Chapter 4: Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road

Xin Tianyi naturally didn't know about these things.

She thought she had successfully taken the first step towards rebirth.

In her previous life, Xin Tianyi's military satchel was smeared with red paint. She had no idea when it was smeared, or who had done it. She walked with her head lowered, lost in thought. The next day, when she went to school, she discovered the red stain on her backpack. When she got home, her mother asked who had done it. They remembered that a few children had been playing with red paint in the yard on Sunday, and they matched them up. Wang Fang, her mother, led them to confront them.

After Xin Tianyi followed them there, he found out that they were classmates and Xin Tianyi was the new transfer student.

The other parent apologized and asked the three naughty children to apologize. At this point, the three of them started to compete with Xin Tianyi.

Yuan Dabao later told Xin Tianyi, "I hate complaining to adults the most."

In this life, Xin Tianyi explained to his family the origin of the paint, saying that it was his carelessness. He thought that his complaint had been successfully prevented by her, and he was full of expectations when he packed his schoolbag in the morning to go to the new school.

This time, they probably won't be so hostile to me.

Xin Tianyi happily checked his backpack, put it on and was about to go to school.

Wang Fang quickly called out to her, "Tianyi, wait a minute!"

Xin Tianyi stopped at the door. Her mother was applying lipstick in front of the mirror. She applied it crookedly with the last stroke and anxiously rubbed it with the back of her hand.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Xin Tianyi asked.

"Wait a minute, I'll take you to school." Wang Fang said.

"I can go by myself," Xin Tianyi said. "It's so close, just across the gate from the compound. And your hair..."

Xin Tianyi pointed at her mother's hair, which was a mess from sleeping and hadn't been tidied up yet. If she waited any longer, class would have to start.

Wang Fang glanced at herself in the mirror. She came home too late last night, with dark circles almost reaching her chin and her hair a mess. Going to school with this look was...

When she hesitated for a moment, she heard Xin Tianyi say, "Mom, I'm leaving."

"Go find your homeroom teacher first. Do you know the homeroom teacher's office? I took you there a few days ago when I submitted your transfer documents."

"I know." Xin Tianyi replied.

"Yes, go find her first. Your homeroom teacher's surname is Liu. If you speak sweetly, the teacher will take you into the class. Also, the teacher may ask you to introduce yourself. Don't talk about your father..."

Wang Fang was standing at the gate giving instructions, but Xin Tianyi had already walked away with his schoolbag.

When she turned around helplessly, she saw Xie Mei coming out of the kitchen.

Xie Mei glanced at her and asked coldly, "What did you do last night? Didn't you leave work a long time ago? Why are you back just now?"

"I met a friend." Wang Fang lowered her head and hurried to her room, obviously not wanting to say anything more.

"It's Tianyi's first day at a new school. As a mother, can't you come home earlier? Prepare some clothes for the kids?" Xie Mei worked so hard to raise a son and a daughter. She originally thought her daughter would be like her, a life of worry and worry, but now it seems that her daughter is completely letting Tianyi go. Tianyi is the one who takes care of everything in the house, while Xie Mei herself is having fun.

"She's already fifteen." Wang Fang sat in front of the mirror combing her hair. "She can do everything. She's not a child anymore."

"Fifteen is still a child." Xie Mei leaned against the doorway and said, "Look at Mingjie, he's already seventeen, and don't your brother and sister-in-law still treat him like a child?"

"That's not right." Wang Fang was very opinionated. She believed that when children grow up, they should be independent. Whether it's between parents and children or between husband and wife, they should give each other space and not rely too much on each other. Just like her, she lost her man at such a young age. If it were another woman, she would probably feel like the sky has fallen.

But Wang Fang did not indulge in pain. The man was gone, and after the pain, life had to go on.

She is still alive.

Wang Fang didn't want to talk too much with Xie Mei. There was no way to change her mother's old ideas, so she kept quiet. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her mother still standing at the door, so she could only change the subject and ask, "Where's my dad? Why haven't I seen him this early in the morning?"

"Your father gets up early every day to go to the morning market. He should be back by now, but I don't know what happened today. It's so cold outside, it looks like it's going to snow, why hasn't he come back yet..." Xie Mei murmured, and then went back to her room.

The winter in December is very cold.

Xin Tianyi wore a sweater with a red plaid coat over it. This coat was a new one Wang Fang had bought her for Chinese New Year. She wore it again this year, and the sleeves were a little shorter, but it was her only winter coat, and she loved it because it had a navy collar and fit nicely at the back.

Carrying the military satchel given by his grandfather, Xin Tianyi felt that his steps were so light.

She's transferred to another school. Today is her first day. She'll be in the same class with Zhang Yang, Yuan Dabao, and Wei Ran.

Xin Tianyi walked out of the cotton mill briskly, and the moment she crossed the road, she saw a figure in the distance.

The man stood at the school gate, looking over here.

When he saw Xin Tianyi, he smiled and waved to her.

