Going Against the Wind (Lan Lin)

Chapter 1

During lunch break, Nan High's student cafeteria was filled with teenage boys and girls carrying lunch trays, walking back and forth. Xiao Xuan was sitting in a seat by the window and eating lunch in a proper manner, wearing the famous high-collared Nan High* uniform. [*literally, South High]

This uniform worn on his body was incredibly fitting, and the photos that Nan High promotional brochures used were his; he was always like the model Nan High student.

Xiao Xuan's figure was tall and slim, his looks were polished and beautiful, his hair soft and black, his complexion fair, his eyes large and black, and even when his face was expressionless, it seemed like he was smiling.

Even now, when he was absent-mindedly eating the crab rolls on his plate, the effect was still beautiful.

"Xiao Xuan, you're so out of it. What's wrong, you dreamed of that again last night?"

Xiao Xuan swallowed what was in his mouth, facing his good friend from childhood with a habitual sweet smile, though his words were another matter altogether: "That's right, so it was so hard to sleep. Seems like I did it many times too, I was so tired even in my dream."

"So erotic. Your object of your erotic dream must be very tired too. Ouyang Teacher really doesn't have it easy, to have a beastly student like you..."

"Hey, you can't talk about a gifted student like this."

"You dream that kind of dream every day, excellent my ass. Are you going to come out and play tonight?"

"I can't." Xiao Xuan sighed, unconcerned with Qian Zhi's vulgar language. "One of my father's friends just got back, I have to eat with him."

"Can't you stop being such an obedient child for a bit?"

Xiao Xuan sighed again. "I'm a moral and straight-A student." [sarcastically]

"So boring." Qian Zhi drank his grape juice. "Accompany the old man then, we're gonna have fun, we're not waiting for you. But then, seeing how you're always declining, let me share some extra good news with you."

"What? That guitarist finally broke up with you?"

"Fuck, don't mention him to me." Qian Zhi snorted, "He's like fly shit, I can't even get rid of him. Let me tell you, I was at 'Narcissism' last night, and I think I saw Ouyang Teacher."

"Really?" Xiao Xuan turned to face him with great interest, raising an eyebrow.

He was quite tall for his age, but when he smiled, there were even dimples, very sweet, which easily let others set aside their defenses.

"From the back, it looked like it. To appear in that kind of a bar, what kind of a person would you say he is? It looked like he wanted to talk up someone, but he only sat there for a while and then left, seems like he doesn't have much experience." Qian Zhi used his elbow to hit him. "An old and fresh person in the circle*, aren't those the type that you love to play with?" [*in the circle: referring to the social circle of homosexual males]

Xiao Xuan immediately protested: "Saying 'play' is so unpleasant..."

"Stop pretending, what are you doing if not playing?"

"Don't say it like that. Others yearn for the connection of the soul and body; I'm excellent in character and learning, a top student with noble thoughts. I don't pay attention to the outer body..."

"That's right, I know, you pay attention to the 'inner depth,' right? Save it for the old men." Qian Zhi couldn't take it anymore and tried to change the topic. "So that..."