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Chapter 408: Chapter 288: Step Aside
Classroom of Grade 8.
Yu Wen pointed at Huang Yuzhu’s nose, "So what if you brought an umbrella, acting all proud?"
"Just a broken umbrella!"
Yu Wen stood in the aisle yelling.
Huang Yuzhu’s face turned awkward, unable to speak. He seemed to be not very good at mingling with people, let alone arguing.
Bai Yuxia looked at Chen Siyu and asked her what had happened.
Chen Siyu whispered, "Just now, Cui Yu went out and asked Huang Yuzhu for an umbrella. Yu Wen happened to ask him too, but since Cui Yu asked first, Huang Yuzhu gave the umbrella to Cui Yu."
"I don’t know why, but Yu Wen suddenly got angry."
Bai Yuxia said, "Just over this?"
Chen Siyu nodded, confirming it was indeed the case.
It wasn’t a big deal, just a dispute over an umbrella; but if adults could bicker over trivial matters, high school students were even more likely.
Today, there was a heavy rain outside. Everyone was worried about whether the school anniversary would be disrupted and was already feeling suppressed. It was normal for tempers to flare up easily.
After being scolded for a while, Huang Yuzhu couldn’t help saying,
"I’ll lend it to you next time."
On hearing this, Yu Wen got even more upset, "Next time, what next time? Who cares about your umbrella?"
"I wouldn’t want it even if you gave it to me!"
Bai Yuxia frowned. Yu Wen’s words were excessive. It was disrespectful to talk like that just because the umbrella was lent to someone else in advance.
Chen Siyu couldn’t bear listening and came over to persuade,
"Yu Wen, stop it, this isn’t Huang Yuzhu’s fault."
Although high school students aren’t mature thinkers, they can still generally distinguish right from wrong.
Yu Wen retorted, "If it’s not his fault, could it be mine?"
"Why lend it to Cui Yu and not to me, just because I’m a girl?"
"And, Huang Yuzhu, don’t play dead. I’ve got your number. I have a temper, so you’d better not mess with me in the future."
Chen Siyu felt uncomfortable after being rebutted by Yu Wen.
She looked over to Huang Zhongfei’s seat, but the class president was not there.
At that moment, Shen Qing’e arrived from outside. Not knowing the cause of the quarrel, she was about to pull Yu Wen away to stop the commotion, otherwise, it would be embarrassing.
Shen Qing’e, coming from a rural town, handled things in a far more mature way than Yu Wen and the others. She knew this was not good for Yu Wen.
Then Yang Sheng appeared, dressed in a white jacket and jeans, looking fresh and sharp with her ear-length hair framing her handsome face, with a touch of heroic spirit.
Yang Sheng’s clear and bright eyes twinkled with a hint of playfulness, "A temper? Would you dare to tell Huang Zhongfei you have a temper? That’s not having a temper; I think you’re just a bully who’s afraid of the tough."
Yu Wen, feeling as if her true colors had been revealed, turned an awkward shade of red,
"What’s it to you?"
Yang Sheng didn’t reply but continued, "You’re only picking on Huang Yuzhu. Try saying that to Ma Shicheng, dare you?"
"Bullying the weak and fearing the strong, that’s exactly what you are." 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
Although Yu Wen was furious, she clearly was no match for Yang Sheng, because she was wrong from the outset.
Shen Qing’e stepped in again to mediate, and eventually, Yu Wen returned to her seat, seething.
A few minutes later.
Cui Yu entered the classroom carrying an umbrella, sauntering towards Huang Yuzhu’s side.
What a beautiful day! It was pouring outside but walking in the rain with an umbrella proved to be a delightful experience!
"Yuzhu, thanks for the umbrella, you really helped me out!" Cui Yu sincerely thanked him.
He decided to treat Huang Yuzhu better from then on. The kid was decent, much better than Miao Zhe and the others.
As soon as he had finished his thanks, Cui Yu saw that the whole class was looking at him.
Cui Yu felt inexplicably confused. What was going on? He’d only gone out for a walk. Why was he suddenly the center of attention as if he’d returned a hero?
It’s not like he got artificial respiration from Pang Jiao.
Confounded, Cui Yu asked, "What are y’all looking at me for?"
He looked down at his trousers. ’Nope, not unzipped!’
...
During evening self-study time, there was a longer break.
The rain outside still hadn’t stopped.
Dan Kaiquan couldn’t go outside to exercise, so he took advantage of the break to do single-leg squats in the back row.
Despite not knowing if the athletics meeting would go ahead, and all his effort potentially being in vain,
Dan Kaiquan didn’t give up. He didn’t slack off. Even if he couldn’t train on the field, he persisted with his exercise, which had become an obsession.
The single-leg squat exercise was quite challenging; Dan Kaiquan could only sustain a few reps.
With ample space in the back row, the others, including Guo Kunnan, stood by to watch as Dan Kaiquan demonstrated the movement, with Wang Longlong periodically praising, "Brother Quan is awesome!"
The sports committee member, Zhang Chi, a prospective sports student, saw Dan Kaiquan performing and his face immediately showed disdain.
Zhang Chi sauntered over, watching Dan Kaiquan for a while before speaking slowly,
"Dan Kaiquan, I heard you signed up for the 100 meters?"
Dan Kaiquan was exerting himself to stand up and couldn’t respond. The look of contempt on Zhang Chi’s face grew more apparent.
"Is this all you’ve got?"
Zhang Chi stood next to Dan Kaiquan and started doing the single-leg squats alongside him.
Amidst the chaos, Wang Yong in the front row got up from his seat and walked towards the back door of the classroom.
He glanced back, saw the performance of the two, and the corners of Wang Yong’s mouth turned up slightly,
’How childish, what’s the use of competing over these things?’
’Utterly foolish.’
Wang Yong’s family was from a high-ranking compound, and although they were only at the bottom of that society, his maturity outpaced his peers thanks to his upbringing and his parents’ guidance.
Watching the meaningless rivalry between Zhang Chi and Dan Kaiquan, he could hardly keep from laughing, but his deep calculations meant he merely wore a faint smile.
Wang Yong had formed a connection with Lin Zida from Class 1 not long after the start of the school year.
At this moment, he had just received a message from Lin Zida.
Wang Yong left the classroom and saw Jiang Ning looking at the scenery in the corridor.
Under normal circumstances, he might have greeted him, considering Jiang Ning was ranked second in the whole school and had great prospects for the future.
