Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Qiao Shao sat up and looked at him with a nervous expression. “Are you not awake yet?”

Even though he’d said that, He Shen didn’t feel embarrassed. He yawned and said, “I’m praising you.”

Qiao Shao has already gotten used to him a bit, and even came back at him with, “Am I supposed to thank you?”

“No need for thanks,” He Shen’s gaze was still on his face. “I just realized that you look really good. If your eyes were a bit bigger, you’d look lost. A littler smaller and you’d look naughty. Your nose and mouth are just right …”

Especially how his skin resembled white tofu.

Qiao Shao couldn’t listen anymore, and tapped a ballpoint pen on his arm. “Friendship reminder, I’m a guy.”

He Shen said, “Well, were you a girl, you would have definitely driven all the boys crazy.”

Qiao Shao got angry. “I’m a boy! Shouldn’t it be that I’m handsome!”

“Well …” He Shen hesitated.

Qiao Shao stared at him very fiercely.

He Shen smiled. He raised his long arm hanging under the desk and patted Qiao Shao’s head. “If you can grow to my height, you will be East High’s most handsome son.”

Qiao Shao was shocked. How could there be such a shameless person in this entire world! !! !!

He Shen put his chin in his hand and added, “It’s okay, you’re still young. Eat well and maybe you can still reach up to my ears.”

He even raised his hand next to his own ear.

Qiao Shao was furious, but then thought that if he really could grow up to there, that was at least 180cm.

1.8 meters, with that height, he’d sleep every night with a smile on his face!

“Well …” Although he was dreaming about something beautiful, he still maintained a calm expression. Qiao Shao said, “My dad is very tall and strong. I’ll definitely grow taller.”

He Shen was quite interested. “So, it seems you take after your mother?”

Qiao Shao was good-looking so presumably, his mother’s a beauty.

This was a completely innocuous remark, something he’d just blurted out without thinking. Who knew that Qiao Shao’s expression changed as soon as he heard it? All the color faded from his face, his eyes looked like stars falling, instantly losing light and going dim.

He Shen’s heart constricted. He called out to him in a whisper, “Qiao Shao!”

Qiao Shao remained motionless.

He Shen grasped his wrist, and the coldness that seeped into his hand made him frown. “You …”

At this moment, the class bell rang.

The melodious ringing tone covered the entire teaching building; insistent like it wouldn’t allow anyone to ignore it, soothing all the noise and bustle.

Qiao Shao frowned, “What are you doing, it hurts.”

He Shen’s hands were very strong, and his hold on his wrist was like a band of iron biting into his flesh.

He Shen loosened his hold, his eyes flashed slightly.

Qiao Shao wondered, “What happened?”

He Shen stared at him, not with his previously assessing look but with abnormal concentration.

Qiao Shao dismissed him. “He Tongxue, calm down. I have neither a younger nor an older sister. So, no matter how much you like my face, it would just come to nothing.”

Just now, he looked like his soul had left his body but now he could even crack jokes…

He Shen didn’t mention the matter he’d seen just now, he just replied thoughtlessly, “It’s okay, I can just date you.”

Qiao Shao: “……………………..”

Can this bastard’s mouth be locked up or simply have it sewn shut for good!

When the teacher entered the classroom, Qiao Shao no longer chatted with him. He opened the book, and listened carefully to the lesson.

He Shen also laid down again. Although he was lying on the desk, he didn’t fall asleep immediately.

There must be something wrong with the little shorty’s family. Does it have something to do with his mother?

Thinking of Qiao Shao’s refusal to go home, he thought the situation must probably be pretty serious.

Just what is going on?

He Shen didn’t know, but he wanted to take care of Qiao Shao.

Seeing this poor, lonely little dwarf with no one to depend on was like seeing another of himself.

But Qiao Shao was thinner, weaker and even more cut off from help.

Once it was time for lunch break, Qiao Shao called out to Chen Su.

Chen Su stopped and asked, “Should we eat together?”

Qiao Shao nodded. “En, I have something I want to tell you.”

When Chen Su heard him agree, his eyes turned glossy, and he didn’t think too much. “What’s the matter?”

Qiao Shao said, “I’ll tell you back at the dormitory!”

After Qiao Shao said this, he pounded on the god of sleep beside him, “Get up. It’s time to eat!”

The god of sleep rolled over.

