Chapter Fifty-Seven: Idle Return to Old Life

  "I've seen people with thick skin, and I've heard of those who are shameless, but you're the first living treasure I've ever met." Cheng Mian shook his head, and as he spoke, he pulled the two up.

  "Nothing wrong?" Cheng Mian asked with a smile, looking at Yu Cheng's gloomy face.

  "It's all right, beautiful lady in my arms, what can go wrong? Old master has thick skin and flesh, not so fragile. Come on, come on, great beauty, into my arms you come, I won't reject you."

  "You son of a bitch!" Rolled up his sleeves, Cheng Mian took the lead and started fighting with him.

  That's the friendship between guys, haha, not afraid of jokes, proper hand-to-hand combat, Shao Qi sat back on his bed with a smile, nodding at Li Yifan who picked up the meal from the ground and came down from the bed.

  "Is it okay?" Lai Yifan carried the meal, ignoring the two people who were quarreling on one side, and sat down in front of the dining table next to Shao Qi's bed. He opened the lunchbox and asked him casually, with an inexplicable tone.

  "It's all right, I'm fine. What can happen to me? With a human cushion, all the weight is on the cushion, isn't it?" Shao Qi smiled, looking at Yu Cheng who was pressed to the ground again by Cheng Mian.

  This kid can't be outdone by anyone, yet everyone wants to provoke him, but he won't let people get really angry. I don't know if this guy is too slick or just naturally so.

  “…….”

  Li Yifan was silent.

  Others may not have noticed, but he saw that Shao Qi's seemingly deliberate and mischievous behavior was actually a clear sign of physical exhaustion.

  Li Yifan still chose to remain silent, no need to investigate and expose, just quietly eating his rice, he wasn't picky about food, and to be honest, the cafeteria at Shuozhou University was quite good in terms of taste.

  On one side was Yu Cheng's majestic and powerful display of fists and feet like a raging fire.

  On one side was Li Yifan's silent and icy demeanor.

  Mixed with Shaoyi's inexplicable spring warmth and blooming flowers;

  The autumn wind was blowing around, and the luggage was being abandoned all over the place.

  Thus, in this not-so-large dormitory, the unique atmosphere of the four seasons is diffused, both chaotic and harmoniously unified.

  And it's precisely at this strange unity that "uninvited guests" often prefer to visit from afar.

  "Knock knock knock......" The knocking sound was polite yet abrupt, but also contained a hint of the owner's complex emotions.

  The life in the bedroom continued undisturbed, fortunately the person knocking on the door was not particularly patient, after a few short knocks, the visitor finally pushed open the slightly ajar door without hesitation.

  "Shao Qi, you're back! I've been looking for you for a long time!" The boy's face was full of smiles, his sincere and enthusiastic expression couldn't hide the anxiety and awkwardness in his heart.

  "You're here." Shao Qi smiled and gestured for him to sit in the chair beside his bed.

  "Really." The boy smiled.

  "Hey, Ren Sheng, you've finally arrived?" The boys, who still wanted to save face in front of people outside their dormitory, had already quietly declared a temporary truce. Cheng Meng looked at the boy who was his high school classmate and acquaintance, and he was also in a good mood.

  "Ah, yeah!" Ren Sheng said with a somewhat embarrassed tone, accompanied by a slight smile.

  Looking at them again, Yu Cheng couldn't help but ask, "Hey hey hey, you three all know each other? Won't it be old classmates again?"

  "Of course, we're still good friends and partners!" The three of them said with a showy gesture, putting their shoulders together and smiling as if to say "you deserved it".

  Who told you to come to this school alone? Your interpersonal relationships are too poor, whose fault is that?

  Of course, this is just a prank idea version, they all know that the threshold of a domestic first-line university is not low. As iron brothers, they can come here, and it's really a blessing from heaven for their friendship.

  "Shao Qi, tell me, how did you get rid of those people's false accusations in the first place? I asked Uncle Cheng about it, and he said that when he went to look for you, the police told him that you had already been released due to lack of evidence."

  "I heard that the murderer has been found! It was a young socialite who accidentally killed someone after drinking, and someone took a selfie with their phone without realizing they had captured the scene, and only reported it to the police when they were processing the photos. Is that true?"

  Ren Zheng, who wasn't particularly familiar with others either, naturally couldn't suddenly become familiar with them now. He had come to find Shao Qi and wouldn't forget his purpose, so he pulled Shao Qi along and brought Cheng Meng to the cafeteria, where he started talking about things he had wanted to say all along.

  Shao Qi's eyebrows furrowed slightly, thinking that he was still feeling embarrassed about the matter. After all, they were just normal students growing up, and it was hard not to care about those things. But as a boy, Ren Sheng's thoughts were sensitive in some ways, but indeed not as delicate as girls', so he only came back to his senses now.

  But he still sincerely asked, almost everyone's most wanted answer for a long time: "Why did you leave in such a hurry? It was as if you evaporated from the world, without saying goodbye to any of us. If it wasn't for your college entrance exam wish, I'm not sure if we would ever meet again in this lifetime."

  They were originally friends and sworn brothers, but there are always some things that even sworn brothers cannot eliminate.

  Since Cheng Mian, no one has ever asked about it with a positive attitude, Shao Qi knew that this matter was obviously the representative of this.

  But he is Ren Sheng, who has never been bound by those empty forms and conventions. He's not a fool, nor is he unaware of the depths. Although he often feels inferior and impulsive, it can't be denied that he is bold and direct. And people who are bold and direct often achieve more unexpected results.

  Fortunately, he also knew how to avoid the heavy and choose the light, knowing how to make up for these unintentionally created gaps as soon as possible. Moreover, they were friends, and with intentional care, these things came naturally.

  Shao Qi ate a piece of intestine and calmly spat out a sentence: "If you don't eat, your spicy noodles will be mushy."

  "What's wrong with you, I'm asking you something?"

  "Is that so, Shao Qi? Actually, I also want to know, why did you leave in such a hurry back then?" Cheng Mian, who had been keeping silent all along, put down his chopsticks and asked with a serious expression.

  They all knew that Shao Qi was now rich, with a good family background, just like an ugly caterpillar suddenly turned into a butterfly. The one who was crawling on the dirty ground just a moment ago, only to fly up in an instant.

  But they never suspected that Shao Qi was deliberately keeping a distance from them because of his identity, they asked him, not that they didn't trust him, nor did they intentionally care, but more likely it was just an obsession, a kind of pure friendship instinct between partners.

  Ran Jing also understood that he and Shao Qi had a gap, Shao Qi didn't mind these things, but he had to pay attention.

  The reason why he can still be so carefree and treat me the same as before is actually because he really cares about that past, and does it on purpose, because after this, he needs to be mindful of his boundaries.