Can I still be saved? [Transmigration] - Chapter 32.2
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Tang Wei and Lin Lie had heard from others that Fu Hanzhou had been hit by a basketball and was in the nurse’s office.
After the third class ended, the two of them bought a bag of snacks to check on him.
The nosebleed had stopped, but Fu Hanzhou showed signs of a mild concussion from the hit.
On the nurse’s advice, he lay down for one period.
Seeing that Tang Wei and Lin Lie brought snacks and were about to start a party, the nurse reluctantly made space for them.
“Keep your voices down. He’s not feeling well, don’t make too much noise.”
“Don’t worry, teacher. I’m very well-behaved,” Tang Wei immediately assured him.
The nurse: Like hell you are.
Tang Wei and the nurse knew each other well; he often came here to get an IV drip of glucose for no real reason.
Once the nurse left with some paperwork, Tang Wei spread the snacks across the table like a CEO throwing money around.
He gave a wicked grin. “Come on, brothers. Time to have some fun.”
Su Yunjing: “…”
Lin Lie: “…”
Su Yunjing wasn’t in the mood to ‘have fun’. With those two here to watch over Fu Hanzhou, he figured he could step away.
“You guys stay here. I’m heading back,” said Su Yunjing.
Fu Hanzhou looked up at him.
Tang Wei was surprised. “Where are you going?”
Su Yunjing: “…Back to class.”
Tang Wei wanted to say more, but Lin Lie stopped him.
Lin Lie was good at reading the room and sensed something was off. He quickly changed the topic and dragged Tang Wei to leave.
“We just came to check in. Since Brother Fu is fine, we’ll leave the snacks for you two.”
“Let’s go. We’ve got math class next. Time to study hard and aim high,” Lin Lie said as he pulled Tang Wei out.
“Are you out of your mind? Do I look like someone who studies hard and aims high?” Tang Wei shoved his face close. “Look closely. Do I have that vibe?”
Lin Lie smacked his head. “Use your brain. Those two were starting to warm up again. Why bother them?”
Tang Wei looked conflicted. “But the next period is math. I was planning to stay here and get another glucose drip.”
“You’re not the only one who struggles. Just because you’re buddies with Mr. Pei doesn’t mean you get a pass. I suck at math, and I haven’t finished my homework either.”
Lin Lie was extremely unbalanced in academics— he was very good at math, but terrible at Chinese and English.
He raised a brow. “That’s why I’m here. Don’t worry.”
Tang Wei chuckled and flattered him. “Bro, can I copy your homework?”
Lin Lie patted his head like a clueless child. “No, but I can explain the problems to you.”
Tang Wei: “You might as well kill me. I’ll go get that glucose drip. My bl00d sugar is low. Oh, my head is so dizzy.”
“In your dreams.” Lin Lie dragged the drama queen back toward the classroom.
“Are you trying to choke me?! Let go!”
“Damn it, Lin, did you hear me?!”
“Your hand’s freezing! Don’t stick it down my shirt!”
…..
Great. Su Yunjing had no choice but to stay and take care of this ‘young master’.
Among the pile of junk food Tang Wei brought, there were surprisingly two packs of dried nuts. Su Yunjing was delighted.
“Eat some of this. Good for your brain,” he said, handing one pack to Fu Hanzhou.
But the little tsundere refused that one, and took the other pack instead.
Su Yunjing: Damn!
He wasn’t just a mission target, he was practically an ancestor now.
A little ancestor!
Back when Fu Hanzhou was still pretending to be nice to Su Yunjing, at least he would talk a little.
But ever since he openly showed his hostility, he hadn’t said a word to Su Yunjing.
And in every way, he acted especially rebellious.
If you wanted him to do something, he just wouldn’t do it.
Once you stopped saying anything, that’s when he would start doing it.
Su Yunjing really couldn’t figure him out. It was like Fu Hanzhou lived to go against him.
He’d never seen this side of him before.
When they first met, Fu Hanzhou was like a prickly hedgehog.
Later on, he had withdrawn those sharp quills and turned soft, he even let Su Yunjing rub his belly like a cat.
Now he was full tsundere again, bristling with thorns, making Su Yunjing unsure where to even start.
Even though he wasn’t talking much to Fu Hanzhou these days, Su Yunjing had gradually grown closer with the other classmates.
