I watched for a while and then looked away, only to find that several of my roommates were still watching her dance seriously. It took me a while to come back to my senses.
"Alas, it's fine that I can't match someone's talent or work harder than someone else, but now I can't match someone's talent or work harder than someone else. I feel like my faith has collapsed."
"You're the only one who's still talking about faith? To be honest, for people like us, it would be better for us to find a job as a dance teacher at some training institution sooner rather than later."
While we were discussing our future plans, we watched Pei Xiaoxing practicing hard. She practiced for a long time before stopping.
He was so focused during this time that he didn't even notice our presence.
When she stopped and looked back at us, her face, which had just finished dancing, was slightly flushed. It seemed that her coldness had faded a little and she seemed more approachable.
She is indeed the girl that I liked at first sight.
I thought she would just ignore us and pack up and leave, but she wiped the sweat off her face and walked straight towards me.
"Pei Xinyan." She called me.
My roommates looked at each other and spontaneously stood in front of me.
"Well, classmate Pei Xiaoxing, your matter has nothing to do with Xinyan. She just came to school today."
Pei Xiaoxing frowned and said, "I know it has nothing to do with her. I just have something to tell her. Forget it, next time. Do you want to practice dancing?"
Hearing her ask this, my roommates felt a little embarrassed. They had originally not planned on doing any activities, but now they practiced a set of basic movements with us.
After the practice, it was already time for dinner, but Pei Xiaoxing still hadn't left. My roommates didn't plan to wait for him, so they let me start.
I actually didn’t think about avoiding anyone else. I’ll know whether I have practiced during the winter vacation after I take a class at the beginning of school.
Then I showed them the plays that I had memorized very well during the winter vacation.
Not only my roommates, but even Pei Xiaoxing applauded me and asked me a few questions.
"Pei Xinyan, didn't you practice during the summer vacation?"
I shook my head. "No, I practice every day at home. If I hadn't practiced at all, I wouldn't be so proficient now, let alone memorizing the repertoire."
She was relieved to hear me say that.
"That's good, that's good. I thought you could dance so well even though you didn't practice at home for a month during the winter vacation. In that case, I would doubt whether hard work is of any use."
Her direct words made me like her even more.
It was lunchtime, and seeing her alone in the dance studio, my roommates, who had just learned the truth, felt sorry for her. "Hey, classmate Pei Xiaoxing, it's already noon, are you going to eat with us?"
She hesitated for a moment, as if she was a little afraid to agree, "I'm in this state now, do you still dare to go to dinner with me?"
"That's nothing." My roommates are all very kind. "Xinyan has already told us that you are not what they said you were. Even if we don't believe you, can we not believe Xinyan?"
It was not until this time that Pei Xiaoxing smiled for the first time after seeing us. "Okay, since you are not afraid of me getting you into trouble, what should I be afraid of? Let's go and have dinner together. I'll treat you."
None of us refused. Perhaps if we asked her to treat us to a meal, she would feel better.
On our way to the cafeteria, we happened to meet a few classmates from our class. We greeted them openly, but Pei Xiaoxing remained silent and even rolled his eyes at the occasional person he met.
From her actions we can tell which classmates spread rumors about her the most vigorously. They must be the most unpopular classmates.
At the canteen entrance we met the squad leader who had just finished his meal.
After a simple greeting, the squad leader saw Pei Xiaoxing's face change slightly. He didn't care about us and just walked away from Pei Xiaoxing.
"Hey, what's going on with the class monitor? Didn't she have a very good relationship with Xiaoxing?" One of my roommates asked the question without knowing the truth.
Pei Xiaoxing snorted coldly, "What else could it be? It's because you are guilty as a thief."
Our intuition told us that there was something big going on here, but none of us said anything.
After all, it’s only the first day we’ve become acquainted with Pei Xiaoxing.
No, it shouldn’t be said to be becoming familiar, but rather it is preparing to become familiar.
For us dancers, we cannot consume too much carbohydrates. We got a 200g portion of rice and divided it into five portions. One portion is just the amount we can eat on a normal day.
After we finished sharing, I sighed and said, "Xiao Xing, it's a good thing you're here. Usually, when the four of us share one portion, we always end up not finishing it, wasting food. I always feel like other people look at us strangely."
"That's right, luckily you're here now. One fifth per person is just right."
Pei Xiaoxing didn't say anything, but the slightly raised corners of her mouth revealed that she was in a good mood.
From that day on, Pei Xiaoxing often hung out with us. Some classmates even told us to stay away from her and not play with her, and told us all the rumors again.
Every time we heard this, my roommates and I would help Pei Xiaoxing fight back: “Did you see it with your own eyes? You know it so clearly, as if you were there.”
Originally we didn't want to meddle in other people's business because we felt that we were not familiar with Pei Xiaoxing and there was no need to argue or conflict with others over her.
Now that we have become friends, Pei Xiaoxing's family is quite powerful locally, and there are often some fashionable things that my father finds difficult to get, but Pei Xiaoxing will occasionally share them with us.
It's easy to be lenient when you take advantage of others, and we don't think Pei Xiaoxing is a bad person, so it's natural for us to say a few words for him.
Less than a month after the start of school, another rumor quietly spread. I didn't hear this rumor for a while. One day, my roommates came back to the dormitory after class and asked me with a chuckle: "Fourth girl! Tell us the truth, when did you become Pei Yuanzheng's daughter?"
I raised my eyebrows. Who spread this? Did they really know? Or did they not know at all and spread all sorts of rumors on purpose?
So I said to them in a joking tone: "Yes, you just knew it. I am Pei Yuanzheng's daughter. You see, there is a word "Xin" in my name? Pei Yuanzheng's daughter's nickname is Xingxing."
They immediately started playing with me, and the way they played made me feel that student days were really good. My mother told me that when I enter society, I will never feel such pure friendship again.
Not long after this happened, Pei Xiaoxing also found me. She had a complicated look on her face, "Are you really Pei Yuanzheng's daughter?"
Judging from her expression, she was different from my roommates. She must have heard something and came to ask me.
So I asked back: "Xiaoxing, how did you know this?"
"You didn't refute it, so it's true?" Her eyes were full of certainty. She must have heard this from a reliable person.
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