scoundrel

"Our school is so poor, jingle-dong."

The three of them didn't dare to respond.

Xiao Xiaoyu smacked her lips and decided to spill her guts. "Uh, that, ahem, Guo'er, aren't you afraid of getting beaten up by the Third Middle School crowd? Talking to us outsiders is like talking like a machine gun!"

"The truth is, my dad sent me here. I wanted to go to your school, but my dad insisted that public schools are for training people."

"By the way, how is your school? How about I switch to that school when the time comes?"

Le Cheng felt that No. 3 Middle School was like a white lotus that grew out of the mud without being stained, and it was not afraid of the desolation outside at all.

But he was afraid. After evening self-study, he drove his little car and it was shaking like a sieve.

The surroundings were darker than those in Africa, and there was an evil wind blowing, with ghosts howling everywhere. It seemed as if a black car would appear at any time and drag him in to beat him.

His father doesn't care, but he still cherishes his life.

"Very good, welcome! Welcome! Warm welcome!" Song Chaoyu's eyes lit up and he happily recommended the school.

“…”

When Zhou Xi came back, he saw four heads huddled together, like a square box, and they were quite excited.

"Le Cheng."

"Hey!" Le Cheng stood up quickly when he heard the voice, "You two are finally done chatting!"

"That time is about right. Let's go first. The teacher has something else to do."

Lu Zisheng was not satisfied and said, "Well, Guo'er, let's meet for the game tonight. Remember to be there at ten o'clock sharp!"

"Okay, bye!" Le Cheng hooked his arm around Chen Yu and walked away without any hesitation, his feet feeling like they were on Hot Wheels.

Zhou Xi looked at Chen Yu's current figure, which seemed to overlap with that in junior high school, but also seemed a little different.

Maybe they will never see each other again. This belongs to the past, and the past has always come to an end in a crooked way.

"Why do you think Guo'er and Chen Yu are hanging out together? It seems like their personalities are completely on different levels." Lu Zisheng stared at the backs of the two men as if he was deep in thought. It was really weird.

Suddenly, he saw Le Cheng pulling off his scarf as if he was hot, and throwing it at Chen Yu, who was half a head shorter than him. Then Chen Yu jumped up, but was suppressed by Le Cheng again.

A cold wind blew.

"hiss!"

Lu Zisheng shuddered and looked carefully, only to find that the man named Chen Yu seemed to be wearing too little. The weather must be cold, so he should be careful not to catch a cold.

Gao Liyang turned to look at Zhou Xi, and suddenly found that Zhou Xi was still staring at the backs of the two people. He was so handsome that he could stare out flowers.

"Sister Zhou, what are you looking at?"

Zhou Xi was caught off guard, tilted his head, and made up an excuse: "Ah, I was wondering, who is more handsome between the two of them?"

The upward-turning ending of her voice seemed like she was really thinking seriously.

"Ah? Are you serious? You like handsome guys?" Lu Zisheng came up.

"Who doesn't like handsome guys? Like, you don't like beautiful women?"

Lu Zisheng was choked by such a straightforward question and nodded: "Good question!"

"Hey, why are you revealing your true colors now? Stop pretending?" Gao Liyang pinched one end of the White Rabbit candy's paper wrapper.

Zhou Xi pulled it out, peeled off the sugar coating and stuffed it into Xiao Xiaoyu's mouth while she wasn't paying attention: "I'm not pretending, it's you who didn't ask."

"Ah, what type do you like?"

Zhou Xi moved his tongue, pushed the candy aside, and puffed out his cheeks: "Ah, I won't tell you."

"Didn't you say I didn't ask? Now that I've asked, you won't tell me." Gao Liyang couldn't help but stretch out his fingers to press down Zhou Xi's bulging cheeks.

"I told you, if you ask, I'll tell you?"

“No privileges?”

"I'll think about it."

"Okay."

Gao Liyang felt that Zhou Xi was a scoundrel, and eating candy made him look even more like one.

"The wind is so cold, I feel like crying! Can crying get the handsome guy back?" Song Chaoyu wiped away the non-existent tears and returned the phone to its original owner.

“Lu Zisheng, you don’t understand. Handsome guys just want to play with handsome guys. That’s called pleasing the eyes.”

"Ah? Handsome? You like him? Do you want me to introduce you to someone? We often play games and are very close. Come here, I will definitely keep him for you!" Lu Zisheng slipped to Song Chaoyu again.

Xiao Xiaoyu saw through Lu Zisheng's thoughts at a glance: "You bastard, can't you find anyone to play games with you again? You're not satisfied with having a pot, you playboy! Be careful or I'll tell the pot and expose your behavior to the world."

"Hey, hey, hey, I called you, but you're not playing games. You said you wanted to paint. Fine, I won't disturb our great painter Xiao, but I don't have enough people to form a team this season, so I have to find new people."

Lu Zisheng pulled Gao Liyang over and said, "Yangyang, please give me some strength this season. Save me. I don't want to be squeezed out by the opponent!"

Gao Liyang turned off his phone screen, having already made his plans.

