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The alarm clock rang for a while, but Lu Cai was still curled up in bed, unwilling to get up.
After a while, someone knocked on the door: "Xiao Cai, get up, you're going to be late."
Doctor Gu's voice was very gentle. Lu Cai was very puzzled as to why Gu Mengshu could remain calm in a hospital, a place where some patients could drive you crazy if you stayed there for a while.
"I understand." Lu Cai rubbed his eyes, stretched in bed, and then slowly got up.
After she finished washing up and went to the living room downstairs, she saw Lu Jue sitting at the dining table.
He paused for a moment, then regained his composure and walked to the dining table. But Lu Cai stayed far away from his twin brother, not wanting to offend him.
Lu Lifeng came out of the kitchen, holding two bowls of egg fried rice. "Xiao Cai, after dinner, will you take Xiao Jue to school with you?"
The two children's relationship was a source of worry for their parents. They were twins, one healthy and intelligent, the other frail and sickly. People constantly complained that the older one was taking away the younger one's nutrients. Lu Jue, whose chronic illness had left him with a sensitive mind, harbored a grudge against his older sister.
Cai Lu was frightened, but he remained calm. Just as he was about to agree, the silent boy next to him suddenly spoke.
"No thanks." After saying that, he didn't even eat his meal. He stood up, picked up his schoolbag and left.
"Xiao Jue?" Gu Mengshu came down from upstairs and saw her son walking out with his head covered. She knew what had happened.
Lu Cai sat down and took the fried rice. He was not surprised by Lu Jue's reaction and started to eat calmly.
Lu Lifeng and Gu Mengshu looked at each other, and finally said nothing. Lu Lifeng picked up the car keys and chased Lu Jue out. Gu Mengshu sat down at the dining table to eat.
The meal was not very enjoyable. Lu Cai went into the kitchen to wash the dishes, put on his schoolbag and prepared to go to school. He glanced at Gu Mengshu behind him and said, "Doctor Gu, don't be so gloomy. I'll take care of your son at school."
Gu Mengshu glared at her helplessly: "You don't have to always put up with him. He has a knot in his heart, and it has nothing to do with you."
Lu Cai laughed and said, "My great doctor, I am not Guanyin Bodhisattva. I cannot take all the blame on myself."
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Lu Cai is a sophomore at the county's No. 1 Middle School, and he will be entering his third year in less than a year.
In school, she was considered a celebrity, and she had never fallen out of the top three in her grade in exams. But unlike other good students, she was good at fighting and didn't usually cause trouble. But once, on her way to school, she was stopped and blackmailed by a gangster, and she beat the guy down and called the police.
In the end, the gang wanted to sue her for intentional injury, but she had good control of her strength and several people were in great pain. However, the injuries were not serious. The gang also took out a fruit knife, but Lu Caifei said that he was scared by the knife and that's why he attacked.
All the evidence proves that she was acting in self-defense and she was a minor, so naturally nothing happened to her.
Lu Cai had stable grades and lived nearby, so she had never lived on campus. When she arrived, the boarding students were doing morning exercises in the playground. She walked into the classroom without hesitation and took a seat near the window, a bit forward in the middle, close to the projector, which was considered a "good seat."
Putting down her schoolbag, she took out a physics handout from the textbook on the desk as usual. This was an exercise handout compiled by the teacher based on the knowledge points. There were about twenty pages in a stack, and the answers were attached at the end. It all depended on the students' initiative to write it, and no one would collect the homework if they didn't.
She picked and chose, and wrote a few long questions. Someone came in and sat down in the seat behind her.
"You stood Guan Chengyu up yesterday, and he threatened to cause trouble for you." The girl sat down, her tone cold, but Lu Cai could hear a smile in her voice.
The girl in the back seat was named Ji Fengfeng. She was also a commuter, but she did not live on campus due to health reasons.
Ji Fengfeng was in a car accident as a child, leaving her with disabled legs and amputated below the knee. Now, she relies on a pair of prosthetic limbs to walk like a normal person. Despite her disability, she has a tough personality and a bit of a bandit temperament, so few people dare to bully her.
Lu Cai was not very familiar with her before, but he gradually became familiar with her after he changed seats recently.
"I'm doing this for his own good. At such a young age, instead of studying hard, he's thinking about gang fighting." Lu Cai said in a light tone.
Lu Cai has a good reputation. Even if she doesn't show off, it still can't stop the gangsters outside from using her as a role model.
Take Guan Chengyu for example. He was quite obedient when he was young, but after entering high school, he became like a possessed person. He wanted to travel around the world every day and kept shouting that he wanted to challenge Lu Cai to a duel.
I'm not old, but my brain is broken. What can I do?
At this time, morning exercises had ended and students returned to the classroom one after another.
A girl with a baby face and a bun-like hairstyle also sat down in the seat in front of Lu Cai. "So Guan Chengyu had a date with Mr. Lu!" Yue Xiaoyan was indescribably happy, her face full of gloating. "Yesterday I saw Wen An so angry that he dragged the yelling Guan Chengyu home—"
Wen An is Guan Chengyu's cousin and also the study committee member of the class. He is currently living in Guan Chengyu's house and is a neighbor of Yue Xiaoyan. He is worried about his naughty cousin every day.
