[R18] Pretending to be a scumbag – “Pretending to Be a Scumbag” Chapter 88 [English]

Chapter 88

Xie Yu’s first reaction was to say “no”, but the word “no” kept lingering on his lips for a long time.

Zhou Dalei asked this question too seriously.

I have known him for so many years, and I always see him with a playful smile and a big heart. There are only a handful of times when he becomes serious.Apart from the toys that I loved when I was a child being snatched away, the closest thing was the time when Damei left. After drinking several bottles of wine, I sat at the entrance of an alley and asked him drunkenly: “Will Damei come back?”

There’s no telling whether you’ll come back or not, everyone has their own way to go.

Xie Yu looked at he, sighed secretly, and said, “I’ll be back.”

During the winter vacation, Zhou Dalei poked he when he had something to do. When he was answering questions, he often said in the middle of the night: Have you slept? Thank you, boss, what are you doing?

-No, playing games.

-What game?

Xie Yu didn’t take it seriously at first, but now when he thought about it, he realized that nothing was right.

The vague thoughts in Zhou Dalei’s heart kept popping up. He took a few steps forward and suppressed all the expressions on his face: “Speak, you…”

Zhou Dalei couldn’t continue – because Xie Yu was silent for a while and interrupted:

“It’s me.”

Xie Yu asked again: “How did you know?”

These words made Zhou Dalei’s anger go straight to the top of his head. The feeling of being deceived was so strong that he forgot to think about ‘Why does Mr. Xie do this’:

“How do I know – don’t you know it yourself? I have copied your homework for so many years. Whether you write fast or slow, or whether it is a scrawl or not, I can still recognize it even if you change your left hand to write!”

“…”

Xie Yu really didn’t expect that he would be defeated by this.

“I have been brothers with you for so many years, and you lie to me like this?” Zhou Dalei scolded, while Xie Yu pulled his collar and took him to the corner, “I asked you for the first time why your grades dropped like this. What did you tell me, saying that there are people outside the world, and there are always ups and downs in life. Don’t you dare to fart with me here!”

Zhou Dalei said it all, but he was still very angry.

Xie Yu allowed him to scold him without saying anything back. He had the best temper ever: “Have you scolded me enough? If not, continue scolding me.”

Zhou Dalei took out a pack of cigarettes and hid in the corner and smoked one. Xie Yu looked at the time and was about to go back when Zhou Dalei stretched out his hand and asked in a low voice: “What are you thinking? Don’t leave. Squat down and let’s have a good chat.”

“Squat down, you won’t be able to catch the bus if you don’t leave.”

“Then let’s talk while walking,” Zhou Dalei immediately compromised, “You walk slower.”

Zhou Dalei had imagined many reasons, but he never expected this to be the case.

The bus leaves at nine o’clock at the latest. While waiting for the bus, Xie Yu finished speaking in a few words. After hearing this, Zhou Dalei cursed several times. He didn’t know what to say except for the curse words: “That piece of shit named Zhong…”

He was angry with Xie Yu at first, but when he was done, he couldn’t help but get angry on Xie Yu’s behalf.

Zhou Dalei was so angry that his hand holding the cigarette was shaking, and his mind was full of ‘fuck’.

In order to prevent him from showing off his black water street master’s national curse skills in the street, Xie Yu directly kicked him: “Okay, the car is here, don’t hang around here, go back and rest. Get out of here.”

The bus approached slowly from the other end, and the light hit me directly.

Xie Yu got in the car, walked two steps in, and then stepped back to the door while the door was still open. He hooked one hand on the railing beside the door and leaned half of his body out: “If you don’t want to die, don’t talk nonsense. I’m serious, you’d better find a way to shut your mouth–”

Zhou Dalei also wanted to stop, but he went back and tossed and turned, and couldn’t sleep for a long time.

Lei’s mother got up at night and went to the living room to drink water. She was frightened to death by her son sitting on the sofa in the dark.

Zhou Dalei sat on the sofa for a long time. He couldn’t help but look through the address book on his mobile phone. He pointed his finger at Aunt Lan’s column. His mind was very confused. After thinking about it, he decided to let it go. However, his hand shook and he accidentally dialed: “…”

The winter vacation lasted only a month, and Xie Yu basically didn’t touch a word of the pile of winter vacation homework he was handed out. He signed it with his own name and never opened it again.

Ms. Gu has consciously or unconsciously mentioned the matter of tutoring to him in the past few days: “Think about what you did during the winter vacation.”

Xie Yu went downstairs to get water: “I’m feeling very good. I eat well and sleep well.”

Gu Xuelan: “Don’t change the subject. If this continues, what do you want to do? Do you think if I don’t force you now, you will -”

Xie Yu didn’t really want to hire a tutor at first, mainly because he felt that controlling his grades in school was already annoying enough. Hiring a tutor would require him to control more things, and it would be easier for him to reveal his flaws.

