Chapter 9 Kong Xuan
The conversation was not deliberately lowered, so the students around could hear it. Even such a short conversation aroused people's curiosity. Did these two know each other or not?
Yu Zhenzhen was too embarrassed to read the gossip openly, and her eyes were almost slanting to her temples.
Just after Tan Xiao said those two words, the whole atmosphere fell to the bottom.
Kong Xuan looked at Tan Xiao with a gloomy expression. He had never thought that someone could express such an outrageous content in just two words.
——His wizard didn’t even recognize him!
For a moment, Tan Xiao even doubted whether he had recognized the wrong deskmate. Considering that Lin Yang and Kong Xuan had similar hairstyles, his doubt was genuine. He looked back at Kong Xuan with clear eyes.
Tan Xiao glanced at the textbook on the table and confirmed that this was not his deskmate. Based on this speculation, this should be the new student. He turned his gaze to Lin Yang.
Lin Yang received the signal and whispered to his deskmate: "This is a new student, his name is Kong Xuan."
But this name still did not bring back any memories for Tan Xiao.
Kong Xuan? Although Tan Xiao was face-blind, he had a good memory. He was sure that he did not know a person named Kong Xuan. He suspected that Kong Xuan had recognized the wrong person.
or……
Tan Xiao asked tentatively: "Have we met before?"
Kong Xuan had never encountered such an incredible thing, and Tan Xiao's sincerity made him annoyed but unable to get angry openly.
Humph, it seems that he only showed his eyes to meet Tan Xiao before. Maybe Tan Xiao didn't expect him to appear in the world... It must be so, otherwise there is no reasonable explanation.
Kong Xuan retracted his gaze. Even if he was angry, his face looked even more angry. He said coldly, "I've never seen him before. I recognized the wrong person."
Tan Xiao sat back in his seat silently, thinking that the new transfer student had a bad temper. Why are you so angry at me when you mistaken me for someone else?
After Lin Yang also put his eyes back on the textbook, he was really impressed. He was indeed my deskmate! So cool! He was quietly excited, just like all the students who were watching secretly. How could he be mistaken/unrecognized for such a handsome guy? There must be a story behind this! !
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After morning self-study, there was physics class. As the physics teacher walked up to the podium, his eyes fell on Kong Xuan.
There were fifty or sixty people in a classroom, and Kong Xuan stood out like a flashlight, so the teacher couldn't help but stare at him for a few more seconds, and said jokingly, "Oh, your reputation is well-deserved. I heard a long time ago that there's a new handsome guy in your class."
Not only his appearance, but his temperament is also cold and noble, and the boy's phoenix eyes make him look arrogant even when he looks at him calmly.
After the first class, the corridor of their class was bustling like never before. Students from other classes and even grades heard the news and came calling their friends. Their courage was boosted. At first they were just "passing by", but later it started to get stuck in traffic.
Even some teachers came over to watch.
Yu Zhenzhen was so exhausted from going to the toilet that she had to stand at the door and shout loudly: "Everyone please go inside, don't block the front door, there are still empty seats in the middle of the corridor..."
The crowd at the door suddenly burst into laughter.
Tan Xiao couldn't help but glance at Kong Xuan. It seemed that these people were here to see the transfer students.
Kong Xuan was used to being stared at, and he remained calm even when there were crowds of people outside. However, he keenly noticed that Tan Xiao was looking at him from among the countless gazes, and perhaps he felt something was wrong?
He knew that the witch would regret it!
Lin Yang scratched his head and wanted to call Kong Xuan.
He was usually very courageous, but at this moment he had to prepare himself mentally for a while, probably because Kong Xuan's appearance was not only excellent, but also very aggressive, which made people dare only watch him from a distance. "Um... Kong Xuan, you have a cell phone, right? I'll add you to the class group later."
Mobile phones are allowed in No. 1 Middle School, but they must be collected by class leaders during class time. However, they can be used during lunch break after class.
Kong Xuan didn't have that kind of thing, and he didn't think it was important: "No."
Nanchu No. 1 Middle School has many boarding students, so most of them have cell phones. I didn't expect Kong Xuan didn't have one. Lin Yang said awkwardly, "Okay, if you have any questions, just talk to me or the monitor. You can also talk to Tan Xiao, he is the representative of the physics class."
Kong Xuan didn't say anything. He wouldn't look for Tan Xiao unless Tan Xiao realized his mistake.
In the blink of an eye, the morning class is over and it's time for lunch.
Lin Yang invited Kong Xuan to the cafeteria, but he looked at Tan Xiao and shook his head slowly.
Lin Yang felt that there was something wrong with these two and shrugged: "I'll go by myself."
