H City No.1 Middle School

"Wow, Sister Miao, guess who I saw at the school gate when I arrived?" Hu Tiantian walked to her seat with her schoolbag on her back and a thermos in her hand.

Shi Miao had just arrived at the classroom. He pulled out a chair, sat down, took off his headphones, and lazily looked up at her. "Who?"

“Gu Yanxin, but she actually came by taxi today. Doesn’t she usually have a driver to pick her up and drop her off at school? Also, I noticed that both of her hands are wrapped in gauze. Could she have been beaten up because she hasn’t been to school for so many days?” Hu Tiantian put down her schoolbag, unscrewed the lid of her thermos, and took a sip of the hot water in her thermos.

"Maybe." Shi Miao lowered her eyelashes, her voice slightly hoarse, with a hint of nonchalance.

"Damn, it's freezing cold." Ji Sinian put his hands in his pockets, buried his chin in his scarf, and jogged in through the back door.

Hu Tiantian: "You must be cold wearing so little. You're prioritizing style over warmth."

Ji Sinian opened his coat and said, "No, I always wear this in winter."

"Who would wear short sleeves underneath in the dead of winter?"

"Damn, this is how a grown man should dress! Ask Lu Hansheng if you don't believe me." Ji Sinian raised his chin slightly and pointed at the boy who walked in.

"I'm not wearing short sleeves." Lu Hansheng put down his schoolbag, pulled out a chair and sat down, speaking coldly.

"I don't believe you. Take off your coat and let me see."

Lu Hansheng took off the scarf around his neck, raised his eyes slightly upon hearing this, and slowly uttered the words "sick".

Ji Sinian: "......"

*

Gu Yanxin hesitated at the school gate for a long time, her face turning red from the cold, and dared not go in.

"Gu, the school beauty?" Jiang Yu's voice came from behind.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yanxin's back stiffened. Ignoring her, she lowered her head and hurriedly ran towards the school, not even noticing that she had dropped her phone.

Seeing this, Jiang Yu pursed her lips, picked up her phone from the ground, and followed after him.

Gu Yanxin ran to the classroom door, leaning against the wall and slightly out of breath.

After taking a deep breath, ignoring the stares of my classmates, I straightened my back and quickly walked to my seat.

When Zeng Tingting saw her bandaged hand, a hint of pity flashed in her eyes. Out of concern for her deskmate, she asked, "What happened to your hand?"

Gu Yanxin leaned over the table, buried her head in her arms, and said in a muffled voice, "I fell by accident."

The class monitor walked over, tapped her desk with her finger, and said expressionlessly, "The homeroom teacher wants to see you in the office."

......

"Gu Yanxin, it's like this. Your personal issues have had a significant impact on the class recently. As you know, our class is one of the top classes in the entire school, but your grades have now dropped to outside the top 100. So, the head teacher's intention is to transfer you to Class 8." The Class 1 homeroom teacher adjusted his glasses and said in a deep voice.

Gu Yanxin could hardly believe what she was hearing; her eyes were filled with astonishment.

"Moreover, the top two students in our grade are both in Class 8. I heard that Shi Miao is your older sister. If you go to Class 8, you can learn more from her." He unscrewed the lid of his cup, took a sip of tea, and continued.

Gu Yanxin's face looked as ugly as if she had eaten shit. Asking her to consult Shi Miao was worse than killing her.

She bit her lip, her eyes slightly red, and said unwillingly, "Teacher, please give me another chance. I promise to get back into the top ten of the grade in the next exam."

"Well... the teacher has already tried to help you with this."

"teacher...."

"Alright, class is about to start. Hurry up and go back and pack your things before heading to Class 8."

......

Gu Yanxin returned to her seat with a pale face, enduring the pain in her hand, and began to pack her schoolbag.

Jiang Yu walked over, casually tossed her phone onto her desk, and smiled slightly. "I heard you're going to Class 8?"

"What's it to you?" Gu Yanxin frowned and spoke coldly.

Jiang Yu clicked her tongue, crossed her arms, and looked down at her condescendingly. "How is this none of my business? Come to think of it, I was the one who took the lead in asking the school to transfer you from Class One."

"What did you say? Jiang Yu, you bitch! What good will it do you to ruin me?" Gu Yanxin's pupils trembled slightly, her eyes filled with anger, and she gritted her teeth as she spoke.

"Someone like you is a rotten apple in Class One, spoiling the whole bunch."

"You!" Gu Yanxin's lips trembled with anger, her eyes glaring fiercely at Jiang Yu.

Seeing this, Jiang Yu picked up the books on her desk and threw them all out the door. She clapped her hands and said, "Hurry up, class is about to start."

"Jiang Yu! You're insane!"

Zeng Tingting couldn't stand it anymore. She pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "Well, let me help you move it."

"I don't need you to play the good guy." Gu Yanxin sneered and glanced at her sideways.

He picked up his schoolbag, walked to the door, squatted down, and picked up all the books from the ground.