Bamboo Horse Alpha - Chapter 5

When I came out of the boys’ dormitory, it was almost six o’clock.

Yu Jiu walked in front, subconsciously walked towards the cafeteria opposite the dormitory, halfway there he found that the cafeteria door was closed, so he turned abruptly and turned towards the school gate.

As the evening self-study approached, the students who had gone out returned to school one after another. The school gate was crowded with people. At this time, it would be eye-catching for the students to walk out of the school, not to mention that Yu Jiu and Zhai Chi were still “public figures” of the school.

The return rate is 100%!

“That’s Yu Jiu and Zhai Chi, right? What are they doing leaving school at this time?”

“Didn’t the two of them have a basketball game today? Is this already over?”

“It’s already over, haven’t you read the forum? It’s all arguing.”

“Fuck, the two of them didn’t go to have a fight outside the school, did they?”

Passers-by keep sending out guesses.

The two retrogrades turned a deaf ear and just walked forward.

Yu Jiu didn’t know why things suddenly developed like this.

Before the basketball game, they also staged a “meeting of old friends”. After a game, without any greetings, not even the most basic “long time no see”, they went out of school together for dinner.

Outside the gate of No. 1 Middle School, knowing that the students are on holiday today, the entire street outside the school gate is filled with carts selling all kinds of snacks.

Yu Jiu directly skipped the “snack street” with a strong smell of oily smoke, and led Zhai Chi across the street to the opposite street.

“What do you eat?” Yu Jiu asked.

Zhai Chi followed behind Yu Jiu half a step, and said, “I can do it, you decide.”

“…”

Thinking that Zhai Chi was new here and really didn’t know any delicious restaurants near the school, Yu Jiu didn’t ask any further questions, and took Zhai Chi into a ramen restaurant.

Time is tight, and they don’t have time to go to regular restaurants to order and wait for the food to be served. Except for those instant snacks and fast food, there is only this Lanzhou ramen restaurant near No. 1 Middle School that is suitable for eating now.

After entering the store, Yu Jiu chose a clean corner and sat down.

Zhai Chi sat opposite him.

Nothing to say on the hatchback.

Obviously it was Zhai Chi who proposed to eat together, but in the end he didn’t pick the place, and he didn’t need to lead the way. After entering the store, Yu Jiu even took the order by himself.

Zhai Chi wanted to intervene in something, but he really couldn’t get in the way.

He didn’t expect Yu Jiu to agree to have dinner with him so easily.

Yu Jiu… didn’t he blame himself?

Zhai Chi raised his head and glanced at the opposite side, Yu Jiu was looking down at the phone, his eyes were covered by the drooping eyelids, so he couldn’t see the emotion in his eyes clearly.

Zhai Chi wanted to ask something, but he didn’t know where to start.

Ask him what happened at home five years ago?

Or ask him how the past few years have been?

Does he have the right to ask?

He grabbed the disposable wooden chopsticks brought up by the waiter, traced the shape of the chopsticks through the wrapping paper, glanced at Yu Jiu’s hand holding the phone, and asked: “The injury on your hand, are you okay? “

It was said before that just put a Band-Aid on it, but Zhai Chi didn’t see anything similar to a Band-Aid from his palm.

And the scar on his palm…

As soon as he thought of this, he saw the person opposite retracted his hand, using the corner of his sleeve to hide the scratched area.

Yu Jiu said lightly, “It’s okay, it’s been dealt with.”

“…”

He doesn’t seem to like people talking about his injuries.

“It’s fine.” Zhai Chi’s eyes darkened, he didn’t stick to this topic any more, and said instead: “You played well in the game this afternoon.”

Much improved than before.

Yu Jiu’s hand that slid the screen paused, and said, “You played well in the first half.”

Zhai Chi: “…”

So he didn’t play well in the second half?

It’s really not good.

Anyone who doesn’t know basketball outside the court can see that he is not serious about the game in the second half. How could Yu Jiu, as his opponent, not see it?

Zhai Chi explained: “I just can’t understand that Alpha abused pheromones to cheat. I don’t mean to disrespect you. If you feel uncomfortable, there is a chance for us to compete alone?”

