EAY Chapter 4

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4

Perhaps as retribution for lying, Qi Ye couldn’t come to this breakfast shop the next day.

Because it was his turn to be on duty, he needed to arrive at school early, then wear the red armband, hold the attendance sheet in his hand, and together with another classmate, catch students who were late or not wearing red scarves at the school gate.

The classmate next to him was yawning incessantly from sleepiness. Qi Ye wasn’t sleepy at first, but he was getting a little tired from his yawns.

It didn’t matter if he was a little distracted before the class bell rang, but once the bell rang, he had to start paying attention.

This was also the most interesting part, one by one, students who were out of breath, running to the school gate at the last minute. Usually, if it wasn’t more than five minutes, Qi Ye would let them in. If it was more than that, he would start writing down names.

However, this lucky five minutes wasn’t always available. If there was a teacher on duty watching nearby, even one minute would result in standing at the gate as punishment and having their name recorded.

There were no teachers on duty the day Qi Ye was, so many students were blessed with the lucky five minutes.

“You’re too easygoing,” the classmate on duty with him said. “Normally, people would take the opportunity to ask for something in return, but you don’t want anything.”

Qi Ye: “I don’t.”

The classmate said, “If you don’t want it, I do. I like receiving small favors the most.”

Qi Ye wasn’t really able to listen to him at the moment, because he had been standing guard from the self-study session until now, never leaving for a moment, and hadn’t seen Shi Ran’s shadow.

Shi Ran was usually a last-minute player. Qi Ye had prepared to give him a free pass early on, but Shi Ran was late.

Did he miss him? Impossible.

Or, did Shi Ran take a leave of absence?

The classmate next to him looked at his watch, “Why hasn’t the teacher on duty come yet? We have to start the morning self-study. Is there still anyone who hasn’t arrived at this point?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Ye said, “Yes.”

Shi Ran ran over as fast as he could, his hands on his knees, panting slightly, “Sorry, sorry, classmate, please be lenient and don’t write down my name.”

The other classmate on duty snorted coldly, “Impressive, Shi Ran, you’re almost twenty minutes late. Why don’t you just skip class altogether?”

Shi Ran straightened up and glared at him, “It’s you, Zhang Yu, how unlucky.”

Qi Ye said, “It’s okay, the teacher isn’t here, hurry in.”

The classmate named Zhang Yu immediately said, “What, you can turn a blind eye to this? No way, this is too long, can’t pass.” He dodged the attendance sheet in Qi Ye’s hand, pretending to ask, “What’s your name? Which class are you in?”

Shi Ran rolled his eyes at him, “Just write it down, so much nonsense.”

“Hey, did I let you go?” Zhang Yu shouted at him.

Shi Ran continued walking inside, ignoring him.

Qi Ye looked at him, “He’s in my class, let him off this time.”

Zhang Yu: “Tch, even if he was in my class, I wouldn’t let him go! This kid is too arrogant.”

Qi Ye: “What’s your problem with him?”

Zhang Yu puffed out his chest, “Nothing, I just don’t like him.”

Qi Ye: “You’re so boring.”

Shi Ran was ultimately written up, not only being punished with standing, but also having to run fifty laps around the school playground. Qi Ye felt like he was useless, unable to protect him at all.

When Shi Ran collapsed on the lawn after running the laps, Qi Ye cautiously walked over, holding a bottle of mineral water bought from the tuckshop, “I’m sorry.”

“What?” Shi Ran sat up, “What did you do?”

Qi Ye: “This morning, I caused you to get your name written down.”

Shi Ran looked speechless, “What does it have to do with you?” He shook the sweat off his hair, “You’re really weird, you take the blame even when it’s not your fault, are you a saint?”

“No,” Qi Ye said, “I don’t do this to other people, just to you, I feel very sorry.”

Shi Ran frowned childishly, “Why?”

Qi Ye then realized he had let something slip again, damn it! He slowly tried to find a reason, “Because, because you helped me.”

