SB- chapter 18

When Xiao Zhan was still young, he had seen people begging for food and money, but never begging for a beating.

On this day, Xiao Zhan’s views on the world had changed completely, not knowing what to do.

The young boy had begged genuinely and was pressed on the ground by Zhou Yixuan and Seungyoun; he almost kowtowed for Xiao Zhan at one point.

Wang Yibo’s face was gloomy and he obviously knew what the boy was thinking about.

Xiao Zhan was skinny and delicate, so even if he really punched the boy, it wouldn’t hurt as much as himself doing the same action.

When he heard the other party saying intimate phrases like ‘brother Xiao and ‘brother Smart,’ he almost couldn’t hold in the urge to knock the boy out.

But to him, beating the boy up wasn’t a priority. He just wanted Xiao Zhan to know that he could bully whoever bullied him back, no matter whether he was from SN or a bastard from Shengshiba.

When the boy was about to cry, Xiao Zhan finally ran over and slapped the boy’s shoulder and then ran back to Wang Yibo again, saying in a low voice, “I beat him.”

The boy teared up and looked anxiously at Wang Yibo, quietly waiting for his answer.

“Fine.” Wang Yibo finally said and the boy was about to sigh in relief, when he suddenly heard Xiao Zhan saying, “Wait, wait a second.”

The boy’s heart was in his throat, miserably forcing out two drops of tears.

Xiao Zhan suddenly felt shameful for taking advantage of Wang Yibo and bullying the boy.

He softly said to Wang Yibo, “Do you want to tell him to stop causing you trouble in the future?…”

Wang Yibo understood and he turned around to say, “Don’t invite me to fights in the future. I need to focus on my grades and if I end up with a low score for the college entrance exam, I will invite you guys to the ICU for a decade’s worth of time. Do you understand?”

Seungyoun’s jaw was about to drop when he heard Wang Yibo say in an arrogant tone that he was going to focus on his grades.

The boy was also confused; but knowing that he had no choice against these people, he nodded without hesitation.

“Brother Wang, I know. I know. Once I go back, I’ll warn them to stay away from you!”

Seungyoun loosed his grip on the boy and the latter sprinted off like a cheetah.

Wang Yibo turned around to look at Xiao Zhan, “Are you satisfied?”

Xiao Zhan nodded and Wang Yibo hooked his arm about Xiao Zhan’s shoulders as they walked. He didn’t forget to thank the hard working friends, “What are you guys playing tonight?”

Zhou Yixuan immediately said, “We’re going to play billiards. Brother Wang, how about you?”

“Fine, I’ll treat you guys.” Wang Yibo said, “But I won’t be going since I need to do practice exams with Zhanzhan.”

Seungyoun was stunned and remained unmoved until Wang Yibo disappeared in the corner. He then asked Li Wenhan, “Is there something wrong with Brother Wang’s brain?”

Li Wenhan nodded and agreed, “There’s a huge problem.”

Zhou Yixuan was also a bit absent-minded. “He doesn’t mean it when he says he is going to study right? Does he not want his face anymore if this news spreads to SN?”

They viewed courage and spars as honor while studying and grades as a disgrace. If someone dared to compliment how studious they were in class, they would definitely flip the table over and make them bleed.

Studying my butt. Who are you humiliating?

Wang Yibo had been worshiping this system of values for the past two years, but who knew that his views had changed completely after losing his memory.

Seungyoun said a bit unhappily, “Plus, he has been paying more attention to ‘real fool’ than us. What’s the matter with him today? Treating us like workers for him.”

Zhou Yixuan pondered over this and said, “It’s probably a sense of reliance with the first person he had seen after waking up in the hospital. After all, wasn’t ‘real fool’ the first one to visit him?”

“Then he should’ve seen his doctor in charge first.”

Li Wenhan placed his phone away and casually started walking, “Let me remind you guys something. Stop calling Xiao Zhan by his nickname. Of course, the premise is that you guys don’t want Brother Wang to hold you guys down and have Xiao Zhan beat you up.”

This was the first time Xiao Zhan was so delighted in his life. He didn’t think it would be that satisfying to insult someone.

