The King's Game

A week later, during the first mock exam, Qi You performed abnormally and fell out of the top ten in the grade for the first time. Jiang Nan felt so uneasy when he learned about it, that when Qi You handed in homework from the teacher's office and returned to his seat , what I saw was Jiang Nan sitting on the seat with a serious and worried face.

"Why this expression? I looked at your results this time, and you have improved by more than 50." Qi You said in surprise, and guessed something just after asking, and suddenly felt that the other party's current expression is really cute.

"Qi You, why don't you make up for me?" Jiang Nan hesitated for a while, and continued to say with a serious expression: "I delayed your study, don't say anything like teaching me and you can learn something. Knowing my level, you can obviously review better."

Qi You laughed: "I didn't spend much time helping you with tutoring, don't think it's your fault that I didn't pass the exam this time, that's how I am, I relax every time after the holidays, and the first time after school starts. You can’t do well in every exam, didn’t you see that the teacher didn’t say anything?”

Jiang Nan was taken aback for a moment, recalled the expression that the teacher had gotten used to, and remembered that Qi You's grades after the holidays last time, although they were still in the top ten, were indeed not at his usual level, and he already had feelings for Qi You's words in his heart. Most of the letters were believed, but he still hesitated and said, "But, I still affected you to some extent."

Qi You said: "You underestimate me too much, not to mention you are so obedient and study harder than me, so why should I worry so much?"

Seeing that Jiang Nan was still a little unhappy, Qi You rubbed his head: "Okay, don't think about it, tutoring is still the same."

As soon as the words fell, Wu An heard Wu An pass by Qi You with a water glass in his hand, and said, "Master, I haven't even passed the exam this time, and you still have the mind to care about others?"

This time Wu An took the third place in the grade and the first place in the class. This sounds normal, but who can't hear his provocative and triumphant tone?

Qi You is used to this man's cheap mouth, and it's not like he didn't do it before. He didn't even bother to reply, but he noticed Jiang Nan's action at a glance. The other party stood up abruptly, looking at Wu An coldly. Qi You jumped, thinking for a moment that he was going to rush up and hit someone, and quickly reached out to grab him: "Hey, what are you doing?"

Jiang Nan didn't move, he just stared at Wu An and said, "If it wasn't for spending a lot of time on tutoring me, he would have done [-] times better than you in the exam! Since I came to this class, he has done better than you every time. You, what are you so proud of?"

No matter how naive this maintenance looked, Qi You laughed a little, but felt warm in his heart, just as he was about to ask the other party to sit down, he heard Wu An speak again.

"Squad leader, why do you still let others make excuses for you? And you," Wu An stared back coldly: "You still dare to talk to me? Do you believe me to tell you about that?"

Jiang Nan's face turned pale, he murmured his lips and didn't dare to speak, and just stood on the seat blankly.

Qi You pulled him twice, and he came back to his senses, and sat back in compliance with Qi You's wishes, only to hear Wu An sarcasm again: "If you don't dare to let others know, don't mess with me all the time, he's useless by himself, he won't pass the exam. It’s not good, why don’t you let me tell you what’s wrong? You still treat people like the savior.”

Qi You didn't even react, Jiang Nan stood up again: "If you fail the exam once, it's useless, what about you? You failed him so many times, aren't you a waste?!"

This sudden eloquence caused Qi You and the students around him to widen their eyes.

Wu An's face turned red with anger: "I think you are really not afraid of anything, right? Then I will tell the world about you now, so don't..."

Jiang Nan gritted his teeth and interrupted him: "Okay! Say what you want! I haven't done anything wrong, why should I be afraid? You just say it!"

Wu An was so angry that he lost his mind: "That's good! You all listen to me, this classmate Jiang Nan, he is a classmate..."

"That's enough!" Qi You interrupted him, stood up and looked at Wu An coldly: "Student Wu An, one size fits all."

Wu An came back to his senses and gritted his teeth. He originally wanted to show off in front of Qi You, but Jiang Nan repeatedly yelled back at him. However, Jiang Nan's privacy has nothing to do with this achievement. , he didn't really want to say it, it seemed that he was calculating and refuting other people's sexuality, not to mention Qi You's eyes made him a little nervous.

In the end, he snorted coldly and went back to his seat directly.

Qi You dragged Jiang Nan back to his seat in a daze, looking at his frustrated face, he said helplessly: "What are you doing to fight? You don't know what kind of person he is?"

