Just in Time Chapter 5
Translated by Sylver
Chapter 5: Friends
Yi Chenliang stared at him with an expression as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight. His originally fierce expression took on a bit of confusion due to his sudden words, and he forgot how to swear when the curse reached his lips.
Yun Fang saw a sentence written in Yi Chenliang’s eyes:
What kind of idiot is this?
Yun Fang regretted it as soon as he finished speaking. He coughed dryly and pointed to the medicine and buns on the bedside table, “I bought these for you.”
Yi Chenliang looked at him even more weirdly.
When Yun Fang returned to school, he just caught up with the big break in the afternoon. Wu He saw the gauze on his hand and shouted, “Yun Fang, what happened to your hand?”
The students in the classroom who were doing homework and playing all focused their attention on Yun Fang’s left hand for a moment.
“I accidentally bumped it.” Yun Fang lied without changing his face.
The focus was only for a moment, and these top students went back to doing whatever they were doing. However, a few who usually played well with him gathered around and asked in a flurry.
Yun Fang didn’t have many friends. This feeling of being cared for made him very uncomfortable. He almost instinctively began to be alert and defensive, even wanting to escape.
Wu He held his left hand, which was wrapped like a zongzi, and cried exaggeratedly, “My Fang’er, you were fine when you went out, how come you became physically disabled and mentally strong after missing two classes!”
(TL: minor illnesses and disasters are not terrible. You don’t need to panic yourself, just deal with them calmly and treat your own life)
(t/n: Zongzi-glutinous rice dumpling)
“Go away, stop howling there.” Chen Qianyang slapped Wu He on the back, “Yun Fang, how did you bump it? What did you take leave for?”
Yun Fang was dealing with overly enthusiastic classmates while he was lost in thought.
Not used to it, but not disgusted.
What about Yi Chenliang?
Yi Chenliang, who was being talked about, sneezed. He sniffed his nose, looked up at the honor wall in front of him, the sun was too poisonous, making him have to squint his eyes.
The most conspicuous position on the honor wall was that lunatic who blocked the knife at noon.
The lunatic looked white and tender, clean, with a pair of silly black-framed glasses, so well-behaved that it’s not like him at all. Yi Chenliang felt that he could beat ten such good kids.
But the good kid in the photo blocked the knife with his bare hands and knocked him down in two moves.
Yi Chenliang ground his teeth.
“The top student is really handsome.” A group of girls passing by looked at the honor wall with their heads tilted, one with bangs whispered to her companion, “He will be my male god in the future.”
“You change your male god every day.” Her companion pinched her ear and pulled her away, “You are not allowed to blaspheme our top student, hurry up, it’s time for class.”
A little white face, handsome my ass. Yi Chenliang glared at the photo and left with his backpack.
When Tang Yi came to pick up Yun Fang in the evening, she was startled, “Sugar, what happened to your hand?”
Yun Fang, holding his left hand wrapped like a zongzi, realized that he had completely forgotten that he still needed to deal with his nominal “parents”.
He was used to living alone, never considering others when he started a fight, and now he finally suffered the consequences.
“I…” Yun Fang had a flash of excuses in his mind, but they were all vetoed.
Those excuses could fool the little classmates, but it’s hard to fool an anxious mother.
Yun Heyu got off work and rushed home, and with Tang Yi, they took Yun Fang to the hospital.
Re-disinfection, suturing, bandaging, hanging anti-inflammatory drips, after a lot of tossing, it was already ten o’clock in the evening.
Tang Yi insisted on feeding him porridge, not letting him do it himself.
Yun Fang drank a little half bowl awkwardly, and then refused to drink any more.
Letting Tang Yi and Yun Heyu run around for him, being frightened, Yun Fang felt a bit uncomfortable.
After all, he was not the real Yun Fang, but he enjoyed the unreserved care and love from Yun Fang’s parents, like a despicable thief.
But if he told the truth, he didn’t know if they would believe it and then collapse, or think Yun Fang was crazy, it’s not a better result anyway.
The doctor clearly said that it was a knife wound, and if the knife was a little deeper, it would cut the nerve, the consequences would be unimaginable, Tang Yi and Yun Heyu’s faces turned white when they heard it.
Tang Yi asked all night, Yun Fang never said the specific reason, she almost burst in tears in anxiety.
“Sugar, how did you get hurt? Tell your parents, did you encounter something? You tell us.” Tang Yi looked at him with tears in her eyes.
Yun Fang couldn’t stand it a bit, he sighed, reluctantly rounded up the cause and effect, “…A friend of mine was fighting with someone, the other party pulled out a knife and I helped block it.”
“You can’t be so reckless and impulsive again!” Tang Yi held his hand that was getting an IV, “Did you call the police?”
Yun Fang shook his head, “He ran away, it’s just high school students fighting, if you call the police, at most it’s just a lesson.”
Yun Heyu’s face turned black when he heard it, “What’s going on with your school? I’m going to find your head teacher.”
“It’s outside the school, it has nothing to do with the school.” Yun Fang said.
After a lot of persuasion, the parents finally calmed down.
“Sugar, you…” Tang Yi looked at him hesitantly, “That friend of yours, is he a boy?”
Yun Fang nodded.
Tang Yi and Yun Heyu looked at each other, their faces becoming strange.
Yun Fang was drowsy from the IV drip, not noticing their change in expression.
On the way back, Yun Fang was half-asleep in the back seat, vaguely hearing Tang Yi and Yun Heyu talking.
