Chapter 157: Blooming Flowers ①
The next day, Li Kai woke up late and arrived at school with dark circles under his eyes. Nie Qiu was already standing at the lectern, lecturing the classmates in the class. As she had mentioned before, attending morning classes was voluntary, but one couldn’t be late or leave early. If you don’t want to come, don’t come. If that were the case, how could they study if people kept coming in and out while she was studying with the classmates? If Li Kai wasn’t punished, the class would surely become like this.
So, as soon as Li Kai stepped into the classroom, Nie Qiu called out to him and wrote in English on the blackboard with chalk: ‘I will never be late again.’ Then she looked at Li Kai and said, “Li Kai, you are late today. I hope you will copy this sentence forty times for me.”
Li Kai turned to look at Nie Qiu. The dream he had last night flashed before his eyes again. He was a little shy and didn’t dare to look at Nie Qiu again. Instead, he looked at the string of English written on the blackboard. He couldn’t understand what was written, but he recognized the word ‘late,’ so he nodded.
Seeing Li Kai nod, Nie Qiu said nothing more and continued with the topic she was lecturing on.
“What’s so great about that,” Bai Ya snorted in dissatisfaction, then stood up and walked out of the classroom without a word.
The classmates in the classroom were stunned and looked at Nie Qiu. Nie Qiu frowned, “Bai Ya, where are you going?”
Bai Ya waved her hand at Nie Qiu as she walked away, “I’m going to eat breakfast. I won’t come to morning classes anymore.” Although she was indeed moved by Nie Qiu’s words at first, she couldn’t regret it later. She was also surprised that she had managed to persist for over a month, but she was already tired of it.
Every day, some people would talk about Nie Qiu this way, and others would talk about her that way. It was understandable that the classmates were grateful to Nie Qiu, as it wouldn’t matter to her if they became successful in the future. But Li Kai… Li Kai actually liked Nie Qiu! Almost all the classmates joined in the teasing, but she just didn’t want to continue like this from that moment on, didn’t want to be like them anymore. To be honest, she was just a little envious and jealous. She just didn’t want to attend class now!
Nie Qiu lowered her head and thought for a moment. She said to the classmates in the classroom, “Everyone, study on your own today!” Then she chased after Bai Ya. To be honest, Nie Qiu had never really liked Bai Ya. After the incident with Chen Li, Bai Ya’s attitude and actions had made her dislike her intensely.
Even before Nie Qiu knew that her uncle was a wealthy man, this person was already trying to curry favor with her, a typical opportunist. However, no matter how much she disliked her, Nie Qiu couldn’t bear to see her give up halfway. Bai Ya wasn’t a particularly smart person, but if she put in the effort, she would definitely achieve results.
At the stairwell entrance, Nie Qiu stopped Bai Ya. “Will you come back to the classroom to attend class after you eat breakfast?”
“We’ll see!” Bai Ya glanced at Nie Qiu indifferently and was about to walk past her. “Go back and be your teacher! I said I wouldn’t come to class, and I won’t. I’ll be back during morning self-study.”
“Isn’t it good for everyone to study together?” Nie Qiu held Bai Ya back. “Why do you want to give up?”
Nie Qiu admitted she wasn’t a saint. When Peng Yu Yang wanted to give up studying, she asked Huang Yan to let him see her notebook. If Peng Yu Yang could have a change of heart, that would be best. If not, she wouldn’t put in too much effort to persuade others.
Firstly, she had no obligation, and secondly, she was not a saint. Therefore, when persuading Bai Ya to go back to school, Nie Qiu could only say that she would do her best, but absolutely would not pester her. Because if someone had made up their mind not to study, no matter how much she insisted, they wouldn’t be able to learn, so wouldn’t she be doing a futile task?
“Oh! Is the saint of Class 10 here to persuade someone to study again?” It was almost time for morning self-study, and quite a few students had arrived at the school. Many classes passed through this hallway, and students from Class 5 were among them. The person who said this was from Class 5. Ever since the group fight incident, the students from Class 5 and Class 10 had been giving each other cold looks when they met, spreading rumors behind each other’s backs, and generally resorting to all sorts of mockery and scorn. Both classes hated each other to the bone.
Bai Ya rolled her eyes at Nie Qiu and smiled, loudly calling out to the girl who had just spoken, “Yu Luoyao, have you eaten? If not, let’s go to the small store together to buy something to eat. My treat.”
The girl named Yu Luoyao lived in the same residential area as Bai Ya. Although the two classes had gone their separate ways and looked down on each other, Bai Ya and Yu Luoyao still had a few words to exchange.
Nie Qiu was not a saint; she couldn’t be mocked and ignored and still try to please others. Since she couldn’t persuade Bai Ya, Nie Qiu didn’t intend to say anything more. She also ignored the girls who were linking arms with Bai Ya to go to the small store and turned to go upstairs, back to the classroom.
“Look at her, who does she think she is!” Before the students from Class 5 could even start their mockery, Bai Ya spoke first.
“Huh? I say, Bai Ya, when the people from your class came to our class to settle accounts with our sisters because of Nie Qiu, weren’t you part of it? Why are you saying this now?” Yu Luoyao didn’t intend to go back to the classroom at this moment. She beckoned to the girls with her and went with Bai Ya to the small store to buy food.
“You can tell from her demeanor,” Bai Ya said disdainfully. “She acts so high and mighty, and she makes us come to school so early every day. What can we even learn? Her own grades were only good in one monthly exam, and she only studied that month. Look, her final exam grades will definitely be worse than yours!”
“I told you monthly exams are unreliable! If she can still get into the top ten in the final exam, I’ll write my name backward,” said another girl from Class 5 who was with Yu Luoyao. “She still wants to go to Class 1. I think she’ll only drag Class 1 down. She can only find a sense of existence in your Class 10.”
“Hey, I heard that Li Kai from your class likes her. Is that true?” Yu Luoyao asked mysteriously, holding Bai Ya’s wrist.
“Of course, it’s true!” Although Bai Ya was reluctant, she still said, “I don’t know what’s wrong with boys these days. They even like Nie Qiu, who looks like that. It’s disgusting. A while ago, she had large pimples on her forehead, shiny and oily. It was really disgusting.”
“Bai Ya, why don’t you go after Li Kai from your class?” Yu Luoyao said with a smile. “You’re so beautiful, you’ll definitely succeed. I heard that Li Kai is very handsome when he plays basketball, and his family is super rich. If you manage to get Li Kai, and he takes us out to buy things and eat, wouldn’t that be very impressive?”
“I… I don’t like him, why would I go after him?” Bai Ya said loudly, blushing.
Seeing that there was a chance, Yu Luoyao exchanged glances with a few sisters and then said, “I’m serious, Bai Ya. You’re much prettier than Chen Li, the former class flower from your class. You’ll definitely be able to win Li Kai over.”
