Chapter 89: Confession

  "Chen Chufan, how can I praise you? How did you agree to this? Are you really treating yourself as a great hero?" Wang Mingtao asked with an angry expression.

  Chen Chufan hung his head in silence. If it were someone else, he would have retorted with a couple of sentences. But facing this Tao Ge, he felt somewhat embarrassed. In the simple moral view of youth, one should always give more face to those who are truly good to oneself. Moreover, he had already disobeyed this Tao Ge, who was still not bad to him, twice before.

  "I'm telling you straightforwardly, this reward was obtained with my help. It's just to make you calm down and not bother others about this matter again. Look at you, you're still arguing with your classmates in the classroom! Did you take all my previous words as nothing?" Wang Mingtao continued to scold.

  "I actually listened to you, see, I didn't do much, just slapped that guy twice." Chen Chufan raised his head and explained with a pretended tone of grievance.

  "Did you just slap him twice? Do you think I'm blind? Two slaps could knock someone out like that? Or was the last kick not yours either?" Wang Mingtao's anger grew as he heard Chen Chufan's explanation and directly asked.

  Xiao Chen continued to lower his head and remained silent.

  When he saw the young man not speaking, Wang Mingtao continued to say: "And last night Li San's arm was also removed by you!"

  Chen Chufan felt a little guilty and stuck out his tongue, innocently blinking his eyes, and pretended to be surprised, saying "Huh? Li San's arm was removed? Really?"

  "Keep pretending, you keep pretending!" Wang Mingdao glared at the young man who was impervious to reason: "How about it? Do I need to go find evidence of your presence at the time for you to admit it?"

  Chen Chufan's head, which had just been raised, lowered again, and he fell silent once more.

  "Alright, I won't say any more to you! But I'm seriously asking you one question, can this matter be settled here and now? Give me a straight answer!" Wang Mingdao asked solemnly.

  Chen Chufan rubbed his head thoughtfully and cautiously asked, "What do you mean?"

  Wang Mingtao shook his head and said bluntly, "Don't let Wang Kun move, don't make it difficult for me! Even if you give face to Brother Tao!"

  It had all been said, and Chen Chufan felt that he was being too unreasonable if he didn't let it go. Anyway, his anger had almost dissipated, and as for Wang Kun, in Chen Chufan's eyes, he had always been an abstract existence. It wasn't quite right to call him a love rival. So he said with the most sincere tone: "Tao Ge, don't worry, as long as he doesn't provoke me again, I absolutely won't take the initiative to provoke him!"

  "Really?" Wang Mingdao's eyes were filled with skepticism. He remembered that the last time this kid promised him, his tone seemed just as sincere as it was now.

  Facing Tao Ge's suspicious gaze, Chen Chufan made a very serious expression: "I swear I will never go to find that Wang Kun trouble again! This time is really! Of course, the premise is, that Wang Kun don't provoke me again!"

  "Alright, I'll trust you one more time! Then I'll leave first, remember what you promised me!" After saying that, Wang Mingtao didn't continue to bother Chen Chufan and turned around to leave. The corridor which was just bustling with activity, was now left with only Chen Chufan alone.

  Thinking of Old Xiao still waiting for himself in the office, Chen Chufan didn't even bother to go to class and went straight to Old Xiao's office. Just as imagined, as soon as he entered Old Xiao's office, he was scolded loudly. Excited Old Xiao didn't even notice that it was still class time at this moment.

  Chen Chufan could understand Lao Xiao's anger, so he didn't mention Zhang Peng finding someone to collect his debt, nor did he make any excuses for his own behavior. In Chen Chufan's opinion, many things were fine as long as he knew them himself, and there was no need to tell everyone about them like a bullied daughter-in-law would. So he quietly endured this scolding. The final result was a self-criticism report, plus waiting for further action. Of course, Chen Chufan didn't care much about these things now.

  Lao Xiao scolded Chen Chufan for a full half hour this time, which was considered a long lecture. When he came out of Lao Xiao's office, it was almost time for the next class. The 10-minute break had already passed, and Chen Chufan didn't feel like going back to the classroom to face another round of stares from his classmates. So he went straight to the school library instead. He still had a lot of studying to do after all.

  He finished reading a copy of the "Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary" in an hour, and then it was books on grammar and some miscellaneous books on English. For example, "American English Pronunciation Course", "500 Common English Sentences" and so on. By lunchtime, Chen Chufan felt that English had already become his second mother tongue without any doubt.

  The pleasure of learning a language also made him unstoppable. So he simply went to the cafeteria for lunch and then came to the library to start studying Japanese. Chen Chufan thought that his purpose of learning Japanese was not so pure, because most of the love action movies shown in the video hall outside the school at midnight were from Japan, and these movies usually had no subtitles. When Chen Chufan first watched these Japanese movies in his freshman year, he felt deeply regretful for not knowing Japanese, now he finally had the chance to fulfill his wish, and of course, he wouldn't let it go.