"You helped me with the copying homework assigned for Chinese and the word copying homework assigned for English."

"Oh my god! The English teacher caught you sleeping in class and ordered you to copy the vocabulary from Unit 4 ten times! Ten times! You want me to copy it for you? You're so funny! Even murderers and robbers aren't as cruel as you. Are you going to die? I can give you a ride!!!"

Xiao Xiaoyu laughed so hard that tears almost came out of her eyes: "Wow, it seems that you guys have had a wonderful time while I was away."

"Sleeping in English class, Yangyang, even if you are Eagle's favorite, you have crossed her bottom line this time, hahahaha!"

Zhou Xi had some recollection of that English class. Gao Liyang had originally asked her to help and keep an eye on the teacher, saying that he couldn't bear staying up late to finish his homework.

As a result, she was too focused on the class and didn't pay attention to the difficult grammar points. A piece of chalk came flying towards her, brushed past her hair, and hit the target.

The piece of chalk completed its mission, successfully leaving a little white on Gao Liyang's black hair, then rolled on the ground and finally lay at her feet.

Gao Liyang wasn't worried at all: "Forget it if you don't agree, go find a new love."

Lu Zisheng gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Okay, deal!"

"Remember to write nicely, don't let your handwriting get away with it."

"You bastard, you're talking so much bullshit. It's not like I haven't done it before."

Lu Zisheng and Gao Liyang's calligraphy is from the same master. Although Lu Zisheng's calligraphy is only five points compared with Gao Liyang's, five points is enough.

Song Chaoyu counted the homework he owed on his fingers, and thought to himself: "Hey, Brother Lu, do you want me to team up with you? Do me a favor."

Lu Zisheng's right eyelid twitched. "No, you wouldn't take advantage of the situation, would you? Song Chaoyu, you're not that kind of person. I believe you."

Despite saying this, Lu Zisheng still took a few steps back and took a defensive stance.

"Correct answer!" Song Chaoyu took out his cell phone and laughed, "Come on..."

"Well, let's talk about it later. I still have a lot of homework to do. I can't finish it. I really can't finish it!"

"My mom's tutor gave me homework yesterday, and I stayed up until 11 o'clock to finish it. I was so sleepy I fell asleep as soon as I got to bed. I didn't even finish the game assignments."

“Don’t…”

Xiao Xiaoyu pouted and remained silent for a long time. Suddenly, she sighed in disbelief, "No, how did we become like this? We're in high school and can't stop talking about studying. Can you please stop talking about this? Let's go out and have fun. I'll treat you. Please don't mention studying anymore!"

"Okay! That's right. Let's stop talking. The more we talk, the sadder we get. We'll finish our homework during self-study tomorrow night. I won't cry until I'm about to die." Song Chaoyu agreed with both hands and feet.

Zhou Xi didn't say a word. Although she had finished all her homework, she couldn't help these people. After all, they were just copying homework. She could do nothing to help.

…

During evening self-study, after the bell rang, several students wearing armbands knocked quietly and appeared at the classroom door, holding notebooks and pens in their hands.

"Excuse me, the student council is checking your appearance!"

“Oh my god!”

"What's going on!"

"Why are you conducting another surprise inspection? My nails are uncut! Quick, quick, get your earrings!!!"

"Dead, his hair is past his ears, there's no hope of saving him, haha."

"Come on, come on, I have a pair of scissors, cut off the hair next to your ear. Hey, your eyebrows are too long!"

Everyone was in chaos as if they had seen an evil spirit. The whole classroom was in turmoil and the little movements hidden below did not stop.

"Please put your hands on the table. Ladies, please tuck your hair behind your ears and cooperate with our inspection."

Zhou touched his ear, feeling lucky that he hadn't gotten an ear piercing. He then looked at his fingertips, which were very clean, like a perfect template, with no extra nails.

"Have you trimmed your nails?"

Gao Yuanyuan nodded frantically and stretched out her hands: "I've cut it, look!"

"I often type on the keyboard, don't trim my nails, and slip."

"Yeah, good habit."

"So round, so round! Help me!" Sun Gu put on a mask of pain, his hands waving in the air anxiously, "I'm dying, I'm dying, my nails are definitely out of shape!!"

"Wait a moment."

Zhou Xi couldn't help laughing and turned to the side.

"Help." Gao Liyang clasped his hands together and looked at the person in front of him.

The dimple at the corner of Zhou Xi's mouth was faintly visible: "I actually have one."

The student union members were fully aware of what was happening below, and tried to remain calm and composed, neither interfering nor stopping their work.

"It's over! It's over! Lao Zhang is going to scold me to death. I have nail polish on. There's no way to avoid it. I will definitely be punished and have class points deducted."

Xiao Xiaoyu noticed that the inspector had not reached her yet, so she lowered her head and tried desperately to remove the nail polish, her hands turning red from doing so.

"Hello, hold out your hand."

Xiao Xiaoyu stopped struggling and was nailed to the stool, watching helplessly as someone put the notebook on her desk.

Then, with a deathly pale face, he wrote the three big words "Xiao Xiaoyu" with his own hands.

