Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Standing Punishment Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Standing Punishment For two straight days, both the school and the Shen Family’s set traps for Shen Mianmian had failed, a first for her, leaving Zhou Siyu feeling quite uneasy.
Once out of the village, she leveraged her height and long legs and, when Shen Mianmian wasn’t looking, hopped on her bike and sped off.
Shen Mianmian wasn’t surprised at all; even if she had gotten on the bike, Zhou Siyu would have found a way to throw her off, possibly resulting in a fall. Walking was safer, though she feared she’d be late today.
Luckily it was Chen Jie’s class, and he probably wouldn’t give her a hard time.
Of course, she also knew that this couldn’t go on forever.
Just half a year more, and she would be able to stay at the school dorms. In the city, there were more people and more ways to make money. If she worked hard, earning enough for tuition and living expenses was possible. Breaking away from the Shen Family couldn’t be rushed; it had to be taken slowly.
Upon arriving at school, Shen Mianmian learned that plans can’t keep up with changes. For some reason, Li Qiumei had swapped schedules with Chen Jie, and Li Qiumei, seizing the opportunity, didn’t hesitate to put Shen Mianmian at the wall in the back row.
However, Shen Mianmian wasn’t alone; there was another ‘companion’ beside her.
Taking advantage of Li Qiumei being distracted, she glanced over at Lu Siyuan with a bruised corner of his mouth and asked unexpectedly, “Didn’t win this time?”
Lu Siyuan was taken aback by Shen Mianmian’s question, then retorted defensively, “Would I be standing here if I hadn’t won?” Both outcasts from their classmates, partners at the same desk, now being punished together—it was ‘misery loves company,’ wasn’t it?
At this thought, Shen Mianmian couldn’t help but laugh.
Was she laughing at him? Doubting his words?
Lu Siyuan snorted, “After class, I’ll take you to see Du Xiaohui. That guy stinks now.”
Shen Mianmian caught an important detail, “You got into a fight with Du Xiaohui?”
A notorious troublemaker from Class 3-2, more difficult to provoke than Lu Siyuan, Du Xiaohui strutted around like a ‘crab’ in the school because his uncle was the principal, but since they weren’t in the same class, they had avoided conflicts for three middle school years.
Why had they suddenly started fighting early in the morning?
Perhaps sharing the status of social rejects made Lu Siyuan willing to talk. Unusually, the boy who didn’t like chatting with girls actually answered Shen Mianmian’s question.
“He peed on my pants leg.”
With all the pride of a young man, how could he tolerate that? He had kicked out instinctively, knocking Du Xiaohui into a manure pit. Du Xiaohui was stunned by the kick, but once he recovered, he threw a punch back.
Just then, Chen Jie had come to use the restroom and separated the two, getting himself covered in muck, hence the schedule swap.
Shen Mianmian truly couldn’t hold back this time and laughed out loud.
In her previous life, she wasn’t in school at this point and thus had missed this drama—a juicy piece of gossip indeed.
“You find my teaching that amusing?”
Li Qiumei’s voice, filled with fury, came from the podium; her eyes lingered on Shen Mianmian as if she wanted to skewer her. The worst student in class dared to laugh at her teaching.
“You’re done for,” Lu Siyuan said as he enjoyed the commotion without any concern for its size.
Everyone knew how much Li Qiumei detested students who didn’t pay attention in class, especially the poor performers.
Li Qiumei walked over, holding her teaching cane, step by step. Everyone watched, not daring to even blink too much for fear of missing the spectacle.
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A few who were particularly against Shen Mianmian showed excitement on their faces. Li Qiumei’s cane had to be replaced several times a semester, each one breaking on students who misbehaved.