Chapter 24: You Don’t Understand Anything!
The next day, Nie Qiu woke up to the clamor of her alarm clock, her head feeling groggy. Nie Qiu rubbed her sore temples, then forcefully tapped her throbbing temples, but still felt uncomfortable. This was understandable, as her previous routine had always been punctual, a healthy biological clock for health preservation, meaning she would go to bed around ten and wake up at six to go for a run.
Setting aside the previous Nie Qiu’s routine habits, after Nie Qiu took over this body, she had been resting or sleeping in bed at the hospital. After returning home, she hadn’t stayed up late either. Last night was the first time she stayed up late, and so late at that, so it was natural to feel uncomfortable in the morning. Nie Qiu looked at her reflection in the two-yuan round mirror and couldn’t help but grin; she was severely sleep-deprived.
When she went to the balcony to wash up, Nie Qiu realized that Nie Aifang, who was supposed to be at home sewing plastic flowers, was not there. She paused, then went to Nie Aifang’s room to check, only to find that Nie Aifang was no longer in the room.
So early, where had Nie Aifang gone? Nie Qiu frowned. Unsurprisingly, she found warm steamed buns and soy milk in the pot. While eating breakfast, she took out the dumplings, placed a steaming lid in the pot, and arranged the dumplings on it one by one.
Instead of making pan-fried dumplings that required constant flipping, steamed dumplings were much more convenient. After making the steamed dumplings, Nie Qiu packed them up, put on her schoolbag, took her key, hid it under a brick by the doorway, and headed to school.
Upon arriving at school, only some of the classmates had arrived. No one even glanced at Nie Qiu; those who did even turned their heads away in scorn. Nie Qiu sighed inwardly, feeling a bit disappointed. She had become neat and tidy now, but was no one willing to be friends with her? She knew there were many other reasons.
Carrying the dumplings to her seat, Nie Qiu put down her schoolbag and took out her books.
Soon, classmates started arriving in the classroom one after another. Li Kai also arrived, laughing and chatting with a few boys. When Li Kai reached his seat, Nie Qiu handed him the packed steamed dumplings and said with a smile, “Here, the dumplings you wanted.”
Luo Xu raised an eyebrow, “Nie Qiu, since you want to thank A Kai for saving your mom, to show your sincerity, why don’t you personally feed A Kai?”
Nie Qiu was stunned and looked at Li Kai. Seeing that Li Kai had no objection and didn’t speak, Nie Qiu frowned, “Do you really want me to feed you?” This immature brat?
Li Kai raised an eyebrow and shrugged, “If you’re sincere.”
Nie Qiu took out disposable chopsticks from the plastic bag and opened the disposable food container. Steam and fragrance wafted out of the container together. The aroma of steamed dumplings was different from that of pan-fried dumplings; the steam from the steamed dumplings was very rich and savory, instantly making the boys following Li Kai swallow their saliva.
Even Nie Qiu herself couldn’t help but swallow her saliva; the aroma was too enticing. She extended her chopsticks, picked up a dumpling, and carefully moved her hands, holding the food container with her lower hand, afraid the dumpling would fall.
Li Kai watched Nie Qiu’s nervous expression and found it amusing. He opened his mouth and, to everyone’s surprise, ate the dumpling. His mouth was filled with a faint savory flavor, and the plump lean meat was delicious.
Luo Xu had jokingly asked Nie Qiu to feed Li Kai, but he never expected Nie Qiu to actually do it, and for Li Kai to actually eat it! It had startled him quite a bit.
It wasn’t just Luo Xu; all the classmates in the classroom were astonished. In fact, it was more than astonishment; it was sheer terror!
Everyone knew how Nie Qiu ended up in the hospital. Li Kai refused to sit with Chen Li but agreed to sit with Nie Qiu. Chen Li couldn’t tolerate such disregard. She couldn’t afford to offend Li Kai, so naturally, she vented her dissatisfaction onto Nie Qiu. If Chen Li found out that Nie Qiu and Li Kai were feeding each other intimately, who knew what kind of bloody and violent incident would occur!
Yes, they guessed correctly. Seeing Nie Qiu feeding Li Kai dumplings, Chen Li, standing at the doorway, was furious. Her chest heaved, unable to suppress the raging fire emanating from her chest.
The boys following Li Kai saw that Li Kai had eaten several dumplings without getting tired of them and even had an expression of enjoyment. They couldn’t help but wonder if Nie Qiu’s dumplings were truly some rare delicacy. As they thought this, Luo Xu reached out, grabbed a dumpling from the food container, and began to eat it.
With just one bite, Luo Xu felt an urge to swallow his tongue. In his excitement, he snatched the food container from Nie Qiu’s hand and said to Li Kai with a smile, “A Kai, you’ve already eaten several, the rest are mine!”
Really… are they that delicious?
Wang Chao Lei and Zhang Haiyang exchanged glances, seeing confusion in each other’s eyes. They both knew that although Luo Xu dressed flamboyantly, he was also someone who cared about his image. To be honest, in the three years they had known him, they had never seen him eat with his hands.
Seeing Li Kai nod, Nie Qiu handed the chopsticks to Luo Xu, “The chopsticks can be used on the other side.” Eating with one’s hands somewhat affected the class’s decorum.
“Eat, eat, eat, what’s so good about it!” Chen Li stepped forward and overturned the food container in Luo Xu’s hand. Several dumplings inside fell to the ground.
Luo Xu glanced at the dumplings on the ground and got angry, “Chen Li, what do you mean? When did it become your business to manage when I eat?”
“Look at you, it’s true that you become like the people you associate with. Being with a dirty woman like Nie Qiu, you naturally become crude and unbearable. It’s disgusting just looking at you,” Chen Li said sarcastically.
“Say that again? Chen Li, say it again, damn it.” Luo Xu was completely enraged, his fingers trembling as he pointed at Chen Li, clearly beside himself with anger.
Chen Li puffed out her chest, “You say you’re vulgar and you still don’t admit it. Look at yourself, disgusting! What? Do you want to hit a woman?”
“So what if I hit a woman?” Luo Xu said, stepping forward and throwing a punch.
“Ah! You dare to hit me!” Yesterday, her sister was beaten by Nie Qiu without being able to fight back, which was already frustrating enough. Today, she was even hit by Luo Xu. Thinking this, Chen Li screamed and lunged at Luo Xu.
However, in her wild lunge, she grabbed Nie Qiu’s neck, who was standing beside Luo Xu. A gold necklace snapped and fell to the ground. Nie Qiu frowned, squatted down, and nervously picked up the rabbit-shaped Gold Inlaid Jade necklace from the ground.
Li Kai frowned and shouted, “Enough! Everyone who doesn’t want to die, go back to your seats!”
“Damn it, if it weren’t for A Kai, I’d beat you to death!” Luo Xu pushed away the crazy woman-like Chen Li and retreated. Chen Li glanced at Li Kai, stomped her foot, and unhappily returned to her seat, covering her face.
Under Li Kai’s gaze, those who had entered the classroom with him also returned to their seats one by one. Nie Qiu squatted on the ground, looking at the broken, thin gold necklace. It broke… did it?
Where could such an old-fashioned necklace be repaired?
