Nonlinear Love

Chapter 4: Nemesis, you are trying to poison me.

The quilt blocked most of Chi Wang’s face, making the emotion in the other party’s eyes even more unpredictable.

The two were very close, their deep and shallow breaths intertwined.

Every second, the strange atmosphere increased by one point in the quiet room.

From the beginning, the “Symphony of Fate” had been played several times in Su Lian’s mind, it was more melancholy than ever.

He felt nervous in his heart, hence, the guilty party filed the suit[footnote]T/N: It means a guilty person or an evildoer distorting the facts.[/footnote]. “F*ck, what are you doing with your eyes open without warning, you startled me.”

Chi Wang’s voice was a little weary, and he slowly said, “I woke up when you touched my chest. I thought it was my dog.”

No wonder Su Lian would get caught whenever he moved the time back. If this was said earlier, he wouldn’t toss himself around over and over again like this.

Su Lian suddenly reacted with hindsight. “Who the hell are you calling a dog?”

Chi Wang wiped his face happily. “No, don’t take your seat based on your number.1”

Su Lian faced the man’s probing gaze, thus, he pretended to be calm and looked away.

He regained his strength, propping himself up from the bed, turned over in embarrassment, and stepped on the ground with bare feet.

First, climbed on the man’s bed in the middle of the night, then placed his palms recklessly on the other party’s chest, and afterward, threw himself into the man’s arms. Su Lian refused to admit this, but what would Chi Wang think of him?

If this couldn’t be saved, let’s change a life, live on another planet, and say goodbye.

Chi Wang saw through Su Lian’s shame, hence he didn’t intend to embarrass him either. So, he quipped, “Are you performing acrobatics? It’s quite agile.”

“……”

Forced to face this awkwardness, Su Lian lowered his eyes, tugged his wrinkle hoodie, and replied angrily, “I can’t even get out of the bed when I urgently need the toilet?”

Chi Wang seemed to be very patient. “Okay, turn left, the toilet is there. Do you need me to lead the way?”

“No need. Thank you for letting me stay overnight. I’m leaving.” Su Lian picked up the schoolbag on the sofa and left hurriedly

Chi Wang didn’t keep him, he rolled over, wrapping his body with a quilt, and fell asleep again.

Staying up late all night to receive guests was too tiring.

And one of the guests was especially the reckless master in bed.

Su Lian walked to the door quietly, then his eyes swept past the cigarette pack that fell onto the ground.

He pretended to inadvertently kick it to the under of the bed.

After leaving the Internet cafe, Su Lian circled back to No.8 Middle School and stepped into the classroom.

Returning to school, the math teacher was stimulated by Su Lian’s odd performance yesterday, and as if he didn’t believe in evil, he called Su Lian up again.

This time, the teacher seemed to be a bit intentional, he chose the last difficult problem from the previous year’s college entrance examination.

In the past, during the middle year of the second year of high school, the bad student, Su Lian, suddenly woke up and changed his mind. At that period, he used the most stupid way to improve his grade——brushing the questions crazily.

Su Lian had a good memory, and the problems that he had done were almost remembered after reading them once. When he saw the problem, he subconsciously wrote down the answer step by step.

When the teacher was still in shock, Su Lian, who had hidden his merit and frame, returned to his seat amid the crowd’s discussion.

Su Lian was somewhat absent-minded.

Thinking back about the past ten or so hours, he probably couldn’t deal with the current Chi Wang. As soon as the two meet, a large-scale social death would occur repeatedly.

In short, he just didn’t want to face it.

Su Lian pinched his brows with his left hand and touched the lighter in his pocket with another hand. He lowered his eyes, realizing that it was the one Chi Wang had used to light up the fire last night, and he didn’t know when it fell into his pocket.

The flame lingered in front of his eyes and his subconscious wish made his heart shake.

If he let Chi Wang continue on being like this, the ending would probably be the same as the last time.

