August within the south was all the time a interval of damp and sticky warmth.

The clouds within the sky ripped aside a gash, and a torrential rain pounded down. The damp and gloomy rain gushed between heaven and earth, and the hall was stuffed with a uninteresting darkness.

The variety of ladies passing by elevated.

“Ooh, I’ve by no means seen that boy earlier than, is he a brand new switch?”

“Most likely, this morning I noticed Liu Deqing go to the varsity entrance to select him up.”

“I additionally noticed that. There was even a Maybach from capital A.”

“Fuck, what would a wealthy child come to our college for?”

“His grades had been most likely too poor for the opposite key excessive faculties. However who cares, so long as he’s good trying.”

The thing of their whispered dialogue was simply standing within the hall in entrance of the tutorial administration workplace. The ray of sunshine from the grey and gloomy sky adopted alongside the eaves of the roof and landed completely on his face.

Good trying certainly.

Skinny and tall, stunning eyebrows and eyes, good seeking to the purpose the place if he was tossed right into a expertise competitors however was a ineffective waste, he’d nonetheless be capable to debut.

However who knew if it was due to the lengthy bangs masking his eyes, or his exceedingly pale complexion, his complete particular person appeared to specific a chilly and dispirited aura that strangers couldn’t get near, not too charming.

“Xiao1 Yan.”

Somebody referred to as him.

The boy leisurely appeared again.

The one who referred to as him was a younger and swish girl who simply exited the tutorial administration workplace. Her voice was heat and unhurried: “I already mentioned every little thing to Director Liu right here, in case you have any points come discover him, he’ll take care of you. It’s simply that there’s a visitors jam due to the rain. If auntie doesn’t depart quickly then I gained’t be capable to catch my flight, and I nonetheless need to take Lele to enroll tomorrow morning……”

“No worries, I can go to the dorms myself.”

Music Yan dully interrupted her guilt ridden apology.

Really, Tan Qing was his stepmother. She left her organic son Music Lele alone at house to journey a thousand miles to Nan Wu metropolis to assist him, the stepson, handle his switch. This was already thought-about an act of utmost benevolence.

In any case, it was already higher than his precise father who from starting to finish solely referred to as to yell at him after which by no means appeared once more.

“It’s additionally not that your father doesn’t care about you, simply……”

Tan Qing most likely additionally thought this sort of consolation was hypocritical, and stopped talking midway. As a substitute she fished out a black card and handed it to Music Yan, “Your father’s secondary card. He mentioned that now you’re dwelling alone exterior however you shouldn’t fallacious your self over materials issues.”

She made this up on the spot.

When Music Yan was at house earlier than, he had two aunties to clean his garments and prepare dinner for him, he was additionally normally pushed to and from faculty. Though he didn’t squander cash, he nonetheless lived a lifetime of luxurious.

Now he was despatched away to a no-name public boarding faculty to reside and Tan Qing felt that the eldest younger grasp couldn’t bear this hardship. She mentioned just a few final phrases, “Xiao Yan, in the event you simply apologize to your father and acknowledge that you simply had been fallacious, this matter can be thought-about over. There’s no want to come back to this sort of place to undergo.”

Music Yan casually stuffed the cardboard into his pocket, and remained silent.

Ultimately, it wasn’t good for Tan Qing to say an excessive amount of. She sighed, and after symbolically urging him just a few occasions, hurriedly entered the automobile beneath the driving force’s prompting.

The costly tail lights from the Maybach rapidly disappeared beneath the downpour in Nan Wu metropolis.

Music Yan lowered his head and in GaoDe2 maps inputted “Nan Wu No.3 Center Excessive West District Dorm Constructing 1.”

Often, one wouldn’t want instructions to get to the dorms from the doorway of the varsity, however Nan Wu’s No.3 Center Excessive was an exception.

The varsity grew well-known for being poor and dilapidated for the reason that starting of historical past, however was in a position to face up to the modifications of the seasons and stay standing after a full sixty years. Moreover, due to the rising inhabitants, there was no alternative however to increase the constructing.

However as a result of the varsity was positioned within the outdated metropolis space, the encircling space was stuffed with residential buildings, and the Workplace of Training didn’t have the cash to demolish the buildings. So after extending the varsity constructing, they may solely demolish an unregulated constructing that was just a few hundred meters away from the varsity campus, and barely had sufficient to construct the dormitories.

Thankfully it wasn’t that far.

Music Yan glanced on the map exhibiting [Distance of 800 meters, estimated time is ten minutes] after which put away his cellphone.

With one hand supporting an umbrella, the opposite pulling a suitcase, whereas listening to the verbal instructions by earphones, he slowly walked out of the varsity entrance.

Each side of the outdated avenue in entrance of the varsity entrance had been jam-packed with outdated fashion residential buildings.

