It was raining early in the morning, and Tang Zhizhou took a long detour to eat at a newly opened breakfast restaurant across the street. By the time he finished eating and arrived at school, he was already late, and his carefully styled hair from the morning was ruined!
Having managed to avoid the security guard's harassment, Tang Zhizhou, carrying his takeout shumai, leisurely made his way up to the sixth floor. He climbed to the third floor in one go, and just as he was about to continue upwards, two girls suddenly emerged from the restroom at the stairwell, holding hands and laughing as they chatted.
"Did you see that one by the classroom door?"
"I saw it! This is the first time I've ever seen one of the top students from Class 1 be late. It's hilarious!"
"That girl seems to be the second-ranked student in Class 1. I used to see her often in the teacher's office. Her name is Meng."
"I've met her a few times, and I've heard she's not a very good person. The girls in her class, including the teachers, don't really like her!"
"Hehe, if you ask me, people shouldn't just be bookworms. Look at her, she's utterly disgraced their whole class!"
What's her name, Meng? Sister-in-law? Punishment by standing?
Tang Zhizhou was shocked. His sister-in-law had been punished by being made to stand in the corner. He had to hurry and find Brother Lu!
"Brother Lu! Brother Lu! Lu Ziyin!" Tang Zhizhou rushed into the classroom, but he didn't see Lu Ziyin.
"Where's Lu Ziyin? Has anyone seen Lu Ziyin? Class monitor, have you seen Lu Ziyin?" Tang Zhizhou couldn't find anyone, so he had to pat the class monitor's desk and ask.
The class monitor of Class 10 was a little confused by Tang Zhizhou's knock. "I didn't see Lu Ziyin. Doesn't he usually skip morning self-study?"
"He didn't come today?" That's impossible! Wasn't Lu Ziyin supposed to be a "good student" and go to and from school on time every day? Why isn't he here on time today!
"Tang Zhizhou, aren't you annoying? You're so noisy, can't a person get any sleep?!" Ye Nai didn't sleep well last night and came to the classroom early this morning hoping to catch up on some sleep. But not only did she not get a good night's sleep, but Tang Zhizhou was also there next to her, chattering on and on!
"Ye Nai, have you seen Lu Ziyin?!"
"You were soaking wet by the sink, like you'd been in a water tank! Alright, you've finished asking, get out of here and stop bothering me!" Ye Nai was so sleepy that she ignored Tang Zhizhou after saying that, lay down again, turned around, and closed her eyes.
A handwashing basin?
Without hesitation, Tang Zhizhou turned around and went to the sink.
Ye Nai wasn't kidding him after all; Lu Ziyin really was here!
"Brother Lu! Brother Lu! Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened!"
Lu Ziyin had just dried her hair and hadn't even changed her clothes when Tang Zhizhou arrived.
"What's up?"
"Of course something happened!" Tang Zhizhou propped himself up on the sink with both hands: "I was climbing the stairs just now, and when I got to the third floor, I heard something!"
"What is it?" Lu Ziyin wiped her hands with a towel and said, "Tell me about it."
"Don't rush to tell me!" Tang Zhizhou leaned closer and lowered his voice, saying, "It seems my sister-in-law was late today and got caught by her homeroom teacher. She's standing outside their classroom as punishment right now! You know who the homeroom teacher of Class One is, Wu the Devil. She's notoriously fierce among the teachers in our grade! My sister-in-law is going to have a tough time in her class!"
"Are you sure you didn't hear wrong? The little one got punished?" Lu Ziyin asked, somewhat incredulous.
"I didn't mishear, the girl with 'cute' in her name, Class 1, that's my sister-in-law!" Tang Zhizhou recalled what he heard at the stairwell and was convinced that he hadn't misheard.
"I'll go check!" Lu Ziyin was a little worried and turned around to run towards Class 1.
Tang Zhizhou grabbed his arm, "Are you really going to go like this? If your sister-in-law's homeroom teacher sees you, you'll be fine, but your sister-in-law will be in trouble!" Class 1 isn't like Class 10. Those rich kids from Class 10 don't study, and the teachers don't care. Class 1 is different; it's a real top class. All the students in it are going to prestigious universities. What if they catch any students having any dealings with people from Class 10? That would be terrible!
"Yes, I can't just go like this!" Lu Ziyin also realized that it wouldn't be good to go empty-handed. "Do you have any food with you?"
"I brought it! I bought breakfast early this morning, it's really delicious, and I even packed a portion especially for you!" Tang Zhizhou didn't understand what Lu Ziyin was trying to do, and thought Lu Ziyin was hungry, so he quickly waved the small box in his hand and continued, "Look, I'm still holding it in my hand!"
Lu Ziyin followed Tang Zhizhou's hand and saw the breakfast he was holding. She reached out and took it. It was still warm to the touch, just right to take to the little one. She was a delicate girl; standing as punishment wasn't suitable for her!
"I've taken my breakfast. You go back to the classroom. I'll be back later!" Lu Ziyin waved the breakfast and, without waiting for Tang Zhizhou's reaction, turned and went up to the third floor.
Tang Zhizhou looked at his empty hands, somewhat bewildered: "Brother Lu, are we really not going to discuss a plan? Also, where are you taking the breakfast? What if the teacher comes to the classroom?" But no matter how much he called out, it was no use. Lu Ziyin had already gone far away, leaving only a towel used to wipe his hands on the sink.
Tang Zhizhou touched the tip of his nose, sighed, washed the towel, hung it on the towel rack, and then left.
Lu Ziyin carried breakfast and quickly walked to the third floor. It was morning self-study time, and most students were in their classrooms studying. Few students were out walking around, and teachers rarely appeared in the corridors.
Lu Ziyin had excellent eyesight and had spotted a little girl standing outside the classroom at the very end of the corridor long ago. She was wearing a school uniform, carrying a backpack, with her hands hanging at her sides, standing ramrod straight.
Lu Ziyin couldn't be mistaken; the little girl standing there was the adorable baby he had been longing for!
Although Lu Ziyin really wanted to go up and call the little girl to stop her from standing there, he knew it was impossible. His little darling was a good student, unlike him, a bad student!
Since that's the case, he'll try a different approach!
Ding Kemeng had been standing outside the classroom for almost twenty minutes. Although she wasn't very tired, her eyes were starting to feel dizzy. During this time, Lu Ziyin, the infamous school bully, had been pretending to casually walk past her thirty-six times!
She didn't know if the school bully was tired from walking, but watching him walk back and forth made her eyes tired!
As the school bully passed by her for the thirty-seventh time, Ding Kemeng finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Lu Ziyin, is there something you need?"
The little one finally agreed to talk to him!
Lu Ziyin was secretly delighted, but she didn't show it on her face. She slowly walked to Ding Kemeng's side, took out the still warm breakfast from her pocket, and handed it to Ding Kemeng, saying, "I can't eat breakfast, this is for you."
Um?
If she can't eat, then don't feed her. Why give her food? She's already eaten breakfast and isn't hungry!
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