Zhai Chi suddenly laughed, “Speaking of which, we haven’t seen each other for five years…”

As he spoke, his voice paused, and he subconsciously looked at Yu Jiu.

Five years is a gap, saying it is like reminding them of the gap they haven’t seen in five years.

Zhai Chi was momentarily at a loss for words.

Yu Jiu glanced at him, and said nonchalantly, “How long… have you been back to China?”

Zhai Chi thought for a while and said, “Not counting the day of flying back, it’s been exactly one week.”

“…”

Yu Jiu slightly stared in surprise.

Listening to Yu San occasionally whispering in his ear, Zhai Chi came to No. 1 Middle School as a transfer student, which is just a week away.

If the time for him to return to China is also one week, wouldn’t he just go to school immediately after returning to China?

Going back to China directly, happened to be in Jinyi City, and went to school directly, just happened to enter No. 1 Middle School.

Is it a coincidence?

If it wasn’t a coincidence, why did you ignore him when you met him on the basketball court?

After ignoring him, invite him to dinner now?

Yu Jiu’s heart is a little complicated.

After a moment of silence, the waiter brought over two bowls of ramen.

Authentic Lanzhou beef ramen, the broth is clear and delicious, the noodles are soft and tasty, the ingredients are rich and full of color, fragrance, and taste, which makes people appetite greatly. Yu Jiu often comes to this ramen shop to eat.

But he wasn’t sure if it would suit Zhai Chi’s taste.

“Try it? It should taste good.”

He looked down at the disposable chopsticks in Zhai Chi’s hand.

Because it has been pinched and rubbed in the hands, the originally flat wrapping paper has been wrinkled.

Seeing Yu Jiu’s eyes on his hands, Zhai Chi was startled, took off the wrapping paper in twos and said, “Okay.”

He broke off the chopsticks, stirred the noodles and ingredients in the bowl together, and then picked up the noodles with rich soup and put them into his mouth.

The spicy ramen stimulates the taste buds, the noodles are full of strength, and the soup has an endless aftertaste, which is really addictive.

Zhai Chi praised it from the bottom of his heart: “It’s delicious.”

Yu Jiu smiled, and pushed a bottle of chili oil in the middle of the dining table towards Zhai Chi.

If he remembered correctly, Zhai Chi should like spicy food.

Sure enough, when Zhai Chi saw the chili oil he pushed over, his eyes lit up, and he took it and said, “Thank you.”

Yu Jiu didn’t say “no thanks” and started to eat his bowl of noodles with his head down.

Although there was no further conversation, the scene where the two of them quietly lowered their heads and ate noodles together seemed harmonious to outsiders.

At the checkout, Zhai Chi was the first to pay the bill, and Yu Jiu didn’t argue with him.

The two of them came out of the noodle shop after eating, and the school bell rang for evening self-study.

There is no teacher to supervise the evening self-study on weekends, so the ringing of the bell has no deterrent effect on the students.

Those who stepped into the school still took their time at the school gate, and those who walked around the campus were not in such a hurry to go back to the classroom.

Yu Jiu and Zhai Chi walked into the school gate one after the other.

The two of them were still only focused on walking forward, but the difference was that the distance between the two of them had shortened a lot.

Zhai Chi walked on Yu Jiu’s right.

The breeze was blowing from the right, mixed with the smell of rain, and after passing Zhai Chi, when it fell into Yu Jiu’s nostrils, there was a little more citrus smell.

That’s right, the smell of citrus.

It came from Zhai Chi’s body, and it was different from the mint smell he smelt before.

Yu Jiu thought to himself: What he smelled on the court before was really not the smell of pheromones.

It was Zhai Chi who sprayed himself with a smelly odor blocker.

Yu Jiu was inexplicably attracted by the smell of the barrier agent, in order to smell it more clearly, the distance between him and Zhai Chi was getting closer unconsciously.

