The next morning.
Qin Siyang leisurely set foot on the way to school.
In the past, Qin Siyang used to arrive at the classroom relatively early.
Because after he got home from school and had dinner, he would almost always take a shower and go to bed.
When he arrived at the classroom today, Li Jingwen was already there.
As soon as she saw Qin Siyang's figure, Li Jingwen was obviously a bit flustered. She stood up, wanting to ask Qin Siyang something, but it seemed that she didn't know how to ask, so she sat back down.
Qin Siyang walked past her as if nothing had happened, without having any communication with her.
And Qin Siyang's indifference struck Li Jingwen's fragile heart like a sledgehammer.
Last night, her uncle Kun Chenglong didn't come home, which made her family a bit worried.
Thinking that Qin Siyang and Wen Shu were just two ordinary students and not much of a threat, they thought that Kun Chenglong might just be dealing with the follow-up matters, which was why he didn't come home.
However, today, Li Jingwen saw Qin Siyang at school.
This meant that her uncle had failed. Or rather, her uncle hadn't even gone to kill Qin Siyang at all.
Looking at Qin Siyang's still calm face, which didn't seem to show any hatred towards Li Jingwen, Li Jingwen was more inclined to the latter.
She didn't know what her uncle had been doing yesterday, but in any case, he hadn't killed Qin Siyang and Wen Shu as agreed.
Li Jingwen clenched her fists: "Kun Chenglong, you fool! He always said how capable he was and how reliable he was in doing things, but in the end, he couldn't tell the priorities and I don't know what he went to do!"
Qin Siyang sat in his seat and secretly glanced at Li Jingwen. Seeing that she seemed to be angry, he stopped looking at her.
Before he publicly revealed his identity as a sequence ability user, he wouldn't tell anyone that he had met Kun Chenglong.
Let Li Jingwen's family live in confusion.
They might be feeling irritable and anxious now, wanting to know the result.
When they really know the result, they will miss these days when they were irritable, anxious but without any fear.
Qin Siyang's mouth turned down, feeling that he was still too lenient towards Li Jingwen.
Unfortunately, he wasn't ready to publicly reveal his sequence identity yet, so he couldn't tell her everything now.
At noon and in the afternoon, he continued to go to the library to sort out the books.
Wen Shu was also in the library early, solving the difficult problems in the exercise book.
Qin Siyang walked past Wen Shu, holding a stack of books: "Keep your eyes a bit farther away from the book. If you keep your head down like this and get myopia, you won't have the money to buy glasses."
"Oh, thank you."
Wen Shu slightly raised her head, keeping her eyes at a relatively healthy distance from the book.
Since the suggestion came from Qin Siyang and was related to money, Wen Shu was very obedient and took the advice.
Qin Siyang, on the other hand, sorted out the books on his own, and everything was very quiet.
Teacher Zhu watched the interaction between the two and showed a motherly smile.
"It seems that Student Qin is still willing to listen to advice. It's a pity that these two good kids aren't together."
Teacher Zhu sat in her work position proudly, sipping the hot water in her cup, feeling as if she had accomplished something worth showing off.
After school, Wen Shu stayed in the library until it closed again. The two of them left the library together and then separated at that intersection once more.
"Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Another new day arrived.
Before going out to school, Qin Siyang took a look at the calendar.
[Blue Star Era, January 20th, 2010]
[Western Calendar, Wednesday.]
[Lunar Calendar, Year of Ji Chou, 6th day of the 12th lunar month, suitable for meeting relatives and friends]
"Meeting relatives and friends?"
"I don't have any relatives or friends."
Qin Siyang shook his head, then picked up the bag containing his lunch box and went out.
When he arrived at the classroom, he originally wanted to sit there in a daze as before and then go to the library to do some work later.
At this moment, a boy walked up to him.
"Are you Qin Siyang?"
Qin Siyang turned around and saw a gentle-looking male classmate. His clothes were not luxurious, but they were very decent. At first glance, his family background was far better than Qin Siyang's.
However, he didn't seem to have any impression of this person at all.
Although he didn't know him, the female classmates in the class all looked at this person with some interest. Even Li Jingwen, who had been in a bad mood recently because of her uncle's disappearance, also cast a bright glance at him.