Jiang Nan lowered his head and said nothing, thinking that I don't care what he says, but he has no right to talk about you.

Qi You noticed the trembling hand of the other party, and reached out to shake it: "Why, are you so excited after arguing?"

It was also at this time that Jiang Nan realized that he had been shaking all the time. At that time, he thought it would be over. He thought that his secret would not be hidden today, and he was already mentally prepared for the final trial, but he did not expect that Qi You would fight. Stop Wu An's words.

Jiang Nan didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or be disappointed.

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The results of the second mock test came down, and Qi You really returned to his previous level, and even performed better than usual in the test. He took the first place in the grade, and the teacher praised him a lot in the class. Yu Ye breathed a sigh of relief quietly, Qi You's expression was calm, but there was still a little smile in his eyes after seeing the expression on Jiang Nan's face.

"At two o'clock this Friday afternoon, all the parents of senior three students in our school will hold a parent-teacher meeting. I will ask the class monitor to send out the notice in a while. Everyone remember to go back and hand it over to your parents. This important parent meeting is related to your future, remember to remind your parents that you must not be absent."

The teacher's voice wafted into Jiang Nan's ears, Jiang Nan was unconsciously holding his pen and playing with it, but his heart was in a mess.

Qi You glanced sideways, but didn't speak.

Qi You and Jiang Nan have been eating lunch together in the cafeteria these days. Jiang Yuan's parents rented a room for him outside the school, and they would occasionally go to Jiang Yuan's place to eat. After eating today, they went back to the classroom There was a small episode during the review.

When Qi You approached the classroom, he vaguely heard the discussion of some people inside, and also faintly heard Jiang Nan's name, and frowned slightly. No matter what, talking about people behind his back is not a good behavior, especially Jiang Nan himself at this moment Just follow behind him.

"I think Jiang Nan's family must be very rich. Based on his grades, he would not have been able to enter our school. I heard that his family spent a lot of money to get him in?" Several people who spoke They were chatting happily, and it seemed that they didn't even notice that someone came in at the door.

"Impossible, do you think he usually looks rich? And why did he have to transfer here after the second semester of his sophomore year?"

"I once heard the teacher call in the office. It seems that Jiang Nan's parents have passed away. Now they live in his uncle's and aunt's house. His uncle's family seems to be very rich. I don't know what he does. Anyway, he must be It's because of the relationship."

Qi You turned his head and saw that Jiang Nan's expression didn't change much, he just clenched his hands tightly, standing at the door blankly as if he was either advancing or retreating.

"But I heard that when his parents died, he had a high fever. Could it be that time his brain..."

Before they finished speaking, Qi You covered Jiang Nan's ears and led him into the classroom.

Jiang Nan was stunned, feeling the warm temperature coming from his ears, his brain went blank, and no sound from the outside could reach his mind.

"Ahem," Qi You reminded the people in the classroom: "Everyone can gossip, but malicious speculation is too much, right? Especially when the person involved is still here."

Everyone was startled, and they turned their heads one after another. Seeing that Qi You was fine, their expressions really changed when they saw Jiang Nancai, with a bit of embarrassment.

A boy said after a long while, "I'm sorry, we didn't mean it, but we just... chatted casually."

Qi You said calmly: "Save some time to review."

As he said, he pulled Jiang Nan to sit down, and when he let go, he saw that Jiang Nan's ears were so red, he couldn't help being stunned: "I didn't use much strength, did I?"

Jiang Nan lowered his head and hummed for a long time.

"Did you hear it just now?"

Qi You said: "Wouldn't it be too fake to say that I didn't hear it?"

Jiang Nan was amused, and quickly glanced at him with nervous eyes: "I, I transferred here because my uncle and aunt live here, for convenience, I didn't, I didn't want to go through the back door..."

Speaking of this, her face turned red.

"I know," Qi You said in a low voice, "I knew about your family's situation when you turned around. The teacher explained it to me. You don't have to worry about what I will think of you."

The teacher talked to Qi You on the first day when Jiang Nan transferred to another school, explained to him about Jiang Nan's family situation, and asked him to take care of him more.

Jiang Nan was taken aback for a moment, apparently he didn't expect Qi You to know this early in the morning, thinking of all the things before, and when they met for the first time, his face suddenly turned pale.

He suddenly realized that Qi You was kind to him because he pitied him, and because he promised the teacher to take care of him.

Yes, this is normal, otherwise why?Have you unknowingly already reported the expectations you shouldn't have?Otherwise, why are you so lost now?

