Poor Meng Bo's face was ravaged once again.
"It's me," Qin Chu replied.
Zhou Sisi breathed a sigh of relief and walked in with her friends: "You hadn't come over yet. I heard some noise over here and thought something had happened..."
When they got closer, the girls all fell silent.
This is really something that's happened.
A group of thugs with bruised and swollen faces surrounded Zhao Yuan, reciting their first-year high school moral education textbook.
What a familiar scene!
In this familiar scene, Zhou Sisi successfully found a familiar figure.
It's likely that neither Qin Chu nor Noah expected that Zhou Sisi knew Meng Bo because Meng Bo lived in the neighborhood next door to her.
Zhou Sisi was a girl with strict family upbringing and was always a well-behaved child in the eyes of her teachers and parents. But every time she went out of the neighborhood, she would occasionally see arrogant people on the street who were completely different from her own, and she would subconsciously want to take a look.
The handsome, slightly roguish Meng Bo would occasionally smile at her teasingly or wave at her, and Zhou Sisi would blush involuntarily.
The hazy thoughts of young boys and girls may only begin with a single encounter. Because of a lack of understanding, and like a dream, their sharp edges are softened, leaving only perfect imagination.
Zhou Sisi herself didn't know whether her feelings for Meng Bo stemmed from her rebellious curiosity or from Meng Bo himself.
Until now...
She saw the boy who usually stood at the entrance of the community with his hands in his pockets, looking cool, but his face was swollen like a pig's head, clearly the result of a fight.
That's not the most important thing.
Zhou Sisi saw that he was also reading from the ideological textbook, but this person didn't recognize several characters?
How can you still make mistakes while reading along?
Zhou Sisi was furious. This was just too much to bear!
With a snap, the filter in Zhou Sisi's heart suddenly shattered, leaving not even a trace.
Meng Bo has a bit of a scheme to back it up. He usually flirts with Zhou Sisi on purpose. Now that he sees Zhou Sisi looking at him, he immediately takes the opportunity to greet Qin Chu: "Hey bro, we're acquaintances. I've known your classmate for a long time."
But when he looked up, he met Qin Chu's dark eyes.
Qin Chu kicked him to the ground, then squatted down gently, looking down at Meng Bo.
His voice was cold, carrying a pressure that belied his age: "Stay away from my classmates in the future. I can't control if you fall into the pit yourself, but don't drag others down with you."
There was no threat in those words, but Meng Bo no longer dared to look up at Zhou Sisi.
After dealing with the group of fighting idiots, Qin Chu walked over to Zhou Sisi and the other girls.
He was somewhat concerned and pointed to a few of the thugs, saying to them, "Be careful on your way to and from school. If you see these guys, take a detour."
At this point, he turned to look at the group of thugs: "Of course, if you see them again, tell me when you go to school."
The thugs immediately trembled.
Zhou Sisi and the others were wondering why Qin Chu singled out these people for a talk. Just as they were starting to have some doubts, Qin Chu added, "These people aren't from around here, so they were a bit ruthless."
The girls were a little scared and immediately fell silent.
Zhou Sisi could tell that these people were obviously brought by Meng Bo, and she immediately pursed her lips.
After explaining all this, Qin Chu looked at Zhou Sisi and said, "Sorry to keep you waiting, let's go."
Leave? Where to?
Zhao Yuan, who was leading the reading, suddenly stopped reading and stood up to ask, "Where are you going, deskmate? They haven't memorized it yet!"
The thugs who had just seen a glimmer of hope: "..." Can you please stop giving me unnecessary advice?!
Chapter 22, First Story (20)
Zhao Yuan caught up with Qin Chu and Zhou Sisi in just a few steps. Seeing this, Zhou Sisi, fearing that Zhao Yuan might misunderstand, immediately stopped and explained, "It's just that Cheng Cheng asked me to tutor him in English. I couldn't stay outside, so I had him come to my house..."
English tutoring?
The girl from the next class sought out Qin Chu for English tutoring, but her motives weren't pure.
Now his deskmate is using the same excuse to go to Zhou Sisi?
Zhao Yuan was a little annoyed and, without thinking, blurted out, "Then I'll go too."
"What are you going to do?" Qin Chu glanced at him up and down, still seething with anger. "Want to get beaten up?"
"If my deskmate can go, why can't I?" Zhao Yuan stopped pretending and shamelessly lied with a smirk, "I'm also having a headache with English, so I need the class monitor's help."
Zhou Sisi: "..."
You got a perfect score on your last English test, don't you feel guilty saying things like that?
Qin Chu didn't speak, only staring coldly at Zhao Yuan.
Zhao Yuan didn't say anything, but his lips were curled up, clearly showing that he was at odds with Qin Chu.
Although it wasn't outwardly apparent, Zhao Yuan was heartbroken, his mind filled with the thought that his deskmate was about to be taken away by someone else.
