Chapter 144 Home
Chapter 144 Going Home
I passed by a supermarket and bought some fruit.
Tao Shuxin shouted at him to go home quickly, but she also stopped him from buying expensive items. The meaning was very clear.
Xu Mingyuan, who had gotten the advantage, did not play nice. While Tao Shuxin was trying to refuse going to her house, he knocked on her door.
He Qiong opened the door with a book in her hand, but Tao Changming was not at home. For a man of his job and age, he had to go out for social events three days a week.
After chatting for more than ten minutes in a dull manner, Xu Mingyuan stood up and said goodbye as Tao Shuxin gave him a satisfied and shy look.
While Xiao Yangzhi was still in get out of class, Xu Mingyuan went to the car wash and asked them to wash the car body.
If it's not rinsed, Xiao Yangzhi will probably have to do it himself.
Xiao Yangzhi doesn't have much of a concept of time being money. She just simply likes to show that she is a useful girl.
Every time Xu Mingyuan saw her busying around, he felt sorry for her.
……
Yang Zhi still looked aloof and quiet in school, but unlike before, she was no longer introverted and unwilling to say a word. Sometimes she would just smile faintly, causing those around her to be slightly stunned.
Although Yang Zhi was indifferent, at the age of sixteen she also had some sense of elegance and refinement.
With Xu Mingyuan setting up a structure for her, Yang Zhi felt more comfortable in No. 3 Middle School than in No. 9 Middle School.
But because of the information Xu Mingyuan took the initiative to spread, she was noticed more often at No. 3 Middle School.
No. 3 Middle School has requirements for appearance. Students are no longer allowed to have bangs. Even if they lower their heads, it is hard not to attract attention.
Many students at No. 3 Middle School have heard the rumor that there is a very beautiful girl in Class 7 of Grade 1, who is the younger sister of a former senior.
After graduation, the rumors about Xu Mingyuan should have gradually died down, but because of Yang Zhi, his deeds are still being circulated in No. 3 Middle School.
For example, the water supply in the dormitories has not been cut off and the quality of the canteen has improved. I heard that it is all because of him.
Xu Mingyuan, who had been almost a bystander throughout his senior year of high school, finally managed to restore some of his good reputation after graduation.
Even when Gao Dexiang was praising Yang Zhi in class, he mentioned Xu Mingyuan's deeds once, saying how he had the worst grades in the class, but in just less than a year, he was admitted to Jiangnan University and ranked among the top 50 in his grade.
Although it is an exaggeration to belittle Xu Mingyuan's achievements, it is precisely this kind of contrast that can elevate students' spirit of striving for progress.
Although the first monthly exam was in mid-October, no one in Class 7 of Grade 1 would doubt that Yang Zhi would get first place.
After preparing for the entire summer, Yang Zhi's early start always puts him far ahead of his peers.
She is good at studying and is pretty, so it is hard not to attract the attention of little boys.
There were many boys who dared to strike up a conversation with Yang Zhi, but when they really stood in front of Yang Zhi, they would subconsciously look away, feeling a little ashamed, and silently give way.
Yang Zhi spent more than a year with Xu Mingyuan day and night, and finally learned something from him.
There was also a hint of scrutiny in her calm and indifferent eyes.
As the second key high school in Nanxi, No. 3 Middle School has eliminated a group of students who are just slacking off, making the atmosphere better than that of No. 9 Middle School.
There are seven or eight quiet little girls like Yang Zhi in every class.
Maybe some people still feel that Yang Zhi is a little pretentious, but no one will intentionally target her for this. At most, they will gossip about her behind her back.
However, Yang Zhi, who was focused on her studies, didn't care about the gossip. She had heard it countless times anyway.
The teacher likes students like Yang Zhi the most, because they save him trouble and worry.
The only thing that made Gao Dexiang feel dissatisfied was that Yang Zhi didn't care about anything except studying.
Even when she was called upon to be the class representative and asked to collect homework in the morning and get papers from the office in the afternoon, Yang Zhi pretended not to hear and said she forgot when asked.
It’s not the classmates’ fault that they say she’s a bit pretentious. With Yang Zhi’s behavior, how could she not let her classmates talk about her behind her back?
