Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 713 - 710 Time Does Not Flow Backward

Chapter 713: Chapter 710 Time Does Not Flow Backward

"Broke up?" Lin Tian was somewhat surprised, yet it seemed expected.

"Not long after coming back from Japan, we had a big fight and broke up. Sun Decai is very prideful and won’t allow me to spread the news of our breakup," Qi Jing said calmly, seemingly unfazed by the breakup.

It was only when Lin Tian glanced at Qi Jing that he noticed she was dressed differently today. The jewelry was gone, and her clothes were no longer the designer brands given by Sun Decai.

Her current attire reminded him of how she looked the first time they met: no jewelry, but a kind of pure simplicity. Unfortunately, it was impossible to go back to that.

"It’s better this way," Lin Tian said indifferently, without further comment, and turned to head back to the classroom.

"Lin Tian..." Qi Jing suddenly called out, as if it took great resolve before she hesitantly asked, "Is there... any possibility for us?"

"Some things, once they’ve passed, are in the past, and time will never flow backward. Take care of yourself. With Sun Decai’s temperament, he might seek revenge on you," Lin Tian said calmly, then walked away without looking back, leaving Qi Jing with a downcast expression.

When he turned a corner, Lin Tian glanced at the back door with the corner of his eye. He had already noticed that Sun Decai had been eavesdropping outside. Hearing Qi Jing suggest getting back together with Lin Tian, Sun Decai was probably fuming with rage by now.

Lin Tian let out a cold laugh, indifferent, and continued walking towards the classroom. When he got back to the classroom, the entire class of senior year one turned to look at him, each gaze filled with a peculiar curiosity, revealing everyone’s gossip-hungry hearts.

"Spill it. Did Qi Jing ask to get back together with you, Brother Tian?" Fatty Huang asked the question on everyone’s mind.

"Brother Lin, is it true?" a girl asked, feigning distress.

"Why are you all being so nosy? How could I possibly get back together with her? Just think with your toes, and you’ll know. Have you not been watching sports recently, not exercising, and your brains started to rust? Seems like I’ll have to take you all out for training," Lin Tian said, feigning anger as he lectured them.

Contrary to his expectations, everyone reacted differently: the girls cheered in unison, then smiled happily, while the boys’ reactions were somewhat strange.

Some sighed, while others showed victorious smiles. Just as Lin Tian was puzzled, Fatty Huang shouted loudly, "Those who lost, pay up quickly. Don’t think you can just get away with it."

Lin Tian sat down at his desk and asked in puzzlement, "Xiao Manxuan, what does this mean?"

"They made a bet on whether you’d get back together with your ex-girlfriend, Qi Jing," Xiao Manxuan said with a smile.

"Really? It seems they truly are too idle. Did you and Zhang Lingyu bet on it too?" Lin Tian asked helplessly.

"I bet you would get back together, so I lost," Xiao Manxuan said, smiling.

"You lost and you’re still happy? Haven’t your brain rusted too?" Lin Tian said, touching her forehead in wonderment.

Xiao Manxuan swatted his hand away, pouting, "You’re the one who’s rusted. Just because I lost, can’t I be happy? I’m happy, is that a problem?"

"Fine, fine," Lin Tian said, shaking his head. A woman’s mind is really hard to understand, he thought. Then he turned to ask Zhang Lingyu, "And you, Zhang Lingyu, what about you?"

"Hmph, with your lecherous nature, of course, I’d bet you’d accept getting back together. A beautiful woman throws herself at you, how could you not be tempted?" Zhang Lingyu huffed.

"The fact proved that I’m not a big pervert, but, if it were you, the beautiful woman confessing, I might consider it, hehe," Lin Tian said with a laugh.

Zhang Lingyu gave Lin Tian a withering look and said, "Me, confess to you? You’re dreaming a pipe dream!"

"Come on, let big brother check if your words don’t match your heart." Lin Tian said with a lewd smile, reaching for her.

Zhang Lingyu looked at Lin Tian indifferently, but a flicker of purple lightning flashed quickly in the depths of her eyes—although it was only a momentary glimpse, Lin Tian noticed it.

He withdrew his hand sulkily because this little girl was too weird, like a witch, and if she cursed him as a bastard in public like last time, it’d be a huge embarrassment.

Lin Tian retracted his criminal paws and naturally turned to yell at the guys behind him, "Hey, you guys are actually betting? Betting on a girl, is that really okay? If you have too much free time, hurry up and come out for a run with me!"

"Brother Tian is right. Gambling is not okay. We’ll go running with Brother Tian," the losing guys chimed in unison, then quickly ran out of the classroom.

From behind came Fatty Huang’s wails: "Ah, you bunch of bastards, don’t run, my bun money!"

Lin Tian shook his head amusedly. These guys really were bored out of their minds. While other classes were burning the midnight oil for the college entrance exam, they were even more relaxed than the first-year juniors.

However, with his call, all the boys from Class One of senior year went out for a run, and some girls joined them. The sight of dozens of them appearing on the sports field shocked the younger students doing their morning exercises outside.

Before long, other senior-year students from the teaching building also came out to watch. Lin Tian, as the leading runner, naturally became the focus of everyone, and they recognized this wild bunch as students from Class One of senior year.

"Classmates, charge! Don’t bury the passion of your youth in a pile of books!" Lin Tian shouted, and the others responded.

The cheers echoed in the sky above the campus. Lin Tian enjoyed this feeling. There were no Onmyojis from Japan, no bloodshed, just youth, and lovely classmates. This pure indulgence might become rarer and rarer.

At the door of Class One, senior year, stood two teachers: the class advisor Fang Ming and the English teacher Liu Ruming. They looked at the empty classroom, somewhat caught between laughter and tears.

"This Lin Tian has overturned my impression of key classes," Liu Ruming said with a smile.

"Watching the students bury their heads in their books every day breaks my heart, but there’s nothing I can do. Even if we tell the students not to be too stressed, facing the college entrance exam, they can’t help but be tense. As long as the exam exists, it’s a dead knot. Lin Tian might be able to bring a different perspective," Fang Ming said with a slight sense of melancholy.

"The college entrance exam is like a huge assembly line, constantly churning out talent, but among these talents, most lose their ability to innovate. What the exam demands are only standard answers. Anything beyond the standards is rejected. Even as teachers, we can only be pushed along by the facts. If everyone thought like Lin Tian, the campus would be such a colorful place," Liu Ruming said.

Having run enough, Lin Tian led a bunch of students back to the classroom. After running, everyone was in high spirits, in stark contrast to the somber atmosphere in the other classes.

From a distance, Lin Tian saw Fang Ming and Liu Ruming and thought to himself, this is bad. The two beautiful teachers appeared at the same time, and I’ve led their students off running. I hope I won’t be punished to clean the toilets.