SEBLS Chapter 25

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Qin Qiyue had already made arrangements with Hu Jianlong in advance, so he was not surprised. He just sat in his seat and waited quietly for Zhuang Wu to come over.

Zhang Ling was somewhat dissatisfied with Hu Jianlong’s request, but she did not dare resist. She packed up her things and went to Zhuang Wu. When Zhuang Wu stood up, Zhang Ling glared at him fiercely.

However, Zhuang Wu didn’t say anything as Zhang Ling was not in the wrong. It was normal to be unhappy when encountering such things. He only knew that he was very happy now that he could sit at the same table with Qin Qiyue.

Zhuang Wu greeted Qin Qiyue quietly after sitting down next to him, “Hello, Gege~”

His excited look made Qin Qiyue laugh. “Are you happy?”

“Happy, very happy.” Zhuang Wu’s smile was too obvious. “Being able to sit at the same table with someone I like makes me happy for a long time. Every day when I get to school, I can sit next to Gege. I feel like going to school has become something I can look forward to.”

Seeing Qin Qiyue not saying anything, Zhuang Wu asked in confusion, “Gege, why are you silent? Don’t you want to sit at the same table with me?”

It was him who went to the homeroom teacher to apply for a seat change so that Zhuang Wu could sit at the same table with him, so how could he not want to? If he didn’t want to, why would he apply for it?

But Qin Qiyue still said stubbornly, “I really don’t want to.”

“It doesn’t matter whether you want to sit at the same table with me or not,” Zhuang Wu’s tone was full of arrogance, “don’t even think about driving me away.”

“Hm.” Qin Qiyue turned his head to look at a practice question.

Zhuang Wu didn’t notice his hidden smile and thought that Qin Qiyue didn’t want to pay attention to him, so he had to lower his head in disappointment.

Physical education classes were usually held after every exam, and today was no exception.

When they were all gathered, the PE teacher stood at the front, facing them. “This class is for the physical examination. Girls will do 800 and boys will do 1000. Run two laps to warm up before the exam.”

Zhuang Wu was a little scared. As an actor, he had requirements for his body shape so he often did some high-intensity exercises. However, the problem was that after he returned, except for running a few laps every morning, he basically didn’t do any other exercise.

What’s more, although his memories were retained, his body was the same as it was seven years ago. His previous exercises has little effect on this body. At most, it could ensure that those few laps in the morning wouldn’t make him tired. After 1,000 meters, he would probably be exhausted.

Before he became an actor, he was the kind of person who was not good at academics, sports, or anything else.

After running two laps to warm up, the physical education teacher gave them less than a minute to rest before calling the boys to run 1000 meters.

The whistle blew and everyone ran forward together. Zhuang Wu was currently running in a relatively forward position, but he felt a little tired after running a few laps. Looking at Qin Qiyue who was quite far away from him, Zhuang Wu wanted to run over as quickly as possible to catch up with Qin Qiyue, but he just couldn’t.

Unable to hold on any longer, Zhuang Wu wanted to stop and take a rest, but was knocked to the ground by someone behind him. Zhuang Wu’s knees hit the ground hard. He turned his head to see who it was and found that the person who knocked him to the ground was Xu Zhong.

Xu Zhong and Zhuang Wu fell to the ground at the same time. Before Zhuang Wu could say anything, Xu Zhong started to scold, “How were you running? Are you even looking at the road?”

“???”

“I’m in front and you’re behind. I can’t see you but you can see me. Who do you think isn’t looking at the road?” Zhuang Wu was puzzled.

“You’re blaming me for not running faster, huh?” Xu Zhong was really being a bit unreasonable.

Qin Qiyue has ran another circle and was back to Zhuang Wu. When he saw Zhuang Wu being knocked to the ground, he wanted to help him but was hesitant.

After thinking about it, Qin Qiyue decided not to meddle in other people’s business and just ran away from Zhuang Wu.

Zhuang Wu looked at Qin Qiyue’s back without turning his head, and his heart suddenly ached.

Did Qin Qiyue not see, or did he see but just didn’t want to care about him?

He didn’t continue listening to Xu Zhong’s endless chatter.

Just as he was about to stand up, Zhuang Wu felt an inexplicable pain in his knee. Was he injured? The temperature today wasn’t low, so Zhuang Wu didn’t wear thick pants. It would be normal for him to be injured on the track from that fall.

“Zhuang Wu, are you okay?” Ji Zhixian’s voice came.

Zhuang Wu raised his head and looked at him. “I’m fine.”

After helping Zhuang Wu up, Ji Zhixian asked again, “Are you really alright? I saw you fall pretty hard.”

“…My knee’s probably injured.” Zhuang Wu still told the truth.

“How pretentious.” Xu Zhong had already stood up. Seeing this scene of you-caring-about-me-and-me-caring-about-you, he couldn’t help but speak out.

“You’re the one who bumped into someone first and you still have the nerve to say that. You’re quite hypocritical.” Ji Zhixian refuted him. “Then I hope you won’t be able to stand up when you fall.”

“……”

Considering that Zhuang Wu’s leg was injured, Ji Zhixian didn’t want to waste time arguing with Xu Zhong. He just wanted to send Zhuang Wu to the infirmary as soon as possible.

It was a one-on-two situation and Xu Zhong was not at an advantage, so he temporarily stopped arguing with them. He dusted off his body and continued to run the 1000 meters. But before he could run a few steps, Huai Nanzhi suddenly blocked his way.

