No sooner had his deskmate finished speaking than Ning Xu's schoolbag was thrown in through the window.
It landed right on Zhou Xiaonian's table. When it climbed in through the window, it lost its footing and fell to Zhou Xiaonian's feet.
Zhou Xiaonian immediately stepped on his hand.
Ning Xu yelled, "My hand! Zhou Xiaonian, move your foot! You're stepping on my hand! My hand is going to break!"
Zhou Xiaonian moved his foot away and apologized somewhat flusteredly, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Did I hurt you, Junior Brother Ning?"
The word "junior brother" made Ning Xu feel a little withdrawn.
He had been in the same class as Zhou Xiaonian since elementary school. He originally thought that he would be in the same class as Zhou Xiaonian until the end of high school. Who knew that while he was still struggling to prepare for the high school entrance exam in the third year of junior high school, Zhou Xiaonian skipped the high school entrance exam and the first year of high school and went straight to the third year of high school.
The current situation is that he is a junior who has just entered the first year of high school, while Zhou Xiaonian is already a high school student who will take the college entrance examination next year.
Ning Xu got up and shooed the student sitting at Zhou Xiao's desk to the side: "Little fat girl, you stepped on me on purpose, didn't you?"
Zhou Xiaonian immediately lowered her head: "I didn't."
"You are! Stop pretending! I've known you for a long time, I know you are—ah!"
Before he could finish speaking, he was grabbed by the back of his collar; it was Teacher Qin, Zhou Xiaonian's homeroom teacher.
Teacher Qin took the person away directly and told Zhou Xiaonian when she returned: "I have already spoken with his homeroom teacher. If he dares to come to our class to find you again, his homeroom teacher will contact his parents."
Zhou Xiaonian's eyes were red: "Thank you, teacher. I will definitely study hard and get first place again next time."
"good."
Teacher Qin gave her a lollipop.
Zhou Xiaonian would have this lollipop in her mouth when she went for a stroll on the playground after class.
Ning Xu was standing on the sidelines as punishment, being pointed at and talked about, but he still seemed very proud.
As Zhou Xiaonian walked by with a lollipop in her mouth, Ning Xu called out to her, "I knew you were doing this on purpose, Zhou Xiaonian. I never expected you to be so cunning."
Zhou Xiaonian smiled and said, "Knowing that I'm cunning, why do you still come up to me every day? You don't happen to like me, do you?"
"I'd have to be crazy to like you!"
"So that means you hate me and want to drag me down with you." Zhou Xiaonian tilted her head. "Is that so?"
Ning Xu stared at her, his eyes filled with hatred.
Ever since Ning Xu's mother pointed her finger at Zhou Xiaonian and called her a bastard a few years ago, the Ning family has fallen into decline.
First, Ning Xu's grandfather, who was known as the "boss of the capital," was found to have committed multiple violations of discipline and regulations and was almost taken down as a typical "big tiger." Then, Ning Xu's uncle, who had already reached the core leadership level, was kicked out of the capital a year later and sent to a remote area for training.
Later, Ning Xu's father, a promising reserve cadre who had been in politics for ten years, was found to have moral problems. Although he was not demoted or transferred, he became a marginal figure in his unit and has not moved an inch since.
Then there was Ning Xu's mother, who worked at the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau. She was reported for accepting bribes, and although the amount was small, she became a discarded member of the bureau. Now she has been transferred to the archives to organize documents.
Ning Xu was the culprit who caused the Ning family to fall into ruin, and no one in the Ning family liked him.
What he fears most is having his parents called, because that means he'll get another beating and his mother's endless tears.
He became the Ning family's abandoned son, but Zhou Xiaonian, this bastard who had no blood relation to the Gu family, was getting better and better!
During her elementary and middle school years, he tried every day to figure out how to influence her studies, but he failed every time.
Once she entered high school, he wanted to change his strategy and spread rumors about her, such as early romance, so that she would be misunderstood by the Gu family, or better yet, kicked out by them.
But Zhou Xiaonian was too clever; she saw through his motives at a glance.
But Ning Xu remained defiant: "I know you're a top student and look down on us poor students, but we also have dignity! Zhou Xiaonian, remember this: if you don't want me as a friend today, then I don't want you either!"
"Look at what you're saying, as if I'm some sparrow that's climbed up some high branch."
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