"Don't you believe me?" Lu Qingyi arched her eyebrows.
"Qingyi, it's not that I look down on you, but let's be straightforward here. If you could score 600 points, would you be in Class 20? I bet Class 1's headteacher would be scrambling to get you."
600 points is definitely enough for a top-tier university.
Even though 600 points in Class 1 are not remarkable, it still places you somewhere in the middle.
Every extra student who gets into a first-rate university would add glory to the class headteacher
Lu Qingyi let out a slight smile.
Class 1?
She couldn't care less about it.
It wouldn't matter to her which class she was in at this school, but she certainly had no interest in Class 1.
Wherever Lu Jiayue was, it was always too noisy.
Bai Lianhua's tricks were very powerful, and she feared she could not resist stepping on her.
"Sister, I heard about what happened to you."
Lu Jiayue walked timidly to Lu Qingyi's side, she looked around bashfully before slowly starting to speak.
She did not stop at the door but went straight into Class 20, headed for Lu Qingyi's seat.
People who were not part of this class were not allowed to enter other classrooms.
"Sister, I know you are strong and hate to lose, but you can't gamble on this. Don't you know that you don't stand a chance?"
"Sister, I... let me help you, let me plead with Ye Chenxuan for you so that he can forget about the unpleasantness."
"Sister, you can't always make me worry like this. Before, when our grandmother was around, she would always protect you. Now that she's gone, you can't be so wilful."
"Dad asked you to stay in the dormitory because he wanted you to tame your temper. You can't be resentful toward Dad. You must know that if our grandmother hadn't liked and wanted to raise you, Dad wouldn't have left you in the countryside."
"Sister, I know you have a lot of dissatisfaction in your heart, but you need to consider Dad's feelings."
She rattled off non-stop as soon as she started, not giving Lu Qingyi a chance to interrupt.
The message she conveyed was basically that it was Lu Qingyi whose behavior was not correct and that the Lu Family had never treated her unfairly.
Everyone liked her, it was solely Lu Qingyi who was not satisfied and resented her family.
Lu Qingyi gave a light laugh: "Really?"
Oh, Lu Jiayue was indeed very clever. In just a few words, she had shifted all the blame for Lu Yao and Yao Meishu abandoning Lu Qingyi and not welcoming her back onto Lu Qingyi's shoulders.
"God, did I just hear what I thought I did?"
"I was wondering why Lu Qingyi would be living in the dormitory. So it's because of that."
"It seems like Lu Qingyi is pretty arrogant."
"That's not right. I think Lu Qingyi seems quite nice, she's quiet and doesn't seem like the kind to cause trouble."
"Tsk, how does that saying go? You can know a person's face, but not their heart."
The students in Class 20 were all abuzz, engaging in a flurry of discussions.
Noisy.
Lu Qingyi rubbed her temples and said, "Lu Jiayue, you really don't need to go this far."
She slowly stood up. She was slightly taller than Lu Jiayue, and she lowered her gaze to meet Lu Jiayue's eyes:
"If you don't like me, just say so. If you do like me, just say so. Since you don't like me anyway, why bother with all the pretense?"
"Why did I live with our grandmother? I don't believe for a second that you don't know. And why was I brought back here? I'm sure you're well aware."
Lu Qingyi laughed. She looked very lovely when she laughed, with curved eyebrows and two shallow dimples.
Pretending to care when you actually don't is just plain disgusting.
"Sister, what are you talking about?" Lu Jiayue blinked, looking clueless.
Lu Qingyi chuckled lightly: "As long as you understand."
There were some things she didn't want to say too much about.
She wasn't someone who particularly cared about gossip. Those things that didn't bother her much fell within her tolerance range.
Whatever grandma had told her, she would follow through.
"Tsk, Lu Qingyi, why are you bullying Jiayue?"
Ye Chenxuan stood in front of Lu Qingyi, anger flashing in his eyes.
It turned out that the relationship between the two sisters wasn't that good.
Lu Jiayue was his goddess, and the one who didn't appreciate her became Lu Qingyi.
"Heh, I'm not interested in arguing with you. Likewise, you don't have to pretend to concern yourself with my affairs."
Ignoring Ye Chenxuan's question, Lu Qingyi looked straight into Lu Jiayue's eyes and spoke coldly.
Afterward, she parted the crowd and walked out of the classroom.
Although she was no longer yearning for familial affection, Lu Qingyi still couldn't understand why Lu Yao and Yao Meishu treated her so differently from their other daughter?
There must be some reasons to dislike a person.
Why did Lu Yao and Yao Meishu dislike her so much?
"Kid, what's wrong? Are you unhappy?"
As she was walking, she arrived at the tuck shop again, and Xu Boyan was still sitting in the boss's seat, perusing the newspaper with his leg crossed.
He looked up and immediately saw a somewhat absent-minded Lu Qingyi.
"Your favorite White Rabbit Candy."
He pulled out a packet of White Rabbit Candy from the drawer and waved at Lu Qingyi.
Seeing the familiar wrapping, Lu Qingyi's eyes moistened instantly.
She remembered when she was a child, like other kids, she longed for her parents' love, yearned to be spoiled in their arms, yearned for their praises...
But she had none of that. All these were merely her unrequited desires.
Her grandma was very tender, always soothing her with White Rabbit Candies.
Her grandma's pockets were always stuffed full of them.
Even when grandma was sick in the hospital, on the brink of death, she still remembered to take out the candy from her pocket to comfort Qingyi, urging her not to take it too hard.
"Kid, did you have a hard time? Shall I help you take revenge?"
Xu Boyan stood up. He walked straight to Lu Qingyi, leaned down slightly to meet her eyes.
"Thank you." Lu Qingyi sniffed, stepping back a little nervously.
Why were her emotions so easily displayed now?
"What's making you upset? I can be your listener."
Xu Boyan's voice softened.
Seeing the kid upset made him feel heavy-hearted, a sensation he had never felt before.
Lin Yuanhang was standing about a meter away, carrying a heap of stuff, his mouth agape.
Holy crap?
What did he just hear?
What was his fourth brother saying?
When did Xu Boyan ever show such a gentle side?
Was there something wrong with his eyes?
"Fo...fourth bro..."
The items in Lin Yuanhang's hands scattered on the ground. He stuttered, struggling for words.
"Did your hand cramp?"
Xu Boyan straightened up, coldly looking at Lin Yuanhang and frowned.
No, he must have seen it wrong just now, his fourth brother was still his fourth brother. How could he possibly be gentle?
"Ah, fourth brother, the items were a bit heavy. Ha, I'll pick them up now."
Lin Yuanhang scrambled to collect the items, then darted into the shop.
The school's tuck shop had a backdoor, behind which was a small bedroom with its own bathroom for afternoon naps.