Needless to say, he should be another influential figure in the school.
But no matter how influential he was, Qin Siyang didn't know him.
Before, he didn't even know what Wen Shu, the school beauty, looked like. How could he care about the influential male figures?
"Who are you?"
"I'm Zhao Liwen from Class Two."
"Zhao Liwen?"
Qin Siyang frowned. He seemed to have a bit of an impression of this name, but not much.
"Sorry, I don't seem to know you."
Immediately, some girls whispered, "He doesn't even know Zhao Liwen, who ranks second in the grade. I don't know what Qin Siyang has been doing all this time."
"Normal. He just sits in the classroom in a daze and muddles through his days. How could he know these good students?"
"Zhao Liwen, he's not very smart. What do you want with him? We can help convey the message!"
Qin Siyang looked at the girls who were laughing at him. They were now posing and competing with each other in front of Zhao Liwen, and he found it very ridiculous.
He said to those girls, "I may be muddling through my days and sitting in a daze every day, but it seems that my grades are still better than yours, right? If I'm not smart, then what are you?"
"Qin Siyang! How can you talk like that!"
"I like to tell the truth."
So he was the perennial second behind Wen Shu. No wonder he had a bit of an impression.
"Do you want something from me?"
Looking at Zhao Liwen's gentle and scholarly appearance, Qin Siyang felt that he and himself were completely different types of people and didn't understand what he had done to provoke him.
Zhao Liwen said seriously, "Student Qin Siyang, this is an important moment for preparing for the college entrance examination. I hope you can focus on your studies."
This sentence left Qin Siyang even more confused: "Huh? What do you mean?"
"Literally, I hope you can study hard and not regret it later."
Qin Siyang couldn't help but laugh out loud: "You're really funny. Whether I study or not, what does it have to do with you?"
Then he turned his head away again, no longer looking at Zhao Liwen, but gazing at the starry sky and the gods outside the window.
Seeing that Qin Siyang was ignoring Zhao Liwen, several girls started to stand up for him.
"Qin Siyang, even if you're better at studying than me, but Student Zhao is also doing it for your own good. Why are you acting like this?"
"Exactly! You're simply hopeless! Student Zhao, I'm willing to study hard, but there's no one to help me. Can you study with me during self-study?"
"I'm also willing to study!"
Qin Siyang looked back at those girls again: "You girls are trying so hard to please him here. Since he came in, has he even taken a look at you? In my opinion, Zhao Liwen doesn't think much of you at all. Save your energy."
"You!"
"What did you say!"
"Those of you who are planning to cling to Student Zhao and rise to the top once he gets into college, give it a rest. Student Zhao has high standards and doesn't think much of you ordinary girls. It's not like some male classmates who don't care about the quality."
After saying that, Qin Siyang gave Li Jingwen a meaningful look.
Li Jingwen knew that Qin Siyang was scolding Zhou Yang for being "indiscriminate" and also implying that she was a girl of low quality. She gritted her teeth in anger, snorted, and turned around.
Zhao Liwen also felt that it was a bit noisy and seemed not to want to stay for a moment longer, so he explained his purpose.
"Qin Siyang, if you don't want to study, please don't disturb others who are studying and preparing for the college entrance examination. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you ruin others, you'll regret it for the rest of your life."
Qin Siyang squinted his eyes: "I say, Zhao Liwen, are you crazy?"
"Huh?"
"I've been sitting in this corner of the classroom every day. I either sleep or sit in a daze during class. Who have I disturbed? What, just thinking that I'm sitting in a daze makes you unable to eat or do your problems?"
"I don't even know you!"
Zhao Liwen gritted his teeth and then said, "I'm not saying that you're delaying my studies."
"Not you?" Qin Siyang raised his eyebrows: "If it's not you, then why are you coming to me?"
"I'm here to tell you on behalf of Student Wen Shu."
"Wen Shu?" Qin Siyang was even more surprised.
"Yes. You've been disturbing her study in the library recently. I hope you can stay away from her."
At the mention of Wen Shu's name, the girls who had been showing off to Zhao Liwen fell silent in an instant. They were all cursing in their hearts about Wen Shu, a student who was good at studying, beautiful, and had a good personality.