He felt that Kong Xuan seemed to want to eat with Tan Xiao, but as their desk mate, he knew that Tan Xiao also didn't like going to the cafeteria, had a lot of pocket money and was picky about food, so he always ate out.
Tan Xiao did not go to the cafeteria, but was going to get takeout. However, he found that Kong Xuan was looking at him, and his eyes did not seem too friendly. This transfer student was really weird. He could only smile back politely: "Goodbye. I'm going to eat."
Kong Xuan: “…”
Tan Xiao didn’t think that his eating had anything to do with Kong Xuan, since he had chosen not to eat.
Tan Xiao walked to the edge of the playground alone. The management of No. 1 Middle School is relatively strict. The school gate is closed at noon and students are not allowed to go out to eat. They are not even allowed to pick up takeout at the school gate.
But for every policy from the top, there is a countermeasure from the bottom.
Nanchu is hilly and many buildings are scattered. For example, the playground is five or six meters high, and above it is a residential building. When students order takeout, the takeout store comes here, puts a rope and ties a basket with the takeout inside. It is far away from the school gate and the security guards can't see it.
Tan Xiao waited for his own basket, put the money in it, and then took the takeaway away, quite skillfully.
Tan Xiao ordered a plate of shengjian, each one of which was plump and crisp, dipped in green chopped green onions and a little sesame.
This is also a time-honored brand. When I was a kid, I liked to watch the chef making Shengjian behind the transparent glass window on my way home from school. He pushed the spoon, poured in oil, and fried the bottom like flowing water until it was golden brown.
In addition, he also brought mung bean soup in a thermos cup, the ice inside had not melted yet, as this weather was the coolest.
On the way back with the takeaway, I met Lin Yang coming out of the cafeteria.
"Xiaozai, what's going on between you and the transfer student? Are you pretending not to know him? Or do you really not remember him? It's impossible that you can forget someone so handsome. Try to think carefully." Lin Yang came up and asked. He felt something was not right. His deskmate didn't really recognize people.
When Tan Xiao heard this messy name, he knew that this was probably Lin Yang. He shook his head and said, "Really not." He was face-blind but his memory was still very good.
Tan Xiao calculated the time in his mind. He and Lin Yang left the classroom at the same time. How fast did Lin Yang finish his meal? Could it be less than five minutes?
Lin Yang said with a sigh of relief: "Kong Xuan and you were obviously at loggerheads in the classroom. Actually, it's not that I can't understand you. There can't be two tigers in one mountain."
Tan Xiao didn't take it to heart: "By the way, I think he looks a bit like you."
Lin Yang: “…”
Lin Yang: "You hate him so much."
Tan Xiao: "..."
Lin Yang wanted to say stop cursing, he felt like he was being used as a tool to attack Kong Xuan!
He is very self-aware, okay? He is about three points handsome, but he is still too different from Kong Xuan... Anyway, there is a gap, which makes people feel that Tan Xiao is dissatisfied with the gap with Kong Xuan.
Tan Xiao is so tight-lipped. I really want to know what’s going on between them. Why do they insist that they don’t know each other?
When Tan Xiao and Lin Yang were carrying the takeaway back, most of the classmates had not returned yet, and there were no onlookers in the corridor. Kong Xuan was sitting in his seat, looking outside.
Lin Yang casually asked with concern: "Didn't you go to eat?"
After hearing this, Kong Xuan actually glanced at Tan Xiao, and then said angrily: "I won't eat it."
Tan Xiao happily opened his shengjian and took a big bite.
The fried crispy and golden fried dumplings burst with deliciousness in your mouth, with crispy skin and plenty of juice, but not too greasy, making you want to eat one bite after another.
Eat two and drink a mouthful of mung bean soup. The mung beans are cooked until they bloom, and the dark green soup collides with the crushed ice, giving off a hint of coolness. The mung bean soup goes down your throat refreshingly, with just the right amount of coolness.
Kong Xuan: “…………”
Students from Class 3 came back one after another.
Yu Zhenzhen also walked in arm in arm with her bestie, rubbing her belly. The two were still chatting about Tarot cards. She planned to take out her own cards and practice the card layout during the lunch break.
Lin Yang came over and said, "Squad Leader, can you tell me the answer to my dream?"
Yu Zhenzhen glanced at him and said, "It's hard to say."
Lin Yang patted the monitor's shoulder, "Master."
Yu Zhenzhen: "If you have anything to ask, please tell me in detail."
Lin Yang looked serious and said half-truthfully, "I've been dreaming these past two days, all night long, and I'm not in a good mood. Tell me why."
Yu Zhenzhen laughed and said, "You just read too much in books. Did you have a dream last night? I can interpret this without using cards."
"Hey, you were the one who recommended it to me, why are you mocking me?" Lin Yang's cheeks turned red when his new hobby of reading romance novels was exposed. "Besides, I didn't dream about anything messy at all. I dreamed about my second uncle."