Qiao Shao gave him another one. “I’m going to leave if you don’t get up.”

Chen Su, standing beside them, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Qiao Shao was afraid that Chen Su was getting tired of waiting and so he got in close to He Shen’s ear and shouted, “He Shen!”

He Shen opened his eyes, and there was a sleepy hoarseness in his voice. “You’ve just scattered my soul with that shout of yours.”

Qiao Shao was only concerned about proper business and he merely blinked his eyes at his crazy suggestion. “Class is over, it’s time to eat.”

Hurry up grab your mobile phone and let’s show the video to Chen Su!

He Shen understood what he meant, but he was still curious. “Your eyelashes really don’t block your view?”

Qiao Shao was asking him a favor and could only coax him “It does! It does! It does, okay! I’ll cut it all off when we go back!”

He Shen thought for a while and disagreed. “No, don’t. Without eyelashes, your eyes would look too big.”

Qiao Shao said angrily, “So just how do you want it!”

Keep it and they’d be too long, cut it and my eyes would be too big!

He Shen stretched and regained his spirit. “It’s good the way it is.”

Qiao Shao regretted it. He shouldn’t have traded words with He Shen, now everything’s a mess!

But it did wake up the god of sleep, and the three went downstairs together.

He Shen supported Qiao Shao, and Chen Su was to his side.

These three looked a little weird, and many people were secretly looking at them.

He Shen was never afraid of being watched by people. He has people watching him no matter who he was with, and he had long gotten used to it.

Qiao Shao was even more indifferent to it. Before he came to East High, he had always been the moon surrounded by a myriad of stars and had a natural immunity to the staring of others.

Only Chen Su …

As he walked along, he was so nervous that he curled his hands so tightly that his fingers bit into his palms.

He always felt that everyone was talking about him, they were disgusted by him, they were…

“I think Chen Su is just right.”

Qiao Shao’s voice stopped his spiraling thoughts.

Chen Su didn’t know what they were talking about, and looked over at them a bit blankly.

Qiao Shao said to him, “Lend me your arm so I can give it a try.”

Chen Su bent his arm and Qiao Shao put his hand on it. He immediately turned his head to He Shen and said, “Look, don’t you think this height is just right? You’re too tall. Holding on to you is …”

“It’s good to be a little tall,” He Shen took his hand back and put it on his arm. “This way you won’t need to set your foot on the ground.”

Qiao Shao laughed at him and said, “Why don’t you just pick me up and walk then.”

He Shen smiled. “I wouldn’t mind.”

Qiao Shao said angrily, “I mind!”

Chen Su didn’t interject in their conversation, but the strange thing was that the tension and panic in his heart all suddenly dispersed because of this interruption.

Other people’s gazes and glances no longer hurt him that much.

Because beside him were two people who attracted even more attention.

He couldn’t evaluate He Shen, but he should learn from Qiao Shao.

They were both poor and had unfavorable situations. Qiao Shao, who has just transferred to a new school, had it even tougher than he did in the beginning.

Everything was so unfamiliar, and he was even laughed at for being short. Qiao Shao even injured his foot the next day. However, in the face of all these bad things, Qiao Shao chose to face everything head on, without feeling inferior, without being too sensitive. He accepted his misfortune with calm and self-confidence.

Thinking of these, Chen Su’s heart surged with unprecedented courage.

Back in the dormitory, Qiao Shao sat down on the bed and after a while, said, “I went to check what happened six months ago.”

As soon as he spoke, Chen Su stiffened.

Qiao Shao looked at He Shen and said to Chen Su, “En … He Shen might have a bit of a foul mouth but he’s a good guy. I was able to do this thanks to his help this time.”

Although He Shen and Chen Su had been classmates for more than half a year, Qiao Shao distinctly knew that because He Shen’s true love was his desk, these two have never talked let alone have an understanding of the other.

Chen Su’s whole body was stretched taunt. He asked, “How did you check? Did you ask anyone?”

Qiao Shao shook his head. “I didn’t ask anyone, I went to check the surveillance video.”

Sure enough, Chen Su hadn’t thought of this possibility before.

Qiao Shao reached out to He Shen, who handed him his cell phone.

As he looked for the video, he told him, “There’s a camera directed at the trash dump and everything was caught on the surveillance. The schoolbag was thrown away as a prank, the whole thing …”

He explained clearly the sequence of events, and at the same time showed him the video.

