This kid is pretty arrogant and very blasé.

In late summer and September, Lin Jian entered his sophomore year of high school, and during the first half of his sophomore year, he spent the first half of the semester in the competition circuit.

Less than two weeks after the official start of the school year, Lin Jian went with the team to participate in the provincial league of high school mathematics competition. The first and second attempts were not very difficult for him, so after the results came out in October, he was selected for the winter camp of the national competition as a matter of course.

Shen Ke once asked him seriously after he learned about his grades if he had any plans to specialize in the competition channel since he ranked so high in the competition.

But Lin Jian said calmly, no.

It was an ordinary night in early November, Lin Jian had just returned from a seven-day winter camp at the National Championships, and was packing her suitcase in her room.

Shen Ke leaned against the door of his room in her dark loungewear and said with a smile, "No? Then you've made it all the way to the national championships, and you've got your guaranteed admission, so what's the point?"

Lin Jian hung the washed and dried clothes into the closet one by one, smiled lightly at the words and said, "For fun."

Shen Ke: "......"

"Didn't you teach me that?" Lin Jian turned back and leaned against the closet door, relaxing in his posture, the inexplicable laziness that surrounded him was almost identical to Shen Ke's: "You told me not to be too obsessive about everything, that I have a long life ahead of me, and that I don't have to be so dead-set - that I have to work hard, but not to be successful. I have to work hard, but I don't have to succeed."

"......" Shen Ke froze for a few seconds, couldn't hold back a partial laugh, and whispered as if to himself, "So I'm so misguided... ..."

"No." Lin Jian turned to the closet to continue packing her clothes, her voice very soft.

Shen Ke seemed interested: "What's that?"

Lin Jian turned his back to him, opened his mouth, but did not answer.

What is it?

It's the golden rule that I live by.

Over the years, Shen Ke has long been accustomed to his character of hiding things and refusing to say them, so he didn't press the issue, but only asked, "So, next March, you'll go to train for the national training team?"

Lin Jian's hand paused slightly as he hung up his clothes, and then replied with his usual expression, "I have no intention of going."

This was indeed something Shen Ke hadn't expected, and he gathered his composure slightly, his tone becoming a bit more serious, "Why don't you plan on going?"

Lin Jian said, "I know where my ceiling is and I don't need to prove it by competing for awards."

Shen Ke raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that this kid was really arrogant in a very bland way.

Right, after all, another year older, originally is not in a hurry when things do not worry about the character, a year older more seems to be subjective.

I don't know why, living almost thirty years old never sadness Chairman Shen, looking at the front of the jade tree bamboo general young man, but suddenly sprang up a kind of "ageing" illusion.

Shen Ke shook his head slightly, only to mentally belabor the fact that he was getting back to his old self, and he quickly pulled himself out of the sudden and inexplicable pretentiousness of the situation and asked again, "What about bailing out?"

Lin Jian was just about done packing, bending down to put the empty suitcase back into the lowest compartment of the closet before standing up, sighing softly and saying flatly, "I don't want to walk away from the guaranteed spot."

"And why is that?"

Lin Jian said, "The list of guaranteed admission schools doesn't have anything I like."

"...... No?" Shen Ke's expression was rare and blank for a second, "Two dozen top schools don't like it? What grade of aesthetics do you have?"

Lin Jian gave a clear and short laugh, "I don't dare to make a mistake, it's just that ...... the strongest major is not my first choice."

"......" is really a teenager's heart, the bottom of the sea needle, Shen Ke rare more asked, "you want to get into which major?"

"......" Lin Jian watched as he moved his lips, seeming to struggle for a split second before muting.

It's about not wanting to talk about it again.

Shen Ke sunken and deep gaze and he staggered for a long time, finally compromised like a sigh, shook his head, with a few points of helpless smile: "OK, your own choice of their own recognized on it, and ...... moreover you chose, there should be no problem."

Lin Jian's heart was already hanging in the air before it quietly returned to its original position.

He nodded and simply said don't worry.

"There's nothing to worry about with you." Shen Ke laughed out loud, "I've never seen a more reliable teenager than our God Lin."

