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It was already September, and the summer heat hadn’t dissipated at all. The small noodle shop outside the school was stuffy and cramped. An electric fan above their heads blew hot air onto their faces but failed to evaporate even the slightest bit of sweat.
Qin Yi was sitting at a table near the noodle shop’s entrance, eating noodles. Fine beads of sweat emerged from his scalp, then gathered in one place and flowed down against his forehead.
He reached out, retrieved a piece of low-quality tissue from the table, and simply placed it on his forehead to wipe away the sweat. A young girl with a fruity fragrance sat down across from his table. She blinked her beautiful eyes, remained silent, and only faintly smiled at him.
Qin Yi also glanced at her before he continued burying his head in eating the noodles.
The young girl reached out and knocked on the table. She asked: “Did you get a haircut?”
Qin Yi went to get a haircut yesterday. It was cut so short that his scalp could be seen amidst his short hair.
“Why did you cut it so short?” The girl looked him up and down and said after a moment, “But you’re a good-looking person, and you look good with any hairstyle. You’re also the most handsome one with the cut of a reform-through-labor prisoner.”
Qin Yi glanced at her again, his eyes sharp and a bit fierce.
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The young girl was his girlfriend; her name was Lu Qingyue. She was not tall, but her looks and figure were among the best in several nearby schools. She rested her face on Panwen’s shoulder and said, “I was asking Qin Yi why he still hasn’t finished eating yet. Aren’t you looking for him to do something?”
Qin Yi picked up the bowl of noodles and put the last few noodles and noodle soup into his mouth. Then he put the bowl of noodles down heavily, raising his eyes to look at Yu Panwen, “What?”
As Yu Panwen spoke, he still hugged Lu Qingyue tightly, “Help me settle scores with Qu Hao tonight.”
Qin Yi felt somewhat impatient. Before he could express his anger, Yu Panwen threw a cigarette over, causing it to roll along the table in front of him. He stared at the snow-white cigarette rolling on the greasy and shiny table, suppressed his emotions, and said calmly: “You provoked Qu Hao again. Be careful. If the school finds out, they will expel us both.”
Yu Panwen was not annoyed. He lit a cigarette and threw the lighter to Qin Yi. “I didn’t provoke him, he was pursuing Zeng Xiaolin.”
“Who?” Qin Yi’s tone was blank.
Yu Panwen “tsk”-ed, “Haven’t you seen him before? Xu Bin fell in love with that person and has been pursuing her for half a year.”
Qin Yi extended his hand to pick up the cigarette, hesitated as he reached for the lighter, finally pushed it back, stashed the cigarette in his pocket, and asked nonchalantly: “Is she beautiful?”
Yu Panwen smiled and said, “What do you think?” After saying that, he stretched out his hand and made an obscene gesture in front of his chest.
Lu Qingyue raised her hand and hit him. He smiled and hugged her tighter. Qin Yi noticed Lu Qingyue subconsciously tilting her head back, as if she couldn’t stand the bad smell of sweat on Yu Panwen’s neck.
But Yu Panwen didn’t notice. He flicked the ashes of his cigarette and said, “Anyway, it’s a fight this time around. Zeng Xiaolin is giving tutoring lessons in a new residential quarter tonight. Xu Bin is going to pick her up in the evening. They said that Qu Hao is also going to come.”
Qin Yi said: “Oh.”
“Oh shit!” Yu Panwen said, “I already called about a dozen people to stop Qu Hao tonight. Xu Bin is my brother, and I can’t let him lose his face in front of Qu Hao.”
Qin Yi let out a long breath.
Yu Panwen looked at him, “Why are you sighing ah? Did you hear what I just said?”
Qin Yi nodded this time. He stood up and said, “Okay, I got it.” After that, he walked towards the outside of the noodle shop.
Yu Panwen’s sweat was already dripping down his chin. He didn’t get up. He merely raised his head and looked at Qin Yi, “Where are you going?”
Qin Yi inserted both of his hands in his trouser pockets. His figure standing at the doorway of the noodle shop was slender and tall, and the corners of his sharp eyes were raised slightly. His pale and thin lips moved, “I have classes in the afternoon. I’m going to my class.”
Yu Panwen laughed when he heard this, “Why didn’t you think of focusing on your studies in high school before? What, are you trying to get into Tsinghua University and Peking University? You’re now studying hard at this crappy school?”
Qin Yi didn’t answer. He walked towards the school gate in the scorching sunshine.
What Yu Panwen said was actually right. It seemed that it was too late for him to study hard now. But in the end, Qin Yi didn’t know what he could do if he didn’t study.
This was originally a small town in the far southwest suburbs of Chongfeng City. Three colleges and universities were newly built or relocated near the town almost ten years ago, all of which were not well-known schools. Qin Yi studied at a branch of the University of Science and Technology. There were two other schools: a normal school and a film and television school.
As these schools were relocated and students moved in to attend school, the small town gradually became lively. From the school gate, there were shops all the way, and young students could be seen everywhere.
Yu Panwen was Qin Yi’s middle-school classmate. In addition to being classmates, the two actually have another relationship. Yu Panwen’s father was the boss of Qin Yi’s father, Qin Feng. The two have known each other since they were children and have been hanging out together in junior high and high school. On the surface, they seemed to have a 100 percent close relationship. In fact, Qin Yi knew that Yu Panwen had always looked down on him, perhaps even their whole family.
However, unlike Qin Yi, who was admitted to a third-level school, Yu Panwen could not even get close to a professional college. Later, his father spent money to send him to the branch of the University of Science and Technology, so that he and Qin Yi could go to the same school and take care of each other.
Who took care of whom? It seemed that none of them needed anyone to take care of them.
He was still early for class. Qin Yi unhurriedly walked into the school gate, the security guard at the door repeatedly looking at him. Ever since he cut his hair, the security guard would always look at him twice when entering or exiting the school gate to confirm his identity.
Qin Yi was actually very good-looking; he was handsome and tall. But when he wasn’t smiling, he looked somewhat gloomy.
Since when did it start? It was probably in the third grade of his junior high school. No one in the school dared provoke him anymore, including the senior high school students at that time. It was because Qin Yi hit people hard with his fists and it would hurt so much. He and Yu Panwen were domineering for several years until they entered college. On that day, Qin Yi suddenly felt at a loss. He didn’t know what it meant to play ruthlessly and fight bravely in the past. Now, he didn’t want to study while being a gangster outside. He wanted to learn something, master something, and make plans for a way out in the future.
When he fell silent and began to learn to think with his head, he found that the life Yu Panwen was living now was extremely boring. He didn’t want to continue hanging out with him, but he couldn’t get away, even for a short while. Just like today. Tonight, he would still go to help Yu Panwen and Qu Hao, just for a girl that no one had caught yet.
Great character growth
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