Just in Time Chapter 84
Translated by Sylver (ko-fi)
Chapter 84 Weekend
“From today onwards, everyone here is a part of Class 4, no matter which class you were in before, no matter how your grades were, we start anew… We are a class collective, united…” Old He was giving a passionate speech on the podium.
Qi Huo had specifically chosen a seat in front of Yun Fang and Yi Chenliang. He happily passed notes to them, but the notes were all one-way. He turned his head in confusion, only to find that the two behind him were doing problems.
Qi Huo glanced uninterestedly at the two people sitting in front of him who seemed to be quite familiar with Yun Fang. One seemed to be called Chen Qianyang and the other Wu He. Both were bowing their heads. He curiously leaned forward to see that the two in front were swiftly doing problems, their speed even more terrifying than the two behind him.
Qi Huo turned his head to look at his own deskmate, a simple-minded, tall, and muscular guy who was daydreaming.
“Hey.” He nudged the other with his arm.
Zhang Haize turned his head to look at him.
“Who are those two in front? They’re doing problems during the class meeting.” Qi Huo asked.
“Oh, those two.” Zhang Haize explained to him, “One is second in the grade and the other is third. They compete in problem-solving every day. It’s normal.”
Qi Huo couldn’t help but respect the two in front of him, “Wow, impressive.”
“What’s your name? What do you like to do?” Qi Huo was very enthusiastic about making friends.
“Zhang Haize.” Zhang Haize smiled honestly, “I used to be the sports representative in my class. I like to play basketball.”
“Cool, bro, I also like to play basketball! Let’s hit the court after class!” Qi Huo finally found his kind in this strange atmosphere, “I also like to play games.”
“I also like to play games, just don’t play very often.” Zhang Haize looked a bit melancholic, “It affects grades.”
“Anyway, my grades are just so-so, I don’t worry about it.” Qi Huo thought he was about the same level as him, “Are your parents very strict with you?”
“It’s okay.” Zhang Haize said softly, “As long as I don’t fall out of the top fifty, they won’t bother me.”
“We’re all the same.” Qi Huo thought he was talking about the top fifty in the class, and said confidently, “I also won’t fall out of the top fifty.”
Zhang Haize thought he had made it into the top fifty in the last final exam, and felt that he had found a like-minded person, “Let’s work hard together.”
“Huh, what’s there to work hard for, it’s easy.” Qi Huo said nonchalantly.
There were only fifty-four people in the class, and he could still make it into the top fifty.
Zhang Haize: …He’s so arrogant.
“So you’re pretty good, how much did you score in the final exam?” Zhang Haize asked.
“Four hundred and twenty-three.” Qi Huo laughed, “What about you?”
“…Six hundred and seventy-eight.” Zhang Haize suddenly realized that the top fifty he and his new deskmate were talking about might not be counting the same number of people.
“Wow…” Qi Huo was stunned, “Bro, we’re not the same.”
They were all seventeen or eighteen-year-old teenagers. In less than a week, they basically got to know each other and found their own small circles and good friends.
But Class 4, not sure if it was a problem with the composition, this class was a bit too active.
During the break, Chen Qianyang and Wu He used textbooks as rackets to play badminton at the back of the classroom, attracting a crowd of students to watch. Qi Huo and Zhang Haize, the two tall guys, squatted on the stools to be their referees, making a lot of noise.
In the last row, Yi Chenliang and Yun Fang were nestled in their seats, one eating candy, the other munching on crispy noodles, and there were two bottles of AD calcium milk on the table.
Ji Shumo was lying in front of them, persistently and blatantly stealing snacks.
“Brother Yi, the sports meet is next week, have you thought about what event to sign up for?” Ji Shumo snatched a piece of White Rabbit candy from under his hand.
“I’m not signing up.” Yi Chenliang stretched his legs lazily.
“What about you, Yun Fang?” Ji Shumo turned his head to look at Yun Fang.
“I’m not signing up.” Yun Fang’s tone was exactly the same as Yi Chenliang’s.
Ji Shumo laughed bitterly, “Don’t be like this, at least sign up for an event.”
Ji Shumo was honored to be the new sports representative of Class 4, but he didn’t expect to hit a wall right from the start, “To bring glory to the class, to sweat for youth! How glorious!”
“Then you work hard.” Yi Chenliang gave him a perfunctory thumbs up.
Ji Shumo ran away, whimpering.
Speaking of the sports meet, Yun Fang had never participated after finishing his first year of high school. The first time, he happened to be in the hospital, and the second time, he was also in the hospital.
Yun Fang: …
Thinking about it, he really had been through a lot of hardships. It was no wonder that Tang Yi nagged him every day to pray for his safety.
“I’ll sign up! I’ll sign up for the 100 meters!” Qi Huo waved his hand grandly, “And then a 3000-meter long run!”
“Brother Qi, you’ll be my real brother from now on!” Ji Shumo was so excited that he wished he could jump up and kiss him.
“No, no, my real little brother is watching, don’t let him misunderstand.” Qi Huo pointed at Yun Fang with a playful smile on his face, but just happened to see Song Cun walking by, and his face instantly darkened.
“Hahaha, I know, I know, Yun Fang is your half-brother from different parents!” Ji Shumo didn’t notice the change in Qi Huo’s face and happily went to find the next person.
Song Cun looked over when he heard the sound, and Qi Huo turned his head to find Zhang Haize with a disgruntled look on his face.
