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"I am a timid and cowardly person, so I can only disguise myself with a cold exterior.
Do you remember that time we were running? I knew you let me win on purpose. You could easily take first place in the 5,000 meters at the sports meet; how could you possibly lose to me? It was just that everyone in the class was watching, and you didn’t want me to be embarrassed, so you would rather admit defeat yourself. That’s just how gentle you are.
And that time I got my period, even though you wanted to laugh at me, you still lent me your school uniform and foolishly went to the convenience store with me to buy sanitary pads. When I went to the restroom, you deliberately made noise so that my classmates wouldn’t notice my embarrassment.
In class, I would often sneak glances at you while you were sleeping. You piled your books high and rested your head on your arms, sometimes even smiling. You are such a happy person, as if there are countless joyful things in your dreams.
Xiao Hai, sometimes I think, how wonderful it would be if I were the first person you liked?"
5
In our high school, only those who are handsome can be called "senior," otherwise they are referred to as "the third-year students," "the messy ones," or "the skinny bamboo poles." Similarly, only beautiful girls qualify as "junior sisters," otherwise they are just "the second-year students," "the ones who look like balls," or "the ones with pockmarked faces."
By this standard, Gu Yueyue should be considered a proper junior sister. She has beautiful long hair, fair skin, red lips, and white teeth. At seventeen, she perfectly blends youthful innocence with feminine grace. Every time in the cafeteria, a large group of boys would steal glances at her; sometimes they would even fight over a good spot just to catch a glimpse of her.
"Lao Wei, help me grab a seat for lunch later; I need to buy something." I've become quite familiar with Wei Ziyang and have started using code names.
"Sure thing! Who should I grab it from?" Wei Ziyang rolled up his sleeves.
I almost spat blood; this guy's thought process is definitely off.
"What I mean is to go ahead and occupy a seat near the left window row; just grab any one."
"Are you going to spy on Gu Yueyue too?" Wei Ziyang saw through my intentions.
"Why does everything sound so vulgar when it comes from your mouth? That’s called Gentlewoman, a gentleman's pursuit."
"Gentlewoman my foot!" Wei Ziyang scoffed, "What’s wrong with your taste? It's just someone wearing some powder and lipstick; if someone didn’t know better, they’d think there was business going on outside school."
"Jealousy, you're just jealous that others have a feminine charm."
"Idiot." Wei Ziyang said her catchphrase, "You go grab a seat yourself; I'm heading back to the dorm."
That noon, I made a fool of myself. After finishing lunch, I was smoking behind the cafeteria when a janitor rushed over, his face full of anger. "Who told you to smoke here? Go write a reflection in my office later."
I couldn't be bothered to respond to him and held the cigarette between my lips. "You, a janitor, have an office?"
Later, I found out that the man had just been transferred as the Vice Principal. The whole school was cleaning up for an inspection from the city, and he had changed into work clothes to help out.
The result of that incident was that I received a serious reprimand and had to read my reflection in front of all the teachers and students.
At that time, inspiration struck me, and I wrote an eloquent reflection. Standing at the podium, I read it out loud with conviction: "I failed to recognize the situation and mistook the Vice Principal for a janitor. I made a grave error in judgment. I promise from now on, I will never smoke on campus again..."
Laughter erupted from the students below; some even applauded. Gu Yueyue stood in the third row, smiling at me, and I felt a bit proud.
The Vice Principal was quite magnanimous, waving his hand for me to step down.
As winter break approached, Wei Ziyang seemed troubled and remained silent all day. I asked, "What's wrong? Is your period bothering you again?"
She spat out one word: "Get lost!"
I said, "Seriously, what's going on? You've been acting strange these past few days."
She fell silent again. Just before class started, she suddenly grabbed my arm. "Can you help me beat someone up?"
What? A person like me, teetering on the edge of expulsion, was being asked to fight.
"Who?" I frowned.
"Gao Tianqun."
I know that person; I've heard he has an older brother who is a thug, causing trouble at school and bullying others without hesitation.
"Why do you want to hit him?" I felt a bit overwhelmed.
"He..." Wei Ziyang rarely showed hesitation, biting his lip as he said, "He bullies me."
That reason was enough. After evening study, I found Gao Tianqun's dormitory, kicked the door open, and saw him playing poker with a few others. Thinking it was a teacher checking on them, they stuffed the cards into their underwear. When he saw me, Gao Tianqun shouted, "Are you out of your mind?"
Without saying a word, I grabbed him by the neck and yanked him off the bed. My right fist landed squarely on his nose, and blood quickly splattered out. His roommates tried to help, but Zhou Tong and the others stopped them. The small dormitory became chaotic. After about a minute of fighting, Gao Tianqun was in tears and snot, begging me, "Stop it, big brother! I was wrong..."
With such behavior, he still had the nerve to act tough, I thought to myself.
I kicked him in the stomach and warned, "If you bully girls again, I'll make you regret it."
What I didn't expect was that after I left, Gao Tianqun actually reported me to the teacher. The next morning, the head of discipline called me out of class with a grim expression and even called my parents in. They discussed for half an hour in the office and decided to suspend me until May when I could take the college entrance exam.
I packed my things and left school, shoving books and random items into my bag. Wei Ziyang had red eyes; she handed me her cherished cassette player and bit her lip as she said, "Xiao Hai, I'm sorry. I didn't know things would turn out like this."
I smiled nonchalantly and replied, "It has nothing to do with you; I couldn't stay anyway."
She wanted to return my smile, but as soon as she pursed her lips, tears fell like crystals.
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