CH 24

Lin Chengyu looked at him as if he was caught cheating in bed, but Jiang Xiao quickly adjusted.

His conscience were all clear, whatever he did, what did it matter to him?

Lin Chengyu usually came on weekends during this time, and at his age, he had to went back to school to study. He couldn’t come every day. He also had extra classes arranged by his family, which couldn’t be skipped, so it was rare for him to came during school days.

If Jiang Xiao was willing to see him, Lin Chengyu would stick by his side as if he didn’t need anything in his life. However, Jiang Xiao didn’t want to see him either, so the frequency of him coming once a week was already on the verge of Jiang Xiao’s patience.

Jiang Xiao didn’t really care about this, he felt annoyed whenever Lin Chengyu came, so he just frowned. When he saw someone deliberately blocking the intersection, he just paused, and then quickly pulled Lin Heyuan to took the side of the road, but he was still being stopped by Lin Chengyu.

“Xiao Xiao, I have something to tell you. Just for a second, is it okay?”

He saw Jiang Xiao quickly adjusted his expression, and with a smile on his face as usual, Jiang Xiao refused him as he had previously, “No.” and then he tugged Lin Heyuan, “Let’s go quickly.”

Lin Heyuan nodded. He actually had met Lin Chengyu once before, but his attention was focused on Jiang Xiao at that time, so he didn’t really pay attention to others. Now, the other looked at him viciously, and he couldn’t care whether he can see it or not.

Who is this? Does Jiang Xiao and him know each other? But he never heard him mention this guy before, did he offend him or something?

Lin Chengyu’s thoughts at the moment were actually similar to his.

It wasn’t enough for this kid to pull Jiang Xiao last time, why was he still here?

Lin Chengyu had actually been standing there for quite a while. He saw two people wearing almost the same scarves. Jiang Xiao took a box of milk from him, then moved very close to him, and he couldn’t hear what they were talking about. It was normal for Jiang Xiao to have close classmates. Lin Chengyu knew that there was Ye Yingying, but Lin Heyuan and Jiang Xiao were in different classes. These two people only became acquainted recently. Although Lin Chengyu knew his name, when he saw this scene, there was a fire in his heart.

He couldn’t sleep last night, so he came to Houlin to meet Jiang Xiao after staying up all night. Seeing this scene so early in the morning, he felt that he had a headache, but he couldn’t lose his temper indiscriminately. He was the one who wanted to meet in the morning, so he could only work hard. He just needed to tell Jiang Xiao about his purpose for coming to Houlin as soon as possible.

He also discovered that Jiang Xiao was studying seriously. In his previous life, Jiang Xiao dropped out of high school, which was probably a pity for Jiang Xiao. Lin Chengyu also understood this, thinking that if he could help him, he could also be considered as doing something from him.

He had found several tutors in Houlin, all of whom were well-known and famous. He had already discussed with them that they could help Jiang Xiao with one-on-one tutoring every weekend.

Jiang Xiao would only need to meet those tutors, not him. He thought that this way, Jiang Xiao would not be so repulsive of his help, but he still couldn’t speak. Just seeing him getting along with other guy made his heart felt pain.

“Xiao Xiao,” He couldn’t help pulling Jiang Xiao’s hand, trying to distance this person from the other guy. “I really have something to tell you.”

Jiang Xiao was not willing to budge. When looking at Lin Chengyu, his eyes were not as friendly as looking at Lin Heyuan.

“I really don’t have time, I have to go to school,” he twisted his arm, “Don’t mess around, let me go.”

“I won’t waste much of your time,” Lin Chengyu said and then briefly talked about the tutoring session. “The high school entrance examination is coming soon, those tutors are very experienced. You can try one session first, okay? I’ll leave after I introduce them to you and I won’t disturb you anymore. Really.”

“I said no,” Jiang Xiao impatiently said, “You don’t need to worry about my grades, Lin Heyuan will help me with my lessons.”

