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part1

At this moment, Li Xiangwan was taking pictures near the school, framing the scene, and a few gangsters came towards him, as if they wanted to trouble him, but he didn't notice it at all.

"Are you Li Xiangwan?" the man in the lead shouted at him.

"Excuse me, who are you?" Li Xiangwan looked at those people, he didn't know them at all, and they seemed to be not kind to them.

"What?" said the leader with a look of contempt, "do you have the guts to mess around and admit it?"

The other boy stared at him with a smirk on his face, "Seeing that the boy wanted it again, didn't you?" He even touched Li Xiangwan's face, "You look so cute, you bitch."

Li Xiangwan didn't like others touching him, so he said angrily, "What are you doing?"

"People have wives and families, and you still pester them."

Li Xiangwan thought that Teacher Wu's wife should be looking for someone to teach him a lesson, so he rushed up to beat that person, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Xia Zhichen happened to pass by at this time, and seeing that something was wrong, he rushed up to stop Li Xiangwan, and said to the group of men, "What's the matter with you?"

The group of men stared at him for a while and asked, "Is he your brother or your sister? Damn, does this mother have friends?"

For their rude words, Li Xiangwan couldn't bear it anymore, and wanted to rush over to fight them desperately, but was stopped by the rational Xia Zhichen, so he had to yell at them: "Shut up."

Xia Zhichen was very polite at first, but when he saw that they were still so aggressive, he couldn't calm down anymore, and yelled at them forcefully: "Stay away from him!"

Those gangsters were not easy to provoke, so they grabbed Xia Zhichen's collar and continued to humiliate them, "Is this friendship or love? You are still looking for a lover if you don't see a boy."

"What are you talking about!" Li Xiangwan pushed one of the men forward at night. Xia Zhichen was afraid that he would be expelled from school for a fight, so he continued to block their physical contact.

Xia Zhichen said firmly, "Xiang Wan, don't worry, a dog that can bark won't bite."

This sentence completely angered those gangsters. They fought with Xia Zhichen and Li Xiangwan. Xia Zhichen, who had never fought before, also started his first fight.

In the end, he was reported by his classmates and taken to the dean's office.

"Student Xia, based on what I know about you, you will definitely not cause trouble casually. What's the matter with you?" The dean also felt strange.

Xia Zhichen didn't say a word, and the dean pointed the finger at Li Xiangwan, "Student Li, do you think you have a grudge with someone?"

Li Xiangwan looked innocent, "Master, we really happened to meet a bad boy."

The dean of students sighed, looked at Xia Zhichen, "Xia Zhichen, how do you think I should explain this to your father?"

Xia Zhichen didn't want to embarrass the teacher, so he said responsibly: "It's okay, teacher, you can deal with it as you like, but please don't tell my father, you know him..."

I don't feel well, so I don't want him to worry.

I didn't say it in the second half, but obviously the dean of students understood and nodded.

After returning to the dormitory, Li Xiangwan lay motionless on the bed without saying a word, Xia Zhichen really wanted to ask why those people bothered him, hesitated for a long time, and finally asked.

Li Xiangwan cried a little, "You should know what they scolded me today, right?"

Xia Zhichen looked confused, "I don't know, I didn't hear anything."

"Stop pretending." Li Xiangwan knew that Xia Zhichen was lying on purpose so as not to embarrass him, "I saw your expression at that time."

Li Xiangwan smiled at Xia Zhichen's thoughtfulness.

"Xia Zhichen, you won't betray me, right?" Li Xiangwan was very afraid. After Xia Zhichen heard the truth, he would treat him as a monster, and he would no longer be his friend.

"What do you think?" Regarding this question, Xia Zhichen really wanted to roll his eyes, because he was a friend in need, and he still didn't believe himself.

Li Xiangwan was silent for a few seconds, and said frankly: "I like boys. He was the physical education teacher in my previous school. He was very kind to his classmates, but he was especially kind to me."

"When I first discovered my sexual orientation, I was very scared. I felt like a monster. There was no cure, and no one wanted to save me. He let me know that there are people like me in this world. Love others in the same way."

"He's married, shouldn't he like girls?" Xia Zhichen suddenly felt sorry for Li Xiangwan, and couldn't understand why the teacher would hurt such a good boy.

"Maybe everyone has their own difficulties." Li Xiangwan guessed, and after confessing, he still asked Xia Zhichen a little nervously, "Will you look down on me?"

He didn't expect that Xia Zhichen smiled, and said with sincere emotion: "I envy you very much."

"What do you mean?" Although Xia Zhichen didn't laugh at himself, he was very happy, but he couldn't understand what Xia Zhichen was thinking.

"Because you can be yourself, and you have enlightened parents." Xia Zhichen was really envious. If she were Li Xiangwan, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Li Xiangwan smiled and shook his head, "My parents, they just turned a blind eye."

"Do you know? If it was my dad, he would kill me."

Li Xiangwan looked at this restrained boy and asked, "If you like boys, you wouldn't dare tell your father, would you?"

Xia Zhichen looked at Li Xiangwan mischievously, leaned closer and asked, "What do you want me to answer you?"

"Oh, is it right?" Li Xiangwan wanted to know the answer.

Xia Zhichen immediately lay on the bed, "I'm going to sleep, you're so boring."

Li Xiangwan seemed to have Xia Zhichen's answer in his heart, crawled to Xia Zhichen's bedside, looked at his face, "By the way, I think you are handsome today, good night."

Xia Zhichen knew that she would sleep soundly tonight.

part2

There are some things that cannot be avoided even if one wants to. For Xia Zhichen, the one who cannot be avoided is Xu Chuqing.

Xu Chuqing still came to look for him and blocked him in the aisle.

"Are you hiding from me?"

"I'm not."

"Then why didn't you tell me the answer?" Xu Chuqing originally thought that this confession was a sure thing, because she had never heard that Xia Zhichen was getting close to other girls, so she felt that she was very special.

"I didn't read the letter." Xia Zhichen replied.

Hearing this answer, Xu Chuqing was very angry, "Why don't you read it?"

"I can probably guess, I don't want to ruin our relationship, listen to me, you are a very cute girl, but now I only focus on the exam." Xia Zhichen felt that he had found a right one, but A high-sounding excuse.

"So are you rejecting me now?" Xu Chuqing couldn't believe it, she wanted to confirm it with her own ears.

Xia Zhichen didn't make a sound, which was a tacit agreement.

"Okay, then you have to promise me one thing, you still have to teach me physics, mathematics and chemistry, and we are still friends, so come pull the hook."

Xu Chuqing resisted the urge to cry, and stretched out her finger. Xia Zhichen cooperated with her and stretched out her finger, "We're still friends."

"Xia Zhichen, you heard me clearly, even so, you still can't stop me from liking you, Xia Zhichen, I like you! You are the best memory of my high school."

This scene fell into the eyes of Li Xiangwan who was passing by, and he was still holding the iced black tea he bought for Xia Zhichen.

In the evening, he gave Xia Zhichen the drink, and he was a little happy, "I think Xia Chuqing is quite pretty, why don't you accept it."

"You, you asked the question knowingly." Xia Zhichen didn't bother to explain.

Li Xiangwan couldn't help getting excited, with happiness written all over his face, "Oh, you mean I still have hope."

After Xia Zhichen heard it, his body froze for a moment, he turned his head to look at Li Xiangwan, and rolled his eyes, "What are you talking about, it's boring!" But he was laughing in his heart.