No more than three or five people.
Everyone who is not familiar with Caleb Johnson thinks that Caleb Johnson is taking the college entrance examination with the intention of becoming the top scorer, and that he must be studying hard at home until late at night every day. However, the reality is far from what is imagined. Caleb Johnson has always relied on his brain to study, and has never studied anything seriously.
The reason why Caleb Johnson decided to take the college entrance examination was not to prove himself as everyone speculated. He did not want to go to University A simply because the scholarship offered by this university was too small.
Caleb Johnson was very short of money. Ever since his mother passed away, he had been living from hand to mouth. His father Cheng Lie was not often at home, so debts often came home.
The gambling debts that Cheng Lie owed every month, big and small, added up to thousands or even tens of thousands. The creditors knew that Cheng Lie had no money at all, and hoped that his son Caleb Johnson could squeeze out some, so they would come to his house from time to time to collect the debts.
So Caleb Johnson didn't dare to stay at home all night. Instead of being asked to pay debts at home, he might as well go out and deliver takeout to earn money.
Now he has gained experience in paying off debts and usually does not pay off all the debts. When the creditors come to his door, he takes out some change. Seeing that he is a student, people will not deliberately make things difficult for him.
But Caleb Johnson has no fixed income. The prize money he won from the National Mathematical Olympiad, school scholarships, and income from part-time jobs do not add up to much. He has to pay off his debts and still has to pay for food and clothing, so he is still very tight on money.
Around eight o'clock that evening, the dessert shop received a large order. Someone from a nearby upscale community ordered more than a dozen servings of dessert.
The old lady helped Caleb Johnson put the prepared syrup into the insulated box and told him to be careful on the road.
Caleb Johnson nodded and set off with the box.
When Mason Hayes received the call from the delivery man, he felt that the voice was too immature. However, they were holding the handles in their hands and could not let go. He took the opportunity to run to the door and unlock it for the other party so that he could deliver the food.
Caleb Johnson couldn't take more than a dozen servings of sugar water at a time, so he took two bags up first. He knocked on the door of the room and saw the blond-haired boy from the daytime. They were both stunned.
"You...are not..." Mason Hayes looked at Caleb Johnson's face and asked hesitantly, "You also work part-time as a delivery man?"
Caleb Johnson also reacted, nodded, and gave the sugar water to Mason Hayes again, saying: "There are eight more downstairs, can you help me open the lock again?"
"I'll go down with you to get it," Mason Hayes took the access card that Lucas Green had placed on the cabinet in the entrance hall, and put the sugar water on the low cabinet, and said to Caleb Johnson simply, "You can't take eight portions in one trip, right?"
Caleb Johnson looked at him, and before he could think of a way to refuse, Mason Hayes pushed his shoulder and walked out: "Okay, let's go."
After entering the elevator, Mason Hayes introduced himself to Caleb Johnson in a familiar manner: "My name is Mason Hayes, I'm in the second year of high school in the national high school department. You're just a freshman, right? Aren't freshmen in the general high school department required to live on campus? And you're still delivering food."
Caleb Johnson shook his head and said, "I'm in my third year of high school."
Mason Hayes was a little surprised because Caleb Johnson looked quite young.
"I go to school early," Caleb Johnson explained. "I'm born in the year of the rabbit."
Mason Hayes was shocked: "You started school too early. You are one year older than me and one year younger than me... Then I think there is nothing wrong with you being in the first year of high school."
Caleb Johnson turned his head to look at Mason Hayes, said "hmm", and arrived at the ground floor.
Caleb Johnson's delivery car was parked outside the door. Mason Hayes went over to help him carry a bag, then went back to swipe his card. The elevator started to go up, and Caleb Johnson said, "Thank you for this afternoon."
"What's the big deal?" Mason Hayes patted Caleb Johnson's shoulder and said, "But I originally thought that all the students in the general high school department were good students."
Caleb Johnson smiled and said, "There are many good students."
Mason Hayes saw Caleb Johnson's smile, and his heart tightened. He couldn't help but say: "In fact... sometimes not resisting is also condoning crime. You should call the police today."
