Chapter 6
“Old Chen, what are you looking at?” Seeing Chen Xu in a daze, Ke Xinghao pushed his shoulder.
Chen Xu frowned. He seemed to have seen Si Ye’s car just now.
“Nothing.” Chen Xu turned back, “What did you just say?”
“Old Chen, you can tell me honestly. Did you see a beautiful woman just now?” Ke Xinghao bumped Chen Xu’s shoulder, winking at him.
Chen Xu couldn’t stand him, “No.”
“Haozi, do you think Chen Xu is like you? You can’t walk when you see a beautiful woman.” Wang Chengyi rolled his eyes, causing everyone to laugh.
“Lao Wang, don’t you understand? I call it appreciation. Everyone has a love for beauty.” Ke Xinghao puffed up his chest proudly.
“Yes, Ke Xinghao, you would say that everyone has a love for beauty.” The girl with a ponytail smiled.
Ke Xinghao raised his hand to hook around Chen Xu’s shoulder, raised his chin and said, “I am close to a cinnabar¹, isn’t that right old Xu?”
Chen Xu glanced at him with a smile, and mercilessly shook of his hand.
“Yes, yes, it seems that Haozi has really got the talents as a master.” Wang Chengyi walked over to pat the back of Ke Xinghao’s head, and asked Chenxu: “Chen Xu, you shouldn’t be enlightening Haozi, right? ?”
Chen Xu curled his lips and smiled without saying a word.
“I just said we should go to the beach, what do you think?” Guan Qingqing saw that they talked more and more, and quickly brought the topic back.
“I’m okay, you don’t know, I just have a holiday, my mother can’t wait to see me, it’s really miserable.” Wang Chengyi shrugged and poured out his bitterness.
“Sure enough, the same world, the same mom, I was my mom’s little baby just two days after the exam, and now I feel like my mom gave me the phone bill, don’t stop charging the phone bill.”
A group of boys and girls, talked about the plan to go to the beach, and complained about their families.
“Let’s not go far anymore. It’s in the province next door. You can get there in two hours by train.”
“I agree! How many days shall we go?”
“Why do we have to go there for seven or eight days? I heard that you can have barbecues on the beach at night, and you can also watch the stars. It’s romantic.”
After everyone discussed, some people said that they could bring snacks, and some people said that uncles whom they knew over there could rent tents for them at a low price.
“Then I will buy a ticket!” Ke Xinghao raised his hand.
A group of people walked to the barbecue stall, some went to order food, some found a place to sit down.
“Shen Xu, what are you drinking?” Guan Qingqing asked.
“Soy milk, thank you.” As soon as Chen Xu finished his words, Ke Xinghao slapped him on the thigh, “Old Chen, you actually drink soy milk! That’s not right, let’s get a box of beer!”
Chen Xu indifferently pulled his hand from his leg, turned his head to look at Guan Qingqing, “Soy milk, thank you.”
Guan Qingqing couldn’t help but laugh, “Okay.”
“Old Chen, you are so embarrassing that you actually drank soy milk in front of the girls.” Ke Xinghao curled his lips.
Chen Xu stared at him, making Ke Xinghao felt a chill behind his back, and shut his mouth obediently.
“Hahahaha, Haozi, you miss Chen Xu’s fist, right? If you don’t fight Fang Jiewa for three days, you dare to say that Chen Xu is a lady chick.” Wang Chengyi picked up a fried bean and smashed it on Ke Xinghao’s head.
“Lao Wang, do you know how to speak, which pot can’t be opened and which pot should be lifted?” Ke Xinghao glared at Wang Chengyi, grabbed a handful of beans and threw it into his mouth.
“What? Did Chen Xu still beat Ke Xinghao?” the girl with the ponytail asked excitedly.
The boys felt a little embarrassed when they thought of this, but Wang Chengyi covered his mouth, suppressing his laughter and trembling all over.
Ke Xinghao regretted that he hadn’t been, and sighed and said, “Blame me for nor knowing Mount Tai. I couldn’t even see how powerful my old Chen is at a glance.”
Originally, Chen Xu had forgotten these things, but now that Ke Xinghao mentioned this, he remembered that Ke Xinghao took the lead in making trouble for him when the first year of high school just started.
A few girls came up with bright eyes, and the gossip of the school grass was the best to hear.
“Say quickly, speak quickly.” The girls urged.
Ke Xinghao was embarrassed to continue speaking in front of so many girls, but it was Wang Chengyi who sold him cleanly.
“When the first year of high school started, didn’t Chen Xu caught your girls’ attention when she first entered school.”
“That’s right, the school grass’s face is there, we have smart eyes.” The girls smiled while covering their mouths.
Wang Chengyi glanced at Ke Xinghao and said, “So the second-year juniors, represented by Ke Xinghao, are dissatisfied. I remember Haozi saying that Chen Xu was a little white face.”
Ke Xinghao quickly admitted to Chen Xu, “Brother, brother, I was blind at the time, don’t be like me.”
Chen Xu took the soy milk that Guan Qingqing handed him, “Thank you.”
Seeing that Chen Xu was not angry, Ke Xinghao couldn’t help patting his chest.
Seeing his reaction, the girls were even more curious about how Chen Xu made Ke Xinghao, who had been uncomfortable with him, become the doggie now.
Before they were divided into classes, they were not in the same class as Chen Xu, so naturally they didn’t know those things in the past. Now, listening to Wang Chengyi’s talk, they are very curious.
Wang Chengyi glanced at Ke Xinghao and said, “Haozi couldn’t understand Chen Xu at that time. He felt that he was very pretending to do everything. Then he took someone to stop Chen Xu after school.”
