Chapter 22, you directly betray your own family for the greater good.
The first subject in the diagnostic test was Chinese, so it was assumed that Sun Hao would have his morning self-study session this morning.
After briefly outlining the key points, he instructed the students to set up the exam room, leaving them the rest of the time to study and fill in any gaps in their knowledge.
Each exam room should have tables arranged in a 5x7 pattern. The remaining tables should be moved to the corridor for people to put their belongings in, and the rest should be placed at the back of the classroom.
Originally, Ji Jingyu's desk was also to be used as an exam desk, but Jiang Deyu quickly pushed his desk to the far back of the classroom, with the desk hole right next to the wall. As if that wasn't enough, he even turned his own desk upside down on the tabletop.
Jiang Sui watched him operate the device with a face full of curiosity, "Are you trying to bury Brother Ji's desk alive?"
Jiang Deyu looked heartbroken and said, "I did this to protect my brother Ji's property."
Jiang Sui still looked puzzled.
Tong Xia suddenly appeared from somewhere. He still couldn't look Jiang Sui in the eye. His ears were red as he whispered an explanation to her, "When Brother Ji's desk was used as an exam desk before, people would always take his things."
"Stealing?"
"It's not that bad, but some people will secretly take away Brother Ji's pens, rulers and other small stationery items, and even tear up his draft paper."
"Isn't this just stealing? Why can't we catch the thief?"
Tong Xia was amused. "How can we catch that? There are people coming and going in the exam room. Anyone could be involved. Besides, we can't just check the surveillance footage for such a small thing."
“Once, someone even carved several hearts on his desk.” Jiang Deyu rubbed his arms in disgust. “It was so disgusting, so now I’ve simply hidden Ji Ge’s desk away, once and for all.”
"Poor Brother Ji, it seems being too popular isn't a good thing after all."
“That’s right.” Jiang Deyu clicked his tongue, as if recalling some unpleasant memory. “Anyway, some people are really insane and have no bottom line.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Jingyu walked into the classroom through the back door and met Jiang Sui's gaze.
He didn't miss the fleeting sympathy in the other person's eyes.
Ji Jingyu: "..."
Although he didn't know what had happened during his brief absence, he knew in his heart that it was definitely related to Jiang Deyu.
A sharp gaze fell on Jiang Deyu, making his scalp tingle.
He leaned closer to Jiang Sui and asked, "Did you tell Brother Ji that we're going to cheat later?"
"No."
"Then why does he see me that way?"
"How would I know? How about I ask him for you?"
Seeing that Jiang Sui was about to wave to Ji Jingyu, Jiang Deyu quickly pressed her arm down, "No need, no need. It's good to be a little confused sometimes. I think I'm fine as I am."
For some reason, the murderous intent in the gaze that fell upon him grew even stronger.
—
Zhao Jia glanced at the corner where Jiang Sui was, "This Jiang Sui really likes to hang out with boys. Even with exams coming up, she still doesn't forget to joke around with them."
Xia Fan frowned upon hearing this. Before, she had only suspected it, but now she was absolutely certain that Zhao Jia was targeting Jiang Sui.
Just as she was about to retort, a cheerful female voice interrupted, "There's no rule that says girls can't chat with boys, right? Besides, her seat is right there, so how does that mean she's the one who's sidling up with the boys?"
"Class monitor."
Yu Xiaocheng tapped Xia Fan's desk with her pencil case, "Xia Xiaofan, stop dawdling and hurry up and pack your things, or you'll be late again."
She was assigned to the same exam room as Xia Fan this time. Xia Fan was always slow, so Yu Xiaocheng had to come over in advance to inform her, and just then she overheard what Zhao Jia was saying.
Zhao Jia said this to gain approval, and ideally, to have someone join her in criticizing Jiang Sui. Unfortunately, not only did she fail to achieve her goal, but she was also refuted by Yu Xiaocheng.
Her face flushed red, she angrily picked up her water glass and went out.
“Zhao Jia doesn’t like Jiang Sui,” Yu Xiaocheng said bluntly.
"I can tell, but why? It can't be because it happened yesterday, can it?"
What happened yesterday?
