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Cheng Kaizhong scolded Lin Xi for almost half an hour, calling her stupid and saying that she would be hopeless in math if she didn't attend his cram school.

Lin Luo didn't take his words seriously.

A few days ago, Du Yunyan heard about Cheng Kaizhong's cram school from Aunt Li. Fearing that Cheng Kaizhong would target her, she gave the money she earned from handicrafts to Lin Luo and asked her to enroll in the class.

She originally thought that it was no big deal to suffer a loss once, but Cheng Kaizhong's attitude made her rebellious. She didn't want to obey him anymore and started to pretend to be dumb.

Tong Yun asked Fu Xingchuan if he could teach her another question. The question was in another exercise book. She asked him if he could wait for her to return to the classroom to get it. Fu Xingchuan said yes.

After he finished speaking, his eyes accidentally swept over and saw Lin Luo staring at Cheng Kaizhong's bald head with his eyes downcast, wondering what he was thinking.

Director Wang was patrolling in the corridor opposite, and he walked out of his office.

In less than five minutes, Director Wang came into the office. Cheng Kaizhong noticed him and quickly fell silent. After drinking a sip of tea, he signaled Lin Luo to get out.

For some reason, even though Cheng Kaizhong said so many unpleasant things to her, Lin Luo didn't want to cry at all. She didn't go back to the classroom immediately, but stood in the corridor to get some fresh air.

"Lin Xiao." Ding Wenxin walked over to her side. "Why don't you go back to the classroom?"

Ding Wenxin was easy to get along with, so Lin Luo simply said, "I don't want to go back."

"Don't take what Mr. Cheng says seriously. I can't say much about his character. But I believe in you. You still have a year. As long as you work hard, you will definitely get a satisfactory score in math on the college entrance examination."

Lin Luo couldn't guarantee it, and Ding Wenxin saw her doubts. "I've taught in high school for eight years and have sent off two batches of students. I'm very experienced. You have to trust me."

"Um."

"This is for you." She handed Lin Luo a new biology workbook and said to her, "You're very smart, otherwise you wouldn't have made such great progress in biology in such a short time. Keep it up!"

Lin Luo looked at the required practice questions in her hand and remembered that many of Tong Yun's teaching materials for subjects were also provided by Ding Wenxin. She always put herself in the students' shoes and thought for them. "Thank you, teacher."

"Well, I'm off work. You should go back to class later! Don't let your homeroom teacher catch you in trouble again."

"OK."

Ding Wenxin left. Lin Luo looked at her back. She was not tall and was wearing a floral dress. She looked to be only in her early twenties, but in fact she was an experienced "old" teacher, loved by many students.

Lin Luo suddenly had an idea that she wanted to become a gentle person like her in the future.

When passing by Class 9 on her way back to the classroom, Lin Luo saw Fu Xingchuan and Tong Yun discussing a physics problem in the corridor. She did not disturb them and passed by without leaving a trace like a gust of wind.

She clearly realized that Fu Xingchuan's previous behavior towards her was only because he was kind and willing to help others.

When Fu Xingchuan still hadn't returned during the break, Xu Yangyang said to her, "Lin Qiao, you should let out your anger at times like this."

"What?" She became alert.

"I say you should scold Cheng Kaizhong at this time, that beast, that bastard!" Xu Yangyang first demonstrated to her.

Zhu Changyu turned around and said, "Hey, you are insulting the dog."

Lin Luo couldn't help laughing, "You all know it."

"It's all because of that bitch Feng Zhengyan. Seeing Cheng Kaizhong targeting you, his lackey is also bullying you and making a fuss in class."

Feng Zhengyan is the math class representative and has always disliked Lin Luo, but she has gotten used to it.

"Be careful with your words," said dog lover Zhu Changyu.

"Sorry." Xu Yangyang apologized to all the dogs.

"I've regressed so much this time, but Cheng Kaizhong didn't come to talk to me. Sister Wenxin even came to find me to understand the situation."

Thinking of this, Xu Yangyang angrily concluded: "People like Cheng Kaizhong are not worthy of being a class teacher, nor a teacher."

"Okay, calm down and stop spitting all over my face." Zhu Chang blinked.

"Come, let me wipe it for you." Xu Yangyang tore off a piece of paper and rubbed it roughly on his face.

"Xu Yangyang, you are deliberately taking advantage of me!" Zhu Changyu grabbed her rebellious hand and said jokingly.

Her face instantly turned red, she pulled her hand away and threw the paper to him, "What nonsense are you talking about? My boyfriend will misunderstand if he hears you."

"Why are you feeling guilty? Haven't you always treated me as a man?" Zhu Changyu said with a smile.

