The next day, during class, Qingran paused when she was placing books on her desk.
The ink stains that originally cluttered her desk and couldn't be erased were gone, and the scratches on the desk had also disappeared. The desk was now as good as new.
Her books were arranged just as they had been before, even the position of the pillow hanging on the side of the desk hadn't changed.
It seemed that Xie Ying'an had replaced the desk with a new one yesterday.
He was always a clean freak, a large black spot on the tabletop, as you could imagine, wouldn't be tolerable to him.
It was quite early at this point, Xie Ying'an hadn't arrived yet, and only a few students were scattered around the classroom.
Wen Shiyi, who arrived early, walked towards Qingran; she sat in front of Qingran's desk, turned her back, and started talking.
"Qingran, good morning."
Qingran nodded with a smile: "Morning, Shiyi."
Wen Shiyi had left school late yesterday, and she witnessed Huang Qianyu cleaning the desks. Right after she cleaned it, Xie Ying'an went to the storage room and brought in a new desk to replace it.
That surely upset Huang Qianyu.
After speaking with Qingran, Wen Shiyi smiled happily, revealing her small tiger teeth, "I thought student Xie Ying'an was quite domineering, but I didn't expect him to be so cute when he protects his deskmate."
If Xie Ying'an heard someone calling him cute, he'd probably be furious.
Wait, isn't this the first step in the novel where the female lead changes her opinion about the male lead?
Qingran vaguely remembered that in the book, when Wen Shiyi was wrongly accused of cheating and the teacher resolved the misunderstanding, Huang Qianyu began to frequently cause trouble for Wen Shiyi.
Coming from a poor family and without any close friends, Wen Shiyi was quickly isolated. Later, when Wen Shiyi was unjustly accused again and couldn't defend herself, Xie Ying'an, her deskmate, spoke up for her.
Wen Shiyi, who had always been a bit afraid of her lifesaver deskmate, started to change her impression of Xie Ying'an little by little. It took less than a year for her feelings to evolve from fear to gratitude and then to affection.
This showed the charm of Xie Ying'an.
Before the lesson started, the homeroom teacher, Old Wu, came into the classroom. He walked around once and then called Huang Qianyu and Chu Rong to his office.
The cheating incident had a severe impact on the school, and Old Wu would not tolerate it.
Today's first period was physics, and the physics teacher entered the classroom with a stack of graded papers.
As the papers were distributed, a jolt of pain hit Qingran when she saw the bright red score on her paper.
86. The two bright red digits almost hurt Qingran's eyes; such a low score was almost unbelievable to her, as the questions didn't seem that difficult when she was doing them.
Before discussing the paper, the physics teacher made a speech.
"The overall performance in this test was decent; however, a few students have experienced a significant drop in their scores. I hope they can pick up their performance and put forth more effort in their daily studies..."
Qingran looked down to check her paper and quickly found the problem areas. She had written the wrong answers for the last two major questions, but she remembered filling in different answers.
She pulled out the draft papers she had saved and compared them to her test paper. The answers on the draft papers were different from those on the test paper, and clearly, the draft papers were correct.
So how did she end up writing the wrong answers? She had checked them twice afterward.
Xie Ying'an was also puzzled; he pointed his pen at the correct answer on the draft paper, asking: "This answer is correct, so why did it turn out wrong on the test paper?"
Qingran put away her draft papers, feeling a bit restless, "I don't know."
Xie Ying'an looked at her thoughtfully.
After class, the physics teacher called Qingran to her office alone, as she always paid close attention to Qingran's grades.
"Student Qingran, what happened in this test? Didn't you review well?" the physics teacher asked, her tone still gentle.
Qingran lowered her head, admitting her mistake: "Teacher, I was careless when writing the answers, I didn't look carefully before writing them down."
The physics teacher shook her head and lectured her on not being serious enough in her work, then let her leave.
Qingran's grades had severely dropped this time, not only falling out of the top three in class but also dragging behind at the tenth position.
The next subject was taught by the homeroom teacher Old Wu. Old Wu didn't mind the minor test, simply thinking Qingran did poorly on purpose because she didn't want to participate in the physics competition.
If a student doesn't want to attend, what can he do about it? It's not something to force.
Choosing the top five in class for the competition, Xie Ying'an comfortably maintained the top position.
Xie Ying'an was not interested in these things, and he was a bit annoyed. Knowing this, he thought he might as well have tanked the test like Li Qingran.
Surprisingly, the transfer student Wen Shiyi scored second in physics.
During the afternoon self-study session, Huang Qianyu and Sun Xin gathered together, whispering something and soon bursts of laughter followed.
Ruan Ruan, who was near them, apparently heard their conversation and loudly muttered, "I wonder how some people have the audacity to talk about others' performance slipping. They can't even look at themselves, the cheaters who would disgrace generations of their ancestors, right?"
The laughter from the other side abruptly stopped; Huang Qianyu turned her head and glared angrily at Ruan Ruan, who was already frustrated and looking for a place to vent: "Ruan Ruan, are you Li Qingran's dog?"
