Chapter 138 — Boys From The Capital

Knowing that what he really wanted was to stay with Han Yichen, Li Chuanmo had applied for a place in the dormitory for him.

Li Yuchen had been shocked when he saw it. It really had not crossed his mind that Han Yichen would have to stay in the dormitory. That was why he called Han Yichen to cry.

"Yeah." Han Yichen answered, still not seeing the problem.

"Oh nooooo, I won't be able to see My Goddess!!!!" Li Yuchen continued "crying".

Han Yichen: "...."

Was it really worth crying over?

"You don't have to stay at the dormitory you know. As a resident of City M, you can be a day student."

"No, it will be too lonely to stay at home without you there." He was still crying, making Han Yichen's ears hurt.

What should they do then? Han Yichen wondered. "But we can go home for the weekend every two weeks. Won't you be able to see her then?"

"Really?" The crying had stopped without a trace. "That sounds great!"

Did he even read the letter at all? It was stated in black and white! Han Yichen was amused.

"Thanks Yichen. Ah, have you chosen your dormitory yet?"

"Not yet."

"Good, don't choose without me. We have to stay in the same room, else it will be unbearable."

He said after a beat, "Oh, I almost forgot to congratulate you. Congratulations. I heard the exam went well." Li Yuchen said.

Han Yichen thanked him, but reminded, "The result is not out yet though."

Li Yuchen said dismissively, "Oh that's just a formality. I'm sure you did excellently. Whenever you say something went fine, it means you smashed it. No need to be modest."

Han Yichen was speechless. This boy!

Pei Yueran could hear some parts of the conversation and she chuckled at Li Yuchen's drama.

After the phone call ended, Pei Yueran asked, "So are you looking forward to it?"

He knew what she was asking about, and he was indeed very excited, so he nodded, eyes twinkling.

Not only would he have a father and brother soon, he would also stay with his brother in the same room.

Best of all, his mother would no longer be alone.

Fantastic!

*****

A slender boy of medium height walked out of the exam hall, flanked by two other boys. His fair hand reached out to brush off the mop of brown hair that had fallen close to his eyes as he turned to speak.

"Renxin, what did you do that for?"

The boy called Renxin grew visibly angry as the morning's events rushed back into his mind.

"It wasn't my fault. That boy was just too pretentious. Couldn't he have just let me have that seat?"

The other boy standing with them, Tian Jue nudged Jiu Renxin with his shoulder as he said, "I knew Shou would say something. You caused a huge disturbance."

"By the way, who's that boy?" Liu Shou asked.

"Yeah, who is he anyway?" Jiu Renxin muttered. Who did he think he was to speak in that adult tone of voice, behaving as if he didn't want to waste a sentence on him?

It was his look of "I won't bring myself down to your level" that made him angry.

If only he knew that that was Han Yichen's usual look, it was nothing personal at all.

The boy they was referring to was the one who sat and spoke calmly while Jiu Renxin was making a fuss and raising hell earlier, just because he felt the boy was sitting in his seat.

All other candidates were trying to find their seats and settle down, so no one paid attention to them at first.

Jiu Renxin shouted till he was red in the face, but the boy only said, "You're mistaken. Seat number twenty eight is mine."

The seat numbers were given as tags with the name, number and class printed on it. Three classes were being used for the exam.

It was the boy's mellifluous voice that caught people's attention and made some girls blush instantly. More eyes turned on them, but he didn't behave as if he even noticed them.

In one word, he was very steady.

Eventually, Jiu Renxin calmed down after a teacher stepped in to intervene. Collecting his tag, she found out that his number was thirty eight.

She then reprimanded him for causing a disturbance before showing him to his rightful seat. The episode ended like that, but everyone, including the exam supervisors had taken notice of the calm, almost indifferent look in the other boy's eyes.

Tian Jue didn't say this, but inwardly he felt his friend was being ridiculous. On such an important day, you didn't even care to double-check your seat number? You instead decided to cause trouble?

When no one responded to his earlier question, Liu Shou raised his voice a bit. "Did you hear me?"

Tian Jue responded immediately. "Yes. I don't know him, but I heard his name is Han something. He was so cool earlier!" He added, but shut up when Jiu Renxin glared at him.

Hey, the truth is bitter anyway.

"Han?" Liu Shou pondered. Was he related to his aunt's family? But that was impossible. The Han family didn't have any child his age. Besides, they were currently not in the Capital.

"Yes. But I don't think he's from the Capital. He looks like a villager, and I've never seen him in our circle before." Jiu Renxin added, still feeling bitter.

The Tian, Jiu and Liu families were second-rate aristocratic families in the Capital. In the Capital full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, they were nothing at all.

The Liu family where Liu Shou came from used to be even worse off, but when his aunt Liu Zhizhen married into the Han family — a first rate aristocratic family at the time, they rode on the coattails of the Han family and ascended up.

Behind their back, many mocked them for their shamelessness in forcing their daughter to marry up, but they still had to be polite in front of them. Liu Zhizhen's husband and son were to be future owners of the Han family company after all.

Although the Han family had declined and was now below the Gao family, they were still not to be trifled with.

It was an open secret that the Han family Patriarch was not simple.

Tian Jue reasoned, "Even if he's not from the Capital, he might be a big shot in one of the nearby cities."

Jiu Renxin glared at him again. Did it make sense to praise someone your friend obviously disliked?

Tian Jue stuck out his tongue playfully, while Liu Shou only nodded, a thoughtful look on his face.

"Han, right? I see."

*****