The day before school started, Pei Zheng had to report to school to pick up his textbooks and dormitory bed. He rolled up his blanket and was about to go out when Lu Nong stopped him and said solemnly:

"Other children go to school with their parents. Your father is not at home today. Be good. I will reluctantly bring Xiao Huai with you. I will not let others look down on you."

Pei Zheng wanted to refuse at first, but then he changed his mind when he heard that Lu Nong was going to take Xiao Huai with him. His brother was so adorable, he would definitely delight his future classmates if he took him out.

He was happy in his heart, but still looked strong and said arrogantly, "Okay."

Lu Nong did not expose his thoughts. At this time, Wu's mother came over with a large nylon bag. Lu Nong asked her godmother to give the nylon bag to Pei Zheng, "I need to take some things to school. You can help me carry it over."

Mother Wu looked at Lu Nong hesitantly, and Lu Nong nodded at her. Mother Wu then smiled and put the nylon bag in Pei Zheng's hand, "Then I'll trouble you, Xiao Zheng. Grandma Wu is too old to accompany you."

With Lu Nong's correction, the children in the family now call Mother Wu "Grandma Wu".

Pei Zheng shook the tightly tied nylon bag. It was not heavy, and was about the same weight as his bedding. It was nothing for Pei Zheng who ran with heavy loads all day, but he felt that the texture of the things in the nylon bag was very much like a quilt.

"Are there bedding in here? For me?" Pei Zheng was surprised.

Pei Zheng was a little touched, thinking that Lu Nong had specially prepared a new quilt for him to stay in. He had always been like a motherless person since he was a child. The female elders thought that there were grandchildren and nannies taking care of him at home, and never cared about him in these little things.

So this is what it feels like to be cared for by someone, warm, like pouring a handful of hot water on ice, melting your heart.

Lu Nong laughed dryly and thought to himself, I am that kind of person. She just wants Pei Zheng to be her free labor.

But at this moment, he really felt a little pity for Pei Zheng. Although Lu Nong called Pei Zheng a child, he treated him as a peer in his heart and did not interfere in anything about Pei Zheng. Not interfering also meant not caring to some extent.

But Pei Zheng is only sixteen years old after all. He is childish and likes to show off. He likes to eat sweets, like cute furry animals, and like children. He is not the powerful male protagonist in the novel.

Lu Nong thought silently, after all, they have become a family, maybe it is right to show appropriate but not excessive care.

"I prepared a new quilt for you." Lu Nong said softly.

In fact, the stepmother was afraid that the mattress issued by the school would not be comfortable to use, so she got two quilts for Lu Nong, one for covering himself and one for lying underneath. Both quilts were newly made, soft and comfortable, and Pei Zheng could use either one.

Pei Zheng showed a happy expression on his face. He raised little Gu Huai's hand and said, "Comrades, let's go to the highest institution of learning!"

As soon as I walked out of the door, I saw Pei Zheng and his childhood friends already waiting at the door.

In addition to Pei Zheng, Shen Jiming and Jiang Yu also got into college, one to a foreign language school and the other to an agricultural college. Only Zhang Kaiping failed the college entrance examination. He wanted to join the army, but unfortunately his physical fitness did not meet the requirements. He has been exercising frantically to lose weight recently.

Pei Zheng gave the three of them a look, "Why don't you call for help?"

Zhang Kaiping and Jiang Yu were still a little embarrassed and ashamed to see Lu Nong. Last time, they misunderstood Lu Nong as bullying Pei Zheng, and Ye Huihui overheard it and went to complain to Pei Xiaogu, which indirectly led to Pei Xiaogu's attack on Lu Nong.

Afterwards, Pei Zheng sternly warned them not to talk nonsense again. Seeing that Pei Zheng sincerely protected his stepmother, Zhang Kaiping and Jiang Yu became more serious towards Lu Nong, but they were still troubled about how to address her.

They couldn't bring themselves to call her auntie because she looked just like the other girls of the same age as them; they couldn't call her by her name because she was their elder and it wasn't appropriate.

Especially Zhang Kaiping. His mother and Lu Nong have been getting close these days, and the two of them are interacting as equals. He avoids her every day, for fear that his mother will force him to call Lu Nong "Auntie".