Qi Huo didn’t like Song Cun, and naturally, Song Cun didn’t like Qi Huo either. The two of them were truly incompatible and disliked each other. Even though their names were now on the same household register, it didn’t prevent them from wanting to beat each other up.
“Yun Fang.” Song Cun stood in front of Yun Fang’s desk and asked him, “Are you free this weekend?”
“What’s up?” Yun Fang asked.
“Don’t you like escape rooms? I found a really interesting shop, we can go play this weekend.” As Song Cun spoke, he felt a very unfriendly gaze. He looked up to see Yi Chenliang staring at him with a gloomy look.
“If you think there are too few people, I can also call Sun Yuan.” Song Cun added.
“Sun Yuan, huh.” Yun Fang smiled slightly, “Okay, don’t tell him I’m going, I want to give him a surprise.”
Song Cun didn’t expect to successfully invite someone so easily, and a smile appeared on his face, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”
After saying that, he also gave Yi Chenliang a cold look.
After Song Cun walked away, Yi Chenliang was furious. He complained to Yun Fang angrily, “Did you just f*cking see that? He dared to provoke me!”
Yun Fang nodded and pressed him down on the seat, “Saw.”
“I know you want to beat up Sun Yuan, I’m going to beat up the surnamed Song together!” Yi Chenliang lowered his voice and said viciously.
Yun Fang reached out and pinched his face, laughing, “Xiao Yi, you’re acting like a villain.”
Yi Chenliang clenched his fists, making a cracking sound, and said viciously, “I have to beat him until he doesn’t even recognize his mother.”
“Don’t always talk about fighting and killing. As the flowers of the motherland, we should win people over with virtue.” Yun Fang patiently advised him.
It’s just that the flowers of the motherland now seemed to want to turn into carnivorous plants.
On Friday after school, Yun Fang stopped Qi Huo.
“What’s up?” Qi Huo was about to go on a date with Chang Ziqi, “Hurry up and say it, little brother, your sister-in-law is still waiting for me.”
“I need your help this weekend,” Yun Fang said. “Are you free?”
“I’m free!” Qi Huo looked at him curiously. “What’s up? Catching a cheater? My good little brother is not that kind of person!”
“Gather some heads.” Yun Fang looked at him with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes.
Qi Huo rubbed his arm. “Damn, your tone sounds like you want to cut off my head to make up the number.”
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Over the weekend, Song Cun looked at the three people behind Yun Fang, his expression a bit strained. “Yun Fang, why did you bring so many people?”
“The more people, the more fun.” Yun Fang smiled.
Song Cun found it hard to smile.
“Song Cun, I specifically called Brother Lei to play together. You said there were few people—” Sun Yuan came around the corner with Zhang Lei and a few others. Seeing Yun Fang, his face changed. “Cousin?”
Qi Huo saw that Song Cun was already in a bad mood. He had planned to play along for the sake of Yun Fang and Yi Chenliang, but now it seemed like they weren’t playing together, and he suddenly got excited.
Chang Ziqi, who was dragged over to make up the numbers, looked expressionlessly at Sun Yuan and Zhang Lei and a few others. They were all troublemakers from the art class, regular visitors to the office who never changed their ways.
The two groups faced each other, their hostility undisguised. Song Cun, caught in the middle, frowned and asked Yun Fang in a displeased tone, “What’s going on?”
“As you see,” Yun Fang looked at him coldly.
Yi Chenliang, remembering the night he was blocked, calmly opened his backpack, took out a few self-defense sticks from inside, and distributed them to the people behind him, instructing, “Don’t hit the neck and head, be mindful of the force.”
Sun Yuan, seeing the situation, wanted to run, but before he could, Yi Chenliang swung a stick at him, and a group of people immediately started fighting.
Chang Ziqi, holding a stick, hesitated a bit.
Fighting was wrong.
Qi Huo kicked Zhang Lei away, shouting, "You motherf*ckers, aren't you fucking fond of hitting with sticks? I'll beat the crap out of you! Damn it, seven or eight people ganging up on one, how shameless! Shameless!"
Zhang Lei kicked Qi Huo in the stomach, and the next second, he was hit in the face by the stick swung by Chang Ziqi.
Holding the stick, Chang Ziqi suddenly realized that it was more satisfying to beat someone up himself than to catch people every day for being late, smoking, and playing cards.
In the midst of the chaos, Yun Fang leisurely zipped up his backpack. Song Cun, who had not yet been involved in the brawl, looked at him angrily, “Yun Fang, I kindly invited you out to play, and this is how you repay me?”
Yun Fang’s gaze was still on Yi Chenliang. When he heard Song Cun, he looked at him, “What’s the matter?”
“You’re really too much.” Song Cun looked at him disappointedly, “You always mess things up. It was the same when we graduated from middle school, and it’s the same now. You always only think about yourself.”
“Actually, I’ve always been curious,” Yun Fang looked at him with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, “What exactly did you say and do on the day of our middle school graduation?”
It was so excessive that even when he later asked for forgiveness from the original owner and even proposed to be in a relationship with the original owner, he couldn’t get the other party’s forgiveness, and even chose death stubbornly.
Song Cun’s face looked bad, “Didn’t we agree that everything is in the past?”
“Song Cun, not everyone can let go of the past just by saying it.” Yun Fang looked at him, “Maybe it’s not a big deal for you, but for some people, they can’t let go of it in their lifetime. I want to hear you say it yourself.”
“If I say it myself, can you let it go?” Song Cun asked.
“Maybe.” Yun Fang didn’t give him a definite answer.
Song Cun opened his mouth with difficulty, “On the day of middle school graduation——”