During the morning reading class, Max Ye cursed his deskmate Owen Zhou: "I told you that this lousy trick of yours won't work."
Owen Zhou scratched his head: "It shouldn't be like this. Emily Sun was so happy when she received the breakfast."
Max Ye used his mobile phone to search Baidu and pointed it to Owen Zhou: "This word yours...s is usually used in formal business letters. You asked me to use lovely... cute as hell, it's so embarrassing."
Owen Zhou took the card and looked at it: "Damn, he must have done it on purpose. The breakfast was obviously for him, and he actually said you got the wrong person?"
Max Ye rolled his eyes: "Nonsense, otherwise you wouldn't have used the signature to mock me."
Owen Zhou: "So what should we do next?"
Max Ye didn't know that he was upset when he saw the pink paper bag. He reached out and patted Leo Liao who was reciting words in front of him: "Squad leader, have breakfast."
Leo Liao turned around and pushed his glasses: "I've eaten it, give it to the students in need." Then he said with a touching face, "I knew that classmate Ye has not changed, you are still our lovely little sun."
Max Ye couldn't stand the word "cute" now, thinking it was an insult to him, he gritted his teeth and forced out a fake smile: "It's not the sun now, it's a thunderstorm."
It really rained in the afternoon, so the physical education class was changed to a self-study class.
The head teacher, Lao Sun, was sitting on the podium. Owen Zhou was hiding behind a pile of books with his mobile phone in his arms, and he created a QQ group called "Qin Ge, Go Forward".
Owen Zhou: [Change your name before joining the group. You idiots change your username every two hours. Who knows who is who?]
Fan: [changed]
Max Ye: [...]
Owen Zhou: [Change your full name! Don't blurt out every word, Aqin doesn't like it!]
Dylan Zhao: [What's wrong? Did you get off to a bad start?]
Owen Zhou: [The top student returned the breakfast and left a sarcastic remark, which made Aqin very angry]
Ryan Liu: [I told you last time that this trick wouldn’t work, but you insisted on trying it]
On the day when Max Ye made up his mind to discipline Ethan Cheng, the four of them sat together for a short meeting. The focus of the discussion was mainly on how to discipline him and how to teach him a lesson.
At first, several people were surprised by Max Ye's sudden hatred. Max Ye couldn't tell the real reason, so he had to slightly rewrite the bicycle incident, beautifying himself as a loyal hero, highlighting Ethan Cheng's insidiousness and cunningness, which aroused Owen Zhou's strong resonance: "He is so damn arrogant. I said we can't let this person go. If we don't let him learn a lesson, he will do evil in our No. 6 Middle School in the future!"
After discussing for a long time, they still couldn't come up with a perfect and effective plan. They even thought of posting a big-character poster about Ethan Cheng being gay in the school window. Dylan Zhao immediately said no. Since No. 6 Middle School was willing to accept him, it meant that the school didn't care about this matter, or they thought that the admission rate was more important than rumors. Today's society is becoming more and more tolerant of homoS3xuality. It is said that the same-S3x marriage law will be put on the agenda of the Congress this year. If this matter is exposed, it is very likely that it will not cause any blow to him.
"How about this," Ryan Liu, who had been listening to their discussion silently, suddenly spoke up, "Doesn't he like men? Find someone to seduce him, play with him, and then dump him. This kind of psychological blow is much more powerful than the blow from the outside world."
Owen Zhou applauded enthusiastically, praising him for being worthy of growing up in a large family full of intrigues and for being really good at having fun.
Everyone found new ideas, but they were worried about who to choose to implement the plan.
"First of all, this person has to be one of our own." Owen Zhou said, touching his chin.
Ryan Liu smiled crookedly: "You have to be pretty."
Then, everyone's eyes were focused on Max Ye.
If nothing else, the saying "a person's handwriting reflects his character" was completely overturned in Max Ye's case. He looks like his mother, with big eyes, white skin, and slender limbs. When he was a child, he was delicate and cried a lot, and was often mistaken for a girl. He also had a black history of playing Snow White in kindergarten. After he grew up, in order to put this past behind him, Max Ye learned to walk with a swagger like the boys in the upper grades, and spoke in a hoarse voice. He would get angry with anyone who said he was pretty and cute, and gradually became the arrogant young master who looked down on everyone.
Max Ye was frightened by their stares, and he said fiercely with wide eyes: "Why are you looking at me?"
Dylan Zhao flicked the cigarette in his hand and said, "It's risky to look for someone else anyway. We have our own people, so why bother looking for someone outside?"
Max Ye cursed: "Fcuk!"