Only Shen Jiming looked as if nothing had happened, but he did not speak first. He just looked at Lu Nong without saying anything.

Lu Nong saw that they were uncomfortable, and she herself didn't want to be called aunt by teenage boys, so she said, "My name is Lu Nong, you can call me by my name."

Zhang Kaiping and Jiang Yu looked at each other, opened their mouths, but did not call out Lu Nong.

"Why don't you call her Sister Lu Nong?" Shen Jiming, who had been silent the whole time, said in a gentle and polite manner, which was completely different from his gloomy and weird demeanor a few days ago. "Sister Lu Nong is a few years older than us, so it's better to call her Sister."

Lu Nong was a little confused about Shen Jiming. He seemed to be hostile to her, but he had no difficulty in taking action. However, his suggestion was acceptable. It sounded more comfortable to call her sister than auntie. She nodded in agreement.

"Hello, Sister Lu Nong."

"Sister Lu Nong."

"…Hello, sister."

Zhang Kaiping and Jiang Yu greeted each other obediently, but Shen Jiming's name was different from everyone else's. Lu Nong looked at him in surprise, and Shen Jiming looked back at Lu Nong with an innocent look.

Lu Nong: “…”

After solving the address problem, Zhang Kaiping touched his head, smiled and said to Pei Zheng: "Zhengzi, we are here to take you to school."

Pei Zheng was not polite either. He casually put the nylon bag upside down onto Zhang Kaiping's shoulder, put his own blanket into Shen Jiming's hand, then rubbed his hands and took little Gu Huai from Lu Nong's hand. He performed the whole set of movements smoothly and without blushing at all.

Shen Jiming looked down at the blanket in his hand, then looked at the young master Pei Zheng who was dressed casually, and was speechless. Forget it, he would not bother with him today.

He thought Lu Nong and Gu Huai would at most see Pei Zheng out, but Lu Nong actually saw them out the door, then to the bus stop, and finally got on the bus.

"Zhengzi, your stepmother is very good to you. Your father has never accompanied you to school." Shen Jiming stood behind Pei Zheng and whispered to him.

Pei Zheng snorted in response to his words, and holding on to the crossbar on the roof of the bus, he surrounded Lu Nong on the seat, and little Gu Huai sat on Lu Nong's lap.

He just didn't believe it. Let's see who can come and chat with his stepmother again this time.

...Indeed, no one dared to come over. The four handsome guys in their group surrounded a beautiful woman in the middle. The men and women passing by were all envious of them.

When he arrived at the school, Pei Zheng specifically greeted the security guards. The two security guards still remembered Pei Zheng and Lu Nong. When they saw Pei Zheng and his group carrying their luggage to the school, they couldn't help but ask him, "Did your friend get into Peking University?"

Pei Zheng grinned, pointed at the school badge on his chest and said, "It's not someone else, it's me who got admitted to Peking University, Pei Zheng, the law department."

The two security guards were stunned. Could a bad boy get in these days?

Seeing that people kept looking over, Lu Nong patted Pei Zheng and said, "Stop showing off. Hurry up and report in."

Being in the limelight these days is not a good thing. The right thing to do is to finish your studies quietly and leave this hell of a school as soon as possible.

The last time Lu Nong came to school to handle the review procedures, she realized that taking a leave of absence was not as simple as it seemed. After returning home, she tried hard to recall the matter and finally remembered some clues.

On the one hand, Lu's mother forced and harassed her, but the most important thing was that the school was not peaceful that year. Many students and professors were sent to labor camps, especially those from the history department. Lu Nong was a famous person in that class, and there were many people who disliked and envied her. She was afraid that something would happen if she continued studying, so she followed Lu's mother's wishes and took a leave of absence.

Since she remembered it, Lu Nong made up her mind to study for only one year, finish the remaining two years of courses in one year, and graduate early. She also urged Pei Zheng to study hard with her. As long as they didn't die, they would study as hard as they could. Graduating one year earlier would mean avoiding the school turmoil one year earlier.

She glanced at Pei Zheng who seemed to be unaware of anything. Although Pei Zheng was forced to end his studies early in the novel, he did not suffer any substantial harm due to his strong family background. The biggest blow to him was psychological.