"Besides, your boyfriend doesn't look like a good person at first glance. As your long-time friend, I'm telling you he's unreliable. You should break up with him right away!"

"You're not even familiar with him, so why would you say that? You should just worry about yourself first! I just went out to look for Tong Yun and saw Fu Xingchuan explaining a problem to her. They were both glaring at each other, and you're still oblivious."

Lin Luo was also completely unaware. She was tearing up her homework book, wanting to take out two pages to rewrite her composition. When she heard Xu Yangyang's words, she exerted force with her hand, and the paper tore in the middle.

They were still hurting each other and didn't hear her.

"I mean well. If you don't appreciate it, forget it. But if he dumps you in the future, don't come crying to me."

"I don't need your care...but I'm more generous than you. If Tong Yun is snatched away by Fu Xingchuan, you can come and cry to me."

"If they fall in love with each other, it can only be said that Tong Yun and I are not destined to be together. I won't cry, but will smile and bless them." Zhu Changyu said seriously.

"Just keep talking tough!" Xu Yangyang didn't believe him.

Zhu Changyu wanted to say something when someone came towards her, "Xu Yangyang, someone is looking for you outside the door."

Lin Luo then looked towards the door. It was Fang Shao. Fu Xingchuan had not returned yet. She unconsciously clenched her teeth.

"My boyfriend is here to see me, bye!" Xu Yangyang said proudly to Zhu Changyu.

Lin Luo turned around and looked at Zhu Changyu.

She felt that she couldn't smile and bless him like him, but she had only liked Fu Xingchuan for two months, while Zhu Changyu had liked Tong Yun for more than a year. Why was this so?

After the evening study session, Lin Luo did not see Fu Xingchuan. Passing by Class 9, she carefully looked inside. Tong Yun was sitting at his desk doing his homework. Fu Xingchuan was not there, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

Tong Yun's home was deserted, so she applied to live on campus. She would wait until the lights in the teaching building were turned off before returning to the dormitory, so Lin Luo did not go in to disturb her.

When she got home, she returned the money to Du Yunyan.

"Why didn't you sign up for classes? Your teacher Cheng thinks you are stupid and refuses to accept you." Du Yunyan was sewing Tang Muchen's schoolbag with needle and thread in her hand.

Lin Xiao didn't tell the truth. "No, his cram school started a long time ago. It's a series of courses, and he's not allowed to join in mid-term."

"Is he stupid for not making money?" Du Yunyan put the money away. "He must be trying to trick you. He just doesn't want you."

Tang Heng entered the room. Lin Xiao lowered her voice, "Mom! Why do you always deny me? You never believe that I'm working hard and that I will succeed. Am I really that bad in your eyes?"

Du Yunyan's hand was pricked by a needle, and blood oozed from her fingertips. She ignored it and said to Lin Luo, "Yes, I only believe what I see. I was so good to you back then, and you clung to me every day. When people asked you who you loved more, Daddy or Mommy, you always answered me. But what happened? You chose Lin Dayong without hesitation. Do you know how heartbroken I am?"

"I have too high expectations of you now. I'm just following the same old path... Everyone can pretend to work hard, but if you have the guts, show me the real deal."

Lin Qiao pulled out a piece of paper and placed it in her hand. The white paper was immediately stained red with blood. She said without emotion, "Okay, I'll prove it to you."

After saying that, Lin Luo entered the room and locked the door.

Sitting at the desk, she first found a piece of paper. Xia Hongying said that her handwriting had improved, and she also felt that it was time to write a love letter.

So she wrote: [Hello, my classmate Y! I never thought I'd ever write a love letter because my handwriting wasn't pretty. It wasn't until I met you that I decided to practice my handwriting. I also decided to write this letter to you when my handwriting improved.]

There's a line in the song "Love Is Not a Choice": "I can't forget the first time I saw you, your captivating eyes. Your image lingers in my mind. That's how I feel about you, but falling in love with you wasn't something I had to do."

I loved you sitting behind me in your white school uniform, loved your gentle smile, loved you teaching me calligraphy and helping me grow, and even loved living in the same alley. I met you at the perfect age of seventeen, and you swept into my heart like a spring breeze. But do you know? Seventeen was also the age when I felt the most powerless. You shone too brightly, like the moon hanging in the sky, so far away that I could only look up. But thank you for having a light like you in this world, dispelling the darkness and illuminating my path. (This may seem a bit corny, please forgive me!)

I'm writing this letter simply to tell you that there's someone who loves you. I don't want to burden you in any way. I simply hope we can get along just like we did before. If possible, I hope I'll still be by your side next spring. I hope I'll be more confident by then, and I'll be as radiant as you are.

