MNL Chapter 12

Chapter 12 Misunderstanding, I got the wrong person.

Chapter 12 Misunderstanding, I got the wrong person.

Xu Jing usually sleeps in on weekends unless there are special circumstances, but today he woke up two hours early.

The class group had inexplicably exploded, with messages exceeding ninety-nine plus. Xu Jing, who always mutes group messages, clicked in to take a look and found that everyone was complaining about the upcoming weekly and monthly exams next week.

[Cha Fei’ang]: I thought everyone was a naturally talented player, but I didn’t expect that in the end, we all became donkeys in the production team. [Smile.jpg]

[Mao Chengyu]: Anyone going in for a bare exam?

[Li Yan]: Don’t believe Old Mao, he says he’s taking a bare exam, but he’s probably reading a book right now. [Smile.jpg]

[Chen Xiaowen]: Hehe.

[Wen Yi]: Friends, have you ever thought that the homeroom teacher is also in this group…

The air seemed to freeze at this moment. The class group was silent for a moment, followed by a large number of retracted messages, leaving only the sentence Wen Yi sent. Xu Jing, who witnessed the whole process, smiled at the screen.

Two minutes later, someone with a coffee cup as their profile picture sent a message in the group.

[Her Cat]: Hello everyone, why did you stop talking?

People in the group remained silent.

Although Liang Yin has always been gentle and easy to get along with, even when Cha Fei’ang forgot to write his Chinese homework, she didn’t blame him but just asked him to make it up later, no matter what, her identity as a teacher was still there.

[Cha Fei’ang]: Hello, Teacher Liang.

[Mao Chengyu]: Hello, Teacher Liang.

……

Xu Jing glanced at the time and found that it was already past ten o’clock. He was about to exit QQ when the eye-catching note made him click in again. There were only a few sentences of dialogue on it, and the ending was still the “oh” he sent last night.

Xu Jing felt inexplicably upset.

However, this emotion didn’t last long. Shen Yan’s call came very suddenly and very timely.

“Just woke up?”

Xu Jing naturally hummed in agreement.

Shen Yan’s voice was hoarse, as if he had just finished exercising. He said, “I have other things to do this afternoon. Finish the second page of the yellow tutoring book, and I’ll check it tonight.”

Xu Jing frowned and was about to speak, but Shen Yan had already hung up the phone, and then sent two pictures of vocabulary lists.

Xu Jing: “…”

Did this person even ask if he was willing?

Did his words yesterday make Shen Yan mistakenly think that he wanted to study very much? Xu Jing was about to send a sentence saying he wouldn’t do it, but the other side seemed to have guessed it and sent another message.

[SY]: If you don’t do it, I’ll tell your mom.

[Male]: [Smile.jpg]

Ever since that afternoon, Xu Jing didn’t know where the tutoring book had been placed. It took him a lot of effort to find it. Except for some marks on the first page, the rest was as good as new and could be sold at the original price.

The hypnotic effect was really good.

Xu Jing felt sleepy after casually flipping through two pages.

Besides the answers, there were also horizontal lines and circles added by Shen Yan in pencil, as well as a few handwritten words on the side. Xu Jing didn’t understand what they meant, but he thought the handwriting was good.

It wasn’t as rigid as printed text, but gave people a sense of strength.

Whether in life or in study, Xu Jing was the kind of person who didn’t care much about winning or losing. He felt that as long as he was satisfied with anything, that was enough. In the eyes of teachers and classmates, Xu Jing had always been a legend, of course, a legend in the field of unbalanced subjects. Everyone told him that if his English was better, he would definitely be a talent who could easily get into major prestigious schools in the future. Xu Jing only chose to let it go in one ear and out the other.

He didn’t like English, and just didn’t want to learn it.

But in order not to make Qin Xin too upset, Xu Jing still endured his irritability and sat down at his desk, enlarging one of the vocabulary lists.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t remember, Xu Jing remembered things faster than many people, but the effect was very different. He had a photographic memory for science subjects, but he could forget everything about English in the time it took to drink a glass of water.

After reciting the vocabulary twice, Xu Jing began to do the homework on the second page. Although he couldn’t understand many of the questions on one page, Xu Jing felt that his guesses were quite logical.

Before he knew it, an afternoon had passed. When Xu Jing woke up from his desk, it was already dark outside. He vaguely remembered that he was writing the last question when he was too sleepy and too lazy to move, so he just wanted to lie down and sleep for a while.

The phone suddenly rang at this time. Xu Jing rubbed his eyes and found that it was a message from Shen Yan.

[SY]: Open the door.

The person who hadn’t fully woken up walked out of the bedroom, but turned back halfway to close the tutoring book.

As soon as the door opened, a cool, woody perfume scent wafted over. Shen Yan was lowering his head and massaging his eyes, looking a little tired.

“Is Auntie home?”

If Yan Zhe asked this, it would be very normal, but coming from Shen Yan’s mouth, it had a different feeling.

Like a secret tryst.

Xu Jing was startled by the thought in his mind and stammered, “No.”

