Chapter 14

After class, Ling Mo put on his backpack as usual and walked away with a swagger, not showing any intention of waiting for Qu Yun.

“If you don’t wait, don’t wait. Your legs are so long, I’m tired following you!”

Qu Yun snorted, put on his backpack, and walked out of the school gate.

There was a row of small shops outside the school, selling snacks, stationery, and books.

Qu Yun came to the entrance of the snack shop. There was an old-fashioned TV set at the front door, playing Slam Dunk, just when Sakuragi Hanamichi was dunking. At that moment, the students gathered around watching all cheered a little.

This cartoon was Qu Yun’s childhood memory! But the TV’s broadcast time was awkward. Students usually went home after school and could only watch the last five minutes at most. Qu Yun could only catch the ending song.

He didn’t expect to see it here.

The snack shop owner didn’t forget to attract business, “Spicy strips, want some? Ice cream, want some? Those who aren’t buying anything, don’t crowd around here!”

The students could only move away and watch with their necks stretched out. They had to go home early, otherwise, they would get scolded.

Qu Yun had some pocket money. He gave the owner fifty cents and bought a small handful of sunflower seeds with a creamy flavor. The little owner gave him a small stool and let him sit and watch.

Qu Yun was watching with gusto when a cold voice came from above his head.

“You’re not going home and watching cartoons, be careful your mom spanks you.”

Qu Yun looked up and saw Ling Mo’s handsome chin.

“Then spank me, I’m thick-skinned, I don’t care.”

Qu Yun thought for a moment and said, “Didn’t you already leave? How come you came back?”

Ling Mo didn’t say anything, he just put his hands in his pockets and looked at the TV coolly, attracting the attention of several female students who were going home.

Qu Yun turned his head and tugged on Ling Mo’s school uniform sleeve, “Chu Ning is looking at you!”

“You’re not looking at Chu Ning, how do you know Chu Ning is looking at me?”

Ling Mo still didn’t turn around.

Qu Yun didn’t care. After all, it didn’t matter who liked Ling Mo, this guy was like a tough nut to crack.

“Wait… You didn’t come back to wait for me, did you?”

Qu Yun raised his head and asked again.

Because of this assumption, Qu Yun’s heart excitedly played the accordion.

Qu Yun’s teammate had also said that this guy always shines when he gets a little sunshine.

Ling Mo still didn’t answer him, he pointed at a figure on the TV who was making a beautiful pass and then dunking with a cool and arrogant attitude, and said, “Who is this?”

“You don’t even know this? How are you going to win girls over? It’s Rukawa Kaede!”

“Why do I need to win girls over?” Ling Mo continued to ask, with his hands still in his pockets.

Qu Yun choked, and spread his hands in his heart.

“I know, it’s the girls who are trying to win you over.”

Qu Yun continued to focus on watching the TV.

Ling Mo slowly lowered his head. From his angle, he could see Qu Yun’s nose and his curled eyelashes, which moved as Qu Yun blinked, as if fluttering with his breath.

“Hey.” Ling Mo called out softly.

“Ah?” Qu Yun was still staring at the TV, not even looking at Ling Mo.

Then, Ling Mo suddenly raised his foot and kicked the stool.

Qu Yun was already heavy, so he didn’t dare to sit down with all his weight. Ling Mo kicked it, and Qu Yun lost his balance. The stool… fell over.

Qu Yun sat on the ground and looked up at Ling Mo with an innocent expression, “Why did you kick me?”

“What’s so interesting about this? Who do you like?”

Qu Yun sighed helplessly. He didn’t know what was wrong with Ling Mo, but this was his target, he couldn’t touch him or hit him!

“Of course it’s Rukawa Kaede! Do you believe that if I lose weight, I’ll be like Rukawa Kaede?”

“You’re crazy, you don’t like girls, you like guys.” Ling Mo’s voice was flat, but Qu Yun inexplicably felt a bit of warmth.

The sunflower seeds were all scattered. Qu Yun picked up the ones he hadn’t cracked and set up the stool. He continued to watch and crack the seeds.

Ling Mo didn’t hear Qu Yun’s answer. He realized that the guy’s gaze was still fixed on the TV. On the screen, a guy with his hair standing on end was making a cool pass in the air.

Ling Mo’s finger took a sunflower seed shell that Qu Yun had cracked from his cupped palm and looked at it. He found that the bottom of the two pieces of shell were still connected, like an open mouth, but the sunflower seed inside was gone.

He picked up another one and looked at it. It was the same.

Finally, the cartoon ended. Qu Yun licked his lips with a lingering taste, “Hey, if it were you, who would you like, Rukawa Kaede or Sendoh Akira?”

“Who’s Sendoh Akira?”

“The one with his hair standing up…”

“Then I still like you, crack the sunflower seeds for me.”

Ling Mo pointed at Qu Yun’s palm.

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Qu Yun felt like he had been shot in the heart, shocked. The second half of the sentence was like falling from the sky to the bottom of a cliff, shattering into pieces.

