Li Honghong paused momentarily, then asked what had happened.
Zhou Qingyue recounted the whole story.
After hearing it, Li Honghong burst out laughing, "Zhou Qingyue, oh Zhou Qingyue - you totally deserved this.
Since you are such a lousy person."
She forcefully shook off her hand.
Li Honghong coldly proclaimed, "People like you deserve to be friendless for a lifetime!"
With that, she strutted off.
Tears streamed down Zhou Qingyue's face.
She crouched on the ground, crying inconsolably.
She felt as if she had been abandoned by the whole world, with everyone picking on her.
But she didn't even consider.
That she had brought all this upon herself, thus ending up in her current predicament.
At that moment, in the dining hall,
Jun Yue blinked his slightly sore eyes.
He sat in a spot from which he could see both doors.
But after such a long time, An Nuonuo was still not in sight.
Many students had already finished their meal and left.
A bad premonition began to churn in Jun Yue's mind.
Could it be that that sixth-grader Jiang Xu was up to his tricks again?
He had been trying hard to find an opportunity to get close to An Nuonuo,
but Jiang Xu kept getting in the way.
Jun Yue's guess was correct.
There was an underlying reason why Jiang Xu asked Zhou Qingyue to get lunch at noon - he wanted to evade Jun Yue.
It was indeed a case of fighting fire with fire.
As a young man, Jun Yue may still need to up his game if he wanted to outsmart Jiang Xu.
They were kept in the classroom for half a period.
The closer it got to the exam, the more it happened.
When the teacher finally announced the end of the school day, it was already past five o'clock.
Everybody rushed out en masse.
Even the usually playful Fu Yanjie used these days to focus on his studies.
It was mainly because his father issued a reward.
If his overall score exceeded 300, he would receive a bonus of five thousand yuan.
Throughout the grade, Jiang Xu was probably the most at ease.
Because he was already recalling most of the questions from the final exam...
Downstairs,
Jiang Xu stopped An Nuonuo, who was heading to the parking spot: "Don't rush home, I will take you somewhere to relax."
"Huh? Where to?"
"Just follow me."
Jiang Xu led her to the back of the school.
Outside the fence was a grove of mango trees.
Those were planted by the school and were mostly ripe by now.
However, for fear of accidents resulting from students climbing the trees,
the gate that used to be there was sealed.
The top of the fence was also lined with a layer of broken glass to prevent anyone from climbing over.
But Jiang Xu knew of a spot where he could get through.
He went to the far left corner of the wall.
There was a considerable amount of weeds growing there.
He cleared away the weeds.
The wall looked like a solid structure,
but in reality, a part of it had already been broken by some senior three students.
As for how Jiang Xu knew, it was naturally because of his cousin Chen Mi.
She used to be a student at this school and was quite the gang leader.
When she left the school, she divulged this secret to Jiang Xu.
With a slight force, Jiang Xu removed the bricks,
forming a hole big enough for a person to stoop down and get through.
An Nuonuo was shocked. She whispered, "Isn't this like damaging public property? Isn't it bad?"
Jiang Xu: "As long as we restore it afterward, it won't count as damaging."
His logic was undeniable, and An Nuonuo had no rebuttal.
Under Jiang Xu's persuasion, she also squeezed through.
She was nervous.
She had always been an obedient, rule-following girl.
This type of action seemed somewhat excessive to her.
Nevertheless, deep down she found it a bit thrilling.
Why did we often hear of nice, beautiful girls who were good at studies ending up with young ruffians?
It's because they could provide distinct feelings and emotional value.
They passed through the high fence.
Suddenly, the fragrance of ripe mangoes filled the air.
There were quite a few that had fallen to the ground, fully ripened.
Jiang Xu looked up, chose a mango tree and climbed it.
Below, An Nuonuo exclaimed, "Be careful."
His hands and feet nimble, he quickly climbed to the end of the branches.
He filled his backpack with ripe mangoes one by one.
It was full in no time.
Jiang Xu climbed down.
He peeled one mango and handed it to An Nuonuo, "Try it, is it sweet?"
"It's very sweet," Her eyes shone as her eyebrows lifted.
It was a sign of her joyful mood.
Jiang Xu also tasted one, "Mmm, things that don't cost money are delicious."
"I'll pick some too,"
The girl was interested and ran in front of some lower trees.
There were some branches full of mangoes that had bent down.
She only had to stand on her tiptoes to reach them.
She was delighted as she picked them.
Jiang Xu checked the time.
It was almost six o'clock.
He thought to himself, Jun Yue should be gone by now.
Right.
This was another plot against Jun Yue.
At the same time.
At the school entrance, Jun Yue, the poor victim, had been waiting for more than half an hour.
But he didn't see An Nuonuo.
So, he rushed back to An Nuonuo's classroom once again.
On seeing that she wasn't there, he blew up on the spot.
He saw An Nuonuo's class teacher again, of all people?
He asked her if An Nuonuo had taken leave again today?
The class teacher said no, she attended classes as usual.
Jun Yue was flabbergasted.
Could the school have a back door?
Finally, he left, full of confusion and disappointment.
Shortly after he left, Jiang Xu and An Nuonuo emerged.
Both were cradling their books in their arms, and their backpacks were filled with mangoes.
Some were fully ripened, and others were half-ripened.
The girl was skipping about, her ponytail swishing back and forth.
She burst into a series of silver laughs, "After the day after tomorrow's test, we must come back here again, okay?"
Jiang Xu had told her earlier that hardly anyone came to pick these mangoes.
They would just fall and be wasted every year.
The girl felt this was quite a pity.
There were so many mangoes. She could pick them to eat or even sell them.
"Of course, we can, but..." Jiang Xu looked around, "This is our secret, you can't tell anyone.
If the teachers find out, neither of us will have good fruit to eat.
Don't even let a word slip to your Brother Junyue, alright?"
"Okay, I got it," she said.
On the way home, Jiang Xu said again, "Tomorrow, we'll take another path.
There's a place that serves delicious mutton noodles. I'll take you there."
After buying the watch for Jiang Xu, An Nuonuo didn't have any money left.
Feeling embarrassed, she shook her head and declined.
Jiang Xu said, "The owner of that noodle shop is very sharp.
Students who eat there and receive his blessings have a high likelihood of obtaining good exam results.
Last time, you bought me the watch. I'll treat you to a meal, and that's it.
It's only a few yuan, don't feel pressured.
I have a money-making plan for the summer holiday, and I'll need your help."
Only after Jiang Xu said this did An Nuonuo agree.
The corner of Jiang Xu's mouth lifted into a grin of triumph.
At the same time.
Jun Yue, who had just returned home, suddenly sneezed.
He felt rather uncomfortable, as though someone was plotting against him...