Hold onto me and drink slowly. Don't choke."
He just finished talking when Zhen Yuanbai coughed, meeting Shi Bufan's smiling gaze. His face suddenly flushed and he looked down to wipe his mouth with a napkin. Shi Bufan stared at him and softly moved over to sniff him.
At this time, Shi Bufan was suddenly pushed and his body leaned forward, surprising Zhen Yuanbai. His forehead was abruptly pecked by Shi Bufan and at that moment, he felt Shi Bufan slightly pursing his lips. He made a soft noise that only the two of them could hear.
Zhen Yuanbai immediately looked down and was frightened by his sudden thoughts.
Shi Bufan didn't expect this either. He pursed his lips instinctively and didn't mean anything else. He licked his lips and felt a bit awkward as well, moving further from him. Zhen Yuanbai continued to slurp his congee and it made slurping noises since it was almost done.
This awkward atmosphere continued until the loudspeaker announced that the bus was at Shengyi High School. Shi Bufan held him and said, "We're here. Let's get off."
The first thing Zhen Yuanbai did when he got off the bus was to throw away the garbage. After that, he recalled, "Did you eat yet?"
"You just thought about asking me now?"
Zhen Yuanbai felt extremely shameful.
There were 100 or so meters from the station to school. As the two were carrying their backpacks and walking to school, Zhen Yuanbai was unexpectedly hugged. He was moved from the right to the left side, a rock the size of a fist was just thrown in his way, landing on a wall by the side.
Zhen Yuanbai tensed up. His head would've almost cracked open!
The two turned around to see a few young boys wearing blue uniforms from a neighboring school smiling and standing there."Shi Bufan, why'd you bring a... whoa, isn't that 'real fool'? He's the elite student in Shengyi High School!"
Zhen Yuanbai's face paled and Shi Bufan softly said in his ears."Go to school first."
Zhen Yuanbai didn't hesitate and ran towards the school. The boys laughed out loud right then."Good students are good students. They'd run off and be scared witless of small matters."
Shi Bufan threw his backpack to the side and picked up the rock that almost hit Zhen Yuanbai. He threw it back at them.
The boys hurriedly ducked the attack, but it still hit someone on the shoulder. At the same time, Shi Bufan rushed over like the speed of lightning and grabbed the leading boy's hair.
There wasn't just Shengyi High School here. Besides a neighboring middle school, there was also Shengsan High School. Countless fights occurred in this area and besides this, there were some who would come and seek protection fees from people. The main reason was that the students in these schools were all rich but lacked intelligence. Just almost half a year ago, Shi Bufan got into a group fight and made it on the news; this was all because the rogues decided to demand protection fees from him.
Because of all the trivial matters in this area and the nasty group fights, authorities especially sent a group of people over to patrol and maintain law and order, making sure the students could go to class safely and peacefully. As Shengyi High School was an elite school, the security team was stationed here.
After Zhen Yuanbai left Shi Bufan, he sprinted over and threw himself at the glass window of the security booth. He called out loud, "There's someone fighting there! There's someone in a group fight!"
Zhen Yuanbai was always on top of his grades and the school magazine always reported his amazing grades. Don't mention the business owners nearby, but even the security team recognized him. A few tall and sturdy police officers immediately walked out of the booth, carrying their electric batons and asking, "Where are they?"
Zhen Yuanbai pointed in a direction and panted heavily."By the bus station!"
Right then, someone drove the patrol car over and the police officers nimbly jumped in and headed for the station.
Zhen Yuanbai was afraid that Shi Bufan might be injured so he ran back, despite panting heavily and didn't stop to take a break. When he arrived, he noticed that everyone had run off except for Shi Bufan who was being interrogated by the police.
Zhen Yuanbai's throat felt dry, but he squeezed over to talk for Shi Bufan."I, I came with him. There were some people who were hitting me with stone, and he — he had me run off first."
Someone asked, "Is this the truth?"
"Yes!" Zhen Yuanbai nodded firmly and turned around to see Shi Bufan's injuries. He continued to talk in a firm tone, "There was a group of people who tried to stir up trouble first."
The police officers didn't believe Shi Bufan, but they did believe Zhen Yuanbai. The leader murmured something while the others nodded. He said, "Does Shi Bufan know them? I'll send someone over to Shengsan to ask."
Shi Bufan puffed his cheeks and said, "Who else could it be? It's your old friends."
Zhen Yuanbai hurriedly tugged him, reminding him in a low voice."Be polite. The police officers will help us."
Because of Zhen Yuanbai, the leader laughed and said, "Fine, I'll personally go over to Shengsan to ask about our old friends."
The officer left with his people and there were two younger officers who escorted Shi Bufan and Zhen Yuanbai to school. Ji Yanping rushed out to ask about this. One of them took a look at Shi Bufan and said, "He caused trouble again, even implicating this student this time. Please notify his parents... how come this good student is involved with someone like Shi Bufan every day?"
Shi Bufan looked up and he glared at him. Ji Yanping hurriedly dismissed them, saying, "Zhen Yuanbai, take him to the school infirmary to take a look. See if he's injured anywhere."
Zhen Yuanbai nodded and tugged Shi Bufan who remained unmoved. He tugged a second time and Shi Bufan finally casually glanced at him, allowing Zhen Yuanbai to lead the way.
Zhen Yuanbai frequently glanced at his injury and this made Shi Bufan a bit impatient."Isn't it normal for me to be injured since it was 1v6?"
Zhen Yuanbai hurriedly waved his hands and explained, "That's not what I meant. I want to ask if it hurts."
"Of course it hurts." Shi Bufan said unhappily.
The two walked all the way to the infirmary; the door was open but the doctor wasn't there. They were probably eating in the cafeteria. Zhen Yuanbai directly tugged him in and said, "We have a first aid kit at home, so I recognize a lot of the medicines here."
He walked over with bottled medicine and softly said, "It might hurt a bit."
Shi Bufan said, "It won't hurt anymore after you blow it."
Zhen Yuanbai dabbed the cotton swab with liquid medicine and blew on his forehead."I'm going to apply medicine now. Endure the pain."
When the liquid medicine touched his injury, Shi Bufan knitted his eyebrows and hissed."It's not enough. I want you to blow some more."
Zhen Yuanbai ended up blowing while applying medicine. He suddenly thought that he was really like a father soothing his child. He quickly suppressed this thought and asked Shi Bufan, "It really won't hurt like this?"
"It's missing one thing."
"What's missing?"
Shi Bufan stared at him and slightly curled the corner of his lips. He said wickedly, "Missing a kiss from you."
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