EmbersCh34 - Drawing A Watch

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After that day, Sheng Renxing stopped avoiding Xing Ye.

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Life in Xuancheng gradually moved onto the right track again, and he seemed to have adapted to the city’s rhythm.
　　
Or maybe he didn’t and was just too busy to pay much attention.

After all, it was getting closer to the Olympiad, which meant the monthly exam was even more rapidly approaching. d8QULI

Sheng Renxing arranged the tasks that he needed to complete every day—with a slight disregard for the schedule he was actually supposed to follow. 　

So he would often do English homework in math class and read about physics while the English teacher was lecturing.

He also sometimes copied answers from Chen Ying.
　
The fat student was currently drawing a Rolex on his wrist when Sheng Renxing asked, “Have you completed the homework yet?”

The person in question was so focused on the drawing that he didn’t even lift his head, “I haven’t, the last time I even did any work was a week ago. And don’t move! It’s all crooked now!”
　　
“You poked me!” the fat student shouted.
　　
Sheng Renxing watched their immature squabbling speechlessly: “Then what did you hand in today?”
　　
“Oh,” Chen Ying let go and opened his phone, “The student with glasses in class four did it for me. One hundred yuan for a booklet. I’ll give you his QQ so you can chat with him.”
　
“…” Sheng Renxing glanced over at the phone he passed over, which displayed the student’s signature, “No bargaining, no late fees, no refund.”
　　
Pretty professional.

Sheng Renxing sent over one hundred yuan with an inhumane speed and stacked the booklets he needed to be completed. Chen Ying and the fat student’s watch operations were finished, to which the former laughed, “I’m wearing last year’s design!”

Sheng Renxing stifled a laugh and took a sip of water.

The captain next to him gave him a quick explanation, “The student with glasses is responsible for homework requests for both our class and his class. The other classes have someone else to handle these matters, but I’m not sure who.”

“It seems that the division of labor is quite clear?” The other laughed. lonH3s

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There was a drinking fountain on each floor near the stairs, and many students could be seen queued up after class.
　　　
The two of them lined up silently, and after a while, the number of eyes surrounding the refill station suddenly increased.
　　
The captain looked left and right and then took a step forward. Sheng Renxing had one hand in his pocket and was holding his phone in the other, the mineral water bottle stuffed in the crook of his elbow. As he took a step forward, he almost hit Zhong Xiao. IngSVR

“?”
　　
Sheng Renxing stepped back a bit and inexplicably looked around to see that some students were taking photos of him discreetly—something he wasn’t fond of at all.
　　
He could’ve turned a blind eye if they actually paid him for his services.

In the next second, the bottle he was clutching was suddenly pulled out.

Sheng Renxing turned his head to see Xing Ye standing behind him, carrying a bag of breakfast in one hand.
　　
Sheng Renxing smiled and looked down at his phone, “It’s pretty early.”
　　
Xing Ye nodded with a sleepy expression, “I got woken up.” He nudged the bag towards the other, “Do you want to eat?”
　　
“I can have lunch after enduring one more class.” Sheng Renxing refused.

He could feel the temperature rising around him as more and more people gathered to fill their bottles. Nv3cDq

Going to run a bath with it?

Out of his peripheral vision, Sheng Renxing sighed as he saw a student who had already filled up their water bottle lining up again.

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The captain in front of them had already finished and moved to the side to give them room. Sheng Renxing pressed on the tap, and arched an eyebrow in surprise to see Zhong Xiao already leaving.

Xing Ye put an arm on him and glanced at the captain, who shied away from his eye contact.
　　
“Drink?” 7O3knA

Xing Ye took the bottle and took a sip.

“Did you not sleep last night?” Sheng Renxing took in the other’s half-squinted, bloodshot eyes.

He nodded and paused, “I was helping people watch their stores.”
　　
Internet cafes, billiards rooms, game halls…in these types of places that attracted unsavory people, Xing Ye would take a shift to prevent them from causing trouble.

Although he was still a high school student, thanks to his performance in the ring, he was able to control some places. iyLlXx

Earning that sort of money was pretty easy; if no one made trouble, it was pretty leisurely. However, it came at the cost of no sleep, as most of the rowdiness occurred at night.

