Chapter 130 Accepting Gifts Doesn't Equal Agreement

Chen Yuan was indeed on fire.

Although the basketball game felt like it was a week ago, we had to admit this heavy fact—it really did happen yesterday.

It was as magical as realizing he'd only known Xia Xinyu for less than a month.

It could only be said that the days with Superpowers were like years.

Meaning: because he had Superpowers, every day felt like New Year's.

Chen Yuan had originally thought that the plot of a爽文 (shuǎng wén,爽文 is a type of Chinese web novel where the protagonist overcomes challenges and achieves success) where 'everyone knows your name' wouldn't happen in reality, but this basketball game, where the weakest Class 15 defeated Class 26, and a certain flexible foreign aid from Class 15 scored 50 points with a buzzer-beating alley-oop dunk, had become known throughout the school.

Even some live videos had circulated, causing a minor sensation, and other brother schools had heard about it—a Jordan had emerged from a school basketball game, I kid you not.

Fortunately, they noted that this meme originated from Chen Yuan of Eleventh High School.

Since they were so well-behaved, the Yuan Friends could say a few words for him if something happened.

The most direct consequence of becoming a celebrity was, as Xinyu satirically said—more rotten peach blossoms.

When Chen Yuan arrived in the class, he saw four cups of milk tea and a box of high-calorie desserts that仙女 (xiān nǚ, fairy/angel) loved, placed on his desk.

It must have been from women.

And their燕国地图 (Yān guó dìtú, a map of the Yan Kingdom, meaning are short) were very short, with notes containing QQ numbers in the bags.

"I think these things need to be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise when Lao Mo sees them, he'll explode on the spot, and then launch the Earth Tremor and slaughter everyone in the class who's in a relationship!"

Standing next to Chen Yuan's seat was Tang Jian, who was seriously offering advice.

"Yeah. Chen Yuan clearly isn't in a relationship, but these women are putting him on the fire. I can't stand it," Zhou Yu also said indignantly.

"You guys are really good friends of Chen Yuan's…" Zhou Fu weakly retorted.

Good friends?

This was a Sima Yi's heart, known to all passersby.

Putting down his backpack and sitting in his seat, Chen Yuan casually said, "In that case, I'll sell them at a 50% discount. Hey, if you don't buy, don't touch."

"You bastard, your brother is helping you solve your problems, and you still dare to ask for money? Are you even human!" Zhou Yu immediately roared.

He received milk tea from girls, and he still wanted to drink milk tea? Did he want all the good things for himself?

"Really, you're so stingy, Yuanzi."

Seeing how stingy he was, Tang Jian cursed viciously, "Wait until Lao Mo finds out you're sleeping with fans, see which of us stands up for you..."

"So aggressive? I was even going to say this cup that looks like it's from a junior is so delicious..."

"Thank you, Brother Yuan, you're the best!"

Tang Jian immediately changed his face like a Sichuan opera, smilingly grabbing the milk tea and inhaling it like a storm.

And imagining the cute junior secretly sipping the straw with her lips before handing over the milk tea...

"I knew Brother Yuan had a big格局 (géjú, vision/mindset), right?"

While Tang Jian was licking Chen Yuan's boots, Zhou Yu had already snatched a cup of milk tea and was reading the other information on the note besides the QQ number: "16, 165, 98… what are these numbers?"

"You idiot, a junior weighing 98 pounds with a height of 165 centimeters. But I have to say, if it's not fake, that's a perfect goddess figure."

Tang Jian continued, also looking for information on the milk tea. Although he didn't have any on his cup, there were some fun things on another cup of milk tea, so he read in a flat tone: "Senior Chen Yuan, do you have a girlfriend? If not, how about me? I'm very cute."

"Ah? How can you say something like that?"

He Sijiao had no interest in dividing Chen Yuan's spoils, and felt that this kind of explicit confession was too awkward, giving her the embarrassment of digging out a three-bedroom apartment with her toes.

The world was going downhill!

Would boys really like this kind of pretentious little bitch?

"Wow, such a direct and劲道 (jìndào, powerful and vigorous) confession? This girl is so straightforward, I love it, I love it." Tang Jian watched as if he was watching a science fiction film, not expecting that there were women in this era who didn't test the waters in love.

He Sijiao: "..."

Huh? A powerful and direct confession? What a strange adjective.

