Chapter 1: Ruffians, Dogs, and School Belles
Donghai No.1 Senior High School.
On the open space in front of the flowerbed, three young men squatted together, whispering to each other and commenting on the girls passing by. Not far behind them, a gray and white puppy was frolicking on the lawn.
"Another beauty is here, I guess she's red!"
The handsome young man Xu Yan in the center threw a hundred-dollar bill on the red card in front of him and was betting with two of his friends on the color of the girls' autumn clothes.
Xu Yan, three months short of turning eighteen, had a slender figure, well-proportioned limbs, bright eyebrows and bright eyes. Judging from his appearance alone, he could definitely be called a handsome guy. However, his nonchalant attitude, the strong smell of ruffian and the dry grass in his mouth undoubtedly destroyed his temperament.
"I said blue!"
"grey!"
The two people beside Xu Yan also placed bets, also placing their bets on cards of opposite colors. One of them had a broad mouth, and the other had his hair combed meticulously. They were Xu Yan's bad friends, nicknamed Big Mouth and Cool.
"Buy it and leave it!" Xu Yan sang, blew a whistle, called the gray and white dog over, pointed at the girl who was walking not far away, "Haha, go!"
Haha rushed out and ran towards a group of girls. He bumped lightly into the leg of a pretty girl and fell down with a thud. His cute dog eyes rolled up and he lay on the ground pretending to be dead.
"Haha, this dog is so stupid!"
A group of girls burst into laughter upon seeing this, but the laughter did not last long and soon died down because the puppy did not move.
"It's not moving. Could it be dizzy?"
"He fainted after just a slight bump. This is too much. Could it be a scam?"
"Stupid, have you ever seen a puppy scamming someone?"
Hearing everyone's discussion, the pretty girl also became nervous and waved her hands to explain: "I didn't mean to do that. It just bumped into me by itself."
"Don't be afraid, we all saw it, and we're here to testify for you!"
With everyone's comfort, the beautiful girl's tension eased a little. She slowly squatted down, stretched out her finger and tapped the puppy.
Just as the beautiful girl bent down, the puppy Haha, who had closed his eyes and pretended to be dead, suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, glanced at the girl's collar with his cute eyes, and then ran away quickly in everyone's stunned eyes.
"This little guy is pretending to be dead!"
"I recognized him. This is Xu Yan's bad boy. Haha. He always pretends to be dead to peek at girls. Xu Yan must have made a bet with someone again. He must be nearby!"
When the crowd recognized the puppy Haha, they were instantly in an uproar. They looked in the direction where Haha left and sure enough, they found three heads on the other side of the flower bed.
On the other side of the flower bed, Xu Yan and the other two squatted in a row. Seeing Haha running back quickly, Xu Yan said excitedly: "Haha is back, the time to reveal the winner has come!"
"Turn around!" he said coolly.
"Why?"
"You are too cunning. We are worried and have to be on guard." Big Mouth explained.
Under the insistence of the two, Xu Yan slowly turned around with a sarcastic arc at the corner of his lips. These two idiots were quite cautious. First they didn't let him touch the cards, and then they asked him to turn around, thinking that they could prevent him in this way. It was ridiculous.
Seeing Xu Yan's back turned, Dazui took out a sausage from his pocket, waved it in front of Haha, pointed at the blue card he pressed and said, "Haha, come on, choose this one. If you choose this one, I'll give you the sausage!"
"Haha, choose this, choose this, and I'll give you beef jerky, and I'll buy you grilled fish later!" Xiaosha pointed at the gray card and tempted them with delicious food in the same way.
In order to win money, the two threw ham and beef jerky to Haha, who accepted them all and ate up the food in their hands. Under the eager gazes of the two, he rolled his eyes in an anthropomorphic way , gave them a look of contempt, and leisurely picked up the red card that Xu Yan had pressed.
The two looked at their empty hands, then at the red card in Haha's mouth, and shouted with dark faces: "You dead dog, give me back my ham (beef jerky)!"
"You damn dog, you ate my food and didn't work, and you still dare to look down on me, don't run away, I will beat you to death!"
Haha slid to Xu Yan's feet quickly. Xu Yan turned around and said with a smile: "I admit defeat. Red, I win!"
"Why do you always win? Are you cheating?" Big Mouth Xiaosa glared at Haha angrily and couldn't help but doubt.
"I haven't even touched the cards, and I turned my back to you as you requested. How could I cheat? And with your IQ, could I fool you?" Xu Yan explained, but secretly shook his head in his heart. These two idiots didn't even know that dogs were color blind, yet they dared to gamble with him. They were really overestimating themselves.
He had never touched the cards and his back was facing away from them, but the money for the bet was taken from his hand and had his smell on it. Haha, it would be strange if he couldn't make a choice.
As for using ham and beef jerky to lure it, haha, don't be ridiculous, don't you see who trained it? It will eat the bait anyway and won't do anything you ask!
As the three of them were talking, a soft hum mixed with a fragrant breeze came.
Xu Yan looked up and saw two beautiful girls passing by him. The one on the left had long black hair, bright eyes, a noble forehead, a straight nose, and a cool temperament. With her tall figure and graceful figure, she caught everyone's attention as soon as she appeared. It was the school belle Feng Miaochan. The girl on the right had short hair that reached her ears and a heroic look between her eyebrows. She was also youthful and beautiful, but she was somewhat overshadowed by Feng Miaochan.
Seeing the school beauty staring at him with disgust, Xu Yan immediately understood. He stood up from the ground and looked down at his two bad friends. He said angrily, "How many times do I have to tell you before you learn your lesson? The most important thing in school is to study, not to gamble. Why don't you listen? If you gamble behind my back again next time, I'll end our friendship!"