Caleb Johnson raised his head and looked at Mason Hayes's innocent face, which was full of sunshine and sense of justice. In the end, he did not disappoint and just said, "I will next time."
After bringing the sweet soup in, Caleb Johnson was about to leave, but Mason Hayes held him back and said, "I ordered several extra portions. Eat them first before you leave."
Caleb Johnson had no choice but to change into slippers and accompany him inside.
There were five or six boys sitting in the living room. The tall guy who kicked the door in the afternoon was also there. When he saw Mason Hayes pulling a delivery man in, he frowned slightly and asked, "What's going on?"
Mason Hayes was about to explain when he realized that he didn't know Caleb Johnson's name. He was a little embarrassed and wanted to ask, but Lin Xuan, who was sitting next to him, suddenly called out, "Caleb Johnson?"
Caleb Johnson glanced at Lin Xuan and asked, "LB87526?"
Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment before he said, "Damn, you have a really good memory."
"Do you know each other?" Mason Hayes asked Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan was still immersed in Caleb Johnson's terrible memory. After a few seconds, he said, "LB something is my serial number. Didn't I go to the United States to study abroad before? The school required me to submit documents, and Caleb Johnson helped me write it."
"Paid service." Caleb Johnson added.
Lin Xuan smiled: "Oh yes, it's not cheap."
Caleb Johnson said matter-of-factly: "It's not that expensive."
Lin Xuan nodded repeatedly: "It's not expensive, after all, it was written by you personally."
Mason Hayes handed Caleb Johnson a bowl of almond milk and asked him, "Whatever makes money, do you do?"
Caleb Johnson took it in his hand, stirred it with a spoon, and did not eat it: "If it's not illegal, then do it."
"Then save your phone number for me, and I'll ask you to write to me when I'm free." Mason Hayes took out his cell phone.
Lucas Green, who was sitting next to him, frowned again.
Caleb Johnson would not refuse business that came to his door. He took out a small blue-screen mobile phone, carefully saved Mason Hayes's number, and said, "Thank you."
Mason Hayes looked at the mobile phone that was popular more than ten years ago, and thought of how Caleb Johnson was pinned to the ground in the afternoon. Somehow, he felt a little sad in his heart.
Caleb Johnson didn't look unnatural at all. His cell phone vibrated. It was the owner of the dessert shop.
The takeout orders in the store have piled up, and the delivery man Xiao Cheng hasn't gone back yet, so she is getting anxious.
Caleb Johnson hung up the phone, put down the almond milk, thanked Mason Hayes again, and then said goodbye.
When he stood up, his phone slipped from his pocket to the floor. But Lucas Green's living room was carpeted, and Caleb Johnson's phone was small, so no one noticed.
After the door was closed, Lin Xuan watched Mason Hayes walk in and asked him, "What can't Master Mo write that requires money to buy it?"
"How do you know him?" Mason Hayes ignored Lin Xuan's sarcasm and asked him seriously.
Lin Xuan sighed at Mason Hayes and said, "Caleb Johnson, you don't even know that the Olympic champion has been rolling on the scrolling screen at the school gate for two years."
Mason Hayes was always picked up and dropped off by car when entering and leaving the school gate. He had never seen the screen and did not care about the news from the general high school department. However, the person who could have his news scrolled on the screen at the gate of Hede High School for two years must be no ordinary person.
He suddenly remembered that when he came out of the elevator, Caleb Johnson was walking in front of him, and there seemed to be a black bruise on the back of his neck. He was even more confused: "Why is the Olympic champion so... short of money?"
Lin Xuan shook his head: "This is their private matter, who knows."
"That's right..." Mason Hayes was lost in thought.
"Do you guys still want to play?" Lucas Green interrupted their conversation. "If you don't want to play, then go away."
Lin Xuan jumped up: "Of course I will play!"
Mason Hayes joined their team passively.
