On this beautiful day, Zhang Feng should have stretched lazily before opening the curtains to welcome in the splendid morning. In a content mood, he had unlocked his phone. “…”
Whatever sleepiness Zhang Feng still felt immediately vanished. “??!”
He hadn’t even asked Xu Sheng about the Four School Competition League yet, and they had agreed not to study together. However Xu Sheng had secretly taken second place, delivering a fierce blow to Zhang Feng.
His boss, Xu Sheng, had asked him, if he had any extra school uniforms.
Zhang Feng rubbed his eyes, making sure he wasn’t mistaken. The two words in the chat were indeed “school uniform”. “Fuck, am I…still asleep?”
Zhang Feng threw his phone aside, pulled his blanket over himself, and placed his hands on his chest to try and return to the real world. “I must be dreaming.”
“I’m definitely dreaming…How is it possible that Xu Sheng is asking me to borrow a school uniform? This is even more unbelievable than him getting second place in the tournament.”
It was well-known that Xu Sheng never wore the school uniform.
His distinctive and out-of-place casual clothes had become a unique sight at Lin Jiang Sixth High.
It wasn’t just Zhang Feng; probably all the students at Lin Jiang Sixth High couldn’t imagine what Xu Sheng looked like wearing their school uniform.
“Zhang Feng! Are you trying to kill yourself? It’s so late and you’re not getting up. Do you even want to go to school?” Just as Zhang Feng threw his phone, he heard his mother knocking at the door.
Almost at the same time, his phone vibrated twice. It was probably the person on the other end who had gotten impatient and sent another message:
Don’t pretend you didn’t see it.
Zhang Feng: “…” So he really wasn’t dreaming?
Xu Sheng didn’t want to wait any longer. He checked the clock and figured it should be a good time and simply made a voice call.
Zhang Feng quickly got up from bed. The moment he answered the call, Xu Sheng’s slightly hoarse voice came from the other end. “Hello.”
“It’s so late, and you’re still not up.” Xu Sheng’s voice sounded better after drinking some water. “Did you see my message?”
Zhang Feng. “I saw it, but, did I understand it correctly? You want to wear a school uniform?”
Xu Sheng, “If not me, then who else.”
Zhang Feng choked up. “…Are you serious? You’re being very weird! How many disciplinary letters have you written because of the school uniform?”
Xu Sheng, “I didn’t think it through in the past. People can change.”
Zhang Feng was speechless.
He felt that today, not only him but all the teachers and students in the school would be struck down by this shock.
“I do have a new school uniform that I haven’t worn,” Zhang Feng said. “Wait a moment. I think it’ll take me another half an hour to leave. Are you in the dorms? I’ll come directly to your room.”
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The student wanted to say: You’re usually unreasonable.
Students carrying their school bags entered the school one after another; the activity surrounding the school gate finally subsided after peak hours.
Second Year Class Seven.
“Xu Sheng isn’t here yet?” Shen Wenhao was still suffering from a hangover, and his head still hurt from the previous night. He scratched at his head and asked Shao Zhan.
Shao Zhan had gone to knock on Xu Sheng’s door in the morning. Last night, he had done some regrettable things while drunk, and the person inside the room was obviously avoiding him. In the end, he had only asked through the door the most important question, “Are you feeling okay?” After confirming that the absent-minded person inside was fine, Shao Zhan had entered the classroom.
Shao Zhan, “When I went over, he had just gotten up.”
Shen Wenhao nodded. “Then make sure Xu Sheng turns in his homework. He did the weekend assignments right?”
Shao Zhan: “He did.”
In order to join the competition group, Xu Sheng had signed a series of unequal treaties in the office and had spent a lot of time in Shao Zhan’s dormitory to pass the time. During this period, he had been turning in his homework on time.
Xu Sheng wasn’t entirely avoiding him. Part of the reason was indeed because he felt embarrassed about the word “hug” from yesterday. However, he had thick skin and after accepting it, he didn’t mind it too much. The main reason was that he had been trying on the school uniform at the time and couldn’t conveniently open the door since he was shirtless.
Wearing the school uniform for the first time…felt a bit strange.
Lin Jiang Sixth High’s uniform pants were loose, and Xu Sheng’s waist was slender.
After getting dressed, Xu Sheng stood in front of the mirror, glancing at himself a few times. Feeling a bit uneasy, he tugged at the collar and suddenly felt hesitant about going outside.
Finally, Xu Sheng tucked the black string around his neck under the collar of the school uniform, calming down the idea of ‘slapping his own face’. He then walked out of the boys’ dormitory.
The crowd at the school gate had abated, but the flow of students moving around inside the school had increased significantly. Groups of students appeared everywhere, especially along the path from the cafeteria and the school store to the classroom building.
Several girls in ponytails were carrying their textbooks and walking out of the classroom building.
“Why is it so crowded?
“The school convenience store has fried chicken drumsticks today, fifty of them, and everyone is rushing to get them.”
“Then let’s also go —”
One of the girls walked down the steps, but as she said this, she looked up and saw something that left her stunned in place. She didn’t even finish the second half of her sentence, “See—”
The other girls were engrossed in their discussion and didn’t notice the youth walking by in a school uniform. “What happened?”
The girl turned her head, and after passing by, could only see the youth’s back. He was tall with long legs. The loose-fitting gray-blue school uniform made him appear more elegant. There was a sense of carefree youthfulness that not only didn’t get lost among the crowd of school uniforms, but also stood out in an exceptional manner.
The girl was speechless, and in disbelief she muttered, “The person who just passed by that was wearing the school uniform…was that Xu Sheng?”