When he was excited, his eyes were slightly sparkly and he would keep his head down, secretly happy. He even held onto the strap of his backpack tightly, softly kicking the falling leaves and controlling himself strictly.

Wang Yibo curled the corner of his lips up and tugged the person into his arms by the strap, holding his waist and said, “If someone bullies you next time, you should know what to do right?”

Xiao Zhan nodded and couldn’t resist the urge to ask, “What if I can’t beat them up?”

“Then don’t beat them. When you encounter someone like that, come and tell me. I’ll hold them down, so you can beat them up. That’ll work, right?”

Xiao Zhan nodded and his snow-white face faintly turned red. He had red moist lips and Wang Yibo licked his lips at the sight of Xiao Zhan.

The latter struggled free from Wang Yibo’s grasp and walked a few steps in front, turning around to say, “I’ll treat you out for milk tea.”

“How come you want to treat me out for milk tea every day?”

“Then, then what do you want to eat? Tell me and I’ll definitely invite you out.”

Wang Yibo’s eyes sparkled and asked, “Really?”

“Really.” Xiao Zhan recalled how Wang Yibo’s money was still on him, so he continued, “Didn’t you want to eat a feast? I’ll invite you.”

Wang Yibo chuckled lowly and Xiao Zhan continued to walk backward while he stared at him.

He heard Wang Yibo say, “I do want to eat a feast, but I’m scared you might not treat me.”

Xiao Zhan remembered that Wang Yibo had shoved a few hundred bills to him, so he said generously, “As long as it isn’t over $1,000.”

Xiao Zhan thought about paying with Wang Yibo’s money and then a bit of his own as a way of repaying the favor for Wang Yibo.

Xiao Zhan quickly calculated the amount of money he had left and this made him trip over a tree branch; thankfully, Wang Yibo caught him in time, but because of inertia, Xiao Zhan was slammed against Wang Yibo’s chest in order to catch the fall.

The tip of his nose touched the zipper of Wang Yibo’s school uniform, taking in the scent of soap on him.

Wang Yibo held Xiao Zhan’s waist, making the latter stunned for a second. Before Xiao Zhan could push him away in time, Wang Yibo suddenly took two steps forward, forcing Xiao Zhan to hurriedly move back.

His backpack knocked against a tree behind him and he was also pressed against it, sandwiched.

Not far from here, Li Wenhan suddenly tugged the two people who weren’t paying attention and the three boys immediately ducked behind a tree.

Zhou Yixuan and Seungyoun widened their eyes.

They heard sounds of the birds chirping and leaves falling within the forest.

Xiao Zhan’s eyes were clear as glass. When he slightly widened his eyes, it gave people a feeling as if they wanted to cherish him like a little animal.

Wang Yibo slowly moved closer and Xiao Zhan wished so badly for his backpack to disappear so that he could lean his back against the wall, separating himself from Wang Yibo even further.

He heard Wang Yibo say, “You said you were going to invite me for a feast…you better not go back on your words.”

Wang Yibo’s lips moved closer, making Xiao Zhan tighten his fingers and the redness on his face gradually vanished. His heart was about to jump out of his throat.

The boy’s gaze landed on the tightly pursed lips.

The second before he was about to press his lips against his, Xiao Zhan instinctively turned his head to the side and swallowed his saliva, the sound clear to their ears.

Xiao Zhan was about to cry, saying, “I, I, still need to do my practice exam.”

F*ck.

Wang Yibo clutched his heart. The more Xiao Zhan acted like this, the more Wang Yibo wanted to harshly bully him.

Xiao Zhan clearly liked him as he even dared to say that they had confirmed their relationship. However, every time he tried to take a step closer to him, Xiao Zhan still dodged his advances.

Wang Yibo felt a pang in his heart and he said in a hoarse voice, “You said you would treat me to a feast, but you won’t even let me taste the appetizer. Hm?”

Xiao Zhan’s tears flowed down his face.

Seungyoun and Zhou Yixuan covered their mouths with difficulty.

On the other hand, Wang Yibo finally sighed and moved away from Xiao Zhan, saying, “We can drink milk tea too. Let’s go.”