When the dessert shop closed, Caleb Johnson went upstairs to go home. A bald man was standing at his door. When he saw him walking over, he smiled and waved at him: "Caleb Johnson, did the dessert shop pay you today?"
Caleb Johnson looked at the bald man silently. The bald man took out an IOU from his pocket, which said that Cheng Lie owed someone more than two thousand yuan, and pressed his fingerprint on it.
Caleb Johnson has a photographic memory, and he has seen it hundreds of times. This handprint belongs to his father.
He took out 1,500 yuan from his pocket, gave it to the bald man, and said, "This is all I have for this month."
The bald man took it and nodded. Seeing Caleb Johnson's head hanging down, he thought of his good-for-nothing son. He took out a hundred-dollar bill and gave it back to Caleb Johnson, saying, "Forget it. Leave some money for dinner."
Caleb Johnson refused to take it at first, so the bald man grabbed his hand, stuffed the money into Caleb Johnson's hand, patted his shoulder vigorously, and then left singing.
Caleb Johnson walked in, spread out his hand and looked at the hundred-yuan note, then took out another five hundred yuan from the pocket of his schoolbag and put them together.
That's all his food expenses for the next month.
Cheng Zhan wanted to check if there were any missed calls on his phone, but he couldn't find any.
His cell phone was small and broken, so no one would steal it. Caleb Johnson recalled what had just happened and concluded that the only possibility was that it fell into Mason Hayes's hands.
He checked the time, it was a quarter past ten. Mason Hayes should not be asleep at this time, so Caleb Johnson rode over in a hurry.
Fortunately, the security guard of the community recognized Caleb Johnson and let him in. He went downstairs and pressed the room number. After a while, a voice that did not belong to Mason Hayes came from the video intercom: "Who is this?"
Cheng Zhan was stunned for a moment, and briefly explained his purpose to the other party, who then opened the door for him.
When Caleb Johnson went up, he saw that the door was open and Lucas Green was the only one in the room. Lucas Green seemed to have just finished a shower and was sitting on the sofa drying his hair. He stared at the movie on the screen and said indifferently, "Find it yourself."
Caleb Johnson walked in and saw his cell phone on the carpet. There was a text message from Mason Hayes on it: "Are you off work?"
Caleb Johnson thanked Lucas Green, walked out the door, and replied to Mason Hayes that he had gotten off work, and added that his phone fell at his friend's house and he had just retrieved it.
A few minutes later, Mason Hayes sent a reply: "Lucas Green has a bad temper, ignore him."
Caleb Johnson started riding his bike and didn't reply.
Mason Hayes saw Caleb Johnson again three days later, at the cafeteria entrance.
The cafeterias for the international high school and the regular high school are in two different buildings, built next to each other. The international department's cafeteria is shorter, and there is a path between the two buildings.
When Mason Hayes and Lucas Green went to eat after class, they saw Quinn Roberts hugging Caleb Johnson and walking towards them.
There was no expression on Caleb Johnson's face. Quinn Roberts was tall and strong, and his face was very close to Caleb Johnson. When he was talking to Caleb Johnson, the smile on his face looked indecent.
Mason Hayes and Caleb Johnson sent text messages several times, but Caleb Johnson was very busy and was slow to reply. Plus, Mason Hayes hadn't figured out a reason to ask Caleb Johnson for help, so the two chatted for a few days but didn't get deep into the topic.
Of course, the main reason is that Mason Hayes really has nothing that Caleb Johnson can help him write.
Seeing Mason Hayes, Caleb Johnson did not seem relieved. He greeted Mason Hayes as usual: "Hello."
Mason Hayes silently looked at Quinn Roberts's hand on Caleb Johnson's shoulder, suppressed the urge to push that hand away, and asked Caleb Johnson: "Come to eat?"
"What? We in the general high school department can't eat?" Quinn Roberts asked half provocatively and half sarcastically.
Mason Hayes ignored Quinn Roberts and said to Caleb Johnson, "Why don't you try the cafeteria of the International Department? I just want to thank you for helping me write something last time."