  However, Japanese did not delay him for too long, and soon after came French, German, and Spanish, which became his fourth, fifth, and sixth native languages. By dinner time, Chen Chufan was already able to scold people fluently in six languages. This is indeed an extraordinary achievement.

  He didn't even have time to eat, and hurriedly ran to Xijie to buy the fried chicken strips that Han Xiaoxi liked the most. Chen Chufan came to the school hospital again. This time, he had made up his mind about something. Since he already considered the girl as his future wife, there were some things that shouldn't be hidden from her, especially since even the old monk had mentioned them.

  Moreover, since we're going to live together with the girl anyway, it's better to tell her about our physical secrets early on. That way, if someone provokes us again next time, she can also run away at ease, right?

  Pushing open the slightly ajar door of the ward, Chen Chufan was surprised to find that there was only Han Xiaoxi in the room.

  "Why is it just you?" Chen Chufan couldn't help but ask.

  Han Xiaoxi glared at Chen Chufan, "My dad is busy, my mom went out for a walk because she was bored. SiSi accompanied me for an entire afternoon and just left. And you, as my boyfriend, don't care about me at all! You just showed up this morning and then disappeared, how dare you ask!"

  Facing the little girl's resentment, Chen Chufan could only "hehe" foolishly smile twice and then gloss over it. Waving the fried chicken strips in his hand, Chen Chufan smiled fawningly and said: "Little Xi, freshly fried chicken strips from West Street!"

  The next moment, the sound of "sha sha" came from the crispy chicken strips chewed by the girl in the ward.

  "Does your wound still hurt?" Chen Chufan asked, looking at the girl eating fragrantly.

  "Uh, a little bit, if I don't move, there's no feeling!" After answering Chen Chufan's words, Han Xiaoxi's small face turned sour: "The doctor said it'll take two more days to be discharged from the hospital, and this boring day will last for another two days, I'm going crazy!"

  "Can I be discharged so soon?" Chen Chufan was somewhat surprised.

  Han Xiaoxi glared at Chen Chufan with a look of discontent, "What? Do you want me to stay here for how much longer? Lying here every day, eating and sleeping, I feel like I've gained at least 10 pounds."

  "Is there? Can't tell from what you're wearing!" Chen Chufan made a disbelieving face.

  Han Xiaoxi smiled slyly and asked with an extremely flirtatious tone, "What, you want to see?"

  Chen Chufan was slightly excited by Han Xiaoxi's seductive tone. He thought to himself, "Could it be that today is really going to be a good day?" His face naturally revealed an expectant expression.

  Seeing Chen Chufan actually putting on a pig-like expression, Han Xiaoxiao's face turned stern and she coldly snorted: "You're thinking too much!"

  Chen Chufan smiled slyly and didn't care about the girl's serious face. He directly leaned over and swiftly kissed her on the cheek with a lightning-fast movement. The entrance was fragrant and smooth, leaving an endless aftertaste.

  "Die!" Han Xiaohei waved her intact small paw heavily towards Chen Chufan's head, but when it finally fell, it had completely lost its initial momentum, just like scratching an itch. And so that little paw became Chen Chufan's spoils of war.

  Pinching Han Xiaohei's soft little hand, Chen Chufan seemed to feel that the softest part of his heart was touched again. The vow "I want to marry you as my wife" rose from the bottom of his heart once more. He gazed at Han Xiaohei with infinite gentleness and said slowly: "Xiaohei, one day I will make you the happiest bride."

  The young man's bold confession made even the lively Han Xiaoxi feel a bit overwhelmed. She couldn't help but lower her head, and a hint of shyness flashed across her face. Chen Chufan's hand tightened around hers as he whispered, "You're really shameless, always saying such embarrassing things."

  The atmosphere has become exceptionally harmonious, and the young man began to shift the topic of conversation towards a more serious part.

  "Xiao Xi ah, actually I'm very special!" Chen Chufan said with some trepidation.

  Han Xiaohei gave him a cold glance and said in an ill-tempered tone: "I just said you're shameless, and you really took the bait! How special can you be? Besides being able to play basketball and piano, aren't you just an ordinary young man? I'm telling you, there are plenty of people like you on the streets. Don't try to show off here. What's with this? I haven't even agreed to marry you yet, and you're already trying to raise your own value?"

  Chen Chufan was stunned, he never thought that the sentence he had been trying to squeeze out for a long time would be misinterpreted by the girl in this way, and he couldn't help but feel a headache. He quickly explained: "I didn't mean it that way, Xiao Xi!"

  "Do you still remember that time when we met by the South Lake and I asked you a question?" As soon as he finished asking this question, Chen Chufan couldn't help but recall that day by the South Lake shore. He had asked the girl in front of him what she would do if he were a monster, and her response was one that made him feel very kind, pure, and tolerant: "Monster? Can you transform or something?! If you can transform into something as cool as Ultraman, I'll let you find two more."