Ning Zhiyu walked into the classroom and soon after, the bell for class rang.
As she was stuffing her umbrella under the desk, she noticed something strange inside it. Upon taking a closer look, she found a boutique stationery store’s packaging bag with a purple flashlight inside.
She pondered for a moment and guessed who might have sent it.
Xu Min’s face turned pale when she saw Ning Zhiyu playing with the flashlight, and she became even more nervous when she thought about what had happened not long ago. “That, that’s from Jiang Yumo of Class 3,” she stuttered.
She was trembling now.
Especially when she thought about the last sentence that was uttered by Duan Ye : “If there’s a fourth person who knows about what happened today, it won’t be that simple anymore. Do you understand?” Even though she was already sweating profusely, all she could do was nod vigorously with a pale face.
How could she dare to tell anyone else!
A smile appeared on Ning Zhiyu’s lips as she held the flashlight, her eyes sparkling like stars.
She had a rough idea why Jiang Yumo had given her the gift. Although the excuse she gave about the injury on her hand was just a pretext, she felt warm and touched that someone cared about her so much to buy her a flashlight. At the same time, she guessed why Jiang Yumo hadn’t given it to her in person; Jiang Yumo must have been afraid that it would make her feel uncomfortable.
Seeing Ning Zhiyu like this, Xu Min felt both anxious and angry.
She originally wanted to remind Ning Zhiyu that it was better to stay away from Jiang Yumo. Jiang Yumo might not be a problem, at most Jiang Yumo was just cleverly trying to use Ning Zhiyu for exam answers, which wasn’t a big deal. But Duan Ye, who was rumored to be infatuated with Jiang Yumo, was terrifying! She had never interacted with this kind of boy before. Although she had heard rumors about Duan Ye’s fierceness and bad reputation in the past, she thought it was exaggerated…after all, he was just a student, how ruthless could he be? But today’s incident scared her. She could clearly feel that Duan Ye was not just a student in the school, even though he was on campus, he was not just a student!
She and Zhang Xu only casually said a few words today, and Duan Ye acted that way. If one day Ning Zhiyu offended Jiang Yumo, or had a disagreement or conflict with Jiang Yumo, wouldn’t Duan Ye do something even more extreme?
Xu Min hesitated to speak, but eventually swallowed her words.
Because she suddenly realized that if it weren’t for Ning Zhiyu, she wouldn’t have complained to Zhang Xu just now, and that incident wouldn’t have happened either.
It was all because of Ning Zhiyu.
And Ning Zhiyu was someone who didn’t know how to appreciate kindness. Last time she had kindly reminded Ning Zhiyu, but Ning Zhiyu didn’t listen. Reminding Ning Zhiyu this time would probably be useless too, why waste her breath.
Jiang Yumo flipped through Ning Zhiyu’s notes and couldn’t help but marvel: no wonder Ning Zhiyu’s a top student, her notes are so neat!
This month’s monthly exam was held before the National Day holiday, and the school attached great importance to it. The pressure on the teachers of various subjects was also immense. The last class of the day was delayed for a long time by the teacher, and the students’ minds had already flown to the cafeteria. When the teacher finally announced “class dismissed,” several boys left the classroom at lightning speed, running and shouting, “So annoying, the class was delayed for so long! Can’t even get barbecue rice!”
Jiang Yumo, Yan Qing, and Sun Mengting were the closest of friends, always sticking together. Whether it was for meals or going to the restroom, they were always seen together.
The three of them arrived at the cafeteria and each went to buy their own food.
Yan Qing and Sun Mengting also wanted to try the new barbecue rice from the cafeteria, but the line at that window was quite long. Jiang Yumo, on the other hand, bought boiled corn and eggs from a window with no queue. She quickly found a seat and started munching on her corn, waiting for Yan Qing and the others to join her.
Feeling bored and sighing, she suddenly felt someone leaning against the back of her chair. She turned her head and saw it was Duan Ye.
He slightly leaned towards her, with one hand supporting the back of the chair. “Still eating corn and eggs?” he asked.
Jiang Yumo tapped her forehead and said in a serious tone, “Can’t you see there are two words written on my forehead? ‘Dieting.'”
Duan Ye smiled gently. “Okay.”
“Do you want to eat anything else? I can go buy it for you,” he asked again.
Jiang Yumo shook her head. “No, I’m not eating.”
—Maybe, maybe just a bite of the grilled meat rice that Yan Qing and the others are buying. I’ll just have one bite, just to taste the meat.
Jiang Yumo lowered her head and noticed that the back of Duan Ye’s hand was slightly red.
“What happened to your hand?” Jiang Yumo pointed to his hand, especially the joints.
Duan Ye moved his wrist and casually smirked, “It’s nothing, just accidentally scraped it.”
