After stirring up the muddy water, Yang Can left.
Zhu Tong never expected that the person who thought it was a timely rain1unexpected help turned out to be a pig teammate2useless teammate/a burden.
Moreover, Yang Can’s voice was quite loud, and almost everyone in the class heard the few words he said.
For a moment, all the gossiping eyes were on him.
Fortunately, the class bell rang in time. Zhu Tong temporarily avoided being watched by the whole class.
He secretly glanced at Shao Ming.
Shao Ming had a calm expression on his face, as if he didn’t take what the head teacher said just now to heart.
But his favorability has dropped!!
Had he known this, he would not have told the principal that he wanted to sit at the same table with Shao Ming.
Anyway, there was only one empty seat next to Shao Ming in Class 3.
Nobody likes being approached purposefully by someone they don’t know!
Zhu Tong sighed heavily. Truly, once it rains, it’s a downpour3misfortunes always come in droves..
He looked at the desktop stickers that had been scratched by Yuan Shaozhou, and it was not pleasing to the eye no matter what.
Fortunately, he was prepared and bought two rolls of desk covers.
Shao Ming only heard cutting sounds. He turned his head to see that the plastic wrapper put on by his deskmate with great painstaking efforts had been torn off cleanly.
It was replaced with another roll of cover.
Shao Ming: “…”
If Yuan Shaozhou saw this, he would fly off in rage. He had to bear the humiliation of wiping the “clean” plastic, but it had been torn off like garbage.
Shao Ming couldn’t help but smile. ‘Did this person do it on purpose? Or not?’
Armed with experience, Zhu Tong’s second go in using this desk cover was much more smooth.
Before the teacher had entered the classroom, Zhu Tong had completed his task of wrapping his desk.
The homeroom teacher of Class 3 was a kind-hearted male teacher named Shi Wenshu4时温书; Shi = related to time; Wen = warm/temperature; Shu = book..
Probably because he taught Chinese, his name has a strong literary atmosphere.
Just as Shi Wenshu entered the classroom, his gaze was directed at the last row of the classroom by the window.
He had just heard from Yang Can that the transfer student in his class was being bullied by Yuan Shaozhou, so he was late for class because of this.
He intended to appease the new transfer, so he directly said, “Before the class meeting starts, let me say one thing first: Zhu Tong, you come to the podium.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
Standing on the podium, Shi Wenshu said with a warm smile, “It must be already known that we have a transfer student in our class for this year. Zhu Tong, come and introduce yourself.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the girls began to whisper.
“So his name is Zhu Tong?”
“Even his name is so cute.”
“Congratulations to our class for gaining a new handsome guy!”
Zhu Tong didn’t have any stage fright. He immediately introduced himself. “Hi everyone, my name is Zhu Tong, written as wish-filled child5祝童; Zhu = wish/to express good wish/to pray; Tong = child..”
The whole class smiled silently, waiting for his next words.
But after saying this sentence, Zhu Tong fell silent.
He just stood still on the podium.
The students blinked below in confusion and dismay.
‘The introduction is just… that?’
Shi Wenshu smiled helplessly, “Is there anything else you want to tell everyone?”
Zhu Tong turned his head in a daze. “What?”
Shi Wenshu: “…”
“For example, where are you from? What do you like? “
Zhu Tong said, “I’m from A City.”
“…”
Shao Ming was using his standing mobile phone as a mirror; specifically, he was using it to restyle his bangs. But when he heard “A City”, he immediately looked up at the podium.
There was a little more scrutiny in his good-looking eyes, and its color darkened.
The classroom was also silent for a moment because of the place name he said.
“A City? He is also from there?”
“A City again? Didn’t Xia Yang also come from the same city?”
“Don’t tell me… he also came here for Shao Ming, then? The charm of our study god6a common nickname for the top scorer of the school. is infinite.”
“It must be, didn’t Yang-laoshi say that he is here for Shao Ming.”
“Shit, this is a good show to watch!”
Shi Wenshu didn’t know much about school gossip. Seeing that Zhu Tong followed his words and then fell silent, he only thought that Zhu Tong was just a little reserved in a new environment. The teacher didn’t want to embarrass him.
“Everyone, be quiet,” Shi Wenshu stopped the students from discussing, “He is new here. You are his fellow classmates, you should help him. Plus, he isn’t in good health, so everyone should try to take care of him, do you hear me?”
Someone immediately responded.
Zhu Tong returned to his seat under Shi Wenshu’s gesture.