But this was just an insignificant matter, so just forget it. The brother and sister were more stubborn than each other, so Gao Dexiang didn't take it to heart.
But within two days, Yang Zhi became the Chinese class representative, and did a good job collecting homework and taking papers.
This made Gao Dexiang wonder if his teaching attitude was too strict and scared the little girl.
But what Gao Dexiang didn't know was that when Xu Mingyuan was communicating with his teacher, Zhang Yan mentioned this matter in passing.
It was then that Xu Mingyuan realized that some of his usual words and deeds had affected Xiao Yangzhi. After all, she was a study committee member with no responsibility in No. 9 Middle School.
After criticizing her, Yang Zhi obediently went to Zhang Yan to admit her mistake.
Yang Zhi is still studying today, and nothing seems to be different.
But her deskmate Jiang Xue noticed something was wrong. Since Yang Zhi started her evening self-study class, she would look up at the wall clock from time to time. As time went by, she looked at the wall clock more and more often.
Even after nine o'clock, he didn't even have the heart to do the test paper. He didn't write a single word for more than ten minutes. This surprised Jiang Xue very much.
She had heard that Yang Zhi would study until the lights were turned off in the dormitory, so why did she suddenly change her temper?
"Yang Zhi, is there something urgent?" Jiang Xue asked puzzledly.
"Huh? No."
Yang Zhi was slightly stunned and shook his head.
"So are you going to go back and do your workbook? The teacher said he will explain it tomorrow."
"Oh, thank you."
Yang Zhi came back to his senses, clenched the tip of the pen, and quickly filled in the answer without much thought.
He put down the pen before finishing writing and stopped checking whether it was correct. He secretly took out his mobile phone and took a look.
I wanted to send a text message, but I was afraid of getting scolded for playing with my phone during class, so I put it back in my pocket.
"The get out of class isn't over yet, what are you cleaning up now? We'll have to stay in class for five minutes later."
After all, he had just entered the first year of high school, and Gao Dexiang was very strict about the class's odds.
“Ah, don’t…”
There were complaints coming from the class one after another.
"Just keep talking for another five minutes."
Gao Dexiang knocked on the table.
Whenever the class teacher is in class, he or she will shorten the class for a few minutes.
Yang Zhi didn't think it was a big deal, as she was still reading a book, but today, a hint of annoyance appeared between her pretty brows.
The teacher shouldn't transfer the students' mistakes to everyone else...
I didn't pack my things, and I don't need to pack my things...
Yang Zhi thought for a moment, and seeing that there were still a few minutes before the get out of class ended, he made up his mind, and under Jiang Xue's incredulous gaze, he stood up and walked to the podium.
Just like her brother said, good students will always be given preferential treatment, so Gao Dexiang let her go.
It was the first time that Yang Zhi took the initiative to ask for leave. He was a little excited and trotted a few steps.
But the get out of class was not over yet, and the only sound in the quiet corridor was the sound of his own running, which made Yang Zhi calm down instantly.
If she ran out of the school now and was seen by him, he would definitely ask her if she had skipped classes. Yang Zhi didn't want to destroy the image she had in her brother's mind.
I looked around quietly at the door, but did not see Xu Mingyuan among the group of parents.
But Yang Zhi did not feel disappointed, because her brother said he would come to pick her up today, and he would definitely come.
Jingle Bell……
The school bell rang.
But Yang Zhi did not go out immediately. Instead, he waited until the bell stopped ringing and the school-ending music sounded before he was the first to rush out.
When Xu Mingyuan heard the school bell for the end of school at No. 3 Middle School, he gave up the idea of squeezing his car in, stopped by the roadside, turned off the engine and got out of the car.
Before I reached the school gate, I saw a slender figure running towards me.
Xu Mingyuan took a look and then looked away. He had studied in No. 3 Middle School for a year and was already used to such figures.
But then I felt that this figure was very similar to Xiao Yangzhi, and suddenly I remembered that she had changed into her school uniform.
"Hey, why did you come out so early?" Xu Mingyuan shouted to her.
"..."
Yang Zhi hesitated for a second, not feeling comfortable answering, and simply threw herself on him.
(End of this chapter)