Provoke her
On Saturday morning, after breakfast, Jiang Zhizhi was packing her schoolbag to go to Taekwondo class when Cheng Yuping asked, "Did your classmates ask you to go to the library again?"
Jiang Zhizhi nodded, "Well, we agreed to go to the library to study together on Saturdays and Sundays."
"Zhizhi, I'm going out to look for a house tomorrow. Do you want to come with me?"
After yesterday's farce, Cheng Yuping has made up her mind to move out of this troubled place completely. She doesn't want anything, but she wants to give Jiang Zhizhi a happy childhood.
In fact, she planned to take Jiang Zhizhi to look for a house today, but Jiang Zhizhi had already made an appointment with her classmates, so she had to go tomorrow.
When Jiang Zhizhi heard that they were going to see a house, her eyes suddenly lit up, "Yes, Mom, let's go together tomorrow."
As long as they moved away from here, stayed away from Jiang Guozhong, and didn't let him know where they lived, they would be able to live a new life.
When Cheng Yuping and Jiang Guozhong divorced, everything was settled.
She will lead her mother to live a good life and will have nothing to do with Jiang Guozhong from now on.
Jiang Zhizhi got up early. When she arrived at the Taekwondo school, the door was not open yet. She sat in the corridor and took out the book "History of Physics" that she had borrowed from the library.
She basically didn't understand anything in the book and was completely confused. She only had a basic understanding of the important characters in the book, their achievements, and their contributions to human society.
As I was watching, I heard footsteps outside the corridor. The sound got closer and closer until it entered the corridor.
Jiang Zhizhi looked up at the person coming. It was Lu Xiye.
A hint of surprise flashed across her eyes. This guy always came to class on time at school and was often late or skipped classes. She didn't expect that he would come to learn Taekwondo so early.
"You come so early?" Lu Xiye was startled when he saw Jiang Zhizhi sitting on the steps as soon as he came in.
Jiang Zhizhi nodded, "You came quite early."
It wasn't the teacher who came, so she continued to read with her head down.
Lu Xiye came over and took a look at the book Jiang Zhizhi was reading. The words in the book were squeezed together in large paragraphs, small and dense, which gave him a headache.
"What book are you reading?"
"History of Physics."
"What is physics?"
Jiang Zhizhi didn't know how to answer this question.
After a pause, she said, "You'll learn physics when you're in junior high school."
"You're reading junior high school stuff now? Can you understand it?" Lu Xiye was shocked.
Jiang Zhizhi said, "That's why I want to read it because I don't understand it."
The corners of Lu Xiye's mouth twitched, and after a pause, he sat down on the other side of the same stair where Jiang Zhizhi was sitting, looking at the girl opposite with his beautiful dark eyes.
Even when she was talking to him, Jiang Zhizhi didn't even look at him, as if she was very impatient.
"Jiang Zhizhi, you have changed." Lu Xiye couldn't help but say.
"People always change." Jiang Zhizhi responded indifferently.
"Why do you suddenly love studying so much? Did you take the wrong medicine?"
He had so many questions that Jiang Zhizhi looked at him impatiently and said, "If I don't study hard, I won't be able to get into a good school. I might not even have the opportunity to study in the future. Not everyone is like you. Even if you don't study, you can still go to a good school. With just a word from your family, you can even study abroad."
"What do you mean? Do you hate me because I'm not good at studying?"
"I don't."
"I have no choice about what my family is like. Do you think I want to stay in such a family? Jiang Zhizhi, you don't know anything. You discriminate against me just because I'm not good at studying. What's so great about being good at studying?" Lu Xiye stood up in an instant, turned around and walked out of the corridor angrily.
Jiang Zhizhi was stunned for a moment. In her previous life, it was Lu Xiye who bullied her at school, so she subconsciously hated this person and had no good temper towards him.
But Lu Xiye's expression just now was as if she was bullying him.
Thinking back on what she said, there was indeed a sense of venting in her. Thinking that she and Lu Xiye were still teammates in Taekwondo training and that Lu Xiye had helped her last week, Jiang Zhizhi felt a little uncomfortable.
She closed the book, carried her schoolbag and walked out of the corridor. Lu Xiye was leaning against the wall, sulking.
Jiang Zhizhi glanced at him, walked past him, and entered the small shop at the door.
Lu Xiye thought she came out to look for him, but unexpectedly she turned around and went into the convenience store, which made him even angrier.
After a while, Jiang Zhizhi came out of the convenience store with a bottle of Coke in her hand.
Lu Xiye was surprised. Jiang Zhizhi's family was poor, and he had never seen her buy those fancy snacks like other girls, let alone Coke.
But then he thought, it’s none of his business.
Jiang Zhizhi walked up to him and handed him the bottle of Coke. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that just now."
Lu Xiye likes to drink Coke very much. Every time he plays basketball, others bring water, but he brings Coke.
He didn't expect that the Coke Jiang Zhizhi bought was actually a gift for him. For a moment, the anger that had been pent up in his heart disappeared.
"You drink it yourself, I don't want any." Lu Xiye is very rich. He is only in elementary school and has several thousand yuan of living expenses every month. He doesn't care about Coke. Jiang Zhizhi's apology is enough.
"Really not drinking?"
"No."
"Are you still angry?" Jiang Zhizhi looked at him with blinking eyes.