Our family--

Lin Jian's face rippled, and his heart, which had just returned to its place, was once again jerked up to the back of his throat.

Up and down, big ups and downs - Lin Jian said it was quite exciting.

"I already talked to the head of the competition team before I came back." Lin Jian controlled the look on this face without the slightest mistake, the tone of his voice remained calm, "I won't play the competition in the future, focus on preparing for the exam, after all, it's only a year away."

Shen Ke waved his hand unconcernedly, "This is even if you talk to me, you can't chat like this in school ah, the descending blow most affects the feelings of classmates, and it is easy to get beaten up."

Lin Jian froze for a moment, but finally couldn't hold back and was amused.

Late at night, Shen Ke has already gone back to his room to rest, Lin Jian has always been a light sleeper, so even the sleeping light in the room is not used, and the next second the cell phone placed on the pillow began to vibrate, he abruptly opened his eyes in the darkness.

It was 1:30 a.m., a time when you don't need to look at the number to know who's calling.

Lin Jian took the cell phone and turned over, the screen light reflected in the profile of the teenager's upright side face, showing a few points of coldness and loneliness, he indifferently swept a glance at the name, and hung up the phone by hand.

As expected, He Zhou's WeChat messages poured in within ten seconds.

[You boat master: fuck you dare hang up my phone? Why didn't you call me with the money we talked about last time?

I'm telling you, don't play tricks with me. If you don't give me the money, I'll go to Shen to get it. I'd like to see if it's the face or the money that's important to these rich guys.

[You boat master: fuck, dead? Back to the message!

Lin Jian looked down at the messages pouring in, the cynicism in his eyes increased, waiting for He Zhou to finish his madness before he slowly and methodically condescended to type down a few words in reply.

LJ: I'm sorry brother! I just hung up by accident! I'm sorry!

[LJ: I've been at a school event the last few days and wasn't allowed to bring my cell phone, so I just got back today!

Sure enough, the reply was faster there.

[You boat master: Don't fucking fool me! Now that I'm back, I'll pay you!

Lin Jian originally wanted to transfer money directly to the past, turn a thought, fingertips abruptly pause, and then reply.

[LJ: I don't have that much money on my card, but I have a little bit of cash on me, is it okay to give you cash directly?

He's asking for a meeting in disguise, and He Zhou, that straw man with his head full of booze and gambling scraps, takes the bait.

[You boat master: also OK, tomorrow at 12 noon, I will wait for you in the alley behind your school, don't play tricks, come on time!

[LJ: Definitely definitely!

Pressing the send button, Lin Jian quirked the corner of his mouth imperceptibly and cursed, "Stupid."

Sleepless, Lin Jian stretched out his limbs on the big bed and simply looked up the chat records with He Zhou in the past half year.

At first, He Zhou could barely hold on to his ridiculous cousin persona, pretending to care about Lin Jian from time to time, but in less than a month, the fox's tail couldn't hide any longer, and he was eager to show his true form.

First of all, and Lin Jian crying and pretending to be poor, tearfully calling and sending messages, saying that he is living worse than a dog and pig, all the external debt, that his sister Hexi married but living in the most frustrating, not as a family, no matter how much money, and occasionally have to rely on him to receive help, and said that he was hiding from the debt for a while to avoid even lost his job, in short, is a meaning: can not in the face of the relationship between the relatives, to help him get through the difficult times.

In fact, Lin Jian has been prepared for this since the day he first bumped into He Zhou.

He knew too well what kind of virtue that family was, greedy and without any boundaries, once he was on his mind, he was like a maggot on the bone, hard to get rid of.

Lin Jian is not afraid of his persistent harassment, but there is only one thing - he must not be allowed to find his way to Shen Ke.

Can not let Shen Ke or Shen family any person and this person involved in the slightest relationship, if possible, he even spared no effort, will not He Zhou have the opportunity to see Shen Ke, he did not want to because of his own sake, and then let these messy wolves like rotten people and rotten things stain Shen Ke's eyes.

