Chapter 67 (2/2)
Before Wan Da could put the euide side by side to analyze, the class bell rang and everyone returned to their seats
He Zhao let out a breath
Xie Yu put the study guides at the side of his desk
”Going by yourcoes today for practice Finish the distributed the worksheets, then said, ”analyze the questions carefully If you run into issues, try to understand why”
Xie Yu took the paper the classmate in front passed him, then handed He Zhao one, too Then he put both ared him ”Old Xie”
Xie Yu asked, ”What?”
He Zhao wasn't sure what to say, so he held his pen tighter and said, ”That… book”
Xie Yu thought He Zhao was jealous He Zhao often got so jealous over sar jars for days¹ Even for a siaht about it and thought he understood He Zhao's intentions ”I won't keep it”
He Zhao said, ”…Then where are you going to put it?”
Xie Yu wanted to give his boyfriend a sense of security and there was no point in keeping it, anyway Might as well take it to get a refund ”I'll toss it”
They went over threekept picking He Zhao to answer questions
Xie Yu slept through half the class period When he next opened his eyes he heard Old Tang say, ”He Zhao, stand up and answer this How did you answer this question—Why was the author crying?”
He Zhao stood up, but before he said anything Wan Da and the others had already started to laugh
Old Tang said, ”What are you all laughing about?”
Bravely, Liu Cunhao answered, ”We'll laugh before he even says anything, to show him respect”
He Zhao did not let Liu Cunhao and the others down He analyzed the author's tears froy, because real men didn't cry easily, or perhaps he had an eye infection… He Zhao thought of even the most subtle reasons
When He Zhao was done, the class was silent for several e, you really never let us down”
He Zhao: ”High praise, high praise”
Xie Yu rubbed his temples in despair
”Co was in even more despair than Xie Yu; he almost couldn't breathe He drank so, ”And bring your paper with you”
When Old Tang said ”Come by when you have some time,” everyone o
No one wanted to go to the faculty office and dragged it out as long as they could Perhaps when the earth was old and the sky was barren, Old Tang hiotten
After class, He Zhao and so's dry noodle snacksand Luo Wenqiang nearly ju the, there'll be none left”
He Zhao had broken off a piece and now reached out forsaid, ”You're all bandits!”
He Zhao said, breaking some more off, ”My deskmate, too”
Xie Yu had just finished a round on his phone game and happened to hear He Zhao He put his phone in his pocket, got up, and walked over
Luo Wenqiang thought finally soe, save me”
Xie Yu pushed up his sleeves and said to He Zhao, ”You broke it into toohad an expression of pure shock ”You two are bandit deskone to the faculty office, didn't go, but Wan Da went
At any sign ofat the door orksheet in hand and asking for hoet some news
By this time, when Old Wu and the others saw him with a worksheet in hand, they always joked, ”You're really here for help?”
After Luo Wenqiang's dry noodles had made its rounds, Wan Da returned from the office ”There will be an arts festival soon,” he said, reaching for the bag of dry noodles ”Every class has to come up with a theme Arts rep, prepare yourself We have to win this race”
Class 3's arts rep was a girl who had danced since a young age and she was quite excited at the news ”Really?”
Wan Da said, ”The school anniversary is teeks from now It's definitely true”
At the subject of the arts festival, the class got noisy again Only Luo Wenqiang held on to the dregs of his dry noodles in the bag and was quietly sad
For an event like this, , or hold a skit With so ood show They couldn't lose out on un selecting class representatives He Zhao turned and asked, ”Going, Old Xie?”
Xie Yu didn't even consider it ”Nope”
”Why not?” He Zhao remembered the black nail polish incident and the days when Xie Yu's reputation was carried on the winds of this story ”You have experience, don't you? That competition on your street…”
Xie Yu said, ”Don't mention it or I'll punch you”
Translation notes:
[1] flipping vinegar jars for days: extremely jealous