Chapter 83 End of the First Semester of Junior High

Shen Xuewei was too hungry to speak.

"It's too late to regret it now, so let's just leave it at that. We're almost there, if we switch lines, wouldn't all the people ahead of us have been waiting for nothing? There are so many people behind us, so let's just make do."

Wang Chunyan sighed and her shoulders slumped.

"Well, that's the only way."

After the first few people finished eating, the two handed over their meal tickets and held their lunchboxes out the window.

As they left through the window with their lunchboxes, the two noticed that there was significantly more food in the lunchboxes than before, and their earlier slight annoyance vanished instantly.

Wang Chunyan said happily, "Weiwei, this new auntie is quite nice. Although she's slow at serving food, at least her hands don't shake."

Shen Xuewei nodded in deep agreement.

Junior high school students are generally in a period of growth spurt and need to consume more nutrients.

Of course, the food in the school cafeteria is just so-so, whether it's nutritious or not.

The key issue is that the portions of food are very small, so small that even someone like Shen Xuewei, who doesn't have a big appetite, sometimes doesn't feel full.

Shen Xuewei didn't want to go hungry, after all, she still wanted to grow.

If you can't even get enough to eat, how can you grow properly?

For the sake of my health, I had no choice but to stock up on bread, instant noodles, and the like, and keep them in my dorm room.

Eat something when you're hungry, at least it'll fill your stomach.

I got so much food this time, looks like I can save on instant noodles for lunch.

The two, carrying their lunchboxes, searched for seats in the dining hall.

There were empty seats, but the two of them wanted to sit together to eat, and there wasn't enough room for both of them, so they didn't want to go.

As they were searching around, a person sat with their legs crossed and waved to them from their seat.

Shen Xuewei looked closely and realized it was Zheng Feng.

Seeing that he had taken up a seat, and that there was no problem for the two of them to sit down, they pulled Wang Chunyan and walked towards him.

The usually lively and outgoing Wang Chunyan walked behind Shen Xuewei this time, not daring to look Zheng Feng in the eye.

However, Zheng Fengye only glanced at her because she was walking with Shen Xuewei, and then didn't look at her properly again.

"Jinyan, please sit here. I've saved you seats."

Shen Xuewei sat down next to him without any hesitation, "Thank you, Brother Feng."

She patted the seat on the other side, gesturing for Wang Chunyan to sit down.

Seeing that she was sitting in the middle, separating her from the school bully, Wang Chunyan finally breathed a sigh of relief, sat down next to Shen Xuewei, and ate her meal quietly.

That's right, Zheng Feng is also one of the school bullies at Mingda High School.

However, he was the school bully in the second year of junior high.

Of course, "school bully" is a term used in novels; in real life, it's rare to say that someone is a school bully.

Such people are generally called troublemakers.

In short, the students can tell from the person's face that the other person is not someone to be trifled with.

After entering junior high school, Zheng Feng initially pretended to be more serious, but later, for some reason, he became increasingly unrestrained.

They used to be willing to hire someone to do their homework, but now they're too lazy to hire anyone. In short, they're blatantly refusing to do it.

He sleeps during class but is full of energy after class. He's most energetic when he's playing ball with a group of friends in PE class.

He didn't actively bully his classmates, but he never gave them a friendly look.

Of course, if someone bullies him, he won't take it lying down.

A few days ago, after he single-handedly fought off two troublesome junior high students and successfully suppressed them, his name spread throughout the school.

After his reputation as a troublemaker spread, few dared to offend or approach him; they wished they could stay far away from him.

Shen Xuewei wasn't afraid, since the two of them were now considered relatives.

Zheng Feng ate very quickly, finishing all the food in his lunchbox in just a few minutes.

Then he patted the table in front of Shen Xuewei and said, "I'm leaving."

He got up, and several boys nearby also got up. The group swaggered away.

Once his figure had completely disappeared at the canteen entrance, Wang Chunyan glanced at him and then breathed a sigh of relief.

While eating, she nudged Shen Xuewei's hand with her elbow.

"Weiwei, you're really brave to talk to him. I heard he got into a fight with someone at the basketball court a few days ago."

"However, he didn't speak to you harshly. He still called you Jinyan. When did you change your name? How come I didn't know? What's your relationship with him?"

Shen Xuewei picked out a yellow cabbage leaf and replied, "I didn't provoke him, so of course he wouldn't hit me for no reason. We're related, and I even visit his family for the New Year. Jinyan is my nickname."

Wang Chunyan said "Oh," and added, "No wonder, so you're relatives."

After finishing their meal, the two washed their lunchboxes at the tap outside the dining hall and placed them on the shelf inside.

When I got back to the dormitory, it wasn't nap time yet.

Knowing Shen Xuewei's habits, Wang Chunyan didn't go to play with her after returning to the dormitory, but instead went to chat with other students in the dormitory.

Shen Xuewei changed into slippers, washed her feet with some water, dried them, and went to bed.

She took a notebook and pen out of the box, lay on the box for two minutes and thought for a while before starting to write.

The dormitory environment was a bit noisy, but Shen Xuewei was already used to such an atmosphere and was not affected; her thoughts remained clear.

The nap bell rang, and everyone returned to their beds.

Shen Xuewei's roommate, who was in the next bed, came back from the next dormitory and climbed into his bed, immediately seeing Shen Xuewei in the next bed.

Even though there were two layers of mosquito nets between them, and they could only see Shen Xuewei's back, they could still feel her seriousness.

Even though she had seen it many times before, she still admired it greatly.

She sighed softly, "No wonder he's number one in the grade; he works so hard behind the scenes..."

I admire her, but to get her to be so proactive in learning...

Sorry, she can't do it.

She shrugged, pulled the blanket over herself, and fell asleep almost immediately.

Shen Xuewei continued writing while still hunched over the box until she heard faint, rhythmic footsteps outside the door.

Knowing that it was the dormitory inspector, she leaned back and pretended to be asleep.

I heard the teacher's footsteps fade away, then approach again, and finally, the sound of them going downstairs.

She sat up again and continued writing a few hundred more words.

I glanced at my watch; it was already 1:10, and most of the people in the dormitory were already asleep.

Shen Xuewei put away her pen, put the things back in the box, locked it, and then went to sleep peacefully.

After taking a nap for more than half an hour, she got up promptly at 1:50.

She skillfully folded the quilt, lifted and clipped the mosquito net, then got out of bed and put on her shoes, all in one smooth motion.

After using the restroom and washing my face, I jogged with Wang Chunyan to the classroom.

I arrived at the classroom just one minute before class started.

Time flew by, yet seemed to drag on. Amidst the cheers of the students, the first semester of junior high school came to an end.

After finishing her last exam, Shen Xuewei came out of the classroom, where Wu Yuhong was already waiting for her in the corridor.

The two returned to their dormitory, removed the bed sheets and mosquito nets they were going to take back to wash, stuffed some things into their backpacks, and then left the school together.

Shen Xuewei still needed to send the last draft to the editor. After leaving the school, she and Wu Yuhong headed to an internet cafe.

She typed the content into the document at lightning speed and then sent it to the editor.

After receiving an affirmative reply from the editor, Shen Xuewei felt relieved.

After logging out of QQ and deleting the documents on her computer, she got up and left the internet cafe, then got on a tricycle with Wu Yuhong to go home.

It was already mid-January 2004, and in another week or two, it would be the Spring Festival.