Upon hearing the alarm, Yao Zhiyuan's face changed; his wheat-colored skin instantly lost its color, looking ashen and dull.
“I’ll take responsibility for class matters. Whether or not the rumors about Xu Zhe are true, they shouldn’t be spread. I’ll tell everyone to stop discussing it. We don’t need to take this outside of school, and we certainly don’t need to call the police. Otherwise, it will only make more people aware and discuss it, further damaging Xu Zhe’s reputation!”
He completely surrendered. If he called the police, he would clearly bear legal responsibility. But if the old man took revenge for his mistress and used underhanded methods, how could he, a poor student, possibly stand up to the powerful old man?
Seeing that this person was of low character and so cowardly, Yu Tiantian didn't bother to say anything more to him. She snorted and picked up her backpack and left.
This time, no one dared to stop her.
Sitting in the van waiting by the school gate, Yu Tiantian opened her phone and saw a picture sent by Xu Zhe. The table was piled high with colorful cafeteria food.
She had no interest in these large portions of poorly prepared and crudely cooked food.
My gaze swept over the unrefined food and focused on the upper right of the picture, on the half-face of someone eating with their head down at the table.
A round head, round glasses—that's Bei Xiaoyu.
Yu Tiantian's eyes darkened, turning cold and ruthless.
"Brother, what has Shaojie been up to lately?" she asked her older brother, Yu Xuanxuan, on the phone.
"Shaojie? He's in the Northwest Province right now."
"Northwest Province?" Yu Tiantian was surprised. This person had been like a walking corpse for a while after his breakup, so why did he suddenly go to the Northwest?
Why did they leave the Liang family's business stronghold and go there to support the development of Northwest China?
Yu Xuanxuan: "Xu Zhengxi was transferred to the Northwest Province, so of course he went with him."
"Xu Zhengxi went to the Northwest Province? How long has he been in Lingnan? Why is he being transferred again so soon?" Yu Tiantian frowned. No wonder Xu Zhe was living at school.
She had heard her brother talk about Xu Zhe, who supposedly protected her like the apple of his eye, even refusing a marriage alliance and falling out with the Pei and Jiang families.
The Pei and Jiang families were merchant families that the Yu family could only look up to from afar and dare not even dream of marrying into their fold. The Yu family was only able to learn about high-level affairs from the Liang family because of their close relationship with them.
"That's a power struggle played by the upper echelons; promotions and demotions are just their games."
Yu Xuanxuan paused after speaking.
"Tian Tian, Liang Shaojie is a scoundrel, we don't need him anymore."
Yu Tiantian's expression was indifferent, but her tone was icy: "Brother, it should really be me who doesn't want it. It shouldn't be that he's suffering and going crazy for someone else, while we're deceiving ourselves by saying we don't want it."
Yu Xuanxuan was speechless, and could only sigh on the other end of the phone.
In the school cafeteria, Su Nan was drying vegetables while watching Xu Zhe film the cafeteria meals from multiple angles and perspectives.
"Aren't you hungry?" Su Nan asked, puffing out her cheeks.
"Hungry."
Su Nan swallowed a mouthful of fragrant food: "Then why don't you hurry up and eat your fill?"
You have the leisure to take photos? The cafeteria food is plentiful and tasty, but the presentation is just average—not disgusting. Is it really necessary to take photos?!
Xu Zhe: "I took the picture and showed it to Yu Tiantian."
Bei Xiaoyu, who had been engrossed in eating and hadn't had time to chat, paused when she heard Yu Tiantian's movements. She had heard Liang Shaojie mention this name before.
Su Nan held a chicken leg to her mouth: "Is Yu Tiantian your classmate, the day student who's also an outsider in the class, just like you?"
Xu Zhe: "......"
This person is so annoying! Who's the marginal student in the class?!
"I'm fairly popular in class, and we get along well with everyone without bothering each other..."
She spoke with a guilty conscience, and it was true that they didn't bother each other and lived in peace. She didn't even know the names of most of her classmates.
They weren't even sure if they knew her, their new classmate.
He really is an outsider in the class...
Xu Zhe felt a little melancholy, but she soon realized how happy she was to be a marginalized person, unknown and unnoticed.
"Are you out of your mind, classmate?! How can you leave this reagent exposed like this?! Are you trying to send our whole class to meet the heavens?!"
Xu Zhe was startled by the high-pitched, shrill female voice, and almost dropped the dropper in his hand.
"I didn't close it because I was about to use it. It's not like it could cause such damage if it was left open for less than half a minute." She said it was okay and put the glass lid back on.
She's a coward; she hasn't developed her arrogant and domineering personality yet. Plus, her classmate asked to leave today, so she's missing her teammates and just wants to keep the peace.
Seeing that she had put the lid back on, the girl muttered a few more words under her breath, and then let her go so she could continue her experiment.
But someone insisted on mediating.
"We're all classmates, don't take it to heart." Yao Zhiyuan walked over and stood next to the girl.
Xu Zhe: "......" Everything's fine now, the battle's barely started, and you're back again?!
Upon hearing Yao Zhiyuan's words, the girl immediately objected: "I'm arguing?! How could you say that, class monitor?!"
"Okay, okay, I shouldn't have said that. I apologize first." Yao Zhiyuan was quite good at putting out his own anger.
Then he turned on others, saying, "Xu Zhe just switched majors, right? She doesn't know a lot of experimental basics. We should be more tolerant of her and help her more."
"Why should we be lenient with her?! Help her?! Just because she was someone's mistress and used connections to change her major?!" The girl raised her voice, her words piercing.
Yao Zhiyuan pretended to be flustered, pulling her aside to signal her not to say these things, but his expression couldn't hide his delight.
I knew this person was petty and easily provoked. Luckily, he was quick-witted and seized the perfect opportunity to kill someone with a borrowed knife!
Yao Zhiyuan, oh Yao Zhiyuan... He sighed silently, thinking that he should really find a good match and work his way up in the system after graduation, so that all his cunning would not have been in vain.
"What did you just say?" Xu Zhe turned to the girl.
The girl rolled her eyes so hard they almost popped out of her head: "Hmph! If you didn't hear me, I'll say it again! Don't think the whole world is your sugar daddy, going to pamper you and indulge you. We have no such obligation!"
"If you're not upright, then keep a low profile. If you're not smart, then stay in finance and don't come to work in our engineering field!"
He laughed as he spoke.
"Engineering is different from social sciences; you either know it or you don't!"
"Yes, you can't succeed in engineering!"
"Changing your major should be done with caution!"
............
The students started discussing it, seemingly harboring deep-seated prejudices against social sciences.
Hearing so many people agree with her, the girl proudly raised her chin: "It seems that the domineering old man's pampering of his concubine and his pressure on the school to make an exception and allow me to change my major early has actually exposed the concubine's low intelligence! Hahahaha!"
Yao Zhiyuan also touched his nose with his hand, unable to suppress his smile, so he had to cover it up slightly.
"Smack!"
With a sharp crack, the girl covered half of her cheek, staring at Xu Zhe in disbelief.
Xu Zhe's palms were slightly hot and swollen, but a fierce fire was still burning in his heart, and he did not feel any satisfaction from the slap!
"How dare you hit someone?!" The girl reacted, her face contorted with rage, her eyes fierce, and she took a step forward to fight back.
Yao Zhiyuan stepped back at the right time, giving her space to perform.
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