Ms. Gu talked a lot, but he still said the same thing: “Mom, I know it myself.”

After he finished speaking, the lady looking back did not angrily sarcasticly sarcastically at him like before, “What kind of numbers do you have?”

Gu Xuelan was sitting on the sofa, with the remote control at hand.

A cheesy TV series was playing on the TV screen, and the sound was ringing in her ears, but Gu Xuelan’s expression was not affected at all. She had a sullen face, with a bit of suspicion and inquiry in her eyes.

Gu Xuelan recalled the inexplicable phone call last night.

After moving to Blackwater Street, the pace of life was completely different from before, and the relationship with Xu Yanmei and the others gradually became estranged. Apart from sending blessing text messages during the holidays, there was almost no other communication.

Zhou Dalei spoke incoherently on the phone. One moment he said that he accidentally dialed the wrong number, and the next moment he called her Aunt Lan, but he hesitated to speak.She was woken up in the middle of the night and was a little dizzy. She didn’t quite understand what he was saying. She reached out and turned on a small light, sat up and asked, “What’s wrong, Da Lei?”

Zhou Dalei said: “Aunt Lan, have you ever thought about thanking your boss for your grades…”

Gu Xuelan clearly heard the word ‘achievement’, but the child suddenly changed the subject and started talking nonsense. Finally, he said, “The moon is really full tonight.”

Gu Xuelan: “…”

“Seeing such a bright moonlight reminds me of Aunt Lan.”

Gu Xuelan has gotten older in the past few years. No matter how well-maintained she is, fine lines have already quietly crawled into the corners of her eyes. She also has a few troubles hiding in her eyes. This phone call kept her awake for a long time.

She tossed and turned, and the last image that came to her mind before falling asleep was the certificates that Xie Yu randomly threw on the table when he was a child.

What is the award?

She was too busy at that time, juggling between several jobs.

“Tell me what number you have,” Gu Xuelan asked him calmly: “…what number do you have in mind?”

After Gu Xuelan finished speaking, she didn’t know what she was doubting about. She guessed that it was probably because she hadn’t slept well these past few nights.She raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brow, then waved her hand and said, “Okay, you can go up, don’t stand here and get in the way.”

Xie Yu held the glass in his hand and went upstairs and sat in front of the computer for a long time. The foreign language professor in the video was talking about grammar and sentence patterns, but he didn’t listen.

“Kid, what are you doing?”

After receiving the call from He Chao, Xie Yu came back to his senses, lowered his head, took a sip of water, and responded vaguely.

He Chaogang got off the taxi, stood at the window to pay, and stuffed the change into his pocket: “Drink milk?”

“Drink water.”

When He Chao heard that the children were no longer drinking milk, he thought it was a pity.

“Can you think of something else? This idea of yours is very dangerous.” Xie Yu put down the water glass and looked at the date in the lower right corner of the computer screen. He remembered that He Chao had made an appointment with someone this weekend, and asked again, “Have you met someone?”

“No, I just got off the car.”

He Chao found the place he made an appointment with – actually, there was no need to look for it. The three of him often came to this store when they were in junior high school. It was a small noodle shop near the school.

The impression is that it is a very small shop, small and old.The walls were covered in a shiny black color from oil fumes.

When I was in junior high school, I had very little pocket money. When school was over, I was so hungry that I couldn’t stand it anymore. I would often give you two yuan and I would give three yuan, and a few of us would come together to buy a bowl of noodles to fill our stomachs.

“The boss lady still remembers me and gave me a side dish.” He Chao picked an empty seat and sat down, resting his elbows on the table as he spoke, “I’ll bring you here next time.”

He Chao’s tone was normal when he spoke, but Xie Yu felt for no reason that this fool’s mind must be very confused now.

He Chao was indeed a little at a loss.

I don’t know when the noodle shop was renovated. There were familiar dish names on the menu, as well as new ones in recent years. After He Chao finished speaking, he stared at the three words “hot sauce noodles” on the menu for a while, secretly sighed, and looked up out of the window.

Xie Yu didn’t say much, just remember to call him if anything happens.

Xie Yu was barefoot and huddled in the large computer chair. Before hanging up, he added: “No smoking.”

He Chao said: “Okay.”

Xie Yu watched the teaching video without hesitation, and looked at his cell phone before going to bed. The class group was constantly buzzing with messages. Xu Qingqing wanted to watch a ghost movie, but she didn’t dare to watch it alone. She looked for someone to watch it with her in the class group. In the end, the class group’s mood turned into “Ah!!!!”.

There was no movement at all from He Chao’s side.He thought for a while and canceled the mute setting before going to bed.

It was almost twelve o’clock when I received He Chao’s call again.

In the past, Xie Yu’s approach was definitely to refuse to accept the one-stop service of blacklisting and throwing down mobile phones.

He guessed that He Chao must have arrived home, but then he heard a few faint car sounds coming from the opposite side: “Where are you?”