But there was no way he was going to let a vampire like He Zhou haunt him for long, so on the day of the original Steep Reunion, seconds before he gave out his cell phone number, a quickly weighed idea crept into his mind.

He's going to put out a long line and catch a dead fish for good.

In the past six months, he transferred five or six million to He Zhou, each with a transfer record, and he also has an injury report, which is one of the evidence deliberately left behind when He Zhou asked for money for the third time, he deliberately delayed and prevaricated to provoke the other side, after the other side of the evidence.

However, whether it was the two larger amounts of over twenty thousand dollars or the small transfers of eighteen thousand dollars, all of them were prizes that he had won over the years from various competitions, contests or science projects.

He can't and won't do that with Shen Ke's money, not one cent, because that family doesn't deserve it.

Since he was a child, he has been looking up to Shen Ke, so he rightly believes that the person he looks up to must always stand on top of the mountain between the clouds, untainted by mortal dust, not disturbed by the world's prosperity.

The next day to school, Lin Jian application to withdraw from the national training team of the news spread, whether it is the students or the teachers of the research group, was really a sudden decision to blow up once, even the class teacher fruit to find him in the classroom to talk to him once, the meaning is that I hope that he reconsider, after all, playing the competition can be up to his level, basically rely on the special passes, there has not been a person like him, see He has not been like him, looking at the top of the mountain, suddenly said not to play.

Lin Jian's attitude was always calm, but also resolute: "Sister Ran, I've already submitted the application."

Things have come to this point, fruit is not good to say anything more, can only sigh to himself a young man's heart is higher than the sky, waved his hand and let him return to class.

Back to the classroom just sat down, Xu Yang and Qin Le a few people "swish" surrounded, Lin Jian has a few helpless look around the week, just asked: "Why all this expression, want to say what?"

Qin Le cried, "What is this called! God Lin, what is this called ah - full level big brother back to the novice village? You play a good race to go bail it does not smell good, the sky of wealth you do not want, but also with us to squeeze what the one-track bridge?"

Gao Chongfan also stifled regret: "Finished, my college entrance examination of the province's ranking is going to slide down one again - also fucking cliff-style decline, shocking bad news ah!"

Xu Yang said nothing, three seconds of silence, just a silent thumbs up, "Bullshit or you're bullshit" materialized into a like.

Lin Jian knew that they were exaggerating, so he just lowered his eyes and smiled very lightly, not explaining or defending himself, accepting it as it was.

The curriculum of the first high school is catching up extremely fast, it's only the first semester of the second year of high school, all subjects are nearing the end of their progress, and once the semester is over, it's time for a full-scale review.

Lin Jian has been soaking up the competition circuit for a long time, and it's been a long time since I've sat in a classroom quietly like this, but when I reopened the test paper and picked up my pen, I was actually surprisingly peaceful inside.

He thought it would be nice to just take it slow and step by step, not jumping the gun or crossing the road.

He wanted to stall for time, to greedily give himself more time.

At the end of the last class of the morning, the students ran to the cafeteria in groups, and Xu Yang asked while packing her bag, "Why don't you and I go over to my place and grab a bite to eat? You don't say, you don't say, it's not fun for me to eat alone while you're away!"

Lin Jian smiled, the action of packing up the test paper was a beat, thought for a moment and said, "Some other day, there is something today, I'm going out."

"Huh?" Xu Yang asked, "Where to?"

Lin Jian did not say anything, after two seconds, Xu Yang suddenly sucked in a mouthful of cold air, pointing at him with righteous indignation: "Damn, you you ...... don't have another dog outside, right? What's the matter, we haven't seen each other for a long time, and now we're breaking up? Is it because I think my progress is slow or our feelings fade?"

"......" Lin Jian was then speechless, lifting his eyelids to give him a cool look, "Too much talk for you."

"......" Xu Yang smiled very cooperatively and zipped up the zipper around her mouth.

"A bit of private matters." Lin Jian voice a beat, think of their own active and passive participation in the other party's "private affairs" so many times before, and Xu Yang never as he is an outsider ...... perhaps their own deliberate concealment, but will really cold this The first thing that I want to do is to make sure that I have a good understanding of what I am talking about.

