Hearing this familiar name and recognizable voice from the podium, the pen in Lin Che’s hand paused for a moment.
He raised his head to look toward the podium, and the person up on stage was indeed that new neighbor he had seen yesterday, still wearing that black hat on his head.
The moment he saw the person before him, Lin Che recalled the incident in the bathhouse yesterday once again.
He only felt that he was so useless, getting an erection right in front of someone else, making it seem as though he were secretly in love with him.
By the time Lin Che reacted, he had already missed Gu Yuan’s self-introduction, seeing only Liu Jingming point toward the empty seat in front of him.
“The new student can go sit in that empty seat first.”
Just as Gu Yuan walked up to the seat, he saw the social butterfly Sun Kai lying on the desk waving his hand, greeting him enthusiastically, “Hello, my name is Sun Kai.”
The enthusiastic native also gave Gu Yuan, who had just arrived in the new class, a bit of a shock. He pursed his lips and smiled with some embarrassment, subsequently responding politely, “Hello.” Then he pulled out the chair and sat down.
“Sun Kai!”
Liu Jingming saw Sun Kai bounce up again with a pop, asking in a manner between laughter and tears, “What are you getting so nervous about?”
“I am respecting teachers and elders.”
Sun Kai’s solemn answer also made the classmates in the class burst into laughter.
Liu Jingming on the podium was choked by Sun Kai’s answer to the point of not knowing what to say for a moment.
Thus, Liu Jingming waved his hand and said to Sun Kai, “Fine, fine, fine, you sit down first. As the class monitor, you need to take more care of the new student.”
“Guaranteed to complete the mission!” Sun Kai raised his hand and gave a salute, then sat in his seat.
Gu Yuan could only think that this class was truly not simple.
Lin Che looked at the person sitting in front of him, who placed his hands on the desk and sat in a very reserved manner.
He continued to glance upward. It appeared that Gu Yuan had gotten a haircut yesterday, as the place where his head met his neck was shaved extremely short, the exposed skin being the same color as his neck, both of that snow-like white.
Lin Che only thought: Throwing this person into a snowpile would feel as though he merged into one.
After the interlude, Liu Jingming on the stage began his fixed lines again, “Tenth grade is the most important year of high school. Why is that? The situation of our school is that every year, all courses are completed in the first semester of tenth grade…”
Not many knowledge points were reviewed in this class, while other miscellaneous chatter was by no means lacking.
After Liu Jingming finished his nagging, it was also time for class to end.
Just as Liu Jingming’s front foot stepped out of the classroom, Sun Kai reached out his hand and poked Gu Yuan’s back, saying to Gu Yuan as he turned around, “Student Gu Yuan, if you have any difficulties just call me, as there is nothing in this school I cannot handle.”
Gu Yuan nodded his head and answered, “Alright.”
Sun Kai pointed at Lin Che beside him and continued to introduce, “This one is called Lin Che. Don’t look at how aloof he appears, he is very warm-hearted…”
Seeing that Lin Che beside him held no reaction, Sun Kai nudged him lightly with his elbow, “Brother Che, don’t be so cold.”
Lin Che glanced at Sun Kai, then raised his head and curved his mouth toward Gu Yuan, saying, “Gu Yuan, we know each other, right?”
“What? You know each other? If you knew each other, why didn’t you tell me just now!”
Sun Kai suddenly turned emotionally excited, opening his mouth wide as if wanting to devour Lin Che, “Our brotherhood of so many years now has a rift, so sure enough, there is no love anymore…”
“Pay no attention to him. He and I are merely ordinary friends, as he is just a drama queen.” Lin Che looked at Gu Yuan’s somewhat strange gaze and explained.
“What ordinary friends? I am your best friend in the entire class, no, the entire school!” Sun Kai added on the side.
Gu Yuan looked at Lin Che. Although he was talking to him, it did not delay him at all from freely swinging his gel pen across the paper.
He looked carefully at the problem on Lin Che’s test paper, his eyebrows furrowing slightly, asking the two people, “Have you two already finished learning this book?”
“I told you he is number one in the whole school, so he probably finished learning this book during the vacation.” Sun Kai patted Lin Che’s shoulder, “No need to mind him, as us mortals haven’t learned it yet.”
Lin Che looked at the somewhat surprised Gu Yuan before him, let out a light laugh, and said, “Little hero? What is it? Did you think I was just a little hooligan who only knows how to fight?”