Ruan Ruan completely ignored Huang Qianyu's words, this time she really confronted Huang Qianyu head-on and continued to mock: "Oh, you know it's you without naming names? Not bad, at least you have some self-awareness."
Sun Xin patted Huang Qianyu on the shoulder, being Huang Qianyu's loyal follower, she definitely had to stand up and speak for Huang Qianyu at this time.
Sun Xin threatened: "Ruan Ruan, some things are none of your business, you'd better not meddle."
Ruan Ruan cracked her knuckles with snapping sounds, unabashedly mocking Huang Qianyu, "Oh, so you like raising dogs too? And you raise a whole litter of them."
"Damn it..."
Qingran didn't know why, but she had just gone to the restroom, and when she came back, she saw Huang Qianyu, Sun Xin, and a few others fighting with Ruan Ruan.
Ruan Ruan might look soft, but she had some martial prowess; despite being outnumbered by four or five, she didn't suffer much.
A few classmates rushed over to break up the fight, Qingran rushed over and pulled Huang Qianyu off from pulling Ruan Ruan's hair, and Huang Qianyu swung her hands hitting Qingran.
Qingran frowned tightly, and when she grabbed Huang Qianyu's hand, she didn't control her strength well and slapped Huang Qianyu across the face.
The crisp slap echoed in the classroom, Huang Qianyu screamed while holding her face, and started to scuffle with Qingran.
At this time, almost all the boys in the class were out, and the girls didn't have much strength, they couldn't pull apart the fighting group.
Wen Shiyi returned to the classroom and was shocked by the scene. Knowing that the teachers were mostly at lunch at this time, she instinctively thought of a tall and lean figure, turning around and running towards the sports field.
Wen Shiyi not only found Xie Ying'an on the sports field, but also Li Qingmo upon hearing that his sister was in a fight, had also run over.
The two boys ran faster than the other, Wen Shiyi couldn't catch up with them from behind no matter how she chased.
When Li Qingmo saw his sister really fighting with other girls, he almost went crazy, immediately rushed into the classroom and started kicking and punching those girls without restraint.
The surrounding classmates almost all knew the school bully, and were instantly frightened by the school bully's aggressive behavior.
Xie Ying'an pulled Qingran to one side, his youthful face filled with worry, asking if she was hurt anywhere?
How could Qingran possibly be hurt, under the influence of her brother Li Qingmo, she at least knew some fighting techniques, not much but enough for self-defense.
Qingran quickly shook her head: "Xie Ying'an, go and pull my brother away."
By the time Old Wu arrived, the classroom was almost in chaos.
Old Wu unleashed an unprecedented fury, he didn't really like Huang Qianyu who was average in studies and often caused trouble.
But Xie Ying'an, Li Qingran, and Ruan Ruan were considered obedient good students in his heart.
The group followed Old Wu to his office.
Old Wu slammed the table so hard it echoed: "Someone tell me, what exactly happened?"
Huang Qianyu and the others didn't speak, it was Ruan Ruan who spoke first, she clearly and logically explained the sequence of events.
Old Wu frowned: "So, Li Qingran, you were trying to break up the fight?"
Qingran nodded.
Huang Qianyu had been hit several times by Li Qingmo, her body aching all over, she stole a glance at Xie Ying'an, his gaze was on Li Qingran with an unreadable expression in his dark eyes.
Huang Qianyu, with tears in her eyes, countered: "Teacher, Li Qingran hit me."
"Shut up!" Old Wu reprimanded sternly, he then looked at Xie Ying'an and Li Qingmo: "And what about you two?"
Li Qingmo stiffened his neck, "I heard from classmates that someone was hitting my sister."
"Your sister?" Old Wu wasn't aware that Li Qingmo was Qingran's brother.
Qingran raised her hand: "That's me."
Old Wu then looked at Xie Ying'an: "And you?"
Xie Ying'an: "I pulled off the person who was hitting my deskmate."
Huang Qianyu's heart, already hot, cooled by half due to Xie Ying'an's words. Xie Ying'an had pulled away Li Qingran, that was all.
How pathetic that she thought her guardian deity had come, only to realize that her deity cared for someone else.
Regardless, the fight must be punished and parents must be called.
The homeroom teacher of Class Three heard about the incident and came quickly, a young female teacher. Li Qingmo, although a troublemaker, was still one of her few proud students.
Seeing her, Li Qingmo finally lowered his proud head: "Teacher Sun."
Teacher Sun clicked her tongue in disappointment several times on Li Qingmo's head, "You just had to embarrass me in front of Class One."
Old Wu and Teacher Sun discussed calling the parents to talk.
Sun Xin and Zhang Ping, along with a few others, were almost scared to tears, except for Shi Fanfan, they all came from less affluent families and followed Huang Qianyu because she was generous.
Old Wu couldn't care less about these, in his eyes everyone must pay for their actions, and if they couldn't handle it themselves, their parents had to take responsibility.
He concluded definitively: "The parents must be called over, if the parents don't come, you shouldn't bother coming tomorrow either."