Part 3
The more popular a person is, the greater the controversy they face.
There will always be people throwing mud at them. What needs to be done now is to plant lotuses in the mud.
Bai Sinian exhaled deeply. He figured it out. He couldn’t do these meaningless things anymore.
Whatever the internet scolds, he will reject it with action. For example, if someone scolds them for not studying well and only wanting to be popular, then tell them, yes, that’s right! Not only do we want to be popular, but we will also smash a university admission letter in your face!
Speaking of which, as a high school student, the primary task is still to study. The band’s affairs can only rank second.
After all, if they can go to a good university in the future, the fans will also be happy. This is the true idol of the era.
Bai Sinian figured this out and decided not to log into his side account for a while and focus on doing the things in front of him well.
He arrived at the third floor of the cafeteria and saw Fan Hongyi already sitting at the old place, having occupied seats for them.
“Fan Hongyi, why did you cut your hair?” Bai Sinian sat opposite him and observed carefully, “You look quite like a convict. Did you turn over a new leaf?”
Fan Hongyi touched the top of his head very unhappily and complained: “My mom insisted that my long hair would affect my luck, and my forehead had to be exposed to attract good luck.”
“What, what? Are you sure your forehead isn’t dark, signaling a bloody disaster…” Cui Yeyi suddenly straddled a chair and sat over.
“Get lost! Shut up.” Fan Hongyi glared at him.
Cui Yeyi tilted his head to look at Fan Hongyi’s buzz cut: “Is your mom accurate? I want to cut my hair to change my luck too.”
Fan Hongyi: “What did you do now? Provoked something unclean?”
Cui Yeyi: “Don’t know which idiot reported me, got my account reported and banned.”
Bai·Unclean Thing·Idiot·Sinian silently stood up: “I’ll go get food first.”
This guy won’t hold a grudge for life, right? Bai Sinian shivered just thinking about it. He stood at the buffet window, sneaking a glance at their table, and happened to meet Cui Yeyi’s gaze. Scared, he quickly turned his head and chose dishes.
Sitting in the corner, Cui Yeyi put his arm around Fan Hongyi’s shoulder and whispered in his ear: “I’m telling you, Bai Sinian definitely likes me, I’m 100% sure.”
Fan Hongyi moved his head away slightly, looking at Cui Yeyi doubtfully: “Can’t be, right? Didn’t he clarify last time?”
Cui Yeyi: “Let me tell you, last night I went to his dorm to borrow a charger. At that time, Bian Rui went to take a shower, and it was just me and him in the dorm. He was embarrassed to be alone with me, so he found an excuse to go next door to borrow a mop and didn’t come back for ages.”
Fan Hongyi nodded in sudden realization, very cooperative.
Cui Yeyi added: “Did you see just now? As soon as he saw me, he went to get food. What was he doing before? He gets shy when he sees me! If you don’t believe me, observe later.”
Shen Bei appeared in front of these two sneaky people carrying a schoolbag. “Hi.”
He greeted shyly, and then his gaze fell on Fan Hongyi’s head. Fan Hongyi touched his head again, “My mom forced me to cut it, to attract good luck.”
Shen Bei said “Oh”, sat down, and said: “Isn’t your mom a university teacher? Is she superstitious too?”
“Sigh, the older generation’s thinking is like this. Academically advanced, ideologically backward.” Fan Hongyi spoke frankly.
Seeing that neither of them had ordered food, Shen Bei asked if he should help them get food. These two guys were not polite at all and let Shen Bei help.
Then the two of them continued to gossip about Bai Sinian behind his back.
Bai Sinian carried his own tray back, put it down, and went to help Shen Bei. It was like the two of them were serving those two lords.
The air was filled with the scent of food from the cafeteria, and the lively atmosphere rushed over. Students sat down at their respective tables, eagerly opening their lunch boxes. The entire cafeteria was very bustling.
After Bai Sinian and Shen Bei sat down, they found Bian Rui wasn’t there: “Where’s Bian Rui?”
“Don’t you know to ask him?” Cui Yeyi deliberately took the initiative to speak to Bai Sinian.