When he said this, he turned his head and glanced at Lin Heyuan who was standing beside him, naturally.

At this time, Lin Heyuan had seen enough. He thought that this person and Jiang Xiao knew each other, so he didn’t stop him as he had something to say, but Jiang Xiao’s expression was obviously unwilling. He looked at him as if he was asking for help, he couldn’t stand it anymore.

This person is not a student of their school, so he is here to ask for trouble, right?

Lin Heyuan pulled Jiang Xiao’s hand away from Lin Chengyu. He and Jiang Xiao both exerted some force, and Lin Chengyu finally couldn’t get a hold. Afterwards, he stood in front of Jiang Xiao and looked at Lin Chengyu with a serious face.

“We still have to go to school,” he continued, “We’re going to be late soon. Jiang Xiao, let’s go.”

There was a person between him and Jiang Xiao, Lin Chengyu felt even more uncomfortable. From the start, he didn’t like Lin Heyuan and now the anger couldn’t be suppressed anymore.

As Jiang Xiao aware of, Lin Chengyu was not a gentle and kind person by nature. He was willing to lower himself for Jiang Xiao now, but it was different with Lin Heyuan.

“Who are you? What do you know? When will it be your turn to care about Jiang Xiao and me?” He said coldly, “When I met him, you weren’t there yet. Get lost.”

Lin Heyuan didn’t leave, instead he blocked Jiang Xiao even tighter. “You go to the school first, I’ll stop him.” Jiang Xiao heard him whisper. “This person doesn’t seem normal,”

Jiang Xiao’s mood was already affected when he saw Lin Chengyu this morning. Seeing Lin Heyuan’s protective actions now, he couldn’t help but lower his head and smile. “It’s okay,” he whispered back to Lin Heyuan. “He doesn’t dare to do anything.”

Lin Heyuan was worried, “What if he does?”

Jiang Xiao replied, “Then I’ll beat him. Did you forgot? I’m pretty good at fighting.”

“That’s not good,” Jiang Xiao saw Lin Heyuan frowning. “If Director Li finds out about the fight, he will make a demerit point out of you. What if he won’t let you go back to Class 1?” The matter of being deskmates cannot be ruined by any accidents.

Lin Chengyu watched the two of them whispering. Because they were close, he could actually heard most of the conversation clearly. He could understand some of what they said, but some couldn’t.

As if he was an outsider.

Jiang Xiao gradually had some things beyond his control. When Li Chengyu saw the two of them close before, he was mostly aggrieved and jealous. But he also knew in his heart that the source of these feelings was not because Jiang Xiao had made new close friends. In his previous life, Jiang Xiao had many friends and he wouldn’t be like this.

The reason why he felt uncomfortable now was just because of himself.

When he had Jiang Xiao, these people were nothing to be feared, but when he lost Jiang Xiao, every little thing felt like a thorn on his side.

Because there was rejection, so he panicked.

However, just because he was aware of this, he didn’t put too much thought on Lin Heyuan. Even if he knew him before. In terms of friendship, in fact, Jiang Xiao shouldn’t have a deeper relationship with Lin Heyuan than with Ye Yingying. After all, they just got acquainted not long ago.

Lin Chengyu always felt that as long as he held tightly on Jiang Xiao, he shouldn’t be distracted by other people. He had suffered from putting the cart before the horse1 and now he couldn’t afford to repeat the same mistakes. But when he really saw these two people got along, he felt a moment of real fear.

“Xiao Xiao,” his voice was trembling, along with his heart. “Look at me, look at me.”

Bu Jiang Xiao hid behind Lin Heyuan and didn’t look at him. He even pulled the clothes around Lin Heyuan’s waist, and the two exchanged glances. Jiang Xiao then tapped the watch on his wrist.

There are still five minutes to class, so ignore him. Take the opportunity and quickly run.

Lin Heyuan responded with his glance, ‘I understand.’ he had also heard Lin Chengyu’s words, but he just felt that this person was even stranger. It was better to not let him touch Jiang Xiao.