Caleb Johnson turned his head to glance at Quinn Roberts. His lower eyelids drooped slightly, making his eyes look big and a little bitter. Caleb Johnson's pupils were also very big. Sometimes when he just glanced at someone casually, even without any expression, it seemed as if he was blaming others.
Cheng Lie came back last night and was drunk again. Caleb Johnson didn't avoid him and was beaten by his father. He was in so much pain that he couldn't sleep most of the night and there are still some bloodshot eyes.
When he glanced at her, Quinn Roberts's arm on his shoulder suddenly stiffened, and some of the strength was lost. He asked him in a rather bluffing manner: "The young master of the International Department invited you to dinner, why don't you go?"
"Okay," Caleb Johnson pushed away Quinn Roberts's hand and said to Mason Hayes, "Thank you."
Mason Hayes put his arm around his shoulders and led him to the International Department cafeteria, saying, "Stop thanking me all the time."
However, after taking a few steps, Mason Hayes's hand was pulled away by Lucas Green.
The three of them walked towards the cafeteria at a subtle distance. When they reached the door, Caleb Johnson said to Mason Hayes, "I'm not going in. I brought food with me. He dragged me here after the elective class."
"I told you I'd bring you to try it, don't turn your back on me," Mason Hayes joked with him, "Our food is pretty good."
Caleb Johnson still wanted to refuse, but Lu Ye
He said: "Why are you wasting time with him? You help him so much, but he doesn't even bother to eat with you."
Cheng Zhan was stunned for a moment and said, "That's not what I meant."
"So are you going or not?" Lucas Green looked down at him with a distant look.
Caleb Johnson looked at him for a while before saying, "Yes."
Upon hearing this, Lucas Green walked towards the elevator. Mason Hayes pulled Caleb Johnson to follow him. He pointed at Lucas Green in front of him and shook his head helplessly at Caleb Johnson.
When Lu Yezhen saw Mason Hayes's behavior towards Caleb Johnson, he felt that he was wasting his time.
If Mason Hayes hadn't been always thinking about Caleb Johnson, he really wouldn't want to get involved in this matter.
He took Mason Hayes and Caleb Johnson to the Chinese restaurant on the third floor, went to a booth and ordered a few dishes at random, then stood with his feet up and watched Mason Hayes and Caleb Johnson get close to each other.
Lucas Green and Mason Hayes have been childhood sweethearts. Mason Hayes has always had excessive compassion and empathy, and if he is not careful, he will be deceived.
Someone like Caleb Johnson who is short of money would immediately come up to someone like Mason Hayes who is stupid and rich.
That day, Caleb Johnson dropped her cell phone at his house. Who knows if it was intentional.
Thinking of this, Lucas Green suddenly asked Caleb Johnson: "What's your cell phone number?"
Caleb Johnson was drinking tea. When he heard Lucas Green's question, he choked on the tea and coughed for a long time before he exchanged numbers with him.
Mason Hayes said to Caleb Johnson: "This is the first time I've seen Ah Ye ask someone for their number."
Lucas Green glanced at Mason Hayes and said, "Just be quiet."
Caleb Johnson told Lucas Green his number. After Lucas Green input it, he dialed it directly. Caleb Johnson's phone vibrated.
"Mine." Lucas Green said concisely.
Caleb Johnson saved Lucas Green's number and asked him: "Excuse me, what's your name?"
Lu Ye Zheng was too lazy to say more to Caleb Johnson. He raised his hand and took his phone away. He wanted to input his name directly, but when he got it, he found that he didn't know how to use the buttons on the nine-square grid at all.
Lucas Green pressed buttons randomly and accidentally exited the interface for saving numbers.
"What kind of input method is this?" Lucas Green frowned as he looked at the small blue-screen phone in his hand, refusing to admit that he didn't know how to use it.
Caleb Johnson moved closer to Lucas Green, took the phone back, input the number again, and asked Lucas Green: "Is it the Lu next to your left ear?"
"Yeah." Lu Yezhen watched Caleb Johnson's slender fingers press a few times on the keyboard, and a "Lu" was typed.
