After being moved to tears by the sworn enemy's pheromones - Chapter 18

The exam was over, and many classmates who pretended to be “passing by” saw the scene. The news of “someone getting beaten” spread throughout the corridor. Despite more and more students gathering around, Du Jiao still grabbed Shen Jin’s hair behind his head and asked, “Tell me, are you embarrassed?”

The wind outside the teaching building was unusually hot that day. Shen Jin, only 14 years old, couldn’t hold back his tears. He was drowned in intermittent discussions, but he never thought of explaining to Du Jiao that he didn’t cheat.

Yes, facing the headteacher Zhang Yong, who inexplicably disliked him, he could still speak out against him, but in front of his mother, he never felt that his words could make any difference.

Du Jiao’s idea was simple—having the parent of a “cheating” student called to the school was embarrassing, so she just wanted to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.

As for whether Zhang Yong insisted that her son cheated or whether the vice principal had doubts after viewing the surveillance footage, it didn’t matter.

After all, as a junior high school student, he wouldn’t be expelled. Even if he received a disciplinary warning, it would most likely just serve as a deterrent, and it would be wiped clean by the time he graduated.

Du Jiao was very clear about the rules for adults, so she pulled Shen Jin’s hair while pushing him and said, “Apologize to the teachers and say you won’t do it again, got it?”

Facing such a domineering parent, the school counselor instead advised a few words, and Zhang Yong pretended to be a good person, saying, “Children, occasionally making mistakes is normal. Don’t punish too harshly. Consider this a lesson. Just read a self-criticism at the flag-raising ceremony on Monday, and the school won’t give you a disciplinary warning.”

Shen Jin, who was only 14 years old, was immediately stunned.

He would rather be expelled and receive a disciplinary warning than read a self-criticism at the flag-raising ceremony. But Du Jiao nodded, “Thank you, Director Zhang. I will supervise him to write the self-criticism.”

Shen Jin felt extremely wronged as a young teenager, finally wiping away his tears and repeatedly saying, “I didn’t do it,” while Du Jiao pinched him and pulled him home, saying, “Why cry? You knew how to cry since you were young. Why didn’t you think about crying when you cheated?”

The matter was hastily resolved like this. For the next half semester, Shen Jin remained silent and didn’t talk much with his classmates. After the summer vacation, he regained some vitality. Fortunately, his personality was good when he entered school, and most of his classmates liked him, so no one mentioned the incident again.

As for the classmate who sat on his right, Gu Yu, he didn’t come to school for most of the next year. According to others, it seemed that he had some conflict with his family and didn’t even want to attend school.

It wasn’t until Shen Jin was promoted to the second year of junior high that Gu Yu returned to school to retake the first year, becoming his junior.

Because of his good looks, Gu Yu was once considered the school’s heartthrob in the junior high department, and many people knew him. But he still had a cold personality and didn’t interact much with others.

Perhaps the only person in school who had more interaction with him was Shen Jin, who had several conflicts with him later on.

Back then, Shen Jin had asked him why he didn’t care about anything during that exam, but he still wasn’t interested in paying attention to anyone or anything, and he didn’t even remember who Shen Jin was—clearly, the two young people didn’t get along. Since then, whenever they met, they would argue, and even escalate to physical conflicts.

However, due to propriety, physical conflicts occurred in deserted streets and alleys. Perhaps the only person who had seen them fight was Gu Yu’s childhood friend, Song Yizhi.

To this day, Shen Jin still remembers three years ago when Song Yizhi had stood in front of Gu Yu and said, “You’re the person that Gu Yu dislikes, right? If you want to fight, fight me, don’t touch Gu Yu. He’s had a bit to drink today.”

This guy was slim and delicate. Regardless, he was quite touching with his determination to protect Gu Yu with his frail body.

That day was the Qixi Festival during the summer vacation. Gu Yu quickly stepped forward and said that coincidentally, he had a friend’s birthday to attend. After dinner, they would walk together. Shen Jin roughly understood, “What? You don’t want innocent people to suffer? You make it sound like I can’t hit you together.”

However, this was indeed the lightest time Shen Jin had ever laid hands on him in all their confrontations—out of a sense of righteousness, he didn’t want to make a scene on the Qixi Festival. After all, no matter how you looked at it, that Song Yizhi seemed to like Gu Yu.