Bai Sinian didn’t look at him: “My phone is out of battery. When are you returning my charging cable?”
Bai Sinian buried his head in his meal after speaking, not looking at him once.
Cui Yeyi raised his chin at Fan Hongyi, a triumphant look in his eyes, as if saying See, he’d rather his own phone be out of battery than ask for the charging cable back.
Fan Hongyi seemed to get this meaning and nodded with a smile.
“I’ll return it to your dorm tonight.”
“Oh.”
Shen Bei tapped away on his phone and said: “Bian Rui said he’s helping the teacher grade papers. The teacher is treating him to KFC. So nice!”
Shen Bei sighed with envy.
“It’s not like you haven’t eaten it, or can’t afford it. What’s there to envy?” Cui Yeyi chewed on white rice, speaking indistinctly.
Shen Bei didn’t know how to refute. Bai Sinian put a piece of meat into Shen Bei’s bowl and explained for him: “Because what the teacher buys and what you buy yourself feels different.”
Shen Bei nodded vigorously, then smiled at Bai Sinian. He had completely spoken his mind.
Cui Yeyi unhappily stuffed a large mouthful of pork belly into his mouth, chewing and chewing. Fan Hongyi silently watched the three of them. Why does the relationship feel so strange and complicated?
“It’s okay, Xiao Bei. If we can’t eat what the teacher buys, you can eat what big brother buys for you.” Bai Sinian comforted him.
This comfort was very effective. Shen Bei was a very easy child to coax, and he immediately smiled happily.
Cui Yeyi pouted, mocking sarcastically: “It’s just KFC!”
“Alright, alright,” Fan Hongyi patted Cui Yeyi’s shoulder, “I smell a huge vinegar scent!”
Cui Yeyi glared at him, signaling him to shut up.
Bai Sinian didn’t notice the sparks flying between the gazes here. He just wanted to finish eating quickly and ask Cui Yeyi for the charging cable.
As a result, Cui Yeyi finished before him, and in the blink of an eye, ran to the playground to play ball with classmates.
Bai Sinian was speechless. Shen Bei returned to the classroom after eating. Only Fan Hongyi was still silently observing Bai Sinian, just wanting to know if it was the same as what Cui Yeyi said.
“What’s on your mind?” Fan Hongyi saw it.
Bai Sinian sighed: “My phone is out of battery, and that guy ran off to play ball again.”
Fan Hongyi glanced at his phone and said: “Same brand, I have one. Come, go to my dorm to charge.”
“Okay!” Bai Sinian’s hope was reignited.
This was the first time Bai Sinian visited Fan Hongyi’s dorm. He was full of curiosity. Fan Hongyi’s dorm was on the 4th floor, at the end of the corridor.
There was a cheap patch outside the dorm door. Fan Hongyi didn’t rush to open the door but kept him in suspense, smiling slyly at Bai Sinian: “Press it.”
“Ah?”
Bai Sinian suspiciously pressed the patch. It turned out to be a switch. Then a very off-key rap voice came: “Daddy, open the door! Your son is back!”
Bai Sinian: …
So advanced.
Opening the door, Fan Hongyi invited him in. Bai Sinian turned his head and saw the back of the door covered in wires, like bomb wires in TV dramas.
“Not bad, right? My roommate is an invention genius! He’s amazing at physics.”
Bai Sinian praised a few words from the bottom of his heart, then went straight to the point: “Where’s the charging cable?”
“I’ll get it for you.”
Fan Hongyi climbed onto the bed. There was a cabinet at the foot of his bed, made into compartments of various sizes. A clothes-hanging pole hung at the bed rail.
Bai Sinian touched the clothes-hanging pole: “Why hang the clothes pole by the bed?”
He even thought there was no balcony, looking distantly at the balcony full of drying clothes, very puzzled.
Fan Hongyi rummaged for the charging cable while saying: “Because I’m close to the light switch. I often turn off the lights. I’m too lazy to get out of bed, so I use the clothes pole.”
Hmm… makes sense.
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