"There is also the Ye with a big family and the Zheng with battles all over the country." Mason Hayes interrupted and introduced them to Caleb Johnson.
Caleb Johnson typed out Lucas Green's name and clicked save.
Caleb Johnson has beautiful hands, but there is a blue spot on her right wrist.
His school uniform was too big and covered most of the back of his hand when he was standing, so you couldn't see anything. Now he was typing on his phone with his sleeves falling down, and his wrist was very thin, so the blue spots were exposed.
Lucas Green and Mason Hayes both saw it. Lucas Green said nothing, but Mason Hayes couldn't help asking, "Zhan Xin, what's wrong with you?"
Caleb Johnson looked down and saw that it must have been his father who hit it with a wine bottle yesterday. He said calmly, "It happened in the toilet that day."
Lucas Green didn't have a good impression of him to begin with, and when he saw him fooling Mason Hayes, he mercilessly exposed him: "This is a new injury."
Mason Hayes glanced at Lucas Green.
Lucas Green usually doesn't talk to anyone, and he even disdains to argue with others. But today, he doesn't know what happened. First, he asked Caleb Johnson for her number, and now he is embarrassed again.
Caleb Johnson didn't say anything. He pulled his sleeves down a little and used his left hand to pick up the food. His left hand was very smooth and it looked as fluent as his dominant hand.
Mason Hayes changed the subject abruptly: "Zhan Xin, are you so good at using your left hand?"
Cheng Zhan thought to himself, "I was left-handed when I was a kid."
Later, his father didn't like him using his left hand, so he broke his left arm and put it in a cast for two months before he switched to using his right hand.
During the meal, Mason Hayes asked Caleb Johnson many questions, and Caleb Johnson's answers were ambiguous. Lu Yezhen felt more and more that Caleb Johnson was evasive in what he said, and must have ulterior motives. After the meal, he drew a card and took Mason Hayes away.
Caleb Johnson originally wanted to call Lucas Green and give him some money for his meal, but Lucas Green had long legs and walked fast, and before Caleb Johnson could react, he disappeared.
Cheng Zhan thought about it for a long time, and finally sent a message to Lucas Green in the evening, asking Lucas Green how much the lunch cost.
Caleb Johnson was not aloof. He just saw that Lucas Green looked down on him, and also saw that Lucas Green thought he was trying to take advantage of Mason Hayes, so he didn't want to accept Lucas Green's feelings.
Even if it was just a meal, Caleb Johnson wanted to settle things with Lucas Green and draw a clear line.
Fifteen minutes later, Lu Yezhen replied with two words: No need.
Caleb Johnson stared at his phone for a few seconds, feeling annoyed that something had not been accomplished.
But not long after, Lucas Green suddenly called back. Caleb Johnson picked up the phone and said, "Send me another portion of the sweet soup you sent me that day."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Caleb Johnson was very confused. He sent more than a dozen copies that day, but Lucas Green didn't make it clear whether he wanted all of them or just one of them.
He thought about it and told the boss's wife that the big customer from last time wanted the same set again. The boss's wife was so happy that she immediately made one for him and put it in an insulated box. Caleb Johnson went to Lucas Green's house again.
Lucas Green opened the door for him and saw Caleb Johnson holding a bag in each hand. He frowned and asked him, "Why are there so many?"
"...There's more downstairs," Cheng Zhan thought to himself, "I thought you wanted the same one."
"I want my share." Lucas Green said in a bad tone.
Caleb Johnson was not angry, and said in a gentle voice: "I don't know which portion you ate."
"Don't you have a good memory?" Lucas Green mocked him.
"You hadn't eaten when I left." Cheng Zhan thought to himself.
Lucas Green was stunned. He had forgotten it. He had just run for half an hour today and was thirsty. He saw Caleb Johnson's message and replied "no need". Then he suddenly remembered that the bowl of sugar water was quite refreshing and wanted Caleb Johnson to send it again.
Unexpectedly, Caleb Johnson actually caught the loophole in his language and sent him more than a dozen bowls as if they were free. This man is really unscrupulous in order to do business.
