Chapter 39: A crowd of students crowded around the bulletin board in front of the classroom, cramming their necks to read
Next to the bulletin board in front of the classroom, a group of students were crowded together, craning their necks to stick their heads in. Gu Ao Yu and Xu Luxi walked in as the bell rang, and ran into this scene head-on.
Gu Ao Yu raised his eyebrows in confusion and casually patted the shoulder of a classmate who was crowding on the periphery.
The classmate was about to push her hand away in annoyance and was about to curse when he saw Gu Ao Yu's cold face. He was so frightened that his whole body shuddered and he explained to Gu Ao Yu in a soft voice.
"Oh, the report card." Gu Ao Yu curled his lips out of disinterest. He straightened his body and then collapsed again, in a lazy posture with a listless look.
Just as she was about to return to her seat, she caught a glimpse of Xu Luxi who was looking at her eagerly.
"Make way, make way." Gu Ao Yu put his arm around Xu Luxi's shoulders, rushed through the crowd, and soon reached the front row.
She placed Xu Luxi right in front of the report card and glanced at her casually.
At the top of the transcript, the words "Xu Luxi" were printed neatly in large letters.
"Xu Luxi, you are first in your class and ninth in your grade!" Gu Ao Yu looked at Xu Luxi's fair profile in shock.
She knew she was a top student, but she didn't expect her to be so good. She was already the top student in the class not long after transferring here, so if she continues to be the top student in a few days, she will be the top student in the grade.
Gu Ao Yu had never liked studying since he was young. He would feel sleepy after listening to scriptures being chanted for a long time. Therefore, he was quite in awe of these top students from other families who had excellent grades.
Even Xu Luxi's gentle and well-behaved face was filtered by Gu Ao Yu at this moment.
The gentle eyebrows sank slightly, and the tails turned up. The smooth cheeks seemed to be tense, and the red lips were slightly pursed, which made her look a bit wise and powerful.
Gu Ao Yu glanced at the end as usual, and sure enough, her name was marked in red and the body was lying there, motionless.
Gu Ao Yu whistled nonchalantly, strode out with her hands in her pockets, and Xu Luxi followed her obediently.
The papers were distributed by the representatives of each subject and handed to each student. Gu Ao Yu flipped through them casually, and the two-digit numbers were outlined in red pen, engraved in Gu Ao Yu's dark eyes, and none of the subjects were passed.
She yawned loudly, put the test paper under her head without any care, and slowly fell asleep.
It was not until she slept for a few classes and finally felt full and yawned out of boredom that she saw Xu Luxi still sitting upright at the table, looking over the big score on her paper over and over again. Only then did Gu Ao Yu realize something was wrong.
She pressed down Xu Luxi's upright paper with one hand, moved closer, and carefully looked at Xu Luxi's rare sharp brows.
She seemed angry.
Why? Gu Ao Yu tilted his head in confusion.
She has been guarding here all day, so no one dares to bully her.
Gu Ao Yu thought so and asked directly.
"Nothing." Xu Luxi's eyelashes trembled, and he quickly raised his head and smiled at Gu Ao Yu as usual, but the luster in his eyes was flickering and a little dim.
"Oh." Seeing that Xu Luxi didn't want to say it, Gu Aoyu didn't want to make herself look bad. She lay back on the table, buried her head between her arms, closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep again.
After a while, she climbed up from the table in annoyance and fiddled with her naturally drooping silver highlights with her fingers in distress.
Why on earth?
Until the end of evening self-study, Gu Ao Yu walked lazily behind Xu Luxi, and she was still thinking about this question.
Although Xu Luxi did a great job of pretending that there was nothing wrong with her, Gu Aoyu could sense it. Usually, whenever she and Xu Luxi went to school together, Xu Luxi would stick to her side and never take his eyes off her.
Unlike today, he walked forward with his head down and left her behind. Gu Ao Yu pursed his lips and kicked a small stone beside him.
They walked home in silence. Seeing Xu Luxi disappear behind the door, Gu Ao Yu looked unhappy. He fell back several steps and broke many branches and leaves in the yard before he stepped into the house.
As soon as I entered the door, I heard Song Yu's shrill scolding.
"The teacher posted the results in the parents' group, and I've seen them all. What happened? Why did the Chinese and English scores so low? There was a gap of 50 or 60 points between me and the top student in the grade. Why did mom save money and work hard to climb up all these years? It was for you. To have better resources and a better environment. Is this how you repay me?"
Xu Luxi lowered her head in silence, the dark shadow covering most of her face. She clenched her fists, her white nails digging into the flesh, leaving a few streaks of blood.
As soon as Gu Ao Yu stepped into the door, he saw Xu Luxi's thin shoulders trembling slightly. She frowned and threw her schoolbag heavily on the sofa.
When Song Yu saw Gu Aoyu coming in from behind, her expression suddenly changed, and the accusatory look on her face disappeared without a trace. She raised her chin to Xu Luxi and said in a deep voice: "You still have the nerve to come back after such a bad test. Go back to your room and reflect on it."