"Chen Yuan, you deserve to die for letting down such a cute junior!" Zhou Yu's betrayal wound cracked open, filled with envy.

He Sijiao again: "..."

No, Zhou Yu, what are you talking about?

You're hooked with just a single sentence, what's the difference between you and that idiot Tang Jian?

Can't you learn from Chen Yuan…

Chen Yuan, what's with that envious look on your face?

Doesn't Xia Xinyu usually play these little情趣 (qíngqù, flirtatious/romantic games) with you?

Jiaojiao is jealous!

Through subtle facial expression changes, Zhou Fu discovered that Chen Yuan wasn't lying to her. He Sijiao really cared about Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu liked the little green tea junior that all boys loved… She had to find an opportunity to make him feel Sijiao's explosive女子力 (nǚzǐlì, feminine power)!

"Then 18, 112, 101… what are these?"

Suddenly, Tang Siwen didn't know when she appeared, and found a pair of numbers like this on a popular Jerry Cheese Milk Cheese cake box.

Neither arithmetic nor geometric.

"18 I know, age, so it should be a senior one grade above us. 112 is weight? That's not heavy, if she's tall. Then this 101…" Zhou Yu analyzed halfway and got stuck.

"Height?" Tang Jian.

"101 height, are you planting small potato mines in Eleventh High School?" Zhou Yu was speechless.

"But isn't it usually height followed by weight?" Tang Jian really couldn't figure it out, "Could it be that 101 refers to a girl group idol?"

"It should be an advantage that's written out separately," Tang Siwen analyzed.

"Then under what circumstances can the data of 101 be considered a prominent advantage? Could it be…"

"Oh! Oh~"

Zhou Yu and Tang Jian thought about it and suddenly their eyes lit up, laughing in a not-so-kind way.

Then, Chen Yuan, who also realized something, gradually revealed a surprised expression of 'ah, so amazing'.

Only Zhou Fu next to Chen Yuan really didn't want to listen.

Do people really take pride in this?

I only find it cumbersome, very cumbersome!

And not good-looking!

"What are they 'oh~'ing about?" Tang Siwen imitated their tone, asking He Sijiao in confusion.

"I don't know, anyway, anything boys say that you don't understand, just understand it as a dirty joke, at least 80% of the time," He Sijiao said disdainfully.

"What about the remaining 20%?" Tang Siwen was as serious as a scientist.

"CSGO, the boys in the class are always talking about that."

"Okay, okay, Lao Mo is coming, filial sons, take your father's gift and scram."

Chen Yuan first drove the two idiots away, and then gave the popular Jerry Cheese Milk Cheese to Tang Siwen, asking, "Do you want to eat it?"

Tang Siwen nodded without saying anything.

[Want to eat]

No, is there a need to listen to this consistent and completely synchronized thought?

Wasting my Superpowers.

"Well, then you eat it. And remember to destroy this senior's QQ number and message."

Although Chen Yuan frankly accepted the things these women sent, he would never keep their contact information, let alone add them.

After all, accepting gifts doesn't equal agreement.

"Didn't realize Chen Yuan is pretty good at respecting people."

At this moment, Li Youyou, who had not joined the topic, suddenly put on an obviously fake smile and teased with a laugh.

"Ah? How can you tell?" He Sijiao asked curiously.

Why was Li Youyou also舔 (tiǎn, lick, bootlick) Chen Yuan, just like Zhou Fu back then…

Could that kid earn another friend fee?

"That…"

After thinking for a while, Li Youyou explained, "Girls have already mustered a lot of courage to send milk tea and messages, and then they're rejected, which is a bit embarrassing. Chen Yuan not keeping the notes is also to avoid leaving them with black history, right? After all, some boys, even if they don't agree, will keep these things to show off…"

Li Youyou's statement was very serious, so serious that everyone who had just treated these girls as gossip felt like they were being pointed at from a 'moral high ground'.

After all, they were all onlookers who enjoyed the show.

Only Li Youyou truly empathized with the secret admirer.

So she didn't find these people in 'female competition' funny at all.

She couldn't laugh at all.

In fact, Li Youyou's request to Chen Yuan that day to 'not remember this kind of thing for a lifetime' was her euphemistic confession to Chen Yuan.

When facing what kind of person would you say the phrase 'don't remember my bad side forever'?