Although that person was a bit stupid now, his nature wasn’t bad, he was kind and sincere as well.

According to the experience of the previous life, they were distant from each other without any intersections until the age of twenty, just like a parallel line.

If he wanted to correct Chi Wang’s messy habits, he might need to get closer to the other party.

For example, transfer school.

Not having experienced school life for a long time, Su Lian was physically and mentally exhausted after the last class, feeling more tired than performing two surgeries in a row.

He followed the crowd out of No.8 Middle School, just in time for bus 807 to arrive at the station. Per usual, Su Lian jumped onto the bus, and as soon as the door closed, he realized it was the way home.

“Di—Bus card.”

The balance displayed on the screen: 1.32 yuan, which appeared very miserable.

Su Lian pursed his lips, threw the bus card into his schoolbag, and found a seat near the window.

Since he went to Imperial Capital to study, he had never returned to the old town Wucheng. Now that he had to go back home, he somehow felt nervous.

The scenery passed by through the bus window. An hour later, bus 807 made a slight sound as it stopped by a dilapidated street, and a group of people got off the bus noisily.

Su Lian carried the schoolbag on his back, jumped off the bus, and walked to the stair.

A few tables and chairs were placed together in the yard. Several uncles were sitting around playing chess, arguing for the result, while a bunch of children was running everywhere like crazy, then the horn-braid kid slipped and fell onto the moss, crying loudly.

Noisy, yet the atmosphere was filled with life.

Su Lian lifted the horn-braid kid from the ground expressionlessly, then he patted the other party twice as comforting before turning around to the side alley and going straight into the innermost room.

The surface of the wall was mottled and it was pasted with colorful leaflets. Su Lian raised his hand, tore off the small advertisement, which was women acting coquettishly, and crumpled it into a ball before pushing the door in.

“Brat, you’re back.” The voice came from the inner room, accompanied by an uncontrollable cough.

Su Lian’s throat rolled, the rims of his eyes were dry and puckery. “Dad, long time no see.”

That call was really hard to squeeze out from his throat, only now that he found it was very unfamiliar.

He stood under the crack door and his 1.83-meter figure made this small place even narrower.

Su Lian’s eyes drifted to Su Huasheng, who was wearing a tattered vest. He hadn’t seen him for a few years, for a moment, he couldn’t control his emotion.

Su Huasheng glanced at him with bafflement. “Just a week, how long?”

“…You aren’t going out today?” Su Lian sighed and changed the subject.

“Yesterday, I ran errands until 3 am, just got up.”

Su Huasheng stood up, took out a small cake from the refrigerator, and put it on the coffee table. “Besides, isn’t today is your birthday? I thought you would come back in the middle of the night, so I didn’t cook.”

Su Lian ohed dryly, his fingers turned pale.

The cheap package bag of the cake was taken out, Su Huasheng inserted the candle and glanced at his son from the corner of his eyes. “What are you doing standing there stupidly?”

“You have a rest for a while, I’ll cook.” Su Lian threw the schoolbag on the small cabinet, rolled up his school uniform sleeve, and bent over into the kitchen.

Su Huasheng gazed at him suspiciously, thinking that his son shouldn’t have bumped into an evil today.

He always felt Su Lian wasn’t the same as usual. However, as for what had changed, he couldn’t tell it either.

Half an hour later, two dishes and one soup looking quite decent appeared.

Su Huasheng stared at the table and fell into deep thought. His son knocked his head somewhere when he went out and then got enlightened?

He plucked up the courage to put the chopstick into his mouth, and said vaguely, “Is there any gift you want? Let me state first, expensive things can’t be bought.”

Su Lian paused for a few seconds and said slowly, “I want to transfer to Class 6 of No.3 Middle School.”

He had heard from Chi Wang’s brothers that they were the three swordsmen of Class 6. Their names appeared stupid but they were impressive.