Second uncle, this really doesn't sound like a romance novel.
Tan Xiao asked why he kept yawning in the morning, and thought for a moment, "It seems your second uncle just passed away?"
Lin Yang was shocked. He hadn't mentioned this to anyone because they weren't considered direct relatives. "...Oh my god, how did you know?"
Tan Xiao: “Connections.”
Lin Yang: “…”
What a fucking connection!
Tan Xiao explained: "Your second uncle used to be a funeral clerk, and my mother knew him."
Nanchu is so small, and the Tan family is a wizard family after all. Although they have been mascots for many years, it is not surprising that they have connections in this area.
"Yeah, but it seems that he didn't do it after he fell ill. And because he did all these things, his family wanted to arrange another burial after the cremation." Lin Yang said.
After all, Chu has traditions. Even though many local elderly people have passed away, they still find various teams to perform rituals.
Lin Yang's second great uncle used to do this business. He died in the hospital and was sent to the funeral home. They decided to burn his ashes first, and then hold a funeral ceremony according to the old customs and bury him for the second time.
Tan Xiao's family no longer accepts such private funerals, but their peers all purchase goods from the same factories and shops. When Tan Chunying is not at home, it is Tan Xiao who takes care of the contact. He even knows that the funeral budget of Lin Yang's second uncle's family is about 100,000...
After Tan Xiao's interruption, Yu Zhenzhen felt a chill down her spine. It was not like a romance novel, but a supernatural novel. She touched her cards and said, "My condolences. I think you must be dreaming about something during the day."
Lin Yang and his second uncle were not close, and he felt that he had not been thinking about him all the time. He was also a heartless person. "What? I didn't mean to scare you. After my second uncle passed away, not only me, but our whole family dreamed about him. No one could sleep well!"
There was silence for a moment.
"Don't scare people in broad daylight!"
"Really not , alas." Lin Yang wiped his face. His emotion was half true and half false. He felt it was a little weird, but he didn't quite believe it. "I thought I was the only one dreaming, but it turns out that my parents, my aunt, my brother... all dreamed about it! Isn't it the seventh day? We suspect that the funeral home has been unable to cremate the body, which has caused Second Uncle to have objections. Otherwise, he just doesn't want to be cremated."
Nowadays, funeral homes are sometimes too busy and have to put bodies in cold storage and wait for cremation.
It makes sense that the old man didn't want to be cremated. Otherwise, why are there so many cases of cremation followed by secondary burials in the countryside, and even many cases of direct burials.
After Lin Yang said this, everyone wondered how could it be such a coincidence?
Could it be that Lin Yang's second uncle really had something wrong with him?
It was clearly noon in summer, but Lin Yang's words made the students around him couldn't help but feel goose bumps on their bodies. The students who were laughing and joking just now looked at each other strangely.
A voice broke the strange atmosphere.
“Beep.”
It was Tan Xiao. He walked to the air conditioner and turned up the temperature.
Turning around and finding everyone looking at him, he asked in confusion: "What? You guys are not really scared by him, are you?"
Yu Zhenzhen: "...That's because you were just helping him fill in the background."
It was only after Tan Xiao said that that they realized that Second Uncle Lin Yang actually ate food from the underworld and held funerals during his lifetime. How could this not be ridiculous?
Tan Xiao looked at Lin Yang and said calmly, "There's nothing strange about this. Second Uncle is your common relative. The spirit of a group can infect each other. Your family atmosphere may be more... well, more easily affected, causing you to dream about similar things."
Lin Yang opened his mouth a little, looking dazed.
Tan Xiao: "If you are really worried, spend some money and come to my house for a massage. It will be like a psychological massage."
Tsk, how could there be so many supernatural events in the world? He only encountered a male viper in all these years.
Lin Yang: “…”
Tan Xiao's explanation brought everyone into a scientific and commercial atmosphere. Yu Zhenzhen held up the tarot cards and said, "That doesn't count."
Lin Yang poked at his dark circles in frustration, "Forget it, forget it. This spiritualist almost said I was superstitious."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Kong Xuan, who had been silent all the time, frowned again. Did Tan Xiao do it on purpose?
Unable to bear to see his own wizard dispelling superstition, Kong Xuan stood up and left.
Yu Zhenzhen asked in confusion: "What happened to Kong Xuan?"
Tan Xiao was also puzzled. He had good eyesight and saw the test paper on Kong Xuan's desk. It was the one the teacher handed out in the morning.
He took a quick look at Kong Xuan's answer and took a deep breath.
My goodness, can this be worth 28 points?!
Tan Xiao said: "It's okay, it's okay. I was probably angry at myself."