Sheng Renxing tilted his head and sniffed the other.

A clean and refreshing smell of laundry detergent greeted him.

In fact, he always wanted to ask Xing Ye what brand of detergent he used that made him smell so good. t3NKqj

“Does it smell like smoke?”

“Nope,” Sheng Renxing twisted the lid of the bottle, “Like perfume.”

“Choked you?”

“It suffocated me.” The other joked. Cwg2Yo

Xing Ye followed him back to the classroom.

Chen Ying and the other hadn’t returned yet, and the captain didn’t say anything along the way. After putting down his water bottle, he ran to the front to chat with a friend.

“Do you two have a grudge or something?” Sheng Renxing was a little puzzled. He let Xing Ye sit in his own seat as he took the one occupied by the captain.

If his impression of Zhong Xiao was only formed based on previous rumors, Sheng Renxing wouldn’t have sat there under any condition. However, after meeting him in person, the captain of the handgun team ended up having a smart appearance and was even relatively introverted. He looked so much like a well-behaved person that Sheng Renxing couldn’t match it up to his wild-ways of watching pornography in class.
　　
Xing Ye shook his head and placed the bag on his desk: “He’s afraid that I’ll hit him.”
　　
“?” Sheng Renxing took out a book, “Why?”
　　
Xing Ye ate intently and didn’t answer. KvD4aZ

The other watched for a while before pulling out his phone to take a picture.

Feeling like his current state was a little amusing, Sheng Renxing wouldn’t even be surprised if Xing Ye turned around suddenly to say “I’m sleepwalking.”

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“Will you go back to class after eating or go sleep on the fifth floor?” Sheng Renxing put the phone back in his pocket and took another book from Xing Ye’s desk.
　　
“What?”
　　
“…” Sheng Renxing tilted his chin, signaling that he should eat breakfast.

Xing Ye ate quickly, and by the time he was finished, the class hadn’t even started yet.
　　
After a while, the bell rang.
　　
Sheng Renxing looked up from his phone and found that he was already fast asleep. His arms were exposing half his face, and with Xing Ye’s bangs covering his furrowed eyebrows, he looked incredibly peaceful and soft.
　　 　　
The other stared at him but didn’t call out. cFqCsp

Zhong Xiao was making his way back, to which Sheng Renxing was racking his brain for something to say. Surprisingly, the captain smiled and pointed to one of the rows, “Liu Meng isn’t here today, so I’ll sit in her seat.”
　　
Sheng Renxing glanced towards the front and nodded, “Thank you.”
　　
The captain smiled wordlessly and quietly took his books like an obedient student.

While class was occurring, there would always be vacant seats. If they seriously examined the number of absences in every class, more than half the graduating cohort would have to be held back.
　　
Although Sheng Renxing didn’t really understand the point of obtaining a degree without actually completing the education, the school turned a blind eye to it. After all, if half the students couldn’t graduate, their reputation would be unsalvageable.
　　
And so, they thought of a method.

Which was to not do attendance.

It worked out pretty well. iCN5Ln

Everyone in the class who noted Xing Ye’s presence was taken aback. Despite not knowing why the other party was now sleeping in their class, they lowered their voices anyway.
　　
The teacher in front didn’t even notice that there was an additional person and went on with his lecture. Halfway through the discussion, he muttered internally, “Did everyone fall asleep today? Why is the class so quiet?”

Chen Ying wasn’t even quarreling with the fat student, instead choosing to play quietly with his phone.

All in all, Sheng Renxing couldn’t help but be happy. He looked at Xing Ye and made a mental note about how he was even more effective than the homeroom teacher.
　　
Twirling the pen, he was thinking about how to solve the problem when…Xing Ye’s eyelashes are really long.
　　
Sheng Renxing propped up his head with a hand, used the pen cap to brush away the hair blocking Xing Ye’s face, and touched his eyelashes again.

The other’s eyes fluttered as he frowned in his sleep. nVt 9S

Sheng Renxing withdrew his hand after having a bit of fun and continued to complete calculations for the question.

He dug through his pencil case to find a black pen after finishing, took off the cap, and pulled Xing Ye’s hand over.