Owen Zhou thought about it and felt that what Dylan Zhao said made sense: "I think it's okay. Our Aqin is so handsome. Didn't the top student get fooled by his appearance at the convenience store? Did he still ask him to testify?"
Max Ye's mind was full of Ethan Cheng, so he thought about it and said with a dark face: "That's even worse. He and I have a deep grudge, so there's no way I can hook up with him."
Ryan Liu said calmly: "You don't understand this. The more this kind of relationship is, the more it can arouse a man's interest and desire to conquer."
Max Ye got goosebumps all over his body: "Conquer the Sh!t!"
Dylan Zhao comforted him: "Think about it from another perspective. It's you who conquered him and challenged something that all the girls in the school couldn't do. What a sense of accomplishment it is."
In short, the candidate was decided, and then Owen Zhou came up with the bad idea of sending a loving breakfast. Now this plan has ended in failure, and the purpose of setting up the group is to discuss new plans.
Owen Zhou: [Afan, what do you think we should do? You have the most experience in pursuing young girls.]
Ryan Liu: [Isn’t it raining now?]
Owen Zhou: [Yes, you asked Aqin to deliver the umbrella? ]
Max Ye: [Go away, I won’t send you off]
We paid for students from the next class to deliver breakfast. It would be better for him to kill himself than to ask him to deliver it himself.
Dylan Zhao: [Can you two stop being so straight-minded? Ah Qin is driving today, right? Can you take him home?]
Max Ye readily accepted this suggestion. Anyway, Ethan Cheng had already known that it was him, so it was time to show up and express his gratitude.
He treated this action as the first direct confrontation on the battlefield. Owen Zhou was also nervous. He took out hair gel from his schoolbag and sprayed it on Max Ye's hair: "Aqin, stay strong. We will lose the battle but not the people..."
Max Ye spat, "I'll lose to you, brother, I have to win every time I make a move."
During the last class in the afternoon, he borrowed a mirror and a comb from Emily Sun, combed his hair back, unzipped his school uniform in the cold air, and walked out of the school gate shivering with his shirt open.
The science class was the last to leave school, and the rain had not stopped when the students filed out of the back door. Ethan Cheng was tall, and Max Ye saw him pushing a bike and riding slowly among the crowd.
The silver coupe was parked at the back door of the No. 6 Middle School where bicycles gathered. It was not only out of place, but also took up half of the already narrow road. Several girls looked into the window curiously, and were frightened by the sudden horn and screamed and backed away. Max Ye lowered the window, raised his chin and repelled them with his eyes, as if to say "go away, go away, don't block me from seeing people."
When Ethan Cheng passed by on his bike, the sports car started slowly and followed him at a leisurely pace. Perhaps because it was raining and the cyclist was in a hurry to go back, Max Ye followed for a long time, and when he was about to turn into the main road, Ethan Cheng didn't even turn his head to look.
"Hey." Max Ye couldn't help but shout to him, "Get in the car, I'll take you home."
Ethan Cheng wiped the rain off his face: "No, thank you."
After saying that, he stood up, pedaled the bike, and rushed out like lightning.
Max Ye suspected that he didn't even see his handsome face and cool driving posture, so he chased him and raised his voice and said, "It's raining so hard, I'll give you a ride, your broken... your bicycle can fit in the trunk."
This time, Ethan Cheng simply ignored him and drove his old car onto the main road without hesitation.
If someone was so ungrateful, Max Ye would have stepped on the accelerator and left. However, Ryan Liu had just reminded him that the key to pursuing such things is to make the other party feel sincerity, and sincerity is revealed in the details. No matter whether it is a man or a woman, no one can refuse such persistence and perseverance.
Max Ye held his breath and followed unwillingly.
The road conditions were bad during this time, and Ethan Cheng didn't know if it was intentional, but he chose to take a small road from the No. 6 Middle School to Yulin Community. Max Ye drove around in circles and had a hard time chasing him. When he drove into an unfamiliar road, he unexpectedly saw a cordon in front of him, leaving only a small path for two people to pass.
The traffic police waved at him to stop the car. Seeing that he looked young, they checked his driver's license. They compared the handsome young man with bangs covering his forehead in the photo with the irritable driver with a slicked-back hair in the driver's seat for a long time, and sternly educated him: "There is a sign at the intersection where you turn, 'Construction ahead, motor vehicles, detour'. You must pay attention to safety when driving. Don't be reckless at such a young age."
I was so busy chasing after him that I didn't see any signs. Where's the man? He's long gone.
