Just in Time Chapter 116
Translated by Sylver (ko-fi)
Chapter 116
Extra 6 - Qi Huo and Chang Ziqi (5)
In the small alley next to the KTV, Qi Huo, in a moment of impulse, agreed to date Chang Ziqi.
Whatever happens, happens, he thought. He really did like Chang Ziqi as a person. He was exciting.
Qi Huo, bewitched by good looks, angrily bent himself in a fit of rage, throwing all his previous messy thoughts to the back of his mind.
Mainly, after hiding for half a semester, he really did miss Chang Ziqi a bit.
Qi Huo felt he was too useless. He had originally sworn to stay away from this dangerous man, but with just a slight beckoning from the other party, he eagerly went over.
"Beauty misleads people!" Qi Huo sighed deeply.
Yun Fang sat in the stands, watching Yi Chenliang play basketball on the court not far away. He distastefully moved a little further away from him.
Qi Huo reached out to poke him, "Little brother Yun Fang, big brother is sorry to you, but he's just too handsome."
Yun Fang felt this wasn't good. He was about to open his mouth to stop him, but he was still a step too late.
"Damn, my wife is really fucking exciting! That waist, those legs! Tall with long legs! That face — hey, if he was on TV, he'd be an instant internet sensation!" Qi Huo exclaimed, "Although he's a bit rigid sometimes, he's proactive! Let me tell you —"
Yun Fang suddenly stuffed the newly opened popsicle into his mouth. His ears instantly became peaceful, and he inconspicuously breathed a sigh of relief.
"This popsicle tastes pretty good, where did you buy it?" Qi Huo asked after taking a bite.
"Turn left out of the playground, school supermarket," Yun Fang said.
"I'm going to buy one for my wife too." Qi Huo, biting the popsicle, eagerly ran towards the supermarket.
Yun Fang: "......"
Sure enough, whether in this life or the previous one, this useless Qi Huo was completely eaten up by Chang Ziqi.
Chang Ziqi was in Class 9 of the second year of high school, conveniently located on the first floor. Because he was tall, he sat in the last row by the window. This class was the last self-study period of the morning, with only five minutes left before the end.
Suddenly, the window beside him made a sound. He turned his head to look outside, but there was no one.
But the next second, the window was pushed open to a palm's width, and a popsicle still emitting cold air was sneakily stuffed in from outside.
Chang Ziqi: "?"
Qi Huo revealed half of his head from outside the window, winked at him, and then slowly pushed the window back for him.
Chang Ziqi held the cold popsicle in his hand, speechless for a while.
He was in a self-study class, still wearing a sweater in this season, with five minutes left before class ended.
And then he received a popsicle from his boyfriend.
The deskmate who had been silently doing exercises next to him turned his head in shock and said, "Damn, you actually smiled while doing exercises!?"
Chang Ziqi: "..."
"Damn, why did you conjure up a popsicle!?" The deskmate was shocked again.
Then he watched even more shockingly as the usually meticulous, law-abiding, and self-disciplined student council demon tore open the popsicle wrapper and started eating it openly.
Although it was almost the end of class, it wasn't over yet!
"You must have been possessed!" The deskmate was so shocked he forgot to do his exercises.
After delivering the popsicle, Qi Huo looked at the time and simply waited for Chang Ziqi to finish class in front of the second-year teaching building, calculating what to eat for lunch today.
As soon as Chang Ziqi came out of the teaching building, he saw Qi Huo waiting not far away.
After confirming their relationship, Qi Huo's attitude had undergone a complete 180-degree change. Not only did he not run away when he saw him, but he would also actively approach.
Qi Huo put his arm around his neck, "Wife, where shall we eat for lunch?"
Chang Ziqi narrowed his eyes, "Wife?"
"Wife?" Qi Huo tilted his head.
"Why not husband?" Chang Ziqi seriously questioned.
"You're so good-looking, of course you have to be the wife!" Qi Huo righteously declared.
Chang Ziqi: "......"
At the cafeteria, Qi Huo thoughtfully got food for him, handed him chopsticks, and passed him napkins, attentive and considerate, seeming like a completely different person.
Chang Ziqi took the napkin he handed over with a somewhat meaningful look, "You seem very practiced at doing these things."
"Of course, all my ex-girlfriends praised—" Qi Huo stopped abruptly mid-sentence.
Mentioning exes in front of the current partner was taboo, even if this current partner was a man, and seemed more difficult to handle than all his exes combined.
Although he was used to being a player, he had principles. He was just a heartless player, only targeting one at a time. Though a player, he was caring, so when breaking up, his girlfriends would never cling to him, and might even remember his good points.
Qi Huo, who had been proud for half a second, became guilty and smiled awkwardly, "You're my boyfriend, of course I have to take care of you."
But obviously, Chang Ziqi didn't buy it.
He slowly took a sip of water, "All of them? How many girlfriends have you had?"
"Uh..." Qi Huo looked troubled.
"If you don't want to say, forget it," Chang Ziqi said magnanimously.