It just seemed that since he finished introducing himself, the atmosphere in the classroom seemed to be a little different.
Zhu Tong didn’t know why, but the moment the homeroom teacher left, he was immediately accosted by a girl in the front seat.
“Hello, Zhu Tong. I am Tang Nuan, the monitor of Class 3. You can come to me if you need anything in class.”
Tang Nuan was a typical black, long, straight-haired, beautiful girl with neat bangs and big bright eyes. She looked very friendly and welcoming.
Zhu Tong nodded politely at her. “Hello.”
At this moment, Tang Nuan’s deskmate also turned around, and said without thinking much, “By the way, are you really from A City?”
“ …yes.” Zhu Tong responded indifferently.
He didn’t know how to deal with this kind of overfamiliar girl who didn’t even introduce herself first.
She sighed as she continued, “Then do you know Xia Yang? He’s also from A City, and he’s a new transfer too.”
“…”
Xia Yang? Well, of course he knew of him.
But why did she suddenly ask him about Xia Yang?
Zhu Tong suddenly had a bad feeling.
Tang Nuan didn’t expect her deskmate to suddenly ask about Xia Yang, so she hurriedly stopped her, “Tian Man, don’t talk nonsense.”
Tian Man was dissatisfied with Tang Nuan’s attitude towards her. “What’s wrong with me asking him?”
Tang Nuan: “You… “
She hesitated and glanced at Shao Ming next to Zhu Tong, not knowing how to stop Tian Man.
Zhu Tong also looked at Shao Ming, seeing that his expression was normal, he hesitated and asked, “Who is Xia Yang?”
Tian Man immediately answered, full of emotions, “Xia Yang is a handsome guy from the 1st year who transferred before you. He came here specially for Shao Ming, and the whole school knew of this pursuit of him. Didn’t Yang-laoshi say that you also…”
“Tian Man!” Tang Nuan suddenly interrupted her sharply.
Tian Man paused, glanced at Tang Nuan, then at Shao Ming who had been silent all along. She pouted in unwillingness, then turned back to her seat.
Tang Nuan was embarrassed and said, “I’m sorry, Zhu Tong. She always speaks outrageously, don’t mind her.”
Zhu Tong smiled and nodded.
Tang Nuan was extremely embarrassed. She didn’t continue to talk to him anymore.
As soon as the two turned around, the smile on Zhu Tong’s face disappeared.
He finally knew what the problem was!
The people in the class seem to have misunderstood something.
Both he and Xia Yang are from A City, and at this time, Xia Yang was still fanatically pursuing Shao Ming.
And now, he seemed to have walked the same path as Xia Yang, he even asked to sit at the same table as Shao Ming.
It was inevitable that people would mistakenly think that he also has the same ulterior motives – chasing Shao Ming.
In the original novel, the white moonlight has always mercilessly refused the pursuit of the heartthrob.
And Xia Yang’s pursuit of Shao Ming has always been persistent.
Although Shao Ming maintains his calm demeanor in front of others, he has long been annoyed behind his back.
How does Shao Ming see Zhu Tong now?
‘The white moonlight’s favorability has decreased by 4%. Your favorability level is 5%. Host, please make persistent efforts to raise it back up.’
Zhu Tong: “…”
What’s the next step?
How to raise it up??
Zhu Tong felt that he needed to explain himself.
Looking at the seemingly indifferent white moonlight, Zhu Tong stopped talking for a long time. Finally, in a voice loud enough for the whole classroom to hear, he said, “I am different from Xia Yang, don’t worry, I don’t mean to chase after you.”
“…”
Shao Ming paused his current activity – pretending to solve a question.
He raised his head. The smile on his face was like the spring breeze. “Well, I believe in you.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
You don’t look like you believe it!
The favorability has not risen at all!
Zhu Tong thought in his heart, ‘Is he smiling outward, cursing me inward?’
System 666: ‘…Yes.’
Zhu Tong: “…”
Why?
What did he do wrong?
Why should he be cursed?
He’s innocent!
Zhu Tong didn’t dare to provoke him anymore.
He turned his head, intending to find a book to pretend to read it. But when he opened the drawer, he found that… he didn’t have any books.
He’s new here, and he doesn’t even have textbooks, workbooks and the like!
So he fumbled around inside the canvas bag he brought, and found a novel that he hadn’t finished before he was discharged from the hospital.
Zhu Tong: “…”
All right.
He could do this!
First, he should relax. Then, he should continue to think of a way to raise the favorability level.
