"Pff, what a country bumpkin." Fu Si let out a mocking sneer.
Wu Xuehan rolled her eyes privately, not bothering to deal with such a straight-man cancer and walked over to whisper to Tang Li, "Ah Li, are you sure you want to take him to the hospital with us?"
Tang Li hummed in affirmation, turning her gaze away from the bus route board, "What’s wrong?"
"I can’t get along with him." Wu Xuehan admitted truthfully.
Tang Li glanced back at Fu Si. He sat on the waiting bench, shaking his leg with Iron Man flip flops on, hands stuffed in his pockets, looking around, just like a curious baby taking the bus for the first time.
"He even called me a country bumpkin..." Wu Xuehan was somewhat dissatisfied, "Even though I am one, it hurts my pride when someone says it to my face."
"Just treat him like the next-door five-year-old brat in your neighborhood."
Wu Xuehan realized that Tang Li had no intention of sending this guy named Fu Si away.
Actually, he had helped them out in the classroom earlier. If not for him, Mother Yu would definitely have made a bigger fuss.
Thinking this, Wu Xuehan’s expression softened.
"Then I won’t stoop to his level."
Just then, a bus that passed by the hospital arrived.
The bus came to a slow stop.
Wu Xuehan took out her bus card and was about to get on when she was pushed to the side, "Damn it!"
She staggered and hit her arm against the door frame.
Tang Li caught Wu Xuehan just in time and looked up at the bus. Fu Si was already standing by the card reader, arrogantly waiting for her to help him swipe his card.
After boarding, Tang Li passed the card reader, which beeped only once.
"Hey, you didn’t swipe enough!" Fu Si called out.
Tang Li ignored him and found a seat.
The driver called out from behind, "Are you getting on or not?"
"Who said I wasn’t." Fu Si walked in, swaggering.
The driver stopped him, "Where’s your fare?"
"I just swiped my card," Fu Si said and, meeting the driver’s cold gaze, felt a bit chagrined, pointing to Tang Li, "She helped me swipe."
Ha, everyone with ears heard that only one fare was paid just now.
Wu Xuehan sat next to Tang Li and said softly, "Shall I go and swipe for him?"
She was about to stand up.
But Tang Li held her hand, "No need to indulge an overly-spoiled brat."
Wu Xuehan couldn’t help but look worried.
The big brat in question was now sitting on a vacant seat behind Tang Li, gripping the back of her chair, unfazed by the driver’s murderous gaze, and added, "Then she must have forgotten to swipe for herself."
"..." Even Tang Li, usually unflappable, was appalled by his shamelessness.
Other passengers on the bus began to express their opinions.
"It’s only one yuan, are you paying or not?"
"If you don’t have money to pay, then get off the bus."
"Don’t waste our time, the young people these days are such a hassle!"
Tang Li had no choice but to get up and swipe again.
By the time she came back, the spoiled brat began lecturing her: "You’ve got a bad temper, always turning a cold shoulder. If you don’t change, someone with my status, how could we possibly be friends?"
Tang Li, while putting her bus card back into her bag, said, "That’s just fine, I don’t need a friend like you."
"..." The friendship lasted just 30 seconds before being severed, and the big brat’s head leaned in again: "You’re just like my mom, and my dad and uncle are the same. They all stop talking and give cold shoulders at the slightest disagreement."