When they left, there was a wind, and it was very cold, which made her feel cold to the bone.

"Sorry to bother you!"

After the students who checked their appearance left, Class 1 and 2 of Senior High School fell into a brief silence.

"Oh my god, so Old Zhang, who always comes to the class on time on weekends to check on the attendance of evening self-study, didn't show up. Did he get the news in advance?"

"Wow, the grade is not going to kill us now. Oh, right! I brought my books."

"Come on, come on, hide quickly!"

Before he could finish his words, there was another knock on the door.

“Bang, bang, bang!”

Three times, each one hitting people's hearts hard. Everyone opened their eyes wide, holding their breath and not daring to breathe deeply.

"Excuse me, the student council is checking the illegal books!"

“!!!”

"Depend on!"

"Fuck you!"

"This is a damn school without mom and dad! I'm so unlucky!"

"My book is going to die, ahhhhhh!!!"

“…”

Zhou Xi listened to the sound of broken defense and silently mourned for the poor book for a second.

"Please put all the books in your drawers on the table and cooperate with the inspection."

"What's wrong with you?" Zhou Xi glanced at Gao Yuanyuan and saw that her face turned pale and her ears turned red.

Gao Yuanyuan hugged the book in her arms, wanting to cry but unable to: "Sister Zhou, I brought the novel."

She had waited a long time to buy the book. If it was confiscated, she didn't know if she would be able to buy the genuine copy at a high price in the future. Besides, it would be too embarrassing. Why did the school require the book to be confiscated? Wasn't it okay for her to just read a novel?

"What should I do? What should I do?"

Zhou Xi pursed his lips, and his eyes turned away as the inspector had not yet arrived.

"Hide it with this, hurry up."

Gao Yuanyuan looked at the thing that suddenly appeared in her sight, and read the "Collection of Excellent College Entrance Examination Essays" carefully!

"Thank you, thank you!"

“Just right!”

Gao Yuanyuan took a deep breath, carefully put the book cover on, and pressed it among a pile of teaching aids. It looked exactly the same.

"Leave it here with me, just pretend nothing happened, don't panic." Zhou Xi saw that Gao Yuanyuan was guilty, and knew something was wrong. If he didn't search her, whose would he search?

"No, no, if I were..."

"No, and you'll be exposed if you panic too much."

"Sorry! Sorry!"

Meng Qian wanted to reach out to protect them, but it was too late. Several books were knocked over by the people checking them as they passed by in the crowded aisle, and her hands were hit red by the books.

The thin curved eyebrows suddenly changed shape and frowned together.

"fine."

"I'm so sorry!"

The tall boy who knocked over the book blushed, quickly picked it up, wiped the water stains, and put it back neatly.

"fine."

"Sorry!" The boy apologized again before leaving.

After checking, Meng Qian took out the three books on top and put the rest back into the drawer.

Gu Yingying took out two pieces of paper: "Come on, Wan, wipe it again, I know you..."

"No, this book is useless anyway, I'll throw it away later."

Gu Yingying nodded: "That's right, you little mysophobia kid."

"What's wrong with being a germaphobe? It's dirty."

"Yes, yes, it's dirty. You are a clean little girl. I will help you throw it away later."

"By the way, after the parent-teacher conference, New Year's Day is just over half a month away, and then there are final exams. This semester will be over soon. Are you going to participate in the show on New Year's Day?"

"I guess the school will definitely require your dance team to perform a show to attract attention. Has your teacher mentioned this to you?"

Meng Qian looked up. It was half past seven.

"I want to find someone to do a show with instead of being on the team, and the teacher agreed."

"Who is it? What show?"

"It's not confirmed yet. I'll tell you when the time comes."

Gao Yuanyuan clenched her hands in her pockets and tangled them together. She pulled her glasses down to hide her expression and tried to act normal. She didn't dare look at the inspector, and her eyes wandered to the window and Zhou Xi.

Zhou Xi nudged Gao Yuanyuan and said, "It's okay, don't be nervous."

"Um."

When the examiner leaned over to look through Zhou Xishu's letter, Gao Yuanyuan heard her own heartbeat.

“Plop! Plop!”

It was so clear that in the next second, my heart would jump out and say hello to her.

"Sorry to bother you!"

"call!"

"Finally gone!" Gao Yuanyuan let go of her hand, ignoring the deep and shallow red marks on her palm, and immediately took off the book cover and returned it to Zhou Xi.

"Thank you, Sister Zhou!"

"No big deal, it's okay."

“I give in!”

Many people in the classroom did not sit in the fourth group like them. During the final inspection, they came up with a temporary solution and all the books were handed in.

The girls all read colorful books, while the boys read various martial arts and science fiction novels.

Their spiritual food is gone, how can they survive? They want to shoot the Japanese bastards with guns. It’s best to tell them tomorrow when you wake up and return the book to them, otherwise...

"Little PHS!!! You're not working! What's going on? Give me your explanation, tell me, tell me!!!"

Xiao Xiaoyu's heart-wrenching voice drowned out all the sounds in the classroom.