He turned the novel to the bookmarked page and placed the bookmark on the table.
Shao Ming unintentionally glanced at him, and unintentionally glanced at the cover of his book.
[Waiting for the Day You Fall in Love with Me]
Shao Ming: “…”
Outside of the classroom, there were only a handful of people who were earnestly studying on the first day of school. Most normal people would still have their mind elsewhere – and for this school, most of them were concentrated in the school’s online forum instead.
Today, the story of Yuan Shaozhou coming to Class 3 to find fault with the transfer student, but was forced to retreat has been posted all over the forum.
[The transfer student is not afraid of death. He becomes famous in one battle!]
[It’s true that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. This is the first student in this school who dares to confront Yuan Shaozhou head-on!]
[‘ve never seen Yuan Shaozhou in such a mess (attached: a funny picture of Yuan Shaozhou with a bag on his forehead).]
[Didn’t Yuan Shaozhou always call himself a lieutenant colonel? I heard that the new transfer student is still sick? He can’t even clean up a sick patient, isn’t he ashamed now?]
[Don’t look at his sick status. This guy is unusual – he came from A City, and his seat was arranged by the principal himself.]
[A City? For Shao Ming? What is his relationship with Xia Yang?]
[Probably a rival in love, hehehe~]
[Then here comes the question, who do you think study god will choose? ]
[He didn’t choose any of them hahahahahaha]
[Study God: indifference.jpg.]
Outside the forum, Xia Yang felt sour when he saw other people’s ridicule on the forum.
Everyone in the school knew that he liked Shao Ming. But everyone also knew that Shao Ming didn’t like him back.
It was because of Shao Ming that he left the private high school in A City – a high prestige school with great qualifications – and transferred to this small and remote county town.
Once, he was harassed in the bar, and it was Shao Ming who punched the bar gangster in the face who tried to forcibly drag him away.
He fell in love with that brave, ruffian, yet handsome young man right away.
But no matter how hard he tried, Shao Ming refused to accept his intentions. Instead, he became more and more indifferent to him… he even looked disgusted at times.
Why doesn’t Shao Ming like him?
“Yangyang, what are you thinking?”
A girl standing next to him interrupted his thoughts.
Xia Yang subconsciously locked his phone. He raised his head, smiled, and said, “Ah? It’s nothing, what’s the matter?”
The girl said, “Nothing, nothing. I just wanted to ask you, have you read the forum?”
Xia Yang replied, “No, there is nothing on the forum. What’s the matter?”
The girl sat down then said, “I heard that a new senior was transferred to the 2nd year Class 3. He is very handsome, and he knows Shao Ming. Do you know him?”
Gossips inevitably evolved once it went through several people’s mouths – but even then, Xia Yang still knew who was she talking about.
But he deliberately played the fool. With a confused tone, he asked, “What senior?”
Instead of answering, the girl showed him her phone – it was a picture of Zhu Tong.
The moment Xia Yang saw Zhu Tong’s face, his fist immediately clenched.
He and Zhu Tong only had a flash meeting at that banquet. His impression of Zhu Tong was that the man avoided him; he left with an indifferent look in his eyes too.
It was a look full of disdain.
‘Why did Zhu Tong come to Gongshui County so suddenly?’
‘Why did he sit at the same table with Shao Ming?’
‘ What does he want to do?’
A sense of crisis inside Xia Yang spontaneously arose.
He looked up at the girl, and replied with a smile, “Ah, it’s Zhu Tong. I know him. What do you want to ask?”
The girl’s eyes lit up. She asked, “Really? Then can you give me his contact information?”
Xia Yang’s face froze.
The girl seemed to realize something, and hurriedly said, “I have no other intentions, I just want to get to know him… Is that okay?”
Xia Yang lowered his head, seemed to be in a dilemma, and said, “I’m sorry, I can’t give you his contact information. But I will help you convey your heart.”
“Really? Thank you, Yangyang!” The girl beamed with joy, “Then I wish you could catch up with the study god as soon as possible. You are so good-looking and have good academic performance. Your family conditions are good too, I know Shao Ming will definitely like you!”
Xia Yang really liked these words. He sincerely said, “Thank you.”
‘Yes.’
‘I haven’t caught up with Shao Ming because I haven’t tried hard enough.’
‘As long as I work harder, Shao Ming will definitely see my success.’
He gripped the phone tightly, unlocked the screen again, and thoughtfully looked at a picture of Zhu Tong on it.
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