Gu Yuan had thought that after taking a bath together yesterday Lin Che had already forgiven him, but hearing Lin Che’s words, there was still some resentment in his heart.
He pursed his lips and smiled with some embarrassment, saying, “Yesterday was an accident…”
“Rest assured, I don’t hold grudges.” Lin Che extended his hand and patted Gu Yuan’s arm.
The noisy class was hit with the mute button once again, and even Sun Kai, who looked the least well-behaved, glanced toward the doorway and hurriedly turned back to his desk.
Looking at Gu Yuan who still did not know what was happening, Sun Kai hurriedly blinked his eyes at Gu Yuan, shaking his head to signal him to turn back quickly.
When Gu Yuan turned back, a teacher was already standing on the podium.
Looking at the teacher, most of her hair had turned white, but it was combed very neatly. She held only a single textbook in her hand, which looked rather old. Although she appeared to be in her fifties, her eyes were extraordinarily spirited, surveying every single student right upon entering the class.
Right upon entering the room, Sun Wenjuan noticed Sun Kai who was reminding Gu Yuan, “Sun Kai, what are you making eyes and facial expressions over there for?”
“Teacher, my eyes were uncomfortable just now, but I am fine now.”
Sun Wenjuan raised her eyelids, staring at Sun Kai like a hawk, “It is good that you are fine, otherwise I would call a 120 ambulance to take you to get checked.”
Sun Kai shook his head like a rattle-drum, “No need to trouble you, teacher, I am already completely fine.”
Sun Wenjuan suddenly furrowed her brows, noticing that Gu Yuan, to the side and front of Sun Kai, was still wearing a hat, “Is that student new? Why are you still wearing a hat during class?”
Gu Yuan, who was called out all at once, had his heart beating exceptionally fast. He subconsciously pinched the brim of his hat with his hand, but after hesitating repeatedly, he still did not take off that hat.
“I say, what is wrong with students nowadays, still wearing a hat during class, not knowing how to respect teachers in the slightest.” Sun Wenjuan grew more and more excited as she spoke on the podium, “Look, I have been talking for so long and you are still sitting down, stand up!”
Gu Yuan stood up slowly, feeling the clothes on his body vibrating along with his heartbeat.
“What, do you need me to personally take it off for you?” As Sun Wenjuan spoke, she walked down from the podium and walked toward Gu Yuan.
Under Sun Wenjuan’s immense pressure and the gaze of over half the classmates, Gu Yuan’s hands began to tremble somewhat.
He muttered in his heart: Forget it, this lifetime will pass very quickly.
“No… No need, teacher.” After speaking, Gu Yuan took off the hat all at once.
The moment he took it off, he felt as if an air conditioner had been turned on right above his head.
Looking at the situation before her eyes, Sun Wenjuan was also somewhat taken by surprise.
Gu Yuan’s face was already three-quarters cooked from nervousness, and now it directly turned fully cooked, standing frozen on the spot.
The students in the class burst into outright laughter even more directly.
Seeing that the class was starting to riot, Sun Wenjuan slapped Gu Yuan’s desk with her hand.
Gu Yuan ducked back subconsciously, thinking that Sun Wenjuan was going to make a physical move.
Looking at the child before her whose face was flushed bright red, Sun Wenjuan also felt he was somewhat pitiful, waving her hand and saying, “You sit down.”
She then added, “Do not wear a hat during class anymore in the future.”
“Alright.” Gu Yuan’s voice was so small it felt as though only he could hear it.
Then Sun Wenjuan walked back to the podium and scolded the students in the class, “Quiet! Look at how spirited this new classmate’s haircut is. What are you laughing at? I should have the school cut this hairstyle for you all as well. I see some classmates only know how to mess with those few strands of hair and don’t know how to study.”
The students inside the class quieted down in an instant, because they knew Sun Wenjuan was truly capable of doing such a thing.
Just as Gu Yuan sat down, a small yet fairly clear voice came from behind, “Not bad.”
In Sun Wenjuan’s class, Gu Yuan did not dare to move randomly ever again, nor did he dare to look back to see who said it. However, based on guesses, behind him were only Lin Che and Sun Kai. Hearing that the voice was not Sun Kai, it could only be…
This chemistry class was truly like sitting on pins and needles for Gu Yuan, without a single shred of mind to listen to the lesson, his heart constantly comforting himself that it was fortunate he was sitting in the second to last row, otherwise when the sun shone down he was afraid it would dazzle other classmates.