“You…” Su Huasheng frowned. Because he ran errands all year round, there were a few deep wrinkles on the space between his eyebrows.

“It took a lot of effort to get you into No.8 Middle School. What do you want to play now?”

A history of bad behavior, Su Lian cursed silently with some guilty conscience. “Just treat it as a birthday gift.”

Su Huasheng sneered. “Your broken grade can improve when you transfer to No.3 Middle School?”

“You have to believe me one last time, this time…it’s really the last time.”

Su Lian hadn’t been a bad student for so long that he became unfamiliar. This ‘last time’ statement almost got stuck. “I will study hard this time.”

Su Huasheng gave him a deep look, lit the candle with the lighter, and said nothing.

The next two days were weekends. Su Huasheng went out and returned late per usual, but the topic of transferring school had never been brought up again.

Su Lian understood that this requirement was indeed a bit embarrassing.

After lunch on Sunday, Su Huasheng pulled Su Lian up from the sofa. “Let’s go, I’ll take you to school.”

“No, it’s still early. I can go on my own.” Su Lian picked the school uniform from the sofa and bowed his head to put it on.

“Don’t wear it, let’s go.” Su Huasheng pushed the person out impatiently, he was too lazy to explain much.

The paint on the old motorcycle at the door had faded, Su Lian helped push the motorcycle to the side of the road. “You don’t need to send me, I won’t skip class in the future.”

Su Huasheng snorted softly, threw the helmet to him, turned around, and got on the motorcycle. “Don’t talk nonsense.”

His cool and concise words were really in line with Su Lian.

The motorcycle galloped through the wind, making the huge sough of the wind hurtle past. It continued to cross the streets, driving onto the bridge, and shrinking into the noisy crowd of Wucheng.

Su Lian sat in the back seat, feeling the pain of his knuckles, yet he felt the warmth coming from Su Huasheng’s back.

He breathed in, moved slightly stiffly and awkwardly.

By the time his face was blown rigid, the motorcycle stopped at the gate of No.8 Middle School with the noise of putting on a brake.

Su Huasheng clicked his tongue. “What are you doing in a daze? Pack up your things and go to No.3 Middle School.”

“Transfer?” Su Lian came back to his senses, buckled the helmet, and placed it on the back seat.

“En, this is the last time I believe you. If you don’t study hard, let’s see if I don’t beat you. Also, go to Class 6 to report for the evening self-study.”

Su Huasheng pushed Su Lian’s shoulders, then transferred 500 yuan to his WeChat. “There’s not much left, save it a little. The dormitory fee will be paid for you in one semester. In normal time, just eat in the cafeteria, don’t run around. ”

Su Lian licked his lower lip and nodded coolly. “I know.”

“Go, brat.” Su Huasheng scolded while laughing, and added, “The meal is well-made, and I’ll let you cook it again next weekend.”

Su Lian didn’t hold back and responded with a smile.

He walked into the dormitory of No.8 Middle School with ease. The roommates hadn’t returned, making the room empty. He slowly packed all his luggage, it’s just a small box.

Maybe he was cold in nature that the relationship between him and his roommates was neither salty nor weak, they just nodded at each other as acquaintances.

Now he was packing things up and left, there didn’t seem to be any need to greet them.

Su Lian stopped at the door for a few seconds while holding the suitcase, then he left leisurely.

After walking along the road to No.3 Middle School, he stopped by the supermarket to buy some daily necessities and a bunch of health care products.

Angelica Sinensis, Panax Notoginseng, Fern Root Powder…After paying for those messy things, only half of the 500 yuan were left.

Becoming poor made people’s appearance change, Su Lian hadn’t experienced the feeling of lacking money for a long time.

He felt pain in his head when he stared at those numbers. He wished the remaining 250 in his pocket could be split.

After arriving at No.3 Middle School, Su Lian followed the signpost several times, almost lost his way, and finally found the boy’s dormitory.

