Meeting the Wolf

Chapter 20

Chapter 20 – On The Surface, A Group Of Literal Fox And Dog Friends.

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Editor: SleepyMango123

“Yes, good.” Bai Ruan nodded slightly and glanced around Lang Jing Feng’s body, as his eyes shone brightly.

The dark grey negative merits that hovered around Lang Jing Feng’s body turned into a very light colour. It was like the ash from a cigarette, light and almost transparent, as if washed by water overnight.　　

Decreased by so much! It’s a success! Bai Ruan was overjoyed, and an uncontrollable smile burst out, revealing two small dimples.

Lang Jing Feng was startled and smiled. There were so many people in the corridor, he couldn’t say too much. He only asked in a flirtatious tone, “What’s the matter, Teacher Bai? So happy to see me?”

Bai Ruan realised his gaffe, quickly constructed a smile, and swayed away from the topic. “… How was the Chinese paper?”

“It’s okay. I answered quite a few questions.” Lang Jing Feng smiled and continued, “I just don’t know if they were correct.”

Bai Ruan nodded. “Okay, continue to work hard on the next subject.”　　

After speaking, he was about to leave when Lang Jing Feng suddenly stopped him. “Teacher Bai.”

Bai Ruan turned around. “What’s the matter?”　　

Lang Jing Feng’s sharp gaze swept over Bai Ruan’s slightly tired eyes, and he asked knowingly, “I noticed that you have dark circles under your eyes. You didn’t sleep well last night?”　　

It was late at night when Bai Ruan arrived home last night. He looked a little haggard when he got up this morning. This kind of thing couldn’t deceive anyone. Bai Ruan blatantly admitted to it and took the opportunity to warn Lang Jing Feng. “Yes. I prepared for lessons until midnight. See how you dare to slip away in future Chinese classes.”

Lesson preparation? Who are you lying to? Lang Jing Feng’s throat rolled as he scanned Bai Ruan with his fiery gaze. This Teacher Bai was as usual, still shyly lowering his eyes and not daring to look at him. The shirt on his body was rinsed white, his collar and cufflinks were buttoned up. They were all meticulously tied, the trousers were ironed straight and flat. With his student-like face looking pure and innocent, his whole person was as clean as if he’d just come out of the fresh snow.

Lang Jing Feng couldn’t help but think that this innocent Bai Ruan was in fact actually someone that he would be burnt with desire and hope for.

“I understand Teacher Bai.” Lang Jing Feng’s voice was slightly hoarse, “I’ll definitely not slip away in the future.”

Bai Ruan nodded, turned and left.

Lang Jing Feng stared at Bai Ruan’s thin waist like a wolf staring at its prey. His delusions surged, and he guessed irrationally whether Bai Ruan was born with such inconsistencies and pure inner waves, or was he coaxed to open the door to a new world after he got a boyfriend. If it was the latter… Lang Jing Feng thought about it, suddenly bursting with an unknown fire.

… Which one was stupid? Surely his head was full of yellow waste. Lang Jing Feng ground his teeth with hatred and ate a wave of vinegar from the ex-boyfriend’s in advance as his current boyfriend.

At the end of the two-day mid-term exams, the teachers all devoted themselves to marking papers, preparing for classes and reviewing homework. Bai Ruan was so busy these days that when he got off work, he even had to carry a thick stack of papers home.

Seeing that Bai Ruan had no time to bother with himself these few days, Lang Jing Feng was also very cooperative in suppressing his fire and did not tease Bai Ruan. He consciously listened in class, finished his homework, and didn’t make any trouble for his prospective boyfriend.

Learning. The issue with it was that the worse the foundation, the more obvious the progress would be when one learnt with one’s heart. It was much easier for students at the end of a crane1 to improve compared to top students. Lang Jing Feng had a deep understanding of this. Feeling that he was getting better, he had the motivation to learn. The more motivated he was, the faster he would progress. Lang Jing Feng, who was in a virtuous circle, began to feel that learning was less painful.