Lu Xiye's heart trembled. The morning light from the window shone into her watery eyes, and he was vaguely reminded of that afternoon a month ago.
The class was cleaning that day, and Jiang Zhizhi's seat was right in front of him. She was tidying up the desk and bench in front of him. For some reason, she suddenly looked at him with a dazed look.
The bright sunshine sprinkled into her eyes like broken gold, which was surprisingly beautiful.
At that young age, he blushed and his heart beat fast when she looked at him, so he had to pretend to talk to the boy next to him.
But her eyes at that time seemed to be imprinted in his heart, and he could never forget them.
But later, Jiang Zhizhi never looked at him with that kind of eyes again, as if that day was just a trance or a dream for him.
Now, meeting Jiang Zhizhi's eyes, he suddenly thought of that moment, his face suddenly became hot, and he quickly turned his eyes away.
"Don't be angry anymore. I'm not as stingy as you girls." Lu Xiye snorted.
He still speaks so harshly.
Jiang Zhizhi was too lazy to argue with him, so she opened the Coke and took a sip.
"How is it? Is the Coke delicious?" Lu Xiye asked hurriedly.
Jiang Zhizhi smacked her lips and said, "It's just okay."
She still prefers to drink plain water.
"What do you mean by 'ordinary'? It's such a waste to give it to you." Lu Xiye was furious.
"Here you go." Jiang Zhizhi handed it to him.
Lu Xiye rolled his eyes, "Why should I drink what you left?"
*
The teacher came to open the door at 8:40 and class started at 9:00.
Taekwondo training is extremely tiring. Jiang Zhizhi had no basic skills before, so it was difficult for her to perform each movement correctly. She could only stretch as hard as she could.
After a morning of work, she was exhausted and sweaty all over. During the lunch break, her stomach rumbled.
Everyone else had left, and she was about to go downstairs to buy lunch.
"You're not going to buy some cakes again, are you?" Lu Xiye was also covered in sweat. His skin was a healthy wheat honey color, and the sweat dripping from his face gave people an inexplicable sunny feeling.
Jiang Zhizhi's gaze lingered on him for a moment longer, but to her as an adult, this guy was just a child after all.
She picked up her schoolbag and was about to go outside. "Yes."
"Let's go, I'll treat you to beef noodles." Maybe because he was tired, Lu Xiye's face was red and steaming.
"You're treating me?" Jiang Zhizhi was surprised.
She couldn't react and always felt that the current development was a little weird.
Could it be that because she learned Taekwondo in this life and became teammates with Lu Xiye, they are going to become friends?
But Jiang Zhizhi still couldn't forget that in her previous life in junior high school, he led the whole class to bully and exclude her.
Because of Lu Xiye, her junior high school life was extremely bleak, and she was the ugly duckling that no one in the class wanted to associate with.
Because of the painful experiences she had at school, she agreed without any resistance when Jiang Guozhong asked her to drop out.
"I'm afraid that you'll become malnourished from eating biscuits every day, and then fall on me during practice." Lu Xiye said rudely.
Jiang Zhizhi was disgusted by everything that happened in her previous life. She walked out with her schoolbag, saying in a cold tone, "Don't worry, I won't blame you."
Looking at Jiang Zhizhi's departing back, Lu Xiye was puzzled.
He kindly invited this guy to dinner, so why did it seem like he offended her?
After class in the afternoon, Jiang Zhizhi asked the teacher for leave the next day and returned home early.
As soon as she got home, she saw Xu Jiaojiao waiting for her at the door.
"Where have you been?" Xu Jiaojiao was sitting on the iron frame that had been propped up again. She was wearing a pair of washed-out jeans with her long legs draped underneath. Her figure, which was taller and slimmer than other girls of the same age, made her look very outstanding and beautiful.
"Library." Jiang Zhizhi thought about how she had informed her before, and she let go of the previous unpleasantness.
Xu Jiaojiao looked at Jiang Zhizhi, who was carrying a large schoolbag, with a guilty look on her face. "I'm sorry, Zhizhi. I shouldn't have said you cheated before."
"It's okay." Jiang Zhizhi didn't take this matter to heart.
"Then let's still be good friends, right?" Xu Jiaojiao looked at her tentatively.
This question made Jiang Zhizhi unsure how to answer. After a pause, she said, "I'm moving soon."
"Where are you moving to?"
"I don't know. I'm going to look for a house with my mom tomorrow."
"Tell me when you move to a new place, and I'll come visit you later." Xu Jiaojiao pulled Jiang Zhizhi's arm, "Let's go, I'll apologize to you and take you to eat skewers."
Jiang Zhizhi broke away from her and said, "I don't want to eat anymore. I want to go home and review my previous lessons."
"You've already ranked first in the class, why are you still reviewing? Are you avoiding me and don't want to play with me?"
"I got first place in the class just by luck. I don't have a good foundation and can't compare with Xu Qingbo and Lin Qingyu, so I have to work harder. It's not easy for my mother to send me to school, and I can't let her down. I will be promoted from primary school to junior high school soon, and I must be admitted to No. 1 Middle School." Jiang Zhizhi said sincerely.
Xu Jiaojiao was somewhat moved by Jiang Zhizhi's words, "How about I do my homework with you? I want to learn from you and study hard."
Her words surprised Jiang Zhizhi a little, but since Xu Jiaojiao said so, Jiang Zhizhi had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, then come to my house and we can learn together."
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