“Little teacher, I’d like to request something from you in advance,” Jiang Rong looked up at him. “What is it?”
“Do you remember those people from the abandoned building?” Jiang Rong nodded. “I remember.” After speaking, she added, “If you want to deal with them, just go ahead, but don’t get hurt.”
Xu Si smiled. “I won’t, little teacher. Trust me.”
In the afternoon, at a small restaurant near school, Xu Si lightly tapped Wang Yunfei’s table. “Come out with me for a moment.”
Seeing the coldness in the young man’s dark eyes, Wang Yunfei knew he had come for revenge, but he couldn’t lose face in front of his brothers. He gestured for his followers to come with him.
In a dead-end alley, Xu Si looked at the person in front of him. “No one else, just the two of us. Are you in?”
Wang Yunfei shook his head – he wasn’t stupid enough to fight Xu Si one-on-one. He’d get beaten to death.
Xu Si chuckled. “Well, think carefully. I have three times more people than you do. Would you rather take a beating from one person or from a group?”
The young man’s tone was arrogant, his dark eyes carrying indifference and coldness.
“Xu Si, you’re ambushing me. How dare you corner people in a restaurant?” Xu Si found this amusing. He looked at Wang Yunfei. “Ambush? Are you describing yourself? Besides, which eye of yours saw me corner you?”
Yang Shikun spat and cursed, “You didn’t call it ambushing when you brought more than ten people against just three of us before?”
Hao Ming was also shocked by Wang Yunfei’s thick skin. He spoke up, “Si-ge gave you a choice. It’s up to you.”
“I’ll count to three.” Before Xu Si could start counting, Wang Yunfei was already trembling. Meeting the youth’s cold dark eyes, he felt scared. “I choose the first option.”
The vocational school students watched as Wang Yunfei was immediately knocked to the ground by Xu Si. When Wang Yunfei struggled to get up and tried to throw a punch, Xu Si caught his hand and twisted it, making Wang Yunfei howl in pain. He was pressed to the ground and thoroughly dominated. None of his people dared to speak up, afraid they’d be next.
Xu Si crouched down to look at Wang Yunfei on the ground. “Next time, don’t play dirty tricks. Otherwise, it won’t just be this much. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
“Okay.” Wang Yunfei was helped away by Ke Ji.
That evening, after Xu Si and his people left, the teacher announced, “After this exam, there will be seat changes. The top ten students can freely choose their seatmates and seats. Students who show big improvements can also choose freely.”
Yang Shikun said, “Compared to getting in the top ten, the sun rising from the west seems more likely.”
Wu Wei asked Fang Zixin, “Old Fang, can I request not to sit on the left side of the podium next time?”
“Then you can sit on the right side, switch it up to avoid eye strain.”
Wu Wei: “…”
Li Jingjing turned to Jiang Rong, “Jiang academic star, have you pre-selected a seatmate? If not, I’d like to sit with you next time.”
Wang Lin said, “Li Jingjing, how can you try to steal someone away right in front of others?”
“Why not?”
“I also want to sit with Jiang academic star.”
Seeing the two about to argue, Jiang Rong spoke up, “I already have someone.”
“Who?” Wang Lin and Li Jingjing asked simultaneously.
Li Jingjing couldn’t think who would have asked Jiang Rong so early – she wasn’t even the first.
“Xu Si.”
“…”
She should have known. Xu Si and Jiang Rong were seatmates before, and they seemed to have a particularly good relationship. Most importantly, Xu Si treated Jiang Rong very differently.
Wang Lin: “Can I reserve for next time then?”
Li Jingjing: “Wang Lin, you’re really something.”
Jiang Rong replied calmly, “I don’t know about future seat changes. I might be sitting with him from now on.”
“If we can’t be seatmates, getting the seat in front would be good too.”
Wang Lin: “I agree.”
They didn’t dare compete with Xu Si for the seat next to Jiang Rong.
Fang Zixin looked down at his phone: “After finishing exams this Friday, we’ll start the holiday right away. The teachers have to attend open classes on Saturday.”
At these words, even before the exams began, everyone below got excited.
On Friday, after the exams finished, Fang Zixin gave a few brief instructions and announced the holiday.
“Si-ge, Jiang academic star, shall we go to that building for barbecue?”
Xu Si looked at Jiang Rong: “Want to go?”
Jiang Rong nodded.
Xu Si pushed a small cart and said to Jiang Rong: “Take whatever you want to eat.”
Yang Shikun, being a meat lover, went straight to the seafood and poultry section.
The cart was packed full, and Xu Si pushed it to the front to pay. Jiang Rong’s hand reached out faster than his and paid.
“Thanks for treating us, little teacher.”
Yang Shikun also said: “Thank you, Jiang academic star.”
Hao Ming followed: “Thank you, Jiang academic star.”
Jiang Rong saw each of them carrying a bag: “Let me carry one too?”
“No need, just hold Yuan Yuan. If it gets too heavy, you can put it down.”
“It’s not heavy.”
Yang Shikun opened the door and saw Xu Yan sitting on the couch watching TV: “Mom, I’m back.”
Xu Yan didn’t look up.
“Mom, I brought three friends.”
Xu Yan stood up and saw the three people at the door. She smiled: “Come in, all of you.”
She heard three “Hello, Auntie” greetings and smiled so much her face was almost blooming. She looked at Jiang Rong behind them: “Xiao Si, Xiao Ming, oh, I haven’t met this child before.”
Yang Shikun introduced her to Xu Yan: “Jiang Rong, also from our class.”
Xu Yan excitedly said: “I know, I know, she’s first in your class.”
“Mom, you remember?”
“Always seeing the name first, so I remembered. This child has good grades and is very pretty too.”
Jiang Rong blushed at the compliments.
Xu Yan invited the three to sit down.
Xu Si put the fruit on the table: “These are for Auntie.”
“Just come visit often, no need to bring anything.”
After saying this, Xu Yan slapped Yang Shikun’s head: “Go get some water.”
“I know, always hitting my head, no wonder I’m not smart anymore.”
“You were never smart to begin with.”
Xu Si stated their purpose for coming: “Auntie, we’d like to use the kitchen today.”
“What’s this talk about using? Just go ahead and use it.”
Xu Yan saw the ingredients they were carrying: “Are you planning to barbecue or go for a picnic?”
“Barbecue.”
“We happen to have a grill at home, I’ll send you off to play later.”
Yang Shikun came back with several glasses of water, somewhat dissatisfied: “Mom, how come I never see you being so nice when talking to me?”
Xu Yan glared at him: “Shut up.”
After drinking some water, everyone went to busy themselves in the kitchen.
Yang Shikun watched Hao Ming marinate the lamb: “Big Head, why do you know how to do everything?”
Xu Yan: “It’s because you don’t know how to do anything.”
Yang Shikun: “…”
Jiang Rong quietly laughed behind them. She rather envied this kind of interaction.
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