Chapter 30
After Lin Zhen returned home, she opened her phone and took another look at WeChat.
"QR code payment - from payment F"
Below is the Arabic numeral for ten dollars.
"System, why is this person's brain circuit different? We are obviously classmates, can't we add WeChat?
"Maybe... you two are not familiar with each other yet." The system gave an answer.
Lin Zhen lay on the soft big bed, pouting and sighing with melancholy.
Speaking of which, their class doesn’t have a WeChat group yet, the teacher only created a □□ group.
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After dinner, Lin Zhen and Shi Jinjun took the bus to school for evening self-study.
All students of Fuyuan No. 1 Middle School have to attend evening self-study classes, not just those in their third year of high school, but also those in their first and second years of high school.
As the two of them sat together, Lin Zhen could feel several gazes directed in her direction.
She knew they were all looking at Shi Jinjun.
Lin Zhen recalled that one of the reasons for the original owner's low self-esteem was Shi Jinjun. Besides the incident in the third grade, there was also something about Shi Jinjun.
Shi Jinjun was not only Xia Yeheng's favorite, but also a better student than her. The original owner saw that not only were her grades not improving, but due to the excessive pressure, she often overate to relieve stress, which led to weight gain.
The problems with her grades and body shape made the original owner feel inferior to Shi Jinjun. Furthermore, the fact that the person she liked liked Shi Jinjun made her feel even more inferior to her, and she didn't even dare to hand the love letter she had written to Xia Yeheng.
Furthermore, Lin Zhen was afraid that Lin Zhouxue would neglect her after marrying a new wife, so she always harbored hostility towards Shi An. This hostility became increasingly apparent during the summer vacation of the second semester of her sophomore year. As a result, Shi Jinjun and Lin Zhen no longer had even ordinary communication, and the two became like strangers.
Lin Zhen was thinking about the plot, while Shi Jinjun noticed someone was staring at her and felt a little resistant. Then she turned around and saw Lin Zhen with her head down in thought, and realized that her stepsister seemed to have been keeping her head down like this all the time.
Shi Jinjun had also heard about this sister who came along halfway. She heard from her mother that Lin Zhen had been bullied at school before, so she might be a little introverted.
Shi's mother's intention was for Shi Jinjun to take good care of Lin Zhen in the class. At the time, Shi Jinjun felt her mother's words were too cautious. However, shortly after the start of her second year of high school, Shi Jinjun was threatened by a group of girls who had just left the class. They even tried to hurt her. Someone else showed up, so they left, and the matter was dropped.
When Shi Jinjun continued walking forward, he found that Fu Guannan and some students from other schools had walked to the corner of the alley, and no one knew what they were doing.
The reason Fu Guannan was called the "school bully" by some in his school was because he was the only one they'd heard of fighting with someone, and that a teacher had caught him. Someone then spread the story, and the rumors became increasingly outrageous, earning him the nickname "school bully."
Shi Jinjun thought that the bus had arrived at the stop where they were going to get off.
Seeing Shi Jinjun closing her eyes to rest, Lin Zhen called out to her, "Xiaojun, we're here."
Shi Jinjun was stunned when he heard Lin Zhen call him "Xiaojun".
When Lin Zhen called her Jin Jun before, she hadn't been so familiar. At that time, she felt Lin Zhen's restraint and alienation towards her.
When Lin Zhen stood up, she saw Shi Jinjun still sitting there. She thought she had just fallen asleep and woke up, so she reached out and took her wrist and went down together.
She herself hadn't paid attention to how she had called Shi Jinjun before. She just heard Father Lin and Aunt Shi calling him that, so Lin Zhen didn't think much about it and just called him that.
Lin Zhen pulled Shi Jinjun all the way to the school gate, then realized that she was still holding Shi Jinjun's arm, and smiled at her embarrassedly.
"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention."
Shi Jinjun looked at the somewhat embarrassed Lin Zhen and said lightly, "It's okay."
Then he said, "Let's go."
When Lin Zhen saw Shi Jinjun looking at her, she realized for the first time that Shi Jinjun was not so cold.
Maybe I don't know her well enough.
The sky was gradually getting darker, and the sky not far away was dark yellow, gradually being replaced by darkness.
After two evening self-study sessions, Lin Zhen had almost finished the homework assigned by the teacher, and the evening self-study session was about to end.
As soon as the bell rang for evening self-study, Lin Zhen packed up her things one after another and prepared to go home.
Shi Jinjun packed up faster than Lin Zhen, so he was already standing in the corridor.
Lin Zhengang put on her schoolbag and saw Fu Guannan walking over to find Shi Jinjun. She subconsciously looked up to look for Xia Yeheng.