Perhaps because Wen Shu was too perfect and they had nothing to criticize about her, they could only say that Wen Shu was scheming and that everything was just an act.
But in fact, if they could become Wen Shu or even be half as excellent as Wen Shu, they would agree without hesitation.
Qin Siyang sized up Zhao Liwen again: "What's your relationship with Wen Shu? Are you her boyfriend? She didn't tell me about it."
Zhao Liwen was taken aback for a moment: "I'm not her boyfriend, and we're not in a relationship. But after the college entrance examination, we'll go to the same college. At that time, we'll be together."
"Going to the same college?" Qin Siyang scratched his head: "Friend, it's not that I don't believe you, but you score several tens of points lower than Wen Shu in every exam. How can you go to the same college as her?"
"I know my grades can't compare with hers, but if I apply for the two colleges at the bottom of the ranking, it's still very certain. Coincidentally, the Tianxue College and Renxing College that Student Wen Shu has her eyes on are the two colleges at the bottom of the ranking among the eight colleges."
Qin Siyang hesitated for a moment.
What Wen Shu said that day, the colleges that provided independent accommodation were not the best ones, but the worst ones instead?
Then with Wen Shu's excellent grades, wouldn't she be at a disadvantage?
As the only friend in [Ju'an School], Qin Siyang immediately felt sorry for Wen Shu.
He also knew that the reason Wen Shu compromised was still because of money. Without money, even if she was good at studying, she would be unable to move forward in the safe zone. What's more, she had to take care of her blind grandmother.
"So, I hope you don't disturb Student Wen Shu's preparation for the exam. Qin Siyang, some things are destined not to be something you can get involved in. I hope you can recognize this reality."
Qin Siyang looked at Zhao Liwen like he was looking at an idiot again: "Then how about we go and ask Wen Shu later if she's willing to be with you after graduation?"
Zhao Liwen seemed not to have expected Qin Siyang to say this. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Even if she's not willing now, I'll move her in the future, and she will definitely accept me."
"Move her and make her accept you?" Qin Siyang pointed at Li Jingwen sitting in front: "You ask that girl how I treated her before. Did I move her?"
Zhao Liwen didn't look back: "That's your problem. I have this confidence."
"You said something right."
"What?"
"Some things are destined not to be something you can get involved in. I hope you can recognize this reality."
"You! You're really! Unreasonable! Humph!"
Zhao Liwen found that he couldn't do anything about the unruly Qin Siyang. He was so angry that he turned around and left the classroom.
Qin Siyang disdainfully glanced at Zhao Liwen's back, then looked out the window again and fell into deep thought.
Although Qin Siyang didn't know what kind of boy Wen Shu would like, it was not difficult to find from their conversation that Wen Shu's intelligence and maturity were among the top that Qin Siyang had ever seen.
Moreover, the two of them had killed people and buried the bodies together, and Wen Shu's performance had far exceeded Qin Siyang's expectations.
How could this young master Zhao, who was inexperienced in the world, gain Wen Shu's recognition?
Qin Siyang could tell with his eyes closed that Zhao Liwen would definitely end up like he did when he chased Li Jingwen.
However, Wen Shu wasn't as heartless as Li Jingwen, so his ending should be a bit better.
After all, they were friends who had killed people together. Putting himself in Wen Shu's shoes, Qin Siyang thought that being pestered by this bookish Zhao Liwen would definitely make her extremely annoyed.
Come to think of it, this ungrateful pest, Zhao Liwen, might really affect her mood for studying.
Zhao Liwen was right. Wen Shu couldn't be easily distracted during this most critical time of preparing for the exam.
"Anyway, I'm going to participate in the sequence ability assessment after the college entrance examination, and I need to publicly reveal my awakening of the sequence ability as soon as possible to make preparations. Why not do a favor and help Wen Shu at the same time."
"Once I announce the awakening of my sequence ability, there should be no more annoying people buzzing around me."
"Sigh, I originally planned to have a good rest during the five days of school and then check the information about sequences on the weekend."
"Forget it. I'll sleep less today. After school tonight, I'll go to Wang Defa's place and check the forum."
Qin Siyang let out a sigh.
"I'm really a kind person."