Xiao Zhan buried his head down and walked. He had a lot to say, but he didn’t know how to start it.

How could Wang Yibo be like this?… If his parents found out, they definitely would protest against them being together even more.

Xiao Zhan really didn’t want to be with him either. He was incredibly terrified of this, thinking about how to break off his relationship with Wang Yibo…while trying his best to not anger or hurt his dignity.

The moment they left, Seungyoun couldn’t help but scream, “Damn! Damn!! Damn!!!”

Zhou Yixuan followed, “Oh my mother! Oh my mother! Oh my great grandmother!”

While they went to buy milk tea, the owner inside the store suddenly peered over and looked at Xiao Zhan’s red and swollen eyes.

When she delivered the milk tea to him, she softly asked, “Did he bully you?”

Xiao Zhan hastily shook his head, saying, “No, thank you for your concern.”

The owner of the milk tea store glanced at Wang Yibo untrustingly. She wondered if Wang Yibo had forced Xiao Zhan to buy milk tea for him, but she took a glimpse of Wang Yibo’s shoes and swallowed her words.

Xiao Zhan delivered the milk tea to Wang Yibo and then said goodbye to the owner.

Wang Yibo held the cup of milk tea, knitting his eyebrows tightly.

The two had loads on their minds and hadn’t said a single word for an hour until a voice rang in their ears.

“Bobo?”

The two looked up to see Wang Yibo’s mother coming out of a car.

She faintly smiled and said, “I’ve been waiting for a while. Your father’s coming back today, so we’re going to eat dinner with your grandparents tonight.”

Wang Yibo furrowed his brows even more tightly.

They stared at each other and mother Wang felt awkward. At this time, a man walked out from the other side of the car and Xiao Zhan felt as if he was staring at Wang Yibo when he turned 40.

The man was probably Wang Yibo’s father, but he was different from the father who came to his house and thanked him.

This man was handsome and held an imposing manner, saying in a rude tone, “Is there actually something wrong with your brain?”

The veins on Wang Yibo’s forehead were about to burst and he almost crushed the cup of milk tea.

Xiao Zhan turned around to see Wang Yibo harshly throwing the cup of milk tea in his parent’s car. When the milk tea splashed on mother Wang’s noble cheongsam, her smile instantly stiffened.

Xiao Zhan was like the little chick in the group of eagles.

Wang Yibo lifted his backpack and said, “I’m going back to school to do a practice exam with you.”

Wang Yibo lifted him away the entire time while Xiao Zhan remained confused. Yet, he didn’t dare to ask about Wang Yibo’s family matters, so he spent the whole time drinking his milk tea.

Wang Yibo’s face was extremely dark as if he just came out from hell. From his tightly knitted eyebrows, you could tell he was fairly irritated and annoyed.

When they were about to arrive at the school building, Xiao Jianmin called Xiao Zhan.

He was clearly off work for a while now, but he wasn’t angry when he called. “Did you go to class?”

Xiao Zhan hurriedly agreed and Xiao Jianmin continued, “It’s getting late. Are you at an evening study session?”

“No, I’m going back right now.” Xiao Zhan hung up and agreed with Wang Yibo’s prediction. He was about to thank him when he made eye contact with Wang Yibo, making his mind go blank.

Wang Yibo stared expressionlessly and asked, “Your father wasn’t angry?”

Xiao Zhan shook his head.

“You’re going home now?”

“Mhm…”

“Fine, let’s go. I’ll walk you home.” Wang Yibo turned around and walked in front while Xiao Zhan had to walk quickly to catch up to his strides. He surprisingly sensed a feeling of sadness from Wang Yibo’s face.

“Are you going to find Seungyoun and the others?”

“I’m going to drink.”

Xiao Zhan shut his mouth.

Wang Yibo started to slow down, to the point Xiao Zhan had to purposefully slow down so that he wouldn’t surpass Wang Yibo.

When they were almost at the school door, Wang Yibo suddenly stopped and looked at Xiao Zhan, saying, “If you stay a night in the school with me, I won’t go out to drink.”

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