The fact that Xu Sheng was wearing a school uniform had already shocked everyone before he had even entered the classroom.
Everyone knew that the school tyrant had never worn a school uniform since he had entered the school.
What was going on today?
The school tyrant was wearing a school uniform.
These five words had shocked everyone who’d encountered Xu Sheng this morning, leaving them all incapable of thinking straight.
Only Zhang Feng, who had entered the classroom after delivering the school uniform to Xu Sheng, shook his head in resignation while copying his homework. He had already anticipated how the entire school would be in an uproar today.
Inside Year Two Class Seven.
Hou Jun and a few others had gathered around Shao Zhan seeking guidance. “Shao Zhan, please enlighten us on this difficult problem. I’ve been pondering over it for so long…”
Shao Zhan took the pen. This question had been assigned by Yuan Ziqiang’s private tutor and was not part of their usual homework. As he looked at the question, he kept an eye on the bustling activity outside the corridor. “This one is about solid geometry, right?”
Yuan Ziqiang: “Yes, yes, yes.”
Shao Zhan began solving the question with the pen. Halfway through, the noise in the corridor suddenly decreased.
Yuan Ziqiang and the others felt puzzled at first. “Why is it so quiet outside? Is Gu Yanwang coming around for inspections?”
Until a figure appeared at the back door of the classroom.
He didn’t directly enter the classroom. Instead, he walked to the back window, slightly bent his wrist, and pushed a bottle of cold mineral water through the window, placing it on the desk. The youth was wearing a school uniform. It might have been because he still felt uncomfortable from the aftereffects of drinking, but he looked somewhat tired, yet his distinctive charm couldn’t be concealed. After placing the water down, he semi-leaned against the back window of the classroom and greeted them. “Morning.”
This esteemed gentleman in front of them was none other than Xu Sheng, wearing a school uniform.
Hou Jun: “…”
Tan Kai: “…”
Yuan Ziqiang: “…”
The other students in Class Seven, “…”
The atmosphere in Class Seven became as quiet as the corridor outside, except for the sound of a pen falling from Hou Jun’s hand due to his lack of grip on it.
Just as Hou Jun and the others were at a loss, the bell for the start of class rang.
Meng Guowei entered the classroom with his textbook, still unaware of what had happened in the class. “Um, we have self-study this period…”
Meng Guowei habitually scanned the classroom and then changed the topic, “The person in the back row, did you enter the wrong class? Wait a minute, are you Xu Sheng?”
Not only was Meng Guowei taken aback, but during the self-study period, Gu Yanwang also received this news. He sneaked over from the adjacent Class Six, crouched outside the window like a thief, and observed Xu Sheng for a long time. His face seemed to express the words: Has Xu Sheng gone mad today?
There was another teacher patrolling with Gu Yanwang, and he said to the other teacher, “Do you think he’s gone mad? In all my teaching career, I never thought I’d see the day Xu Sheng wears a school uniform. Hit me; I must be dreaming.”
The patrolling teacher dared not move, saying, “Isn’t that a bit much?”
Gu Yanwang: “Come on, hit me.”
The patrolling teacher could only pinch Gu Yanwang’s outstretched hand.
It hurt. It seemed that this was real.
Gu Yanwang continued, “Do you think it’s related to the second round of the competition? Now Xu Sheng has not only caught up with his studies, but has also improved his behavior. It seems that this lost youth has found the right path under my tireless guidance!”
Xu Sheng wondered what these people were imagining: Are they observing some kind of exotic animal?
As Xu Sheng walked from the dormitory to the teaching building, he had attracted many gazes. After colliding with someone head-on, that person had almost fallen down the stairs.
Now he met the gaze of Gu Yanwang’s lost expression outside the window.
“Do I really look that weird in a school uniform?” Xu Sheng couldn’t sit still and asked, “Why is everyone reacting like this?”
Just now, when Shao Zhan had seen him, the algorithm for solid geometry in his mind seemed to have been wiped away by a delete key. He had no idea of where he was in the problem and how to solve it. “You don’t look weird.”
Truth be told, Xu Sheng really didn’t look weird in a school uniform.
The shock among the classmates could be divided into two main reasons.
The first reason was the fact that Xu Sheng was wearing a school uniform.
The second reason, which had a greater impact, was that Xu Sheng’s appearance in a school uniform…was too eye-catching.
People were accustomed to seeing Xu Sheng in his black T-shirt, so they were unaccustomed to the sudden switch to a school uniform. He had unbuttoned a few buttons at the collar, giving the school uniform a somewhat casual feel. With the collar unbuttoned and his collarbones partially exposed, there was an extraordinary and harmonious contrast, completely different from Shao Zhan, but both were attention-grabbing.
Xu Sheng didn’t believe him. Feeling uncomfortable, he pulled at his collar again, opening it wider. “For real?”
I knew I shouldn’t have worn it.
“For real.” Shao Zhan didn’t ask him why he was wearing a school uniform. He only said, “What I said just now is true, and what I said last night is also true.”
Xu Sheng’s hand, which was pulling at his collar, paused.
His alcohol-induced dizziness, which should have already dispersed, seemed to surge back in an instant.
He found that many details that he hadn’t recalled came back to him clearly after facing Shao Zhan. For example, the cold breath that the youth had released after he had said “hug me”, and the hand that had been placed on his waist and released in an instant.
There was also the scene along the long street, where Shao Zhan had allowed him to hold on, and he could feel the warmth on his wrist. It was as if their pulse and heartbeat had intertwined.
Originally, Xu Sheng was pulling at his collar out of discomfort, but now he inexplicably felt a bit hot.
