Chapter 69
After the Gaokao, Lin Xiu was somewhat excited. Chi Aibei accompanied him to the boxing gym every day to box. On the day the results were released, Shen Yicheng arranged a match for Lin Xiu.
The match was in progress. Lin Xiu always had the upper hand, but Chi Aibei felt he was venting something.
Lin Xiu’s phone rang. Chi Aibei took it out and looked; seeing it was Teacher Chen calling, he answered it.
On the phone, Chen Jiang shouted excitedly, “Lin Xiu!”
Chi Aibei: “Teacher, I’m not Lin Xiu. I’m Chi Aibei.”
Chen Jiang wasn’t surprised that the person who answered was Chi Aibei. Instead, he asked in a habitual tone, “Have you checked your scores yet?”
Chi Aibei glanced at Lin Xiu, who was still in the middle of the match. “Not yet.”
Chen Jiang said joyfully, “Check them quickly. Check them right now. After you check, you two come to school together tomorrow.”
Hearing Chen Jiang’s tone, which was almost a laugh, Chi Aibei knew Lin Xiu must have done well. Just as he hung up the phone, Chi Wendong called.
Chi Aibei answered with a different phone. “Hello, Brother.”
Chi Wendong: “Are the scores out yet?”
Chi Aibei: “They should be out. Teacher Chen just called us to check. I haven’t checked yet.”
Chi Wendong: “Hurry up and check.”
Chi Aibei: “Oh.”
Hearing his unhurried tone, Chi Wendong was a bit speechless. Whose Gaokao results were they anyway? This Little Emperor wasn’t worried at all.
Lin Xiu won the match and came down. He walked up to Chi Aibei. “The scores should be out, right?”
Chi Aibei: “They should be. Teacher Chen and my brother both called to urge us. Gege, I want to check yours; you check mine, okay?”
Lin Xiu rubbed his head. “Okay.”
Chi Aibei had proactively suggested swapping to check scores, but when the results popped up, he was actually more nervous than when looking at his own. He turned his head. “Sheng-ge, you look.”
Shen Yicheng was laughing like crazy. “What? Does this score bite?”
Shen Yicheng took a look and couldn’t help but let out a “Whoa.”
Chi Aibei: “How is it?”
Shen Yicheng looked at Lin Xiu. “744. I’ve never seen such a high score in my life.”
Hearing the score, Chi Aibei quickly took a look. It was indeed 744. He suddenly looked at Lin Xiu. “Gege, you’re so amazing.”
Lin Xiu narrowed his eyes as he looked at Chi Aibei’s score. Hearing Chi Aibei praise his brilliance, he turned to look at Chi Aibei.
Amazing?
You’re the one who’s amazing.
Chi Aibei was stunned by his meaningful gaze. “What is it? Did I not do well?”
Lin Xiu shook his head and didn’t speak.
Shen Yicheng saw his ambiguous attitude and got a bit anxious. “Don’t keep us in suspense. How much did he get?”
Lin Xiu handed the phone to Shen Yicheng, his eyes never leaving Chi Aibei.
Shen Yicheng: “Holy crap!”
Lin Xiu smiled.
Shen Yicheng looked at Chi Aibei in disbelief, then looked back at Lin Xiu… He didn’t even want to say “awesome,” because it was too damn awesome! Such high scores are usually never seen, and now two appeared at once!
Shen Yicheng: “You two discussed this, didn’t you?”
Chi Aibei’s total score was exactly the same as Lin Xiu’s. Two identical 744s appeared under different names, looking like a bug.
Chi Aibei took the phone and looked at his own score, then at Lin Xiu’s score. Suddenly, two phones rang at the same time…
Lin Yang and Jiang Yu had likely discussed it; they called at the same time, asking the same question.
Jiang Yu: “How many points?”
Lin Yang: “What’s the score?”
Chi Aibei and Lin Xiu: “744.”