Shen Yan nodded and asked after entering the door, “Did you finish what I said this afternoon?”

Xu Jing hummed in agreement.

The two entered the bedroom. Xu Jing opened the tutoring book and placed it in front of Shen Yan. He hadn’t noticed it outside just now, but now that he was close, Xu Jing found that the expression on the person in front of him was different from usual, and he also smelled another scent under the cover of the perfume – alcohol.

“Did you drink?”

“Yeah.” Shen Yan laughed and said, “You have a good nose.”

No wonder, he just felt that something was different. Shen Yan’s eyes usually looked as calm and unfathomable as a pool of stagnant water, but now they were a little blurred.

However, Xu Jing didn’t have time to think about anything else, because Shen Yan had been frowning ever since he looked at his homework.

“If you have something to say, just say it.”

“Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?”

“What do you think?”

Shen Yan put down his homework and unexpectedly praised, “Not bad.”

Xu Jing was thinking if this was the opposite of what he meant. Sure enough, the next sentence was, “You can already get four out of twenty questions right.”

Xu Jing: “…”

“But it doesn’t matter.” Shen Yan moved the book back in front of Xu Jing, “I’m here.”

The sudden closeness made Xu Jing’s brain blank for a moment. The warm breath mixed with a faint smell of alcohol. Xu Jing unnaturally touched his nose and felt his heart beat a little faster for some reason.

“Why are you so far away?”

Before he even explained two questions, Xu Jing had already moved his chair to the side three times.

Xu Jing couldn’t explain why he was doing this, so he said angrily, “It’s none of your business.”

“How can I explain the questions if you’re so far away?” Shen Yan suddenly reached out and pulled Xu Jing’s chair back, his voice with a hint of oppression, “Sit properly and don’t move.”

Xu Jing: “…”

Shen Yan’s hand had been on Xu Jing’s chair all the time. They maintained the existing distance and explained the questions for almost two hours. Later, Xu Jing even began to admire Shen Yan’s energy.

But in the end, when they finished explaining, Xu Jing admired himself even more, because he actually listened to two hours of English and didn’t fall asleep.

Xu Jing put the book away, and noticed out of the corner of his eye that the deep gaze next to him had been sizing him up.

Xu Jing looked back with some confusion.

“What?”

Shen Yan, who wasn’t explaining questions, finally looked a bit like he had been drinking. He leaned lazily against the back of the chair, his voice a little low and hoarse, “Do you like collecting model race cars?”

“Yeah.”

“Have you always liked them since you were a kid?”

“Pretty much.” Xu Jing’s voice paused, “Do you like them too?”

Shen Yan didn’t answer this question, but his gaze became a little fiery, and his tone was a little imperceptibly nervous, “Then do you still remember the model race car in the very middle of the cabinet?”

Xu Jing was stunned, and frowned, “What do you mean?”

“In the blue cabinet outside where you collect race cars, all the models on top are arranged in order according to their model number.”

“So?”

“Only the middle grid is empty, because you once gave the model inside to someone else.”

Shen Yan’s voice was almost certain.

Xu Jing listened in complete confusion, even more confused than when he finished writing English homework. It was as if someone had taken an inappropriate puzzle piece and forcibly stuffed it into the wrong place. He felt that his memory had been impacted for no reason.

“When did I give it to someone? The middle cabinet has always been empty.”

After the words fell, Shen Yan seemed to have been struck by lightning, and a few moments of astonishment flashed across his usually calm and composed face.

“What did you say?”

Xu Jing assumed that the person in front of him had been drinking and his brain was slow, so he didn’t argue with him and patiently explained again, “I said, I have never gotten that model race car, and I have never given it to anyone else, understand?”

If Shen Yan took another inch, he would definitely kick this person’s vital parts, Xu Jing thought coldly.

For a long time, the gloom in Shen Yan’s eyes slowly faded, but his face was still cold. He looked at Xu Jing’s arm, which had been pinched purple, moved his lips, but said nothing, and turned and left.

Xu Jing silently watched the somewhat staggering back disappear at the door. He felt that Shen Yan at this moment was like a beast without fangs, seemingly fierce, but in reality, vulnerable.

Back in his room, Shen Yan’s mind was in a mess. He couldn’t understand, since all the clues pointed to this person, how could he be wrong.

His stomach was cramping in waves, but Shen Yan didn’t seem to feel it. He sat on the sofa in a daze and dialed the number at the top of his contacts.

The phone was quickly connected, and a clear female voice came from the other side, “Shen Yan? Why are you calling me at this hour, did something happen?”

Shen Yan’s voice was extremely hoarse, he almost murmured, “I got the wrong person, it’s not him.”

Jiang Pei, who was walking on the street, was stunned, and said, “It’s not him? That’s impossible, I’ve confirmed all the information.”

In the silence, there was a very light sob on the other end of the phone. Jiang Pei suddenly remembered something.

Today is Zhong Yiqiu’s death anniversary.

She panicked immediately and said anxiously, “Stay there and don’t move, I’ll be right there!”