If the female voice hadn’t coldly announced Zhan Weiyang’s today’s score every night, Zhan Weiyang would have thought his System was dead. But his score hadn’t changed for a long time either, and he wished it was dead.
After suffering knee pain for two or three days, Zhan Weiyang basically stopped limping when walking. It was no longer painful to stand up and sit down in class every day.
Moreover, it had been raining at night for the past few days, and the hot temperature that had lasted all summer had finally begun to slowly drop. Grandma took out her dark red patterned jacket and put it on, always telling Zhan Weiyang that he was underdressed and that he should be careful of catching a cold.
Zhan Weiyang went to the bathroom with Chen Youyou after class. When he came back, he saw a girl sitting in his seat, chatting animatedly with her deskmate, Zhou Hanyi.
The girl’s name was Xu Yuxuan. She was a good friend of Zhou Hanyi. She had a lively personality and a hot temper. Zhan Weiyang was a little afraid of her. He stood at the back door of the classroom and looked at her silently, not daring to go back to his seat.
Chen Youyou pulled his arm and told him to sit down in his row first. Chen Youyou’s deskmate was their class monitor. After class, she went to find her boyfriend whom she was secretly in a relationship.
Zhan Weiyang sat down next to Chen Youyou and heard Xu Yuxuan say to Zhou Hanyi, “Do you know that Xie Ling in the first year of high school?”
Chen Youyou glanced at Zhan Weiyang.
Zhan Weiyang heard Zhou Hanyi say, “Of course I know, that’s the one who is very handsome.”
Xu Yuxuan said, “I heard that his family is quite poor.”
“Oh,” Zhou Hanyi’s tone was not very enthusiastic.
Xu Yuxuan was obviously very interested in Xie Ling, “Someone saw him working at night.”
Zhou Hanyi said, “Does he have a girlfriend?”
Xu Yuxuan became cold and indifferent, “Isn’t there a girl in his class who eats with him every day?”
Zhou Hanyi smiled and said, “There must be many people chasing him.”
The two of them changed the topic at this point, and Xu Yuxuan started talking about a novel she had read recently.
Zhan Weiyang kept listening to them talking and felt that he was very nervous. After a long time, he mustered up the courage to turn his head and shouted, “Xu Yuxuan.”
Xu Yuxuan was stunned for a moment, realising that this was the first time Zhan Weiyang took the initiative to talk to her and asked curiously, “What is it?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “Do you know where Xie Ling works?”
Instead of answering, Xu Yuxuan asked back, “Why are you asking that?”
Zhan Weiyang didn’t know how to answer this question.
Chen Youyou turned around and said, “He also, wants to find a place to work, so he just a-ask.”
Xu Yuxuan smiled and said, “O-okay. I heard he’s at the Food Joy Fast Food on Jinfeng Road. There are also girls who go there to eat just to see him.”
Chen Youyou was not happy that Xu Yuxuan imitated him, but since the other party returned to his question, he could only say ‘thank you’ reluctantly.
The two people turned back, and Zhan Weiyang grabbed Chen Youyou’s sleeve and said, “Let’s go check it out tonight.”
Chen Youyou asked him, “Eating dinner?”
Zhan Weiyang nodded, “Let’s eat.”
Chen Youyou said, “Then, I’ll call, my mother in the, afternoon.”
In the afternoon, Zhan Weiyang also called home. He used a landline and squatted behind the teaching building to make the call secretly. Because the head teacher did not allow them to bring mobile phones to school, he usually turned off the sound and hid them in his school bag.
The phone rang several times before it was connected. The person who answered the phone was Auntie Luo.
Zhan Weiyang said, “Auntie Luo, I won’t be back for dinner tonight.”
Auntie Luo asked him, “Then where are you going to eat?”
Zhan Weiyang lied, “My classmate invited me to dinner.”
At this time, Grandma’s voice came from the other side of the phone, “Who is it?”
Auntie Luo answered Grandma, “Yangyang, he said that his classmates would treat him to dinner tonight, and he wouldn’t be back.”
Grandma said, “Why isn’t Yangyang back either? No one has come back today at all.”
Zhan Weiyang heard this and asked Auntie Luo, “Qing ge also not coming back?”
Auntie Luo responded, “Well, Pei Qing won’t come back either.”
