Chapter Twenty-Four

  After extorting three demands from Zhou Ziran, Cheng Zihan gleefully snatched the last meat bun left in Zhou's hand and devoured it.

  When the two returned to school, there were still twenty minutes before the early self-study. As soon as they arrived at school, they heard many classmates gathered together discussing and gossiping.

  Cheng Zihan was curious and went over to gossip a bit.

  "Ah, Ji-hyeon is really pitiful." one of her classmates said.

  "Yes, but her sister is even more pitiful, she's still so young." Another classmate also picked up the conversation.

  Cheng Zihan listened with some curiosity, Zhi Xian was a classmate in the class, her grades were not bad, but she had a bit of a poisonous tongue and wasn't very likable, most of the classmates didn't like her.

  However, Cheng Zihan saw that these gossiping classmates all had sympathetic expressions on their faces, as if something bad had happened to her.

  Cheng Zihan recalled her past life, it seemed that something unexpected happened at home when Zhixian was in the fourth grade, a big fire burned away her beautiful appearance and also killed her dearest younger sister. However, now she's only in second grade, so it shouldn't be this incident, right?

  Cheng Zihan continued to gossip with a puzzled expression.

  "Yes, we must be careful from now on, a big fire is merciless."

  "What are you talking about? What's wrong with Zhī Xián?" Chéng Zǐ Hán felt more and more puzzled as she listened, how could this be like something that happened two years later, happening ahead of time? Could it be because of her rebirth, causing the timing of events to become disordered too?

  "Ah, Zihan, don't you know? Let me tell you." Seeing that it was Cheng Zihan who had arrived, some busybodies immediately came over.

  Cheng Zihan also knew this person, called Kaiming. She usually maintained a good relationship with every classmate in the class and was a two-faced person.

  Kai Ming added oil to the fire, recounting Zhi Xian's story, before looking at Cheng Zi Han with a sorrowful face and sighing, "That's why they say big fires are ruthless. Those sisters were really pitiful. Now, who knows how Zhi Xian is doing? I reckon when she wakes up and finds out her sister is dead, she'll be heartbroken."

  Cheng Zihan looked at Kaiming with a strange expression, and she naturally saw through Kaiming's true thoughts in his heart.

  This guy has always known that Cheng Zihan and Zhi Xian are not on good terms, the relationship between the two can be said to be very bad. This time Zhi Xian got into trouble, the person in the whole class who is most likely to gloat over others' misfortune, apart from Cheng Zihan, there is no one else. Now she deliberately tells Cheng Zihan about Zhi Xian's situation, just to see Cheng Zihan's gloating face. At this time, kicking someone while they're down will definitely be despised by everyone in the class, and later Cheng Zihan's status in the class will definitely plummet.

  Cheng Zihan sneered inwardly, previously she hadn't discovered that this Keith had such a mind for plotting, it seems he disguised himself very well.

  "What? Zhi Xian is so pitiful! As classmates, we can't just stand by and do nothing, sympathizing with them while their family is going through such a tough time. They must need a lot of medical expenses now, let's chip in to help her get through this difficult period. I think at this moment, she definitely needs everyone's support the most." Hypocritically, Cheng Zihan didn't lose out to Kai Ming at all. After listening to Kai Ming finish speaking, she immediately rubbed her eyes hard and said with a pretentious tone.

  Kai Ming gave Cheng Zihan a ghostly look, while the other classmates nodded in agreement with what Cheng Zihan had said.

  Usually everyone doesn't have much pocket money, at most only 50 cents a day, and they can't bear to spend it, so they save it up. When the New Year comes, they can buy more new small toys.

  After hearing Cheng Zihan's words, everyone started digging into their pockets one after another.

  "I'll give one piece!"

  "I'll give you 50 cents!"

  "I'll give two bucks!"

  ……

  Everyone donated a small amount of money, at most five yuan, and that person was considered wealthy in the class.

  Cheng Zihan looked at Kaiming's ashen face and couldn't help but laugh inwardly, she actually wanted to see how this guy was going to continue hiding.

  "Kai Ming, aren't you donating?" Cheng Zihan held a large handful of coins and deliberately grabbed Kai Ming's head, her tone still choked with sobs. Of course, this was all an act.

  It's not that she didn't have sympathy, it's just that in this world, sympathy is the most useless thing. In her past life, she was kind enough and had been hurt and bullied enough. This lifetime, let the damned sympathy go to hell!

  "I, I'll donate a dollar." Kaiming reluctantly pulled out a dollar from his pocket. This was the money she had saved for several days by pinching pennies, and unexpectedly it was swindled away by Cheng Zihan. How could she not be angry? But on the surface, she pretended to be gentle and weak, and didn't dare say anything.

  "Alright, as the class monitor, since I called on everyone to participate in this matter, I naturally cannot do nothing. I'll donate 10 yuan." The money from last time's bidding was returned by Cheng Hai to Cheng Zihan after it was over, so now Cheng Zihan is a small rich lady.

  Cheng Zihan is so generous, and naturally wins everyone's favor again. Usually, Zhixian always likes to be against Cheng Zihan, but she can still help her without holding grudges.

  "What is everyone doing?" Just as everyone was getting emotional, a voice that didn't quite fit in interrupted.

  Cheng Zihan turned around and saw Zhou Ziran approaching with a curious expression on her face.

  "There's a classmate whose family has encountered an unexpected event, we're collecting donations, Zhou Ziran, how about you, do you want to contribute some love?"

  Cheng Zihan was just joking, but didn't expect Zhou Ziran to take it seriously. With a proud face, he took out several 10-yuan bills from his pocket and put them in Cheng Zihan's hand. "I only have this much money on me now, I'll give you more when I get home."

  "This is a great opportunity to refresh our good impression! How could Zhou Ziran let it slip away?"

  Cheng Zihan, who understood Zhou Ziran's thoughts, twitched the corner of his mouth and silently turned his face away, unable to bear looking at this guy with a belly full of evil intentions.

  "Dong Dong Dong!" At this time, the school bell rang too.

  "Time for class! Time for class!" Everyone quickly put aside what had just happened and happily rushed to the classroom.

  Kai Ming glared at Cheng Zihuan with a resentful expression, as if he wanted to pounce on her and snatch all the money from her hands.

  Cheng Zihan felt the gaze behind her back, gave a cold smile, as if there was still an aftermath.