Chapter 18
So the two of them stood at the corner of the dorm stairs and took a photo together.
The afternoon light was strong, no special lighting needed, the sunlight on their faces just right, the two handsome faces in one photo, beautifully proportioned.
Bai Sinian’s hands were trembling, but he tried his best to conceal his excitement, controlling his voice: “Okay, I’ll send it to you later.”
“Mm, if you like taking photos, just take more, it doesn’t matter.” Bian Rui said casually.
“Okay.” Bai Sinian was overjoyed in his heart, this was practically a pass, from now on he could just say it’s okay to take photos with him, hehe.
Although Bai Sinian was always trying to hide his excited mood, Bian Rui could still sense it a bit. He smiled and parted ways with Bai Sinian on the third floor, continuing upstairs.
After these days of interaction, Bian Rui found that Bai Sinian shared the same values as him, and was a talented classmate with a good temperament. In all his years, he hadn’t met many people he could really talk to, and Bai Sinian gave him a refreshing feeling.
The day’s studies were quickly over.
After evening self-study, everyone gathered as agreed in the second-year Class 2 classroom.
“I don’t want to!” Shen Bei let out a piercing scream when he heard he was going to be tutored by Bian Rui.
Bian Rui’s icy face, when not smiling, was already chilling to the bone, and a little fool like Shen Bei must surely make Bian Rui so angry that he would flip the table!
Bai Sinian comforted: “It’s okay, he’s in a good mood today, he won’t get angry easily, and you’re so obedient, he won’t get mad at you either.”
Shen Bei timidly glanced towards the back door of the classroom, Bian Rui sitting in a domineering pose, his face full of resentment, waiting for Shen Bei to come over.
Ah ah ah, Shen Bei was frightened and immediately turned back around, how is this called being in a good mood? What kind of good-natured person would show an expression like wanting to eat someone!
“Shen Bei, come over.” Seeing Shen Bei dragging his feet, Bian Rui finally lost his patience.
“Pfft…” Cui Yeyi and Fan Hongyi were gleefully watching the entertainment.
Bai Sinian watched as Shen Bei walked to the back of the classroom, then tapped the desk: “Okay, let’s start.”
Cui Yeyi was still stealing glances at that side, laughing mischievously, Bai Sinian tapped his head with the pen: “Focus.”
Bai Sinian had a general understanding of their math foundations, they could barely pass math, and anything more difficult they couldn’t handle. So Bai Sinian planned to help them improve their math first.
After all, as long as the method is grasped, math problems are more or less the same, and improving scores can be fast.
The one-hour time passed quickly, Bai Sinian felt it wasn’t as difficult to teach today, maybe it was because Shen Bei wasn’t there.
The little cutie was good at everything else, just not very receptive to learning.
They gathered their things, closed the doors and windows, and turned off the power, heading back to the dorm. Cui Yeyi had other matters to attend to and left first, leaving the remaining four. Shen Bei didn’t dare walk with Bian Rui, so he stood next to Bai Sinian.
So Bian Rui and Fan Hongyi walked in front, with Bai Sinian and Shen Bei behind.
Bai Sinian asked thoughtfully: “How was it tonight?”
Shen Bei was about to cry in distress: “D-didn’t understand.”
“I feel like I’m wasting Bian Rui’s time, I’m sorry to him.” Shen Bei’s voice became softer and more dejected as he spoke.
Bai Sinian immediately comforted him: “You don’t have to feel sorry to him, he took the initiative to tutor you. Just do your best, everyone has different talents and strengths, you’re weak in math, but Bian Rui isn’t good at English either!”
Hearing Bai Sinian say this, Shen Bei felt a little better.
Back in the dorm, Bai Sinian hurriedly showered and did laundry, then lay down and played with his phone for a while, sending a few WeChat messages to his parents.
Then he saw a strange nickname pop up in the “Dazzling Stars Don’t Pester” group chat.
【Br(Study Version): Shen Bei should find a tutor, needs to start from the middle school basics.】
Bai Sinian clicked on his avatar to take a look, and it was actually Bian Rui, who had never spoken in the group before. Wait, this nickname is really funny!
Elementary school students especially love to use nicknames like “XXX (already have a girlfriend)”, “A Trace of Melancholy (Quitting soon)”, “Strawberry Sister (Already Turned Evil)”, with the explanation in brackets.
But how could the cold and aloof Bian Rui use an elementary school-style nickname?
Bai Sinian laughed under the covers.
But he didn’t have time to be amused, after all, the childish version of Bian Rui’s words would definitely hurt the innocent Shen Bei.
Bai Sinian quickly sent a private message to Shen Bei: “North North, don’t mind what Bian Rui said, he probably means that a professional tutor teacher can help you progress more.”
Bai Sinian then replied in the group.
【Male Model Cried For Me: Okay okay, I’ll help him find one, don’t worry about it, good night!】
Little did he know, the troublemaker Cui Yeyi wanted to add fuel to the fire.
【Tears Ripped Open My Aorta: Shen Bei, is he disdaining you for your poor foundation? Keep it up! Study hard! Score 150 points next time to scare him into not daring to open his mouth!】
【Male Model Cried For Me: Hehe, hehe…】
Bai Sinian wanted to spam the group with expression packs, but time was tight and he didn’t know what to say, so he could only respond with a “hehe” twice.