Max Ye was furious after being tricked by Ethan Cheng again.
His fighting spirit grew stronger day by day, but his methods became fewer day by day. Ethan Cheng seemed to have developed an antibody against him, and he would not listen to his persuasion. Even when he changed the breakfast bag to blue, it was still returned as it was. Once, Max Ye saw something extra on the card, and after a closer look, he found that Ethan Cheng had actually helped him correct a typo.
Max Ye tore the card into pieces, but still not satisfied, so he snatched the lighter from Dylan Zhao's hand and burned the pieces piece by piece. He accidentally burned his hand, but was too embarrassed to cry out in pain, so he held it in until his eyes turned red, and threw the lighter far away from the window.
He has had a smooth life since childhood and had everything he wanted. How could he have ever suffered such humiliation?
Max Ye was so angry that his eyes were filled with tears. Owen Zhou came back after getting some information. He drank a can of Coke first, then stretched out his arms and collapsed on the sofa, announcing triumphantly, "I finally know what kind of person the top student likes."
On autumn afternoons, the shadows of the trees on the concrete floor shorten, and fine dust floats in the sun-filled air.
At about one in the afternoon, Ethan Cheng put down his books and went to the cafeteria. He was used to eating at off-peak times. Not only were there fewer people at this time, and he didn't have to queue up, but the prices of the dishes were sometimes temporarily reduced. He could use the money he saved to buy some supplements for his mother, as autumn was the best time for supplements. She was a worrier and had lost a lot of weight recently because of taking care of the students.
Ethan Cheng met Wei Jiaqi who was reading a book while eating at his usual seat on the first floor of the cafeteria. Wei Jiaqi's junior high school was a distance away from here. With the monthly exam approaching, he had a tight schedule. He was shy and introverted, so when he encountered difficulties in his studies, the first person he would think of was his tutor, Ethan Cheng.
Wei Jiaqi was not a naturally intelligent person, and he often had to repeat a question several times before he could fully comprehend it, but he was diligent and studious, and saw getting into a good university as his only way out. Ethan Cheng was not impatient with his repeated interruptions, and he only explained two questions during lunch time, which did not take up much time.
After explaining the problem and sending everyone away, Ethan Cheng went to get his own meal. Seeing that the cafeteria would close in 20 minutes, he ate his meal faster.
Today's meal was a bit dry. Ethan Cheng tilted his head back and drank a bowl of soup, then he found that there was another person opposite him.
Max Ye was ashamed at this time.
Owen Zhou said that in the past few days, people saw Ethan Cheng "having a tryst" with a little boy in the cafeteria at noon. The little boy was effeminate, thin and short, and looked like he would be blown down by a gust of wind. But Ethan Cheng was very kind to him, helping him get food, explaining his homework, and smiling. He was so gentle that a bunch of girls were jealous and wished they could switch identities with the little boy.
"Emily Sun even saw him unscrewing the bottle cap for that little boy." Owen Zhou mocked, "He's not afraid of others knowing that he's a dead gay. Only those girls are blind and praise him as the school hunk."
Owen Zhou is rash and unreliable, so you can only trust 50% of what he says. But now, there seems to be no other way except to trust him.
Max Ye looked at himself with his eyes downcast. He was wearing a lotus pink sweater, light blue jeans, and white platform shoes. He looked as feminine as he could be. His smooth bangs blocked his vision a little. He raised his hand and brushed them twice, revealing a white forehead covered with a thin layer of sweat.
Ryan Liu's words were still ringing in my ears: "Tsk, we were all going in the wrong direction before. Men like to be heroes and like the feeling of being relied on. It would be even better if you acted a little weaker and pretended to be a cripple."
Max Ye felt that there was something wrong with this theory, but unfortunately he had very little experience in love. He applied this logic to himself and it seemed to be fine. Gays are also men and should not be treated differently.
So he came to the cafeteria dressed like this, put the drink in his hand on the table, and pushed it over: "Drink some water, don't choke."
I didn't even dare to speak loudly.
Max Ye's usual imposing manner was entirely due to his deliberately high volume, and his dry voice naturally made him look fierce. But now he lowered his voice slightly, and his thin and soft voice frightened him.
Ethan Cheng really fell for it and didn't ignore him anymore. He glanced at the bottle of drink and said, "I'm not thirsty. You drink it."
Max Ye took the water back reluctantly, held it in his arms, tossed it over and over, put it back on the table, and slowly pushed it to the person opposite.
Under Ethan Cheng's gaze, two red clouds floated on Max Ye's face.
He said in a soft voice: "I can't open it, can you... help me?"
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