Naturally, it's someone who cares a lot about how the other person feels about them.

"Only you saw my tenderness, sigh."

Chen Yuan kept one cup of the remaining milk tea for himself, and gave another cup to Li Youyou.

"...Haha, thank you, boss." Probably also knowing that she had completely ruined the atmosphere, Li Youyou quickly took the milk tea in a joking tone.

What am I doing?

Doing stupid things.

It must be admitted that Li Youyou had been somewhat absent-minded these past two days.

The last time she took a surprise math quiz, her score dropped by 20 points because before that, she had just done something she regretted for the rest of her life and was scolded by Chen Yuan and beaten by Zhou Fu.

Later, she always thought that Chen Yuan liked Zhou Fu.

But yesterday, after truly seeing the person who made his eyes follow, made his mood fluctuate, and made his smile so different, Li Youyou realized how badly she had lost.

So badly that she didn't dare to give out that bottle of water.

This was a deep sense of inferiority.

In the past, she always felt that she looked okay, although not as pretty as Tang Siwen, but she was also the kind of girl who gave a good impression at first glance.

This kind of confidence was crushed into渣滓 (zhāzǐ, dregs/residue) yesterday.

She's so much prettier than me.

When she smiles, even girls find her so cute.

It's not that I'm timid and cowardly, not even daring to make the action of giving water.

It's that if I and Xia Xinyu were to give water together, but only one bottle could be accepted, who would you choose?

But even so, Li Youyou was still holding onto illusions.

And in the near future, she would take action.

………

Li Youyou's mood was very strange today, and then Chen Yuan read her mind.

Sure enough, he read some inner thoughts that he couldn't get rid of.

Li Youyou seems to be confessing...

Speaking honestly, Zhou Fu didn't care about the past, and he naturally wrote it off as well. It was impossible for him to have any prejudice against her because of this.

But didn't she already know about Xinyu? Why did she still want to do such a meaningless thing?

It can only be said...

It's all the fault of Superpowers.

This wave is all Superpowers' responsibility.

If he couldn't hear her inner thoughts, he wouldn't know that the secret admirer's journey was so depressing...

"Chen Yuan, come here."

During the third period of English class in the morning, Lao Mo rarely called a student out of the classroom during class. So everyone turned their heads and saw that behind Lao Mo stood a middle-aged woman with curly hair, a little chubby, wearing a black qipao, and slanted phoenix eyes with a very刻薄 (kèbó, acerbic/mean) expression, like an evil mother-in-law in a TV series.

Seeing this, the people in the class whispered to each other.

"That seems to be Xu Chen's mom."

"I heard that Xu Chen was seriously injured, and basically his path as a basketball student is ruined. Then his mom directly stormed into the school, asking the school for money. She's been arguing in the political education office all morning."

"Disgusting, his son tripped someone, and he still has the nerve to ask for money?"

Hearing what the classmates said, Chen Yuan suddenly felt very disappointed.

So this was Xu Chen's mom.

Recalling his bold statement of 'I'll directly deal with your mom'… he suddenly felt a little nauseous.

"Don't quarrel, talk nicely," Zhou Fu gently tugged at Chen Yuan's sleeve, wanting him to be more calm.

Chen Yuan had never had any irrational behavior in the past, but today's situation was different after all. After parents were involved, his '睚眦必报 (yázìbìbào, petty/vindictive)' was not appropriate.

Parents and some people in society were more dangerous.

"Chen Yuan, don't be too stubborn, talk nicely," He Sijiao also said with concern.

His feud with Xu Chen had something to do with Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu's matter was her business… no, I mean, Zhou Yu fought because she was hit!

"Don't be weak either," Zhou Yu added.

"Yeah, I know."

After nodding slightly to everyone, Chen Yuan left the classroom.

Li Youyou also saw this scene, but couldn't encourage him like everyone else.

And what she felt was quite bad was that after Chen Yuan encountered such trouble, she was actually thinking that she would have a chance to comfort him later…

As soon as Chen Yuan saw Lao Mo, Xu Chen's mom immediately came up to question him.

Then, she was directly blocked by Lao Mo, who seriously reminded her, "Please calm down. If you don't cooperate like this, then please leave the school."

"...Then you educate your student first, Teacher Mo."

Xu Chen's mom glared at the kid unhappily, then turned her head away, her face full of impatience.

