"Hello everyone, I'm Xia Linyin. Please take care of me." After writing her name on the blackboard, Xia Linyin turned around and gave everyone a graceful bow.
"Wow, she's so pretty! Is she the new transfer student?"
"Your skin is so nice, and your figure is amazing too."
"Hehe, our class has gained another beautiful girl."
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"Quiet!" The teacher patted the table, and the noise subsided, but many students were still looking at Xia Linyin and whispering among themselves.
After scanning the classroom, the teacher pointed to the second row of the fourth group, by the window, and said, "Xia, you can sit there."
The 52 students in Class 1 of Grade 11 were divided into four groups, with two rows of students per group. All the students were boys sitting with boys and girls sitting with girls. There was an empty seat next to the girl in the second row of the fourth group. Xia Linyin happened to arrive and could sit there.
"Okay, teacher." Xia Linyin nodded, carried her schoolbag and walked towards that seat. The girl who sat next to her quickly stood up and made way for Xia Linyin to sit inside.
"Thank you." Xia Linyin put down her schoolbag and smiled slightly at the girl.
"You're welcome." The girl shook her head, unable to resist staring at Xia Linyin.
Up close, Zhou Xiaoyun noticed that Xia Linyin's skin was even better. It was smooth and delicate with no visible pores, and so tender that it looked like you could squeeze water out of it. Zhou Xiaoyun, who had a lot of acne on her face, looked at Xia Linyin's smooth and fair skin with envy.
Ugh, how come some people have such great skin?
She was almost driven crazy by the acne on her face. It kept popping up one after another. Just when one disappeared, another would appear in another place. It was like playing whack-a-mole.
She gets breakouts after eating seafood or spicy food, especially since she loves spicy food, particularly pickled chicken feet.
As a result, she now has more and more acne scars on her face, her pores are getting bigger and bigger, and she's also getting a lot of blackheads. Her whole face is as bumpy as the surface of the moon.
I get so annoyed every time I look in the mirror and see my own face.
Her mother said it would get better after puberty, but one of her cousins is almost thirty years old and still has acne on her face. She has spent a lot of money on Chinese medicine, but it doesn't work. The acne on her face is like a wildfire that can't be extinguished and will keep coming back with the spring breeze.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xiaoyun quickly tore a piece of paper from her notebook and wrote: 'Hello, my name is Zhou Xiaoyun. Your skin is so nice! How do you take care of it? What face wash do you use?'
Then she handed the note to Xia Linyin.
Glancing at the contents of the paper, then at Zhou Xiaoyun, Xia Linyin opened her pencil case and replied, "Thank you. I don't use face wash; I usually wash my face with warm water. Eating more fruits and vegetables is better for the skin."
Upon seeing Xia Linyin's reply, Zhou Xiaoyun couldn't help but ask, "Do you eat spicy food?"
Xia Linyin nodded. "Eat."
Zhou Xiaoyun felt the arrow piercing her chest go even deeper. Thinking of her cousin who had tried countless methods and spent countless amounts of money to get rid of her acne, she couldn't help but sigh that Xia Linyin really had a face that saved money.
"Class is starting, so be quiet." The teacher cleared her throat twice.
Zhou Xiaoyun quickly sat up straight, and Xia Linyin also opened her new textbook to keep up with the teacher's pace.
After finally holding back until the end of get out of class, the two boys sitting behind Xia Linyin and Zhou Xiaoyun quickly greeted Xia Linyin and took turns introducing themselves.
"Let me tell you, you two shouldn't even think about making a move on Xiaoyin. With your looks, don't you ever look in the mirror? Toads trying to eat swan meat."
"Hey, Zhou Xiaoyun, you call me Xiaoyin so affectionately, and you've already become my protector so quickly."
"Damn it! Zhou Xiaoyun, you didn't say that a couple of days ago. You even said I was handsome!"
"Who said you're handsome?!"
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Xia Linyin didn't pay attention to the little squabble between Zhou Xiaoyun and the two boys in the back row; her gaze couldn't help but turn to the front.
A boy was sitting in front of her. She and Zhou Xiaoyun sat in the second row, while the boy sat alone in the first row. He was the only one there, and there was only one table for him. He was all alone by the window.
His dirty school uniform, greasy and tangled hair, and the aloofness he exuded all made him seem out of place in the classroom.
Even after class, when the classroom was bustling with noise, he remained alone, head down, reading. He and his desk created a completely secluded and quiet area in the classroom.
Xia Linyin wasn't a proactive person, but for some reason, seeing this boy's back view gave her an urge to greet him and get to know him.
Perhaps he felt it wasn't good that he was the only one who didn't know the names of the people sitting behind him and his deskmate.
Just as Xia Linyin reached out to poke the boy's back, Zhou Xiaoyun grabbed her wrist.
Zhou Xiaoyun shook her head at her, then leaned closer and whispered, "He has personality problems, don't mess with him."
"Didn't you see that the teacher only let him sit in one seat by himself? Because no one wanted to sit with him."
“If it weren’t for his good grades, which exempted him from tuition and fees and gave him a scholarship every year, he wouldn’t have been able to get into our high school at all.”
"You have no idea how poor his family is. I can't believe there are still people this poor these days."
Zhou Xiaoyun covered her mouth and clicked her tongue twice. "His dad is a gambling addict. When he loses money, he drinks, and when he drinks, he beats people. His mom was beaten away by his dad."
Zhou Xiaoyun's voice grew softer and softer, "We all suspect that he inherited his father's violent genes. Don't be fooled by his quiet demeanor now; there's a saying that a barking dog doesn't bite. We always thought he was easy to bully."
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