When Xia Yeheng saw Shi Jinjun go out, she followed him. When she saw Fu Guannan going to find her, the light in her eyes dimmed a little, and the pen in her hand stopped writing.
"Do you really think I'm ugly?" Fu Guannan has been brooding over this question, even more so than Shi Jinjun's refusal to give him WeChat.
Fu Guannan also saw Shi Jinjun and Xia Yeheng go to the stadium together today, and noticed that her attitude towards Xia Yeheng was noticeably different. Her expression was noticeably more relaxed and natural. He also heard words like "National Day" and "Library".
He had heard that the relationship between the two was unusual as early as his freshman year of high school, and Fu Guannan witnessed that "unusualness" today.
Many classmates in high school were secretly in love. Fu Guannan had seen a lot of this and thought that Shi Jinjun and Xia Yeheng were secretly in love.
Then he would definitely not interfere with others, and he didn't really like Shi Jinjun, at most he had a good impression of her.
It's just that... this was the first time someone rejected him with this excuse, and Fu Guannan found it hard to accept...
As Fu Guannan spoke, he stroked his chest with an exaggerated look on his face, which made Shi Jinjun roll his eyes.
"It's not ugly. I'm leaving."
"But..." Fu Guannan hadn't finished speaking when he saw Shi Jinjun approaching Lin Zhen.
Shi Jinjun said this, walked up to Lin Zhen, took Lin Zhen's wrist, and said, "Let's go," fearing that Fu Guannan would catch up and ask.
She hates everything noisy and troublesome.
Not only did Fu Guannan look at the two of them walking away in a friendly manner with a puzzled look on his face, but even the classmates in the class were a little puzzled.
They saw that the two of them didn't even talk to each other in class, so when did their relationship become so good?
The two walked out of the teaching building. Lin Zhen saw that Shi Jinjun looked impatient, so she didn't ask Fu Guannan what he said to her.
Instead, Shi Jinjun saw that Lin Zhen seemed to be hesitant to speak, so he let go of Lin Zhen's hand and looked at her quietly.
The wind gently swayed Lin Zhen's ponytail. Through the light, Shi Jinjun could vaguely see the tangled and curious look in Lin Zhen's eyes. It was the first time he saw her with such an expression.
"Ask whatever you want."
He still had a cold expression, but his tone was not that indifferent.
After hearing this, Lin Zhen asked what was on her mind.
"You and Fu Guannan...does he like you?" Although Lin Zhen seemed to be asking this question knowing the answer.
When Shi Jinjun heard this, she frowned, as if the question Lin Zhen asked was difficult for her to answer.
The two were silent for a while, and then they heard Shi Jinjun say, "I don't like him, and he doesn't like me either."
Love can be felt.
At this moment, Shi Jinjun inexplicably thought of Xia Yeheng.
After hearing this, Lin Zhen nodded to show that she understood.
The two chatted with each other all the way, mostly Lin Zhen asking about Shi Jinjun. It seemed that they had gotten to know each other a little bit.
Lin Zhen knew that Shi Jinjun’s birthday was November 22nd, the day Xia Yeheng confessed his love to her.
The flickering street lamps are still emitting soft light, and the yellow-white halo makes people in the dark feel at ease.
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National Day is coming this week and the students are very excited.
"This week is a holiday, so be sure to stay safe. Also, study hard and do your homework. I'm planning to set up study groups. I've already divided them up and appointed group leaders. I'll send the list to the □□ group chat later, so you can take a look."
"This group will also be the place to check winter vacation homework during the winter vacation."
After the head teacher finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something and continued, "Ahem, I heard from the monitor that you guys don't play much?"
To be honest, he still hasn't kept up with the times.
As soon as the head teacher said this, the students in the audience were in an uproar.
"Yes, teacher."
"We all use WeChat these days; it's convenient."
"Let's set up a class group on WeChat?"
“Yes, create a WeChat group…”
Finally, in the last few minutes before school was over, the class monitor picked up his mobile phone in front of the head teacher and created a class group.
The head teacher didn't say anything and condoned his behavior.
The class group is named "Class 2 (17), the children of the old class".
The class monitor pulled the head teacher in. The head teacher looked at the group of names, raised his eyebrows, but did not ask them to change them.
Because they are indeed a bunch of kids.
I don't know if this "old class" refers to the head teacher or the monitor himself...
As soon as the bell rang, the students rushed out of the classroom like flying, showing their eagerness for the holiday and excitement to go home.
Because Shi Jinjun is going to her grandmother's house with her mother later, Lin Zhen is going home alone today.
Lin Zhen was waiting for the bus with her schoolbag on her back.
Almost all the people on the bus were wearing school uniforms, with only a few wearing casual clothes.
