Chapter 3: Hello Sister-in-law

  The whole class saw a middle-aged man with a big belly, oily face and thinning hair rushing in, shouting the name of Zhang Da, as if he had found an archenemy, and suddenly the classroom fell silent.

  The students stood up, bowed respectfully, and then turned their heads to look at the young faces: "Classmates, you must not be familiar with this person yet? This is our wise and powerful Director Zhu of the Teaching Department! He is the guiding light in my life! He guided me from junior high school all the way to high school! If it weren't for Director Zhu, my life trajectory would definitely not be as perfect as it is today! Love is the soul of a teacher; true feelings are the best bond between teachers and students. Director Zhu silently poured his love into his daily work, never looking at me with colored glasses, but often encouraging and motivating me, giving me the driving force for growth! The director's love is like spring rain, this rain falls on every corner of the classroom, falls on the heart of every student...

  "Fight, fight!" Director Zhu's face turned bright red with embarrassment, and he was at a loss for what to do. He stomped his foot: "Come with me to the disciplinary office, I have something to say to you!"

  "But Director, I have class now." Warmed by the sharp-eyed glance at the tall figure walking past in the corridor, "It's Teacher Xu! This time my physics exam was so bad, I can't afford to miss Teacher Xu's class again. Director, Director, how about I come to the teaching office after class to report to you? What do you think?"

  "Ah!" Director Zhu was both angry and helpless, he knew that Zhan Doudou was a troublemaker. On the first day of formal classes, she had already made Lu Feng, an old comrade, so angry that he ran to the teaching affairs office to complain. Lu Feng used to be her homeroom teacher, what could he do? Although he knew that Zhan Doudou was not easy to deal with, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and go up...

  "Huh, Director Zhu, something's up?" Xu Qing had the same name as a celebrity, although she looked different, but was also a great beauty in her thirties, strict and serious in teaching, caring for students, and was Xia Zhi and others' former head teacher.

  "Oh, never mind, just passing by." Director Zhu glared at Zhan fiercely and forced a smile towards Xu Qing: "Not disturbing Teacher Xu's class."

  She let out a soft breath, sat down. She wasn't afraid of the class teacher, but she couldn't not be afraid of the school principal, or else with another major demerit, she could pack up and roll home.

  The eyes of all the classmates looking at Zhang Xiaodong were filled with admiration.

  My mouth has been running non-stop all morning, and by noon I'm starving. The high school's schedule is simply inhumane - apparently, boarding students have to get up at 5:30 every day during the summer, gather on the playground for early exercise at 5:50, finish at 6:10 and head back to class for morning reading, the cafeteria opens for breakfast at 7:25, classes start at 8:10, each lasting 40 minutes with a 10-minute break in between, with four classes in total, plus a broadcast exercise in between two classes - it's not until 11:30 that we get to eat lunch. To take care of the high school students who are taking the college entrance exam and save them precious time, the third-year students get to eat first, followed by the second-year students five minutes later, and then the first-year students another five minutes after that.

  At 11:40, a group of miserable first-year high school students went to the cafeteria. The long queue was not even worth mentioning, just chatting and waiting. But when it was finally their turn in line, the Huang Hua Cai had gone cold, many delicious dishes were all gone, only leaving some disgusting-looking food.

  This is typical bullying of new students! Zhan Zhu Zhu decided to definitely give the school some feedback, it's not too late, at least the dishes should be complete, right? Doesn't freshman year matter? Freshman year lays the foundation, if you're lazy and only focus on getting by, how can you survive the intense competition in senior year?

  "Li Qiu, let's bring lunch over tomorrow?" Zhan Zhu Zhu placed two fast food trays in front of Xia Li Qiu with a helpless expression. How could he let the girl queue up? This kind of physical labor was naturally Zhan Zhu Zhu's strong point, while Xia Li Qiu was responsible for finding seats.

  "Isn't that too much trouble?" Xia Lixiu casually picked up her chopsticks and started eating. "We can't go back to the junior high school department to eat."

  "It's too far away, and now time is so tight, we have to savor our food slowly." Although the junior high school department and senior high school department are adjacent, the campus is very large: "Moreover, the junior high school department gets out of school early, by the time we get there, it will probably be gone." In the past, she would rush out as soon as class was over, who could outrun her?

