Edward is the secretary of the Youth League branch in Class 1 and also a member of the school basketball team. He is usually very loyal and often uses his status to help his classmates occupy the basketball court. There is no one he cannot make friends with, regardless of gender. He is almost the core figure of the small group of stupid guys in the last three rows of their class. This is the first time he has received such an inexplicable look from someone.
"Psycho." Edward thought.
His good popularity was not gained by being a jerk, and he did not have the habit of trying to please people who did not welcome him. The little bit of good impression he had for Owen in the beginning was instantly wiped out.
Edward quickly classified Dou as a "freak who doesn't know how to appreciate favors".
As for Owen, he is probably indeed a complete freak.
If other people's aloofness is called "not fitting in", then Owen's aloofness may be called "not fitting in with the species".
For a whole week, except for being forced to answer questions in class, Owen never had a serious conversation with any living being in the class.
Owen sat in the most remote corner of the classroom every day, arriving early and leaving late, always alone. Except for occasionally going out through the back door to go to the bathroom, he basically never walked around in the class.
He never looked up when he walked, and rarely looked people in the eye. Except when he was in class, he always wore headphones to block out the noise around him. At first, when people met him on campus or in the corridor, they would greet him in a friendly manner, but he was rarely noticed every time, and gradually no one paid any attention to him.
None of the boys in the class, led by Edward, liked Owen.
The last class on Thursday afternoon was a self-study class. Edward was texting the school team coach under the table and made an appointment in advance for the basketball court. He chose this day specifically because Ryan did not have classes on Thursday night.
At that time, smartphones were still in their infancy, and non-smart phones had not yet become popular among middle school students. The main way of communication between students was still to pass notes.
Edward threw the pinched note to Blake, the sports committee member of their class: "Did you dribble the ball?"
Blake is the best in sports among ordinary students, and the best in cultural subjects among sports students. Because of his exceptional performance in the high school entrance examination, he became the only student with special talents in the experimental class. However, since he likes to play more than study and has to deal with heavy training every day, he is not used to the experimental class. He only gets along well with Edward and others when they take the lead in playing.
Blake's note came back quickly: "No, Yi Yi seems to have brought it."
Yiran's full name is "Yu Yiran". She is a real girl, but she is only 1.78 meters tall and weighs 78 kilograms, which is exactly twice as much as the thinnest girl in their class. There was no size of girls' school uniform that she could wear, so she had to order the boys' one. Every day, she played basketball with Edward and others without being able to tell whether she was a man or a woman.
Ryan helplessly passed the notes to the two of them, then turned around and pointed at Edward's empty biology paper: "It will be collected after class, hurry up and write!"
The senior year students had to attend evening self-study classes. This was the last semester they could play basketball after school. Edward's heart had already flown to the basketball court. He absentmindedly picked a few genetic multiple-choice questions to write. They were basically stupid permutation and combination questions. He didn't need to think about them. After finishing them, he found that the experimental designs were so long and boring that he couldn't even read the questions.
Edward twirled his pen around for a while, then tore off a small piece of paper and wrote, "Old Cai and Grandpa are both going. Call one more person, and we'll play three-on-three in the half court."
After finishing writing, he found that the upright Ryan was looking at him seriously. Edward grinned and promised: "The last one."
This time he didn't feel comfortable using Ryan, so he just threw the paper ball out, hitting Blake right on the head.
Blake gave him a middle finger, lowered his head and wrote something, then threw the paper back in retaliation, but unfortunately his aim was not good, and the paper ball flew out lightly, and by chance it deviated from the intended route and crashed onto Owen's desk in the corner.
Edward: ...
"You two should be quiet for a while," Ryan sighed, threw down his pen helplessly, turned around and called Owen in a low voice, "Owen... classmate, can you pass me the paper ball on your desk?"
Owen's grandson must have heard it, but he just ignored him on purpose.
Edward frowned unhappily. There is a very loyal side to his character. He likes whoever likes him, but he also has a spoiled side - anyone who hates him is an idiot.
When Ryan saw him like that, he knew the young master was going to explode, so he quickly held him down and said, "Forget it, I'll get it."
Ryan looked around and found no signs of the teacher peeping, so he moved his chair slightly, said "excuse me" politely, and stretched out his arm to reach the paper ball on Owen's desk.
Owen suddenly grabbed the ball of paper and threw it into the trash can in the corner.
Ryan was slow and soft in character, and was stunned for a moment without reacting. However, Edward suddenly became angry and stood up abruptly.
Unexpectedly, Qilixiang came in from the door, her eyes wide open: "Edward, what are you doing standing there?"
Ryan grabbed Edward's wrist.
Owen looked up expressionlessly and exchanged a glance with Edward. There was a lot of meaning in his glance, which sounded like sarcasm and provocation.
"It's okay, teacher. I dropped a pen on the ground and he helped me find it." Ryan said, and then hurriedly pulled Edward, "Hurry and sit down."
Edward gave Owen a sinister look and was reluctantly pulled back by Ryan.
Qilixiang walked around them suspiciously for a few times, and when she saw that the naughty kids had stopped making noise, she strolled to the back of the desk in her clicking high heels and sat down to write her lesson plan.
After a while, Ryan carefully passed a note to Edward and touched his arm: "Brother Tao wrote you a new one. It's so cold, why are you so angry?"
