Monday.
Chuzheng bought breakfast, walked across the sports field, and from a distance saw a boy with wine-red hair standing with a few students at the edge of the field.
In front of them stood a teacher, pointing at them and speaking angrily.
Chuzheng walked over calmly. There were already students gathering around to watch, so her presence didn’t stand out.
"What did I tell you all last week!!"
"And today, you’ve shown up like this again, do you want to drive me crazy?"
"This is Dongyang Middle School, not Huahai Middle School!"
"Do you not have any sense of how a student should act! Look at the others, which one of them acts like you? It would be one thing if your grades were bad, but you still mess around every day?"
The agitated teacher was probably from Huahai Middle School. There were too many students and not enough teachers, so some Huahai Middle School teachers were transferred here.
"Oh teacher, we didn’t want to come here either." A boy wearing a flashy leather jacket raised his hand: "Huahai is so much better, isn’t it right, guys?"
The boys joined in, making a fuss.
The teacher looked like they were about to have a heart attack from anger.
Among the group, only one person remained silent. Compared to the others, only his hair was a bit wild. Although he wasn’t wearing the school uniform properly, at least he had it on.
"All of you shut up!" The teacher shouted, furious, "Do you have no shame, standing here so proudly with all these people watching? Call your parents! All of you, call your parents!!"
Seeing the teacher genuinely angry, the students quieted down.
"Who’s that boy?"
"Which one?"
"The one with the wine-red hair."
"Chi Gui, isn’t he handsome?"
"He is pretty handsome, much more so than anyone at our school."
The girls discussed his looks while the boys watched for the excitement.
The teacher ordered them to tidy up their appearance, especially those who dyed their hair—insisting they dye it back, or he would shave it personally.
Once the teacher left, the crowd dispersed as well.
Chuzheng had been standing at the back of the crowd, and when they left, she became a bit conspicuous.
A boy next to Chi Gui elbowed him: "Hey, Brother Chi, is that girl the one we ran into last week?"
Upon hearing this, Chi Gui looked over.
The girl wore a school uniform, with her long hair tied back, one hand in her pocket, and the other carrying a breakfast bag.
She showed no expression, exuding an air of cool detachment.
She stood there quietly, gazing intently...
Chi Gui looked around.
Was she looking at him?
"She’s looking at you, Brother Chi." The boy excitedly elbowed him again, gossip-eyes alight with curiosity.
Chi Gui did not deny it: "Seems like it."
"Another fangirl, haha. Being handsome sure is different, you’ve got admirers all over town." The boy sighed.
Nearby, someone chimed in: "Not just the town, the whole world! Brother Chi is someone special, after all, gotta have this kind of flair."
"Brother Chi, she’s coming over!"
Chuzheng walked over amid the playful noise of the boys.
With a blank face, she walked with an air like she was out for revenge.
Her eyes were fixed solely on Chi Gui, giving the others no attention at all.
"Your name is Chi Gui?"
Chi Gui responded with a long-drawn-out "Hmm," raising his eyebrows slightly, looking at her with a playful expression.
"Add me on WeChat."
Chi Gui tilted his head, his soft hair moved along, looking very touchable and tempting to feel.
Chi Gui smirked: "Sorry, I don’t date."
Chuzheng was thinking about how she might get a feel of his hair when he suddenly said this.
"Oh..." I was just asking for a contact, what’s dating got to do with it? Chuzheng thought for a moment, tentatively asking: "Then marriage?" Since it ends in marriage anyway, why not get straight to the point! Life should be bold and open!
[...] Is that really the way to use the term "bold and open"?
Chi Gui: "..."
"Pfft!"
"Hahahaha!!"
Aside from the main characters, the other boys burst into laughter.
They had seen many confessions, but this was the first time someone had been so bold.
The main character was very calm: "I’m not planning to get married, either."
"Oh." Chuzheng didn’t mind: "So, are you going to add me on WeChat or not?"
"..."
Was his refusal not clear enough?
"Our Brother Chi never adds girls on WeChat," a boy on the side, laughing till he was breathless, interjected.
"Oh."
Chuzheng spotted her front-desk classmate walking across the field and called him over.
"Hang... Chuzheng, what’s up?" The classmate seemed a little scared, as Hang Chuzheng had been giving off a particularly aggressive vibe these days.
Chuzheng handed him her phone, then looked at Chi Gui, her righteous air tinged with fierceness: "Boy, add!"
Chi Gui: "..." Bringing in a guy with your phone suddenly doesn’t mean it’s yours. How clever you are!
"Hahahaha!!!"
"I can’t breathe, I’m laughing so hard!!"
The classmate was utterly confused... Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?
Chi Gui gave Chuzheng a few looks, and amidst his friends’ laughter, he really did take out his phone to let the classmate scan his QR code with Chuzheng’s phone.
After confirming the contact was added, Chuzheng handed the breakfast she was holding to Chi Gui, then walked away with her bewildered classmate.
"Brother Chi, hmm~" The boy glanced at Chi Gui suggestively: "That girl is something different, you actually added her."
"I was worried she might hit me." Chi Gui put his phone back into his pocket, examining the breakfast in his hand. It seemed like it was bought from the school’s cafeteria.
Everyone: "..."
Admittedly, the girl’s aura just now did seem like she was looking for a fight, very fierce.
It’s the first time they saw someone ask for WeChat like that.
It turns out, doing things out of the ordinary can yield unexpected results.
Look, even Brother Chi, who never adds girls on WeChat, added her, didn’t he?
"No, Brother Chi, are you really afraid of a girl? What a joke! Are you giving up your title as the Huahai badass?"
Chi Gui: "I don’t hit girls."
"Bullshit, do you remember what you did two months ago? Hey hey hey... Brother Chi, where are you going?"
Chi Gui: "To dye my hair back."
"Ah... you’re really going to dye it back?" A few boys quickly chased after him: "Didn’t we agree not to dye it back? Brother Chi, how can you betray our pact?"
Chi Gui smiled but didn’t respond, pulling a bun out of the bag.
The buns from the cafeteria actually tasted pretty good...
"Brother Chi, you’re even eating the breakfast she gave you?" Something’s definitely up!
"Don’t let it go to waste." Chi Gui offered the bag: "Want some?"
"...Sure!" Why not?
Originally meant for one person, the buns were quickly divided among a few people.