Dazui Xiaosha and the other man were dumbfounded. This was too shameless. It was clearly him who proposed the gambling, and he also won a lot of money from them. How come in the blink of an eye, they were gambling behind his back?
"You are so shameless. It was obviously you who dragged us into gambling, didn't you?" said Big Mouth.
"Xu Yan, you are a shameless man who forgets his loyalty for the sake of beauty. You even betrayed your brother just to show off in front of the school beauty. I curse you to never catch up with her in your life." Xiaosha echoed.
"I'm afraid I'll make you laugh at me, but I'll be able to catch up with her today." Xu Yan said confidently, glanced at the two of them, and quickly chased after the school beauty.
Xu Yan stopped the school beauty and confessed his feelings seriously, "Miao Chan, be my girlfriend."
"Impossible!" Feng Miaochan refused coldly.
Without getting angry or sad, Xu Yan looked at Feng Miaochan seriously and said, "Do you know what you just did? You are rejecting an extremely outstanding young man. You are making a wrong decision that will make you regret and lose sleep every time you think about it... Since we know each other so well, I will give you another chance. You might as well think it over before answering me."
"No need to think about it. Even if you answer it a thousand times or ten thousand times, my answer will still be - impossible." Feng Miaochan said word by word.
"Why? What don't you like about me? I have a good figure, good looks, a humorous voice, an IQ of 180, an eloquent voice, and I'm known as the best among the seven schools. I'm also quite good at fighting. I don't understand why you reject me?" Xu Yan asked, really confused.
Feng Huichan rolled her eyes, feeling annoyed by his pestering, but she also knew that if she didn't give him a reason, she would never have a peaceful life in the future, so she frowned and said, "I like soldiers!"
"I knew it, how could anyone refuse such an outstanding and charming man like me? It turns out you like soldiers." Xu Yan was suddenly aware at first, and then said puzzledly: "But what's so good about soldiers? They are rigid and boring, not interesting at all . At most, they are strong. I am also very strong, and my muscles are well developed. If you don't believe me, feel it." Xu Yan said, grabbing Feng Miaochan's hand and letting her touch his chest muscles.
"That's enough!" Feng Miaochan growled, shook off his hand, stared at him angrily and said, "If you do this again, I will tell the teacher... I have said everything I should say. I like soldiers and will only look for soldiers as boyfriends. There is no possibility between us."
"Don't be so absolute. It's just that I like soldiers. It's no big deal. I'll become a soldier right now to show you!" Xu Yan said.
Feng Miaochan glanced at him with a look of suspicion and disdain, "Can you become a soldier?"
"Of course, this is a piece of cake for me." Xu Yan patted his chest.
Hearing Xu Yan's words, the school beauty provoked him, "Since you are so confident, why don't we make a bet? If you can become a soldier within three months, I will agree to be your girlfriend. If you can't do it..."
"If I can't do it, you can do whatever you want to me. You can take the sex part or the person part, it's up to you." Before the school beauty finished speaking, Xu Yan interrupted.
Feng Miaochan heard him talking nonsense again, her eyebrows raised and she was about to explode, but she thought this was a good opportunity to get rid of him, so she held back, "I have no interest in you. If you lose, you are not allowed to pester me again in the future, and you are not allowed to pester me during the bet."
"Okay, we have a deal!" Xu Yan raised his hand, and the two of them high-fived as an oath.
Snapped!
Two palms, one big and one small, clapped together. Xu Yan took the opportunity to grab Feng Miaochan's palm, put his mouth close to it, and kissed the back of her hand with a smack. Without giving the latter a chance to get angry, he left a sentence "Just wait to be my girlfriend", turned around and walked away.
Feng Miaochan was stunned, staring at the back of her hand that was kissed.
The short-haired girl asked in surprise: "Miaochan, are you really willing to bet with him?"
"Why not? The recruitment period has passed anyway, and it's impossible for him to do it. Wouldn't it be good to take this opportunity to get rid of this sticky person?" Feng Miaochan curled her lips and sneered.
"You...you are too cunning!" said the short-haired girl with wide eyes.
As the two women were whispering, Xu Yan came back. Feng Miaochan looked at him warily and asked, "What do you want to do now?"
Xu Yan chuckled and said, "I suddenly remembered that I'm going to join the army, and it will take a long time for us to meet again. Can you leave some thoughts for me?"
"What are you thinking?"
"Like kiss me or something like that... If you don't want to agree, then don't agree. And there's no need to stare at me like that, it's creepy!"
Seeing that there was no chance to take advantage, Xu Yan left alone, strode towards his two friends, and proudly announced, "I got it!"
"No way, she really agreed. This is too unfair!" Big Mouth said in surprise.
Xu Yan glared and asked, "What did you say?"
"Congratulations, you finally got what you wanted and got the beauty." After being stared at by Xu Yan, Dazui quickly changed the topic: "Well, you see the school beauty agreed to your confession, should we go over to say hello and call her sister-in-law?"
"Three months later!" Xu Yan waved his hand, met his friends' puzzled looks, briefly stated the agreement, and then looked at the two of them smugly.
The two were stunned and asked uncertainly: "Xu Yan, are you sure the school beauty agreed to your confession?"
"Isn't that nonsense? Of course I agreed. Even though I didn't say it explicitly, becoming a soldier within three months is a piece of cake for me. I'm sure to win this bet, oh ho ho!"
"But the recruitment period has passed. If you want to join the army, you have to wait until next year..."
"I am Xu Yan, a genius unrivaled in the world. Please don't judge me by the standards of ordinary people... Okay, I won't talk any more. I'm leaving now!"