Rollercoaster!

“You crack them yourself!”

“I don’t know how. If you don’t crack them, then forget it.”

Ling Mo turned around and walked forward.

“I’ve already finished them, there are none left.”

Qu Yun quickly followed Ling Mo. He didn’t dare to get too close, afraid that Ling Mo would say his sweat smelled bad again.

They didn’t say another word. Qu Yun watched Ling Mo’s back from behind and realized that he had no idea what this guy was thinking.

When they got to the crossroad, Qu Yun tugged on Ling Mo’s school uniform from behind. The red light was about to turn green, and Ling Mo was about to take a step, but he stopped.

“You really aren’t going home with me?” Qu Yun asked.

“No.”

“If you go back today, Li Yuanhang will definitely snitch.”

“So what if he does?” Ling Mo turned his head and asked back.

“Okay. See you tomorrow, bye.”

After a few rounds, Qu Yun knew that Ling Mo was cunning. No one could get the better of him.

Ling Mo walked to the other side of the road and stopped. He turned around and saw Qu Yun’s back.

He jumped up, but his legs didn’t leave the ground very far. But his arm movement was very graceful, like a shooting motion.

After landing, Qu Yun continued walking forward. When he got to the front of the community, he went inside.

Qu Yun pulled up his school uniform pants. He had been following Ling Mo all this time, maybe he had been exercising a lot, and his pants were loose!

Ling Mo turned his head and walked for another ten minutes before going home.

When he opened the door, he saw Chen Li sitting on the sofa, and Li Yuanhang glanced at Ling Mo triumphantly before going into his room.

“Xiaomo, you’re back? Did you eat?” Chen Li still had a smiling face.

“Not yet.”

“Ah… you didn’t eat? Yuanhang said he saw you with your classmate, and he thought you went to eat at his house again, so I didn’t leave any for you.”

Chen Li’s expression was a little awkward. This time, she really wasn’t being intentional. After all, the teacher had just come for a home visit, and Chen Li didn’t dare to go too far.

“Little Auntie, no need. I’m not hungry.”

After speaking, Ling Mo turned around and went back to his room.

Chen Li hesitated for a moment before speaking, “Today Yuanhang said that your textbook was missing, and the teacher mistakenly thought that Yuanhang’s book was yours, and made him stand for a class. Yuanhang looked for the book for a long time after class before he found it in the trash can. He smelled bad, and he cried a lot.”

Chen Li said this, but she was actually implying that Ling Mo had deliberately framed Li Yuanhang.

But Ling Mo turned around and walked towards Chen Li step by step. He had grown taller recently, and his school uniform pants were a little short. He was taller than Chen Li when he stood in front of her.

“Little Auntie, you should know who’s right and who’s wrong. You spoil Yuanhang to make me unhappy, and you harm your own son. Is it worth it?”

His voice was soft, but it had a strange sense of intimidation.

“You… how can you talk to your elders like that?”

“Then how should I talk?” Ling Mo lowered his eyelids. Chen Li felt like she had already been seen through by him, both her inner calculations and all her inferiority. “You know what you did. I just don’t want to bother, so I didn’t argue with you. Whether it’s legally or morally, if you provoke me again, I will get back at you with interest.”

After speaking, Ling Mo went into his room and closed the door.

Chen Li took two steps back, her heart beating wildly.

She had actually been intimidated by Ling Mo. Recently, she had felt that all the bad luck she had encountered was “given” to her by Ling Mo.

After Qu Yun went home, Liang Ru held his ear and scolded him for almost half an hour.

“Didn’t I tell you to bring Ling Mo back?” “How come you’re so clueless?” “You need to care about your classmates, understand?”

The same old words, over and over again, Qu Yun’s appetite was gone.

“Then you pack this glutinous rice chicken in the thermos, I’ll deliver it to him. I’ll ask him to teach me how to do my homework!”

Liang Ru heard this and stopped making a fuss.

“Then hurry up and eat, finish eating and go find Ling Mo to do your homework!”

“… Are you my real mom?”

“No! Look at your math scores, how are you like me and your dad?”

“Okay…”

An accountant, a senior engineer… they really don’t look alike…

But because of this, Qu Yun didn’t eat as much that night.

He took all his textbooks out of his bag, leaving only his homework notebook, then he put the thermos inside.

Before putting it in, he couldn’t help but open the lid and look.

Wow, there was glutinous rice chicken, steamed pork chops with black bean sauce, and eggplant stewed with meat…

“Mom – this is too much! Ling Mo won’t be able to finish it even if he eats until tomorrow!”

“How come he can’t finish it? Can’t you finish it even if you don’t eat?”

This is force-feeding! Are you in a hurry to make us fat enough to send us to the dinner table?

“I’ll pick you up at nine o’clock opposite Ling Mo’s house, okay?”

“Yeah, that should be fine.”

Qu Yun carried his bag and walked. When he got to the door of Ling Mo’s house, he was a little nervous.