Chapter 12: Long Junhao’s Identity
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“Ah, no, no, Zhou Xiaonan, listen to me!” Chu Nan panicked. He immediately pressed the notebook beneath his thigh, then, apparently still afraid it was unsafe there, hurriedly tucked it behind himself, sitting as though he were on pins and needles.
Zhou Xiaonan said expressionlessly, “I haven’t said anything. What are you getting so worked up about?”
“Oh. That’s good.”
“What’s good?” Zhou Xiaonan said with undisguised contempt. “I never realized you were a pervert, Chu Nan. No wonder you’re still a virgin.”
“I… No, you’ve misunderstood. This notebook has helped me tremendously, so I got a little excited just now. I absolutely didn’t mean anything else.” Chu Nan hurried to explain.
“Stop explaining. In any case, I’ve got you now, so you have to agree to one request of mine, or else…” A smug expression spread across Zhou Xiaonan’s face.
“I agree! I agree to anything. Just tell me what you want. Whatever you do, don’t tell Jiang Yuwei, or I’ll die of social embarrassment!”
Zhou Xiaonan frowned. “Die of social embarrassment? What does that mean?”
“It means… well, social death. For example, if some guy touched a girl’s backside in public and everyone found out about it, wouldn’t that guy suffer social death?” Chu Nan explained. Only then did he remember that people in this era apparently had not yet started using the term.
“So that’s what it means. Hmm, it’s actually a very fitting expression.” Zhou Xiaonan smiled. “If I told everyone in your class about this, do you think you’d suffer social death?”
“Of course I would! So hurry up and tell me what you want!” Cold sweat had already begun to bead on Chu Nan’s forehead. If this girl told anyone what had happened, his plan to have Jiang Yuwei tutor him would be ruined.
“My request…” Zhou Xiaonan rested her chin on one slender finger and pursed her rosy lips. “Hmm… I haven’t decided yet. I’ll tell you once I have. Don’t you dare forget.”
“Don’t worry. I definitely won’t forget!” Chu Nan hurriedly patted his chest in promise.
“All right. Eat your breakfast first. Oh, right—I bought you a phone. It’ll make it easier for us to keep in touch. Enter your own number into it.” As she spoke, Zhou Xiaonan handed him a red-and-white phone.
“A Nokia 3250!” Chu Nan stared in astonishment. He had never expected Zhou Xiaonan to give him a phone, let alone a 3250.
The phone was far from cheap. Although it had been released the previous year, it still sold for around three thousand yuan. That was several months of his father’s wages.
It wasn’t that Chu Nan had never owned a phone. He had one until he accidentally broke it two months earlier. He had been too afraid to tell his parents, so he had gone without a phone ever since.
The phone he had used before was an old Motorola his father had discarded. It had already been on the verge of falling apart, and it could not even run QQ; all he could do with it was make calls. Chu Nan had not cared much at the time. He and He Qianqian both lived at school and saw each other often, so having a phone had hardly seemed necessary. It was just a shame that half of A Bin had been stored on it…
But how could that discarded antique compare with this phone? In both appearance and practicality, the new phone left that old V3 many streets behind.
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“You recognize it?” Zhou Xiaonan was somewhat surprised that he had immediately named the phone.
“How could I not? This phone is famous.”
Seeing the smile on Chu Nan’s face, Zhou Xiaonan nodded. “I didn’t know what kind of phone you liked, so I bought one just like mine. This model is especially good for listening to music.”
“Thank you! Since I’ve already borrowed money from you, I won’t stand on ceremony. I’ll accept this phone.” Chu Nan set the phone down and gave her a formal bow. “From now on, whenever Miss Zhou has need of me, just give the order.”
“Hehe, all right, little virgin. You’d better remember how good I’ve been to you. If you ever dare betray me, I’ll make you regret it!” Zhou Xiaonan arched a brow.
She was sitting on a stool, and her tailored skirt accentuated her long, shapely legs. Even with one leg crossed over the other, the nearly luminous whiteness of her thighs, together with the increasingly rounded fullness above them, made Chu Nan swallow hard.
“Where exactly are you looking?” Zhou Xiaonan demanded, glaring at him when she saw his lecherous expression.
Yet, for some reason, she did not feel disgusted. In the past, when someone stared at her like that, she might not have felt repelled, but she would at least have felt a trace of contempt. When Long Junhao looked at her, she felt nothing more than indifference. But Chu Nan made her feel something different—a faint sense of pride.
She had never experienced such a feeling before…
“Ahem, sorry, sorry. I’m eating breakfast. I’m eating breakfast.” Chu Nan hurriedly changed the subject, though inwardly he grumbled, “Dressed like that, how could I not take a few extra looks? What does she think I am, a monk?”
“By the way, I wanted to ask—have Long Junhao, Luo Xiang, and the others come looking for trouble lately?”
“No. Why? Did you deal with them?”
“I warned them, but I don’t think Long Junhao will let you off so easily.”
“It’s fine. They wouldn’t dare do anything to me.”
“Don’t underestimate Long Junhao,” Zhou Xiaonan said disdainfully. “Do you know who his father is? His father is the city patrol bureau’s second-in-command. He could even get away with breaking your legs. Do you believe me?”
Chu Nan was stunned for a moment, but he soon took it in stride. It made sense. Someone as outstanding as Zhou Xiaonan, with such a respectable family background, was bound to know people of extraordinary influence.
Chu Nan nodded. “I believe you. But I believe the law carries more weight than his father.”
“Heh.” Zhou Xiaonan gave a derisive laugh. “What you said does make sense—but only when the two sides are evenly matched.”
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Chu Nan let out a quiet laugh. “Although I can’t refute what you said, my position remains firm.”
“Suit yourself.”
“By the way, why are you dressed so formally today?” Chu Nan asked suddenly.
“There’s a rehearsal for the graduation gala. Besides performing, I’m also one of the hosts.”
“I see.” Chu Nan nodded. “Is Long Junhao also one of the talented students in your class?”
“Yeah. Why?”
“Is he performing today too?”
“Probably. That guy and his cronies formed a band. Their skill is nothing special, as far as I’m concerned. Why do you ask?”
“Nothing. I was just wondering.”
“Well, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving. Remember, if they come over and bully you, tell me.” Zhou Xiaonan turned and began to walk away.
“Wait.”
“What is it?”
“You’re always worried that someone will bully me, but I want you to know that if anyone bullies you, you have to tell me, all right?” Chu Nan looked at her with an unusually serious expression.
Zhou Xiaonan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled. “Got it, little virgin.”
Chu Nan’s expression immediately changed. “Could you stop calling me that?”
“Got it. Goodbye, big virgin.”
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