“Is it serious?” Jiang Yumo muttered, “Why are there so many people injuring their hands?”
Duan Ye heard her and asked, “Who else injured their hand?”
Jiang Yumo was still focused on the slight swelling on the back of his hand, looking serious. “Ning Zhiyu, you remember her, right?”
“Who?” Duan Ye asked.
“The girl we met by the riverbank on my birthday, the one I told you about who has excellent grades,” Jiang Yumo explained.
Duan Ye then recalled and nodded.
“Yes, she fell down and injured her hand.” Then Jiang Yumo said with concern, “It looked quite severe.”
Duan Ye replied, “It’s fine, I’ll be okay tomorrow.”
Jiang Yumo nodded, but still said, “If the swelling gets worse at night, just send me a message. My family has a lot of different medicines.”
Duan Ye nodded, his gaze focused on her curled eyelashes. “Okay.”
“Oh, where are Guo Shichao and Zhao Zheng?” Jiang Yumo curiously asked.
“They’re lining up to buy food,” Duan Ye took out his phone from his pocket and looked at her. “Are you eating? I can ask them to buy an extra portion.”
Jiang Yumo said, “Thank you, but it’s okay.”
Duan Ye then looked around and said, “Do you want to eat roasted potatoes? I’ll go buy a portion.”
Jiang Yumo’s appetite was already stimulated.
After hesitating for a moment, she said in a consultative tone, “I’ll just have a little bit.”
Duan Ye genuinely smiled this time.
When he doesn’t smile, he looks quite intimidating.
“Alright.”
After Duan Ye replied, he turned to walk towards the roasted potato window.
Jiang Yumo looked at the unpeeled boiled eggs, sighed deeply. She didn’t have much appetite, propped her chin with one hand, looked around, and then spotted Zhou Ji, who was playing with his phone at a nearby four-seater table.
Since the start of the school year, it seemed like she could hear his name no matter where she went.
So, this is the male lead!
There were many rumors about Zhou Ji. She had heard at least five different versions of why he came to Ningcheng.
Some said his parents divorced, so he came to his grandparents’ house in Ningcheng.
Some said he was about to take the college entrance examination, and his household registration was in Ningcheng, so he had to come back to Ningcheng to take the exam.
There were also rumors that his first love was in Ningcheng, and he came here to chase after her frantically.
To this, Jiang Yumo could only say, “…”
That table was full, and now Zhou Ji had his own followers. Suddenly, a girl came to their table and said something. Zhou Ji impatiently looked up and said, “Get lost.”
The girl’s face turned red, feeling embarrassed and awkward, and she turned and ran away.
Probably a confession.
Jiang Yumo guessed like this. In less than a month, anyone who had good intentions would record on the school forum how Zhou Ji had rejected someone again.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Yumo thought of Duan Ye.
A guy like Duan Ye undoubtedly had many girls who liked him, but she had never heard of him rejecting anyone. More precisely, even she only knew that there were people who liked Duan Ye, but she didn’t know who they were. She felt that Duan Ye didn’t like to publicize things, and he didn’t let anyone under him talk about it. Later, everyone in school knew about him and her, so no girl confessed to him in a big way.
You know, confessing one’s feelings can really take all the courage a girl has.
Besides Duan Ye, Jiang Yumo also thought of Ning Zhiyu.
The more she got to know Ning Zhiyu, the more puzzled she became. How did Ning Zhiyu and Zhou Ji end up together? Jiang Yumo thought it was perfectly reasonable for Zhou Ji to like Ning Zhiyu. Ning Zhiyu was beautiful, smart, and a famous top student in their grade. She was calm and persistent, and even more caring and considerate. Who wouldn’t like such a girl? But… Jiang Yumo couldn’t figure out why Ning Zhiyu would like Zhou Ji.
Zhou Ji must have some good qualities as well, but these qualities could only be seen and experienced by someone who had deep contact with him.
Given Ning Zhiyu’s personality, would she have deep contact with Zhou Ji?
The original novel used an interjected narrative technique, and the description of their high school years was not very detailed. The author did not clearly write how the two of them got to know each other.
After several contacts with Ning Zhiyu, she felt that Ning Zhiyu always maintained a sense of detachment or distance from others at school.
Ning Zhiyu had no friends at school and always kept to herself…how did she have contact or interaction with Zhou Ji?
Jiang Yumo looked at Zhou Ji, lost in her speculations and contemplation.
She was so immersed in the world of the original plot that she didn’t even notice when Duan Ye brought over baked potatoes.
Duan Ye followed her gaze.
He noticed she was looking at Zhou Ji.
Her eyes were focused and serious, so she didn’t notice him coming.
Momo making her man drink vinegar inadvertently. Tsk, tsk, girl focus, focus