When they were questioned that day, their child and Lu Ying were left in the living room, while the men went into the study and talked for a long time.

While waiting, Lu Ying looked worried. Seeing this, Lu Chuqing comforted the woman, "It's okay, Mom. Uncle Xi is handsome, gentle, considerate and virtuous."

"Uncle Xi did not show the slightest fear or backing down even when faced with the death stares of his maternal grandfather and uncles, which shows that he is responsible and truly cares for his mother."

“My grandfather and uncles wouldn’t really make things difficult for someone like that.”

The young girl took the woman's hand and said, "Even if they really make things difficult for Uncle Xi, I support my mother."

She whispered in Lu Ying's ear, "If Uncle Xi treats Mom badly, we'll just find someone else. There are so many men in the world, Mom can choose someone good-looking and obedient. If things get really bad, we can just find someone else!"

Lu Ying was rendered speechless by her words. What was this talk of changing or not changing? Xi Jun was still fighting three people alone in the study because of her, while she was here listening to her daughter talking about changing the next one.

No matter how I think about it, I feel a little sorry for Xi Jun.

Lu Chuqing didn't know what the men said in the end, but in any case, they didn't say anything more about Xi Jun and Lu Ying.

Although the two uncles looked increasingly grim during those days, once Xi Jun booked a large private room at the best Chinese restaurant in the provincial capital, invited the whole family to dinner, and prepared gifts for everyone, they stopped showing their displeasure.

If there's anything I'm still a little bothered about, it's that Xi Jun's son, Xi Qingxu, didn't show up.

The man's explanation was: his child had found a part-time job, and he was a bit busy as summer vacation was coming to an end, so he couldn't refuse.

The whole family didn't say much after hearing this, only saying that the child was sensible and hardworking.

Lu Chuqing felt something was off at the time; the whole family's attitude towards Xi Qingxu was a bit too indifferent.

But she had no right to say anything, and only paid attention to Lu Linqi.

As it turned out, this person was listening to English reading with headphones on and didn't hear the whole family's rambling at all.

Lu Chuqing was surprised by Lu Linqi's actions. Why didn't she think of wearing Bluetooth headphones to block out those family gossips!

But at the same time, I felt a bit of schadenfreude. This person won't listen to anything now, but he'll suffer later.

Having won everyone's approval, Xi Jun and Lu Ying made rapid progress and moved in two days before Lu Chuqing's school started.

The house that Lu Ying bought was a duplex, but only she and Lu Chuqing lived there from the beginning, so the upstairs was not renovated and remained empty with the original two bedrooms and one bathroom.

Xi Jun's house was too small and old, and there was no elevator upstairs, so she moved here.

For convenience and to avoid disturbing both parties, Lu Chuqing moved to a sunny room upstairs.

The room that was originally reserved was spacious, but it was filled with things that were gradually moved in.

She heard from Lu Ying that Xi Qingxu was planning to live alone.

Neither of the adults said anything more, and she certainly wouldn't say anything either.

Before she knew it, school started, and she became busy again.

Although both are called No. 11 Middle School, the junior high school and senior high school are separate, separated by a wall, and are two completely different courtyards.

Since the primary focus is on learning, the school environment is relatively simple, without many corridors with blooming flowers and climbing branches, or many pavilions for leisure and recreation.

There are many flower beds of various shapes, and if you want to relax, you can sit on the wooden benches that circle the trees.

She didn't know anyone in her new class. She didn't talk to other kids much to begin with, and now that she was grouped with kids from other schools, she didn't recognize a single person.

Oh no! There's one that looks familiar.

"Xiao Qingzi! What kind of fate is this between us! I actually met you in my new class!"

Nangong Yu had gone to the school store with a new friend to buy school supplies, and on her way back, she bumped into Lu Chuqing at the corner of the classroom.

It was still early, and quite a few people had already arrived in the class. Some were people I knew before, and some were people I had just met. They gathered together to talk and chat.

The boy was so surprised that he shouted loudly, and everyone in the class looked in their direction.

There was no way around it; back in the digital painting class, Nangong Yu had already become quite familiar with Lu Chuqing on his own.

At that time, Lu Chuqing felt that he was too familiar with her, so she made up a story that she was from the high school next door, and the man never suspected anything!

So much so that when they were looking for their class at the start of the semester, they were convinced that it was just a case of people with the same name as Lu Chuqing when they saw her name on the class list.

When he finally saw Lu Chuqing, he was more surprised than happy and went up to give her a warm hug, just like a good friend.

"Friend! I'm so happy to see you!"

The boy was so excited that he pounced on her. By the time Lu Chuqing realized what was happening and tried to push him away, he was already wrapped around her so tightly that she couldn't move him at all.

"...I'm not happy at all."

The young girl said something that sounded like she had no will to live, but Nangong Yu was too happy to hear her clearly.

For a moment, everyone in the hallway and in the classroom stared at the two embracing.

For teenagers who are awakening during puberty, their behavior is nothing short of explosive.

Even though no one speaks at this moment, gossip is already churning in the hearts of all the witnesses.

"Alright, let go of me. It's still hot outside, and you smell like sweat."

Lu Chuqing pushed the person away forcefully, and what she saw was Nangong Yu's rather resentful face.

"You said you were from the high school section, and I've called you 'senior' for so long. I even thought it was just a coincidence that we had the same name when I saw your name on the class list. Turns out you've been lying to me for so long!"

As he spoke, the man started crying, wiping away his tears with one hand and pointing at her with the other, accusing her, "You lied to me so badly!"

Lu Chuqing, "..."

Guards, drag this lowly commoner out and beat him to a pulp!

But she held back and didn't say anything, rolled her eyes, ignored the person, and walked into the classroom.

Nangong Yu followed behind, chattering away, "Friend, friend! Xiao Qingzi, tell me about our revolutionary friendship, you actually won't tell me the truth, you've hurt me so much!"

There were plenty of empty seats in the back row, so Lu Chuqing found a window seat. The two tables next to each other were empty, so she went straight over and put her backpack down.

I originally intended to wipe the table with a wet wipe first, but I found that the tabletop was actually quite clean.

She then looked under the table, which was also clean, except for a pen and a piece of exercise paper with a few words written on it in a winding and zigzag pattern.

Lu Chuqing glanced at it several times but couldn't make out what it said. She assumed it was left by a student from the previous year who had bad handwriting, so she crumpled it up and threw it into the trash can behind her.

Then, seeing her movement, Nangong Yu suddenly fell silent and asked her, "Are you going to sit here?"

Lu Chuqing didn't even look up, putting her schoolbag into the desk drawer. "What? You don't still want to sit next to me, do you?"