As soon as Zhai Chi lowered his head, he saw Yu Jiu’s slightly drooping eyebrows and eyes. His skin was very fair, his profile was sharp and angular, and his facial features were beautiful and delicate. I haven’t seen him for five years. He looks even better than before.

At this time, another gust of wind blew over, lifting Yu Jiu’s broken bangs covering his forehead, revealing the injury on his forehead.

The wound has formed a layer of scabs irregularly, but the surrounding redness and swelling are still obvious. It looks like it has just been injured.

Zhai Chi’s eyes trembled, and his face changed instantly. He subconsciously stretched out his hand: “What’s going on with you…”

“Snapped!”

Zhai Chi stretched out his hand quickly, and before he could react, he touched Yu Jiu’s forehead and brushed his bangs away.

Yu Jiu also reacted very quickly. The moment Zhai Chi touched his forehead, he quickly raised his hand and forcefully opened Zhai Chi’s hand that touched him.

“…”

After Yu Jiu waved Zhai Chi away, he froze in mid-air, and Zhai Chi also stopped in mid-air after his hand was opened.

The two of them were stunned while maintaining a somewhat weird posture.

After a while, Yu Jiu took the lead and said, “Sorry.”

Conditioned reflex.

He habitually rejects contact with Alpha. When Zhai Chi touched him, the place he touched felt like an electric shock. Although it didn’t hurt, it felt numb. He slapped him away almost instinctively.

Zhai Chi: “…”

He didn’t understand why Yu Jiu apologized.

Yu Jiu didn’t wait for him to respond, she lowered her head again, pulled back her fringe, and covered the wound on her forehead.

His movements were so proficient that Zhai Chi felt stabbed in the bottom of his heart.

The hand that was raised in the air was lowered, and it was clenched into a fist by the side.

Zhai Chi asked as calmly as possible: “How did you do it?”

Yu Jiu said, “I knocked it accidentally.”

Zhai Chi: “…”

How did you accidentally hit the forehead so high?

If the forehead was careless, what about the scar on the palm of the hand?

How could he get himself hurt all over the place?

Zhai Chi looked at him silently, but couldn’t speak.

Yu Jiu didn’t look up at him again. After tidying up her bangs, she turned around and said, “Let’s go, I’ll take you back to the classroom.”

Zhai Chi was stunned for a moment, and said, “Take me?”

Yu Jiu said, “It’s not that you don’t know the way…”

Yu Jiu was also taken aback for half of the words.

When he was a child, Zhai Chi had a problem. He lacked a sense of direction and got lost easily. He was seriously road-crazy!

But that was already a thing of childhood.

In five years, even the biggest problem may be gone.

And it wasn’t Zhai Chi’s first day at school, and he had a good time alone in the previous week.

Yu Jiu didn’t know why he still remembered such an inconspicuous little problem of his. Seeing that Zhai Chi was stunned, he was a little embarrassed, “Let me talk casually, I’ll go back first…”

“OK.”

“…”

Zhai Chi didn’t know whether to be surprised or happy for a while, he interrupted Yu Jiu and said, “I still remember the regular route, I haven’t been to other places, why don’t you take me around the campus when you have time?”

The regular route is just a few places in daily life, such as teaching building, dormitory, canteen and gymnasium.

The campus of No. 1 Middle School is neither big nor small. Apart from these places, there are many other places.

No one knew that the high profile on the day of admission was not actually Zhai Chi’s intention to be high profile.

It’s just that he didn’t have a sense of direction when he went out, and his elder brother was worried, so he had to arrange a driver to tell the principal, so there was a scene where the principal personally greeted him and arranged for him to enroll.

Yu Jiu walked in front and looked back, seeing the proper smile on Zhai Chi’s face, she was a little confused if Zhai Chi was really sick or just wanted to give him a step up.

He paused for a while, “I’m going back to the classroom first.”

After speaking, he turned around and walked quickly to the teaching building.

He also didn’t promise to take people around the campus.

He quickened his pace, somewhat like running away.

Zhai Chi watched him getting further and further away, and unconsciously bent his lips. Thinking of the injury on Yu Jiu’s forehead, he suppressed his smile again, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, checked the time, turned around and left the school again.