When Lin Zhen boarded the bus, there was no room left, so she had to stand. Several other students continued to board, and the driver kept asking them to move further back.
As soon as Lin Zhen got on, she moved to the back. As soon as the car door closed, she grabbed the nearby pull ring, turned around and looked forward, and saw Fu Guannan.
Lin Zhen was surprised to see Fu Guannan and gave him a polite smile. Fu Guannan also saw Lin Zhen and said in mock surprise, "Huh? Team leader?"
He had actually seen Lin Zhen a long time ago, but his face looked a little unnatural because of what he talked about with Shang Pingmo this morning.
Ever since Lin Zhen praised him for being pretty that day, Fu Guannan had noticed her. He noticed that Lin Zhen had been looking at him frequently during this period. It wasn't that Fu Guannan was being sentimental, but her behavior did make him suspicious.
This morning when I was reading, I sat at the end of the first group.
"You said Lin Zhen praised your hairstyle?! Doesn't she have good taste?"
"Get lost! Your aesthetic taste is the problem."
"Just that little tuft of black hair in the photo you sent me??? How could anyone be attracted to you like that? Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder..."
This unintentional remark made Fu Guannan fall into deep thought...
He felt that his face was indeed likable.
Afterwards, he told Shang Pingmo about Lin Zhen lending him ten dollars.
"Then what do you mean by Lin Zhen lending me money?"
Shang Pingmo glanced at Fu Guannan unhappily, "Isn't it because you have no money? Or is it because I like you?"
It's just out of friendship between classmates.
"No. I always feel that she has intentions towards me..." Fu Guannan glanced around and spoke seriously in a low voice.
He still remembered the worried look in Lin Zhen's eyes that afternoon. He also noticed that when Lin Zhen looked at him, her eyes were often uncertain and she would often avoid him, which meant that something was fishy.
"No, I have to take action. It's wrong to have a premature love relationship in high school. It's impossible for us!"
Listening to Fu Guannan's serious words, Shang Pingmo could only use the word "hehe" to express his mood at that time.
Why didn't he think of saying this when he wanted to pursue Shi Jinjun?
Even though it's already blown.
Shang Pingmo saw Fu Guannan's hypocritical look and shook his head.
To you? She clearly had intentions towards Xia Yeheng.
The final inner monologue was not spoken out loud because Shang Pingmo was not sure whether it was true.
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The bus arrived at a station and suddenly stopped. Fu Guannan swayed forward due to inertia and came back to his senses.
When Lin Zhen heard this, she looked at him with confusion.
"Team leader?"
Seeing this, Fu Guannan explained, "Study group leader, I'm in your group."
Lin Zhen never imagined that her homeroom teacher would assign her to be a group leader. She assumed that someone like Fu Guannan, a good student, would be a group leader.
"Are you going home?"
Lin Zhen remembered that this was not the bus that went to Mikawano.
“I’m going to my grandparents’ house for National Day and won’t go home.
Only then did Lin Zhen notice that Fu Guannan was carrying a large schoolbag, which should be filled with clothes.
Then, Lin Zhen nodded to show that she understood.
The car was still moving slowly. After passing one stop after another, wave after wave of people got on, pushing Fu Guannan and Lin Zhen to the back, causing their backpacks to touch each other.
Lin Zhen's hand holding the bracelet felt a little tired, so she held on to the yellow iron pillar and looked out the window.
Neither of them said a word.
Fu Guannan was also a little tired, so he changed his hand to hold the iron rod.
His eyes inadvertently glanced at Lin Zhen and he saw the side of her face. It was a little chubby, and he thought it must feel soft to the touch. Her high ponytail reached her shoulders, and there were some broken hairs and long hair that was not tied up, making it look a little messy.
Lin Zhen didn't know Fu Guannan was looking at her. She was actually feeling a bit stuffy, and the heavy backpack she was carrying pressed against her back made her sweat.
She originally wanted to go to the bookstore to buy some exercise books. There was no bookstore near her home, only one near Ping'en Road, which was closer to her home.
The next stop is Ping'en Road.
As soon as the car stopped, Lin Zhen waved to Fu Guannan and said "goodbye" with a smile. Her voice was very soft, as if it was just for the two of them to hear.
Fu Guannan looked at Lin Zhen and smiled at him implicitly, with a blush on her face.
Was she shy just now?
Fu Guannan watched the high ponytail disappear from his sight. As the car started, he saw the girl hop into a supermarket from the window. Looking at her cheerful figure, it seemed as if he had never seen Lin Zhen so lively at school...
When the person came out, he held the popsicle in his hand, licked it with a satisfied look on his face, and ate it while walking.
Many more people got on the bus, and Fu Guannan stood aside to let them pass.
The car started again and headed for the next stop.
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