“Ke Xinghao, you actually took someone to block the school grass!” The girls quit, the school grass they held in their hands was actually blocked by the fool, Ke Xinghao!
“Auntie, please forgive me. I was a second-year young man at that time, and I had already changed my previous mistakes.” Ke Xinghao folded his hands and begged for mercy.
“What then? The school grass is not injured, right?” Chao Wang Chengyi asked the girls who were concerned.
Wang Chengyi sneered and said, “Then these fools were beaten by Chen Xu.”
“Don’t tell me, my face turned red to me. Lao Chen and I don’t know each other.” Ke Xinghao grabbed Chen Xu’s shoulder, “Lao Chen, are you right?”
Chen Xu coldly slapped his hand, “It is clear that I unilaterally beat you.”
“Hahahahaha…” Chen Xu’s relentless complaint caused everyone to laugh.
“Brother, I beg you to stop talking, brother, I still want face.” Ke Xinghao always feels regretful when he thinks about it.
Not to mention Chen Xu in the first year of high school, even the current Chen Xu looks thin and gentle, with red lips and white teeth. In the words of those **** girls, he is the little prince in a fairy tale. Who can think that, Chen Xu can fight. The man knelt down and called Dad.
After the barbecue, a group of people moved to KTV, and did not go back to each house until after nine o’clock in the evening.
“Haozi, I will transfer the money to you.” Chen Xu stopped Ke Xinghao who was about to leave.
“What are you talking about, you are crazy, or you are not a brother.” Ke Xinghao has always known that Chen Xu’s family is not rich, and there are only a few clothes that he worn. There is no clothing that can be called a brand, and he don’t know if it is from street stall where bought three or forty-one items, and Chen Xu has been working part-time since the first year of high school, sometimes even skipping classes to work. As a good brother of Chen Xu, Ke Xinghao sees all this in his eyes. He knows Chen Xu Xu is a person with strong self-esteem, so he dare not directly give Chen Xu money, but can only find all kinds of excuses to treat him, hoping that Chen Xu can eat and wear warm.
At first, Ke Xinghao was worried that Chen Xu skipped class to work and could not keep up with his grades. Fortunately, Guan Qingqing was enthusiastic and kind. As the monitor, she offered to help Chen Xu make up classes, but she was ruthlessly rejected. They thought that Chen Xu was a self-willed student scum, he tried every means to save him. As the second-to-last student scum in the class, Ke Xinghao wanted to save another scum, it was really touching.
Until the monthly test results came out, Ke Xinghao and Guan Qingqing saw Chen Xu’s name appearing in the first place in the grade. They blushed, especially Ke Xinghao, a scumbag who was so embarrassed that he didn’t dare to be with Chen Xu for several days.
“Brothers clearly settle the accounts, and your family’s money was not brought by the wind.” Chen Xu took out his mobile phone and wanted to transfer the money to Ke Xinghao.
Ke Xinghao darkened his face, “Old Chen, if you dare to turn today, you are going to have **** with this brother.”
“Well, let me invite you next time.” Chen Xu has lived for two lives, knowing that although Ke Xinghao is stupid, but sincerely treats him as a friend, and doesn’t want to fight a cold war with him.
“Okay, I will kill your wallet next time.” Ke Xinghao smile bloomed immediately.
Although that is the case, Ke Xinghao and the others eat very sparingly every time Chen Xu entertains, and the places they choose are also very cheap. Even if Chen Xu tells them that he have money, they will still do the same next time.
Sunny day: Chen Xu, a new batch of goods arrived from my sister’s side. When will you be free to come over?
As soon as Chen Xu got on the bicycle, he saw the message from Guan Qingqing. He parked the bicycle by the side of the road and typed with his head down.
Chen Xu: I can do it anytime.
Qingtian: Okay, I will let my sister arrange the time and set it down to talk to you.
Chen Xu: Yes.
Putting the phone in his pocket, Chen Xu heard the sound of a horn just as he was about to pedal away from the bicycle.
He turned his head, a black car slowly drove over, and then stopped next to him.
The car window was pressed down, revealing a cold face under the dim yellow street lamp.
“Uncle Si?” Chen Xu was very surprised, how could Si Ye appear here.
“Get in the car.” Si Ye stared at him quietly and couldn’t refuse.
“I have a ride.” Chen Xu couldn’t possibly throw his bicycle on the side of the road.
“Put it in the trunk.” As soon as Si Ye’s voice fell, the driver opened the door and got out of the car and walked respectfully to Chen Xu.
“Master Xu, please give me the cycle.”
Yes, how could Chen Xu refuse, and obediently handed his “BMW” to the driver, opened the back seat door and sat in.
The inside of the car was cool, and by the way the smell of barbecue on his body was brought in. In the confined space, the smell of his body might also be mixed with the smell of sweat, and it swept the whole car in a strong and domineering manner.
Si Ye was meticulously dressed in a suit, a watch on his wrist, and sitting next to Chen Xu with his back straight, his whole body revealing nobility.
“I… I’ll get out.” Chen Xu scratched his face embarrassedly, and was about to rush out of the car.
Si Ye grabbed him by the wrist and pulled the person back. Chen Xu was caught off guard, and fell into Si Ye’s arms. The clean smell suddenly enveloped him.
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1. Idiom: 近朱者赤，近墨者黑
Literally: “Proximity to cinnabar makes one red, to pitch makes one black.”
meaning: Different environments provide different influences / who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl
我这叫近朱者赤
What I am doing is called 近朱者赤 (近墨者黑).
Or I am learning from the environments.