Ding Kemeng hadn't been sick for two or three years and hadn't had a fever in a long time, but this time she got a fever and was hospitalized for a week.
Lu Ziyin hadn't seen Ding Kemeng for a whole week and wanted to get some information out of Ye Nai, but Ye Nai avoided him like the plague and refused to tell him where Ding Kemeng had gone!
It's a new week again. As usual, Lu Ziyin went to the entrance of Class 1 for a stroll, but still didn't see Ding Kemeng. She sent her a WeChat message, but there was no reply for a long time.
As her frustration deepened, Lu Ziyin stood at the top of the stairs, unable to control her temper. She clenched her right fist and slammed it hard against the white wall. A solid thud echoed as the snow-white paint cracked open. As Lu Ziyin's fist left the wall, the paint slowly peeled off, revealing the gray-black base layer beneath the white paint.
Just then, Lu Ziyin's phone rang at an inopportune moment. It was a WeChat notification. Ignoring the wound on her right hand, Lu Ziyin quickly took out her phone and opened WeChat.
Zhou'er: Brother Lu, Lu Ziyin, what amazing news! Sister-in-law, she failed her monthly exams, got zero in every subject, and ranked last in the grade, but she's been assigned to our class!!!
For a moment, Lu Ziyin thought he was seeing things. After being stunned for more than ten seconds, he received another message from Tang Zhizhou.
Zhou'er: Brother Lu, come quick! The teacher is getting ready to arrange seats for your wife!
Lu Ziyin glanced at the wall plaster that he had cracked with his punch, then put away his phone: Damn it!
"Because Ye Nai and Lin Xuan from our class worked very hard, they got into other classes in this exam, so there are some empty seats in our class. We just don't know if any of our classmates would like to be Ding Kemeng's deskmate?"
"Teacher, I am willing..." As soon as the homeroom teacher finished speaking, a boy below quickly raised his hand.
"Bang—!" The tightly closed classroom door was kicked open, startling the students of Class 10 and their homeroom teacher, Zhao Qian. What was going on?
"Teacher, I'd like to be Ding Kemeng's deskmate!" Lu Ziyin walked into the classroom, went straight to Ding Kemeng, ignored the puzzled looks from everyone, reached out and took Ding Kemeng's schoolbag, walked to his seat and sat down, and put the schoolbag in the desk drawer next to him.
Lu Ziyin looked up at Zhao Qian and said, "Teacher, the new student's seat is already taken. Please sit next to me!"
This attitude is anything but negotiable; Lu Ziyin has practically snatched a deskmate for herself!
"Lu Ziyin, stop messing around! Did the girl agree to sit next to you?" Zhao Qian was also taken aback by Lu Ziyin's actions. After regaining his senses, he immediately prepared to refuse Lu Ziyin's unreasonable request.
“Teacher, you didn’t even ask the new student, how do you know she doesn’t want to sit next to me?” Lu Ziyin shifted her gaze to Ding Kemeng, her eyes softening instantly.
Um?
Seeing Lu Ziyin's gaze, Zhao Qian looked at Ding Kemeng beside him with a puzzled expression. Could this little girl really be willing to sit next to that brat Lu Ziyin?
Noticing that her homeroom teacher was looking at her, Ding Kemeng, who had been silent until now, raised her head and asked, "Teacher, can I sit next to Lu Ziyin?"
After Ding Kemeng said those words, Zhao Qian felt as if he could hear the sound of the other boys in the class breaking their hearts!
The boys in Class 10 were really upset. Their class already had the fewest girls in the entire grade, and now they finally had a girl, and such a pretty and cute one at that!
This girl actually caught Lu Ziyin's eye beforehand! And what's even more infuriating is that this girl actually volunteered to be Lu Ziyin's deskmate! Voluntarily!
That leaves them to their word, to their own words!
As Ding Kemeng slowly walked towards her, Lu Ziyin's smile deepened. She stood up and offered her seat to Ding Kemeng. Lu Ziyin quickly sat down again, her tall figure immediately blocking many of the gazes directed at Ding Kemeng.
Lu Ziyin's smile deepened.
"Hello, sister-in-law! I'm Tang Zhizhou, Lu Ziyin's best friend!" Tang Zhizhou didn't care how well Lu Ziyin was hiding her face, he turned his head and leaned over to start a conversation with Ding Kemeng.
"Sister-in-law... Sister-in-law?" Ding Kemeng thought she had misheard. What did Tang Zhizhou just call her?
Although Lu Ziyin was very satisfied with Tang Zhizhou's way of addressing her, it was clearly not appropriate now.
After slapping Tang Zhizhou, Lu Ziyin looked at Ding Kemeng and said, "He's not very bright and often slips his tongue, so don't take it to heart."
Huh? Not thinking straight?
"Lu Ziyin, are you kidding me? My ranking in this monthly exam was higher than yours!" Tang Zhizhou retorted, "He's smart enough too!"
...
Lu Ziyin fell silent. Tang Zhizhou had indeed touched a nerve. Although they didn't study, there were still comparisons among the poor students. For example, Tang Zhizhou had always been last in the exam, but this time he was last in the monthly exam!
Damn it!
"How many points did you get?" Ding Kemeng asked curiously when they mentioned exam scores.
"..." Lu Ziyin was a little embarrassed and turned her head away, no longer looking at Ding Kemeng.
Tang Zhizhou, however, became interested: "Sister-in-law... Ding Kemeng, you're asking me? My ranking is right before his, how could I not know how he scored!" Anyway, his ranking was higher than Lu Ziyin's this time, so he wasn't afraid of scoring higher!
"This isn't a good idea..." Ding Kemeng saw that Lu Ziyin clearly didn't want to talk about his score. What if he got angry if she pressed him about it...?
"It's nothing, it's just one point!" Tang Zhizhou didn't notice anything wrong with Lu Ziyin. He reached into the drawer, pulled out a grade sheet, walked past Lu Ziyin, and handed it to Ding Kemeng, saying, "Here, the grade sheet the teacher gave us. All the subjects are on it!"
"Tang Zhizhou, why have I never seen you so proactive before?" Lu Ziyin practically gritted his teeth as he spoke. If it weren't for their years of friendship, he would have loved to slap Tang Zhizhou to death!
Ding Kemeng took the score sheet and looked at it. The score sheet hadn't been updated yet, so her name wasn't on it. She looked at the beginning first. The boy with the highest total score was named Huang Ji, while the last two in the rankings were Tang Zhizhou, who was thirty-ninth, and Lu Ziyin, who was fortieth.
Lu Ziyin managed to score in the thirties in English, but in other subjects, especially math, she only got six points!
This completely shocked Ding Kemeng's worldview!
"Did you not do your math test?" Ding Kemeng couldn't understand how someone could get a six out of ten in such a simple subject as math!
Lu Ziyin didn't look at Ding Kemeng, keeping her head down. After a long while, she whispered, "I did it..."
Tang Zhizhou pointed to his own score, which placed him thirty-ninth, and said with some pride, "See that? Me, math, sixteen points! I'm a full ten points higher than Lu Ziyin!"
Ding Kemeng felt that she might not really understand the world of poor students. What was the difference between a test paper that scored 6 points and one that scored 10 points?
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