Chapter 38 Insect Flying

Under the gaze of those who were paying close attention, Xu Mingyuan did not make any response. Even when Chen Junjian blocked him in the corridor, he just turned sideways and left.

This seems to be an obvious signal of weakness, which makes many people sigh.

But it is understandable that everyone is in the third year of high school, the days in school are counting down, and it is time to think about the future.

It is not a wise choice to come into conflict with a young man from a privileged family.

Not only that, even when Wei Jun provoked him in front of everyone, Xu Mingyuan only told the dean of studies and let the school handle it.

The school did not tolerate this and called the parents on the same day. When the national flag was raised on Monday, Wei Jun was again pulled out as an example.

Although it was embarrassing to go on stage and get scolded in front of the whole school, Wei Jun had gotten used to it and even felt quite proud of it.

After all, he had been suppressed by Xu Mingyuan for two whole years, beaten and taken the blame. This time he finally got his revenge.

In the eyes of the young man, reporting the teacher is a shameful thing.

Everything seemed to have calmed down. Xu Mingyuan didn’t even go to the basketball court. He was so low-key that it seemed as if this student didn’t exist in No. 3 Middle School.

Of course, Xu Mingyuan was thinking, this damn weather will start to freeze sooner or later, who would play basketball in the cold wind? If he didn’t really love it, then he must be crazy.

Tao Shuxin was also very nervous at the beginning, and kept staring at Xu Mingyuan, fearing that he had some plans in mind and would suddenly rush out to fight him.

For this reason, even when Xu Mingyuan went to the toilet, he would pretend to go out with him casually to see if he was actually going towards the toilet.

Even Sun Hongwei and the others felt that Xu Mingyuan had no intention of responding. Although there was no rift between them, they still felt aggrieved.

The glory in the past was caused by Xu Mingyuan, but now they act in a low-key manner. Maybe this is what growth is.

In fact, everyone had the right idea, but they all gave up on it.

Because no one knows to what level this small conflict will escalate and how it will end.

In Xu Mingyuan’s eyes, this was not a minor conflict, but a threat, a threat to life.

This is not a joke, and it’s not funny.

Xu Mingyuan didn’t care whether Lin Jing was dead or alive, but he almost ended up in the morgue.

Not only himself, but his father Xu Jun was also sent to prison for this, with a sentence of three and a half years.

Xu Mingyuan has already hired a lawyer and paid money, but his sentence was only reduced to two years and three months. This is a sentence that Xu Jun can only reach if he behaves well.

Even if Xu Jun was a bad man, a hopeless bastard, he was still Xu Mingyuan’s father, the biggest regret in the old man’s life, and Xu Mingyuan had to take it seriously.

If Xu Jun, his adoptive father, was around, Xu Mingyuan would feel much more relaxed and could discuss things with him or entrust him with tasks without any worries.

As long as it wasn’t gambling, Xu Mingyuan could let him spend the money as he pleased. After all, the money had reached a level that he could never use up in several lifetimes just by spending it.

Xu Mingyuan was able to become the largest real estate developer in Nanxi City and also had industries in neighboring cities, but it was not because of his kindness.

Real estate developers who can make their way out of small cities are often more ruthless than big real estate developers.

Xu Mingyuan had never thought of getting Chen Junjian expelled from No. 3 Middle School in order to win a momentary rage. What was the point of doing so? It would only make him change schools.

As for being disgraced, the young man from a wealthy family might care about this. Apart from losing some face, it is not a big deal and he can still live better than ordinary people.

What Xu Mingyuan wanted was for Chen Junjian’s family to collapse. He didn’t want to see a situation where a lean camel was bigger than a horse. What he wanted was for them to be unable to turn over and become completely like a dried fish.

Xu Mingyuan never thought of himself as a good person, but he also didn’t think of himself as a bad person. Nanxi City was barely upgraded to a third-tier city only after more than a decade, and any slight disturbance would be known to everyone.

If he could be called a bad person, no one would have allowed him to hold the title of the richest man in Nanxi City for two years.

Xu Mingyuan is just a reasonable person. Since you almost took my life, it should be okay for me to take some of your property, right?
That’s fair enough.

At least Xu Mingyuan felt it was fair. After all, he didn’t want to take anyone’s life. This was a society ruled by law.

