Shut up

After school in the afternoon, Lu Xiye followed Jiang Zhizhi out of the school. When they entered the residential area, he approached her and asked, "Jiang Zhizhi, do you know what the score cutoff is for No. 1 Middle School in the city?"

"270 points."

"If I work harder, won't I be able to get into No. 1 Middle School with you?" Lu Xiye was very proud. "I got almost 250 points this time!"

He suddenly understood why Jiang Zhizhi studied so hard. It was such a great sense of accomplishment to get good grades.

In just one month, he was able to score 243. Now there is at least one more month before the entrance examination for the No. 1 Middle School in the city. At the current pace, it will be a sure thing for him to score 270!

Jiang Zhizhi pursed her lips slightly and said nothing.

In his previous life, he was still the last in the class, but he was still able to go to No. 1 Middle School.

"Lu Xiye, can you promise me one thing?"

"What's going on?"

"Don't bully your classmates." Jiang Zhizhi looked at him seriously and said.

She knew that it was difficult to change a person's character, and in this life, she would never be bullied by Lu Xiye again.

But after spending these days together, she still felt a moment of trance in her heart.

Maybe... Lu Xiye can change.

Lu Xiye was stunned for a moment, then said unhappily, "When did I ever bully my classmates?"

"Well, not yet. Keep it up."

Lu Xiye: ...

*

When we returned to Lu Xiye's house, the aroma of food wafted from the dining room.

Now Aunt Zhou always prepares dinner before leaving. Lu Xiye put on his slippers and walked over impatiently.

As usual, one main dish, two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, nutritionally balanced.

"Today's spareribs are delicious, come and have some." He ate a piece of spareribs, his beautiful eyes narrowed in satisfaction, and while greeting Jiang Zhizhi, he scooped the rice into his own bowl, piling it into a small hill.

"No, you eat by yourself. I'm going to read a book." Jiang Zhizhi said and was about to go upstairs.

"Hey!" Lu Xiye slammed the bowl down on the table and said unhappily, "It's just a meal. I told you I'd cover your meal, and I can't finish all this. You eat pancakes every day, and you're almost like a pancake!"

Jiang Zhizhi frowned, "How am I the same as a pancake?"

"As flat as a pancake." Lu Xiye said asking for a beating.

Jiang Zhizhi sneered, "That's better than a good-for-nothing like you."

After she finished speaking, she turned and went upstairs.

Lu Xiye was furious and stuffed a big mouthful of rice into his mouth angrily.

You actually said he was a good-for-nothing?

He obviously has a normal appetite as a boy, not like Jiang Zhizhi who has a small stomach.

On the second floor, Jiang Zhizhi had not yet walked out of the stairs when she suddenly heard the sound of a door opening.

She paused, thinking that it was Lu Xiye's nanny, Aunt Zhou, who had arrived, but when the door opened, from her perspective, she saw a man in suit trousers.

Jiang Zhizhi immediately realized that this was Lu Xiye's father.

She has been tutoring Lu Xiye for more than a month, and this is the first time his father has come.

"Why are you here?" Lu Xiye subconsciously put down his bowl and chopsticks, and his voice became extremely cold.

Lu Hengshan stood at the entrance, looking down at the small women's shoes on his feet. "Whose shoes are these?"

The moment he saw his father, Lu Xiye felt faintly happy, but the moment Lu Hengshan questioned him, his little bit of joy instantly vanished.

"What does it have to do with you?"

His answer was stinging, and he looked at the person who came in stubbornly and indifferently.

"What does it have to do with me? I'm your father, I'm in charge of you!" Lu Hengshan was truly offended. He was furious, and without even changing his shoes, he rushed into the restaurant and gave Lu Xiye a vicious kick. "You're always doing nothing! You're ranked last in the class, and now you even dare to bring a girl home to fool around! Are you worthy of your dead mother?"

"Are you worthy of my dead mother? It's been three days since my mother's grave was buried, and you're traveling outside with a wild woman! You are not worthy of taking care of me at all!" Lu Xiye was kicked, glared at Lu Hengshan, and roared angrily.

"Isn't it for you that I'm out there? Look at yourself. If I don't make more money out there, how will you be able to ruin this family in the future?"

Lu Xiye sneered in disgust, "I'm not afraid of losing everything. I still have a good face. I can sell it like you in the future!"

“Bang!”

A slap hit Lu Xiye's face hard.

Lu Hengshan was shaking with anger, and his stern face almost broke with anger.

When Lu Xiye's mother had just passed away, he dated a Beijing woman for a while for company business.

Lu Xiye was still young at the time, immersed in the grief of his mother's death and unable to get over it, let alone accept that woman.

Later, because of Lu Xiye's interference, his relationship with that woman ended in failure, and the father-son relationship between the two reached a freezing point.

Lu Hengshan didn't say anything, and Lu Xiye stared at him stubbornly.

Jiang Zhizhi felt very embarrassed. She hesitated for a moment whether to go downstairs, and was forced to hear the private affairs of Lu Xiye's family.