Recently, Chen Yuechao was planning his birthday dinner and invited Su Yunjing along.
Su Yunjing happily agreed.
Chen Yuechao casually threw an arm over his shoulder, grinning. “Alright, it’s settled. No matter what you’ve got going on Friday, cancel it for me.”
Just as he looked up, he caught a glimpse of a pair of dark, cold eyes.
Those long phoenix eyes had a faint fold at the corners, their ends sharp as a bee’s sting, full of cold hostility.
Chen Yuechao was startled by the look, his temple twitching.
But when he looked again, the person had already laid back down, as if nothing had happened.
Su Yunjing didn’t notice anything off and nudged him with his elbow. “Is that Li Xueyang outside?”
Someone was practicing their shots on the court. From the figure, it looked similar to Li Xueyang.
And sure enough, Li Xueyang wasn’t in the classroom.
During the short ten-minute break between classes, the field was usually empty, so the one practicing stood out.
Chen Yuechao came back to himself, distractedly glanced toward the field, “Yeah, it’s Li Xueyang. You pushed his buttons the other day. Now he’s practicing whenever he gets the chance.”
After saying that, he couldn’t help but glance back again. The long-haired, elegant boy was sleeping at his desk, and nothing seemed different.
Chen Yuechao wondered if he was just overthinking it.
Su Yunjing hadn’t expected Li Xueyang to be so into basketball.
Though he sometimes found his tone a bit snide, he still admired Li Xueyang’s dedication and self-discipline.
For his birthday, Chen Yuechao invited several classmates with whom he was on good terms.
Su Yunjing asked around to see if they needed to prepare any gifts.
At first, Su Yunjing was worried that treating so many people to dinner would cost Chen Yuechao a lot.
Unexpectedly, the gifts they gave were very simple.
Chen Yuechao would book the restaurant for his birthday, and everyone else would just transfer him their share of the cost directly.
Basically, it was an AA system.
When Su Yunjing heard they were just giving money, he couldn’t help but say, “That’s straightforward, huh?”
A classmate shrugged. “It’s school rules to prevent people from competing with expensive gifts or throwing extravagant birthday parties.”
After all, Beijing was the capital, and its economy had developed rapidly in recent years. Just from urban redevelopment alone, a lot of people have gotten rich.
Nanzhong, whether in terms of academics or teaching staff, was one of the top schools.
So while there were plenty of rich kids here, there were also students from ordinary families.
It was precisely out of concern that the gap between rich and poor might negatively affect students that the school enforced this rule.
They called it a birthday celebration, but in truth, it was just using “birthday” as an excuse to organize a social gathering.
Chen Yuechao liked a girl from Class 8 named Li Zixin.
Li Zixin was the study monitor of Class Eight and ranked top 20 in the whole grade.
Chen Yuechao wanted to ask her out, but he was afraid of being rejected.
So he figured he’d go through her best friend first and invite both of them to the party.
For this kind of gathering, if you wanted more girls to show up, you needed at least one really good-looking guy to hold down the fort.
That guy was Su Yunjing.
As the visual ‘anchor’ of the group, he absolutely fit the bill.
Thanks to Su Yunjing’s presence, quite a few girls agreed to join the birthday dinner.
Nanzhong’s AA rule meant everyone paid equally, even the girls attending had to cover their own meals.
Chen Yuechao brushed his bangs back and sighed. “Being a rich kid these days is tough. I can’t even show a bit of gentlemanly flair.”
Hearing that, a girl rolled her eyes at him and flipped her ponytail with a cold, confident look. “Who needs your money? It’s only 80 yuan. Here.”
At this time, inflation hadn’t hit yet and 80 yuan was about a week’s worth of meals for an average high schooler.
As soon as she noticed Su Yunjing nearby, her whole expression changed. Her eyes sparkled with gossip.
She smiled shyly and asked politely, “Um, is Fu Hanzhou coming with you on Friday?”
Su Yunjing: “…No.”
She wasn’t actually interested in the birthday party—what she really cared about was gossip.
Every girl in the school was curious about Fu Hanzhou. And now they had someone who actually knew him.
“It’s fine, you coming is good enough.” She blinked her big eyes at Su Yunjing, looking sincere. “Can I ask you a few questions? Just a few, I promise.”
Su Yunjing: “…”
Even though her expression seemed genuine, he could still see her true intentions.
What could he say?
Who could resist someone like the little tsundere?