  Stirring the food in the bowl, I feel like I'm being fed like a pig. What I said to Old Man Lu earlier wasn't baseless, she may look tough on the outside, but inside she's a kind wife and mother, likes cooking and is quite particular about food, normally she can tolerate this...this is simply unbearable.

  "No way! I'll eat like this until Xia Fei Han comes back, and I'll really become a bean sprout!" Zhan Zhan put down her chopsticks to think of a solution, her eyes scanning the large cafeteria for an answer, then... Xiong An An?

  Familiar people! Wara Wara's definition of familiar people is simple and crude, those who talk a lot without any grudges, have met several times and left a deep impression, are considered familiar. Xiong An'an, even if not very familiar, has at least 80% familiarity, belonging to the delicious and tender type.

  "Wait for me on the beginning of autumn!" Zhan Doudou moved with his own plate.

  The school has long tables for meals, with four people sitting in a row, facing each other, making eight. However, the new Qing Yang Yige Anran classmate is not as easy-going as Xia Zhi, his slight arrogance and hot temper make him have an aura of "don't come near me", so except for his three good brothers, they are still a bit spacious in the relatively crowded cafeteria.

  "Oh, Xiong An'an, what a coincidence."

  An Ran only heard a crisp female voice beside her ear, the voice seemed to be not loud, but it was so familiar, especially the tone. Wait, Xiong An An?

  An Ran's face suddenly changed, a mouthful of rice almost choked him, and he coughed violently.

  "Hey, don't be so excited just because you heard my voice," a slender hand patted his back with great force, almost causing him to pass out.

  What the heck! What is she doing here?! After the graduation ceremony, he had already gone home and deeply regretted his past mistakes, determined to draw a clear line with her. To hell with his bets, to hell with his promises, in the face of Wara Wara, all these could be temporarily abandoned, as long as he could stay away from her, his life would continue to be perfect...

  He knew she also got into Qingyang, tenth in the grade. But between the first and third year teaching buildings, aren't there two lawns and a second-year teaching building? It's far enough, can't see from front to back, as long as he doesn't go to the playground during her training...

  Did he think everything was too simple? The bet is over, what else does this female devil want to do?

  An Ran turned around in anger, only to see Zhan Zhu Zhu ignoring her gaze, smiling and sitting down beside her, waving her small paws at the three people opposite: "Hello everyone, I'm Zhan Zhu Zhu!"

  As Ah Ran's iron buddies, they naturally knew about the confession and the bet, but there was one who obviously didn't see very well, didn't notice Ah Ran's almost choked expression, and still thought he was very clever, chiming in: "Hey, I know, it's his wife."

  "Baozi, if you don't speak up, nobody will think you're mute!" An Ran gritted her teeth. This kid, not only was he brainless on the court, but now he's also so out of line?!

  "Hello! Hehe, it's the first time someone has called me that. People usually call me Shifu Jie (Martial Arts Sister) more often," said Warthog with a laugh, still not reacting to the term "Saozi": "Are you Baozi? From now on, since we're familiar with each other, just call me Warthog."

  "What are you doing here!" An Ran didn't give the three people opposite her any more gossip space, and turned to stare at Zhan Zhu Zhu. He had his last class of the day playing basketball, so he came to eat relatively late, and when he arrived, he just saw her holding a tray looking around everywhere, and for some reason, it scared him into immediately sitting down with his back to her. But based on what he observed earlier, she had already found a seat, why did she still come over to squeeze in with him?

  Zhan Zhan looked at the dish in her own plate, then glanced at An Ran's plate, and let out a sigh. The two dishes were obviously cooked by the same person, but somehow hers looked like it was made by a stepmother...

  "Xiong An'an..." Zhan Dou turned his head, showing an unfriendly expression, and smiled in a flattering and pitiful way: "Can you help me out?"

  An Ran's goosebumps were all standing up, where did he provoke a little rascal? He was following his own rhythm, could she please give him some correct reaction? How was he supposed to answer her like this?

  "No time!" An Ran refused, her two words ringing out clearly.

  "Hey, don't be so petty, what's our relationship?!" Zhan Yunyun bumped An Ran's shoulder with a brotherly appearance: "Hehe, I was really moved by your confession that day!"

  Pfft! I've been secretly hurt, one misstep and it's a regret for the ages! His face couldn't hold on, he fiercely glared at several friends opposite him who were stealing glances and laughing, defending himself: "That was me willingly admitting defeat!"