Edward said nothing, took Blake's note, and thought to himself: "I must teach him a lesson when I get a chance."
Owen took out a tissue, dipped it in water, and wiped the spot where the note had landed three times. The "heroic figure" of Blake leaning against the toilet door that day was still vivid in his mind.
"Garbage." Owen thought, then he raised his hand, and the half-wet paper ball drew a parabola in the air and landed precisely in the trash can in the corner.
This slight movement startled Qilixiang on the podium. Qilixiang glanced and saw Owen put the earphones back on his ears and lowered his head as if no one was around. She suddenly felt a headache.
Qilixiang accepted the shopping card from Owen's father Dou Junliang. She has been worried about Owen these days and has privately looked for all the teachers and class leaders of various subjects, but Owen refused to listen to anyone and was like a non-violent and non-cooperative hedgehog.
Qilixiang paused for a moment and pointed at a girl in the front row: "Emily, come out with me."
The class committee of Class 1 has a complex composition. There is the uneducated sports committee member like Blake, the league secretary like Edward who secretly does not take the teacher seriously, and the good monitor like Emily Luo who takes every fart of the teacher as a guiding principle.
The next day, after the break, Emily approached Edward and asked, "Can you do me a favor?"
Before Edward could say anything, the two ba5tards Blake and Nathan slapped him from the left and right, pushing him forward. Edward was caught off guard and lost his balance, almost bumping into Emily.
Edward: "Fcuk, are you two sick?"
Blake and Nathan giggled like a pair of long-necked wild ducks. The whole class knew that Emily had a crush on Edward, and her face turned red in an instant.
Edward didn't really have any idea about Emily, but for an adolescent boy, the idea of "this girl likes me" was already exciting enough. Emily blushed, and he suddenly became confused and at a loss: "Okay... What's the matter, tell me."
Qilixiang assigned Emily a task, asking her to talk to Owen and help him integrate into the class as soon as possible.
Nathan frowned when he heard this: "Did Brother Tao sit on Qilixiang's head? How can you let a girl do this?"
Qilixiang certainly didn't specifically look for girls. In fact, she said this to every class leader, including Edward and Blake, but no one paid attention to her except Emily.
"Get lost, you're sitting here." Blake first sneered at Nathan, then turned to Emily, "Don't bother with Qilixiang, I suspect that boy is her illegitimate child."
Emily looked embarrassed and looked at Edward for help. Edward and Blake had the same idea and were about to speak when Ryan suddenly pulled him aside.
Edward was puzzled at first, but then he quickly remembered that their class had one scholarship quota every year, a total of 1,500 yuan, which was not a big deal for others, but Emily was different. She was a poor student. She was a skinny little girl, and she had a seriously ill mother to take care of at home. She couldn't go out to work for others in the middle of the night like Ryan did. This scholarship quota was recommended by the class teacher.
She didn't dare to ignore Qilixiang's instructions.
"Okay then," Edward pinched his nose and said, "We'll go with you."
There are two sets of physical exercises during recess at No. 6 Middle School. One is the universal "The Times Are Calling", and the other is compiled by the school's gymnastics team. Owen doesn't know how to do the latter, and has no intention of learning it. Every day he stands at the end of the team like a wooden stake, and until the exercises are finished and the team is dismissed, he leaves quietly.
When Emily called him, Owen didn't stop, but just glanced at her lightly.
Emily had no choice but to jog to catch up with him while reciting the prepared remarks quickly: "Our school has an inspection of the exercises every Monday. If you are not neat, you will be deducted points. I see that you don't seem to be able to do your own exercises. There happens to be a sports activity tonight. Can you spare 20 minutes for our class secretary to teach you?"
Commander Xu was also shot while lying down, and he wiped his face as if he had a toothache.
Nathan put his arm around Edward's neck and whispered in his ear: "Can our class secretary teach you?"
Edward cursed incoherently, very reluctantly, but because he knew Emily liked him, he did not refuse her in person, and agreed reluctantly for her sake.
But Owen didn't appreciate it. He stopped on the spot and frowned.
Emily said: "It's very simple, you can learn it in one go, you..."
"The checkup is on Monday, right?" Owen interrupted her abruptly, "Then I'll go to the infirmary on Monday to get a leave application, so it won't delay your grading."
After saying that, he put his hands in his trouser pockets, turned around and walked away.
Emily was stunned for a moment, frustrated, her face slightly flushed, but she still refused to give up. She took a step forward and caught up: "Wait..."
Owen raised his arm without turning his head, intending to wave at her and tell her not to bother him. However, Emily was only a little over 1.5 meters tall and was too short in front of Owen. She couldn't stop her steps and bumped into his elbow as it swung back.
Owen didn't mean it, but to others, it looked as if he was impatient to talk to her and elbowed the girl in return.
The young man's elbow was stiff, and Emily hit him so hard that he saw stars and was stunned for a moment.
Owen was also very surprised. He moved his arms a little uncomfortably. He felt that he should say something, but he didn't know how to say the words of apology. He was a little embarrassed. He frowned and looked down at Emily, hesitating and thinking about how to express himself.
Before he could figure it out, Edward and a few others who were following not far away caught up with him.
Edward took a look and thought, well - last time it was Ryan, this time it's simply a little girl. This freak named Dou really knows how to pick on the weak.
He pulled Emily behind him in a rage, raised his hand and pushed Owen: "Can you speak human language? Can you do human things?"
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