The balconies had been stuffed with lengthy poles, stuffed with garments that had been forgotten to be put away. The meals stalls downstairs lined up the tables and chairs in a row, and males with their naked arms sat in a circle across the curb enjoying playing cards, with out attending to the little snot-nosed kids operating round in all instructions.

To say it properly, it was stuffed with a dense fog of smoke.

To say it frankly, your complete space lacked city administration.

Music Minghai’s determination to switch his organic son from Beijing’s most costly non-public worldwide faculty to a public faculty with a mean setting, and whose enrollment fee was lower than 50%, made his intent of exile very clear.

Music Yan himself thought it was not unhealthy.

Anyhow, going to high school was the identical in every single place. The separation of father and son may even be capable to enhance the life expectancy of the Chinese language individuals with this particular person contribution.

However this might not make him view the town surrounding him in a pleasant lens.

After numerous occasions of him turning left, turning proper, going uphill, going downhill, adopted by one other left flip whereas dangerously evading a rushing bicycle that splashed in every single place with water, the gorgeous little face was already chilly sufficient to freeze water.

At the moment, an incoming name interrupted the voice navigation, and Music Yan raised his hand and impatiently tapped on his Airpods twice.

Instantly, Shen Jiayan’s screech, akin to a pig being slaughtered, might be heard by the earbuds: “Lao3 Music!!! You actually fucking transferred?”

Music Yan thought-about straight hanging up, the man on the opposite finish of the road already started to wail: “My Yan er4, what am I alleged to do now that you simply’re gone? Who am I alleged to cheat off of on assessments? If I don’t go my assessments my mother will kill me, wu wu wu……”

His cries had been heartrending.

Music Yan was heartless: “Then I’ve to congratulate auntie upfront for having one much less unfilial son.”

Shen Jiayan blew his nostril: “You’re an asshole.”

Music Yan was very well mannered: “Thanks.”

After the transient quarrel, the opposite returned to a severe tone: “However can you actually reside going to such a far place.”

Music Yan replied succinctly: “My intelligence is common.”

“No, I didn’t imply it that means.” Shen Jiayan hurried to clarify, “I meant that final semester you didn’t go to lessons for the final two months, what in the event you can’t sustain with the tempo? What in the event you really feel troubled and your sickness relapses? Additionally together with your mood as an enormous younger grasp, you don’t know learn how to wash your garments, you’re extraordinarily choosy with meals and clothes, your mood is each unhealthy and laborious, as in the event you want spanking. If I’m not there to take accountability for you, what are you going to do in the event you get beat up by somebody on the market?”

Music Yan: “……”

Shen Jiayan: “……”

After a brief interval of silence, Shen Jiayan realized he might have mentioned his true emotions out loud: “Sorry, I couldn’t cease myself.”

Music Yan was too lazy to care about him: “It’s fantastic, if there’s nothing else, I’m going to hold up. I’m exterior now and it’s not handy.”

“What are you strolling round for?”

“Strolling to the dorms.”

“Oh, then you definately watch out. I used to be taking a look at No.3 Center Excessive’s Tieba5 and it mentioned the dorm buildings are ridiculously laborious to seek out. Additionally Nan Wu is that sort of place, you’ll be able to’t set up their troublesome visitors structure on 2D maps. It’s tremendous straightforward to get misplaced.”

Music Yan felt that in the event you received misplaced on an 800 meter, 10 minute path, with even an accompanying voice navigation for instructions, then you definately had been no totally different from an fool. He turned a nook and mentioned: “Don’t fear, I’m not……”

The “you” that was to observe “I’m not” didn’t even come out when he sadly discovered that the next street didn’t appear like a street, however appeared like a useless finish the place trash was saved.

Music Yan had a foul premonition.

He stopped strolling, took out his cellphone, and lit up his cellphone display screen. Certain sufficient, the massive and clear phrases had been displayed on the display screen — [Distance of 1.4 kilometers, estimated time is 15 minutes]

Query: If the estimated time for a path is ten minutes, and Xiao Music already walked for ten minutes, then how a lot time is left?

Reply: quarter-hour.

The precise Xiao Music: “……”

Fucking unreasonable.

Shen Jiayan on the opposite finish of the road was nonetheless chattering away: “Not what? Why’d you cease midway? Howdy? Howdy. Howdy! You there? Did you die? Did someth……”

“Nothing. I’m right here. Hanging up now. Du —”

“……What…… fuck! Music Yan, you fucking hung up on me once more! For those who act like this exterior you’re gonna get beat up!”

Music Yan didn’t hear the latter half of Shen Jiayan’s shouting.

After hanging up, he confirmed that he actually did stroll in line with the instructions however the extra he walked the farther he was from his vacation spot. He stopped the voice navigation and ready to stroll to the doorway of the alley to name a cab.

He simply took two steps when his path was blocked.