"It's not that I don't want to say, the question is from when to start counting," Qi Huo frowned, recalling. "If we start counting from middle school, it's about ten or so."
Chang Ziqi: "...You're only in your first year of high school this year."
Qi Huo weakly tried to explain, "I repeated a year, didn't I?"
But obviously, even so, his number of girlfriends was quite impressive.
"Did you sleep with all of them?" Chang Ziqi asked calmly.
Qi Huo almost spat out his juice, his face turning red, "I didn't! Not with a single one!"
He wasn't planning to have long-term relationships with them, so why would he sleep with them!
Chang Ziqi's expression became slightly more pleased.
Qi Huo, unwilling to back down, asked in return, "Then how many ex-boyfriends do you have?"
Chang Ziqi said, "Let me count."
Qi Huo's eyes widened, "Damn, you actually need to count?"
Chang Ziqi stared at him with a hint of amusement in his eyes, unhurriedly saying, "I gave you my first kiss, how many ex-boyfriends do you think I have?"
Qi Huo: "!!"
Qi Huo lowered his head to eat.
Qi Huo felt a bit guilty.
After eating, Chang Ziqi usually returned to the classroom to do exercises during the lunch break, but this was the first time Qi Huo had come to have lunch with him. With the person right in front of him, doing exercises could wait a bit.
As they were returning their trays to the recycling area, Chang Ziqi asked, "What do you plan to do during the lunch break?"
"Play games, of course." Qi Huo pointed to his phone, enthusiastically inviting him, "Want to play a round?"
Chang Ziqi: "...Or?"
Qi Huo was puzzled, "Huh?"
Just as Chang Ziqi was about to speak, a sweet voice beat him to it, "Qi Huo!"
Qi Huo and Chang Ziqi turned towards the sound and saw a pretty girl in a dress running over with a smile. She familiarly linked arms with Qi Huo.
"I've been looking for you for so long," the girl said a bit pitifully, clinging to his arm.
Qi Huo didn't dare to look at Chang Ziqi's expression behind him. He felt a chill run down his spine. He removed the girl's hand, stepped back, then cautiously took another step back to stand beside Chang Ziqi. He cleared his throat and said, "Yang Yu, we broke up almost half a year ago. Mind your manners."
After saying this, Qi Huo mentally gave himself a thumbs up.
See, he not only immediately pushed Yang Yu away, but also clarified her status as an ex-girlfriend and the fact that they had broken up half a year ago, while cleverly making his stance clear to Chang Ziqi.
Although Chang Ziqi still had an icy expression.
Hearing this, Yang Yu smiled with curved eyes, "But you haven't had a new girlfriend in this half year, right?"
Qi Huo thought to himself, "I may not have a new girlfriend, but I have a new boyfriend." Aloud, he asked, "How did you find me here?"
"You have the nerve to ask. I had to ask so many people to find out you'd returned to Wu City, and I took a long bus ride to get here," Yang Yu pouted pitifully. "You suddenly transferred schools and just sent me a breakup text. You don't reply to my messages or answer my calls. What do you mean by this?"
"It means we've already broken up," Qi Huo glanced at Chang Ziqi. "You should leave now."
Yang Yu didn't understand, "But why?"
"I don't like long-distance relationships," Qi Huo was getting impatient with her questions. "Besides, when the novelty wears off, we break up. There's no need for so many whys."
Although she knew Qi Huo's temperament, Yang Yu had come such a long way to find him, only to get this answer. Her eyes immediately turned red. "But... but you were so good to me when we were dating. I thought you at least genuinely liked me."
If it wasn't for that, she wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to find out Qi Huo was at Wu City No. 1 High School.
"I'm like that with everyone I date. You're not that special," Qi Huo always spoke bluntly. When dating, of course, everything was wonderful, but after breaking up, at most they were just slightly familiar strangers. "You should go back quickly. You're unfamiliar with this place, be careful not to get led astray."
He even added a bit of intimidation.
"You jerk!" Yang Yu hit him with her bag. Qi Huo didn't dodge.
Seeing he was still unmoved, Yang Yu couldn't save face anymore and ran away.
Qi Huo grimaced and rubbed his arm where he was hit. "So troublesome."
He disliked lingering attachments the most. In his view, a breakup was a breakup. If they could break up once, they could certainly break up a second time. How could there be any reconciliation?
Chang Ziqi took his arm and looked at it. "The little girl hit quite hard."
A large red mark appeared on his arm.
"It's nothing," Qi Huo rubbed his arm and glanced up at him.
Chang Ziqi's face was expressionless. "Why didn't you dodge?"
"Hey, if I dodged and she couldn't hit me, how could she vent her anger? Besides, if I dodged, she'd lose face," Qi Huo smiled, seeming to think he was quite clever.
Chang Ziqi pressed on his arm.
"Hiss, it hurts!" Chang Ziqi's strength was great, and Qi Huo almost jumped in pain. "What are you doing?"
"I'm venting my anger too," Chang Ziqi said expressionlessly.