Just in Time Chapter 6
Translated by Sylver
Chapter 6: Kitten
The summer in Wu City was very long, so long that Yi Chenliang once thought it had no end.
That’s what Yi Chenliang, who was sent to a juvenile detention center after killing someone, thought.
The newly paved asphalt road in the school had a magical smell under the evaporation of the sun. The lush wutong trees on both sides of the road extended to the entrance of the playground, and it looked like a magical forest in a fairy tale from a distance.
Yun Fang slightly tilted his head and saw the smooth profile of the young man walking next to him.
Yi Chenliang was wearing the blue and white school uniform issued by the school, dark blue school pants, and a pair of canvas shoes that were about to come unglued. The originally white canvas shoes could no longer see their original color.
Yun Fang remembered that he liked these shoes very much and wore them for a long time until he couldn’t wear them anymore before he was willing to throw them away.
When he took his gaze back from the canvas shoes, he saw Yi Chenliang looking at him with a face full of vigilance and doubt. As if looking at some pervert.
Yun Fang casually took back his gaze. The playground of No.1 High School was very large. Wu He and Zhang Zehai were playing ball with the students of Class 3 on the far west side of the playground. Yun Fang had to cross most of the playground to get there. There was not a single shade on the entire playground. He stood under the shade of the trees at the entrance of the playground, feeling a bit unwilling to move.
“Let’s go.” Yi Chenliang looked at the white and tender little white face in front of him with a bit of schadenfreude, clearly seeing that this person had no strength at all.
This kind of secret contempt and complacency was obvious in Yun Fang’s eyes, but today he did feel very tired, so he simply pointed to Wu He’s side, “Excuse me, run a trip.”
Yi Chenliang laughed coldly and grabbed a passing male student. The male student blinked at him, “Brother Yi?”
“Send it to where Class 3 is playing ball, just say it’s bought by Yun Fang.” Yi Chenliang jerked his chin at him.
“Okay.” The male student, for some reason, was excited to receive the task, and ran towards the far west with the water in his arms.
Yun Fang couldn’t remember if there was such a bully in his short high school life, but obviously, the current Yi Chenliang existed.
Yi Chenliang stared at his left hand wrapped like a zongzi, “Hey, is your hand okay?”
Yun Fang unconsciously moved his left hand, and said seriously, “The doctor said it almost cut the nerve, a little deeper and it would be useless.”
“Ah.” Yi Chenliang’s gaze moved away from his hand and landed on Yun Fang’s face, looking a bit conflicted, “Will that…affect your studies?”
Yun Fang was just casually fooling around there, and was taken aback when he suddenly met his gaze.
He rarely looked in the mirror. When others praised him for being good-looking, he usually just laughed it off. What’s the use of being handsome? It could’t fill the stomach. He usually looked in the mirror to treat wounds. The person in the mirror had a gloomy gaze and a fierce expression, surrounded by an indelible smell of blood.
However, the Yi Chenliang in front of him was completely different from his memory.
Yi Chenliang stood under the sun and stared at him blankly, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, his eyes full of seriousness.
He seemed to be really worried that the injury would affect Yun Fang’s studies.
In a daze, Yun Fang suddenly remembered that when he was young, he really envied those peers who could continue to go to school. He had also thought about working hard to get into university and see the outside world.
But his life came to an abrupt end with that one knife. All his wild thoughts abruptly stopped in that summer, forgotten to the point that he found it ironic when he thought about it now.
“Holy s***, are you going to cry?” Yi Chenliang’s slightly panicked voice brought Yun Fang back to his senses.
Yun Fang stared at him blankly, “What did you say?”
Yi Chenliang stared at his murderous gaze and inexplicably felt a chill behind him, somewhat lacking in confidence, he said, “I’ll pay for your medical expenses.”
Yun Fang coldly refused, “No need.”
Yi Chenliang frowned, “You—”
Yun Fang had counted Yi Chenliang’s “assets” when he carried him home, just over a thousand yuan, which had to support this semester’s living expenses. Moreover, he was not sure if he could afford the tuition for the next semester.
Thinking of this, Yun Fang’s eyes became cold, but seeing the conflicted look on Yi Chenliang’s face in front of him, he couldn’t help but laugh.
He was afraid that he wouldn’t have enough money to pay for the medical expenses.
Yun Fang had experienced a long period of poverty and hardship, and the inferiority and sensitivity during that time were not enough to be told to outsiders. But looking at Yi Chenliang in front of him, he inexplicably felt heartache again.
At this time, he could only feel sorry for himself.
Unfortunately, he did not meet the Yi Chenliang inside Yun Fang, who wouldn’t even feel sorry for himself.
As an “adult”, he should have the obligation to “raise” his younger self and pull himself back on track from the road to being a problematic teenager.
Just take it as a do-over, to fulfill his own regrets.
Perhaps Yi Chenliang could have a completely different life.
This idea suddenly appeared in Yun Fang’s mind, making his blood almost boil.
Yi Chenliang was stared at by Yun Fang’s fiery gaze, feeling like he had become a piece of fat meat, and the wolf in front of him was eager to swallow him into his mouth.
Yi Chenliang subconsciously wanted to take a step back, but was lightly patted on the head by the other party, leaving a laugh with an unclear meaning.
Yun Fang patted his head and left in a good mood.
“F*** you, if you dare to touch my head again next time, try it!” Yi Chenliang cursed behind him.
The kitten bristled its fur. Yun Fang’s smile on his face became more pleasant.