This class passed very quickly, and just as Sun Wenjuan stepped out of the classroom, Gu Yuan put his hat back on immediately.
Sun Kai patted Gu Yuan’s shoulder, “Don’t feel too bad. The chemistry teacher is just like this. She was hired back by the school after retirement and has a huge temper. There is no one in our class who hasn’t been scolded by her.” He then asked out of curiosity, “However, why did you get your hair cut so short?”
In truth, cutting it like this was not Gu Yuan’s original intention either.
Before coming to No. 2 High School, Gu Yuan had heard about the strict school rules of No. 2 High School on the internet, though it was an un-updated version.
Yesterday after Gu Yuan finished bathing, Lin Che finished rinsing and vanished like a puff of smoke to who knows where, leaving only himself behind.
He originally wanted to get in touch with Lin Che to see if he could improve the relationship between neighbors.
However, in Gu Yuan’s view, it seemed to backfire a bit, as right after bathing this neighbor disappeared without a trace.
Walking near the residential community, he saw that not far away there happened to be a barber shop.
Gu Yuan grabbed a casual bite at the noodle shop near the entrance, and then came to the barber shop.
Just taking a look at the entrance of this shop, calling it dilapidated would be considered complimenting it, as the barber shop did not even have a single mirror.
Gu Yuan swallowed his saliva subconsciously, retreated several steps, and looked around to the left and right, only to find that not a single shop nearby was open.
He could only comfort himself, whatever, no matter how poorly it is cut, it is still a crew cut, so how bad can it get?
The barber shop boss was sitting on a stool smoking a cigarette. Seeing a customer arrive, he pressed the lit cigarette in his hand into the ashtray.
He stood up and enthusiastically led Gu Yuan into the shop, then asked, “Young man, are you cutting or perming and dyeing?”
“Cutting hair,” Gu Yuan answered cleanly.
He thought to himself: This tiny broken place of yours doesn’t even have a mirror, yet you can perm hair?
The boss directly grabbed a barber cape to wrap around Gu Yuan, “How do you want it cut?”
“The kind required by No. 2 High School.” Gu Yuan was still uneasy, adding, “A bit standard, so it doesn’t fail to pass inspection.”
“Rest assured, guaranteed to pass inspection.” The boss didn’t ask further either, merely responding casually.
Gu Yuan could never have imagined what the consequences of his extra sentence would be.
After finishing the haircut, the boss grabbed a hair dryer and blew it a few times, “Alright, ten yuan.”
Gu Yuan picked up his phone and transferred it via WeChat, “Paid over.”
Previously, Gu Yuan’s hair had been relatively long, having never had a crew cut before. Just after finishing his haircut and stepping out the door, when the evening wind blew, he felt as though an air conditioner had been turned on.
Until on the way back home, passing people turned their heads repeatedly, and individual people had already passed by yet their heads hadn’t turned back.
Those who didn’t know would think Gu Yuan was a big star, making his heart feel completely creeped out from being watched.
Gu Yuan turned on his phone to take a picture, shouting directly in his heart: Holy shit.
This standard smooth duck egg, a mosquito landing on top would have to slip.
Gu Yuan hurriedly covered his head, and then sprinted back home.
After listening to Gu Yuan’s explanation, the corners of Sun Kai’s mouth could hardly be contained, but he still comforted him solemnly, “It’s fine, this hairstyle is actually quite cool.” Sun Kai then continued to share knowledge, “No. 2 High School’s requirements over the years haven’t been that harsh anymore. As long as it isn’t too long, there is no big issue. However, this hair of yours definitely passes inspection.”
Listening to Sun Kai’s words, Gu Yuan pursed his lips and forced a bitter smile, thinking to himself: Then I truly am very lucky.
Sun Kai poked Lin Che beside him who was still writing the test paper, “Brother Che, wouldn’t you say so?”
Lin Che capped his pen, raised his head to look over, and happened to meet Gu Yuan’s line of sight. Lin Che couldn’t hold back a pfft of laughter, “How convenient, when washing your face you can wash your hair at the same time.”
Looking at Gu Yuan’s somewhat stiff expression again, Lin Che hurriedly tried to make up for it, “Just kidding, I think it’s actually fine.”
In truth, in Lin Che’s view, although Gu Yuan’s hair was indeed cut rather short, because Gu Yuan was indeed very fair, as the saying goes, whiteness covers a hundred flaws. Furthermore, his head shape was also quite good-looking, so this hairstyle, while not considered handsome, could not be considered awkward either.