In the morning, Han Bing rolled out the chair and saw Qin Shi Ran waiting in front of her house.
Han Bing nodded at him and rolled past him.
"Hey, wait! I will help you push the wheelchair. My mom told me to come to help you." Qin Shi Ran annoyedly scratched his hair.
Han Bing looked at him suspiciously and was about to reject him, but she suddenly felt a push behind her.
"Let's go. If my mom found out that I didn't help you, I will definitely get an earful later" Qin Shi Ran ran while pushing her wheelchair in fright that someone would see them together.
Although Han Bing and Qin Shi Ran came to school early in the morning, many students still saw them together.
"Hey, is that Qin Shi Ran behind Han Bing?" Two girls are studying at a bench.
"Yep, I thought it was just my eyes that went wrong," the other girl agreed.
Rumors start to spread that Han Bing and Qin Shi Ran are together.
"Rong Rong, someone saw Han Bing and Qin Shi Ran together this morning." A student hurriedly ran to the classroom.
"Why are you telling me this? It's not like me and Shi Ran are together." Although Bai Rong Rong said that, she made a face full of sadness. Bai Rong Rong has a pretty face. Although it's not very beautiful, her big rabbit-like eyes make her look pure and guys have a sense of wanting to protect her after seeing it.
Ning Ning, who saw Bai Rong Rong like this, made an 'I'm going to be on your side' face. Qin Shi Ran was originally chasing after Bai Rong Rong. This Han Bing probably used her crippled leg to gain pity from Qin Shi Ran.
Ning Ning looked at Bai Rong Rong worriedly. Bai Rong Rong lowered her face pretending to wipe away a tear. A malicious glint crossed her eyes. She finally transferred into this class through the donations from her parents, so she won't let any golden turtle go.
Qin Shi Ran pushed Han Bing's wheelchair into the classroom. Seeing Bai Rong Rong's red eyes, Qin Shi Ran left Han Bing's wheelchair in the entrance and ran to Bai Rong Rong to comfort her.
"Rong Rong, what happened? Who bullied you?" Qin Shi Ran revolved around Bai Rong Rong asking her what happened.
Han Bing recognizes her from Lady Yang's lecture.
"No, nothing. It's just some sand that flew into my eyes." Bai Rong Rong gave Han Bing a victorious smirk. Look, Qin Shi Ran is only affected by her tears.
However, at this time, Han Bing already turned her chair and did not see that smile. Even if she did, Han Bing would just ignore it.
Bai Rong Rong clenched her teeth. "Shi Ran, you and her…" She looked at Qin Shi Ran.
Qin Shi Ran tried to explain. "My mom told me to help her because she's currently my tutor."
"Oh" Bai Rong Rong smiled with relief. She thought so too. It's impossible for Qin Shi Ran to have relationships with other girls, but it's better to warn this Han Bing, so she doesn't have any side thoughts on the Qin family's wealth.
Class started as the math teacher, instructor Xia, explained the following lesson for the day. Han Bing took out her textbook and started to copy the lesson.
"Bai Rong Rong, you are new to this class. Would you like to try the next step for this equation?" Instructor Xia called on Bai Rong Rong.
Bai Rong Rong, who was thinking about how to threaten Han Bing, did not hear the lecture. She stood up. "Um, um...I'm not sure," Bai Rong Rong answered anxiously. She looked at her deskmate for help. Her deskmate wrote it down, but Instructor Xia saw the act and sighed.
"Just sit down. Han Bing you answer" Instructor Xia looked at Bai Rong Rong disappointingly.
"The next step is to take a look at the direction of evolution of the graph…" Han Bing explained thoroughly not leaving a single thing out.
"Hmm, very good" Instructor Xia smiled.
"Everyone, please learn more from Han Bing student." Instructor Xia complimented.
"Han Bing is too smart." Students start whispering around them. "This question is pretty difficult too."
Bai Rong Rong's face was red from embarrassment. This is all Han Bing's fault.
Days passed as Han Bing went to school, tutor Qin Shi Ran after school, and came home to read books. Qin Shi Ran is also improving rapidly. Just recently, she made a small quiz based on the class lectures, and Qin Shi Ran got almost half of them right. However, Qin Shi Ran always makes trouble while she's teaching, causing her to threaten to call his mom every 5 minute. Han Bing has a headache everytime she thinks about it. This is exactly like teaching a ten years old.
With people catching Qin Shi Ran pushing Han Bing to school and sometimes, when they go home together, rumors of Han Bing trying to seduce Qin Shi Ran start to spread.
"Did you hear that Han Bing, the first place of a third year student, is trying to get married into the Qin family?" A girl who's putting makeup on in the bathroom said to her friend.
"Yeah, I know. I literally laughed when I heard about it. She's a toad trying to eat swan meat."
Han Bing, who's in the bathroom stall, heard about this. She is silent in contemplation. Someone has been targeting her recently. She recounted everyone who she had met, but none of them does she have an extremely bad relationship with. She thought of Qin Shi Ran, but the situation is also affecting him.
Han Bing stopped thinking and rolled out the stall. The two students who were talking behind her back jumped at the sight of her.
"Don't tell me that she heard us." One of the girls whispered.
"Who cares? She's just a gold digger anyway. What's wrong with talking behind her back?" the other said condescendingly.
Han Bing went back to her desk and saw a bunch of rubbish piled on her desk again. She picked them up and threw them in the trash can.
Qin Shi Ran who's sitting in the back saw this and was about to help, but held himself back. . He has seen this happening for the past few days and also realizes that someone is deliberately bullying her. But she's got nothing to do with him anyway.
The bullying increased as words such as "Die" are being written in permanent marker on her desk. Her textbooks are always cut up and she has to rebuy them everytime causing the principal to notice this matter too.
The teachers were notified of this and tried to find the culprit, but it's always done early in the morning. The teacher also felt sorry for Han Bing for facing this right after she lost her legs.
Han Bing, on the other hand, comes to school everyday like all of this is not related to her. Some classmates tried to help her, but she would reject them fearing that they would be dragged into this.
At the end of the month, Han Bing developed a plan. She informed the principal about it and he reluctantly agreed knowing her situation. "Be careful. Absolutely do not confront them if you catch them." The school bell rang signaling the end of the last class.
Qin Shi Ran came up to Han Bing. "Let's go." He said emotionlessly, pretending not to care about what's going on.
"You go home first. There's no tutoring session today." Qin Shi Ran looked at her weirdly. When has this metal head ever allowed him a break?
"Um… " Qin Shi Ran wanted to say something.
"What?" Han Bing answered.
"Why are you acting so calm when you are being bullied?" Qin Shi Ran stared into her eyes. This pair of eyes have always been calm in any situation, even when she's smiling. It's like nothing can affect her emotionally.
Han Bing knotted her eyebrow. "Why are you asking me this? What relationship do you think we have for you to ask me this?"
"You…" Qin Shi Ran's face flushed. "Don't beg me for help later on" He stomped out the door.
Han Bing didn't understand why he got mad. Isn't this the truth? They are strangers except for their tutoring connection. What right did he have asking her something this personal? Moreover, it seems that Qin Shi Ran completely forgot that he was the one who caused all this.