Those days, Tian Ling's most frequent words were: "I feel so sorry for my brother. Who is that woman? Doesn't she have hands? Making my brother hold an umbrella for her. He looks so unhappy! Boohoo..."
The entertainment news grew more intense. A few days later, Wei Yun went to C City again for an event. Meanwhile, Tian Ling took sick leave and didn't come to school for several days.
A few days later, Tian Ling returned to class.
She was visibly in much better spirits and brought back several autographed items she supposedly won at a Wei Yun event, along with a khaki bracelet in the same style as Wei Yun's. She had perked up completely, swearing that Wei Yun had nothing to do with that backwater rich daughter, and that woman was just shamelessly clinging to her brother.
"That bitch will get struck by lightning sooner or later!" Tian Ling cursed through gritted teeth.
With her anger redirected, Tian Ling and Chen Baozhu even lost interest in bothering Su Baixue. One was busy closely following Wei Yun's news, the other busy rallying the crowd online to passionately curse.
Occasionally, when Su Baixue went to collect homework, she saw the messy assignments Tian Ling had scribbled, handing them in while enthusiastically cursing online. It made her feel uncomfortable.
Messages filtered through the screen, processed so many times—could they still be the truth?
For news like this, Tian Ling didn't do her homework properly and spent class time online cursing. Su Baixue couldn't quite understand.
Shao Li also followed celebrities.
But Shao Li always prioritized her studies. She often shared interesting stories about her favorite young star, how his life and dreams inspired her and gave her motivation.
Although she didn't talk daily about what she bought for the star like Tian Ling, Su Baixue had seen Shao Li quietly using products endorsed by her favorite star.
Both were fans, but the two classmates had completely opposite attitudes, which made Su Baixue think a lot.
She had never followed celebrities, yet she was the only one among the two who had actually met a celebrity. And that encounter was completely opposite to the image the celebrity usually projected.
Starting from this incident, Su Baixue began to gradually learn to observe each different person.
This year, she was in the second semester of her first year of high school.
Beyond her studies, Su Baixue began to develop an unprecedented curiosity about the world and society she lived in.
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"Su Baixue, what do you think?" A gentle voice came from beside her.
Su Baixue nodded and shifted her gaze to Qi Ji's face. The boy had two dimples that often appeared when he spoke.
Moreover, every time he saw her, his dimples deepened a little more.
Su Baixue silently observed these details she had never noticed before and softly said to Qi Ji, "It's fine, Qi Ji. Just bring it up to the teacher like this."
Qi Ji felt reassured and took the completed plan to find the teacher.
When the final grades of last semester came out, Qi Ji still held the first place in the grade, and Su Baixue was still second... So the homeroom teacher for Class 1, Grade 1 had Qi Ji continue as class monitor, and made Su Baixue the new Chinese class representative.
The average scores of the two final exams in A City High School's first year would determine the number of students in the experimental class for sophomore year.
Qi Ji and Su Baixue were basically confirmed to enter the experimental class.
For the upcoming Cultural Festival, Qi Ji had recently been moving his chair over to sit next to Su Baixue, bringing a bunch of ideas to discuss with her.
In name, it was to brainstorm a new plan together.
In reality, the Cultural Festival had a template from previous years, so frequent discussions weren't necessary. But Qi Ji was happy and took this opportunity to work with Su Baixue seriously, always pulling her along to offer suggestions every time.
Thus, their relationship became much closer than the previous year.
[Author's Note]
Thank you to the little angels who cast king votes or irrigated nutrient fluid for me~
Wu Erliang Mi Gao: 10 bottles; A Ba Shuo Qi Qi: 5 bottles; asdf: 3 bottles.