Then he opened Cui Yeyi’s WeChat chat and privately messaged him: “Hurry and withdraw it, please, don’t stir up trouble.”
At this time, Shen Bei sent a WeChat message: “I know, he thinks I’m too stupid, I won’t go to evening self-study from now on.”
The words were full of sadness, Bai Sinian frantically typed: “That’s not what he meant, I’ll have him explain it clearly to you tomorrow, or I can…”
Bai Sinian deleted “or I can teach you” and rewrote: “Or we can think of another way.”
Cui Yeyi sent a sticking out tongue expression pack and replied: “I didn’t say anything wrong, it’s Bian Rui who should withdraw.”
At this time, the group’s Fan Hongyi popped up again.
【I Only Reply to Read: Bian Rui, you should say it to Little North directly, why say it in the group? Do you have to let everyone know that Little North is stupid?】
Oh no, Bai Sinian saw this sentence and really wanted to smash their heads.
Cui Yeyi and Fan Hongyi were two thick-headed people, maybe they felt there was nothing wrong with saying that, after all, they were often mocked as stupid themselves, and they didn’t take it to heart. But Shen Bei was different, Shen Bei’s mentality was more immature and sensitive.
Bian Rui said that he should go and explain to Shen Bei properly, there’s nothing wrong. But the two of them kept poking at it, Shen Bei would surely feel even worse.
Bai Sinian was in a mess, directly making a voice call to Shen Bei.
Shen Bei dragged his feet for a while before answering.
“Little North~~~” Bai Sinian coaxed him like a child: “Bian Rui didn’t mean any harm, don’t listen to their nonsense, they just love to be sharp-tongued and careless in their speech.”
Shen Bei’s voice was very weak: “I know, it’s fine.”
But it sounded like it was not fine at all! Bai Sinian continued to explain for Bian Rui, after all, Bian Rui’s way of speaking has always been like this, in the future when he starts scolding fans, his mouth will be even more venomous, and now it’s still relatively good.
Bai Sinian chatted with him a bit more, hoping to guide him and not take it to heart.
Shen Bei kept saying it was fine.
After hanging up, the group chat was left with only Cui Yeyi and Fan Hongyi chatting idly, the two of them wanting to take the opportunity to stir up the conflict between Bian Rui and Shen Bei. Bai Sinian suddenly felt a bit tired.
He scrolled through their conversation, it was so childish.
He turned off the phone screen and placed it aside, closing his eyes to prepare for sleep.
Sigh, is the early stage of the band really this difficult? Without even starting the music coordination, just the gathering of people with different personalities has already created so many conflicts.
When you think about it carefully, they are all small things, but precisely these small things are hindering their future steps.
No wonder they say, the bands that can truly rise to fame and last long, without crashing, are really too few.
Bai Sinian has deeply felt this point.
But fortunately, he has comforted Shen Bei, so this matter can be considered resolved.
Bai Sinian slept through the night and got up in the morning to continue the routine of going to class, getting off school, and having meals, repeating the previous day’s life.
At noon, he took the initiative to go to the second-year Class 5 to look for Shen Bei, but was told by a classmate that he had taken a day off and didn’t come.
Bai Sinian paused for a few seconds, so he still couldn’t comfort him well last night??
Every bite of food at lunch seemed to have become tasteless, the originally delicious food in his mouth felt like chewing wax. Various chaotic thoughts lingered in Bai Sinian’s mind, making it impossible for him to focus on enjoying this meal.
This feeling of unease continued until after evening self-study, when Bai Sinian went to the locker to get his phone and started making WeChat voice calls to Shen Bei.
He called twice without an answer, and Bai Sinian sat in the classroom as the surrounding classmates gathered their bags and went back to the dorm.
When there were not many people left, his phone rang.
It was Shen Bei calling back!
Bai Sinian answered immediately: “Little North, why did you take a day off? Are you okay?”
“This is his brother, Lu Ming.” Lu Ming’s voice was calm and powerful, completely different from Shen Bei’s.
“Elder Lu, is he sick?” Bai Sinian asked.
Lu Ming’s tone was icy: “What kind of stimulation did he receive at school? Our family has never put any pressure on him academically, but today he came back saying he wants to find a tutor, then said even with a tutor it’s useless, he doesn’t want one anymore, back and forth, what exactly happened?”
At this moment, the culprit Bian Rui walked into the Class 2 classroom, saw Bai Sinian on the phone, and went straight to the last row, found an empty seat, and took out a test paper.
Bai Sinian stammered: “Ah, that, we in the band have agreed to study hard together, in the future we hope to get into the same city, recently we’ve been gathering every night to study…”
Lu Ming could infer the rest without being told.
Probably in the process of studying together, Shen Bei felt the disparity in the world and began to doubt his own learning ability.
Lu Ming paused for a moment: “He cherishes you all as friends very much, so he attaches great importance to every word you say. Please don’t put any more pressure on him.”
“I understand, Elder Lu, I’ll have a good talk with them. Don’t worry.” Bai Sinian felt a bit sorry for Shen Bei.
After hanging up, Cui Yeyi and Fan Hongyi had just arrived.
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