"Together, if you don't mind." Lin Jian put on his down jacket, zipped it up to his jaw, and said softly, "But whatever you see in a while, don't make a sound, and don't ...... force your hand for me?"

The teasing and snickering in Xu Yang's eyes faded for two minutes, her brows knitting up slightly, "What happened?"

"Nothing, just settling a little old shit."

There aren't many students leaving the school at noon, and He Zhou chose a remote location for the meeting, so few people would be passing by at this hour.

When Lin Jian and Xu Yang arrived at the entrance of the rare alley, He Zhou was already waiting in the alley.

He was wearing a cotton shirt that you couldn't tell if it was originally black or gray, his hair was smudged, and he was leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette.

Hearing the footsteps, He Zhou turned his head, his face cloudy and impatient, and when he saw who the visitor was, he took two violent puffs of his cigarette and then casually threw the cigarette butt on the ground and walked towards the entrance of the alley.

Xu Yang felt that there was a reason for his bad behavior, but before Xu Yang had the chance to ask Lin Jian what the situation was, he heard Lin Jian say in a faint voice, "Stand here and wait for me." Then he walked straight into the alley.

The alley was backlit and dark for years. Lin Jian took a few steps to He Zhou, and before he could open his mouth, He Zhou made the first move and asked, "Do you have the money with you?"

Lin Jian hesitated for a moment, lowered his eyes and whispered, "Brother, why don't I still transfer money to you?"

"Fuck, are you fucking kidding me?" He Zhou suddenly became furious, and pushed Lin Jian's shoulder, Lin Jian stomped back two steps, and his shoulder hit the coarse red brick wall.

"Oh shit!" Xu Yang, who was standing at the entrance of the alley, witnessed this shocking change and gestured to throw his backpack to the ground, casually picked up a wooden stick from the pile of debris at the entrance of the alley, and raised his foot to rush over!

Lin Jian inclined his head slightly and threw a look at Xu Yang, who then stopped in his tracks.

"......" Xu Yang looked at Lin Jian with a complicated expression for a few seconds, frowned and silently backed away, going around the corner and pulling out his cell phone.

"I'm not fooling you." Lin Jian backhandedly rubbed the bumped place, sniffled and said, "I'm going to participate in a competition in a while, the kind of cost of self-care, the cash in hand today to pay the registration fee and accommodation and meals, really no more ......" Lin Jian Lowered eyebrows, sincere, "just the money on the phone, or and a few students borrowed to get enough ...... okay?"

He Zhou stared viciously at Lin Jian, only to see the young man hanging his head, thin white side of the face in the cold wind was blown even more obvious blood, looks really have so a few points of pity, and then gritted his teeth and threatened to say: "I'm just looking at the damn you are my brother, for others I would have chipped him ...... do not. Nonsense, transfer!"

Lin Jian nodded his head, no more words, directly took out his cell phone to transfer money to pay.

He Zhou's eyes have been glued to his own miscellaneous large-screen cell phone has not been torn down, such as Lin Jian's transfer over, first of all, can not wait to point to the collection, and when he saw the number, first of all, a stunned, and then directly swung a fist up!

Lin Jian eyes wind a sharp, a few unnoticeable dodge wrong that force, so that should have landed in the cheekbone position of the punch can be deflected, from behind the ear rubbed against the chin to hit.

But He Zhou's anger was not light, and Lin Jian's mouth soon smelled of blood, which must have been from his teeth cracking into his mouth when he hit his jaw.

"It's less than 2,000! Who the fuck are you kidding? Who the hell are you kidding? He Zhou grabbed Lin Jian by the collar and said he was going to drag him to the ground, but due to the difference in height, this action actually looked a bit funny, Lin Jian did not struggle, tilted his body in accordance with his strength, letting him easily drag himself to the ground.

The alley is not hit the concrete floor of the dirt road, Lin Jian a dusty, curled up at the foot of the wall, in a very clever posture to protect his head, He Zhou's fists smashed down in no way, intermittently Lin Jian can be heard low intermittent voice: "Don't hit the ...... me Think of another way ...... Don't hit brother ......"