"Chen Yuan, come here."

After Lao Mo took Chen Yuan to the side, he looked at this special student who had recently made a splash here, and there was no more severity in his tone.

Because Lao Mo at this time was a Lao Mo who could distinguish right from wrong, a Lao Mo who needed to protect his students.

Xu Chen's mom had been making trouble at the school all morning, even after showing her the video, professional physical education teachers said that injuries from playing ball were legally无过失方 (wú guòshī fāng, without fault), and that even this matter was like a rear-end collision with full responsibility, and Xu Chen, who put his foot where the other person was landing, was the one who should apologize.

However, her logic was very tough and she thought it was flawless.

First, my child was injured at your school, so the school should pay.

Second, I paid for insurance, and the insurance said it was a student safety insurance with a limit of one million. My son is a basketball player with so much future, and this kind of thing happened. This ten thousand or so is definitely not enough. Who are you trying to fool? The school must help fight for compensation.

Third, Chen Yuan caused my son's injury, and he's completely fine, so from the result, Chen Yuan must also pay.

Facing such unreasonable demands, the school certainly couldn't accept it, but what they couldn't accept the most was the first point: the school paying.

If the school was responsible for everything that happened at the school, how much money would they have to spend?

As for the third point, they also thought it was ridiculous, but...

Teacher Mo, let Xu Chen's mother and Chen Yuan's mother communicate privately. Although factually speaking, Chen Yuan is not at fault, Xu Chen's leg is broken after all, and it will delay him for a whole year, and he may even have to repeat a grade, which is very unfortunate. Chen Yuan has made a lot of progress recently, and is the most improved student among the specially assisted students. Now is a good stage for him to sprint in his studies, so don't delay his studies because of trivial matters... In fact, from a humanitarian perspective, you can compensate a little.

Compensate my ass!

Lao Mo played ball and knew how bad Xu Chen was. This wasn't the same thing at all.

And he was also a teacher, with an obligation to protect his students. Chen Yuan didn't suffer a major injury, which was the silver lining in the misfortune. How could the victim still suffer?

This time, no matter what, he didn't want to encourage this kind of evil trend.

Even at school, stability was more important than anything.

"Chen Yuan, this is not your business," Lao Mo said earnestly, "She said she wants to talk to you about compensation today. Just listen, and don't say anything later. I'll..."

"I think compensation is possible."

However, Chen Yuan suddenly interrupted Lao Mo halfway through his words.

"Did she harass you?" Lao Mo asked in confusion.

She must have harassed him. Xu Chen's mom didn't look like a good person, and he heard that she also had a younger brother who used to work in construction and later opened a property company. High school students couldn't possibly not be afraid of this kind of person.

Chen Yuan shook his head: "No."

"Then why do you think that?" Lao Mo felt unbelievable.

If Chen Yuan really did this, he would even directly fulfill the leader's request and quell the matter, but this...

"Don't want her to keep making trouble."

"..." His words made Lao Mo silent.

He clearly remembered one thing.

Three high school students from their school went swimming in the river, and one drowned. Then the other two families each compensated the drowned student's family with 50,000.

There were many reasons for this, which were not good to talk about in detail.

It could only be said that the 50,000 was because the two families were forced to do so and had to pay to avoid disaster.

So Chen Yuan had already seen that step?

"Teacher Mo, let me talk to her," Chen Yuan said.

"What are you going to talk to her about?" Lao Mo asked, "Can you do it without me?"

"I'll say it. If it really doesn't work, I'll give her my parents' phone number," Chen Yuan said quite calmly, "You can watch from the side. If she doesn't listen, then you can say something."

Lao Mo really didn't know what to say to Chen Yuan, but since he had said this, he couldn't say 'Compensate my ass, no compensation', so he could only tacitly agree.

Then, he told him, "Don't make decisions easily. I'll solve it if something happens."

"Okay, okay."

Chen Yuan nodded.

Then, he went directly to the corner of the stairs with Xu Chen's mom. And although Lao Mo avoided it, he was also within sight.

"If you hadn't fallen like that, my son's leg wouldn't have broken, you know that?" Xu Chen's mom asked angrily.

What tripping or not?

Even if he stepped on his foot, my son would suffer. Those teachers just like to talk nonsense!

