A CERTAIN SOMEONE ( THE ON1Y ONE )

Chapter 039 - Brothers

What Did He Say They Are Again?

“Where’s your phone? Confiscated?” Gao Tianyang looked at his empty hands.
“Mn.”
“Big Mouth is truly public enemy #1!” Gao Tianyang lamented on his behalf, and clutched his own pocket with lingering fear in his heart. “Oh yeah, who were you chatting with just now?”
Sheng Wang was slightly lost. He didn’t reply; instead, he asked, “Why?”
“Did Big Mouth see the chat? If you’re chatting with someone outside of school it’s no big deal. If it’s someone in our school, like Tian-ge or whoever, then Big Mouth is probably in his way to confiscate another phone.” Gao Tianyang said.
Sheng Wang: “......”

He cursed out loud, and headed straight for the classroom.
The students walking along Road #3 were doing so at a leisurely pace, girls had their arms hooked around each other’s as they happily chatted away. Sheng Wang nearly bumped into people, he weaved around them as he said “Excuse me”, yet his footsteps were unrelenting.
He turned into the flower patches in order to take a shortcut, the edges of his school jacket were lifted up by the wind, and in a blink of an eye he disappeared at the end of the path.

Gao Tianyang was too late and didn’t manage to stop him. He vigorously waved at the sports ground and yelled, “Old Song! We’re leaving!”
And then he chased after him.

Gao Tianyang was well known in the entire level for his role as a sports rep. He participated in the sports carnival in year one, and all the events he participated in, he came in first in all of them. He brought up the overall points for Class A with his own sheer power.
Even with this, he spent a a hell lot of energy just trying to catch up with Sheng Wang, to the point that he only caught the corner of Sheng Wang’s jacket as he headed to the second floor while he only reached the first floor of Mingli Block.

“Big Mouth really caught it?” Gao Tianyang climbed the stairs three steps at a time, closely following Sheng Wang. “Who?”
“Jiang Tian.” Sheng Wang replied.
“Seriously?! No way—” After a run like this over such a long stretch, even Gao Tianyang was panting, “My Tian-ge, earned his own allowance, there’s no way, we’re gonna, let his phone, get confiscated!”

*
In the classroom, Jiang Tian checked WeChat again. The conversation stopped at “Black people performing goose steps”, and after that Sheng Wang was quiet ever since; maybe he was too absorbed in the performance or something else.
He switched off the screen, and tossed the phone as well as the envelope into his bag. Out of the corner of his eyes, he spotted a figure dashing into the classroom.

He was startled by it enough to look up, and saw Sheng Wang charging straight towards him, only braking when his palm landed on his table. The gust of wind followed by his actions was warm from his body temperature and the remnants of summer heat lingering outdoors.

“Did Big Mouth come by?” Sheng Wang panted with both hands propped against his table, beads of sweat appearing at the corner of his forehead.
“No.” Jiang Tian did not understand what was going on. “Why were you in a hurry?”

Just after he spoke, Gao Tianyang came charging in closely behind, saying, “Tian-ge, Big Mouth already confiscated your phone?”
“No.” Jiang Tian instantly understood and turned his eyes to Sheng Wang, “Yours got confiscated?”

Sheng Wang nodded, but his expression was one of relief.
“That was so freaking tiring, even more tiring than 3000m.” He looked as if a great burden had been lifted off his shoulders; he slumped over as he tried to catch his breath. The lines of his neck shifted as he breathed, his lips however were pale to the point of turning white.

Jiang Tian took out a bottle of water from his table, uncapped it and passed it to him. “You ran all the way from the sports ground?”
“Yeah.” Sheng Wang didn’t bother with formalities and was about to drink the moment he received it.