Chapter 42: Betting, weak and delicate?

Now Zhang Wanwan can only cook for Zhang Baiyan on weekends. She always thinks about giving him good food and is almost becoming like an old mother. She only starts eating when Zhang Baiyan comes back.

Over the next two days, the brother and sister stayed in their rooms to review tacitly, occasionally getting together to discuss problems, but more often they worked hard on solving problems.

Zhang's mother prepared the day's meals for the brother and sister early in the morning. The braised pork and other dishes were all made early in the morning and they just had to be heated up when they were ready to eat at noon. Zhang Wanwan and the others only had to stir-fry some vegetables, and no time was wasted at all.

Two days passed in a flash.

Early Monday morning, the brother and sister left home one after another.

When she stepped into the classroom of Class 1, Grade 1, Zhang Wanwan sensitively noticed the tense atmosphere in the class. Looking around, she saw that most of the students were reading with their heads down, and only three or two were wandering around, as if they didn't take the exam seriously at all.

After Zhang Wanwan sat down, she took out her examination supplies and closed her eyes.

Cai Long, who was sitting behind her, tugged at Zhang Wanwan's clothes and asked curiously, "Student master, have you finished your review and don't need to read anymore?"

Zhang Wanwan paused and replied in a low voice: "I was in a hurry to go out this morning, so I only took the pen with me, and left everything else at home."

Cai Long looked unconvinced and chatted with Zhang Wanwan while lying on the desk, "I think you are just being modest!"

Zhang Wanwan shook her head. She really didn't bring any materials. In her schoolbag were only a black signing pen, a 2B pencil, an eraser, a ruler, and her mini water bottle for the exam. She was afraid of being watched again, so she put aside the "missile" that her father had bought for her.

While the two were whispering, Leng Ziyue walked into the classroom. Maybe it was because of the aura, but the students who had been lowering their heads before suddenly looked up at the same time. When they saw that it was not the head teacher, they lowered their heads again.

As soon as Leng Ziyue sat down, Cai Long and Zhang Wanwan immediately became quiet.

They watched him casually stuff his schoolbag into the drawer, then lie down and close his eyes. He did it in one smooth motion, and the two of them were stunned.

Zhang Wanwan and Cai Long looked at each other in silence.

After a while, Leng Ziyue suddenly stood up, startling the two again. He turned his head and looked at Zhang Wanwan in a trance, "Do you have an extra pen?"

"What?"

"Pen."

Zhang Wanwan took out her pencil case in a daze.

Leng Ziyue took it and took out a black pen from it, "Thank you." Then he continued to lie down.

When Cai Long realized what was happening, he was so angry that he almost jumped up and down. He gestured silently and exaggeratedly, "Arrogant, arrogant, so arrogant!" He was still not satisfied after gesturing, so he wrote a line of words directly on the book.

Zhang Wanwan leaned over to take a look and almost burst out laughing. She saw the words written in a flamboyant style: "If I don't beat him in the exam this time, I won't let Cai Long change to a vegetable worm. You be my witness!"

Zhang Wanwan suppressed her laughter, nodded solemnly, and said in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, "Whether it is a dragon or a bug, we will know in two days."

Cai Long's desk mate felt puzzled and looked at Cai Long in disbelief.

The two-day test was over quickly. Everything was normal during the period. The only abnormal thing was Leng Ziyue. This guy seemed to have brought nothing to school. He left all his textbooks in the drawer and did not take them with him. His schoolbag was empty, with not a single thing in it. No one knew what he was memorizing. Starting from the first exam when he borrowed a pen from Zhang Wanwan, he used Zhang Wanwan's pen for every exam thereafter, forcing Zhang Wanwan to prepare a set of exam supplies for him the next day.

Cai Long also teased that they were using couple's stationery, which made Zhang Wanwan almost vomit blood. However, she endured it when she thought that they would soon no longer be "neighbors".

Early Wednesday morning, Zhang Wanwan was riding her bicycle in a good mood in the slightly sunny morning light. She was so happy at the thought that she could change seats in the next two days that she hummed a little tune unconsciously. Halfway through the journey, she heard a series of frivolous whistles behind her. She frowned and quickened her pace. Unexpectedly, the person behind her caught up with her.

"Hey! Beautiful top student, long time no see!"

Zhang Wanwan turned around angrily and was shocked to find that the person coming was Tian Sen, and behind him was Leng Ziyue!

Zhang Wanwan's eyes suddenly widened and she stopped to look at them in disbelief.

“Why aren’t you leaving?” Tian Sen also stopped and looked at Zhang Wanwan in confusion. He scratched his head and said awkwardly, “Don’t be angry about the misunderstanding of your relationship with Yan Zeyu before! I am a positive and positive student, definitely not what you saw that day. I apologize to you here. We are all brothers, don’t mind it!”

Zhang Wanwan: "." Who is your buddy? They don't seem to be familiar with each other!

When her eyes fell on Leng Ziyue, the corners of Zhang Wanwan's mouth twitched. She originally thought that he just had a dull expression, was cold-blooded, unsociable, and had a physical problem. Now it seemed that he would have to be given another reputation of being weak and fragile!

Leng Ziyue keenly sensed Zhang Wanwan's thoughts, his face darkened, and he said coldly: "My car is broken."

"Oh." Zhang Wanwan agreed obediently, and no one else knew what she was thinking.

After this incident, the three of them rode in unusual "harmony" for the rest of the journey. Under pressure from Leng Ziyue's momentum, Zhang Wanwan was as quiet as she could be. Most of the talking was done by Tian Sen, the outgoing chatterbox, with Zhang Wanwan occasionally chiming in. Leng Ziyue, who was very frugal with words, didn't say a word except for breathing the whole time.

The three of them entered the school. When they passed by the bulletin board, they saw a bunch of freshmen gathered in a group. Zhang Wanwan was surprised, "The grade rankings are out so soon?"

Generally, grade rankings are posted on the school bulletin board, while class rankings are only available to the homeroom teacher.

Tian Sen curled his lips, showing no interest at all. "Anyway, no matter how many times I take the exam, I won't be the worst. Of course, I can't be as perverted as you guys."

Zhang Wanwan glared at him, and Tian Sen immediately changed his words, "He is as perverted as him."

Leng Ziyue glanced at Tian Sen coldly, and Tian Sen immediately became quiet. He put him down obediently and rode his bicycle as fast as he could as if he was escaping. Zhang Wanwan also hurried to the parking lot, otherwise she would be late.

When she returned to the classroom, Leng Ziyue was already lying on her desk. She could hardly hear her breathing and she didn't know whether she was really asleep or just pretending to sleep. Her classmates were staring at her with envy and admiration, which made her realize that her ranking in this test was definitely not bad.

What surprised Zhang Wanwan was that Cai Long, who used to be a chatterbox, was unusually quiet today. From the moment Zhang Wanwan walked in and sat down to the moment she took out her textbook, Cai Long never took the initiative to say a word to her.

She turned around and asked curiously, "Cai Long, what's wrong with you? Didn't you do well in the exam?"

Cai Long lowered his head and shook his head slightly.

(End of this chapter)