You hidden in my heart - Chapter 13

Chapter 13

It was Monday morning, and as usual, Lu Yuling came to pick up Li Xining. He was waiting at the community gate with an anxious heart because he hadn’t cut his hair and he knew that Li Xining would definitely scold him.

The whole Sunday, he was in a dilemma because he could choose whether to obey Li Xining’s order or not. But even if he wanted to listen to her, how could he cut his hair? That was his bottom line.

When she woke up in the morning, Li Xining had a slight hope that Lu Yuling had fixed his hair. Although she didn’t get any reply till now, she thought he would listen to her. But reality said otherwise. It turned out that she was just overthinking. ‘Is it so difficult to cut his hair? Do you just want to hear your name on the broadcast that announces criticism? Can’t you let others look at you with admiration once?’

Li Xining wanted to cry and make trouble to make Lu Yuling’s heart soft so he would cut his hair, but as with her poor acting skills, she was unable to do so. She wanted to give up but also wanted to try to change Lu Yuling in a better way. ‘I can’t give up this tug-of-war. If I do it this time, then there will be a second time. Lu Yuling, you wait!’

After thinking about it, Li Xining decided to change her strategy. Taking a deep breath, she rode up to Lu Yuling’s side, and said to him seriously, “Lu Yuling, today’s the grooming inspection and the health inspection in the afternoon, so you’d better not come to talk to me today, stay away from me. I want to avoid suspicion.”

‘Why do I need to stay away from you?’ Lu Yuling was extremely dissatisfied, so he asked, “Why?”

Li Xining: “Because I have to go to another class for an inspection today.  If a rebellious boy like you followed me all day, would the teachers trust me? So stay away from me, and don’t disturb my work. My duty is very important.”

Lu Yuling: ‘Then I’m not as important to you as your duty?’ Thinking of that, he felt angry, and he said aggressively, “Okay, I’ll ignore you. Whoever talks to whom first is a dog.”

‘Lu Yuling! You ba*stard’ Li Xining was completely blown away by him and replied, “Okay, from now on, whoever talks to whom first is a dog!” After saying that, she rode away on the bike angrily.

‘Her temper is not small.’ Lu Yuling sighed after thinking, stepped on the pedal helplessly, and followed behind her unhurriedly.

The two entered the school around 6.20 a.m., one after another.

At that time, a third-year senior, Li Hongchang, was already standing at the door of the teaching area to check students’ appearance.

This time he was only doing a preliminary general inspection. The real inspection was carried out in the afternoon, together with the general health inspection. At that time, they were supposed to make a list of students who weren’t following school rules and regulations.

Li Xining, who was in front of Lu Yuling, saw that the senior was standing near the teaching area, stunned. She felt very nervous, as she was the one who hadn’t cut her hair. She subconsciously looked at Lu Yuling.

However, Lu Yuling did not show any guilt or nervousness at all and seemed more calm than any of the students around her.

Li Xining sighed and suddenly felt that this person was a fool—a big fool! Why would she care about such a fool? And she walked to the teaching area, glancing at Li Hongchang.

The boy with a golden rebellious hairstyle was still calm and unhurried, not afraid of the senior at all, and walked into the teaching area openly. But how could the senior let him go so easily? “Lu Yuling, come here!” he shouted sharply.

At the moment of being called, Lu Yuling was not nervous at all. He was used to this kind of thing, but Li Xining was so nervous that she froze in place and did not dare to move.

After Lu Yuling walked over, the senior stared at his hair with a familiar sarcastic expression on his face. “I know you didn’t know how to cut your hair, and your head teacher told me at the regular meeting the day before yesterday that this kid Lu Yuling must be fine. And he will not get criticized.” The senior’s tone was somewhat disdainful and mocking as if Lu Yuling was an insignificant student.

Lu Yuling didn’t say a word or show any expression, just stood there, as he was used to being scolded.

