Gu Yuanpang looked very imposing standing among the crowd.

"Isn't it just a picture book? Just buy a new one. There's no need to sue the teacher."

Liu Shishi's eyes widened with anger, "How is it unnecessary? My dad bought it for me! Do you know how many shopping malls my dad has been to?!"

"Then we can also go to the mall and buy it for you." Xue Jiayu said sincerely. Liu Shishi usually has a good relationship with her, and she almost agreed when she heard her say that.

But the next second, Liu Shishi saw Ying Huanyu's provocative eyes, and her anger burned even more.

"No! This is out of print, the last copy in the city, you can't buy it!"

Liu Shishi frowned, grabbed Ying Huanyu's arm and was about to leave.

Xue Jiayu wanted to stop Liu Shishi again, but Zhan Nanqi, who had been watching the fire from the other side, suddenly spoke up.

"I have some at home. I'll give it to you."

Liu Shishi looked at Zhan Nanqi in surprise, "How come you have it in your house?!"

“My mother bought it.”

Zhan Nanqi said calmly, "I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

Gu Yuan was overjoyed and patted Zhan Nanqi on the shoulder, "My good friend, you are the one who comes in handy at the critical moment!"

He shouted at Liu Shishi again, "How is it? Not only do you have it at home, I will bring it to you tomorrow! Are you satisfied now?"

Liu Shishi had wanted to talk to Zhan Nanqi for a long time, but had never found a chance. Now that Zhan Nanqi took the initiative to speak, she let go of Ying Huanyu with a grim look on her face.

"Okay, then you have to give it to me tomorrow. Otherwise I won't acknowledge you."

"Um."

Gu Yuan waved his hand, "Then let's disperse. Come on, the teachers are coming."

The crowd dispersed, and Ying Huanyu and Xue Jiayu looked at Zhan Nanqi with gratitude.

"Brother Nanqi, thank you! I will ask mom to give Auntie money for this book."

Xue Jiayu held Zhan Nanqi's hand, her eyes sparkling, which made Zhan Nanqi's heart moved.

"It's okay. I won't watch it either."

"That won't work! You must give me the money. Xiaoyu, thank Brother Nanqi!"

Xue Jiayu originally thought that she would have to use threats and bribes to get Ying Huanyu to thank Zhan Nanqi, but she didn't expect Ying Huanyu to be very easy to talk to today.

"Thank you...Brother Nanqi." Ying Huanyu said with a blushing face.

Gu Yuan scratched his head, "Huanyu, why are you blushing?"

"Nonsense! How could I be blushing?" Ying Huanyu stomped her feet and ran back to her seat.

Xue Jiayu glanced at her and was about to say something when the teacher arrived.

"Class has begun, everyone return to your seats."

Xue Jiayu had no choice but to swallow her words and wait until she got home to ask Ying Huanyu.

As soon as they got home, Ying Huanyu pulled Xue Jiayu to watch TV.

"It's finally Friday, I can watch cartoons today—"

Ying Huanyu was about to pick up the remote control when Xue Jiayu suddenly held him down.

"etc."

"Sister..." Ying Huanyu looked at her in surprise, "What's wrong?"

Xue Jiayu finally had the chance to speak out the question she had been holding back all the way, "Why did you color Liu Shishi's picture book? She has no conflicts with you, right?"

"I didn't mean it." Ying Huanyu accused himself and subconsciously tried to shirk the responsibility, but Xue Jiayu wouldn't allow it.

"You painted her picture book, didn't you do it on purpose?"

Xue Jiayu's powerful questioning frightened Ying Huanyu. She wanted to burst into tears, trying to soften Xue Jiayu's heart, but she didn't expect that Xue Jiayu was determined to get a result today.

Ying Huanyu had to rack his brains to find an excuse.

"Sister, you think I did it on purpose, why don't you ask me what Liu Shishi did?"

Xue Jiayu frowned, "No matter what she did, it's not a reason for you to deliberately break her things."

"She laughed at me! She said I wasn't your real sister! I did that because I was mad!"

Ying Huanyu simply threw the remote control to the ground like crazy:

Xue Jiayu didn't expect this to be the cause. She also knew that many classmates were laughing at Ying Huanyu, but none of them said it as bluntly as Liu Shishi did.

"Then you can tell me next time that no matter what, you should never break other people's things—"

"I did this because I was really angry. Sister, I won't do it again." Ying Huanyu promised while crying. Looking at her like an abandoned kitten, Xue Jiayu had to promise not to talk about it again.

She picked up a tissue and carefully wiped Ying Huanyu's tears. "Look at you. You've cried like a little kitten."

“Wuwuwu——”

Ying Huanyu was buried in Xue Jiayu's arms. Xu Suzhen came downstairs holding her clothes and exclaimed in surprise, "What's going on? Why are they crying together? What happened?"

"Grandma! I'm not crying. We were just joking."

"Then what's wrong with the remote control? You dropped it on the ground and didn't even pick it up."

Xu Suzhen was about to scold Ying Huanyu, but Xue Jiayu spoke up first, "It's me! It was me who did it, grandma, don't blame your sister!"

"You did it. Then you must have done it accidentally. Forget it."

Xu Suzhen went into the kitchen to work, and Xue Jiayu stuck out her tongue at Huanyu.

When Jiang Qiuyu came back in the evening, Xue Jiayu told her about the book compensation. Jiang Qiuyu immediately said it was a trivial matter.

"Mom will send the money right away."

Jiang Peirong didn't know about this. She looked at her son in surprise and asked, "Nanqi, is this true?"

"Um."

Zhan Nanqi's brief answer let Jiang Peirong know that he would not give any more explanation, and she spread her hands helplessly to Jiang Qiuyu.

"It's a small matter. The book is at home anyway, and Nan Qi won't read it."

"That won't work either. Ding is Ding and Mao is Mao."

Jiang Qiuyu insisted on keeping the money, so she threw it down and left. Jiang Peirong had no choice but to accept it.

She still found it strange, especially after she learned the whole story from Jiang Qiuyi, "Nanqi, when did you become so enthusiastic? And you helped Huanyu, are you two familiar with each other?"

"I'm not familiar with her." Zhan Nanqi said coldly, "I'm helping Xue Jiayu."

If Ying Huanyu was imprisoned, Xue Jiayu would definitely feel bad, otherwise he would not bother to show up.

"So it's for Jiayu."

Jiang Peirong smiled and went back to the kitchen to continue working. "Mom was wondering when you became so enthusiastic."

“…”

Zhan Nanqi was speechless. He dropped the book and went upstairs.

He looked at the row of physics books on the wall and remembered the day Xue Jiayu asked him if he wanted to be a physicist in the future.

Now that I think about it, it’s not impossible.

After Zhan Nanqi handed the book to Liu Shishi, the matter was finally settled.

However, the classmates looked at Ying Huanyu with undisguised disdain. Some of those who already disliked Ying Huanyu showed it even more obviously, such as deliberately not handing out her homework or throwing her test paper on the ground.

Although Ying Huanyu felt aggrieved, she knew that she had no capital to argue with them, so she could only endure it silently and then cry in front of Xue Jiayu.

Every time this happened, Xue Jiayu would take Ying Huanyu to find those people to argue.

"Let's go and ask why we treat you like this!"

"Forget it, sister." Ying Huanyu sniffed, "Because they think I'm easy to bully. They were only nice to me because of you. If you stand up for me, they'll hate me even more."