“Still that incident, you have a good memory.” Shi Ran looked at the water, his hand reaching out actively, “Is this for me?”

“Oh? Yes!” Qi Ye quickly offered it with both hands.

“Thanks.” Shi Ran took a big gulp, smacked his lips, and suddenly asked, “Last time, the drink you gave me, where did you buy it?”

“Huh?” Qi Ye thought for a moment, “Grapefruit Soda?”

Shi Ran nodded, “Yeah, I’ve looked in several supermarkets, but they don’t sell it.”

Qi Ye became happy, “You like to drink it? I’ll buy you some more.”

Shi Ran said a little awkwardly, “It’s okay, it’s just, the taste is a bit different from what I usually drink.”

“You don’t need to buy me any, just tell me where they sell it.”

Qi Ye said, “My sister bought it online, I don’t know where they sell it offline.”

Shi Ran: “I see, then I’ll just buy it online.”

Qi Ye suddenly felt disappointed. Why is online shopping so convenient now? The things he sent weren’t special at all, and Shi Ran didn’t need him at all.

Shi Ran patted his butt and stood up, while Qi Ye was still squatting in place, sighing. Suddenly, Shi Ran remembered something and turned around, “Oh, I threw away that bottle, do you have any at home? Is it convenient to take a picture for me?”

“Convenient!” Qi Ye’s eyes lit up again, thinking for a moment, he said, “We’ve finished drinking it at home too, I’ll ask my sister for the link and send it to you.”

Shi Ran: “Okay, thank you. But, we haven’t added each other on WeChat yet, right.”

Qi Ye’s heart was pounding, “No, no, we haven’t.”

Shi Ran: “Then I’ll add you in the class group when I get back tonight, remember to accept it.”

Qi Ye: “······Okay.”

That night, Qi Ye ran home like crazy, the first thing he did was ask Qi Xue for the link to the soda. Qi Xue gave it to him with a puzzled look, and he even yelled at her for being too slow, of course, he immediately apologized after yelling.

After getting it, he kept his phone with him at all times, checking it every now and then even while eating.

Their family didn’t allow phones to be brought to the table during meals, unless it was an emergency.

When Qi Ye said seriously that this was a very, very important matter, his parents couldn’t do anything about it.

Mom: “What’s with this strange child?”

Dad: “He’s probably reached the age of thinking about things during puberty.”

Qi Xue: “He’s always been this strange, what’s so strange about it?”

Qi Ye brought his phone into the bathroom for the first time while showering, occasionally opening the shower curtain to check it, pausing while brushing his teeth to take a look, pausing while putting on his pajama bottoms to check it.

Finally, just as he was about to fall asleep while staring at the phone screen, the screen lit up.

——I am Shi Ran.

With just these four short words, Qi Ye’s heart was about to jump out. Shi Ran! It really was Shi Ran contacting him!

When setting the note, although many cheesy nicknames flashed through Qi Ye’s mind, after sobering up, Qi Ye still wrote Shi Ran’s name honestly.

They could start chatting.

Shi Ran sent a good evening emoji first. Qi Ye didn’t expect Shi Ran to use such an old-fashioned emoji. Just as he was about to reply, it was withdrawn. Shi Ran resent two smiling emojis.

Shi Ran: Damn, that’s for chatting with my grandpa, pretend you didn’t see it.

Qi Ye: Okay.

Shi Ran: I should have added you as soon as I got back, but I had too many math problems to copy, I had to write a whole test paper five times.

Qi Ye sighed in his heart: How pitiful.

Then, not daring to delay, he sent the link. Shi Ran replied with a thank you.

It ended there. Qi Ye fell on the bed contentedly, then the phone screen lit up again.

Shi Ran: Are you ready to sleep?

Qi Ye: Yes.

Shi Ran: You sleep so early, okay then, see you tomorrow.

Qi Ye carefully typed: Good night.

Sleeping early is a good habit, Shi Ran should be praising me, right. Qi Ye thought happily.

And then that night, Qi Ye fell asleep holding his phone.