“Okay, you can go. I don’t have any other requirements for you. Be honest at school. You are in your third year of high school. If you don’t know how to study, look at others and learn.” The senior student said as he was giving lifelong advice. But what he meant was ‘I don’t care what you want to do in school, as long as you don’t disturb others’ studies.’

Lu Yuling also understood the hidden meaning of the words, turned around, and left without uttering a single word. As soon as he turned, he met Li Xining’s slightly red eyes, and it made him feel as if his heart was pricking with a needle.

Li Xining was angry and disappointed, and she felt that she was the one that the senior student scolded. She didn’t want others to define Lu Yuling that way, she didn’t want to hear the senior mock him, and she didn’t want to see him pretending to be doing nothing.

Seeing Li Xining’s expressions, Lu Yuling’s heart trembled suddenly, and he suddenly understood why she had to force him to cut his head.

He had long been used to the attitude and situation of being abandoned by everyone, so he had no hope for the people around him at all. After the death of his mother, except for his uncle, no one would be willing to pay attention to him. Fortunately, there still seemed to be someone there – his light in his dark world. No matter how others treated him, at least his light had not given up on him, and was still willing to shine on him. Therefore, he couldn’t let her down. Without any further thought, he turned around and walked toward the school gate.

‘Where is this brat going now?’ The senior student stopped him again. “Where are you going, Lu Yuling?”

Lu Yuling didn’t even look at the senior, and said, “To cut my hair.”

The senior couldn’t believe his ears. “What did you say?”

Lu Yuling: “To cut my hair.”

The senior was surprised as he watched Lu Yuling’s back disappear through the gate. ‘Damn it, why did he suddenly think about it?’ He then turned to look, and when he caught a quick glimpse of Li Xining standing not far away, his expression abruptly froze.

Li Xining was startled by the sudden appearance of the senior student, so she attempted to flee but was unsuccessful. Before she had a chance to turn around, the senior cried out, “Li Xining, come here.”

Li Xining: “… …”

Li Xining couldn’t help but walk towards him.

The senior student looked at Li Xining with a weird expression, and asked with a doubt, “I heard from many students that you have a close relationship with Lu Yuling recently.”

The mentality of Li Xining was not as open-minded as that of Lu Yuling. This was the first time she had been taught by a senior alone after spending so many years in school. She resisted even raising her head and only dared to utter the word  “no.”

“I hope it really isn’t.” The senior’s tone was a little more serious. “It’s already the third year in high school, you know what is important and what is not, so you don’t need me to remind you, do you?”

Li Xining nodded lightly and said, “Yes, it is clear.”

The senior then let her go. “Okay, you go to the class.”

When Li Xining arrived at the classroom, it was already 6.40 a.m., and the morning self-study had already started. As soon as she returned to her seat, Xu Dongruo asked her, “Where’s Lu Yuling? Why are you two late again today?”

Li Xining lowered her voice and said with a little pride and anticipation, “He went to cut his hair.”

Xu Dongruo was shocked and asked again, “Where did he go?”

Li Xining: “To cut his hair!”

Xu Dongruo gasped in surprise and teased her friend. Tsk, tsk, tsk, the power of love is really great.”

Li Xining stared at her with a little shy face and muttered, “You don’t talk nonsense.”

“All right, I’m not talking nonsense, I’m asking you a practical question.” Xu Dongruo said, “Where can he get a haircut in the early morning? Is the barber shop open at this time?”

Li Xining: “… …” ‘That’s right, the barber shop is not open in the early morning, where should Princess Lu get his haircut?’

Lu Yuling had originally intended to get his hair cut at the barbershop next to the school, but since it was still early and the barbershop was closed, he was forced to ride his bicycle along the street in front of the school in the direction of the west while keeping an eye on the side of the road.

This street was lined with barbershops, yet none of them were open. Lu Yuling was powerless and could do nothing except continue riding. The 24-hour style and design saloon was the last thing he saw when he rode to a certain retail area. The saloon was located in a posh neighborhood. The moment Lu Yuling entered, the employees gave him a hearty welcome. “Good morning. Do you want to do styling?”

