Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Qiao Sheng froze in his stance, looked up, and asked, “Young Master Xu?”
Xu Yaoguang didn’t answer and just looked down at the phone.
He stared at Yang Fei’s Weibo for a while and then clicked directly on the comments.
His eyes swept past the hot comments and the first comment he saw was—
“Am I the only one waiting for the big boss to give us the news of who qr is?”
“Is there really someone in the world with a hand speed faster than Sun God’s?”
The Weibo post that Yang Fei posted attracted the attention of many people in and outside of the industry. Everyone was looking for who qr was.
Nobody believed that Yang Fei supported an unimportant person.
In this information age, the network was formidable and the netizens were also magical.
However, they had to face defeat after encountering the account “qr”. They couldn’t find a single piece of information about this person—
“I’m guessing this person is a big boss. I asked my computer doctoral friend from Peking University to find qr’s ID and he said there was nothing.”
“Same. My computer was almost attacked and I couldn’t afford to provoke it.”
Everyone was speechless.
After Xu Yaoguang finished scanning the comments, he was expressionless and just tapped the phone with his slender and clean fingertips. He followed Yang Fei’s post to qr’s profile and saw that it was a small account with 590,000 followers, 1 following, and 0 posts.
He pursed his lips and said nothing.
If he had seen Yang Fei’s Weibo the day before, Xu Yaoguang wouldn’t have thought much about it. But Qin Ran had logged into QR’s account last night.
One was in uppercase, and one was in lowercase—
It was natural for Xu Yaoguang to overthink.
He didn’t say anything and just stared silently at Qiao Sheng. His eyebrows were delicate and handsome, but his eyes were dark and clear as if he was staring into his soul.
Qiao Sheng picked up a book and burrowed his head inside, not daring to look into Xu Yaoguang’s eyes.
Xu Yaoguang nodded and returned the phone to Qiao Sheng. Then, he turned back silently.
Qiao Sheng looked over from the back. Xu Yaoguang didn’t seem to be doing his homework and was drawing something on a paper with his head lowered.
**
During class, Gao Yang put his hands behind his back and walked slowly into class.
Class 3.9 had been sitting together and playing games. When they saw him, they dispersed immediately and went back to their seats.
Gao Yang was still smiley and didn’t scold the students.
His eyes swept across Qiao Sheng, Qin Ran, and Xu Yaoguang—then, he stopped to look at He Wen. He went over, knocked on his table, and beckoned for him to follow.
In the office, Gao Yang asked slowly, “What happened last night?”
This matter wasn’t a secret, so He Wen just told him. After that, he paused and added, “Class 3.1 picked the fight first.”
“Yes, it’s important to play. But your studies are important too.” Gao Yang nodded.
He then let He Wen return to class.
He wasn’t harsh and didn’t criticize them at all.
Li Airong got up from the office chair and walked over on high heels. “Teacher Gao, the students in your class slandered a student in our class on the school forum and even organized a large-scale game. They’re already in the third grade, why aren’t you criticizing them?”
“What else should I have done?” Gao Yang’s chubby face looked completely puzzled. “Didn’t you hear? Your class was the one who brought the computers over, and your class picked the fight first, so how could I criticize them?”
“Even if you don’t care about them, you should think about their studies…”
Gao Yang didn’t let her finish and laughed again. He sat slowly on his seat and unscrewed his thermos before taking a sip of tea. “Qiao Sheng, Qin Ran, and Xu Yaoguang were the masterminds. If you think that it bothered your class, you can speak to them.”
Li Airong couldn’t say a word. Let alone these three people, she wouldn’t dare to provoke even half of them.
She suppressed her anger and went back to her seat. When she passed by the Physics teacher, she saw Qin Ran’s paper in his hand and saw that it was still empty.
Li Airong felt a little better inside.
Gao Yang ignored Li Airong. Looking at the note from Qin Ran who applied for leave, he squinted slightly.
**
In the morning, Chang Ning sent Qin Ran voice messages relentlessly.
Qin Ran turned on the mute function and turned off the vibration function, ignoring him.
Then, she started to read through the list Chang Ning sent to her.
A lot of people ordered from 129, but 129 didn’t accept many orders every month. Chang Ning had given Qin Ran the screened list, but after looking through it, Qin Ran didn’t find a list she wanted.
The last class ended.
Qin Ran waited for her classmates to leave before walking slowly towards the school doctor’s office.
Chang Ning’s voice messages continued coming.
Qin Ran put on her headphones, clicked on the connect button, and tucked her phone into her pocket.
It was windy outside, so she reached out and put on her hat. She pulled the zipper of her coat to the top to cover up her chin.
In Beijing, Chang Ning looked through the candidates on the computer and said faintly, “Little student, have you forgotten something?”