Chen Su watched it from beginning to end, the tightly wound knot that had been pent-up in his chest was slightly loosened.

Xu Feifan didn’t mean it, he really lost his schoolbag…

Qiao Shao replayed the section where Zhao Haoyuan threw away the schoolbag. “His name is Zhao Haoyuan, Class Three. He … should have some beef with Xu Feifan, so he threw his schoolbag.”

Chen Su lowered his eyes and said, “It’s my fault, I shouldn’t have …”

“You did nothing wrong!” Qiao Shao interrupted him, “Why can’t someone take something no one wants? Recycling is a state policy!”

Chen Su looked at him, and Qiao Shao said: “The one who was wrong here is Zhao Haoyuan. He shouldn’t have hidden everything and allowed all the misunderstandings to pile on you. I’ve found him and he’ll come to apologize to you. ”

After hearing the latter half of what he said, Chen Su was a little nervous.

Qiao Shao looked at him and asked, “I want to ask you for your thoughts. What do you want to do about this?”

He held He Shen’s mobile phone, and he didn’t need to explain, Chen Su understood what he meant.

Seeing him pondering, Qiao Shao said seriously, “No matter what you decide, I’ll support you.”

Chen Su saw the expression in his eyes, and bursts of heat wrapped in courage filled his heart. “I …”

He hadn’t finished speaking when there was a knock at the door.

Sitting on the school bully’s bed, He Shen stood up and said, “I’ll open the door.”

Outside the door was Zhao Haoyuan. When he saw He Shen, he quickly lowered his head.

He Shen said quietly, “Come in.”

Zhao Haoyuan walked into the bedroom and immediately saw Chen Su.

He had been thinking about this for the past two classes, and was depressed the whole time. Now, when he saw Chen Su, he still had mixed feelings.

He had done something wrong, he admitted it.

In the past six months, he felt guilty whenever he saw Chen Su, but…

“You don’t need to apologize,” Chen Su said first.

The quiet boy with a low sense of existence said, “I want to put the surveillance video on the East High campus wall.”

Everyone looked at him, and Zhao Haoyuan was panicked.

Chen Su looked at Zhao Haoyuan and said, “I want everyone to know the truth.”

Zhao Haoyuan was anxious: “But then people will know you picked up things from the …”

“It doesn’t matter,” Chen Su wasn’t looking at Qiao Shao but it was as though he was addressing him, “My family’s condition is bad. I’m poor, but then what of it? I didn’t steal or rob anyone, I just picked up what others didn’t want. I didn’t do anything illegal.”

Qiao Shao sat on the bed, the eyes he had trained at Chen Su were full of happiness.

Chen Su paused and then continued, “It doesn’t matter if other people know. It’s alright if I’m poor or I’m shabby and miserable. If I mind it, others mind it even more!”

Qiao Shao stood up and said excitedly, “Yes, that’s it! What we need most is to let go of ourselves!”

Chen Su looked at him with gratitude.

Qiao Shao also wanted to speak, He Shen shot him a glance and spit out two words. “Lame footed.”

Qiao Shao’s excited mood suddenly disappeared and he took a breath and sat back on the bed.

Chen Su also noticed. “Don’t aggravate it, be careful of your injury.”

Qiao Shao nodded.

Later, Zhao Haoyuan apologized to Chen Su.

As for the posting the video, although he was in it, he had the least right to say anything about it.

Because Chen Su suffering miserably for six months was all thanks to him.

They ate lunch at the dormitory, and He Shen didn’t want to leave after eating.

He could sleep on Lou Xiao’s bed and take Qiao Shao to the hospital to take an x-ray during self-study class.

Surprisingly, the school bully who perennially never returned to the dormitory, returned today with Blue Hair.

516, this four-person dormitory, which usually had one bed open on the weekdays, today, was jammed pack with five people.

Lou Xiao, “You sleep, I’ll go.”

He Shen, “Don’t, it’s not often that you come back here.”

Lou Xiao looked at him, “Then are you going to go home?”

“There’s something I need to do in the afternoon, I won’t go back yet.”

“Where will you sleep if you’re not going back?”

There were four beds in the room and five big men …

He Shen looked at Qiao Shao and said, “I’ll squeezed in with him.”

Qiao Shao: “???”