  "Hey, men always speak so ambiguously, are you going to die with dignity or suffer in silence? Look at how deeply everyone is misunderstanding now, let me explain it for you?" Zhan Doudou smiled slyly, threatening this person with high IQ but thin skin. She had accumulated rich experience from Xia Feichan - and besides, Xiong An'an's skills were far inferior to Xia Feichan's.

  Haha! It seems that fighting with Xia Feihan isn't entirely useless after all. Being able to handle Xia Feihan, from now on no one needs to be afraid when going out!

  "What's her explanation? Is she getting more and more black-hearted? An Ran's face turned dark, gritting her teeth: 'What do you want to do?'"

  Is it that easy to compromise? Zhan Yu couldn't believe how smooth things were going, and with a smile, he pointed at the tray in front of him: "Don't worry, it's not some kind of treasonous deal, just a small favor. You're all third years who get out of school early, how about helping us deliver two meals every day at noon?"

  "Think beautifully!" An Ran bluntly refused. What's going on? Helping a girl buy food? That's something only a loser guy would do, okay? "I even get others to buy for me myself!"

  "Oh, who?" Warmed up with a glare.

  Anran's eyes unconsciously looked at the baozi opposite him.

  "Baozi heart is timid: 'That, sister-in-law, I just have two hands......'"

  Zhan's gaze swept sideways towards the other two.

  "Cough, ah, I usually don't eat much..." The man lied very unnaturally.

  "Yes, yes, I... often come late..." Another person was inspired.

  "Hey, I'm not asking you to cook for us every day, just if you happen to come early one day, can you help us out?" Zhan Yunyun smiled mischievously and leaned in close, whispering: "There's a benefit."

  "What benefits?" An Ran weakly blocked, Baozi Comrade had already asked out of line.

  Zhan Zhan stretched out his hand and pointed to a not-so-distant place. Even with so many people in the cafeteria, there was an absolute focal point - Xia Liqiu, a beautiful girl with clear and transparent skin. As soon as Zhan Zhan moved from the opposite side, a boy quickly filled the gap: "Do you see? The goddess of learning! What a great benefit! Every day, I can eat in front of a beauty and also take the opportunity to show my admiration for her. Where else can you find such a good thing? Do you believe me if I shout loudly, there will be many boys lining up to help us buy food?"

  Letter, absolute letter, even An Ran believes it. But the question is, she went to shout, why did she find him?

  "Then go find someone else!" said An Ran.

  "Haha haha okay okay!" This is a crazy bun.

  "Really?" said another two people.

  "Of course it's true!" Warmed up, ignoring the opposing votes, actively pulling in the affirmative and neutral votes, and with a slight nudge, pushed An Ran to the side. He leaned in and promised: "Hehe, baozi, our meal card is now in your hands, from now on we'll eat together face-to-face every day! My family's Li Qiu loves generous, heroic, elegant, and polite guys!"

  He's really trying to draw a line between himself and these three useless people, Baozi, Dashu and Fanwan. You don't know who Zhang Liyin is! Don't be deceived by her! She's the standard for cheating people out of their money, and if she cheats someone like Baozi, they'll probably even help her count it! Is that Autumn Goddess really so easy to get close to? Zero scandals in three years of high school! That's Xia Zhiyu's sister! If you try to make a move on her, you're dead for sure!

  It's useless to cry out in one's heart, silently asking the heavens. Looking at the four people quickly reaching an agreement at the dinner table... Forget it, they value material things over friendship, and will naturally get their comeuppance later on...

  But he doesn't want to eat with Zhang Liangliang! Every day!

  Everything is OK on this side, immediately turned around and beckoned in the direction of Xia Liqiu. Xia Liqiu, who had been paying attention to Zhan Liuliuliu, politely nodded at the boy who was trying to talk to her from across the way, then came over with a tray.

  Goddess! Close contact with the goddess! Baozi Dashu and Fan Tong's eyes were wide, their mouths almost reaching behind their ears. They weren't calm, good grades, good family background, handsome, that kind of thing, would make girls like them, but Xia Liqiu was a different story, they could only admire from afar.

  Warriors moved their buttocks, pushing An Ran to the side, making room for Xia Liqiu. Xia Liqiu sat down elegantly, giving a slight smile to several people.

  Drunk, drunk, the hearts of the three men were instantly intoxicated.

  "Come on, let me introduce you all to Xia Liqiu, the new first-year high school student and campus belle." Zhan Zhu felt that this introduction was realistic and well-deserved, and it was only natural that she would speak with confidence.