Zhan Weiyang said ‘Oh’ and then said, “Then I won’t be back either. Goodbye, Auntie Luo.” After saying that, he hung up the phone and still squatted on the ground against the wall. He picked up a fallen leaf from the tree with his fingers. He pinched the leaf stalk and turned it in two circles, thinking that he wondered where Pei Qing would go for dinner in the evening.
After school in the afternoon, neither Zhan Weiyang nor Chen Youyou wanted to ride a bicycle, so they waited for the bus at the bus stop in front of the school and squeezed in with other students after school.
At this time every day, the bus would be packed with students leaving school. It was so packed that there was no gap left between people. Even those of shorter stature found it difficult to breathe.
A short girl stood between Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou like a piece of Oreo. The three of them were close together. Neither of them could see her face and could only chat above her head.
Chen Youyou said, “My mother, scolded me.”
Zhan Weiyang said, “It’s all my fault.”
Chen Youyou shook his head, “You, are my brother.”
Zhan Weiyang said, “You are so nice.” He suddenly thought that everyone was nice to him, including Chen Youyou, his older cousin, Auntie Luo, and his father and grandma. Only Zhan Weiguang was not too nice, but Zhan Weiguang did not bully him; he just did not pay much attention to him.
After getting off the bus, the two of them walked for seven or eight minutes to find the fast food restaurant, walked in, found an empty table and sat down.
The fast food restaurant was busy at this time, and although there wasn’t a queue yet, there were almost no empty tables.
Chen Youyou raised his hand to call the waiter, and Zhan Weiyang was in charge of ordering. After ordering and waiting, the two of them looked together, hoping to find Xie Ling, but unfortunately, they did not see him.
Zhan Weiyang couldn’t help but ask, “Is this the place?”
Chen Youyou frowned, “Unless, Xu Yuxuan lied, to us.”
Both of them felt that Xu Yuxuan would not make up a fast food restaurant to deceive them. Either that or Xie Ling wasn’t coming to work tonight.
The food came, and when Zhan Weiyang picked up his chopsticks and was about to pick up a sweet and sour pork loin, Chen Youyou suddenly knocked Zhan Weiyang’s chopsticks with his own chopsticks, “Look, Xie Ling is here!”
Zhan Weiyang quickly raised his head, and sure enough, he saw Xie Ling walking in from the outside. He had changed out of his school uniform, wearing a T-shirt and jeans, with headphones in his ears, and his head was slightly lowered when walking.
He walked through the lobby of the fast food restaurant and went directly into the kitchen. After a while, he came out with a plastic bag containing a disposable lunch box and left the fast food restaurant in a hurry.
On the way out, Xie Ling passed by two girls in school uniforms. The two girls looked excited. It seemed like what Xu Yuxuan said; there were girls from their school who came here to eat just to see Xie Ling.
Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou’s seats were close to the window. His eyes followed Xie Ling as he blended into the crowd on the street and hurried forward.
Chen Youyou said, “He must be, delivering takeout.”
Zhan Weiyang did not answer.
Chen Youyou said again, “I wonder if he, will come back after, we finish eating?”
Zhan Weiyang stared outside blankly, still not answering.
Chen Youyou said, “Will you, wait for him later? Do you, still want to say, something to him?”
Zhan Weiyang suddenly stood up.
Chen Youyou looked at him in surprise, then turned to look outside the window but didn’t see anything.
Zhan Weiyang looked anxious, couldn’t control himself, and wanted to run outside. He said, “Wait for me. I have something to do.”
Chen Youyou opened his eyes wide and looked confused, “Where are you going?”
Zhan Weiyang had already walked outside. He said, “Keep an eye on Xie Ling for me. I’ll be back in a moment.” After saying that, he dodged the two female classmates who were looking for seats and ran out in a hurry.
It was evening, and there was no sun today. The sky in the distance was simply white amid the hazy grey, and the street lamps on the roadside had already lit up at some point. Their warm orange light illuminated the surroundings.
This street had many restaurants and shops selling marinated and cooked food. Many young people who had just finished work were searching for restaurants, while middle-aged people were buying dishes from the cooked food shops to take home for their families.
Zhan Weiyang ran through the crowd, always looking at the slender figure in front of him until, at an intersection, the person in front stopped and waited for a red light. He ran up, stood in front of him, panting heavily, and grabbed the person’s wrist, blurting out, “Gege.”
Pei Qing was obviously a little surprised and raised his eyebrows.
Before he could speak, a young woman next to him looked at Zhan Weiyang, smiled and said, “Your little brother?”
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