In the evening, Qin Yi was called by Yu Panwen. They went together to the new residential quarter to block up Qu Hao.
The new residential quarter was formerly a large farmland outside the town. After the school was built, the farmland was transformed into a so-called new rural area. Tourism was vigorously developed, and many beautiful two-story small buildings and various farm stays were built.
It took less than half an hour to walk to the new residential quarter from the school gate, but there was a section of vacant land that had been demolished and was waiting to be developed. There were some old buildings and bungalows scattered in the deserted fields, and the road could only barely accommodate one car. It was a small road with no street lights on either side.
That was why every time Zeng Xiaolin went to the new residential quarter to give tutoring lessons, Xu Bin would rush to pick her up. Even in the summer, it was already dark after nine o’clock. It was really dangerous for a schoolgirl to walk this way.
Eight or nine big boys walked along the streets of the small town in the direction of the new residential quarter. Along the way, anyone who passed them on the opposite side of the road would dodge to the side.
After passing by, they would turn their heads and look back at them.
Qin Yi knew that he did not look like a good person walking with Yu Panwen and the others, so he leisurely slowed down and walked at the end. He looked at the overbearing backs of Yu Panwen and the others and gradually stepped away from involving himself with them, unable to bear it. He slowly took a breath of the hot summer weather that had begun to dissipate and saw a pair of mother and daughter standing next to a car on the roadside. The mother was holding her daughter while waiting for the father to park the car.
He began to think about what kind of life he would live after graduating from school in two or three years.
“Hey!” Yu Panwen stopped at some point, turned back to wait for Qin Yi, and urged impatiently, “Can you hurry up? Why are you dawdling?”
Qin Yi quickened his pace, passed them silently, and walked forward.
Li Zhenyu, who was walking with Yu Panwen, glanced at Qin Yi’s back and said, “What’s going on? Qin Yi’s temper is getting weirder and weirder recently ah?”
Yu Panwen snorted coldly and said in a soft voice: “His head is broken.”
Xu Bin was sitting at the entrance of a small supermarket in the new residential quarter, drinking from a bottle of frozen cola. A layer of water droplets emerged on the cola bottle. When he saw Yu Panwen and the others, he hastily stood up and looked up at the two-story small building next to him, “There’s still half an hour left before her class ends.”
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They didn’t see Qu Hao along the way.
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Li Zhenyu asked: “What should we do then? Just wait for him here?”
No one spoke. Everyone was waiting for Yu Panwen to make a decision.
Qin Yi was leaning against the glass display window of the supermarket, standing with his long legs crossed. It seemed as though he was not paying attention to whatever they were talking about until Yu Panwen grabbed Xu Bin’s cola bottle and threw it at him.
“Hey!” Xu Bin wanted to stop him, “I haven’t finished drinking yet!”
Qin Yi caught the bottle and handed it back to Xu Bin. He raised his head and looked at the fluttering moths flying in circles under the street light pole next to him. He said, “Let’s block him in front. Don’t let him come to this side of the new residential quarter. By the time Zeng Xiaolin finishes her class, Xu Bin will take her away immediately.”
Xu Bin, having heard what he said, quickly agreed: “This is a good idea. You can block him up on the way, deal with him, and tell him not to have any ideas about Xiaolin in the future. I won’t let Xiaolin know that he has been here.”
Yu Panwen still didn’t speak. He raised his head and glanced at Li Zhenyu. It wasn’t until Li Zhenyu nodded that he stood up and said, “Let’s go and block that person in the field ahead.”
Before leaving, Xu Bin paid for a bottle of cola for everyone and bought two packs of cigarettes, handing them over to Yu Panwen.
Qin Yi took the cola but did not pick up the cigarette.
Yu Panwen handed a cigarette in front of him, seemingly not understanding his intentions, “Are you trying to quit smoking now?”
Qin Yi only said: “Quitting.”
Yu Panwen sneered. He stuffed the cigarette into his mouth, gripped it with his teeth, and then reached for the lighter.
After leaving the new residential quarter and returning to the dark wilderness field, several people still did not see Qu Hao appear.