The person in charge of the dormitory was an aunt in her fifties. When she spoke, she used a dialect mixed with Mandarin. “Wait a minute, which room are you in?”

“I don’t know. I’ve just transferred here, you can help me check.” Su Lian pinched the suitcase handle and pretended to be well-behaved.

As soon as the handsome guy acted politely, the curly-haired aunt softened with a smile. “New student, I know. Su Lian from Class 6, 403.”

She opened the drawer next to her, reached out, groping for a while before taking out a large bundle of keys, turned it over for a long time, did she finally pick one out of them, and handed it over.

“Thank you.” Su Lian took the key and squeezed it in his hand.

The aunt became talkative and she couldn’t help talking endlessly without getting to the point, “You have two troublesome roommates, don’t learn from them. The dormitory will be closed at twelve midnight, and the light will turn off at half-past twelve. You will sleep on the street if you’re late, even if a handsome guy acted spoiled in front of me, it won’t work. I’m very honest.”

Su Lian: “…Okay.”

Playing the keyring with his finger, Su Lian slowly walked up the stairs to the fourth floor and found room 403.

He opened the door and entered. The layout of the four people’s room was clear at a glance, with a bed above and a desk below.

The quilts on the two upper bunks on the left were messy while the one on the right by the door was very neat. No selection, his bed could only be the one by the window.

After a simple cleaning, Su Lian checked the time and immediately went to the evening self-study class.

Su Lian expressionlessly went to buy a blender with a huge sum of money. Angelica Sinensis, Panax Notoginseng, Fern Root Powder…

He threw a bunch of healthy ingredients into the blender, and then added boiled water, making it a dinner.

After eating it, Su Lian made another one and poured it into the thermos.

It wasn’t just smoking that turned things into such a critical circumstance, it was also because of Chi Wang’s current habit that caused him problems sooner.

The doctor was humane, that guy had too many problems so he could only begin with a healthy diet.

After settling everything, Su Lian went out with his schoolbag. He turned left and right several times before finding Class 6.

Standing behind the door, Su Lian hesitated whether he should enter. Then, he saw the three brothers sitting in the last two rows, talking nonsense, yet still came on time.

Gu Anjiu’s whole face flushed as he talked about the first-hand gossip, “I heard that the social brother of No.8 Middle School has transferred school. His story is very awesome, one against five, he beat people until they wet their pants. Even the teachers were afraid to ask about this matter. In the end, the matter was left unsettled.”

“Strange, why did he transfer to our class?” Lin Yan supported his chin and joined the discussion.

Chi Wang seemed to stay up all night, thus he yawned without lifting his eyelids. “It’s none of my business.”

Su Lian: “…”

How to put it, when Su Lian first entered the junior high school, because he lived in a single-parent family and looked eye-catching, he was blocked by a group of people in the toilet during the school opening day, saying they would teach him a lesson, so he won’t act too ostentatiously and restrain.

Su Lian thought it was funny, he hadn’t done anything yet, restrained their ass.

It was them who made the first move, and he must resist when being bullied. Su Lian was slammed onto the corner, and as soon as his fist came out, he fought back in an instant.

The history of one against five was that time, the result was exceptionally good, and no one dared to trouble him since then.

Although his grade wasn’t very good during that period, he wasn’t a typical social brother, but he had a hard fist and beat people quite ruthlessly.

The words spread like a wildfire and the details were exaggerated. Therefore, his glorious image became more unique.

Gu Anjiu pondered for a moment, then he boldly speculated, “Master Wang, it has been a few days since school started and he suddenly transferred to our class. Is he trying to challenge your position?”

Lin Yan smacked the table and analyzed reasonably, “Maybe he has a grudge against Mater Wang, so he comes close to making things difficult.”

Su Lian was speechless again, wondering if they were victimized by some evil that they had such absurd thoughts.

He just pushed the door halfway when there came a sudden pat on his shoulder. “What are you looking at?”

