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...<...
No! Lu Ziyin can't know what she did! He can't know!
"Xiaoxiao, let's go back to the classroom first. Class is about to start, and the teacher will be angry if we are late. Let's go back to the classroom first!" Tang Meng grabbed Wang Xiaoxiao's arm and pulled it down hard, her voice trembling slightly.
This time, however, Wang Xiaoxiao completely failed to understand her feelings. Instead, she patted Tang Meng's hand, which was holding hers, and continued, "Lu Ziyin, can't you hear what we're saying? This Ding Kemeng is no good person. She bullied Mengmeng, do you know that? As Mengmeng's boyfriend, shouldn't you stand up for her?"
"To vent your anger, all for her sake?" Lu Ziyin laughed in anger at Wang Xiaoxiao's words. "What kind of people are you? You dare to challenge me!"
"Lu Ziyin, how dare you speak like that!" Wang Xiaoxiao was startled by Lu Ziyin's attitude, but when she thought that Tang Meng was his girlfriend, she regained her confidence and her attitude towards Lu Ziyin took on a lecturing tone.
Tang Meng felt like strangling Wang Xiaoxiao at that moment. She reached out and tightly hugged Wang Xiaoxiao's arm, her voice trembling with tears, and hurriedly nodded and apologized to Lu Ziyin, "Young Master Lu, please don't be angry, please don't be angry. It's our fault. We were blind to your greatness. We didn't mean to. Please, please be magnanimous and don't hold it against us young girls! We will definitely change, we will never do such things again. Please, don't be angry..."
Tang Meng suddenly burst into tears, which Wang Xiaoxiao and the others found hard to believe. What they couldn't believe even more was that Lu Ziyin, her boyfriend, didn't even glance at Tang Meng!
What's going on? Doesn't Lu Ziyin like Tang Meng? Didn't he send Tang Meng gifts for a week? Aren't they a couple?
"Mengmeng, what are you talking about? What's wrong with you?" Wang Xiaoxiao and the others wanted to find out what was going on.
Tang Meng, however, paid no attention to them. Her eyes were filled with pleading as she looked at Lu Ziyin: "Young Master Lu, I really didn't mean it. Please, don't hold it against me. I'll return those gifts. I'll give them all back to you, I'll give them all back..."
Tang Meng's crying gradually grew louder. Ding Kemeng stood blankly at the end, still somewhat bewildered. She probably felt the same way as Wang Xiaoxiao and the others, not quite understanding what had happened between Lu Ziyin and Tang Meng.
Why did you suddenly start crying when you were talking so peacefully?
Perhaps it was fate giving Tang Meng a way out, for the school's loudspeaker suddenly blared out at that moment.
The bell suddenly snapped the girls out of their reverie; they realized they couldn't be late!
Ignoring whether Tang Meng was still crying, they grabbed Tang Meng's hand and started running towards the classroom. Being late for class in Class One would result in a deduction of credits, so they dared not be late!
Lu Ziyin ignored the girls who were singing off-key and focused his gaze on Ding Kemeng. He took a few steps forward, forcefully stuffed the breakfast in his hand into Ding Kemeng's hand, and patted her head. Even though he wasn't in a good mood at the moment, he still managed to force a smile. "It's not cold yet. You can have it. Consider it my first gift to you."
Ding Kemeng instinctively wanted to refuse, but Lu Ziyin seemed to have known her thoughts in advance. She pushed her forcefully towards the classroom and said, "Hurry up and go back to the classroom, you're going to be late!" Without waiting for Ding Kemeng's reaction, she walked back.
Ding Kemeng turned around to call out to Lu Ziyin, but he was nowhere to be seen in the corridor. In the end, she had no choice but to stuff her breakfast into her school uniform pocket and carry her schoolbag into the classroom.
Standing at the top of the stairs watching Ding Kemeng enter the classroom, Lu Ziyin finally felt relieved. The kind smile on her face gradually disappeared, and a coldness slowly crept into her eyes.
Tang Meng, is that right? He'll remember that...
"Ziyin, why are you only coming back now?" After the fourth period ended, Tang Zhizhou was about to go to the cafeteria for lunch when he saw Lu Ziyin walking towards him carrying a cloth bag.
Where is Ye Nai?
"She's still in the classroom!" Ye Nai guessed that she was waiting for her sister-in-law from Class 1 to finish class so they could go to the cafeteria together. So every time they got out of school, Ye Nai would wait in the classroom for a while before leaving, since Class 1 got out of school late.
It's good that Ye Nai is still in the classroom!
Lu Ziyin walked past Tang Zhizhou and strode into the classroom. She came to Ye Nai, placed the cloth bag in her hand on her desk, and said sincerely, "Ye Nai, could you please take this to Meng... Ding Kemeng for me?"
When Ye Nai first saw Lu Ziyin suddenly walk into the classroom, looking at her with a "bitter and resentful" expression, she thought he was looking for trouble! But she never expected that he came to find her just to ask her to help deliver something to Mengbao?
What's going on?
"What is this? Do you know Mengbao?" She eats lunch with Mengbao every day, so how come she has never heard Mengbao mention that she knows Lu Ziyin?
“I…something happened to me, this is my apology to her.”
An apology?
"Since it's your apology gift, I can't accept it. You should take it and give it to Mengbao yourself!" Ye Nai pushed the gift back, not really wanting to help.
Lu Ziyin looked at the things that were pushed back and smiled bitterly to himself. If he could send them out himself, why would he need someone else to send them for him?
"If you help me deliver it, I'll consider it a favor I owe you!"
What did Lu Ziyin just say? A favor? She must have heard correctly! It was just a simple gift, yet Lu Ziyin owed her a favor. This was a sure-fire deal!
"Deal!" Ye Nai reached out and took the items that had been pushed away. She poked at the black cloth bag and asked, "What's in here? What if I tell Mengbao it's from you, and she still won't accept it?" She had to make things clear beforehand. If she delivered it and Mengbao refused to accept it, it wouldn't be good if Lu Ziyin reneged on the debt!
“It’s lunch from Juxian Pavilion inside. If you’re worried that Ding Kemeng won’t accept it, just say that you specially asked someone to buy it for her. As long as she eats it, it doesn’t matter who sent it.” Lu Ziyin was afraid that Ye Nai would change her mind, so her demands were getting lower and lower: “As long as she eats it, I will owe you a favor and I won’t renege on it.”
"You said it yourself, I'll go deliver it!" Ye Nai felt much more at ease after receiving Lu Ziyin's assurance.
"Okay, you just need to deliver it. I've prepared two portions of food, so you can eat with her. That's enough."
Since that's the case, Ye Nai didn't mind anymore. It was almost time, and Meng Bao should be out of school by now, so she decided to go find Meng Bao for dinner!
Seeing Ye Nai walk away, Tang Zhizhou quickly stepped forward and asked, "Brother Lu, who is this Ding Kemeng you just mentioned?" He had never seen anyone in his life who could make Lu Ziyin personally buy things to apologize!
"You'd better not ask." He was afraid he might lose control and hit someone!
"Why? She's just a little girl!" Why can't he know that!
Tang Zhizhou disagrees!
"Your sister-in-law!"