But despite the embarrassment, she still walked down from upstairs and politely called out, "Hello, uncle."

Lu Hengshan looked back at Jiang Zhizhi and wanted to get angry, but Jiang Zhizhi looked so well-behaved, like a good student. He was stunned for a moment.

He thought that Lu Xiye brought back some girl of questionable character.

After a light cough, Lu Hengshan's voice subconsciously softened, but still remained stern. "Which school are you from? What's your name?"

"I'm Lu Xiye's classmate, Jiang Zhizhi. I'm here to..."

"Jiang Zhizhi, go home!"

Before she could finish her words, Lu Xiye suddenly interrupted her.

Jiang Zhizhi ignored him and still finished what she wanted to say, "Uncle, I'm here to tutor Lu Xiye."

"Tutoring?" Lu Hengshan suspected he had misheard and sneered, "He can tutor?"

"Yes, Lu Xiye took the third mock exam this time..."

"Jiang Zhizhi! What nonsense are you talking about..." Lu Xiye rushed over angrily, grabbed Jiang Zhizhi and tried to push her out.

Jiang Zhizhi shook him off. "Lu Xiye scored 243 points this time, ranking 28th in the class!"

28th? 243 points? Wouldn't the average score of the three subjects be over 80?

Lu Hengshan couldn't believe it. In the last midterm exam, Lu Xiye was still the last in the class, with a total score of only a few dozen points!

"Uncle, shouldn't you apologize to Lu Xiye?"

"Jiang Zhizhi, my family affairs have nothing to do with you, why do you have to butt your nose in them?" After the test results came out, Lu Xiye did think about whether Lu Hengshan would be happy if he saw his scores.

But at this moment, he didn't want Lu Hengshan to know at all.

All his efforts these days seemed like a joke.

"Shut up!"

Jiang Zhizhi pushed him away, walked up to Lu Hengshan, and said sternly, "Uncle, domestic violence is wrong. The first time I saw you at the school gate, you slapped him without saying a word. And you did it again today. Without even figuring out the truth, you immediately resorted to violence."

"Do you really love your son? You have no trust in him, and you don't understand him at all. In the past month, you haven't even come here to see him, let alone know how hard he's worked. The results of the third mock exam came out today, and his grades have improved so much, which is something to be happy about. But your presence has brought him pain."

"Although I am his classmate, I am also his tutor. From his teacher's perspective, I want to seek justice for him."

"Please apologize to him."

Jiang Zhizhi paused, then said politely, "What I said above is just my opinion from a bystander's perspective. I'm an outsider, so you still have to handle your family affairs yourselves. I'm leaving now."

After saying that, she walked to the entrance with her schoolbag on her back, changed her shoes and walked out.

Lu Xiye clenched his fists tightly, suppressing his grievances.

Jiang Zhizhi's words almost made him burst into tears, but he bit his lip stubbornly. After a while, he blurted out, "I will never study again! Are you satisfied with this?"

Without waiting for Lu Hengshan to say anything, he turned around and ran back to his room upstairs and got into bed.

In the living room downstairs, Lu Hengshan sat on the sofa, his lips tightly pursed in silence.

He saw Lu Xiye’s schoolbag thrown in the corner of the sofa and reached out to take it.

He took out the three mock exam papers from his schoolbag.

There was also a thick and somewhat worn exercise book next to it.

Lu Hengshan opened it and found that every page had been completed and carefully corrected with a red pen. It was obvious which questions were answered correctly and which were incorrect. There were even dense marks on it.

If Jiang Zhizhi hadn't said those words just now, even if the handwriting on it was Lu Xiye's, he would never believe that he did it.

It turns out that he was really wrong...

Lu Hengshan stroked the exercise book, and a hint of guilt appeared on his cold face.

*

"Teacher Xu, I've already selected the three places for this year's first-level recruitment. What do you think?"

As soon as Xu Haiyan entered the principal's office, she heard the principal say.

June is almost here, and there is less than a month left before the sixth grade students graduate. The students' grades have basically stabilized.

At this time every year, the number of places for first-tier school recruitment will be announced.

Students who get a place can directly enter the key class of the No. 1 Middle School in the city without taking the entrance examination.

Xu Haiyan picked up the three names circled by the principal and was stunned for a moment. "Principal, why isn't Jiang Zhizhi here? Since the second mock exam, her grades have consistently been in the top three in the class. This time, she even scored 290 points."

"That's just starting from the second mock exam. In the six grades of elementary school, Lin Qingyu, Xu Qingbo, and Lin Jiayi have always been at the top of the class. Students with such stable grades will also have stable grades when they enter junior high school and won't bring shame to our school."

"But he was always in the top three in the class in previous years. Lin Jiayi..."

Lin Jiayi only ranked fourth in this exam. His level was around sixth or seventh in the class, and he just performed exceptionally well this time.

It’s a bit unreasonable to ask him to give some advice.

"The quota has been decided. You go down and arrange it." The principal said with a cold face, leaving no room for maneuver.