"Grandpa!" Xin Tianyi ran over quickly. She didn't expect that her grandpa would be waiting for her here.

Wang Yuxiu stood at the school gate, waiting for Xin Tianyi to jog over. He quickly said, "Why are you running so fast? Be careful."

Xin Tianyi nodded and asked, "Grandpa, why are you here?"

"Your mother came home late yesterday. I thought she might not be able to see you off, so I waited for you here." Wang Yuxiu asked, "Have you packed your schoolbag?"

"I packed it up yesterday." Xin Tianyi said immediately, "Grandpa, you should go back quickly. It's too cold outside."

"Okay." Wang Yuxiu nodded. "Hurry home after school. I bought some spare ribs and will stew them for you at noon."

Xin Tianyi nodded, then urged Wang Yuxiu to go home quickly.

After watching his grandfather leave, Xin Tianyi walked towards the school.

From time to time, a few students walked by, all wearing the Cotton Mill Middle School uniform: sky-blue tops and pants. White stripes on the shoulders and along the seams gave them a lively vibe. They chatted and laughed as they made their way inside. As they passed Xin Tianyi, everyone turned to glance at the student not wearing a uniform. Some even whispered about who he was and why they had never seen him before.

Xin Tianyi first went to the office to report to the homeroom teacher, Liu Yuan. The homeroom teacher was a woman under 40, with ear-length hair and a rather serious demeanor.

Seeing Xin Tianyi come in, he first looked him over, then said, "You know, our school was built on the back of the cotton mill. The building on the east side is the elementary school, and the building on the west side is the junior high school. The students here are all children of the cotton mill, and you will get to know them all in the future."

After Liu Yuan finished speaking, she glanced outside again and asked, "Did you come here by yourself? Didn't your parents send you off?"

Xin Tianyi nodded: "Yes."

Liu Yuan hummed, "Write your height and weight on this piece of paper. I'll register it for you. Pick up your school uniform as soon as possible. Everyone wears a school uniform, and it would be inappropriate for you not to wear one."

Xin Tianyi said yes, picked up a pen and wrote his data on the paper.

As she filled in the form, she looked over and didn't expect there was another name below, Bai Xue.

Xin Tianyi tried hard to recall the transfer student named Bai Xue from his previous life, and slowly he remembered that there seemed to be such a person. Xin Tianyi reported in the morning, and she came in the afternoon.

Later, the two had little interaction. After all, they were already in the third year of junior high school. After being classmates for half a year, they went their separate ways.

After Xin Tianyi finished writing, he returned the pen to the teacher.

Liu Yuan stood up and said to Xin Tianyi, "Let's go. I'll take you to the classroom. Our third grade is on the second floor. There are three classes in the third grade, and our class is in the westernmost classroom."

Xin Tianyi followed the teacher and walked through the long corridor.

It feels like traveling through a time tunnel, and every step overlaps with the footsteps of the previous life.

Just keep walking forward.

Passing by those classmates wearing blue and white school uniforms, passing by those youthful faces and their surprised eyes.

In his previous life, Xin Tianyi followed his teacher with his head down, not even looking around.

It was as if no one had anything to do with her, she just went her own way. The world was fighting against her with all its might, and she was also fighting against the world with all her might.

This time, she looked straight ahead and followed the teacher. She could hear her own heartbeat with every step she took.

She is back.

She really came back.

She could see Zhang Yang again, see Yuan Dabao again, see Wei Ran again...

She will try her best to prevent the tragedy of her previous life.

"Xin Tianyi?"

Teacher Liu called her softly.

When Xin Tianyi came to her senses, she was already standing at the classroom door.

Teacher Liu saw that Xin Tianyi had come to his senses and then walked towards the podium.

No one spoke in the following row; everyone buried their heads in their books.

The high school entrance exam is half a year away. Even a fifteen-year-old child knows how to work hard and focus on the future.

Liu Yuan walked up and knocked on the table twice with a book, and then someone looked up.

"There are new students transferring to our class today. Welcome everyone."

Everyone looked up at Xin Tianyi, who was standing in front and smiling at everyone.

"Please come up and introduce yourself to everyone." Teacher Liu said to Xin Tianyi.

Xin Tianyi nodded and walked up to the podium.

She glanced around the classroom and said, "Hello everyone, I'm the transfer student Xin Tianyi. From today on, I'll be your classmate. I hope we can get along well and make progress together."

Xin Tianyi was not at all timid. When he spoke loudly, he thought of himself in his previous life.

That time, she just said her name, so quietly that perhaps no one could hear it.

But this time, the students who were originally studying with their heads down also raised their heads and looked at her after hearing her voice.

Teacher Liu was pleased with the new student's calmness and nodded slightly.

Just as Teacher Liu was about to speak and invite everyone to welcome the new students, someone exclaimed, "What? New students?"

At the bottom, in the last row, Yuan Dabao stared in disbelief, looked at Xin Tianyi, then turned to look at Zhang Yang.

The words on his face were almost written: Injustice! Home! Narrow Road!

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