A youth holding a black umbrella had his again to the doorway of the alleyway.

He was tall in top, one look and it might be seen that he was taller than 1.85 meters. The blue and white coloured pants of the varsity uniform had been quick on his physique, exposing a bit of a skinny, pale ankle, which made his leg appear extraordinarily lengthy.

There have been 4 or 5 gangsters with colorfully dyed hair standing in entrance of the lengthy legged brother. The visible impact was virtually like that of a row of feather duster kind beasts, or like a cult with a sacrificial lamb. Every of their faces had been abominable, as if they’d suffered bitterly and nursed a deep hatred.

Music Yan was not considering this sort of dangerous battle between youngsters.

However sadly they had been blocking the one exit and Music Yan additionally loathed speaking with idiots.

Therefore whereas deciding between the choices of “talking nonsense with the feather duster legendary beast” or “ready till one facet of the battle dies,” Music Yan didn’t hesitate to select the latter.

Whereas holding up his umbrella, he stood in the identical spot, making ready to observe a present.

Rooster Feather 1 was the primary to interact: “Yo, what a coincidence to have the ability to meet Mr. Xia.”

Rooster Feather 2 promptly adopted up: “Now that you simply point out it, isn’t it time in your grandma to return the cash she owes our boss?”

Rooster Feather 3 rotated his wrist twice: “Or else that physique of hers might not be capable to bear our torment.”

Rooster Feather 4 then pulled up an incomparably fierce horse stance6: “Ha!”

Music Yan: “……”

These days gangsters don’t want background checks on their employment {qualifications}?

No marvel the boy together with his again dealing with him didn’t trouble with the same old circulate of issues. He simply carelessly tossed out a sentence: “Okay, don’t dawdle. Let’s battle?”

His backpack was casually held on his proper shoulder, and he offhandedly pulled up his sleeves to his elbows. Though he didn’t slouch, he emanated a roguish and indolent vibe of “Laozi7 appears down on you.” 

Even his voice carrying that little little bit of real exhaustion from not having woken up but made his complete particular person seem as if he wanted beatdown.

The feather dusters merely couldn’t tolerate it anymore: “Wanna battle, then let’s battle! Who’s petrified of who!”

They tossed away their umbrellas, and commenced to swarm ahead.

Lengthy-legged brother instantly raised his hand: “Wait.”

Feather dusters: “?”

Lengthy-legged brother: “Let me carry out a weapon.”

As he spoke, he fished out an enormous, lengthy wood stick roughly forty centimeters in size. He randomly knocked it towards the wall: “Okay, come on.”

Appears fairly threatening.

The pink headed feather duster chief stopped directly, restraining his worry: “What is that this?”

“My grandma’s rolling pin.”

“……” Fuck off.

Music Yan felt that this lengthy legged brother appeared to be born with a nature that required beating.

However it may possibly’t be helped, this long-legged brother’s 4 slender limbs had been fairly nimble, his lazy method additionally appeared relaxed and funky. His preventing wasn’t flashy or gaudy, and his actions had been exceptionally clear and neat.

Together with his left hand holding an umbrella, the stick in his proper hand precisely hit others’ important factors. Every kick of his lengthy legs was all the time adopted by a feather duster’s grunt and subsequent fall.

There was no suspense within the battle in any respect.

To rapidly finish this steam-rolling battle, the already fallen red-haired rooster received up behind the long-legged brother to launch a lethal sneak assault.

Music Yan emotionlessly reminded: “Behind.”

Lengthy-legged brother circled with a kick, and the pink haired rooster obtained an precise lethal assault on the spot, and fell to the bottom whereas painfully masking a spot that shouldn’t be named.

The rooster slaughterer stood away from the downpour and confronted Music Yan, he raised his eyebrow and chuckled: “Thanks, brother.”

A unusually infectious snicker.

He instantly made the remaining 4 feather dusters snicker out of anger: “Fuck, this fucking brat really introduced an assistant! Brothers let’s proceed! We will’t let any of them go!!!”

Music Yan: “……”

Why fucking contain him.

However the skinny and pale stunning youth strolling into the rain alone actually appeared too straightforward to bully.

The gangsters dashed ahead as if in a frenzy.

Music Yan held an umbrella in his proper hand and stood in his unique spot, ready till the chief brandished a stick and ran in direction of him. His left hand instantly clamped down on the opposite’s wrist, twisted it in the wrong way and forcefully kicked his knee in. The opposite instantly fell to the bottom.

His nasal bone straight struck the stone pavement, and contemporary blood gushed out in a flash. His face was compelled to kiss the bottom however he couldn’t stand the soiled rainwater. He didn’t even have time to stand up when a foot ruthlessly grinded down on his again.

Music Yan kicked the particular person beneath his foot, tapped their decrease jaw, and with an apathetic expression: “Proceed?”

