As soon as Chu Baiyi reached the classroom door, she heard a hushed voice coming from inside.

"I heard that she complained that the other people in her dorm ate instant noodles because they smelled bad, so she not only punched one of them in the head until it bled, but also kicked over their instant noodles."

"Really? Is that a big deal?"

Didn't you hear the ambulance siren when school let out yesterday?

"What is this, Chao Xiong, the transfer student?"

"Two transfer students have arrived, and their personalities are so different..."

Her steps abruptly halted, her fingers unconsciously tightening around the strap of her backpack.

They're laughing at her!

They mocked her, saying she was inferior to that poor, wretched woman, Chu Zixi!

She took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

The classroom fell silent for a second, then returned to normal, as if the previous discussion was just her imagination.

But those subtle glances, those sudden glances as she passed by, all felt like needles pricking her nerves.

She walked to a seat near the front of the middle and sat down casually, using the excuse of tidying up her things to look behind her.

Zi Xi looked up at the sound, calmly exchanged a glance with Chu Baiyi, whose face was deathly pale, and then lowered her head to continue writing her questions.

Upon seeing the lemon tea and partially eaten fruit platter on Zi Xi's table, Chu Baiyi's face instantly turned deathly pale.

"He really bought it for you?!"

She rushed forward suddenly, her voice shrill and unnatural.

The students around looked at each other in confusion, and someone whispered, "What's going on? Why is it so loud all of a sudden..."

"What right do you have to eat this?!"

"You fake, how dare you eat his food here! You're not trying to get him to support you because his family is rich, are you?!"

"I was wondering why you weren't living in the school dorms! Is he keeping you as a mistress?!"

She was so angry that her fingers trembled, and in her extreme rage, she swept the plastic box of the fruit platter and the lemon tea onto the ground.

The classroom fell completely silent, and everyone looked at the back with strange expressions.

Did they witness a real-life instance of bullying?

"Ring ring..."

The school bell saved the stagnant atmosphere.

Chu Baiyi gave Zixi a disdainful look and returned to her seat indignantly.

Chu Zixi was lucky, otherwise she definitely would have slapped her!

The girl next to her quietly moved her chair to the other side.

A slight noise came from the back door of the classroom.

When Jiang Yanli returned carrying a thermos, she suddenly stopped in her tracks.

The fruit plate next to Zixi's desk was overturned, freshly cut fruit pieces rolled on the ground, lemon tea was spilled in a puddle, and the straw lay forlornly in the water stains.

Meanwhile, Zi Xi herself was squatting on the ground, using tissues to carefully put the items into a plastic bag.

She moved very gently, as if she were just dealing with an ordinary accident. Her face was expressionless, and she didn't even frown.

Jiang Yanli's knuckles tightened unconsciously, causing the honey water in the thermos to slosh around. The warm sensation emanated from the cup, but inexplicably made his chest feel tight.

"Honey was added."

"Um."

Zi Xi continued tidying up without looking up.

Is she not planning to tell him what happened?

After tidying up, Zixi threw the trash bag into the trash can, returned to her seat, and continued to attend class attentively.

She didn't even think to mention what had just happened?

Is it because they have no relation and are strangers?

This realization made him feel like he had a lump of wet cotton stuck in his throat, making it hard to breathe.