He Chao didn’t answer.

After Xie Yu asked for the third time and almost lost all patience, He Chao opened his mouth and called out his name.

He Chao’s words were a bit drunk and he sounded irrational, but when he pronounced his name, he was very serious and his pronunciation was delicate.

“Xie Yu.”

He Chao shouted several times in a row.It was low-pitched, with complex emotions, mixed with the noise around it.

“Brother,” Xie Yu was completely sleepless. He stood up. The air conditioner had been turned off long ago, and the coolness penetrated along the thin fabric. “Have you been drinking?”

He Chao squatted on the street and buried his face in his palms. He wanted to call him to report that he was safe, but when he heard Xie Yu’s voice, he was so drunk that he couldn’t help but… wanted to call him.

He Chao originally thought that this matter would not be easy to overcome.

In the end, I really stood up, walked forward, and walked to it. I found that it was not as difficult as I thought.

When they met, Er Lei came up and punched him directly. After the punch, he asked him: “Is it okay? Do you feel comfortable?”

That punch was no joke, almost all the strength was used up. He Chao was stunned for a second. He leaned his back against the wall, then wiped the corners of his mouth and tasted a little blood in his mouth.

Fang Xiaolei has not changed much from before. He has gained weight, and his dressing style is more mature. Compared with his peers, he is less student-like.

——”Forget about the past.”

——”Brother Chao, last time you came to see me, I said it was not your fault. Now I want to correct you. I don’t blame you. I want to tell you in person.”

Er Lei’s words kept ringing in his ears.

An indescribable weight accumulated in my chest, but as I breathed, everything seemed to lighten.

This feeling of losing focus passed in a flash.

He Chao looked at the traffic on the street in front of him. The car lights penetrated the night and made his eyes hurt.

“No,” He Chao said one word, then hesitated. He blinked his eyes, his eyes slightly red, “I just drank a little.”

Your mother’s tongue is almost tied and she drank a little.

Xie Yu was a little worried and annoyed. While putting on his clothes, he asked, “Where are you now?”

He Chao was still near the school.

The three of them met a few hours ago. They didn’t talk much, but drank bottle after bottle of wine.

Lei Jun drank the most.

Lei Jun was not involved in what happened that year. Er Lei left in a hurry and couldn’t ask many questions, so he could only think about the worst.He grabbed He Chao’s collar and punched him, pushing him to the ground and beating him so hard that the school almost called an ambulance: “Did you do it? Shirk the responsibility -”

He Chao did not explain or fight back, and even secretly hoped that he would hit him harder.

Be more ruthless.

After that, Lei Jun didn’t go to school anymore and went directly to a technical secondary school. It didn’t make any difference whether he was preparing for the exam or not.I also don’t want to know anything about this “former friend”.

We met again in a small restaurant near the electronics technology.

Lei Jun only focused on being annoyed and forgot to think about why this person was in the No. 2 Middle School. After returning home, he asked someone to check and found that not only the school but also the grade were not correct.

Not only did he drop down a grade, but he still went to the most ordinary high school in City A.

Er Lei was not very good at drinking, but he has practiced it at various banquets in the past few years. He drank a bottle in just a few times: “I was busy and forgot, running around in other places… You and Brother Chao haven’t met each other in the past few years?”

“I touched it.” He Chao drank heavily, and he leaned back and put the empty wine bottle in his hand on the table, “We had some exchanges a few months ago.”

Lei Jun: “If God and his mother communicate, does fist-to-fist communication count as communication?”

“…”

By the end of the drink, the three of them seemed to have returned to the past.

Xie Yu wrote down the location. He was worried that He Chao would be wandering around outside in the middle of the night after drinking alone. He picked up a coat and put it on. When he went out and got in the car, he realized that he had forgotten his cell phone.

I left in such a hurry that I threw my phone on the bed while I was putting on my coat, and walked out the door right away after putting on my coat.

He Chao squatted on the street for a while, feeling less drunk.

There were not many people coming and going on the street. There was a group of people whistling and coming out of the restaurant opposite after drinking too much and hugging each other. They looked young, and there were a few girls in that group.

Even though it was completely dark, with the street lights shining on it, one could still see clearly what was happening on the other side of the street. They pushed each other for a while: “Hey, hey, look at the one on the other side.”

Although the boy was squatting, he must be quite tall. His jacket was unzipped. Although he couldn’t see his face clearly with his head down, he felt that this man’s figure and temperament were extremely outstanding.

He Chao didn’t expect to encounter salespeople in the middle of the night.That’s it.

He raised his eyes and glanced at the people in front of him. Before he could say the words “don’t scan the QR code”, he was pulled up by his collar and roughly pulled up.

“He has someone.”

Xie Yu’s face was not very good, and his brows and eyes were full of irritability. Seeing that they were still stunned, he reiterated: “He, he has a partner.”