“What are you doing? A good dog doesn’t block the road. Get out of the way.” Xu Zhong’s tone was mixed with anger.

“I’m not a good dog.” Huai Nanzhi said shamelessly. “I just can’t stand you and want to block you.”

Xu Zhong’s eyebrows twitched. “Are you an idiot? Why are you looking for trouble for no reason?”

“So what did you ask someone for?” Huai Nanzhi laughed sarcastically. “You saw that guy was usually quiet in class, so you wanted to bully him.”

“What’s it to you?” Xu Zhong pushed Huai Nanzhi away.

After finishing the 1000-meter run, Qin Qiyue discovered that Zhuang Wu was being supported by Ji Zhixian to go to the infirmary. He felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

After sitting down in the infirmary, Zhuang Wu saw that there was a hole in his trouser leg with some blood on it. No wonder it hurt.

The aunt in the infirmary gave him a simple disinfection.

“It’s nothing, just a minor skin injury. But be careful not to let the wound get wet, otherwise it will easily become infected.” The woman advised.

Before Zhuang Wu could speak, Ji Zhixian answered for him, “Got it, thank you Auntie.”

After the treatment, Zhuang Wu and Ji Zhixian walked out of the infirmary together.

“Let me help you get to the classroom.” Ji Zhixian was worried.

“I told you it’s just a superficial wound, no bones were hurt, it doesn’t mean I can’t walk, ” Zhuang Wu helplessly said. “Thank you for accompanying me to the infirmary. Go and do your own thing now. I have other things to do.”

Just as he was about to leave, Ji Zhixian suddenly called him, “Zhuang Wu.”

Zhuang Wu was puzzled. “What’s wrong?”

“You don’t consider me a friend anymore.” Ji Zhixian’s eyes were fixed on him and refused to leave even  for a moment.

“No, you’ve always been my friend.” Zhuang Wu didn’t understand why Ji Zhixian thought this way.

Ji Zhixian laughed at himself. “No, I can see that you’ve been distancing yourself from me since a few months ago. Can you tell me why?”

Zhuang Wu paused. He had traveled back in time a few months ago. He and Ji Zhixian had not seen each other for several years after graduation. Now that they met again, it was inevitable that there would be a gap between them, even though they were once inseparable friends.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to distance myself from you. Maybe I’ve been too busy lately. I promise, I won’t do this again.” Zhuang Wu refused to say anything that would upset Ji Zhixian, so he had to explain patiently.

When Zhuang Wu looked at him and spoke, both his tone and expression were very sincere. Ji Zhixian could not imagine that Zhuang Wu would lie to him.

After a long silence, Ji Zhixian nodded. “Okay, I understand.”

After dealing with Ji Zhixian, Zhuang Wu went to the school supermarket to buy a bottle of hot drink and came to the basketball court to wait for Qin Qiyue.

The 1000 meters had already been completed, and now it was the girls’ turn to run the 800 meters. Many boys who liked playing basketball ran to the basketball court, including Qin Qiyue.

After a long while, Qin Qiyue walked out from the group of people as if he was tired of playing.

Qin Qiyue frowned instantly when he caught a glimpse of Zhuang Wu from the corner of his eye, and deliberately avoided the place where Zhuang Wu was.

Zhuang Wu didn’t know what was going on with Qin Qiyue, he just thought that Qin Qiyue didn’t see him so hurriedly followed with a hot drink.

“Gege, drink water after exercise.” Zhuang Wu handed over the hot drink.

“Get out of the way.” Qin Qiyue’s tone was filled with impatience.

Wasn’t he fine this morning? Why did he suddenly become like this? Zhuang Wu pursed his lips, refusing to give up. “Gege, you…”

The next second, Qin Qiyue snatched the hot drink from his hand, unscrewed the bottle cap and poured it on the ground.

Zhuang Wu was stunned.

What exactly happened? Why did Qin Qiyue suddenly become like this?

Qin Qiyue clearly saw him fall but he kept running forward with a straight face without looking back. He himself wasn’t even angry, so why was Qin Qiyue angry for no reason?

Zhuang Wu felt aggrieved. Qin Qiyue poured out the water, threw the bottle into the trash can in front of him, and walked towards the classroom.

Zhuang Wu tried to find some clues from Qin Qiyue’s expression, but couldn’t see anything in the end. Afraid that Qin Qiyue would get angry again, Zhuang Wu did not go up to talk to him and could only follow Qin Qiyue dejectedly.

When they arrived at the classroom, Zhuang Wu carefully sat down next to Qin Qiyue.

Having returned to the classroom, Qin Qiyue continued anmswering problems without saying a word. Neither of them spoke to each other.

People on the playground also began returning to the classroom one after another. As the classroom became crowded, Zhuang Wu didn’t dare ask Qin Qiyue directly. What if Qin Qiyue got angry again like before, then the class’ attention would be focused on them again. Zhuang Wu could only put the matter aside for the time being and do practice questions like Qin Qiyue.

The difference was that Qin Qiyue could focus on the questions without any interference, while Zhuang Wu still couldn’t concentrate although his eyes were on the questions.

It was a bit difficult for Zhuang Wu to listen to the lecture during class. After all, Qin Qiyue was sitting next to him and was still angry with him at the moment. Zhuang Wu really didn’t know how to put the matter behind him.

After he couldn’t hold on any longer, Zhuang Wu tore off a piece of paper, wrote a few words on it, and then quietly placed it on Qin Qiyue’s desk.