Tao Shuxin felt that Xu Mingyuan was very strange recently, very strange.

Although he still listened attentively in get out of class and asked questions about what he didn’t understand after class, the number of times he did so has decreased a lot.

It’s not that Xu Mingyuan learned better, but that he didn’t prepare ahead of time.

If this alone is not surprising, it is possible that Xu Mingyuan’s enthusiasm for studying has been reduced due to a whim.

But he was in a daze most of the time, or rather, he was in deep thought.

He usually doesn’t take the initiative to chat. Only when Tao Shuxin asks him a question, he will answer, and then pretend to be deep again.

At first, Tao Shuxin wondered if she had offended him in some way, but she couldn’t figure it out no matter how hard she tried.

Could it be that he didn’t bring him dried orange peels one day? That would be too petty of him.

In the days without heating, how could there be so many orange peels to dry? In order to supply the two of them, she had eaten several bags of oranges these days. Of course, Tao Shuxin also discovered some clues.

During his daze, Xu Mingyuan would pick up a pen and write some numbers, mostly numbers, and only occasionally words.

Tao Shuxin read it carefully and could understand all the words, but some of them were confusing.

Things like capital withdrawal, bridge financing, transfer, etc., and then add a string of numbers.

The only thing Tao Shuxin could understand was people’s names, but such opportunities were rare, and even if she saw them she had never heard of them.

Tao Shuxin quietly asked Xu Mingyuan what he was doing, but his answer was ambiguous and he just told herself mysteriously not to tell anyone.

Conspiracy, a big conspiracy.

Tao Shuxin crossed her hands, lay on them, turned her head and squinted her eyes, like a little fox.

“What are you looking at? Is there something on my face?”

Xu Mingyuan touched his face, feeling a little confused.

“There are no flowers, there is conspiracy.”

Tao Shuxin was very sure.

“You’re not going to write the test paper?”

“Do you think I’ll be as slow as you? There are few homework questions today, and I’ve finished them all.” Tao Shuxin said proudly.

“Then don’t be idle, teach me.”

“okay.”

Tao Shuxin looked back at the teacher in class and quietly pointed out what Xu Mingyuan had done wrong.

With Tao Shuxin’s help, Xu Mingyuan’s learning progress was much faster.

Tao Shuxin was also happy to do so, and treated it as a review.

Suddenly she found that Xu Mingyuan was already asking questions in the exercise book, so she asked curiously: “Why did you preview again today?”

“I’ve finished the test paper, so I can’t just sit there doing nothing, right?”

Xu Mingyuan looked at her like a fool.

“Why don’t you pretend to be deep?”

“Ha, you’ve pretended enough. You don’t have to pretend anymore in the future.” Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

“Ok?”

Tao Shuxin sat up straight and pestered Xu Mingyuan with questions.

Xu Mingyuan would definitely not say anything until the dust settled, and she couldn’t understand anything from the few words on the paper.

Seeing that it was almost time to go home from school, Xu Mingyuan stretched lazily.

It’s good to be young. You can sit on a hard bench for more than ten hours a day without feeling tired. But after ten or twenty years, your waist will be sore after sitting for two hours.

“Tell me a little, just a little.”

“Don’t put your hands on me. You’re just a little girl. Don’t you pay attention to the impact?”

Xu Mingyuan slapped her rebellious hand away.

Just as Tao Shuxin was about to speak, she heard the teacher yell, “What are you doing? The get out of class isn’t over yet!”

The class became quiet. Tao Shuxin was still making small movements, but Xu Mingyuan ignored her. Soon, music started playing on the radio outside.

“School is over!”

Regardless of whether the teacher called for the end of get out of class or not, some people ran out of the classroom first.

Listening to the after-school song, Xu Mingyuan finally relaxed and couldn’t help but hum along with the rhythm, but his singing was in a low voice, which made this classic children’s song have an inexplicable sadness.

“The dark sky hangs low, accompanied by bright stars, insects are flying, insects are flying, who are you missing…”

Tao Shuxin had no choice but to give up. Seeing him slowly tidying up the desk and listening to his slow tone, she subconsciously hummed along with the smooth and soothing tune.

“The stars in the sky are crying, the roses on the ground are withering, the cold wind is blowing, the cold wind is blowing, as long as I have you by my side…”

(End of this chapter)