Jiang Yu, who had sat firmly as the second in the grade for three years, was ultimately surpassed by Chi Aibei. But he didn’t mind much, because Chi Aibei’s results, rather than saying he surpassed him, it was more like he caught up to Lin Xiu. As someone who had always been looking at Lin Xiu’s back, he knew best how hard it was to catch up to him. If Chi Aibei was given a bit more time, perhaps even Lin Xiu would have to yield his first place in the grade.
Two days later, Mother Chi received a call from Chen Su. Chen Su opened with a congratulations.
Mother Chi already knew that Lin Xiu had taken the title of Science Top Scholar and accepted the greetings with a smile. It wasn’t until she heard Chen Su say, “I really didn’t expect Xiao Bei to do so well. I always heard Chenjiang say his grades were good, but I didn’t expect him to actually become the Liberal Arts Top Scholar.”
Mother Chi thought she had heard wrong. “What are you talking about? It’s the Science Top Scholar, right?”
Chen Su said in surprise, “What Science Top Scholar? I’m talking about your Xiao Bei. He became the Provincial Liberal Arts Top Scholar—you don’t know yet?”
“…” Mother Chi felt Chen Su had gone mad. With Chi Aibei’s grades, let alone a Top Scholar, she didn’t even know if his total score reached a hundred. “What nonsense are you talking about? It was Lin Xiu who became the Science Top Scholar. How could Chi Aibei…”
Chen Su: “Why is it impossible? If you don’t believe it, go and look at the gate of the Affiliated High School. The banners and photos of the Science and Liberal Arts Top Scholars are currently hanging at the school gate. Reporters have also come for interviews. Has your Wendong not told you?”
Hearing this, Mother Chi was completely dumbfounded.
How was it possible? Chi Aibei was a fool!
…
In the KTV, a group of kids were having a blast. Chi Wendong stood at the door of the private room answering a call.
On the phone, Mother Chi suppressed her frantic voice and told Chi Wendong to bring Chi Aibei home. Chi Wendong glanced at Chi Aibei, who was having a great time inside. “I’ll ask him if he wants to come back.”
Mother Chi: “What do you mean ‘if he wants to’? This is his home. If he doesn’t come back here, where else can he go?”
Chi Wendong felt those words were ironic. He reminded her, “He has been living at Lin Xiu’s house for over a year.”
Mother Chi choked. “I don’t care. Anyway, you must bring him back today.”
Chi Wendong didn’t respond.
Mother Chi’s sudden urgency for Chi Aibei to return was likely because she had already found out his Gaokao results. Chi Wendong knew this matter couldn’t be hidden. If Chi Aibei had only performed ordinarily, it would have been fine. Who would have expected this child to rise up and become the Provincial Top Scholar? Nancheng was only so big; word of mouth would eventually reach their ears.
Returning to the room, Chi Wendong remained sitting in the corner. Only Lin Xiu noticed him going out.
Lin Xiu: “What is it?”
Chi Wendong: “My mother wants me to take Xiao Bei back.”
Lin Xiu paused. “They know?”
Chi Wendong gave an “mn.” Looking at Chi Aibei, who was standing there singing with his arms around Lin Yang’s shoulders, Chi Wendong curled the corners of his mouth and smiled. “With scores like that, it would be a miracle if it could be kept secret.”
Lin Xiu felt the same, but he didn’t want Chi Aibei to go back. They were calling Chi Aibei back now simply because they felt he was “presentable,” but would parents like that truly have a sincere heart for Chi Aibei?
Lin Xiu didn’t let Chi Aibei drink, but Lin Yang had quite a lot. A drunken Lin Yang held onto Chi Aibei and complained incessantly. “You’re truly not human, Chi Aibei. You’re truly not human. You actually became a Top Scholar! Just say it—were you faking it before? What was the deal with your last-place rank?”
Lin Yang poured a glass of wine that nearly overflowed. He suddenly thrust it to Chi Aibei’s lips. “I haven’t even settled the score for you betraying us to go to Class 2. Drink this, and we’ll call it even!”
