Chapter 17

At that moment, Chu Ning bumped into Li Yuanhang, and said in a bad mood, “Good dogs don’t block the way.”

Li Yuanhang was just looking for an outlet to vent his anger, but when he turned around and saw that it was Chu Ning, the English class representative he had a crush on, he couldn’t utter a single word.

Lunch break came, and Qu Yun walked to Ling Mo’s side and said, “Let’s go, let’s go to the cafeteria and get a rice dish!”

Ling Mo didn’t refuse him like he used to, but got up and went to the cafeteria with Qu Yun.

It was the first time Ling Mo had been to the cafeteria, and many students looked at him curiously.

“Why don’t you go and get a table, I’ll go stand in line for the fried rice dish.” Qu Yun knew that Ling Mo didn’t like the smell.

“Mm.”

A few minutes later, Qu Yun was carrying his rice dish and walking towards Ling Mo. Who would have thought that someone bumped his elbow, and the rice dish flipped over.

 Qu Yun reacted very quickly, and before the rice dish completely flipped over, he caught it. It was a pity that some of the food splashed onto him.

“Ah, I’m sorry! You can’t use it to win over Ling Mo now! But if you take off your school uniform and put it on the table, you two can still eat together, right?”

Qu Yun turned his head and saw Li Yuanhang’s annoying face.

The students who were eating all looked over. For a moment, they became the focus of the cafeteria.

Qu Yun was about to go all out and give Li Yuanhang a lesson, but someone came to his side, grabbed his shoulder, and pulled him behind. Qu Yun smelled a pleasant soap scent, and he heard a collective gasp from the whole cafeteria – Ling Mo had taken the rice dish from Li Yuanhang’s hand and directly slammed it on his face!

Ling Mo quickly withdrew his hand, grabbed Qu Yun, and went back to sit down at the table.

Li Yuanhang covered his bowl with both hands. When he took them away, the soup dripped down, and the rice also spilled all over the floor.

He stood there, completely unable to comprehend what had just happened!

Ling Mo had hit him?

“Ling Mo – you’re asking for a beating!” Li Yuanhang rushed to Ling Mo and Qu Yun.

“You can take off your school uniform, put it on the table, and eat slowly.” Ling Mo answered him calmly.

The students around were still looking at them, some even couldn’t hide their schadenfreude. Li Yuanhang felt humiliated.

His fist hadn’t reached Ling Mo’s face when it was firmly grabbed.

“Classmate, what do you think you’re doing in the cafeteria?”

Everyone’s eyes looked over at the same time, and they saw Wang, the cafeteria lady, standing there in her apron.

“He threw the food on me!” Li Yuanhang shouted.

“He threw food on you, so you’re going to hit your classmate?” Wang asked.

“He did it on purpose!”

Chu Ning, who was eating, her eyebrows twitched, and she said, “Auntie Wang, I only saw him deliberately walk behind my classmate Mo Xiaobai and use his hand to lift Mo Xiaobai’s elbow. Mo Xiaobai’s rice dish was thrown on him! Then Ling Mo walked over to argue with Li Yuanhang, and Li Yuanhang’s rice dish somehow ended up on his own face.”

Chu Ning’s words didn’t make it clear whether it was Ling Mo who flipped Li Yuanhang’s rice dish, but she was implying that Li Yuanhang might have been the one who flipped the rice dish and then blamed his classmate.

“Is that right?” Auntie Wang looked at the other students sitting at the tables.

Everyone thought that it was better to avoid trouble, so they all lowered their heads and ate in silence. Besides, Li Yuanhang’s behavior was really uncomfortable. Ling Mo had flipped his rice dish, and everyone was secretly happy.

Auntie Wang was a little embarrassed. What if Li Yuanhang’s rice dish was really flipped by Ling Mo?

Who would have thought that Chen Qiao would speak up, “Oh my! I’m telling you, Li Yuanhang, you’re such a jerk! You knew that Mo Xiaobai was getting food for Ling Mo, and you had to flip Mo Xiaobai’s rice dish.

 You just didn’t want Ling Mo to eat, right? Ling Mo had just walked up to you, and your rice dish flipped onto your own face. Were you scared by Ling Mo, or did you not eat breakfast this morning and your arms are weak?”

Chen Qiao had been at odds with Li Yuanhang since the copying incident. As long as Li Yuanhang could be embarrassed, Chen Qiao would be happy even if he didn’t eat.

“Chen Qiao – you little bastard!”

“Hey? Who are you calling bastard?”

“I’m calling you bastard!”

As soon as Li Yuanhang finished speaking, the students in the entire cafeteria burst into laughter.

Li Yuanhang’s face was red, almost like the sun in the sky.

“Alright! That’s enough! No more fighting! Anyone who fights in my cafeteria, I’ll tell their head teacher!”

Although Auntie Wang worked in the cafeteria, she was also an old employee of the school, and she still had some say with the teachers.

Everyone immediately stopped laughing and quietly lowered their heads to eat.

Li Yuanhang stood there, not knowing what to do for a moment.

“I’ll go buy another bowl of rice.” Qu Yun said.