Then she hurriedly picked up the freshly cut fruit plate beside her and placed it on the coffee table with a smile on her face.
Xu Luxi silently picked up the test paper that his mother had thrown on the ground and went upstairs to his room.
"Xiaoyu, come here, Auntie cut some fruit for you. Xiaoxi didn't eat any, but you ate them all."
Gu Ao Yu raised her eyes and glanced at Song Yu, her dark eyes were as deep as a cold pond. She took out a crumpled paper from her schoolbag, flattened it casually, and handed it directly to Song Yu.
Song Yu looked at her cautiously several times, not knowing what she meant for a moment, so she had to take it and glanced at it a few times. Countless red numbers were swaying in front of her eyes.
Seeing Gu Ao Yu looking at her coldly, as if waiting for her to speak, Song Yu could only praise dryly: "Ha, ha, Xiao Yu did well in the exam this time, keep working hard next time."
"Aunt Song, Xu Luxi and I are almost worlds apart. How about you scold me too?" Gu Ao Yu raised her eyebrows slightly. Although her words sounded so nice, the corners of her mouth drooped slightly, and the expression on her face was fierce and unruly, as if she would explode immediately if Song Yu couldn't say what she wanted to hear.
"Xiao Yu, why do you think so? Auntie knows that you have always had a poor foundation. You have worked hard for a long time to achieve such a result. It is already great. You are different from Xiao Xi. Auntie can't praise you enough, so how can she scold you."
Song Yu softened her voice, her eyes were tender and her voice was gentle and soothing. If she didn't know that she was Gu Ao Yu's stepmother, she would be so gentle and considerate that even her biological mother couldn't find it.
"How are we different? Why should I be different from Xu Luxi? Auntie, do you look down on me, or do you not consider yourself as that old man's wife?" Gu Ao Yu crossed his legs and slumped on the sofa, watching Song Yu's ever-changing expressions with interest, and then forced a smile.
"Xiaoxi, you know that's not what I meant..." Seeing the playful mockery on Gu Ao Yu's face, Song Yu gritted his teeth and explained haltingly.
What do you mean different treatment? She was clearly looking for trouble. Normally, she never treated her as a stepmother, but now she came to accuse her of treating her stepdaughter differently from her biological daughter.
"I don't want what happened today to happen again, or I'll be angry." You don't know what you'll do when you're angry. Gu Ao Yu said this softly, took the test paper from Song Yu's hand, shouldered the backpack and took the fruit plate and went upstairs.
Xu Luxi is a good girl. She has bought this devil in just a few months. She can't be scolded now, right?
Song Yu thought about it and understood the problem. Usually, she and Gu Ao Yu had always kept to themselves. Although Gu Ao Yu ignored her, he would never cause trouble for her.
Ta-da-da-da, Gu Ao Yu went up to the second floor with a cold face. She was so angry that she stepped on just a few steps.
She didn't know why, but it was as if a flame was burning in her chest. Maybe she felt sorry for Xu Luxi.
Xu Luxi was the most serious student she had ever met.
In the morning, after staying in bed for a long time, she finally washed up, ate, and got on the bus to go to school. She had already memorized a page of words. At night, when she lay in bed and slept soundly, the lamp on her desk was still on.
Not to mention the classes, she was always studying wherever she looked. She sat upright on her desk with her back straight, staring at the teacher with bright eyes, and she never felt tired.
The textbook was filled with her notes, which gave her a headache just by looking at them. However, she would read through them every few days, working tirelessly.
So, Xu Luxi was in a bad mood because he felt he didn’t do well in the exam?
That would be too harsh on myself.
Knock knock knock, Gu Ao Yu gently knocked on Xu Luxi's door, holding a fruit plate brought up from downstairs in his hand.
She just came to give her the fruit plate her mother cut for her.
"Come in." A hoarse and low voice came from inside the door, and Gu Ao Yu pushed the door open and walked in.
Her long hair was like a waterfall, scattered all over Xu Luxi's body, covering most of her face. She sat on the bed blankly, with only a single lamp on the desk, and no other light source.
The rest of the room was hidden in darkness, and even Xu Luxi's outline was outlined with a layer of black.
"Why don't you turn on the light?" Gu Ao Yu frowned, put the fruit plate on her table, and walked towards her step by step.
Xu Luxi raised her eyes and glanced at Gu Aoyu, her pale face was filled with dull eyes. Her neatly folded collar stood up messily, like a black cloth covering her upper body. She put on a school uniform jacket temporarily.
The half-lit and half-dark face curved slightly, and Xu Luxi said in a hoarse voice: "Ao Yu, I want to be quiet for a while, okay?"
"Xu Luxi, what are you doing?" Gu Ao Yu turned a deaf ear to what Xu Luxi said and slowly approached Xu Luxi step by step.
Boom boom boom, the heart was overloaded in an instant. A few drops of water slid down the pale skin, and a few strands of hair on the face drooped wetly on the face. Xu Luxi maintained the arc of his face, subconsciously hugged the coat on his body, and looked at Gu Aoyu's figure cautiously.
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