Everyone had drunk more or less, but Chi Aibei had stuck to a bottle of juice. Looking at the wine offered to his lips, he thought about taking just a sip, just one sip… However, just as he extended his tongue to take a lick, the wine glass was snatched away by the person behind him.
Chi Aibei looked back at Lin Xiu, who had drained the glass in one go, and guiltily shrunk his neck. He shouldn’t have seen that lick, right?
Chi Aibei looked back again. Lin Xiu had already put down the wine glass. Lin Xiu pinched his cheek. “Are you a puppy? Still licking?”
Chi Aibei: “…” Crap, he saw.
Today’s entire bill was covered by Chi Wendong. It was a celebration for his brother becoming the Gaokao Top Scholar. When he heard someone say “your brother is so nice” to Chi Aibei, Chi Wendong’s mood was visibly improved. If Chi Aibei added another sentence like “That’s right, my brother is the best brother in the world,” Chi Wendong might have even laughed out loud.
Jiang Yu, who was seeing Chi Wendong being “manipulated” by Chi Aibei for the second time, couldn’t help but be impressed.
Before leaving after dinner, Jiang Yu said thank you to Chi Wendong.
Chi Aibei was busy seeing off the guests. Chi Wendong looked at Jiang Yu, who had gone to say goodbye to Chi Aibei, his tone slightly surprised. “He’s the one from the Jiang family, right? Xiao Bei actually managed to play with him.”
The Jiang family had three sons, two of whom looked quite solitary. But compared to Jiang Wenshi, Jiang Yu gave off a naturally cold feeling. Chi Wendong thought that with Chi Aibei’s personality, even if he played well with a son from the Jiang family, it would surely be Jiang Wenyu. He hadn’t expected it to be Jiang Yu.
Chi Wendong didn’t have any issue with Jiang Yu. Although he was an illegitimate son, compared to the one from the Jiang family who only knew how to cause trouble, he was more willing to let Chi Aibei play with Jiang Yu.
Knowing how Chi Aibei had bought Jiang Yu over step-by-step, Lin Xiu heard these words and couldn’t help but say, “Your brother’s ability to make friends is truly top-tier. If he wants, he could even win over the Heavenly Emperor.”
Chi Wendong mulled over Lin Xiu’s words, but couldn’t figure out if it was a compliment or a jab. “Are you praising him?”
Lin Xiu watched Chi Aibei running back. “Praising him quite helplessly.”
The people had all been seen off by Chi Aibei. He turned back and saw Lin Xiu and Chi Wendong standing there. He ran over. “Let’s go too.”
Chi Wendong: “Mom called me just now. she wants me to take you home.”
Bringing up such a mood-killing topic on such a great day made Chi Aibei hide behind Lin Xiu. “I’m not going.”
Chi Wendong had already said he would ask for Chi Aibei’s opinion. Since he said he wasn’t going, Chi Wendong wouldn’t force him. “Then you go with Lin Xiu. I’ve drunk and can’t drive, so I won’t send you.”
Seeing that he didn’t even ask a second time before agreeing not to go back, Chi Aibei came out from behind Lin Xiu and looked at Chi Wendong worriedly. “If I don’t go back with you, will they give you trouble?”
Chi Wendong smiled and rubbed his head. “Don’t worry about me. Follow your own thoughts. If you want to go back, go back; if you don’t want to, then don’t. No one can force you.”
Chi Aibei suddenly felt a bit of guilt. Chi Wendong was too good to him, but this goodness originally shouldn’t have belonged to him.
In the taxi, Chi Aibei looked out the window in silence. Mother Chi suddenly wanting him back was undoubtedly because she knew his exam results. He let out a sigh. “Gege, do you think I shouldn’t have done so well? If I had answered two fewer questions during the exam, I wouldn’t be causing trouble for my brother.”
Lin Xiu said, “Unless you missed the exam, otherwise they would have found out sooner or later.”
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