The remainder of the feather dusters stood on the spot: “……”

Didn’t actually need to proceed.

They had been simply peculiar vagrants, and had been solely simply moonlighting as gangsters. It wasn’t as if this was their precise job. As soon as they noticed they couldn’t win, why the fuck would they proceed.

But when they mentioned this out loud, it will be too embarrassing. In any case, they occupied an acknowledged area of interest within the rooster coop.

Thankfully, the long-legged brother knew them properly, and carried his persist with him to squat subsequent to the red-haired rooster. He unhurriedly mentioned: “It’s fantastic if we don’t proceed. However my grandma already returned the cash she owes you way back. You guys hold coming again to harass her, isn’t it inappropriate.”

“What have you learnt! The cash that the outdated girl borrowed needs to be managed beneath established guidelines, if she borrows 90% then she has to return 130% of that amount8, each greenback of that curiosity should be returned!” The red-haired rooster held again the ache from that unnamed place and howled out his occupational guidelines.

The long-legged brother’s mood was fairly good, and nodded: “What you mentioned is sensible.”

After he completed talking, he stood up and lifted his leg and his elbow, and it appeared as if he was planning to step on the red-haired rooster’s face.

The red-haired rooster that was simply performing righteously was instantly frightened, and shut his eyes whereas hugging his head, blurting out: “Okay, okay, okay! I’ll hearken to you!”

Lengthy-legged brother: “Say it out loud.”

Crimson-haired rooster: “I’ll go it on to the boss, and say that outdated grandma Liu already paid it again in full and gained’t want prompting anymore. Is that okay?”

Lengthy-legged brother satisfactorily lowered his leg: “For those who had been like this earlier wouldn’t or not it’s fantastic. I used to be considering in the event you saved disagreeing I’d need to trouble the police uncles.”

If it was only a battle, they had been all keen to courageous the risks of fight, however when you talked about the police, just a few gangsters actually turned terrified: “No, no, no, Mr. Xie, there’s no want for that, actually. We’re going now.”

They didn’t even watch for the red-haired rooster to complete talking earlier than they supported him to make their escape.

However when supporting him, they by accident pressed on his accidents, and it damage a lot in order that the red-haired rooster inhaled a breath of chilly air: “Fuck! Xia Zhiye! You little bastard, why are you so ruthless when preventing!”

Xia Zhiye raised his forehead: “Sorry, it was an accident.”

You dare, an enormous man such as you nonetheless dares.

The red-haired rooster checked out that haughty face and couldn’t assist however curse: “Don’t be coy with me! I’m not ! You say you could have this sort of little white face, in the event you discover a wealthy girl and flirt along with her you possibly can be wealthy, and also you wouldn’t be afraid of returning this bit of cash……ugh…… Don’t cowl my mouth, let me end……wu……”

The feather dusters supported their elder brother who had already misplaced his want for survival and hurriedly disappeared beneath Nan Wu metropolis’s chilly and unfeeling rain.

Xia Zhiye stood on the identical spot staring within the route they’d left, remaining silent. The skinny and tall youth’s body within the midst of the downpour appeared a bit desolate and lonely.

Music Yan by no means lacked cash, however he additionally knew that boys at this age had a robust sense of shallowness. Being uncovered to such a level in entrance of his friends, and even being humiliated by others insinuating he depend upon a wealthy girl, many would really feel embarrassed and damage.

So he pretended as if he didn’t hear something, and turned to stroll away, when he heard an unhurried voice amidst the torrential downpour: “Appears cheap, huh……”

The tone was stuffed to the brim with a way of long run understanding of oneself together with a sudden flash of perception.

Music Yan: “?”

What appears cheap?

Earlier than he may react, he noticed the seemingly desolate and lonely boy who ought to have been totally traumatized slowly flip round, and have a look at him with an earnest expression: “Inform me, with this sort of face……”

“?”

“If I make the leap and open it up for enterprise, wouldn’t or not it’s value fairly a bit of cash?”

“……”

What sort of justification is that?

I hope that cash is sufficient to deal with your mind.

1. Xiao = 小 = little, usually added to a personality in an individual’s title as an affectionate time period of endearment in a nickname

2. GaoDe maps, China’s model of a map app.

3. Lao = 老 = outdated, much like xiao, added to a reputation as a detailed type of deal with between buddies

4. One other character added after a reputation as a time period of endearment

5. Tieba is a communication platform in China, and is basically like a discussion board for a particular neighborhood, on this case, the highschool

6. A martial arts stance, see right here

7. Laozi = 老子, and is an smug technique to say I/me

8. Principally, in the event you borrow 100 yuan, 10 yuan is misplaced to “service charges,” so that you technically solely borrow 90 yuan, and upon return, the collectors anticipate 130 yuan on account of curiosity.