"Aunt, you don’t need to take me today; I can go by myself." Zhou Siyu walked over to Zhou Lanfang, pushing the bike away from her and getting ready to go to school.
"What’s the matter?" Zhou Lanfang hurried after her and asked, "Everything was fine, why won’t you let me take you? What if you run into some hooligans?"
With exams coming up, it would be terrible to have something happen at this critical time.
"They’ve been arrested."
Thinking about how Shen Mianmian had been bullying her for half a year, Zhou Siyu felt so aggrieved that her eyes reddened and tears started falling.
"Arrested? Who’s been arrested?" Zhou Lanfang was heartbroken when she saw Zhou Siyu crying. "Siyu, don’t cry! Tell me what happened."
"The hooligans who were harassing me have already been caught a while ago." She dared not speak too loudly for fear of being overheard, and could only swallow her tears.
Zhou Lanfang was delighted at the news and then asked, puzzled, "That’s good news! Why are you crying?"
She didn’t dare mention that the hooligans were related to Xu Haiyang, after all, she had once helped Xu Haiyang, and Shen Mianmian seemed to know something about it.
If the situation escalated, it wouldn’t be to her advantage at all.
"I’m just overwhelmed."
No sooner had she spoken than she felt even more aggrieved and the tears fell even faster.
"Stop crying, it breaks my heart." Zhou Lanfang used her sleeve to wipe away her tears, cursing lightly, "It’s good that those little brats got caught, now your uncle and I don’t have to worry. It’s getting late, hurry to school, don’t be late!"
Usually, she would have comforted Zhou Siyu properly, but these were special circumstances, and she was afraid Zhou Siyu would skip classes.
The middle school exams were nearing, and every minute and second were crucial.
Zhou Siyu knew this was not the time to skip class. Today’s first lesson was with Li Qiumei who usually hated students being late, and this was even truer during this critical period.
After wiping her tears, Zhou Siyu rode her bike quickly to school. The more she thought on her way, the more indignant she felt, pedaling fast.
Once she arrived in the classroom, she went straight to Shen Mianmian and, holding back her anger, said, "Step outside with me for a moment."
Shen Mianmian glanced up at her, noticed the faint redness around her eyes, and knew she had been crying.
Unsure where she had been offended, yet here she was looking for trouble with Shen Mianmian again, with exams approaching, Shen Mianmian didn’t have time to waste on Zhou Siyu.
"How much of your time could possibly be needed for a moment?"
Zhou Siyu was close to exploding with anger, and her tone wasn’t great. The other students were drawn to the scene, but she didn’t care. Google seaʀᴄh 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✶𝓷𝓮𝓽
After all, following the middle school exams, there weren’t many students in the class who would pass, so there would be no need to socialize with each other or maintain a good image.
"Not even a second of my time do I wish to give to you," Shen Mianmian said without lifting her head again and continued looking at her book.
Zhou Siyu was fuming and reached out to grab Shen Mianmian when Lu Siyuan gave her a stern look.
"Didn’t you hear her say she’s not going? If you have something to say, say it here."
"You... What business is it of yours when I’m talking to my sister?" Zhou Siyu was both angry and afraid, her bluster somewhat diminished. She didn’t understand what kind of spell Shen Mianmian had cast on him, why he’d defend her instead of anyone else.
"It may not be my business, but I want to intervene. What are you going to do about it?"
Lu Siyuan’s expression was extremely arrogant, embodying insolence to the fullest. Other girls in the class sighed with a ’wow’ at his words.
In the past, they didn’t like Shen Mianmian or Lu Siyuan, but now that their impression of Shen Mianmian had improved, by association, they also viewed him more favorably.