After glancing at Xu Yang at the entrance of the alley, Lin Jian gently gestured at him when He Zhou wasn't looking.

"......" Xu Yang could see what he meant, of course, but just a mouthful of anger nearly suffocated him.

In fact, He Zhou, a person who has been immersed in alcohol, tobacco and sex for many years, has been emptied of his inner strength, and is only strong and dry on the outside. He looks intimidating, but his actual punches can't carry much strength, not to mention that Lin Jian is still wearing a down jacket, and judging by He Zhou's heavier and heavier panting, when he is about to call for a retreat, Lin Jian consciously sends a wave of assistance.

He picked the right moment and stood up from the ground, He Zhou was startled, then in response, his outstretched fist naturally turned into a leg - a solid kick to Lin Jian's ribs.

Lin Jian frowned slightly and held onto the wall without moving to stabilize himself.

As Lin Jian stood up, there was a flash of red in the pocket of his duffle coat, and He Zhou was so sharp that he froze for a moment and then went straight to Lin Jian's pocket, where he casually pushed back a few times and then easily pulled out the money.

"What's this, huh?" He Zhou first counted the dozens of banknotes, and then forced a step closer, threatening: "I said don't play tricks with me, but you're good, you have to ask for trouble, not only to hide your heart, but also to hide the fucking money? It's your turn!"

Lin Jian just leaned against the wall and kept his head down in silence.

"Next time don't play tricks with me, pay the money in pain and you'll suffer less, remember?!"

Lin Jian slowed for a few seconds and nodded.

He Zhou grinned broadly and stuffed the wad of bills into the inside pocket of his cotton shirt, then sneered, patted the dust that had rubbed off on his arm, and turned his head away.

Until he disappeared at the entrance of the alley, after a minute or so, the sound of rapid footsteps came from far to near, Lin Jian looked up and saw Xu Yang running over with a handsome face that wanted to kill.

"What's going on! What the hell is that guy! How did you get in trouble with him? How long have you been blackmailed by him - you're stupid to take a beating and not fight back!" Xu Yang first split his head and face a scolding, and then bent down, from the top to go up to see Lin Jian's face, "hurt which ...... eh you say something!"

"It's okay." Lin Jian patted the footprints left by the kick on his duffle coat and simply asked, "It's all on tape?"

"See for yourself." Lin Jian sounded offended and shoved his cell phone at him, "I had to hold back a couple of fucking times, but you're a real piece of work!"

Lin Jian's eyelashes were drooping, and he just hooked the corner of his mouth when he heard the words, before opening the video Xu Yang had saved.

The video is not short, from the beginning of the conversation between the two men, to He Zhou's hands, to the kick, and finally from Lin Jian's pocket out of the money, a set of video shot complete and clear.

Lin Jian gave a rare compliment, "Nice shot, why don't you just change your career to freelance photography, modeling is too much."

"Don't you dare!" Xu Yang was still furious, "You'd better be able to explain what happened today, or else you'll be sorry for the two years we've been working together!"

God knows how much he wanted to rush over to that grandson when he saw the scene of Lin Jian's beating from the cell phone screen just now.

Lin Jian said, "I'll talk to you about this later, right now there are more important things than that."

"Why?" Xu Yang became more and more furious, "You're even giving them a ride? Then you'd better hurry up, or else you'll be on the second bus."

Lin Jian didn't hold back a laugh, accidentally involving his ribs, and drew in another cold breath.

"Don't be angry yet." Lin Jian's muzzle softened, "Go back to school and ask for a vacation for me, I'll be back after one afternoon session."

"What the hell are you doing going!"

"Go to the hospital for an injury evaluation."

When Xu Yang heard this, he was no longer angry, but only anxious: "Fuck, is it that serious? Let's call 120!"

"No, I'll take a taxi." Lin Jian laughed softly, "It can be faster than 120, or it will be healed in a while."

Xu Yang: "......"

Don't ask, asking is my fucking blood suit.