"Don't look at other people's fun--" A tall boy walked on the aisle. He raised his hand to cover Yue Xiaoyan's face and turned her to face forward.
Yue Xiaoyan was forced to sit up straight, and a hand with slender fingers and wheat-colored skin placed a test paper on her desk.
"Look at your test paper. Did you really listen carefully?" This test paper was made by Shi Rukui himself. Ever since the school launched the "one-to-one learning support group" activity, he felt that his nightmare had begun.
Some people are just not smart enough, but Yue Xiaoyan is not only not smart enough, she is also wearing a super steel helmet.
Seeing Shi Rukui's distress, Lu Cai remembered the person she was helping with her studies. She turned around and looked at the back seat, and saw that Zhao Yan was indeed sleeping on the desk.
In the most recent test, Zhao Yan's score had moved from the last place to a little behind the middle. Seeing that he was struggling, Coach Lu didn't go up to him to complain.
After morning self-study, the head teacher brought a tall and thin boy over. Cai Lu didn't need to look up to know that the man was Lu Jue.
Although Lu Jue is frail and sickly, with skin that is as pale as if it has never been seen in the sun, his outstanding appearance and his cold and world-weary temperament really attract the attention of young girls.
But it's too eye-catching and not a good thing.
Lu Jue is weak and has suddenly joined the class. He is good-looking and has an introverted personality. No matter how you look at it, he will be bullied by those arrogant and unlearned students.
But he hated Lu Cai and would definitely not accept his protection. Lu Cai believed that if she told others that they were twins, he would drop out of school the next day.
Lu Cai had never been so exhausted from studying since he was a child, but fortunately, although Lu Jue had a bad temper, he was not the kind of person who would look for trouble. At the end of the day, the two of them left school peacefully.
Second year of high school is not as good as third year, but it is not easy either. When the evening study ended, it was already past nine o'clock. It was pitch black outside the window, with only the street lights illuminating a small area of the road.
Yue Xiaoyan in the front seat turned around and came over: "Is he really your twin brother?" Looking at his little expression, he was very skeptical.
Not many people in the class knew about this. She only mentioned it to Yue Xiaoyan and Yang Zigui, and they promised her that they would not tell anyone about it.
"If I had a choice, I wouldn't want it either." Cai Lu said expressionlessly.
Yang Zigui sat on the side of the corridor and walked around the podium: "I understand how you feel." The stupid Guan Chengyu is her younger brother. Of course, they are not related by blood. They are a remarried family. Yang Zigui lives with his father and Guan Chengyu lives with his mother.
Even though they were not related by blood, Yang Zigui was glad that this brother was not his biological brother when he saw his adopted brother's cousin's facial features distorted with anger.
Aunt Guan is obviously a smart and rational person, so why is her own son so mentally retarded? It must be a problem with the child's father. Otherwise, look at Aunt Guan's nephew Wen An, who always competes with Lu Cai and Hua Xiaochi for first place in every exam.
After packing her schoolbag, Lu Cai said goodbye to the two of them. Lu Jue had already left the classroom before her.
Lu Lifeng and Gu Mengshu agreed that they would each take care of one of the two children to avoid the awkwardness of the two of them being together, as Lu Jue would not get angry again.
The one who came to pick up Lu Cai was Lu Lifeng.
She followed the crowd out of the teaching building. The lights in the school were not bright. She strolled along the path to the school gate. There were private cars parked outside and parents were waiting anxiously.
Lu Cai paused outside the security room's window, pulled out his phone, and dialed Lu Lifeng's number. While waiting for the call to connect, he glanced around and happened to pass by the window.
Her gaze paused, meeting a pair of crimson eyes.
If it were any other day, she would have been frightened, but today she was unexpectedly calm.
On the other side of the window glass, under the cold white light, sat a young man. He looked to be about twenty-five years old, with smooth black hair and sharp eyes. He was wearing a brand new security uniform. There was a record book spread out on the table, and he was writing and drawing.
Lu Cai remembered that there was indeed a discussion in the class today about a new young security guard coming to the security office.
Since they were already looking at each other, Lu Cai nodded at him as a greeting.
"Hello—" The call was connected, and Lu Lifeng's voice came out, "Where are you now?"
Cai Lu looked at the crowd at the school gate and said, "I'm at the security room at the gate—"
"Okay, I'll come over now." Lu Lifeng hung up the phone.
Lu Cai hesitated to speak, but finally swallowed his words back. She had originally wanted to say, just tell her where the car is, and she walked over...
Lu Lifeng came over quickly and waved to Lu Cai when he saw him. Lu Cai went to meet him. He asked about school matters and listened to Lu Cai's stories about some interesting things that happened during recess.
The two men walked away side by side, and the young man on the windowsill of the security department stared at their backs. The sharpness in his eyes gradually faded, revealing a hint of confusion, and he did not look away for a long time.
In the dark night, the lights in the distance became vague and real, and the clouds in the sky made it difficult to see clearly.
For many, it was an ordinary day.
Normally, everything from the time of daybreak and sunset to the temperature and whether it will rain is stable and unchanging.
So ordinary... no surprises, no thrills, no changes.
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