Later, Shen Jin ran away and looked back, only to see them pulling and tugging at each other. Gu Yu just used a little force to push away, and Song Yizhi looked like he was about to fall.

So Shen Jin was very puzzled: How could he be so fragile? Just now, when he pinched me, it was quite hard. Could it really be the power of love?

Although Shen Jin had only met Song Yizhi once or twice, he inexplicably had a deep impression of this person’s appearance, figure, voice, and tone. Even now that they were in college, he could still vividly recall Song Yizhi’s appearance.

“Damn, what bad luck.” Shen Jin harbored considerable hostility towards this person—being pinched by the slender Song Yizhi and leaving several blood marks was one of his most embarrassing memories.

“I should block him, so this matter doesn’t get known to Gu Yu one day and tarnish my reputation as the top student at C University.”

He wished he could unlock Gu Yu’s phone and block Song Yizhi himself, but considering that Gu Yu had saved him as “Yizhi Little Bunny,” he didn’t want to meddle in other people’s affairs. He just informed Gu Yu when he came out, “Your little bunny just messaged you. He wants to go to Rongchuang Paradise for Mid-Autumn Festival.”

“What do you mean, my little bunny?” Gu Yu picked up his phone inexplicably, while Shen Jin smiled and asked, “With such an ambiguous nickname, when are you planning to hold a wedding? Should I come and crash the party?”

“Nickname?” Gu Yu frowned, remembering something, and said, “It’s not a nickname, that’s his actual WeChat name.”

“Oh?” Shen Jin was taken aback for a moment, feeling a bit embarrassed. “Then why would he give himself such a WeChat name as Little Bunny?”

Gu Yu glanced at him and said, “What? Does Senior look down on little bunnies? Didn’t you also plan to name your gaming alias Sweet Little Bunny?”

Shen Jin was rarely embarrassed and argued, “How can a gaming alias for messing around be compared to a WeChat nickname where everyone knows each other?”

But Gu Yu retaliated by showing him his phone screen—Song Yizhi had changed the contact name to his actual name and changed Shen Jin’s nickname to “Jin Bunny,” saying, “It’s the same.”

“Damn.” Shen Jin didn’t think this name was any better than Sweet Strawberry Jam. He wanted to grab Gu Yu’s phone but failed. Instead, he asked, “Do you like this Song Yizhi?”

Gu Yu paused for a moment in his actions and immediately replied, “Of course not. How did you respond to him just now?”

Shen Jin felt guilty. “…I was afraid of being exposed, so I just replied with ‘yeah.’ I don’t know if that counts as agreeing.”

He didn’t know if this was Gu Yu’s intention or not, but in any case, turning the tables was a safe bet. “Blame your voice for being much lower than mine. I can’t imitate it. If you really want to go, then arrange a time with him. Of course, if you don’t want to go, you can always make excuses—”

But he didn’t expect Gu Yu to answer decisively, “I’ll go.”

Looking at the other person, Shen Jin asked, “Does Senior want me to go with him?”

Shen Jin was dumbfounded for half a second, and then could only offer his blessing, “Go ahead, if your child can have my surname in the future, our grudges can also be settled.”

However, Gu Yu remained silent for a moment, then turned away and said, “Rongchuang Paradise, Mid-Autumn Festival National Style Park activities, and something about playing the role of a young general—didn’t Senior say he wanted to go work? I was planning to go shopping anyway, and see if Senior can ride a horse or handle a long spear.”

Shen Jin suddenly realized: So this guy wants to go to Rongchuang Paradise not to date Song Yizhi, but to see me make a fool of myself?

—Gu Yu was quite sensible. Who else could be more important than the grudges between the two of them?

After Shen Jin came to his senses, he felt inexplicably proud. He rolled up his sleeves to show Gu Yu his arm muscles, but Gu Yu glanced down and asked, “Are you sure you want to compare with this?”

“… ” Shen Jin sheepishly pulled his hand back. Gu Yu was more unreasonable than him: “You, as the senior, should take responsibility for me with Song Yizhi. Think of a way to smooth things over.”

“…Take responsibility.” Shen Jin didn’t ask what “take responsibility” meant. He just retorted back, completely unaware that he had let slip about last night’s incident. “What kind of person do you think I am, that I wouldn’t take responsibility for you after spending a night together during your heat period?”