Looking at the two facing off, Zhou Sisi felt as if she had done something wrong, and quickly explained, "Hey, you two, don't be angry, don't hurt each other's feelings. If Zhao Yuan wants to go, then let's go together."
Just then, Qin Chu and the others heard a familiar loud voice: "Where are you going? I want to go too!"
They turned around and saw Wang Peng walking towards them, pushing his bicycle...
Zhou Sisi: "..." What kind of mess is this...?
Upon hearing that Qin Chu was going to have English tutoring at Zhou Sisi's house, Wang Peng objected and raised his hand to join in.
Qin Chu had a terrible headache and just wanted to pick up all these kids and beat them up.
Even when Noah reported that Zhou Sisi and Wang Peng's task progress had increased to 95%, it didn't improve Qin Chu's mood at all.
Heh, anyway, you'll inevitably have to back up eventually.
Seeing Wang Peng join the team, Zhao Yuan's smile deepened.
Ideally, things would escalate to the point where Zhou Sisi wouldn't want to compensate anyone.
Zhou Sisi was quite embarrassed by the situation.
On one side is Wang Peng, whom she rejected just a few days ago, and on the other side is the legendary duo who sit next to each other in a bromance. It is said that one day they were so intense that Qin Chu's lip was even broken!
But the class monitor is the class monitor; he has a great sense of the big picture.
Zhou Sisi pondered for a moment and said, "Our homeroom teacher talked to me the day before yesterday, saying that we have a lot of time and need to make good use of our weekends. So he's interested in forming study groups. How about... we try it out?"
Zhao Yuan: "..." Experiment my ass.
Wouldn't it be better to just say no?
A study group can consist of just him and his deskmate.
So the final result was... the four of them walked towards Zhou Sisi's house together.
With three boys escorting him, plus Qin Chu, whose fighting skills were off the charts, Zhou Si thought for a moment and simply called her dad to tell him not to come, since a classmate would be seeing him off.
Walking down the street, Zhao Yuan's stubbornness vanished in an instant, and he sidled up to Qin Chu again, asking softly, "Classmate, why didn't you ask me to help you with English?"
"I can make it for you too."
"It's fine to stay in the dorm, it's convenient..."
Although Zhou Sisi and Wang Peng had long realized that Zhao Yuan was not a loner, this was the first time they had seen him so talkative.
What's even funnier is that no matter what he said, the person surrounded by him completely ignored him, not even giving him a glance.
After listening for a while, Wang Peng finally couldn't help but ask Zhou Sisi in a low voice, "What's wrong? Did you have a fight or something?"
Zhou Sisi lowered her voice seriously and said, "Yeah, it was quite a commotion!"
Qin Chu: "...I heard you."
When the group arrived at Zhou Sisi's house, her small study, which had seemed quite spacious before, immediately became "overcrowded."
Because in addition to her, the master, four more grown men were crammed in.
Three of them are Qin Chu, Zhao Yuan, and Wang Peng, and the other is Zhou Sisi's father.
The father stared at Qin Chu and his group menacingly, as if they were all villains plotting against his daughter.
That's what he thought, but since his daughter's classmate was coming to their house, he couldn't show it on his face, so Mr. Zhou gave Qin Chu and the others a fake smile.
"Sisi, what brings your classmates over?"
Zhou Sisi was a little embarrassed and explained earnestly, "This is our study group, we study together on weekends."
"Oh~" Mr. Zhou nodded with a "kind" look, his scrutinizing gaze sweeping over each of them.
Wang Peng, hmm, his schoolbag is heavy; he's clearly a studious student.
Cheng Cheng, hmm, this kid's backpack looks heavier, not bad.
Zhao Yuan...
Mr. Zhou's gaze lingered on Zhao Yuan's empty hands.
Zhao Yuan: "..."
He skipped the last class and ran out; how could he possibly remember to bring his books?
Just as Zhao Yuan was about to borrow two books from Qin Chu, he turned around and saw his deskmate open his bag and throw a stack of books at him.
Zhao Yuan, holding the book, paused in surprise, then heard Zhou Sisi exclaim with sudden realization, "Cheng Cheng, you just went back to school to help Zhao Yuan get his homework..."
Looking at the neatly organized homework and study guides for each subject in his hand, Zhao Yuan thought that his deskmate was right to be angry.
He's really a jerk for keeping it from Qin Chu all this time.
With Zhou Sisi's father overseeing things, they didn't study for very long. They made a study plan for the weekend and then said goodbye to Zhou Sisi.
Wang Peng was very excited. As soon as he left Zhou Sisi's house, he rode off on his bicycle and disappeared in a flash.
Qin Chu and Zhao Yuan walked in silence.
Zhao Yuan stopped causing trouble, and Qin Chu remained silent. The atmosphere was reminiscent of the first time the two of them left school to help their homeroom teacher get books.