"plum..."
"Li Xiu!"
Calls came from afar.
Li Xiu took a sharp breath as he suddenly jumped up uncontrollably, making a loud noise that startled the people standing next to his table.
"Why would I rely on you?!"
Hearing the man's exclamation, the familiar classroom came into view. Li Xiu gasped for breath and realized that everything that had just happened was just a dream.
The person who woke him up was a male classmate he was not very familiar with.
"Yeah, sorry, I fell asleep."
Li Xiu murmured, his voice a little hoarse.
Even now that I'm awake, the unpleasant chilling feeling from the nightmare still lingers in my body.
"Um, that." The male student lowered his head, curled his lips, and avoided Li Xiu's gaze. Then he said, "The math teacher asked you to go to the copy room to move the freshly printed papers."
"ah?"
"...The teacher asked you to bring it back to class and distribute it. He needs it for the next class."
Li Xiu rubbed his temples.
"good."
His math grades were the best of all his subjects, so he had a lot of interactions with his math teacher. Li Xiu naturally didn't think too much about it and went straight to the school's copy room as the classmate had suggested.
As soon as he entered the door, Li Xiu immediately realized that something was wrong.
There were no papers in the copy room at all. There was only a boy leaning against the door, playing with his mobile phone as usual, and the external sound was the harsh electronic sound of video games.
It's Fang Qianan.
Li Xiu turned around without hesitation and was about to escape outside the copy room. However, Fang Qianan was much faster than him. He kicked the door while playing with his mobile phone. Accompanied by the sound effect of Game Over, Fang Qianan blocked Li Xiu's escape route.
"Fang Qianan, what are you going to do?"
Li Xiu took a deep breath and looked at Fang Qianan with forced calmness.
After losing the game again, Fang Qianan curled his lips, casually put his phone back into his pocket, and then looked up at Li Xiu.
Fang Qianan's eyes, with their light-colored irises and small pupils, made Li Xiu feel uncomfortable as always.
At the same time, a strong sense of self-loathing rose up in his heart. Li Xiu cursed himself several times in his heart, calling himself a fool - he had a problem with his feet, and the teachers never let Li Xiu lift heavy objects, so how could they let him move the papers.
Even if it was just to move the papers, it was impossible for Li Xiu to do it alone.
If he hadn't had a low fever and nightmares today that made him upset, he should have thought of it earlier.
This was a trap set by Fang Qianan on purpose.
*
"What do you think I'm doing here? What should you do if a puppy bites someone?..."
Fang Qianan said, then raised his hand towards Li Xiu.
He still had gauze wrapped around his index finger.
"The buttons are completely numb after being wrapped in gauze. I've been numb from yesterday to today, you know?"
The boy said to Li Xiu, with a creepy tone of anger in his voice.
To be honest, if Fang Qianan had spoken harshly to Li Xiu like Wang Rongfa, or Song Cheng and the others did this morning, Li Xiu wouldn't be as frightened as he is now.
But the tone of Fang Qianan's voice now...
Li Xiu felt goosebumps all over her body.
He also knew that he had really offended Fang Qianan yesterday.
When Fang Qianan bit someone in the villa, he actually saw blood. When Li Xiu went home that night and brushed her teeth, there was still a fishy smell in her mouth from another human's blood.
And Fang Qianan also said yesterday that he would talk to Li Xiu again the next day.
The incident of biting Fang Qianan would not be so easy to get over. Li Xiu had expected this, otherwise he would not have been so sleep-deprived and unwilling to come to school in the morning. But he did not expect Fang Qianan to come so soon.
and...
He came in person.
After being harassed by Wang Rongfa's group of idiots for so long, Li Xiu had more or less realized that Fang Qianan actually looked down on the people around him.
Although it is called a small group, in fact, it is just other people trying their best to get close to Fang Qianan. The young master can only say that he is reluctantly too lazy to drive away those lackeys. This is why there is a group of people who are domineering and wanton in the school.
In his limited memory, countless things happened, but Fang Qianan just stayed out of it and played with his phone.
Sometimes Li Xiu would involuntarily have an illusion that for Fang Qianan, those who bully others and those who are bullied are actually the same to him.
And now, Fang Qianan, who always watched the farce indifferently, seemed to suddenly walk out from the other side of the glass wall and came directly in front of Li Xiu.
Li Xiu's cheeks tightened and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
Some disgusting memories suddenly flashed back. The ankle that Fang Qianan had kneaded so recklessly yesterday began to ache inexplicably under the mental tension.
*
"I can compensate you for your medical expenses."
Li Xiu said.
"...ha?"
After the words fell, even Fang Qianan looked stunned.
Li Xiu had no doubt that Fang Qianan had never heard such words in his life.
He, Li Xiu, offered to pay for the medical expenses of the Fang family's prince.
Not to mention Fang Qianan, even Li Xiu felt ridiculous after he spoke.