But Ling Mo grabbed him, “No need, it’s disgusting.”

Qu Yun knew he was talking about Li Yuanhang.

“Then let’s go back to the classroom.”

“Yeah, didn’t Auntie make buns and steamed buns that we haven’t finished eating?”

Ling Mo walked past Li Yuanhang calmly in front of everyone. He said in a neither loud nor soft voice, “Li Yuanhang, next time you try this again, I won’t flip your rice dish, I’ll crush your fingers one by one.”

Li Yuanhang gasped.

Ling Mo never made empty threats, and he did it in front of so many people.

Qu Yun was also dumbfounded. Ling Mo always looked like he was out of this world, but this time he was angry.

“Thank you.” Qu Yun followed behind Ling Mo and whispered.

“What?”

“Thank you for venting my anger and throwing Li Yuanhang’s rice dish on him.”

“Don’t flatter yourself.”

“I don’t have money to buy gold to flatter you. Otherwise, when you become rich and famous, will you buy me some gold to flatter me?”

Ling Mo didn’t answer him, he just snorted softly.

But that one “hmph,” Qu Yun found it particularly beautiful.

They went back to the classroom, facing each other, and finished the rest of the food in their lunch boxes.

“If you’re not full, go buy a pancake outside.” Ling Mo said.

“Forget it… the first class in the afternoon is math, I’ll get sleepy…”

“Then sleep.”

“Yeah, take a nap.”

Qu Yun didn’t leave, he lay down next to Ling Mo’s seat. In less than a minute, he started snoring.

Ling Mo had his textbook open, but for several minutes, he didn’t turn a page.

Qu Yun’s breath brushed against his textbook, and the pages gently trembled rhythmically.

Several students in the classroom had also fallen asleep for their afternoon nap.

In a daze, Qu Yun felt a little itchy on his eyes, and he reached out to scratch them.

When he was lost in thought, his eyes itched again. He squeezed his eyes and felt as if something had been on his eyelashes. He opened his eyes and saw Ling Mo across from him.

He was propping his chin, looking down at his book, and his other hand was gently resting on the edge of the desk.

“Don’t you ever get sleepy?” Qu Yun asked in a muffled voice.

“I’m sleeping now.”

Ling Mo closed his book and also lay down on the desk.

When class was over in the afternoon, Ling Mo left before Qu Yun again.

Although Qu Yun was a little lonely, he thought about how he had been napping next to Ling Mo at noon, and he didn’t say that the smell of the rice dish on him was unpleasant. Qu Yun felt deeply comforted.

When he reached the corner of the stairs, he saw Ling Mo standing quietly with his hands in his pockets. Students passed by him, but he didn’t move.

He was waiting for him.

Qu Yun skipped forward and followed behind him.

“My mom said she’s working overtime tonight and won’t be back until very late! Come home with me and keep me company!”

“No.” Ling Mo answered quickly.

“Don’t be like that, I’ll be scared at home alone!” Qu Yun said casually.

He was a big guy, he wasn’t actually afraid of anything.

Ling Mo snorted softly and said coldly, “You’re scared of ghosts.”

“Hey? How do you know I’m scared of ghosts?”

Actually, Qu Yun was really worried that they had just confronted Li Yuanhang today, and when he got home, wouldn’t his mom and Li Yuanhang together find trouble with Ling Mo?

They had already walked down the stairs, and Ling Mo still hadn’t agreed to go back with Qu Yun.

Qu Yun looked at his back and thought for a long time before suddenly asking, “I think you don’t care about Chen Li, this so-called only relative. Why don’t you just apply to revoke Chen Li’s guardianship?”

Ling Mo stopped walking, but he didn’t turn around.

“I’m sorry… that’s your business, I shouldn’t have asked…” Qu Yun regretted it a little.

Even if Ling Mo was willing to vent his anger for him, it didn’t mean he could ask anything.

“Actually, Chen Li didn’t abuse me, and she didn’t try to kill me. Everything she did was just to vent her inferiority complex in front of my mother. Making me live in the storage room, not leaving me any meals, or not taking care of me as well as she does Li Yuanhang, doesn’t constitute the strongest reason for me to revoke her guardianship. And I’m not that pampered.

I don’t care if she has affection for me, so I don’t care if she’s good to me or not. She became my guardian because of the system of this society. It’s also according to this rule, what she took from me, I can get back when I become an adult. So why should I waste my time and energy to play games with her?”

Qu Yun understood. It was because he didn’t care, so he was indifferent.

“Then do you care…” Qu Yun hesitated.

“What?” Ling Mo looked at Qu Yun.

“Do you care if I’m good to you?” Qu Yun looked away.

To be honest, it was so cheesy for him to say these words!

Ling Mo’s hand suddenly stretched out and pressed hard on Qu Yun’s forehead, “Are you having a mental breakdown again?”

“Then I’m having a mental breakdown and I’m home alone today, can’t you go home with me?”

Qu Yun said in a deliberately pitiful voice.

At this time, Ling Mo slowly turned around and looked at Qu Yun.

Under the setting sun, Ling Mo’s eyes seemed to be a little red.

“Don’t you just want me to teach you how to do your homework?”