Xia Fan told Yu Xiaocheng everything that happened in the cafeteria yesterday at noon.
Yu Xiaocheng said with admiration, "I stand with Jiang Sui on this matter. If everyone stands idly by, those bad apples will only bully people even more."
“However,” she changed the subject, “even without this incident, I doubt Zhao Jia would like Jiang Sui.”
"Why?"
"What else could it be?" Yu Xiaocheng sighed, but her eyes were full of mockery. "Male beauty is a curse."
"Male beauty?"
“Yes, male beauty.” Yu Xiaocheng gestured with her lips in a certain direction.
Xia Fan followed her gaze and saw that it was the corner where Ji Jingyu was.
The boy was tall and slender, with delicate and well-proportioned features, broad and straight shoulders, and smooth and firm arm lines. He stood tall and straight like an ancient pine tree, like a still frame in a movie, with every move he made impeccable.
It must be admitted that Ji Jingyu does have the qualities to make people go crazy for him.
The same thought popped into Yu Xiaocheng's and Xia Fan's minds at the same time.
"You mean Zhao Jiaxi..." Realizing she had spoken too loudly, Xia Fan quickly lowered her voice, "You mean Zhao Jia likes Brother Ji?"
"Isn't it obvious? Otherwise, why do you think she's always sticking with you? It's clear she has ulterior motives."
Ji Jingyu stood still in her seat.
With the window open, he seemed to be bathed in sunlight, his already pale skin appearing almost translucent. He carefully placed two identical water cups, one black and one pink, on the table.
Clearly, one of the water glasses didn't belong to him.
This style of water bottle is very popular recently, and many people in the class have the same one, so it's not surprising.
What's truly surprising is that Ji Jingyu actually offered to fetch water for others.
He pushed one of the pink water glasses to Jiang Sui, a barely perceptible smile playing at the corner of his eye.
"Sui Sui still hasn't gotten a water card..."
Xunning No. 2 Middle School requires cards for everything—meal cards for meals, water cards for getting water—but this really doesn't explain Ji Jingyu's unusual behavior.
However, Xia Fan got stuck halfway through her explanation because the logic didn't hold up.
Even if Jiang Sui hadn't had time to get a water card, she could easily borrow Ji Jingyu's water card to get water herself.
Yu Xiaocheng leaned against the table, twirling an eraser in her hand. "Actually, I wanted to ask you yesterday, is Jiang Sui related to Brother Ji? His cousin? His sister?"
Otherwise, she really couldn't think of any other reason that could make Ji Jingyu act so strangely.
After all, she had only ever seen such undisguised behavior from young men who couldn't wait to announce to the world that they were in love.
"They shouldn't be related..."
Xia Fan had wanted to ask Gu Ci about it yesterday, but Gu Ci insisted that she take a nap first, and she forgot about it when she woke up.
"It's too early to draw conclusions now. Let me observe for a while longer."
I'll also go home and ask Gu Ci for his opinion.
Xia Fan silently added in his mind.
"Whether it's true or not, I'm shipping this couple first."
"What?"
"Don't you think Jiang Sui and Brother Ji are a great couple? Brother Ji is usually such a cold person, but he gives all his affection to Jiang Sui..."
"Class monitor," Xia Fan suddenly interrupted her.
"Um?"
"Those unclaimed campus novels that Brother Hao confiscated were actually yours, weren't they?" Xia Fan stared intently at her face, not missing a single suspicious detail. "It's a shame you're not writing novels with that kind of imagination."
"..." A hint of guilt flashed across Yu Xiaocheng's face. "Hahaha, while we still have some time, let's memorize some more ancient poems. What if the ones we memorize are the ones on the test!"
—
Ji Jingyu handed the water glass to Jiang Sui, saying, "It's a little hot, be careful when you drink it."
"Thank you, Brother Ji."
Sun Hao letting them arrange their own time is no different from letting them leave get out of class early.
Even though they knew the exam was coming up soon, no one was really interested in studying.
"Don't bring your phone into the exam room. If it's seen, you'll be considered cheating even if you didn't use it."
