ATPN Chapter 3
by VolareChapter 3 Senior Brother
Meeting Song Baiyan’s surprised gaze, Yu Zhanrong’s mind jolted, and he said awkwardly, “Hehe~ Talking big, talking big, purely talking big…”
Ugh, damn this mouth of mine!
Why did I have to blabber nonsense?
Whether it was nervousness or something else, the more Yu Zhanrong worried about leaving a bad impression on Song Baiyan, the easier it was for him to speak without thinking.
He inwardly despised his own pathetic performance but had to find a way to salvage some of his personal image.
He opened his mouth and said, “Um, Senior Brother…”
“Squeak–”
The car suddenly stopped, and Yu Zhanrong’s heart skipped a beat, but didn’t stop.
Did he just call out? Did he just speak?
Damn it, Yu Zhanrong, is your brain flooded? It’s fine to shout it in your heart, but you just blurted it out so clearly in front of him?
Isn’t this an admission?
Flipping over one after another, seriously?
Is there no professional ethics at all?
This mouth, why doesn’t it know how to shut up?
Yu Zhanrong covered his head and pressed against the car window, thinking about the feasibility of jumping out of the car. He had really dug his own grave in less than half an hour.
Song Baiyan was genuinely surprised by this “Senior Brother” address. He just picked up a kid on the road, and he actually knew him?
Although he wasn’t really appearance-obsessed, he couldn’t possibly be completely unimpressed by that face. Those eyes, those dimples, were just too attractive.
Song Baiyan turned his head, looking at the ostrich in the passenger seat covering his face with a hat, his eyes filled with curiosity: “You know me?”
The ostrich muffled a warning with his face covered: “You can’t just stop on the road, obeying traffic regulations is the duty of every citizen.”
“Red light.”
Yu Zhanrong was speechless, covering his face and not saying a word, even more afraid to look at him.
Song Baiyan didn’t plan to let him off the hook so easily, and couldn’t help but chuckle at his ostrich-like appearance: “Tell me, which school or faction are you from?”
He didn’t remember having such a good-looking junior brother.
Yu Zhanrong wished he could burrow under the car, secretly hating himself for being so useless. As soon as he saw him, he lost his bearings and had no self-control at all.
In this situation, his life was in the other’s hands, the space in the car was so small, he couldn’t hide, he couldn’t run away, and jumping out of the car wasn’t a good idea either, it would be even worse if he broke an arm or a leg.
Forget it.
Might as well face the music.
Yu Zhanrong hesitantly took off his hat, his eyes darting around as he met Song Baiyan’s probing gaze, and wanted to cover himself up again.
Help, Senior Brother’s eyes are as deep as a whirlpool, feeling like they can swallow people whole.
After struggling for a long time, he finally couldn’t bear to cover up. There were too few opportunities to see him in person. Yu Zhanrong pulled down his hat, his eyes inching over his smooth, sharp facial lines, his straight nose, his thin, tightly pursed lips…
I went, what time is it!
This is not the time to be indulging in beauty.
Yu Zhanrong shook his head hard, trying to shake off the unrealistic, chaotic thoughts in his head.
Song Baiyan frowned, looking disbelieving when he saw him shaking his head: “You don’t know me, yet you call me Senior Brother?”
Senior Brother was not a term strangers would use, it couldn’t be that he had mistaken someone.
“…” Yu Zhanrong was stunned, realizing he had misunderstood, and quickly said, “I know you.”
How could he not know him? This face had been hanging in their school’s propaganda column for a whole year, and he would stop to admire it every time he passed by.
Later, he even took a picture and took it home.
Not only did he take it, but he also hid it in his phone and secretly looked at it for two years.
But he didn’t dare to say that, it sounded like a pervert with a special hobby, and Song Baiyan might throw him out of the car if he knew.
Yu Zhanrong carefully sized up Song Baiyan’s expression, which seemed okay.
“Knowing is right,” Song Baiyan nodded slightly to indicate that he heard him, and raised his hand to signal him to continue.
Yu Zhanrong pondered for a while before saying, “I’m a student from Hua City Affiliated High School, you, you were an outstanding graduate of Affiliated High School, I saw you give a speech back at school, so, so…” I called you Senior Brother.
So he was from Affiliated High School and had heard his speech, no wonder he knew him, Song Baiyan nodded.
He didn’t expect it to be such a coincidence, he really picked up a junior brother, Song Baiyan was a little emotional for a moment, this world was too small.
At this time, the red light countdown happened to end, and Song Baiyan stepped on the accelerator and the car drove off.
After waiting for a long time without getting a response from Song Baiyan, Yu Zhanrong was a little apprehensive.
Was his impression score gone?
So stupid, he had only been making a fool of himself all the way, what to do now, could he still make up for it? Would Song Baiyan think he was a liar?
Really convinced.
Ahhh!!!
“What’s your name?”
“I didn’t call!” Yu Zhanrong was shocked and subconsciously covered his mouth.
Did he just shout out?
No way?!
Sure enough, there were only zero times and countless times of making a fool of himself, Yu Zhanrong’s little person in his heart hid in the corner, already crying his eyes out.
Yu Zhanrong lowered his eyes in frustration, his fair complexion and drooping head made him look pitiful and fragile, extremely deceptive, making people unable to help but feel pity.
Song Baiyan: “…”
He vaguely wondered if he had been too fierce just now, scaring this newly acquainted junior brother.
He subconsciously softened his tone, with a hint of a smile in his voice: “I’m asking what your name is, don’t be so nervous, Senior Brother doesn’t eat people.”
“Huh? Oh oh, my name is Yu Zhanrong.”
So he was just asking for his name, Yu Zhanrong felt that his IQ today was about 250, ridiculously stupid, he had gone through all the stupid things he hadn’t done in the past 19 years.
If Old Yu was here, he probably wouldn’t want to recognize him.
“You’re so young, high school studies are so stressful, and you’re having conflicts with your family? Running out in this hot weather, what if you get heatstroke?” Junior brother was strong-willed and thin-skinned, Song Baiyan softened his voice when talking to him.
The deep, gentle voice sounded in Yu Zhanrong’s ears, like it had a hook that made his ears burn a little.
Yu Zhanrong rubbed his left ear: “I’m not young, I’m already 19 years old, and I’ve already graduated from Affiliated High School, and I’m about to go to university.”
The same university as you.
Song Baiyan nodded lightly upon hearing this, so he was a high school graduate who had just graduated, running away from home at this time was probably because of the university application.
Song Baiyan still wanted to ask him where he was going, when a call came in, so he answered it first.
“Ah Yan, where are you?”
Such an intimate address, Yu Zhanrong immediately sat up straight and perked up his ears.
Song Baiyan glanced at the car navigation and replied, “About 15 minutes away.”
After speaking, he paused, his eyes falling on the child sitting obediently in the passenger seat, thought for a moment and changed his words, “About 45 minutes.”
“…Not 15 minutes? Do you have something else?”
Song Baiyan was silent for a moment: “I picked up a runaway kid on the road, I’ll be there later.”
The other side seemed a little surprised, paused, and suddenly raised the volume: “Ah? Who is it? Damn it, you–”
Without listening, he knew it wouldn’t be good, Song Baiyan interrupted him: “I’ll tell you when I get there.” Then he hung up the phone mercilessly.
Runaway kid: “…”
Not a runaway.
Not a kid.
He had reached the age where he could fall in love!