"I'll go down and get it." Caleb Johnson said, and he handed the two bags in his hand to Lucas Green.
Lucas Green reached out to take it, and his index finger touched Caleb Johnson's fingertips. Caleb Johnson's hands were very cold. After returning home, he changed into a thicker dark coat, which made him look thinner.
Lucas Green watched Caleb Johnson turn around and go out. He thought that instead of standing stupidly at the door and opening the door for him several times, it would be better to accompany him to get it. So he called Caleb Johnson and said to him, "I'll go down with you."
The bike that Caleb Johnson uses to deliver food is a second-hand battery-powered car that the owner of a dessert shop bought for him. It has a large insulated box installed on the back, and it is a bit similar to the bikes used by deliverymen using popular food delivery apps.
The owner of the dessert shop did some calculations and decided that based on the number of takeout orders the dessert shop received, it would be more cost-effective to let Caleb Johnson deliver the food rather than signing a contract with a food delivery app. Plus, she felt sorry for Caleb Johnson, so she decided to let Caleb Johnson deliver the food.
It was the first time for Lucas Green to come into close contact with this kind of electric vehicle. When he saw Caleb Johnson open the incubator and take out a bag, he took it. Caleb Johnson saw that there were two bags inside and felt a little embarrassed, so he said, "Forget it, I'll take it back. You won't be able to eat it even if I take it to your house."
It was getting late and all the dessert shops were closed. It was impossible for Lucas Green to invite his friends over just to eat some dessert. Caleb Johnson took it home. In case the creditors blocked the door, she could treat them to a meal.
Lu Yezhen didn't say anything, he just walked back with the bag, so Caleb Johnson had no choice but to take it and follow him.
Lucas Green placed several large bags on the table. Seeing that Caleb Johnson was about to leave, he pulled him back by his hat.
"What's wrong?" Caleb Johnson asked him.
Lucas Green pointed to a large table of paper boxes with his chin and said, "Eat with me."
Caleb Johnson wanted to refuse, but Lucas Green knocked on the table. Considering that this was also the mess he left behind, Caleb Johnson compromised, sat down, and helped Lucas Green spread the sugar water on the table.
Lucas Green ordered a dish with black glutinous rice, which he didn't like, and said, "You eat this."
Caleb Johnson didn't like soupy things, and it didn't matter what she ate, she just picked it up and ate it in small bites.
Lucas Green quickly finished the portion he wanted to eat, and Caleb Johnson didn't eat much either.
Lucas Green looked up and saw that Caleb Johnson's two black glutinous rice balls were basically intact. He wondered why Caleb Johnson was so annoying, so he said to him bluntly, "Why are you so reluctant to even eat?"
Caleb Johnson was not completely without temper. When he heard Lucas Green say this, he put down the bowl and said, "I'm full. I'm leaving first."
"You don't want the money anymore?" Lu Ye Zheng looked at him, took out his wallet from his coat and wanted to give him money.
Caleb Johnson stood up and said, "I'll pay you back for your lunch."
Lucas Green didn't force it and said, "Okay, then you can go."
Caleb Johnson bent down and closed the lid of his sweet soup. As soon as he turned around, Lucas Green changed his mind: "Wait a minute, finish eating before leaving."
"How can we finish all this..." Caleb Johnson looked at the food on the table, "There were seven or eight people in your family last time."
Lucas Green thought for a moment and said, "Let's play rock-paper-scissors. Whoever loses gets to eat one portion."
Caleb Johnson didn't expect that Lucas Green, who looked quite steady and mature, could be so childish. For a moment, she didn't know what to say to reject him.
Lucas Green looked at Caleb Johnson and said, "You don't even know how to play games, right? Good student?"
After weighing the pros and cons, Caleb Johnson felt that rock-paper-scissors was too stupid, so he said, "Let's just play a game. You teach me."
Lucas Green found a two-player competitive game, took a controller and threw it to Caleb Johnson. His house was heated enough, and Caleb Johnson felt a little hot, so he took off his coat, picked up the controller, sat next to Lucas Green, and asked him: "How do you play?"