The skinny, lame boy's eyelashes trembled slightly because of nervousness. He lowered his head and stared at Fang Qianan's hand uncontrollably.
After one night, there was still a trace of dark red under the bandage on the tall boy's index finger.
Sure enough, after a brief silence, Fang Qianan grinned.
"Pfft...wait, do you think I need that little bit of medical money from your family?"
Fang Qianan crossed his arms over his chest, with a hint of sneer in his face, he walked directly in front of Li Xiu and spoke slowly.
As Fang Qianan approached, Li Xiu swallowed his saliva and began to retreat involuntarily.
He looked around the copy room discreetly. The door had been blocked by Fang Qianan, but the window was open. The copy room was on the second floor...
If he were a healthy person, he might consider jumping out of the window and escaping.
It's a pity that Li Xiu is not.
He is a lame man who even runs crookedly.
Once again he felt that intense hatred for himself pressing down on his chest.
Then, Li Xiu began to search for something that could be used to protect himself. Unfortunately, there were no useful weapons in the copy room except for the copy machine and the mountains of textbooks and copy paper piled up on the iron shelves.
In the short time that Li Xiu was trying to save himself, he was unknowingly forced into a corner by Fang Qianan.
Yes, Fang Qianan is indeed much taller than Li Xiu.
Li Xiu is relatively thin, and Fang Qianan is considered to be the best among well-developed high school students.
His height of nearly 1.9 meters makes him a big shot in the basketball team.
It is said that for safety reasons, he is also very good at Muay Thai and Taekwondo.
He was called the Crown Prince not only because of his financial resources, but also because his fists were really powerful.
When such a person leaned directly in front of Li Xiu, the aura of unbridled recklessness, like a carnivorous beast, became even stronger. A large shadow fell in front of Li Xiu's eyes. It was Fang Qianan's shadow.
At this moment, the shadow completely enveloped the pale and thin boy.
*
Li Xiu bit her lower lip.
"Then what are you going to do? Beat me up again?" The boy's voice was sharp, due to the strong sense of crisis mixed with the dizziness caused by the low fever, and his extreme resistance to strong men.
He raised his head and glared at Fang Qianan, his eyes bright and fierce.
"How about I reach out my hand too, and you bite it back?"
He sneered, a hint of malice in his tone.
He raised his hand towards Fang Qianan who was standing nearby.
Didn't Fang Qianan say he was a dog?
So if a dog bites someone and can't afford to pay compensation, can the person still bite the dog back?
After hearing Li Xiu's reply, Fang Qianan paused and hesitated subtly.
"you--"
Just as he was about to step forward and grab the ignorant cripple, a beep suddenly sounded in the copy room where only two people were.
The copier placed in the middle of the room suddenly started up automatically.
"Sizzle—sizzle—"
As the copier started up, a large amount of copy paper began to spew out from the outlet at an abnormal speed.
Before Fang Qianan could react, a cold wind suddenly blew in the room.
Crash...
In an instant, the papers on the copier tray were blown everywhere like fairy flowers.
Fang Qianan looked at the scene in astonishment, and suddenly his cheek felt a pain. It turned out that a piece of copy paper had directly scratched his cheek, leaving a wound on his skin.
He subconsciously grabbed the paper and looked down. It was still hot from the copying machine, but the paper was pure red.
Wait, aren't the exam copiers in school supposed to be black and white? When did they switch to color?
Fang Qianan thought a little confusedly.
It happened so quickly. Just as Fang Qianan's attention was distracted by the copier, Li Xiu didn't think too much and suddenly rushed out from beside him with his back hunched.
"You dare to run?!"
Fang Qianan suddenly came back to his senses, and for some unknown reason he no longer cared about anything else. He simply reached out to hook Li Xiu.
But Fang Qianan didn't notice at all that at the same moment he took action, the shelf used to store documents and papers in the copy room actually fell directly towards him.
*
Li Xiu didn't know why she turned back.
The opportunity is so good...
However, at that moment, a chilling feeling came over him, and Li Xiu suddenly turned around for some unknown reason.
Just in time, I saw the sturdy and heavy frame collapse behind Fang Qianan.
"careful!"
Li Xiu subconsciously stretched out his hand.
Fang Qianan originally wanted to pull Li Xiu, and when he raised his arm, Li Xiu pulled him forward with force.
He didn't expect Li Xiu to suddenly turn around and pull him. He didn't stop in time and bumped into Li Xiu directly, and they both fell to the ground.
"Boom—"
At the same time, there was also the deafening roar of the iron frame falling to the ground.
…
In the first few seconds, Fang Qianan was a little dazed.
Several large books hit his feet, and his calves hurt like he had been kicked several times while playing basketball.
But that was nothing, because the collapsed iron frame was now stuck next to the sole of his shoe.
If Li Xiu hadn't grabbed him and made him fall a few steps forward, the iron frame would have almost hit him.
