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Chapter 19 The Smell of Smoke

The boy and Yu Yao bowed and apologized, and ordered their companions to fetch towels, and said with a smile, "Teacher Yu, I'm really sorry."

Yu Yao glanced at his smile lightly, and said, "It's okay."

"Dong Yibai." Xia En gritted his teeth, "You did it on purpose."

The boy named Dong Yibai looked surprised, and there was a sigh among his companions, and he said: "Student Xia En, everyone is watching, obviously you bumped into it first, even if you don't want to admit it, you don't have to admit it." It was intentional to frame us."

The onlookers had indeed seen the process of Xia En bumping into him, and were led to speak out by this sentence, so naturally they all stood by the other party's side.

"No... I didn't mean..." Xia En's face turned red, he pushed his glasses hastily, and he could only hold back his anger and bow to Dong Yibai to apologize, "It's my fault for bumping into you, I apologize. I mean...you splashed it on Teacher Yu on purpose, I saw it."

Dong Yibai frowned, and said with a gentle and elegant calm: "I said, student Xia En, although you and I don't get along, you won't openly avenge yourself and frame me like this."

"I didn't! You and Teacher Yu are so far away, but you haven't touched it at all..."

His companion booed: "What's the reason for this? If you are hit by someone, you must pour it on yourself, or is it a victim of blackmail?"

"Student, you also said that you didn't report your personal revenge publicly. Master Dong just didn't hold it firmly. How could it be deliberate? Could it be that we had a clever plan and predicted that there would be a 'catastrophe' at this time and place, so we came here to take advantage of the east wind. Come to 'dirty' Mr. Yu? Brother Dong hasn't said that you bumped him on purpose."

Those watching the play burst into laughter.

Just in time, his companion brought a towel, and Dong Yibai took it, with a piled up smile on his face, and went to wipe the dirt for Yu Yao, Yu Yao just said lightly no, and took it by himself to tidy it up.

Xia En lowered his head amidst laughter, looked at Yu Yao gently wiping the dirt, felt unwilling in every possible way, and hated himself for being stupid and unable to refute, so he had to look around for help and said: "Really, I... ...Obviously I saw it." He looked at Dong Yibai and said, "Besides, you had a conflict with Teacher Yu yesterday...it's just..."

"Xia En," Yu Yao called to stop him, took off his dirty suit jacket, did not look at them, and said softly, "It's okay, let's go to cook."

"Teacher Yu was late for class yesterday, and I was just exercising my student's obligation to make a reasonable protest, isn't it right?" He deliberately turned up the volume when he said "late", "Student Xia, I don't like to hear your words, you and I both He is a student of Teacher Yu, and there is no overnight feud between the teacher and the student. Since you like reading, you must have read about the distinction between public and private in some sage's book."

Xu Zhiyuan frowned.The little uncle was always on time for class, but because Xu Zhiyuan had a sudden gastroenteritis yesterday, he accommodated Li Anrong and Xu Zhenping's working hours and sent Xu Zhiyuan to the hospital by himself, so he wasted some time.

"Strive to the death" was over, and the group of people began to sing bad faces, saying: "Student Xia En, we know that your family is poor and cannot afford to pay for Teacher Yu's clothes. Master Dong is also responsible for slippery hands. It's not that he lacks the money, but Just get justice."

"I'm not short of that money! I just want to be for Yu..."

"Xia En." Yu Yao stopped him softly, "I'm fine, you sit down first."

It happened that Dong Yibai handed over the silver dollar and said, "Mr. Yu, I will compensate you for the money for the clothes."

Yu Yao still didn't look at him, just said: "No need."

"Okay," Dong Yibai said in a soft voice that only the two of them could hear when he bent down, "Mr. Yu, you see that your classmate has so much energy and reason, you have to save it Isn’t it against your great original intention to scold foreigners and take it out on your compatriots?”

Seeing his triumphant smile, Xia En gritted his teeth and glared at him: "You are shameless."

Righteousness and generosity seem to make Dong Yibai stand up, and Xia En's rebuttal seems to have become the scheming and haggling of the poor in the eyes of the masses.Although there was depression in his heart, Xia En apologized to Dong Yibai again for bumping into someone.He glanced at Yu Yao who had not responded all the time. He was the one who dragged Teacher Yu into the dispute with Dong Yibai, and his guilt made him feel depressed: "Mr. Yu, I'm sorry."

"You're right," he looked up at Xia En, and smiled reassuringly, "Thank you."

Those who wanted to watch the show were about to leave.His complacent companions hooked their shoulders and turned around, and suddenly, they bumped into someone too.The group of theatergoers who were about to break up were attracted again.