Qin Yi saw them gathering together to smoke and chat. He said, “Spread out. If I were Qu Hao, I wouldn’t come over if I saw you guys blocking the road like this.”
Yu Panwen looked at him, “Where are you going?”
Qin Yi was getting a little impatient. He said in a calm tone: “Anywhere. Find a place to stay by yourself. They are all nearby. If anyone sees Qu Hao, shout to the group so the others will rush over.”
Yu Panwen nodded, “Okay ah, let’s spread out first and see if Qu Hao takes this road.”
After hearing what he said, Qin Yi walked alone towards the wasteland without waiting for anyone else’s reaction. The past farmland was now covered with weeds, and the highest point was almost up to Qin Yi’s waist. He pushed the weeds aside and walked forward, not knowing where he was going. He just felt like staying anywhere far from Panwen and the others. The smell of smoke made his chest feel stuffy. Anyway, he wanted to be alone and far away from them.
Li Zhenyu looked at his back and seemed to say: “Something’s wrong!”
Qin Yi did not react, nor did he look back; rather, he continued walking forward. Soon, when he looked back, he could only see a few red flames in the distance, which Yu Panwen and the others had probably not finished smoking. The smoke as well as the shadows of their figures were completely invisible.
He stood there and hesitated for a while, then continued walking forward. He saw an abandoned, two-story, small building not far ahead. There was a terrace on the second floor. From there, he might be able to see farther. So he walked to the front of the small building and found that the two-story building’s gate had been removed, leaving only a pitch-dark archway. He hesitated a little, fumbled for his mobile phone to use it as a flashlight, and turned the light up as he walked in.
The first floor was absolutely empty, with nothing left. He climbed up the stairs to the second floor and heard his footsteps echoing throughout the two-story building until he walked around behind the wall next to the stairs. Suddenly, he noticed a person standing alone next to the room’s window on the second floor.
“Who?” Qin Yi blurted out. He could hear the urgency and hatred in his own voice.
The person standing by the window did not answer. He merely turned his head and looked toward him. Qin Yi, at the same time, raised his mobile phone’s flashlight and shined it on the person’s face. Through the white light, he saw a beautiful face with fair and clear skin, a delicate chin, light red lips, and moist eyes half-closed due to the stimulation of the light.
The man tilted his head to the side and said, “Can you turn off the flashlight?” The sound was from a quiet man’s voice, and his tone was flat.
Qin Yi turned off the flashlight on his mobile phone, but his face was still reflected on his retina, leaving an extremely attractive image that was difficult to erase. He approached the man and asked: “Who are you? Why are you here this late?”
The man stretched out his hand from the window and pointed out, “I’m a student from the school over there.” After saying that, he was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Qin Yi, “My name is Ji Ranxin, what’s yours?”
Qin Yi stood beside him. Although there was no flashlight, the faint light outside could still make him clearly see the detailed facial outlines of the man in front of him. He only said: “I’m also a student over there.”
Ji Ranxin bent his waist and leaned against the window. He supported his body with his arms and stuck his head out. He asked again: “What’s your name?”
Qin Yi didn’t answer him.
Ji Ranxin didn’t seem to mind at all. He smiled slightly and asked Qin Yi, “Classmate, do you have any cigarettes?”
Qin Yi remembered the cigarette that Yu Panwen gave him at noon. He had hidden it in his pocket. When he took it out, it was already deformed by sweat. He did not hand it to Ji Ranxin but only said: “I have a cigarette, but there’s no fire.”
Ji Ranxin said: “It doesn’t matter.” Then, he unexpectedly lowered his head to look for the cigarette in Qin Yi’s hand, opened his mouth, and directly bit the filter tip of the cigarette.
Qin Yi sensed his lips brushing against his fingers. He hurriedly let go of it.
Ji Ranxin straightened up with a cigarette in his mouth. He took a breath and said, “The smell of your sweat is really something.”
Qin Yi looked at him, feeling a surge of indescribable strangeness in his heart.
Ji Ranxin was still chewing on his cigarette and looking at him. He leaned against the window, lowered his gaze slightly, and said in a soft voice: “But it doesn’t smell bad.”
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