He was so difficult to understand that even Su Yunjing was dying of curiosity about him.
Su Yunjing braced himself and said with a stiff smile, “We’re just neighbors. Our relationship is pretty normal.”
The girl tucked her hair behind her ear, looking sweet. “You’re overthinking it. I just want to have a casual little chat, that’s all.”
“…Alright.”
Satisfied with the answer, the girl left, smiling.
Chen Yuechao looked at Su Yunjing with a sour expression. “You’re not gonna steal all the limelight at my party, are you?”
Su Yunjing patted him on the shoulder, his tone heavy. “I’m not the one who will steal your limelight. It’s Fu Hanzhou. Just accept it.”
Chen Yuechao: “…”
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Chen Yuechao booked a Japanese restaurant where the per-person price was 80 yuan.
So many people showed up that they reserved the whole second floor. The tables were pushed together in one long line, almost like the great hall feasts in Harry Potter.
Chen Yuechao only invited six boys. The rest of the crowd were girls, packed shoulder to shoulder.
Somehow, Tang Wei and Lin Lie got wind of the event and showed up too.
Su Yunjing was confused. “What are you two doing here? Do you even know Chen Yuechao?”
Tang Wei looked completely lost. “Who’s Chen Yuechao? Isn’t this party for Brother Fu?”
Chen Yuechao standing to the side: “…”
Su Yunjing felt a headache coming on. “Fu Hanzhou’s not here. You’ve got the wrong event.”
“No, we got the right place.” Tang Wei pulled out his phone and showed him the address: No. 35 Donghua North Road, Jichuan Japanese Restaurant, second floor.
Lin Lie smiled as he explained, “Someone created a QQ group, saying there was a buffet party, and that one of Brother Fu’s childhood friends would be here to reveal some of Brother Fu’s untold secrets.”
The group name? “Those Years, the Fu Hanzhou You Didn’t Know.”
Su Yunjing: “…”
Tang Wei asked, “So who started the group?”
Chen Yuechao stepped forward. “I did. But it’s not a buffet…”
Before he could finish, Tang Wei pulled out two red envelopes and handed them over. “This is for me and Old Lin—200 total. Keep the change as a tip.”
Chen Yuechao held the two hundred yuan, nearly fainting with rage.
He had planned to use Su Yunjing to help win over Li Zixin. Now things had spiraled out of control, and the birthday boy himself felt like a glorified waiter.
Tang Wei was still yelling, “Where should we sit?”
Lin Lie smiled from behind, wearing a clear I’m just here to join in the fun expression.
Chen Yuechao was the perfect example of trying to be clever but ending up losing more than he gained.
At the table, 70%of the people were girls, surrounding the 30% who were boys, making the boys look quite pitiful.
The servers first brought out sushi and tempura. Everyone ate politely.
Tang Wei, over 1.8 meters tall, sat cross-legged on the tatami mat, struggling to find space for his long legs. Naturally, he got a bit restless.
“What’s the theme of this buffet? We’re just sitting here eating? Isn’t there something more exciting?” The iron-straight guy asked the question on everyone’s mind.
The ponytailed girl from earlier, who had asked Su Yunjing about Fu Hanzhou, spoke up again. “I’m really curious… Why does Fu Hanzhou keep his hair long?”
The moment she asked, all eyes turned to Su Yunjing.
Su Yunjing: “…I’ve never asked him.”
“Then what do you think? Based on what you know about him.”
Su Yunjing continued to dodge. “Hard to say.”
Seeing that he wouldn’t give a clear answer, the girl could only give up on that question and switch topics. “I always see him wearing earphones. What kind of music does he like?”
“I know! I know this one!” Tang Wei said excitedly. The MP4 player Fu Hanzhou used was a gift from him, and all the songs in it were downloaded by him.
All the liberal arts girls, who loved turning everything into reading comprehension questions, all had their eyes light up when they saw that Tang Wei knew the answer.
Their curiosity about Fu Hanzhou came purely from admiration for beautiful things.
Especially when that beautiful thing was so mysterious, it made people want to uncover the truth even more.
If this were a line from a romance novel, it’d probably be something like:
“Man, your aloofness has successfully caught my attention.”
They tried to pick apart his behavior, hoping to uncover something, like doing a reading comprehension exercise.