Xu Zhiyuan was covered in dirty leftovers, put one hand in his pocket, and threw the plate heavily on the table next to him with the other, holding back his anger and said, "No, classmate, what are you doing so excited, don't you see anyone beside you?"

Yu Yao: "..."

Dong Yibai: "..."

Without him, this sentence was uttered from his mouth a few minutes ago.

Xu Zhiyuan picked up the towel on Yu Yao's desk that had just wiped the stains, and swept it a few times, without talking nonsense, "Let's lose money."

"What do you mean?" Dong Yibai accidentally saw the whole process, "You bumped into it yourself and buckled the plate onto yourself."

Xu Zhiyuan sneered, and handed him back the original words of changing the soup but not the medicine: "I said Dong Yibai, you and I have never met each other, why did you frame me like this? Could it be that the family is poor and lacks this clothes money?"

"You..." Dong Yibai's polite mask seemed to be like a beautiful tablecloth, which was torn off by the experienced Xu Zhiyuan.His companion hurriedly stopped him, and said with an apologetic smile, "Hey, I was the one who hit him. Master Dong just wanted to vent his anger on me as a friend... This classmate, how much is your dress, I will pay for it."

Xu Zhiyuan said without blushing, "Three hundred oceans."

The companion choked.

"...Do you think we are fools?" Dong Yibai said angrily, "For a piece of ragged clothes, the lion is blatantly bluffing such a high price, who is going to blackmail people?"

"Whether the clothes are yours or mine."

People whispered around: "This is too expensive, how can a student afford clothes at this price."

A student in the crowd with his back turned to them said in a rough voice, "Isn't this the young master of the Xu family? It's normal to be able to afford this kind of clothes."

"what……"

"Is he Xu Zhiyuan?"

Xu Zhiyuan's eyes slanted, and he could hear that the voice he tried to conceal came from Fu Shubai who was mixed in the crowd.

Fu Shubai deliberately guided again: "It doesn't matter how much he pays, it's only right and proper to pay for someone's clothes being soiled, and it's kind and benevolent if others don't pay you. En is rich, so he shouldn't be so stingy."

"Makes sense..."

"It's just the school cafeteria, why are you still intriguing? Student Dong just said that he was 'slandered' by others, so why is he turning his head to 'slander' others now?"

Dong Yibai looked around for the source of the sound, angrily said: "Who is talking nonsense?"

Xu Zhiyuan lowered his head and laughed, "These people are just speaking for me," he pointed at Dong Yibai's companion, and said, "Student Xia hasn't said that these people who speak for you are talking nonsense."

Dong Yibai completely irritated him, and said: "What are you, looking for a fight?"

Xu Zhiyuan said: "Hey, that's exactly what I meant."

"Okay." Yu Yao stood up and said sternly, "This is the school."

This group of bullying students seemed to have never seen Teacher Yu get angry, and all of them shut their mouths with their heads raised, only Dong Yibai held his head high.Yu Yao waved his hand to let the onlookers disperse, and said to the student who bumped into Xu Zhiyuan, "Apologize."

The student glanced at Master Dong and said nothing.

"Xia En bumped into you accidentally, it was his fault, and he said sorry to you twice for that. Other than that, no matter what happened, I didn't pursue it," Yu Yao stared at Dong Yibai, Said, "I hope your friend should do the same."

The student looked around, seeing that Dong Yibai didn't express his opinion, and finally said sorry to Xu Zhiyuan with sweat on his forehead.

Xu Zhiyuan clasped his hands behind his back and said with a smile, "Those three hundred oceans..."

"Zhiyuan," Yu Yao blamed, "Go back to the office."

"Oh," Xu Zhiyuan stood on tiptoe with his hands behind his back, he glanced casually at the student and Dong Yibai who was full of resentment, and said, "Teacher Yu said so, so I don't care about it."

……

When Xu Zhiyuan and Yu Yao went back, they kept their hands behind their backs and didn't speak.There was no one in the office, and the teachers went to eat and rest.Yu Yao put his coat on the back of the chair, reached out to Xu Zhiyuan, and said, "Give me the clothes."

Xu Zhiyuan took off his dirty clothes and handed them to him: "What are you doing?"

Yu Yao didn't speak, just rolled up his sleeves, scooped up a basin of cool water from the washroom, and soaked the dirty place in it.

Xu Zhiyuan poked his head over, tried the water temperature, frowned and said: "The water is too cold, what should I do if my hands are cold?" Yu Yao didn't speak, Xu Zhiyuan looked at him over his shoulder and said, "Little uncle ,You're angry?"