Almost overnight, the classmates around me became hateful. They beat and insulted the professors they once respected and did all kinds of things that even animals could not do.

People kept dying, students, professors... Some died in unclear circumstances, while others committed suicide because they could not bear the humiliation. This catastrophe originated in this school and was happening around Pei Zheng every day, but he could do nothing and had no way to stop it.

One can imagine how painful it was for Pei Zheng, who had a strong sense of justice.

Even Lu Nong herself couldn't just stand by and watch, but she couldn't save anyone, so she could only leave before anything happened. Maybe if she didn't see it, she wouldn't feel any pain.

Pei Zheng was in a particularly good mood today for some reason. He was not angry when Lu Nong patted him on the head. He touched Gu Huai's little head and walked towards the registration place with his stepmother and brothers in a heroic manner.

People kept looking at them on the road, and they were all good-looking. The most important thing was that cool guy Pei Zheng was carrying a cute baby in his arms, which was a very cute contrast.

When they arrived at the registration point, Pei Zheng took out his registration card, received his meal ticket and allowance, and the group headed towards the boys' dormitory.

Generally speaking, it is not easy for women to enter the boys' dormitory, but today is the last day for registration and there are many female parents, so entering and leaving the boys' dormitory is not very conspicuous... although Lu Nong is particularly young.

Pei Zheng's dormitory was on the third floor, an eight-person dormitory. When they arrived, there was only one empty bed in the dormitory, a lower bed close to the door and the trash can, with some sundries and luggage piled on the bed.

Pei Zheng's name was pasted crookedly on the head of the bed. The edge of the sticker was torn, and it was obvious that someone had torn it off and pasted it again.

There were only three people in the dormitory. They silently looked at Pei Zheng and his group. Seeing that they were all tall and strong, they couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Pei Zheng did not move. Zhang Kaiping wanted to help Pei Zheng tidy up the things on the bed, but Lu Nong stopped him with his hand, "Don't be in a hurry."

Sure enough, Pei Zheng was seen strolling around and looking at the name labels on the beds in the dormitory one by one. When he passed by his three roommates, the three of them avoided his gaze and did not make eye contact with Pei Zheng.

Pei Zheng came back from his stroll with a calm expression and said, "Let's clean up."

Lu Nong then signaled Zhang Kaiping that he could clean up. She understood in her heart that Pei Zheng must have compared the original bed with the replaced bed and felt that the original bed was not good so he did not make any major changes.

But based on Lu Nong's understanding of Pei Zheng, he must have remembered the person who changed his bed.

Seeing that Pei Zheng didn't cause trouble, the three roommates breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed their expressions.

Lu Nong smiled friendly at the three of them. As soon as he entered the dormitory, he discovered that although the three of them were nervous, they did not feel guilty. They should not be the ones who changed Pei Zheng's bed. However, they must know who did.

"From now on, you and Pei Zheng will be roommates. Xiao Zheng is young, so I hope you can be more tolerant of him." After all, Lu Nong came with him as Pei Zheng's stepmother, so she had to do the formalities.

When the three roommates heard Lu Nong talking to them in a soft voice, their faces turned red like ripe tomatoes, and they quickly agreed, saying that they would definitely get along well with Pei Zheng.

Pei Zheng pursed his lips and looked at Lu Nong with a complicated expression.

Lu Nong didn't notice Pei Zheng's expression. He instructed Zhang Kaiping to clean up the debris on the bed and let Shen Jiming and Jiang Yu make the bed.

Lu Nong held little Huai Teng in his arms and did not move. Seeing that Pei Zheng only brought a thin quilt, he said to him, "Open the nylon bag and take out a quilt at random. It's autumn now, so use this one."

Pei Zheng was surprised, "Aren't they all given to me?"

Lu Nong chuckled and said, of course not.

"Okay, now that you've packed up here, I'm going to go register too."

Pei Zheng: "..." What kind of name did you apply for? ?

Shen Jiming: “…”! ?

Jiang Yu & Zhang Kaiping: “…”! ! ? ?

Three roommates: "…" Isn't she my sister? She's an alumnus! ?