But what disappointed them was: Fu Hanzhou had weird taste and liked flashy, dramatic, and cringey ‘Shamate’ style music.
All the girls were left speechless.
Help!
I don’t know how the hell to answer this question ahhhhhhhh!
They didn’t get any valuable information from Su Yunjing.
Tang Wei, on the other hand, said a lot, but every single thing he revealed completely shattered their view of the world and didn’t match the image they had of Fu Hanzhou at all.
By the end of the meal, they felt like they’d been on an emotional rollercoaster.
Thanks to Tang Wei’s ‘revelations’, they imagined Fu Hanzhou as cold and arrogant on the outside but childish and dramatic inside.
Somehow, that made him kind of… endearing?
Originally, the party was supposed to be about Chen Yuechao. But in the end, all the spotlight was stolen by someone who didn’t even show up—Fu Hanzhou.
Still, there was a silver lining. Chen Yuechao won Li Zixin’s sympathy and finally got her QQ number.
Watching him hug his phone in excitement, Su Yunjing couldn’t help but smile.
Lin Lie took a sip of Japanese tea. In the noisy room, his calm voice rang out, “You haven’t reconciled with Brother Fu yet?”
Su Yunjing turned to the elegant boy beside him and sighed, “Men’s hearts are like needles at the bottom of the sea, it’s impossible to figure out.”
Lin Lie chuckled and said meaningfully, “Then don’t try to figure him out. Wait for him to figure you out.”
“Huh?” Su Yunjing was confused.
Lin Lie didn’t say anything else. He lowered his gaze and sipped his tea, with a smile in the corner of his eyes that said “I see it but don’t say it out loud”.
Tomorrow is a weekend. After a night of laughing and messing around, the group didn’t break up until nearly 9 p.m.
Su Yunjing lives not far from here, and it takes 20 minutes to walk home.
Wen Yanlai was at home. Recently, she had pushed aside a lot of things so she could stay home and spend time with him.
After calming down for two days, Shen Nianyun had gradually accepted the current situation.
He still had feelings for Wen Yanlai. Even though such a mess had happened at the wedding, that was all more than ten years ago.
Seeing that things between them were fine, Su Yunjing finally let out a sigh of relief.
Even though he wasn’t really Wen Ci, he had always made an effort to build a relationship with Wen Yanlai.
Since he was using Wen Ci’s body, he should treat his family well.
So after getting home, Su Yunjing sat with Wen Yanlai and watched a public service short film she had made.
It was only about twenty minutes long and was very heartwarming.
Wen Yanlai even shared some fun stories from the shoot.
“Oh, right,” she suddenly remembered something.
“I consulted a friend. He said you can transfer schools first, and as long as your student record is updated before the college entrance exam, it’s fine. If everything goes well, the new school will be arranged next week.”
Su Yunjing hadn’t expected it to happen so soon. He was momentarily stunned.
Noticing he seemed distracted, Wen Yanlai hesitated. “Do you… not want to transfer back?”
Su Yunjing shook his head. “Not really. I just made some new friends, and it’s a little hard to say goodbye.”
After he said that, Wen Yanlai looked a bit guilty.
Su Yunjing quickly added, “But communication’s easy these days, we all have QQ. And I do miss my old friends and classmates back home. It’ll be good to go back.”
Wen Yanlai could tell he was trying to comfort her, and it made her feel even more conflicted.
Still, she didn’t say much. Her voice was slightly hoarse. “Get some sleep.”
“Okay.”
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Su Yunjing took a shower, changed into pajamas, and lay in bed, thinking about Fu Hanzhou.
He thought for over an hour but couldn’t figure anything out. In the end, he gave up and decided to just let things be.
Just as he was about to sleep, the doorbell suddenly rang.
It was already past 11 p.m. in the evening, who could it be at this hour?
Wen Yanlai was very particular about safety, so their home had the latest video intercom system.
Su Yunjing didn’t rush to open the door. Instead, he checked the video feed from the front entrance.
Through the monitor, he saw a long-haired boy with striking features standing outside.
Su Yunjing’s heart skipped a beat.
“Who rang the doorbell?” Wen Yanlai heard the noise and came out of her room.
Su Yunjing was about to make up an excuse when he looked up, he almost jumped out of his skin.
Wen Yanlai’s face was covered in a thick layer of blue paste, and at first glance, she looked like….Avatar.
It really gave Su Yunjing quite a scare.