Lu Yuling only replied with three words. “Cut my hair.”

“That… sorry, we are here for styling.”

Lu Yuling: “Isn’t cutting hair also styling?”

The staff replied politely, “Our minimum consumption here is 156 yuan.” She saw that Lu Yuling was wearing a school uniform, so she was afraid he couldn’t afford the money.

Lu Yuling also understood the meaning and sat down in the chair directly. “Find someone to cut it.”

The staff was afraid that he would not pay the bill, so she hurriedly said, “Our rule here is to pay the bill first.”

Lu Yuling was very helpless, but he also understood the staff, so he followed her to settle the bill first.

Not long after settling the bill, a hair-stylist named Tony in a white shirt and black leggings came down from upstairs with a bright smile. When he saw Lu Yuling, he smiled at him and said in a cheerful voice, “Oh, such a handsome little brother.”

Lu Yuling: “Stop talking nonsense, cut my hair quickly; I have to go to school.”

Tony: “Oh, look at you, why are you so fierce? You can’t find a girlfriend like this.”

Lu Yuling: “Don’t worry about it, I have a girlfriend.”

Tony: “Isn’t she very gentle? Otherwise, who would dare talk to you?”

‘Oh, gentle? If I dared to provoke her, she would bully me all over the world.’ Lu Yuling sighed and said, “Don’t talk nonsense, cut it quickly.”

Tony then picked up the small scissors and slowly and methodically cut the handsome boy’s hair.

Lu Yuling had short, golden hair that wasn’t particularly long. Black hair has sprouted from his hair’s root since he last coloured it a month prior. Tony finished cutting off all of his golden hair in a matter of minutes. As the final pair of scissors fell from the meticulously trimmed short black hair, Tony unintentionally raised his head and glanced in the mirror. After being stunned for a time, he exclaimed, “Wow, you are too handsome. You’re like an idol.”

The youngster in the mirror may have a plain shaved head, but this short haircut did nothing to hide his good looks. Instead, it altered his facial features more.

Lu Yuling was also quite satisfied with his new hairstyle; he was unexpectedly handsome!

The early self-study class was over, and Lu Yuling hadn’t returned to school yet, so Li Xining became anxious. As soon as the bell rang, she walked out of the classroom, lying on the railing of the corridor and looking eagerly in the direction of the teaching area.

Suddenly she was patted on the shoulder, and Li Xining turned around to see that it was Xu Dongruo: “Look at you, you are almost becoming a husband’s stone.”

Li Xining was particularly afraid of being heard by others and blushed, shy and anxious to refute, “I don’t, so stop talking nonsense.”

“Okay, okay, it’s all my nonsense… Damn it!” Xu Dongruo suddenly shouted while looking at the entrance of their building. “Is that Lu Yuling?”

Li Xining hurriedly turned her head, but it was already too late because Lu Yuling had turned to face the stairs. When she failed to notice it, she instantly went to the west corridor and waited anxiously for Lu Yuling to arrive.

Lu Yuling emerged at the end of the corridor in less than 30 seconds. When students noticed Lu Yuling’s new hairdo, the students in the hallway gasped, “Damn, Lu Yuling chopped off his hair!”

Even Xu Dongruo sighed and muttered, “Fuck, with such a broken hairstyle, Lu Yuling’s looks are really good.”

Seeing the handsome boy, some young girls even cried out in exclamation.

Li Xining grinned incredibly happily, as if she were the one being praised.

Seeing her smile, Lu Yuling’s heart, which had been hanging all morning, finally calmed down, and he didn’t regret at all that he had shaved his hair. He even felt that it was the best decision he had ever made in his life.

Suddenly, he remembered King Zhou You. When he was young, he listened to adults tell stories about the feudal lords at the Fenghuo Opera. He once thought that King Zhou You was a fool who would go so far as to tease the lords of all parties just to win a woman’s smile. But now he found that he was actually as stupid as King Zhou You. If Li Xining were Bao Si, he would also be willing to make her smile and play the feudal lords.

End of chapter 13

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