Qi You is so smart, as soon as he saw Jiang Nan's expression, he knew that he wanted to go wrong.

"Don't think too much." Qi You frowned displeasedly.

Jiang Nan didn't know if he heard what he said clearly, so he just lowered his head and mumbled a reply.

Qi You watched the other party's previously red ears fade away, and his heart tightened. He looked around at the students who were engrossed in reviewing, got up and went straight to the door, and said at the same time, "Come out with me."

Jiang Nan looked at the back of Qi You walking out, and didn't want to move, but he was afraid that Qi You would get angry and ignore him, but still prevailed, so he tried his best to suppress the disappointment in his heart, got up and followed him out.

When Qi You heard the footsteps behind him, he knew that Jiang Nan had followed obediently, and he was relieved.

He walked all the way to the corner of the stairs before he stopped. Jiang Nan obediently followed and stopped, his eyes were a little puzzled and dazed, and he didn't understand Qi You's intention.

Qi You turned around, looked at the young man who was still confused, and stretched out his hand to hug him into his arms.

Jiang Nan's whole body stiffened in an instant, Qi You had little strength, but he couldn't move at all.This is the first time he has been so close to the other party. He once fantasized that if he could get such a hug from Qi You one day, he must feel the other party's breath, but at this time he didn't even dare to breathe.

"Jiang Nan, listen to what I'm going to say." Qi You waited until the other party's body was no longer so stiff, then lowered his head and whispered in his ear.

"I have always believed that it is impossible to judge a person's good or bad by his appearance, family background, academic performance and other external attributes. I am not saying that these are not important, but there are many more important things than these. In my eyes Here, these are the things you have that others don't."

Jiang Nan was still in the clouds at first, but when Qi You was talking, he subconsciously began to listen carefully.

"Don't always think about how poor you are, how others will pity you, or even look down on you. In fact, when you think others look down on you, it's you who look down on yourself. Jiang Nan, I can't treat you well for no reason. Even if it was like that at the beginning, do you think I will always help you because of a word from the teacher? I treat you well because you have something worthy of my kindness to you. At least in my opinion, you are very good, better than A lot of people are going to be good, so you have to be more confident, okay?"

Qi You's gentle voice almost made Jiang Nan feel like weeping. No one had ever said these words to him before. Since he was not good at learning since he was a child, he only saw disappointment and sighs in the eyes of his parents. He planned to let him go directly to his father's factory after graduating from high school to help work. When he arrived at the house of his uncle and aunt, no one believed that he could have anything to do, and no one said that he was better than many people.

He understood Qi You's words, so he was more moved and more ashamed at the same time. He remembered that he always wanted to escape when facing many things in the past, remembered his confusion and inferiority just now, and remembered that he had been unable to find direction and motivation. As I was studying, if I hadn't met Qi You, I was afraid that I would simply think about passing the remaining year and a half without communicating with anyone, taking an entrance exam at a third-rate university in the local area, finding a decent job, and being so mediocre. Live a lifetime.

But now he also wants to work harder, to make himself more confident and better as Qi You expected, at least, to be worthy of Qi You's kindness to him.

Jiang Nan plucked up his courage and stretched out his arms to hug Qi You, as if to give him an affirmative response. Although his hands were still trembling a little, Qi You felt that the other party listened to his words.

"Okay, let's go back to the classroom to review?" Qi You finally rubbed Jiang Nan's head.

Jiang Nan buried his head on his shoulder and nodded silently. Finally, he realized something and stepped back suddenly: "Yes, I'm sorry, I..."

"What are you sorry for? I hugged you just now." Qi You was speechless and helpless.

"Qi You..." Jiang Nan looked at his expression and thought of the hug just now. Although he felt that Qi You hugged him for no other purpose than to comfort himself and give him strength, his heart was still like As if soaked in sugar water, an impulse rushed from the bottom of his heart to his throat, and he blurted out: "You, I...Actually...I..."

Qi You patiently waited for him to finish speaking.

However, Jiang Nan, you, me, and I didn't say a complete sentence for a long time. A teacher passed by and saw the two standing here. Jiang Nan's eyes were red and he cried as soon as he saw it. I didn't think about the bad side, but I still said: "What are you doing here? Why don't you go back to the classroom?"

Jiang Nan was so frightened that he shut his mouth tightly, and in the end he didn't say what he wanted to say. After returning to the classroom with Qi You, he remembered what he was going to do just now, and even regretted his impulsiveness, breaking out in a cold sweat. Out.