One week quickly passed. On Saturday, Bai Ruan received two pieces of good news. One was that Shen Jia Han’s condition had suddenly improved, and the physical examination results were normal. The other was Lang Jing Feng’s midterm. His test results were much better than Bai Ruan had expected. Although his class ranking was still the tail of the crane2. After all, the provincial key students were not sloppy. It was impossible to be killed by an underachieving student who transferred from another school in less than a month. But the papers were well answered, especially in Chinese. Bai Ruan felt that those questions Lang Jing Feng knew how to answer, he had done them all correctly.

After the report card was issued, Bai Ruan was afraid that Lang Jing Feng, who had worked hard for more than half a month, would be discouraged by being last in class. He called Lang Jing Feng to the office and gave him a lot of encouragement.

“Ranks and scores are not important at the moment, we don’t look at those.” Bai Ruan turned on the sitting electric fan to blow Lang Jing Feng, put his test papers on the table and circled them with a pen. “I can see your progress. Look at this, this, and this. I’ve talked about these in class recently, and you got all the correct answers. This shows that your study method was effective…”

Bai Ruan enthusiastically analysed Lang Jing Feng’s papers, and the young student responded with a gentle voice.

“By the way, Teacher Bai.” Lang Jing Feng, who was blown a little by the electric fan and felt a little chilly, suddenly interrupted Bai Ruan’s analysis.

Bai Ruan, “What’s the matter?”

Lang Jing Feng smiled. “Previously, you said that if I make a big improvement in the midterm exam, you’ll fulfil a small request of mine. Does it still count?”

Bai Ruan replied without hesitation, “Of course it counts. You can tell me, but it must be something I’m able to do.”

Lang Jing Feng’s gaze swept across Bai Ruan’s opening and closing lips, and then around the office. Almost all the headteachers of the second year classes were there.

“I haven’t figured it out yet, let’s have you owe me first.” Lang Jing Feng clenched his fists, going against his impulse to taste the young teacher’s lips, and whispered, “Whichever day.”

Bai Ruan didn’t know that this wolf cub was thinking about bullying his master and destroying his ancestors3. Instead, his heart was full of the sense of accomplishment in successfully transforming the tail of the crane.　

After school that night, Lang Jing Feng brought home the mid-term exam papers and transcripts of various subjects.

The report card required parents to sign. Grandmother Zhang, who helped Lang Jing Feng forge the signature of his parents, heard that the grades had come out. She was eager to help the young master get through, but she heard Lang Jing Feng ask, “Where is my mother?”

Grandmother Zhang comforted, “She went shopping with your Aunt Shi. You don’t have to be afraid.”

Aunt Shi was a lion demon. She was one of the regular members of the sisters’ group with Mother Lang. Like Mother Lang, she was also an outstanding female entrepreneur. Her family had a lion demon husband who didn’t do anything and had a lot of hair, which was in line with the laws of nature.

Lang Jing Feng didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “I’m not afraid, I’ve scored pretty well this time.”

Grandmother Zhang never dreamt that the young master would have a day where he “successfully passed the exam”, she was so happy that her eyes were glowing green. She rubbed her hands and ran towards the kitchen. “As you’ve passed the exam, we should have a good celebration. In the evening, I’ll roast two legs of lamb for you. The lamb was newly slaughtered today and it’s very fatty…”

Lang Jing Feng caught up with Grandmother Zhang and asked, “what about my dad?”

Grandmother Zhang picked up the legs of the lamb and replied, “Your father won’t be coming back tonight. There was an emergency at the work unit. If you need them to sign your report card, put it on the table. I’ll tell your mother when she comes back.”

Lang Jing Feng frowned. “What’s the emergency?”

“Didn’t your dad catch a human trafficker before?” Grandmother Zhang kept working on the meal and her hands didn’t stop. “He ran once last year and escaped from prison again last night. It’s making your dad very busy.”

Lang Jing Feng’s father, Lang Yuan Chuan, worked in the Criminal Investigation Department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. He was an old detective who had been fighting crime for many years. More than ten years ago, the police’s investigative methods were not as high-tech as they are now. Lang Yuan Chuan solved many difficult and unsolved cases by relying on his nose and beast-like tracking instincts that were as sharp as a Turin dog. His colleagues came up with the nickname, Old Wolf. Only a few people knew that he was actually an old wolf.　　