Su Lian turned around and explained to the half-bald man. “Hello teacher, I just transferred to Class 6.”

“Oh, I’ve heard about this.” The homeroom teacher, Li Guoqing raised his hand and touched those few hairs. His tone was cold. Apparently, he was not happy about this rumored social brother’s arrival.

He pushed open the door with great strength, making many people in the classroom turn their heads over.

Li Guoqing’s line of sight circled around and he stopped on the two rows at the back, he couldn’t help clicking his tongue. “What are you looking at? Have you three finished writing your self-criticism of escaping from bed two days ago? Give it to me before the evening self-study ends.”

“Teacher Li, we are wrong.” Gu Anjiu sat up instantly, with a well-behaved face. “500 words will do, right?”

Li Guoqing’s expression was cold, and his tone was calm. “There is no need to discuss, not a single word can be missed, and each person who has spoken will add another 1000 words. Su Lian, you can find an empty seat to sit first.”

Su Lian nodded, walked in with his schoolbag. In everyone’s full view, he pulled the chair next to Chi Wang, ignored the inquiring gazes, and sat down composedly.

“What are you all looking at? Do your questions.” Li Guoqing was a bit irritated today. He fumed with anger while glaring at the students watching the excitement.

Everyone withdrew their curious gazes and pretended to be serious.

Lu Guoqing walked away with his hands behind his back.

Gu Anjiu didn’t react when he heard the name, his back was numb, and he was dumbfounded. “Handsome guy, you are Su, Su, Su…”

“Jiu, Brother Jiu, you, why are you stuttering, stuttering like me.” A thin boy next to him spoke with difficulty.

“Little monkey, don’t interrupt.” Gu Anjiu blinked and said in shock, “It can’t be so coincidental.”

“En, I’m Su Lian.”

It took a moment for Gu Anjiu to calm down. “F*ck, he is the school bully of the No.8 Middle School.”

Chi Wang looked sideways at the new deskmate for a few seconds, thinking that it wasn’t too surprising when the other party bit him during the sleep.

Frightened by Su Lian’s awesome history, Gu Anjiu’s legs weakened, he grabbed Lin Yan for comfort. “Brother, what am I doing that day? I actually asked a big shot to work part-time, whether or not my coffin board will be closed? Considering this little brother’s hopes and effort come to nothing, can you prepare some paper money for me?”

Lin Yan patted him on the shoulder with empathy. “It’s okay, I also have a share, I want to give him the 250 hourly way that time. Why don’t we choose a feng shui site to be buried together?”

Chi Wang couldn’t help laughing. “Very promising.”

“Master Wang, he appeared all of a sudden two days ago in the Internet cafe, and he chose you as his deskmate today. He must have a purpose, you should be careful, in case he comes to trouble you.” Gu Anjiu lowered his voice and whispered with guilt.

“I’m not deaf, I can hear it.” Su Lian placed the thermos on the table, giving rise to a slight noise.

The aura was so strong that the two people turned their heads to the front in unison, holding the Chinese textbook upside down in a hurry and pretending to read.

Su Lian pushed the thermos cup to the person next to him with an emotionless face. Then, he said in a low voice, “Thank you for letting me stay overnight that day, Give you this as a dinner.”

“I’m a little hungry, you are kind enough. Thank you.”

Chi Wang leaned against the seat absent-mindedly, thinking to himself that this heartless social brother was quite human.

He unscrewed the bottle cup with one hand, and without taking precautions, he raised his head and took a big sip.

The sticky flavor rolled into his throat, and a strange taste spread through his mouth.

Before he had time to taste it, the indescribable bitterness soared straight to the sky, accompanied by an unpleasant sour taste like a lingering musical sound that could last for three days.

If Shen Nong2 could drink this, he would call the other party an expert.

Chi Wang almost died on the spot.

“You call this thing dinner?“

He put the thermos cup on the table with an unspeakable expression. “Nemesis, are you trying to poison me?”