Having written this, she stopped writing, folded the paper and put it in an envelope. Although she wrote this love letter, she had no intention of sending it out. She even wanted to seal all her feelings for Fu Xingchuan in this envelope.

She tucked the envelope into her notebook and found a math test to do.

“The coordinates of the known point P are…”

"The moon shines brightly over the sea, pearls shed tears; the sun shines warmly over Lantian, jade smokes. Can this feeling be recalled? But it was already gone by then."

"Xiaoxiao, stop carrying it. Do you want some buns?" On the playground, Xu Yangyang stood next to Lin Xiao, holding a plastic bag filled with big, fragrant meat buns.

Lin Luo flipped a page in the booklet in her hand and said without even looking at it, "I just ate. You eat first! I'll memorize this text first."

Xu Yangyang watched Lin Luo staring intently at the booklet, silently reciting the text, and sighed, "Luo Luo, you've gone astray."

The speaker next to the podium drowned out her words. "Before this monthly exam commendation meeting, let's have Fu Xingchuan from Class 11, Grade 11, reflect on the incident before the holiday when the broadcasting error negatively impacted the students."

When Lin Luo heard the name, she raised her head, and Zhu Changyu, who was standing behind her, started clapping. They looked back and saw that Zhu Changyu looked like he had not woken up yet.

Xu Yangyang grumbled at him, "Fu Xingchuan is lucky to have a brother like you. Wake up! Director Wang is coming."

They were standing at the back of the team and were very conspicuous. If Director Wang had gotten closer, he would definitely have seen Zhu Changyu, and he would have been immediately frightened awake.

"Hello everyone, I'm Fu Xingchuan from Class 11, Grade 2."

Lin Luo saw Fu Xingchuan standing on the podium. He was still wearing his white school uniform and speaking into the microphone. His words were clear and his voice was bright. He didn't seem to be reviewing himself, but more like he was hosting the meeting.

Xu Yangyang, tempted by her beauty, spoke up for him: "That female announcer is the real culprit! Why did Fu Xingchuan go on stage alone to read his self-criticism?"

"Girls are too shy to go up. Fu Xingchuan used to get into trouble every three days and have to reflect on it every five days at his previous school. He's used to it."

"It's just a small matter, why do we need to review it? How does it affect us?"

"It's just to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys for you guys who are in premature love!" Zhu Changyu said lazily.

Xu Yangyang sneered, "Haha, does someone not want to fall in love early? It's because they can't fall in love."

Class Nine was separated from theirs by a line, and Tong Yun was standing in the middle of it, so they could just see her from this direction. Xu Yangyang saw Tong Yun looking at the stage and pointed at her to show Zhu Changyu, "I heard from Fang Shao that the school is going to shoot a promotional video for its 80th anniversary, and a teacher recommended them to be the male and female protagonists. You don't even have a sense of crisis, and you're just sleeping."

"They're already good-looking. Even if I had a sense of crisis, I couldn't stop them!" Zhu Changyu said nonchalantly. "Besides, is what Fang Shao said necessarily true?"

"Of course it's true! Do I need to lie to you?"

"I don't disbelieve that person, but I don't disbelieve you."

“We are one.”

"What do you mean by one body? Conjoined twins?"

The two of them started arguing again. Lin Luo glanced at Tong Yun, then returned her gaze to the booklet.

This time, she closed her eyes and recited aloud, leaving only her own voice in her ears, "Recalling the glorious years of the past. We were students, in the prime of our youth..."

She suddenly got stuck when she heard Fu Xingchuan's voice, "I've deeply realized my mistake. At Director Wang's request, my ideal type has now become someone who is better than me, someone who makes me better, and someone who is willing to be better with me."

"I'm number one in my grade this time..."

Everyone in the audience chuckled. Fu Xingchuan curled his lips in a neutral arc and concluded, "Anyway, everyone, study hard!"

Lin Luo remembered where his words came from. It was the famous quote written in Tong Yun's notebook last time. She followed Fu Xingchuan's line of sight and saw Tong Yun at the end. She was also smiling, and her eyes and eyebrows showed tenderness from the side of her face.

Lin Luo didn't hold the booklet firmly and it fell to the ground. She squatted down to pick it up, but no one noticed that she was missing from the crowd of people.

She suddenly realized that she was the protagonist in her secret love story, but in Fu Xingchuan's world, she might just be a supporting actress who pushed the plot forward. She felt sad. The legs of the people around her were like trees in the forest. Late at night, the moon was blocked by the towering trees. She was trapped in the mountains and could not find a way out.