“…Our son is so timid, he can jump three feet high when he encounters a bug… and he dares to block a knife for someone…”
“…It’s okay to have friends, but those who fight at every turn are not okay… At least find someone mature and stable in the future…”
Yun Fang heard it intermittently, he wanted to open his eyes, but a wave of sleepiness hit, and he fell asleep completely.
On Wednesday, during physical education class, Yun Fang originally wanted to stay in the classroom to make up for the class, but he was forcibly dragged to the playground by Wu He and Zhang Zehai.
“You’re making up for class, is that even human language!” Wu He said indignantly, “Are you still letting us live!”
Yun Fang, who was secretly making up for middle school math and science every night, pulled out a bitter smile.
In the first year of high school, there wouldn’t be a situation where the physical education teacher was sick. A group of people symbolically ran around the playground for two laps, and then the physical education teacher let them have free activities.
Zhang Zehai and Wu He wanted to play basketball, and they shamelessly asked Yun Fang to buy them water.
“Brother Yun, I want to drink iced cola!” Wu He shouted while making a handsome three-pointer, feeling irresistibly handsome.
Yun Fang gave him an ok gesture without looking back, and slowly left the playground.
The supermarket was not too far from the playground, just on the tree-lined road between the teaching building and the dormitory building. Yun Fang entered the supermarket, took the drinks and asked the boss to put them in a plastic bag. He took out his campus card and swiped it, but the balance was insufficient.
“Can I use cash?” Yun Fang asked.
The boss nodded, and then another campus card beeped.
“Swipe mine.” A stranger’s voice.
Yun Fang turned his head and saw a handsome boy with big eyes and slightly curly hair, smiling brilliantly at him.
“Thank you, I’ll give you the money.” Yun Fang took out the cash to give to him.
“Why are you being polite with me, we’re old classmates.” The boy wanted to pat his shoulder in a familiar way, but was avoided by Yun Fang.
He wasn’t embarrassed, and waved his campus card at Yun Fang, “You can pay me back next time, I’m leaving first!”
The self-proclaimed old classmate left with his classmates, but there was an uncomfortable gaze on Yun Fang. He turned his head to look, but didn’t find out who it was.
There wasn’t much shade on the playground, Yun Fang wasn’t in a hurry to go back, he was carrying the drinks and walking slowly under the shade of the trees.
As a result, he didn’t walk far before the plastic bag broke because the things were too heavy, and the drinks and mineral water rolled all over the ground.
Yun Fang could only pick them up, and because his left hand was inconvenient, he could only use one hand, but he wasn’t in a hurry, his movements seemed a bit careless.
The person observing in secret was very irritable, and couldn’t help rushing up to help him pick them up.
Yun Fang simply stopped moving.
After Yi Chenliang picked up all the drinks, he looked at him with a furious face. Seeing him looking at himself with a smile, the hairs on his back stood up alertly, and he said angrily, “What are you looking at!”
Yun Fang found it amusing, “Why are you sneaking around following me?”
Yi Chenliang was embarrassed and angry, “Who’s following you! I came to buy water!”
“Oh.” Yun Fang dragged out the sound, reached out to take the drink he handed over, “Thank you.”
Yi Chenliang stood and watched him for a while, his expression strange.
Yun Fang could see his thoughts clearly, “What do you want to ask?”
Yi Chenliang frowned, “How do you know where I live?”
“I saw it when I was helping the teacher organize student files.” Yun Fang made up on the spot, “The math teacher of Class 3 and Class 10 told me that your math grades have dropped a lot.”
It was a far-fetched reason, but it seemed that there were no loopholes.
“Why are you meddling?” Yi Chenliang’s tone was not good.
Very deserving of a beating.
Yun Fang really wanted to give his younger self a good beating, but due to the lack of a valid reason and it didn’t fit his current persona, he had to regretfully give up.
“Is there anything else?” Yun Fang shook the water in his hand, “If there’s nothing, I’m leaving.”
“Wait.” Seeing him about to leave, Yi Chenliang tugged at him.
Yun Fang had been severely sleep-deprived recently, and coupled with the heat making him dizzy, he was caught off guard by his tug, and he almost didn’t stand steady.
Yi Chenliang was startled and quickly helped him, “Hey, don’t pretend to be hurt, I just tugged at you.”
Yun Fang was already uncomfortable, seeing his stupid look made him angry, so he simply threw the drink he was holding into his arms.
Yi Chenliang caught the drink in a flustered manner.
“What else do you want to say?” Yun Fang asked.
Yi Chenliang gritted his teeth, and spoke with some difficulty, “About that day…Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.” Yun Fang subconsciously pushed his glasses again.
Yi Chenliang felt like he was being seen through by those indifferent eyes, feeling embarrassed and annoyed, he unconsciously raised his voice, “But, I don’t need any damn friends! You can give up!”
Yun Fang’s ears hurt from his sudden loud voice.
Yi Chenliang stiffened his neck and glared at him fiercely.
Like a stupid dog. Yun Fang evaluated in his heart, he squinted his eyes, “Is that all?”
Yi Chenliang watched him warily, his voice unconsciously lowered, “That’s all.”
“I see.” Yun Fang turned and walked away.
“Hey! Your drink!” Yi Chenliang saw him walking away so cleanly, holding the drink, he chased after him.
“Thank you for the trouble.” Yun Fang nodded at him, but had no intention of taking it.
“You hold it yourself.” Yi Chenliang said.
Yun Fang shook his left hand, “Aren’t you thanking me? Planning to just thank me verbally?”
Yi Chenliang glared at him for a while, but still honestly held the drink and followed him.
Yun Fang hooked the corner of his mouth in a pleased mood.