Qin Ran pulled her collar to cover her nose and asked, “What?”
“The test questions for the new members this year.” Chang Ning took out a cigarette from his pocket and chuckled. “Don’t tell me you really forgot?”
“No, but there’s no rush.” Qin Ran squinted and said absent-mindedly, “I’ll definitely finish it before you recruit new members.”
She walked to the school doctor’s office. Cheng Juan and Lu Zhaoying weren’t in. Only Cheng Mu was there giving medicine to a student.
Qin Ran reached up and pulled her hat down. She glanced inside and saw the grass placed on a glass bowl. After thinking for a while, she threw her phone on the sofa, walked over to the glass bowl, and observed it closely.
**
Outside First Middle School.
Pan Mingyue wore her school uniform neatly with her tidy short hair and black-rimmed glasses.
“Lin Jinxuan has already returned to Beijing, I can’t drag it anymore.” Feng Ci opened the rear door and gave a bag of things to Pan Mingyue. “I might not come back by this year.”
Pan Mingyue took it and bowed her head.
It was probably filled with gloves, scarves, and various medicines.
Feng Ci bowed his head, counted on his fingers, and said in a little whiny voice, “Two hundred and three days. The number of days left until college entrance examination.”
“I can’t decide that, either.” Pan Mingyue carried the bag with her other hand.
Feng Ci reached out to hug her. “Let’s go, I’ll treat you to lunch.”
As soon as he turned around, the phone in his pocket rang.
Feng Ci glanced at it. There was a series of numbers on it and it wasn’t a saved number. He glanced at it faintly and hung up directly.
Within a minute, Lin Jinxuan also called.
His voice was soft and faint. “Are you with Mingyue?”
“Yeah.” Feng Ci’s voice was a little cold and casual. “I’m hanging up, I have to queue for her first.”
Then, he lowered his head and said in a lowered voice, “It’s not so windy here. You should wait here while I queue.”
Over in Beijing.
Lin Jinxuan looked at the woman with wavy curls and beautiful makeup in front of him and nodded politely. “Did you hear that? Nobody will wait in place for you.”
He had turned on the speaker.
The woman put on her sunglasses, glanced at Lin Jinxuan, then turned to leave without speaking.
**
Pan Mingyue waited at the dead end, holding a pill in her hand and somewhat dazed.
Familiar footsteps sounded.
Pan Mingyue nervously put her medicine back in her pocket.
Then, she looked up at Feng Ci.
Feng Ci had a plane to rush to and left within ten minutes.
“Hey, aren’t you Qin Ran’s friend?” Lu Zhaoying and Cheng Juan saw Pan Mingyue when they got out of the car.
The ear stud on his ear dazzled in the cold.
“The two of you don’t really look like friends.” Lu Zhaoying shook his phone and laughed arrogantly. “I’m going to buy bubble tea for Qin Ran, do you want one?”
Ever since the last time she went to the school doctor’s office to get her medicine, Pan Mingyue had deliberately avoided them.
Lu Zhaoying still talked as if he was very familiar with her. Cheng Juan just glanced at her slowly, his beautiful eyes free of sympathy, disgust, or inquiry.
It was light and faint as if he was staring at a stranger.
Pan Mingyue slowly loosened her clenched fingers.
When Lu Zhaoying quickly returned with two bags of bubble tea, Pan Mingyue had already left.
**
At noon, Xu Yaoguang didn’t go for lunch and only told Qiao Sheng to bring him a meal before returning to his dormitory.
He was deep in thought.
When Qiao Sheng arrived at his dormitory, Xu Yaoguang was staring at a piece of paper.
He put the packed rice beside Xu Yaoguang’s table and leaned over to see what he was staring at.
A piece of paper.
It was quite empty and only had a few words written on it.
The top row wrote: Q, 700+.
The bottom row wrote: QR, 280+.
And finally, the last row wrote: qr?.
Three God cards were drawn on the left, as well as a circle.
There was also a circle drawn between 700+ and 280+.
But it was still wrong.
Xu Yaoguang tapped his fingers on the table and squinted slightly.
Other than the first row, Qiao Sheng recognized it all.
But he felt guilty and didn’t dare to read more. He just sat on the chair on the other side, put his legs on the table, and started playing games.
But he was still quite curious. This was the first time he had seen Xu Yaoguang interested in anything other than physics and the violin.
Xu Yaoguang opened the packed rice and ate while holding his chopsticks with his right hand.
His mobile phone lit up and it was probably a message from Qin Yu. Xu Yaoguang opened it with his left hand.
Suddenly, his hand paused and he raised his head violently.
His eyes were fixed on the 700+ on the first line.
He had seen Qin Ran drawing on the board before. She had used her right hand.
