Xie Chengsheng walked up to Lu Yinghan.
He watched her scrape out the pushpins from inside her desk and drop them onto the floor one by one.
Her expression remained completely blank.
However, the force behind her movements was surprisingly strong.
Raising his eyelids with interest, Xie Chengsheng squatted down and began picking up the pushpins for her.
The entire class erupted into chatter!
Zhu Xiyue's smiling face instantly turned pale.
This didn't seem to be the first time Xie Chengsheng had helped her like this.
What kind of charm could this malnourished bean sprout possibly have?
How could she get Xie Chengsheng to help her so much?
Squatting on the ground, Xie Chengsheng looked up at Lu Yinghan, opening his mouth as if to say something.
In the end, he closed it again.
After they finished clearing away the pushpins, the teacher walked in right on the dot and started their very first day of lessons.
From the corner of her eye, Zhu Xiyue kept her focus on Lu Yinghan, her gaze growing steadily cold and dark.
She squeezed her textbook tightly, the crumpled paper showing the displeasure in her heart.
Unlike her mindset from the previous few times, this time, Zhu Xiyue truly felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.
She remained distracted throughout the entire class.
The second the bell rang marking the end of class, she immediately got up and walked toward her followers, whispering something to them...
Xie Chengsheng's brows knitted together slightly.
He turned to face Lu Yinghan, who was earnestly reviewing the key points the teacher had just covered in class.
“Aren't you angry that they treated you like that this morning?”
“Hmm? I can't think of anything I'd gain from getting angry. It seems pretty pointless.”
Her response instantly made Xie Chengsheng shut his mouth, his eyes widening slightly in shock.
Perhaps his gaze was a bit too intense, forcing Lu Yinghan to lift her head and look him in the eye.
“What is it?”
“Ah, it's nothing...”
Embarrassed, Xie Chengsheng rubbed his nose, turned around, and cleared his throat every now and then.
Though his voice was childish, he put on a mature front.
Are all successful people this smug when they're little?
Meanwhile, Xie Chengsheng, sitting in front of her, developed a great interest in Lu Yinghan.
He hadn't expected to find someone among his peers who shared the exact same mindset!
Nobody brought up the pushpin incident again, but Lu Yinghan could clearly feel that the group of troublemakers in class had become completely hostile toward her.
During etiquette class and PE class, they constantly picked on her.
They either tried to trip her or threw balls at her on purpose.
So, school bullying is starting already?
Primary school kids didn't have much strength, but it still hurt a little.
For some reason, perhaps because she had personally experienced death in her past life, she didn't feel much about these things anymore.
She picked up the ball that had hit her, weighed it in her hands a couple of times, aimed carefully at the group of girls who had thrown it, and hurled it back with all her strength without hesitation.
“Ahhh!!”
Panicking, the girls watched the ball fly straight toward them and scattered in all directions.
Screams echoed across the gymnasium.
The PE teacher's expression instantly darkened as he looked at the students running everywhere.
“What are you doing?! Practice properly!”
“Yes... Teacher.”
Having no partner to team up with, Lu Yinghan continued practicing her volleyball on her own, ignoring the female classmates glaring furiously at her.
This stiff atmosphere persisted until the end of the day. Before Lu Yinghan could get up and leave, Zhu Xiyue stepped in to block her path.
“Wait a minute.”
“What is it?”
Zhu Xiyue took a deep breath.
“Hey! Let's talk!”
Xie Chengsheng had already gone home, which gave Zhu Xiyue the courage to step forward.
Everyone in the class vaguely understood.
If anyone laid a hand on Lu Yinghan right in front of Xie Chengsheng, they would definitely be targeted by him.
Although he wouldn't directly help Lu Yinghan, being stared down like that was still something to avoid.
Who knew if he might develop a bad opinion of them? If the Xie family held a bad impression of her family, it would be over for her.
Her parents would break her legs.
Lu Yinghan adjusted the straps of her backpack.
“Speak up. What is it? I have a bus to catch.”
Seeing her cool and collected demeanor made Zhu Xiyue breathe even harder.
She bit her lip in frustration.
“Then I'll just say it straight out! You're just a commoner. Even if you're close with Xie Chengsheng, you won't end up together in the end! If you know what's good for you, stay away from him!”
Huh?
Lu Yinghan raised an eyebrow, the seriousness deep in her eyes making Zhu Xiyue tremble involuntarily.
Lu Yinghan sized Zhu Xiyue up carefully from head to toe.
“Did your parents send you to school to study, or to look for a boyfriend?”
“What?!”
Well, the word “boyfriend” was quite a shocker for a first-grader.
“What? Did I say something wrong? With which eye did you see me being close to Xie Chengsheng? Are elite schools so strict now? Boy and girl students aren't allowed to talk to each other? Even talking is considered 'intimate'? If so, you girls play with these boys every day—shouldn't you be hauled off and scolded by the teacher too?”
“Hey!! What do you mean by that?!”
The boys who hadn't left yet were dragged into this out of nowhere. They dropped their backpacks straight onto the floor and stood up furiously, though none of them stepped up to her since there were still other students in the room.
It wasn't convenient for them to make a move.
Lu Yinghan had spoken rather subtly, avoiding harsh vulgarities.
But it was more than enough.
Just look at them.
These children, who had never been spoken to like this in their entire lives...
Their expressions were quite something to behold.
Zhu Xiyue's eyes flushed red in an instant.
She clasped her hands over her chest, shrinking back helplessly.
Her fair skin flushed pink with agitation.
Her reddened nose made her look genuinely pitiable.
“You... you!”
At a loss for words, Zhu Xiyue could only stammer out “you, you.”
She could only watch as Lu Yinghan slung her backpack over her shoulder and walked straight out.
“Xiyue! Are you okay?”
“Don't cry! She has no manners and speaks so rudely! We shouldn't pay any attention to her!”
Her followers waited until Lu Yinghan left before gathering around Zhu Xiyue to comfort her.
Surrounded by them, Zhu Xiyue wiped her tears with a tissue. Once her expression calmed down and her nose and eyes were no longer so bright red, she walked to her desk and obediently put on her backpack.
“I'm going home.”
Bidding farewell to her followers, Zhu Xiyue embarked on her heavy-hearted journey home.
The driver waiting anxiously at the school entrance finally saw his young lady come out and hurried forward to take the backpack from her hands.
“Miss, you still have piano and French lessons tonight, and there's barely enough time to eat! Let me take you right back!”
Madam had instructed him that he had to bring the child home right on time.
Now look at this—there wouldn't even be time to eat at home; she'd have to start lessons immediately!
Would he even be able to keep his job?
Zhu Xiyue instantly felt a heavy burden on her shoulders.
“Yueyue, there's a little boy named Xie Chengsheng in your class. Make sure to become good friends with him! Understood?! Don't let any other girls get close to him. This is the first task Mom is giving you. Can you do it?”
Mom...
Yueyue doesn't think she can do it...
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