The collar of Caleb Johnson's T-shirt was stuck below his collarbone, and a bloodstain could be vaguely seen on his collarbone. Lu Yezhen took a look and frowned slightly.
Lucas Green briefly explained to him how to operate the game controller and the rules of the game. Caleb Johnson listened very carefully and even lowered his head to fiddle with the direction keys of the controller.
He thumbed the keys, feeling the position of each one and memorizing it.
Seeing that he seemed to be in a trance, Lucas Green asked him, "Do you understand?"
Caleb Johnson said uncertainly: "I should understand."
Lu Ye Zheng didn't want him to understand too much, so he immediately pressed start, hoping to win a few times in the chaos. Unexpectedly, he lost before he even lasted three minutes.
Caleb Johnson put down the controller easily and commented: "It's too easy."
Lucas Green looked at him expressionlessly. Caleb Johnson looked at the table, pointed at the fullest box of mango sago, and said, "You can have this."
Willing to accept the defeat, Lucas Green picked up the mango sago and ate it under Caleb Johnson's focused gaze.
"Change the game." Lucas Green said concisely.
Then Lucas Green ate two more boxes of sugar water. Caleb Johnson couldn't help but smile. She looked at Lucas Green with her lips pursed and asked him, "Do you want to play more?"
Lucas Green looks very tall and mature, and has an arrogant personality, but he is essentially still a high school student. When Caleb Johnson smiled, his face turned sour. When Caleb Johnson stopped smiling, he said coldly: "Change the way you play."
Caleb Johnson nodded: "How do we play?"
Lucas Green looked Caleb Johnson up and down, and finally said, "Do push-ups."
... Caleb Johnson was unwilling, "I can't do it."
"I'll make ten, and you make one," Lucas Green said, "whoever fails first gets to eat."
Caleb Johnson still refused to agree: "Make ten for me to see."
Lucas Green then did ten of them on the ground, deliberately doing them slowly and pretending to be struggling. Only then did Caleb Johnson say, "Okay."
Caleb Johnson was very bad at sports, so he imitated Lucas Green and struck a pose. Just as he was about to stand up, he felt a sudden pain in his shoulder blade where his father had hit him with a wine bottle yesterday, and he fell back to the ground.
Lucas Green finally avenged his previous humiliation and said coldly, "Eat it."
Caleb Johnson got up, picked up a bowl of stewed pear, ate two bites, felt hot, and rolled up the sleeves of his long T-shirt without warning.
Lucas Green replied a message, and when he looked up, he saw that Caleb Johnson's white and thin arms were covered with marks of abuse, just like the blue spots on his wrists during the day, most of them were new wounds, and there was also a scar that looked like it was cut by a piece of broken glass.
The cut, which had just scabbed over, was ten centimeters long, from the elbow to the middle of the arm.
Noticing Lu Yezhen's gaze, Caleb Johnson put his sleeves back on and ate in silence.
Lu Ye Zheng couldn't explain how he felt. He had been learning boxing and Sanda since he was a child and had seen many injuries, but he had never seen such a sadistic and unregulated injury.
After a while, Lucas Green asked Caleb Johnson in a muffled voice: "How did this come about?"
Caleb Johnson quickly finished the stew and said, "I really don't want to eat anymore."
Lucas Green didn't stop him and let him go.
Lucas Green's bad impression of Caleb Johnson was still difficult to change, and he still had reservations about Caleb Johnson's attitude towards Mason Hayes, but he could not deny that Caleb Johnson was not that annoying and might not have any bad intentions.
He has so many wounds on his body, maybe he really has some unspeakable secret.
Caleb Johnson got on his bike and looked at the time. It was already twelve o'clock.
I hope Cheng Lie doesn’t go home tonight, so Caleb Johnson can sleep more peacefully.
He was used to the pain and didn't find it unbearable, but no matter how many times his wounds were seen by others, Caleb Johnson couldn't learn a better way to deal with it than silence.
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