When Grandmother Zhang mentioned this, Lang Jing Feng remembered that a few years ago there was a human trafficking group in the local area. Among the high-level backbone of this criminal group was a snake demon who was responsible for transporting trafficked people abroad. Three years ago, this snake demon was captured in an arrest operation that Lang Yuan Chuan personally supervised. After two years in prison, he joined a gang called Yu Dang Li and broke out of jail. Just a few days after experiencing freedom, he was arrested again while preparing to be smuggled out of the country and was thrown back to prison for the second time after extending his sentence. This lasted for a year and he managed to escape yesterday and Lang Yuan Chuan had yet to catch him. This wolf and snake were also considered rivals.

“You should also be careful when you go out during this period,” Grandmother Zhang worriedly instructed the young master. “This snake loves to bear grudges. He doesn’t dare to make a move on your father, so he might take revenge on you.”

Lang Jing Feng smiled contemptuously. “If he dares to come at me, it’ll be nice if I can help my dad lock him back in.”

“You can’t do that. If you run into him, you have to run away.” Grandmother Zhang curled her mouth and fired a wave of cannons at the snake tribe. “Snakes are all wicked. All the damage they do is beyond our imagination. Since he can’t beat you right in the face, you don’t think he wouldn’t do it secretly? How else do you think our Lang family dealt with snake demons for generations? It isn’t us being incapable, they’re simply not worthy.”

Lang Jing Feng became a little impatient as he was being nagged, and hurriedly responded, “Okay, I understand.”

Grandmother Zhang happily continued to prepare the roast leg lamb.

When Lang Qian came back that night and saw Bai Ruan’s comments on Lang Jing Feng’s report card, She was delighted and smiled. She rarely complimented her son and instead gave him money on the spot to encourage him.

Lang Jing Feng had continuously been a good student for a month without going out, and he couldn’t hold back anymore. It happened that the next day was a Sunday, so he asked a group of friends to go out to play. Lang Jing Feng’s friends were the children of Lang Qian and Lang Yuan Chuan’s friends. They were also the second generation of carnivorous demons who were ignorant and incompetent. They were a lion demon with hair as thick as his father, a bear demon who was strong enough to hold the weight of two Lang Jing Feng, an imposing tiger demon, and a fox demon who dared to speak loudly only when the tiger demon was present. The last one in the group, who was always responsible for setting up billiards before and after running, pouring drinks and carrying bags for the big guys, the little hyena followed the big guys to eat, drink, and play…

The literal meaning of having a group of foxes and dogs as friends.4

Lang Jing Feng and his fox and dog friends spent the whole day outside, playing billiards and singing, sitting in the bar and playing cards to relax.

Nothing happened all day.

On Monday, the next day.

Shen Jia Han, who had applied for two full weeks of leave, came to the office to report back. Bai Ruan congratulated her on her recovery and discharged from the hospital without knowing anything, and urged her to make up for the missing classes from the past two weeks as soon as possible. While speaking, the morning self-study bell rang. Bai Ruan took Shen Jia Han back to the classroom, preparing to announce to the students that Shen Jia Han was discharged from the hospital.

The two walked into the classroom one after another, and Bai Ruan’s gaze inadvertently swept across Lang Jing Feng in the last row.

After a glance, his smile solidified. 　

╰(*°▽°*)╯……╰(*°_°*)╯……╭(°_°)╮

The author has something to say:

As usual, 300 small red envelopes~

Guess what happened to the little wolf hhh

The next chapter will pierce the window paper5~ I can just let go of my hands and feet and sprinkle sugar. Hee hee hee~

【Small Theater 1】

Lang Jing Feng: Teacher Xiao Bai’s ex-boyfriend must be full of yellow waste.

Bai Ruan Ruan: … You actually have the face to say that others’ minds are full of yellow waste.

(Doesn’t even have an ex-boyfriend)

【Small Theater 2】