  "Hello, hello, I'm Bao Zheng, the 'Zheng' in politics, everyone calls me Baozi." Baozi first extended his hand, but was slapped away by Zhan Zhao. A goddess can be admired from afar, but not trifled with.

  "Hello, I'm Shu Ronghai, also known as Big Tree."

  "Uh... My name is Fan Li..." Fan Li finally didn't have the nerve to say his nickname was Rice Bucket.

  "Hello everyone, I am Xia Liqiu." As a polite and well-behaved girl, she naturally wouldn't forget her manners.

  Cough, An Ran only has a grudge against Zhan Yu, but still has a good impression of Xia Liqiu. However, now that Zhan Yu is sitting in the middle, suddenly poking his head out seems to not match the atmosphere.

  "Autumn is here! Just like Big Tree, they said they're willing to show off their knightly demeanor and from now on, help us with lunch every noon. Truly the best senior brother of the year."

  Xia Liqiu naturally knew that others wouldn't be so proactive, and it must have been DouDou who did something behind the scenes. But does it matter? DouDou trusted her, she trusted DouDou, and that's all that mattered. "Then thank you, four senior brothers."

  Xia Liqiu wouldn't ignore that person next to the warlord. Looking at his face, it seems like he's been angered by the warlord to the point of being speechless.

  "Come on, come on, let's eat! For our future gatherings!"

  While they were having a great time, Zhu Ling had just lined up to buy food on the other side. Her swift footsteps were incredibly fast, and it took her almost only 7 or 8 seconds to run down four floors of outdoor stairs, who could compare with her?

  "Zhū Líng, sit here!" A classmate who wanted to befriend her called out. After all, a pretty, enthusiastic and approachable girl like her was an easy target for small cliques to recruit.

  "Thank you!" Zhu Ling smiled, her good memory told her that this girl was called Wang Qian, the 14th in their class and among the top thirty in grade, which wasn't bad.

  "No need to be polite, there are too many people in our high school department, it was better when we were in junior high."

  "Oh, you were also in Qingyang Junior High School?" Zhu Ling said, because she remembered the journalist Xia Liqiu. "Then you and Xia Liqiu must be very familiar with each other?"

  "Xia Liqiu, ah..." Wang Qian's meaningful tone dragged on, Zhu Ling's present was just her past, with good looks and grades, but there was a Xia Liqiu suppressing her, never having had a moment to shine: "Not very familiar, you've also noticed, she's quite aloof." Wang Qian intentionally tried to get along with Zhu Ling, after all, with her abilities, it was impossible for her to defeat Xia Liqiu and catch a breath.

  Clever people communicate effortlessly, with a bright and clear smile. The alliance between the two is considered established. Speaking of arch-nemesis, Zhu Ling's gaze unconsciously searched for her, and Wang Qian wasn't stupid either, casually pointing out: "Look, she's already mixed in with An Ran from Class 3."

  The tone was quite sour, and it was heard clearly. Zhu Ling looked in the direction that Wang Qian pointed to, which was directly opposite Xia Liqiu, Zhan Tuan and An Ran.

  What a handsome and sunny boy, even Zhu Ling, who has "seen countless men", couldn't help but praise him. He and Xia Liqiu are a couple? With a Warthog in between, it's really annoying: "Who is An Ran?" He asked casually.

  "Really?" Wang Qian came to life, just as the person next to her finished eating and left. She said with a relieved tone: "An Ran is currently the number one handsome guy in Qingyang High School, his grades are also always first every year, he's good-looking, plays basketball well..."

  Another talented and beautiful one? Qing Yang is indeed a hidden dragon. Zhu Ling has always been proud, in her original school she enjoyed the pursuit of boys, but in her heart she didn't think any of them were worthy. A man who can't even compare to herself, is he worthy of her?

  Is that Xia Lixiu's boyfriend?

  Digression

  This was the schedule in high school, 9 pm self-study at night and sleep at 9:30... But thinking about it now, it wasn't hard at all. Life in junior and senior high school was still very happy. Fan Zi started boarding from the first year of junior high school.

  Recently, there have been a few chapters that need to be laid out, is it not exciting enough? Bear with it, after finishing reading, take a deep breath and refresh yourself. Can you see any clues?

  Fans thought, in school, there are always one or two people who make you unable to look straight... forget it, Fans won't scold people.