92 Eternal Second
Currently, Han Zixin and An Xiulan were looking at other paintings. She stood before a certain painting, her eyes fixed on a figure in light pink Hanfu under the cherry blossom tree, staring at the blankness. The artist was so talented that she was left stunned by how the cherry blossoms and the girl’s pink Hanfu were scattering like the petals of cherry blossoms.
“Do you like the painting?” A boy around their age asked her.
An Xiulan looked at the boy who was wearing a blue T-shirt and faded jeans and nodded her head.
“Do you want to buy this?” He asked.
An Xiulan looked at Han Zixin who raised his brow in return. He could tell how she stared at the girl with eyes filled with sadness but there was also a smile on her lips which was confusing him for some reason. He could tell what emotions she was feeling at this moment.
However, he knew that she liked the painting and didn’t dissuade her from buying it.
“How much is it?” An Xiulan asked.
“Two hundred Yuan,” The boy was not ready to lower the price. He studied in No 5 high school which was a public school in the city. He had shifted to the city this month with her mother and now was selling his artworks to afford his high school studies.
She asked her for a scan payment but he said he didn’t have a cellphone. Thus, Han Zixin paid the two hundred bucks to the artists without her saying. This goes without saying. They had such a unique bond between them.
An Xiulan smiled at the boy and took the painting from him and showed it to Han Zixin.
“What school are you guys in?” The boy asked a while later.
“Jingyuan High,” Han Zixin replied as An Xiulan was busy g touching the painting to take a feel. He didn’t bother with her as he knew that she was crazy.
The boy smirked. “Li Sicheng. Remember the name. We will meet next year. Don’t forget to inform Han Nanxian that Li Sicheng will come to snatch his crown next year. Be ready.”
“Excuse me?” An Xiulan looked at him. “Are you saying that you are going to defeat God Han? My tutor Han Nanxian? He is the best person in the entire Jingyuan High. He can defeat five of you in a second if I ask him to! “
She was one of those students who used to think that Han Nanxian was nothing other than a wizard who scored top marks in every test but now that she had been tutored by the same boy for more than two weeks, she knew that there was more to his character than he let everyone know. He was the invincible hero. The first student in the history of Jingyuan high who would score perfect marks in every exam and now a boy out of nowhere was here to claim that he was better than God Han?
“Han Nanxian is not the only one who can score perfect marks,” Li Sicheng smirked. “There can’t be only one God Han in the history of perfect scorers. Jingyuan High must be ready to welcome another.”
“This student, you are right, ” Another voice was heard and An Xiulan and Han Zixin saw Gu Shangyan coming with other students of Class A behind him. “God Han will be appearing for the college entrance test until you will come to our school. Don’t worry, Class A of Jingyuan High will welcome you with warm smiles. And you are right, God Han will not be the only person in the Jingyuan High to have invincible scores.”
Li Sicheng didn’t mind Gu Shangyan’s arrogant and cold words. Instead, he smiled at him and said, “Then, forgive me for not allowing Genius Gu to leave second place ever. Or should I call you Eternal Second?”
The other students laughed and Gu Shangyan stood there, blank. ρꪖꪕᦔꪖꪕꪫꪣꫀꪶ
“Eternal Second!” More people started teasing Gu Shangyan while he was just standing there, doing nothing!
“M*ther fuckers!” Lu Xuan appeared at the scene, yanking the arm of the sculpture exhibited and threw it on the ground, scaring the bunch of students who stopped laughing at the same moment.
Lu Xuan was a crazy boy!
They had heard stories of him!
“Say the fucking words and see how I break your fucking mouths!” Lu Xuan threatened with a half-smirk etched on his mouth and nobody bothered to utter a word. He grabbed Gu Shangyan and walked out of the exhibition hall, but not before breaking a sculpture or two.
An Xiulan couldn’t see the face of the person who appeared like a gangster and dragged Gu Shangyan out with him. She was curious because she didn’t remember Gu Shangyan having friends in the school.
“Wow,” The students of Class Ten A let out the breath that they had been holding.
“Since when did Genius Gu become friends with Boss Lu?” Someone asked but no one had any answer to this question.
The students of the Jingyuan High School walked out of the community hall. An Xiulan was walking behind Han Zixin who wasn’t speaking to her. She knew that he wasn’t someone who spoke many words but currently he was not speaking at all.
“Cheat Prince?” An Xiulan called out his name.
“Hmm?” Han Zixin didn’t bother to look at An Xiulan who was following him.
“Do you want candy?” She asked.
“No, candies are bad for teeth,” Han Zixin replied.
“Should I send you two hundred bucks by WeChat?” She tried to initiate the conversation.
“Don’t bother,” Han Zixin replied. “Just take it as the expense of candies that you buy for me till this date.”
An Xiulan paused in her footsteps as she couldn’t take another step but he didn’t stop walking far and far from her. She didn’t know why but tears started forming in her eyes as she watched him walking further and further.
If he was angry with her, he should tell her the reason, not walk away from her.