Before Lin Chengyu could say another word, he saw Jiang Xiao dragging Lin Heyuan away. They were familiar with this section of the road. If Ling Chengyu blocked the intersection, they could just walk in the opposite direction and made a detour.

He saw Jiang Xiao running with the schoolbag on his shoulder, trembling, as if he was some kind of scourge. He also took someone else by the hand.

Lin Chengyu wanted to catch up, but his foot slipped and he almost fell. Uncle Yue, who was at some distance away, paid attention to this and went to help him up.

“Be careful,” Uncle Yue said. “It’s full of snow here.”

The weather in Liujiang was warm, it hadn’t snowed once in ten years. Lin Chengyu rushed over from there, and he didn’t even have time to change his clothes. He didn’t feel it until Jiang Xiao ran away. He felt cold, bitingly cold, from his whole body all the way to his heart.

Jiang Xiao had a cheerful and generous personality. In the previous life, the two of them had no commitment, no marriage certificates. Lin Chengyu couldn’t even tell whether he was in love or not, so naturally he wouldn’t show his possessiveness.

So many people out there still thought Jiang Xiao was single, there were many Yingying Yanyans2, and even Lin Chengyu bumped into those people when they confessed to Jiang Xiao. However, he never panicked, because Jiang Xiao’s attitude was too clear. Every time, he refused them on the spot, explaining that he had a lover and took the initiative to distance himself afterwards, never slightly tempted.

So every time he encountered this kind of thing, not only would Lin Chengyu not felt any sense of crisis, but due to Jiang Xiao’s attitude, he instead gained more sense of security and peace of mind.

Jiang Xiao was still the same Jiang Xiao. He never left any room when he rejected people, just like when he rejected him now.

Now, all of these incidents were reminding him that not only Jiang Xiao had thoroughly left him, but there would be even more people coming in. Being aware of this possibility, Lin Chengyu felt that he was going crazy.

Jiang Xiao has been a very likable person, his kindness has never beyond what he has seen. Although Jiang Xiao and Lin Heyuan hadn’t reached that point yet, when he saw the back of those two, he felt that this scene was like a thorn in his heart, causing his heart, liver, spleen and lungs to ache.

Jiang Xiao didn’t care what Lin Chengyu was thinking. After he ran away with Lin Heyuan, he heard the school bells rang as he entered the school gate. Jiang Xiao was out of breath, but he didn’t forget to drink the last sip of his sweet milk.

Although Lin Heyuan was a little curious about Lin Chengyu, Jiang Xiao didn’t take the initiative to mention it, so he wouldn’t ask too many queations based on his personality. He just said, “In the future, if there are people who you want to avoid, come to me, don’t fight with people casually.”

“I haven’t fought for a long time now, don’t try to spoil me,” Jiang Xiao replied. He just finished drinking the boxed sweet milk and his body also smelled of it. Anyway, the illusion of being obedient could be well maintained. “Don’t worry, I will definitely come to see you in Class 1 next semester.”

Hearing this promise, Lin Heyuan put the Lin Chengyu matters behind him, then smiled and said, “Okay.”

As for Lin Chengyu, Jiang Xiao thought he had explained it well, but Lin Heyuan didn’t exactly know the reason, so it’s better to not go through this muddy water. He already said everything that needs to be said. If he could hide, he would hide, if he couldn’t hide, he would ran away.

Liujiang was so far away from Houlin. It’s very troublesome to went back and forth. Lin Chengyu would give up after some time. Even if he didn’t give up, the Lin family would not let him stay this way.

1Putting the cart before the horse: Do things in wrong order. Even now, I think you’re still doing it, Chengyu 

2Yingying Yanyans: Basically the NPC cannon fodders, it feels fine to disregard their names because they’re so insignificant. That’s why, don’t be too mighty, Chengyu. These Yingying Yanyans will haunt you to death HAHAHAH