Jiang Sui nodded and was about to put her phone in her bag when she saw a message pop up in Ji Jingyu's fan group: 99+ messages.
What major incident has occurred?
Jiang Sui clicked in and discovered that the group was in anonymous mode.
[I'm buying JJY's stuff at a high price.]
+1
Is anyone taking the exam in Class 2? Stationery, scratch paper, and other personal items are all welcome; prices are negotiable.
Forget about Class Two. Ever since some people stole all his draft paper last time, I haven't seen his desk in Class Two. I don't know where the people in Class Two are hiding it.
Jiang Sui: "..."
She finally understood why Jiang Deyu said some people had no bottom line.
Messages kept popping up.
Some people even set their sights on the examination hall where Ji Jingyu was taking the exam, devising a plan to take his belongings without alerting him.
There was a large group of people below clamoring to buy it at a high price.
Jiang Sui muttered a curse under her breath, which drew a sidelong glance from Ji Jingyu.
"nothing."
Jiang Sui put her phone away, thinking that since they were all in the same exam room, she wanted to see who would dare to "steal" Ji Jingyu's things.
—
Jiang Sui's plan was quite good, but unfortunately, things changed.
[The morning exams are all over. Did anyone succeed? My wallet is ready to be emptied.]
JJY was in a particularly bad mood today. Even just walking past him made me feel chilly; I didn't dare move.
[We were in the same exam room. I feel like if he catches me, he might report me to the central government!]
[...]
Ji Jingyu walked ahead with his tall and long legs, while Jiang Sui and Jiang Deyu followed obediently behind him with their heads down.
He didn't stop until he reached a secluded spot.
Jiang Sui, lost in thought, didn't react at all and crashed straight into it.
The back muscles that she had praised that morning delivered a heavy blow to her at this moment.
"Ugh..." Jiang Sui groaned, instinctively pushing Ji Jingyu away and quickly covering her nose.
Affected by her physiological reaction, a blush quickly crept up the corners of her eyes, and her beautiful eyes became misty, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
For a moment, no one could tell that she was the one who had done the wrong thing.
"What's wrong?" Ji Jingyu's originally indifferent expression immediately turned anxious. "Where did you bump into? Let me see."
Jiang Sui continued to cover her nose with one hand, while waving to Ji Jingyu with the other to indicate that she was fine.
After the pain subsided, she wiped away the tears with the back of her hand, then looked up at Ji Jingyu and said, "I was wrong, I promise it won't happen again."
Her eyes were still red, but she was eager to apologize to him. She looked as obedient as could be.
Ji Jingyu's whole speech about lecturing her was thus cut short.
Seeing this, Jiang Deyu quickly followed suit, saying, "I was wrong too, and I swear it will never happen again."
He had been wondering where Jiang Deyu got the confidence to think he would do well on the exam, and it turned out that he had found Jiang Sui to help him.
During the exam, these two practically thought the proctor was blind.
He said coldly, "Whose idea was this?"
Jiang Deyu was honest, "It was my idea. Jiang Sui also advised me not to regret it, but it was my own insistence on cheating."
Ji Jingyu's gaze fell on Jiang Sui.
Jiang Sui was even more honest than Jiang Deyu. "I didn't advise him. I just told him to be careful when copying my answers."
Ji Jingyu rarely felt so speechless. Jiang Sui bumping his nose was indeed unexpected, instantly disrupting his rhythm. "If there's a next time..."
Jiang Sui chimed in, "You should just put aside your own family for the greater good."
Ji Jingyu: "..."
I couldn't help but laugh out loud.
—
Xia Fan and Yu Xiaocheng spotted the three of them from a great distance.
Yu Xiaocheng stood not far away with his arms crossed, "Hey, is Brother Ji scolding someone?"
Ji Jingyu and Jiang Sui were both strikingly good-looking, and even though he deliberately sought a secluded corner, he was still quite eye-catching. Passing students kept casting curious glances at them.
Yu Xiaocheng: "It seems my previous suspicions were wrong. Jiang Sui is indeed not Brother Ji's sister."
Xia Fan: "I already said they're not relatives."
Yu Xiaocheng seemed to be immersed in her own world and didn't notice what Xia Fan said at all. "I feel like Brother Ji is more like a father than a brother. Look, he's made his daughter cry."
