"Teacher, it's my phone." Su Qinian stood up and took out his phone. Lin Jinran's eyes widened, and her mind went blank. She sat rigidly in her seat, motionless, like a statue.
How could he...
Moreover, after sitting at the same desk with Su Qinian for more than a week, she didn't even know that he carried a phone with him.
Zhou Ping stared at Su Qinian with a sharp look in his eyes, as if he wanted to bore a hole through him. It took him a while before he said, "Come to my office with me."
After saying that, Zhou Ping left the classroom.
A few seconds later, the classroom instantly turned into a noisy marketplace.
"Class monitor, is it really your phone?"
"Class monitor, you're so not nice. You brought your phone to the classroom but didn't even tell us guys."
"What should we do, class monitor? Can you get your phone back?"
"..."
The classmates immediately surrounded him, chattering away, one question after another popping out.
"It's okay. The homeroom teacher won't punish me severely. It's quite late now. You guys should go back quickly." Su Qinian answered the classmates' questions smoothly.
Tao Wan in the front row turned around and asked worriedly, "Lin Jinran, are you okay?"
"What could be wrong with me?" Lin Jinran pulled at the corners of her mouth and replied casually.
It was Su Qinian who was in trouble.
Lin Jinran stared blankly at the schoolbag in the desk. Then she suddenly raised her head, looked straight at Su Qinian, and said, "Su Qinian, I'll go to the office with you later."
It was clearly her phone that rang accidentally and made the homeroom teacher furious.
In the end, it was Su Qinian who took the blame.
That wasn't right.
Lin Jinran unconsciously clenched the strap of her schoolbag tighter and tighter, just like her mood at the moment.
"What are you going to the office for? The homeroom teacher didn't call you." After dealing with the other classmates, Su Qinian tapped her forehead with his pen and sighed.
"You know it clearly!" Lin Jinran covered her forehead and said with wide - open eyes.
"It's okay. I did well in this exam. The homeroom teacher won't do anything to me. Maybe he'll even return the phone to me."
Su Qinian said casually. He glanced at the clock hanging on the blackboard and continued, "Well, it's been a while since school was over. You should go back quickly. It's not safe for you to go back alone when it's too late. Just wait for my news tomorrow."
"No, I must wait for you here." Lin Jinran insisted.
The girl looked up. The lamp shadows were swaying. Under her long eyelashes were clear, glass - like pupils, which showed genuine concern.
It had been a week, and she still hadn't received her school uniform. Usually, she just wore simple T - shirts and long pants to and from school.
Su Qinian curled his lips. Knowing that he couldn't persuade her, he nodded with a smile and said, "I'll go quickly and come back quickly. Remember to turn off the reminder sound of your phone. If there's a next time, I won't be able to save you."
"Who wants you to save me? No one wants you to save me." Lin Jinran snorted and glanced sideways. She found that he was staring at her intently.
Lin Jinran was both ashamed and angry, and her ears turned red. "Why aren't you going yet? You've been dawdling for so long. If you don't go, the homeroom teacher will hold you accountable!"
"Okay, okay, okay." Su Qinian couldn't help laughing. He stood up, towering over Lin Jinran.
Lin Jinran folded her arms across her chest and turned her head away.
Su Qinian's gaze became even softer. He said softly, "Wait for my good news."
"Who wants your good news? Go quickly." Lin Jinran pushed him with both hands, her eyes wide open and looking fierce. "Hurry up. I also want to go back early."
"I'll try my best." These were the only three words Su Qinian left.
As soon as he left, Lin Jinran lay on the table, sighing. She was both worried and angry with herself.
Finally, she was so angry that she pounded the table hard. "Damn it. I'm going to find out which bastard is trying to get me into trouble at this time!"
She immediately sat up straight and looked around.
Good. Most of the classmates in the class had left, and the rest were just burying their heads in doing their homework.
The corridor outside was empty.
The moon was high and the sky was dark. This was simply the perfect time to check the phone.
So, Lin Jinran turned her back to the window, propped her head up with one hand, and groped for the phone in the desk with the other hand.
She felt a hard phone case. That was it.
Lin Jinran's eyes lit up. She quickly took it out. Her first move was to turn off the sound. Then she saw the WeChat message that popped up on the screen.
It was a message about a public account's tweet update.
Lin Jinran: "..."
Unbelievable.
Ten minutes later, just as Lin Jinran was absent - mindedly copying the wrong questions, a figure came into her peripheral vision. She looked up slightly and saw Su Qinian. His face was calm, and it was hard to tell what the situation was.
Lin Jinran was a bit anxious. She threw down her pen, immediately stood up, and sprinted like a hundred - meter runner. She rushed in front of Su Qinian, looked up, and asked out of breath, "Su Qinian, what did the teacher say?"
The cool evening breeze swayed in through the crack of the front door of the classroom. Behind the young man were the lights of a few incandescent lamps, and further back were the scattered lit classrooms in the opposite teaching building.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" He couldn't help curving his lips and smiling.
"What did the homeroom teacher say exactly?" Lin Jinran didn't answer. She was always concerned about the result of the homeroom teacher's handling.
Lin Jinran bit her lip and tentatively asked, "Otherwise, I'll compensate you for a phone?"
"What are you talking about? It's okay. The homeroom teacher said that after the results of this week come out, he'll give me a half - month vacation. And that's all."
Lin Jinran didn't believe it and still looked worried.
Su Qinian was both amused and helpless. He added, "I'm really not lying to you. He even praised me in the office and said that I did well in this exam overall, especially in math. I performed steadily."
Hearing this, Lin Jinran let out a slight sigh of relief and followed Su Qinian back to their seats.
"Sure enough, good grades are like a life - saving talisman."
"Are you praising me or scolding me? The more I listen, the more I feel like you're scolding me." Su Qinian laughed.
"No!" Lin Jinran retorted. "This is a fact. Don't be so ungrateful, Su! Qi! Nian!"
Su Qinian pretended to be deep in thought, stroking his chin, and nodded. "Then I'll take it as you're praising me."
Lin Jinran: "..."
Such a shameless person.
That night, after Lin Jinran got back to her place, she opened her QQ secondary account and found the contact named Qi. The last chat was a week ago.
She propped her chin up and typed: [Qi, I've met a new classmate recently. He's my deskmate. He's helped me several times, either openly or secretly. But I don't know what to do.]
Did she type too much?
Lin Jinran deleted and edited the words. Finally, the message she sent was: [Qi, if you owe someone a favor, how should you pay it back?]
By the time she went to bed, there was still no message from the other end of the phone.