The textbooks and papers in school are not light things, so the copy room uses solid steel frames that reach all the way to the ceiling.
If such a weight really hits Fang Qianan, he will probably be smashed to death and reincarnated.
Even the most lawless prince of a powerful family would have a moment of blankness in his mind when encountering such an accident.
*
"Hmm…"
Until a muffled groan came from under him.
Fang Qianan turned his head and looked straight at the young man under his body.
Li Xiu's face was pale, his forehead was covered in cold sweat, and there was a bright red wound on his lip, which was bleeding.
That was the direct scratch caused by the pendant hanging around Fang Qianan's neck when he fell.
"You, you are hurt?"
When that hint of crimson caught his eyes, Fang Qianan felt his heart suddenly constrict, and he couldn't help but ask nervously.
"Are you okay?"
Li Xiu endured the pain and didn't care about anything else. She rolled her eyes at Fang Qianan.
"Did you... grow up eating pig feed? Start with me..."
Not every skinny boy can bear the weight of an adolescent boy who is almost 1.9 meters tall.
Li Xiu was pressed down by Fang Qianan, and he felt as if his internal organs were about to be squeezed out of his throat.
After Fang Qianan hurriedly climbed up from Li Xiu, the originally tense atmosphere between the two became a little subtle.
Li Xiu fell down and became Fang Qianan's cushion. After a long time, he couldn't get up. He could only sit up halfway, leaning against the wall and staring at the completely chaotic scene in front of him in a daze.
"Hey, um...are you really okay?"
Fang Qianan stared at Li Xiu's ugly face, hesitated for a moment, and then said stiffly.
He remembered that Li Xiu was a cripple, and seeing that Li Xiu couldn't stand up, he reached out and was about to continue touching Li Xiu's trouser leg.
"Pah."
Then he was slapped viciously on the back of his hand.
"roll."
The boy's merciless scolding came to my ears.
Fang Qianan made a "tsk" sound and suddenly withdrew his hand.
"Fuck, I'm really concerned about you this time, okay?!"
He grumbled, but his voice was not very forceful.
There's even a bit of... a strange and weird feeling of guilt.
Perhaps it was because Fang Qianan did not expect that Li Xiu would help him at that time.
There was still blood at the corner of Li Xiu's mouth, and because of the injury, her originally pale lips now looked exceptionally plump and bright.
Fang Qianan's gaze always lingered on the red color. In addition to the previous shock, he felt an inexplicable uneasiness rising in his chest for no reason.
"cough."
Li Xiu tried hard to calm his breath, then looked up at Fang Qianan.
"That's evening it out now."
The young man said softly.
Fang Qianan was stunned for a moment: "What?"
Li Xiu raised her hand and extended her index finger. "Actually, you were the one who bullied me first, so you deserved it if I bit you. But... let's forget about that. I just saved your life, so let's just call it quits, okay?"
"It's not like I asked anyone to bully you, and..."
Fang Qianan became more and more annoyed when he saw Li Xiu's retreating look.
"Come on...it's rare to bother with a cripple like you."
He said sullenly.
In order to relieve the discomfort in his body, Fang Qianan turned his head to look at the copier that had malfunctioned before.
"So even a rural school like this still uses this kind of junk..."
I'll have to replace all this garbage someday.
He thought.
*
A breeze blew by, and another piece of copy paper swayed and fell to his feet.
Fang Qianan took a glance and couldn't help but exclaimed "Huh".
Li Xiu glanced at him.
"I'm fine, I just remember..."
Remember these copy papers, weren't they red before?
But now, all Fang Qianan saw were the boring test questions with black words on a white background.
Fang Qianan didn't continue because Li Xiu didn't say anything. He just realized that there was no need to explain anything to this little cripple in front of him.
As for the confusion between memory and reality, I'm afraid I just accidentally saw it wrong?
Fang Qianan was upset by Li Xiu and didn't think too much at this time.
The falling shelf in the copy room caused quite a noise, and soon teachers and students on duty came to investigate.
Of course, with Fang Qianan's ability, the situation should be settled quickly.
Li Xiu didn't care about these things...well, he didn't have the chance to care.
Because after the outsider arrived, Fang Qianan directly had someone take him to the infirmary.
The euphemism is - "This guy looks terrible, better get checked out before he dies in front of me and brings bad luck."
After a moment, the arrogant, high-handed school bully wiped the dried blood off his face and added dryly, "I need to find someone to apply some medicine to my face, too."
Then he followed Li Xiu.
…
Therefore, neither Li Xiu nor Fang Qianan would know until the noisy crowd dispersed and the teacher temporarily locked the door.
In the copy room that had returned to silence, the copier, which had been unplugged and even deformed by the iron frame, started working again after a "hissing" sound.
Sheet after sheet of copy paper landed on the paper tray.
There are densely packed small characters printed on it.
My is my ...
[A Xiu]
[be mine]