"...So you regret shipping them?"
"No." Yu Xiaocheng's tone gradually became excited, "I feel like I ship them even more now."
Even with tears in her eyes, Jiang Sui rushed towards Ji Jingyu Le. Who could resist such a charming and adorable face?
As expected, the next second Ji Jingyu clenched her fists hanging at her sides.
Yu Xiaocheng nodded knowingly, "Let's go find them for dinner. Brother Ji should have finished scolding them by now."
The group slowly walked towards the cafeteria.
Jiang Deyu and Jiang Sui walked at the very back of the group.
He gently poked Jiang Sui, his gaze unconsciously falling on the tip of Jiang Sui's nose. "Was that a self-inflicted injury just now?"
"No, I am indeed thinking about something."
She could tell from Ji Jingyu's expression that he was very angry, so she kept thinking about how to coax him and calm him down. She just didn't expect that the matter would be over so easily.
None of the tricks she had planned came in handy.
"I think you seem quite afraid of him." Jiang Sui looked at the tall and upright person in front of her. "Could it be that he used to beat you up a lot when you were a kid?"
"How is that possible!"
While he was still playing with cats and dogs, Ji Jingyu was already the "perfect child from someone else's family" in the eyes of parents.
“I don’t know why, I’m just afraid he’ll get angry.” Jiang Deyu glanced at Jiang Sui. “You’re the same, you admit your mistakes so quickly.”
"I'm not afraid of him getting angry, I just don't like seeing him angry."
Jiang Deyu: "..."
Is there a difference between the two?
This was the first time he had ever regretted his poor Chinese language skills.
—
Exam days always fly by.
The two-day exam flew by, and the weekend was just around the corner.
This is also their last two-day weekend in their senior year of high school. From now on, except for holidays, they will have to attend classes for six days a week.
Jiang Deyu practically floated out of the school.
"This is my last weekend off, I'm going to cherish it. I'll stay up all night to cultivate my inner immortal."
Xia Fan teased him, "I wonder who was so worried about their grades that they couldn't even eat, but now they've come back to life."
"Anyway, the first class on Monday is math, and I'm very confident about my math score this time."
He didn't even check his answers with anyone after his math exam this time.
Gu Ci, who came to pick him up, asked him casually, "What, did you copy Xiao Jing's answers?"
Mathematics has always been Jiang Deyu's weak point, and this is the first time I've seen him so confident.
Gu Ci guessed half of it right away, and Jiang Deyu guiltily defended himself, saying, "Brother Ji sits behind me, how could I copy his answers? Anyway, just you wait and see!"
Apart from Jiang Sui and Ji Jingyu, no one took his words to heart.
Jiang Sui rubbed her nose uncomfortably, hoping that Jiang Deyu wouldn't blindly believe her and wouldn't copy too much.
—
The math teacher of Class 2, Grade 12 is the school's director of teaching. Because he also has other jobs, he only teaches one class.
A middle-aged man wearing an ordinary striped shirt, with a protruding belly and thinning hair, stormed into Class Two and slammed the test paper in his hand onto the podium without saying a word.
The loud bang instantly startled several students who were still drowsy because their biological clocks hadn't adjusted yet.
"What are you doing!" Qin Lin yelled at the same time, "You're already in your final year of high school, and you're still sleepwalking in class? How come you've already been accepted into university through the guaranteed admission program?"
The voice was strong and resonant; it could probably be heard even in the cafeteria kitchen.
Seeing that the kids below the stage were all obediently raising their heads to listen to him, Qin Lin felt a little better.
He picked up his personal black thermos and slowly took a sip of tea. "Your math test papers are all here. Now I'll ask a few students to guess how many points they got."
A sharp gaze swept down from top to bottom, finally landing on a certain figure.
"Come on, Jiang Deyu, you guess first."
Author's note: Xiao Ji is the quintessential dad-type boyfriend with a youthful vibe.
Sui Sui: If this happens again, you'll have to put aside your own family for the greater good!
Xiao Ji: Honey? What honey? Does holding hands count as being honey?
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