Right at the start of the school year, Ding Kemeng heard a rumor: XiuShui High School had a notorious school bully who picked on classmates, defied teachers, and committed all sorts of mischief...<...
Tang Zhizhou received the cookies, immediately tore open the packaging, ate one, and laughed, "Sister Meng, you can make cookies? They're pretty good!"
"What's delicious?" Lu Ziyin came in through the back door, her face unusually not looking sleepy, indicating that she must have gone to bed on time last night.
When Tang Zhizhou saw Lu Ziyin arrive, he quickly waved the cookies in his hand and said proudly, "Brother Lu, want some? These are cookies made by Sister Meng!"
Lin Changmao and the others waved the cookies in their hands at Lu Ziyin: "We have some too, Brother Lu!"
Lu Ziyin looked at Ding Kemeng with a look of doubt and a hint of grievance in her eyes, as if she were questioning Ding Kemeng about why Tang Zhizhou and the others had cookies while she didn't.
Ding Kemeng's heart raced for a few seconds. She chuckled awkwardly, took out the prettiest packaging box from her bag, and said, "This is for you."
Lu Ziyin took the box, glanced at the packaging bags in Tang Zhizhou and the others' hands, and wondered why hers was different from theirs.
Tang Zhizhou, of course, also noticed. "Sister Meng is being biased! Ours were all wrapped in cloth bags, but Brother Lu got a gift box?"
Ding Kemeng hadn't actually intended to so obviously give Lu Ziyin the cookies in different packaging, but now...
Hearing Tang Zhizhou's teasing, Lu Ziyin was actually amused. She kicked Tang Zhizhou, put away the packaging box in her hand, and said, "Go back to your seat. Stop talking so much!"
Tang Zhizhou knew that Lu Ziyin was protecting Ding Kemeng, so he stopped making a fuss, smiled, and went back to sit down.
Lu Ziyin returned to her seat, carefully took out the box, and asked, "My packaging is different from theirs, so are the contents different from theirs too?"
Ding Kemeng felt her face flush as she thought about how she had given Lu Ziyin extra dried fruit out of favoritism. She said, "I added some dried fruit to yours, so the biscuit tastes even better."
Upon hearing this, Lu Ziyin quickly opened the box, took out a biscuit, took a bite, and found that it did indeed contain dried fruit, some of which were spread with jam. It was sweet and delicious!
"This is the first time I've made cookies by myself. They probably aren't very good..." Ding Kemeng was a little nervous, worried that Lu Ziyin wouldn't like them.
"No, it smells delicious. Everything my baby makes tastes good!" After saying that, Lu Ziyin ate another piece, her expression very happy.
"I'm glad you like it, you don't need to praise me like that..." Ding Kemeng was a little shy because of Lu Ziyin's praise, but she hadn't forgotten the important matter. She had delivered the cookies, but she hadn't delivered the test papers yet!
Ding Kemeng pulled the test paper out of her schoolbag, took out a new black pen, and handed it to Lu Ziyin along with the test paper, saying, "This is the test paper I made for you. The questions are not difficult. Try it first. I want to see your true level so that I can focus on your weaknesses and give you extra lessons later."
Lu Ziyin was still savoring the cookies when several test papers suddenly appeared in front of him. He was shocked. "You can make test papers?" In his mind, test papers were something only teachers could make. Could a cute little kid make them?
"Well, although it's not as professional as a teacher's, it's enough to test you. If you don't mind, you can still do it. If you're still sleepy after you finish, you can go to sleep." She could also use that time to grade the papers.
The pen was already prepared for him, so Lu Ziyin had no room to refuse.
"I'll do it in class later."
Ding Kemeng thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, you can do it in class!" Compared to sleeping, doing tests in class is a good way to study!
Lu Ziyin tidied up the test papers and put them in the desk drawer.
He carefully put the cookies back in the box. Looking at the cookies, Lu Ziyin suddenly took out his phone and created a temporary group on WeChat, which included Tang Zhizhou and others.
When Xie Sichen saw that he had been added to the group chat, he was about to leave when Lu Ziyin sent him a red envelope. His hand, which was about to click to leave the group, immediately stopped.
Lu Ziyin: You should all have received the cookies from Mengbao by now. Come out with me in a bit, take the cookies with you, and don't let Mengbao see them.
Lin Changmao: ? ? ? Brother Lu, you're just going out, why bring cookies?
Tang Zhizhou: Yeah, I've almost finished all my cookies!
Lu Ziyin: Just bring them if I tell you to, or give me back my red envelope!
Lin Changmao: Come
Xie Sichen: Come
Tang Zhizhou: Come
Kong Qingfeng: Come
...
Ding Kemeng was still working on her problems when she suddenly felt the people next to her leave. She assumed Lu Ziyin was going to the restroom and didn't think much of it until Xie Sichen, who was in front of her, also left, followed by Tang Zhizhou, and then several other boys in the class...
Ding Kemeng then became puzzled.
Where are they going?
In the corridor, Lu Ziyin and the others gathered together. When the students from the next class came back from the restroom and saw them, they were a little flustered, thinking that something had happened. They walked very quietly, afraid of disturbing them.
Lu Ziyin: "If you accept the red envelope, hand over the cookies."
? ? ? ?
What is that? A cookie?
While Tang Zhizhou and the others were still wondering, Xie Sichen had already taken out the cookies, the packaging still perfect, and he hadn't had a chance to eat them yet.
Xie Sichen's voice rang in my ears: "Five hundred."
"Deal." Lu Ziyin immediately took the cookies and promptly transferred the money to Xie Sichen via WeChat.
Xie Sichen smiled when he saw the transfer notification, then walked away without looking back.
Tang Zhizhou and the others: What kind of backroom deal is this?!
Kong Qingfeng was the second to come to his senses. Although he also found the whole thing rather absurd, he still gave the biscuits to Lu Ziyin and, very generously, refused to accept any money!
Lu Ziyin took all the cookies back and carefully put them away, making sure Ding Kemeng wouldn't notice, before returning to the classroom.
When Ding Kemeng saw Lu Ziyin return, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where did you go just now?"
"Going to the toilet," Lu Ziyin said casually, making it up.
"So many boys going to the bathroom together?" Ding Kemeng was shocked.
"Okay, they go ahead, I'm going out for some fresh air."
Ding Kemeng: "..." I can't believe your lies!
"Class is about to start, you should take a look at your notes first, it will help you when you do the test later."
"Okay, I'll look at it right away." Lu Ziyin nodded, and only after Ding Kemeng stopped looking at him did he breathe a sigh of relief, quickly stuff the cookies in his arms into his schoolbag, and then take out the test papers and notes from the desk drawer and start reading.
Although she had promised Ding Kemeng that she would study hard, Lu Ziyin still felt sleepy easily when looking at these things. She forced herself to stay awake and read through the notes until the class bell rang. Only then did Lu Ziyin put away her notes and start working on the test paper.
Seeing that he was doing the test paper, Ding Kemeng didn't disturb him and started attending class seriously herself.
Ding Kemeng's test paper didn't have too many questions, and the difficulty level wasn't high either. So, Lu Ziyin could finish one test paper in just one class period.