"The Civil Code stipulates: voluntarily participating in cultural and sports activities with a certain risk, being injured because of the actions of other participants, generally no compensation will be given, voluntarily assuming risk," Chen Yuan said.

"How old are you to talk to me about the law? What do you know about the law? I only know that my son's leg was broken by you, and you're perfectly fine," Xu Chen's mom also checked the law and knew that what the other person said was true, but she had other methods.

She heard that this kid's parents weren't from Xia Hai, but from He Xiang, and he was coming to school alone as a day student.

So as long as she made a few phone calls to his parents, they would want to quell the matter out of concern for their son.

This was the way of parents.

"Oh."

However, Chen Yuan's emotions were as stable as a capybara.

This annoyed her.

Before coming, Xu Chen's mom had talked to Xu Chen about this matter. For some reason, her son was very silly and confused, and didn't let her come to the school to demand compensation, telling her not to make a fuss, saying not to embarrass him.

He was too silly. If he didn't make a fuss, how could this matter be resolved?

However, he didn't reject the suggestion made by Xu Chen's uncle, that is, her younger brother, to warn Chen Yuan and prevent him from being so 'jumpy' in the future.

It seemed that he really had a deep feud with Chen Yuan.

How could she tolerate her child being bullied at school?

"It's useless for me to talk to you. Give me your parents' contact information, and I'll ask them to pay for medical expenses!"

"Paying for medical expenses doesn't require contacting my parents. I can decide myself," Chen Yuan said.

"..."

Hearing Chen Yuan say this, Xu Chen's mom's anger subsided a lot.

Although she didn't understand why this kid was so cooperative. But since the other party agreed, she accepted it: "Do you know how much money you should pay?"

"What do you say?"

"Thirty thousand yuan."

After Xu Chen's mom finished speaking, she also had a gentle expression, explaining, "Compared to medical expenses and nutrition fees, this is nothing at all. I'm looking at you as a student, and we're taking on the big expenses, so I said we only need 30,000 in compensation..."

"I only twisted my foot, and you're going to compensate me 30,000?"

"..."

The expression on Xu Chen's mom's face completely froze.

The words were on the tip of her tongue, but she didn't know what to say.

Just like that, as if she had suddenly been slapped twice, her silence lasted for a long, long time.

Suddenly, countless common idioms containing 'Mom' were stuck in her throat.

She almost cursed, but she stopped in time.

Adults have a great advantage over children in terms of intelligence.

Making unreasonable demands was okay, because twisting logic still belonged to reasoning, but cursing changed the nature of things.

Therefore, she would choose a more mature way.

Walking in front of Chen Yuan, staring at this speechless boy who was almost like a呆子 (dāizi, blockhead/fool) for studying too much, Xu Chen's mom asked, "What did you say?"

"Malicious injury like tripping doesn't fall within the scope of voluntarily assuming risk. And there's a video," Chen Yuan said logically, "It's only right for you to compensate a little. 30,000 is fine."

"Don't be smart," Xu Chen's mom's face sank, warning, "I can still talk to you nicely. If my brother comes, you'll know what fear is."

"Oh."

Chen Yuan knew how to use the simplest way to deal the highest damage.

"You don't know what Xu Chen's uncle does?" Xu Chen's mom asked.

"Don't know."

"Soil work, understand? Burying people."

Hearing the other party say this viciously, Chen Yuan couldn't help but laugh, but he didn't laugh out loud: "It sounds like it's true."

"You think it's fake?" Anyway, no one was around, so she simply scared him, "What do you little brats know? My brother really has buried people before..."

"Ding."

Suddenly, an electronic sound came from Chen Yuan's pocket.

Xu Chen's mom was stunned.

In order to scare this little brat and make him afraid, she said some unverifiable truths.

But this little brat... did he just record her?!

"No! Give me your phone..."

"Hey! I'll call security if you make any more trouble!" Seeing that this woman was going to entangle Chen Yuan, Lao Mo quickly went over to stop her.

Then he saw Chen Yuan naturally step back and give him an ok gesture - solved.

No, what did you solve!

Whether it was solved or not, he didn't know...

But Chen Yuan, who had recorded her in front of her mother, knew that he could really deal with her mom directly.

Whether what she said was true or false, wouldn't this recording count as a 热心市民 (rèxīn shìmín, public-spirited citizen)'s enthusiastic report?