Back in classroom one, Yu Jiu didn’t feel completely relaxed until she sat back in her seat.

Staying with Zhai Chi is more tiring than him doing several sets of math problems.

He took a slow and deep breath, but before he could breathe out, a person appeared behind him and said, “Brother Jiu!”

“…”

Yu Jiu was so frightened that her breath stopped, and she was relieved when she turned her head and saw that it was Yu Shan.

Yu San reached out and handed him an envelope, “This is from Xu Shi, and it should be your trophy.”

Although Xu Shi’s character is not very good, face is still important.

Instead of waiting for someone to come to ask for it, it’s better to get someone to bring it to you.

Yu Jiu raised her hand to take it, but before turning around, Yu San said again: “I heard that you and the transfer students from Class 10 just left school, why did you go? Did he bother you?”

“…”

When he left the school before, Yu Jiu also heard some of the discussions at the school gate. He saw Yu Shan holding his mobile phone, so he knew where he got the news without thinking about it.

Yu Jiu said calmly, “No, we ate a bowl of noodles together.”

“Oh.” Yu San was relieved, and was about to retract his head when he suddenly realized something. He was shocked and said, “You and Zhai Chi went out of school to eat a bowl of noodles? Did he have malicious intentions? What did he tell you?”

He was startled, and his voice was very loud.

The classroom fell silent in an instant.

More than one gaze focused on where they were.

Yu Jiu had a headache.

Not only the headache, but also the wound.

Even the place Zhai Chi touched with his fingers still seems to have a tactile sensation, numbness, and a very strange, inexplicable, uncomfortable feeling.

Yu Jiu subconsciously opened the drawer, saw the empty space in the corner, and realized that the medicine was gone.

“No, I just had a normal meal.” Yu Jiu explained lightly, got up with the envelope, and said to the deskmate and monitor, “Squad monitor, I’m going out for a while, Teacher Zhao is here, please ask me for a leave .”

Teacher Zhao, Zhao Yun, is their head teacher.

The squad leader was busy doing calculations, and gave him an OK sign without looking up.

Seeing Yu Jiu’s indifferent expression, Yu San felt for a moment that she was meddling in her own business.

But when did the transfer student from Class Ten have such a good relationship with his male god?

…

Yu Jiu went out from the classroom and went directly to the school doctor’s office through the administration building. He didn’t turn his gaze, so he didn’t see a person who was supposed to go back to the classroom coming in from the school gate.

He went straight to the school infirmary.

The school medical office of No. 1 Middle School is very complete, which is equivalent to a small clinic. It is built between the senior three teaching building and the teachers’ dormitory, and it is quite a distance from the senior second teaching building.

The school doctor is a young alpha male with good-looking eyebrows and phoenix eyes, so there are always some omegas and betas who are fine and always look for something to give themselves a reason to come to the school doctor’s office for a checkup.

Even though today is the weekend when the school gates are open, you can go to off-campus pharmacies to buy medicines if you feel unwell, but when Yu Jiu went, she still saw two girls coming out of the school infirmary with a box of common cold medicines smiling.

Yu Jiu made way for them by turning sideways, and waited until they were far away before pushing open the door of the school doctor’s room and walking in.

The person in the school infirmary was wearing a white coat, making him slender. He turned his back to the door, and he didn’t know what he was up to.

“Students in which class? The registration book is on the desk at the door, fill it out by yourself first.”

Li Chengke ordered without looking back.

Yu Jiu walked in and closed the door, and said softly, “It’s me.”

Li Chengke turned back, paused for a while and said, “Oh, you.”

He turned his head back again.

Yu Jiu didn’t rush him, and after he finished fiddling, he washed his hands and turned around and walked over.

“What’s the matter with you?” Li Chengke said.

Without saying a word, Yu Jiu took out the pure black bottle from his pocket and put it on the desk in front of him.

Li Chengke glanced at him, picked up the bottle and opened it, looked at the empty bottom of the bottle, and said with a complicated expression: “The medicine I gave you is for two months, and it’s less than a month since you took the medicine last time.”

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