Ding Kemeng also came to the bathroom to use the toilet. She saw Tang Qiushui's face in the mirror, paused for a moment, and didn't say anything.

Tang Qiushui clearly saw her through the mirror, but she did not turn her head.

Seeing that Tang Qiushui was unwilling to greet her, Ding Kemeng didn't want to make a fool of herself and prepared to walk past her into the house. But before she had taken a few steps, an arm suddenly appeared in front of her chest. Ding Kemeng looked up.

Tang Qiushui smiled maliciously: "Beg me, beg me and I'll let you in."

With a furrowed brow, Ding Kemeng tried to get around the arm.

Seeing this, Tang Qiushui took a few steps forward and stretched out her arm to block Ding Kemeng. "Didn't you hear me talking to you?" Tang Qiushui felt disgusted by Ding Kemeng's indifferent expression. She wanted to see if Ding Kemeng was really that indifferent!

"Take your hand away."

"So you can talk! I thought you were mute!" Tang Qiushui laughed. "What, you're not pretending anymore? Who are you trying to fool?"

Ding Kemeng's hands, hanging at her sides, tightened, and her expression gradually changed. She had never liked causing trouble. From childhood to adulthood, whenever trouble came her way, she would try to avoid it. She had clearly tried very hard to avoid these things, but these people still kept coming to bother her!

Ding Kemeng couldn't understand why this was happening!

"Ah—!" Tang Qiushui suddenly screamed, her outstretched arm seemingly devoid of feeling.

"I'm getting a little annoyed with you," Ding Kemeng said calmly, looking at Tang Qiushui, whose hands were sweating profusely from the pain.

Tang Qiushui's hand was being held by Ding Kemeng, and she couldn't break free. Furious, she shouted and tried to grab Ding Kemeng with her other hand, "Ding Kemeng, let go! Let go of me!"

Ding Kemeng was not about to let Tang Qiushui touch her. She quickly grabbed Tang Qiushui's outstretched hand, ignoring the pain from Tang Qiushui's long nails scratching her palm, and continued to tighten her grip.

Tang Qiushui quickly called out again.

"Don't bother me anymore, understand?" Ding Kemeng grabbed Tang Qiushui's hands, pulled her closer, stared into Tang Qiushui's eyes, and said seriously. Her tone was calm, without a hint of threat, but Tang Qiushui inexplicably felt a sense of fear.

What's going on with Ding Kemeng?!

Tang Qiushui didn't answer, so Ding Kemeng took it as a yes. Not wanting to waste any more time with her, Ding Kemeng quickly let go of her hand and pushed her out of the bathroom. "Let's go back to class. If you want to complain, I don't mind, just don't bother me anymore. I'm busy preparing for the physics competition."

After being pushed by Ding Kemeng, Tang Qiushui was stunned. Both of her hands were numb with pain. Carefully rolling up her sleeves, sure enough, two deep red marks were deeply imprinted on her arms from her fair wrists, even faintly tinged with purplish-blue!

Just how much effort did Ding Kemeng put in?

Tang Qiushui collapsed to the ground, her eyes red-rimmed, the hatred on her face almost tangible. She had practiced self-defense since childhood and thought dealing with a short girl would be easy, but when she faced Ding Kemeng, she hadn't had a chance to fight back at all!

A girl came to the restroom and saw Tang Qiushui sitting on the floor. She looked over in confusion. Tang Qiushui noticed the girl's gaze, immediately looked up, and roared, "What are you looking at? Believe me or not, I'll gouge your eyes out!"

The girl was startled by Tang Qiushui's hysterical appearance. After silently cursing her as a lunatic, she turned and left.

Tang Qiushui knew she looked pathetic sitting at the bathroom door, so she quickly composed herself, stood up, and decided not to go back to the classroom. Instead, she turned and walked out of the school.

In mid-April, the school arranged a bus to transport students and teachers to the physics competition. Ding Kemeng, carrying her student ID, boarded the bus with her physics teacher. Several students were already seated on the bus, but Ding Kemeng didn't recognize them. Not being one to easily make friends, she smiled and greeted one of the teachers she knew before finding a window seat to sit down by herself.

As Tang Zhizhou and Lin Changmao watched Ding Kemeng board the bus, they suddenly exclaimed, "Sister Meng is really amazing! This is the first time I've ever met a friend who can participate in this kind of physics competition!"

Hearing his remark, Lin Changmao raised an eyebrow: "Zhou'er, this is truly the first time I've met someone who can describe their poor grades in such a refreshing and elegant way!"

"Heh, aren't you just as bad as me?" Tang Zhizhou rolled his eyes and said irritably.

After watching for a while, Tang Zhizhou suddenly felt something was off: "Where's Brother Lu?" Today is the day Sister Meng is going to participate in the competition. It doesn't make sense that Brother Lu isn't coming to see her off!

"I've been wanting to ask you this for a while now. I haven't seen Brother Lu today either. Where did he go?" Lin Changmao asked, equally puzzled.

The two searched for Lu Ziyin outside, while Ding Kemeng, sitting on the bus, was starting to feel sleepy. She had been doing homework for a long time last night and hadn't slept well. Now that she was on the bus, in the quiet environment, she quickly fell asleep.

With her head tilted slightly to one side, Ding Kemeng gradually closed her eyes.

At that moment, the boy wearing a black baseball cap, who had been sitting in the last row of the bus, suddenly stood up and slowly walked forward. He reached Ding Kemeng's seat, glanced at the dozing girl, and chuckled softly, so quietly that Ding Kemeng didn't hear him.

The boy sat down next to Ding Kemeng, then took off his hat, revealing his face. This person was Lu Ziyin, whom Tang Zhizhou had mentioned who hadn't come!

Lu Ziyin had already decided to accompany Ding Kemeng when he learned that she was going to participate in the physics competition. It was probably the first time that Mengbao was participating in such a city-level competition, and she was going out alone as a girl. He was a little worried about her, so he had made up his mind to go with her to this competition.

As for why I haven't told you yet, it's just to give Ding Kemeng a surprise.

The girl was dozing off, her little head nodding. Lu Ziyin's eyes were full of smiles. She slowly raised her arm and carefully moved Ding Kemeng's head onto her shoulder. Then she thoughtfully closed the curtains for her.

In April, the sun isn't exactly scorching, but the sunlight is still quite dazzling.

Ding Kemeng was really sleepy, and she didn't wake up even though someone was sitting next to her.

A faint fragrance lingered in her nose, and the broad shoulders and familiar warmth made Ding Kemeng feel very comfortable in her sleep, so much so that she didn't want to wake up!

Once everyone was on board, the bus slowly started moving. Although the bus didn't shake much, Ding Kemeng still couldn't sleep very soundly.

Lu Ziyin looked down and saw Ding Kemeng's slightly furrowed brows. He felt a little sorry for her. If he wasn't afraid that his little girl would refuse, he would have already arranged for the Lu family's car to send her off. Why would he make her suffer by riding the bus with other people?