"When will you change your little rascal's temper?" Yu Yao rubbed his clothes for him, his voice was still gentle, and had no deterrent effect on Xu Zhiyuan, he scolded, "He is unreasonable, and you will be unreasonable too." .”

Xu Zhiyuan felt aggrieved, hugged Yu Yao from behind, put his head on his shoulder, and said, "It's not because that little thing bullied you. Little uncle, you still said that you are not bad-tempered towards me." , If he provokes you, you don’t beat him up, but instead you scold me.”

Yu Yao looked at him helplessly: "I am a teacher, and he is my student."

Xu Zhiyuan said confidently: "I am your nephew, but you are still my uncle."

"You..." Yu Yao sighed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said, "...you let go."

Xu Zhiyuan turned a deaf ear to him, not only did not listen, but also shook him slightly in his arms, his behavior was very childish.He asked, "Do these students often trouble you?"

Yu Yao didn't answer, he washed his clothes, dragged the lingering "ornament" on his body out, spread it out on the wire he pulled up to dry, breathed a puff of heat into his hands, and dragged it again. The Xu Zhiyuan who seemed to have no legs hanging on his body went back and said: "The sun is still good today, stay indoors, and put it on when it dries before going back."

Xu Zhiyuan grabbed his cold hands and rubbed them, stared at his red fingertips for a while and thought for a while, finally he was willing to remove himself from Yu Yao, and took the sewage left over from Yu Yao's washing before going out.

"Where are you going?" Just as Yu Yao told him not to go out, he was itching to break the ban.

Xu Zhiyuan pretended to be obedient and said, "Help my little uncle pour out the dirty water."

……

Many plants are planted outside the buildings of the Department of Physics, including many holly walls and ginkgo trees.These vegetation cover the dormitory building with many small and secluded corners, most of which are melon fields and plums.

"Students are not allowed to smoke in the school," Fu Shubai leaned against the tree trunk, even though he said so, he handed Xu Zhiyuan a cigarette and said, "Didn't you quit?"

Xu Zhiyuan didn't want his anger, but just held it in his mouth, looked ahead with a complicated expression, and asked casually: "What are you doing at the gate of the Ministry of Industry Bureau today?"

Fu Shubai's movement of tucking up the cigarette froze for a moment, then he pulled the corner of his clothes and said flatly, "It's nothing."

Xu Zhiyuan turned to look at him, and asked, "Wu Tongqiu, is there something wrong..."

"Here we come," Fu Shubai elbowed him, pointed to the front with his chin, interrupted his question with a reminder, and then stepped aside by himself.

Some of the tobacco residue fell into the mouth, and the tip of the tongue was covered with a light smell of smoke.Xu Zhiyuan knew that Fu Shubai was trying to avoid mentioning something, his eyes were on him, and he found some ordinary and indescribable details, just like the smell of smoke.He threw away the unlit cigarette, turned around, and just heard someone's voice: "Why is it you?"

Xu Zhiyuan, who had been waiting for a long time, smiled at Dong Yibai, walked forward, and stretched out his hands to him and his followers, as if wanting to shake hands, he said: "Just now I heard that Master Dong's father is actually Tian Yibai. The chairman of Songzhong Foreign United Bank, the words in the cafeteria just now offended me, and I hope the young master will not blame me."

Hearing this, Dong Yibai and his companion looked at each other and smiled, and when they had finished laughing, they sneered at Xu Zhiyuan and said, "Do you know that Master Yu Yao can't protect your dog anymore?"

"Oh," Xu Zhiyuan said with the same smile, "In terms of running dogs, the young master and your father are more proficient than anyone else, and there is nothing wrong with knowing some rules."

Dong Yibai's laughter stopped abruptly, and he said angrily, "What the hell are you talking about?"

Xu Zhiyuan's shirt sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, he strolled to the edge of the holly wall, brought the basin of sewage with one hand, and poured it on Dong Yibai's clothes expressionlessly.Dong Yibai cursed out of embarrassment, and when he was about to make a move, Xu Zhiyuan picked up his collar first, and threw it heavily against the wall.

Those companions who "have no strength to restrain the chicken" were frightened and stayed by the side.

Xu Zhiyuan's smile disappeared, his face was covered with cold scum, and when he stared straight into people's eyes, it made people feel chills on their backs.

"Your father is in charge of money, I am in charge of guns." Xu Zhiyuan said coldly, "Go and bark in front of Yu Yao and his students, and let your foreign fathers find your body in the newspaper."

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