Chapter 20: Request for Leave

  Zhang Li never thought that a simple runaway would bring her such harm, first being intercepted halfway, then five or six thugs beat her up and even slashed her face with a knife.

  Anyway, when Zhang Li's mother opened the door in the evening, she almost couldn't recognize that person as her daughter. Zhang Li was crying so hard that she had no voice left. Zhang Li's mother originally wanted to investigate clearly who did it, thinking that with Rong Ying's family background, she shouldn't have done such a thing. After Rong Ying apologized in the daytime, everything seemed fine, and everyone knew about the Rong family's reputation. However, when Zhang Li's father came back at night with a swollen face and two missing teeth, Zhang Li's mother didn't dare to make another sound. This situation was obvious at first glance, and apart from swallowing their anger, they didn't dare do anything else.

  Zhang Li was finally diagnosed with disfigurement and was sent by her family to another city for recuperation, and this matter came to an end.

  Xiao Chan heard the news and suddenly remembered a sentence that Chu Li had said before: "Evil will be repaid with evil."

  It's indeed a case of retribution. People like them who relied on their power to harm countless others will eventually get what's coming to them. Those who come out to cause trouble will have to pay the price sooner or later.

  Xiao Chuan would never think that Zhang Li is pitiful. If she didn't have the heart to harm others and took action, how could she end up like this today? It's indeed true what they say: "Those who do evil will not live."

  When it happened, although it caused a lot of attention from everyone, life is performing different stories every day, and before long, everything returned to normal.

  Rong Ying still went to see Xiao Chan during class breaks, then glanced at their classroom and said, "That kid didn't come today either?"

  Xiao Chan was stunned for a moment, then reacted that the person he mentioned was Chu Li. "Huh? I heard from our class teacher that his family had some issues and asked for several days off, but you seem to care about him lately, how did he offend you again?"

  "I'm just worried about him bothering my girlfriend," he said lightly, but in his heart, he thought that since the incident with Xiaocui last time, Chuli hadn't come to school for two days.

  He said something about having a family matter and taking leave, others believed him but Rong Ying didn't. As for the Zhang Li family's experience, others were unclear, but Rong Ying was very clear, although he didn't know who did it, the other party did it too cleanly, leaving no useful information at all. However, he vaguely felt that the matter was related to Chu Li, and although he couldn't say why, his heart just thought so.

  If it's really Chu Li, why did he want to do that, what does he want to achieve? And what's the purpose of him following Xiao Chan around, or what does he want to get from Xiao Chan?

  Looking down at Xiaocui who was chatting with him with a smile, Rongying secretly refuted her own idea. Xiaocui's family background is clean and upright, how could there be anything to gain from it?

  "Rong Ying? Are you deaf? I've said it several times, didn't you hear me?" Xiaochan was somewhat helpless, what's wrong with Rongying these past two days, always being distracted.

  "What did you say?" Rong Ying said with a somewhat bewildered expression.

  "I said I'm done with school!" Xiaocui said word by word.

  When she returned to the classroom and looked at the empty seat beside her, Xiaocui occasionally wondered what had happened in Chuli's family that made him take so many days off. It must be something serious.

  The thought of going to see him flashed through her mind, but then she thought again and realized that she didn't even know where he lived specifically, so it was better to forget about it for now and ask him when he came to class.

  Lin Ke and Pangzi have been getting along pretty well lately, and Pangzi has also learned a lot of tricks from Rongying to win girls' hearts, all of which he has used on Lin Ke. The two are inseparable except for when they're in class or sleeping, and now almost everyone in school knows that they're dating. Teachers have also turned a blind eye, after all, Pangzi's family has some connections.

  Lin Ke is now living a very comfortable life, with almost everything she eats and uses provided by Wang Zi. Sometimes she goes to the supermarket to buy a bunch of snacks to eat in her dormitory, and also shares some with Xiao Chan. Xiao Chan declines, saying that she also has a lot of snacks at her place, all given by Rong Ying, but she doesn't really like eating them, only occasionally having some when she's bored.

  Lin Ke also got a small mobile phone from Pangzi, and every night she would text him until very late. There weren't many classmates in the class who had mobile phones, but there were some. However, Lin Ke wouldn't share her own phone number with anyone else, only Xiaochun. The girls in the class all looked down on her for having such an ugly boyfriend like Pangzi, except for Xiaochun, so she considered Xiaochun a friend.

  Lin Ke's grades are average in the class, not good or bad. She used to be a bit better before, but now that she's dating, it takes up a lot of her time and naturally, she can't focus on studying as much. However, Xiao Chuan is different, she can date and study at the same time, nothing falls behind. It really makes Lin Ke envy her, but she can't be like Xiao Chuan, she just sticks to her own ways.

  At first, they just strolled intimately around the campus with Fatso, but as time went on, they would go out for walks outside of school on weekends or after class.

  After all, it's an age full of curiosity about the opposite sex, and the two of them unknowingly went to the point of opening a room. Lin Ke was not afraid of losing her body, she thought that for her own happiness in the future, investing ahead of time was nothing. Because Fatzi promised her that he would marry her in the future.

  If she could marry the fat guy, she would be able to live a worry-free life for the rest of her life. Moreover, the fat guy's family is rich, and when they return home for Chinese New Year, they will definitely drive back, and at that time, she will be glorious in the village. Her parents have always told her that it's useless for girls to read so many books, the most important thing is to marry a husband with money.

  Now she thinks that fatty is her rich husband, and she must seize the opportunity. The two secretly shared their first time together, and when she got back home, she was still discussing it with Xiaocui.

  Xiaochan is also at that age, but she's very unfamiliar with those kinds of things between men and women. If you asked her to go open a room with Rongying now, she definitely wouldn't do it. Although it's the 21st century now, her thinking hasn't opened up enough to be able to do that kind of thing in high school.

  When Lin Ke told her, Xiao Chuan was a bit at a loss, she thought it was too early, and in such matters, women always end up losing out. After thinking about it, she still advised Lin Ke a few words, now studying is the most important thing, those intimate exchanges can be talked about later when they grow up.

  But Lin Ke couldn't get it through her head, and instead turned around to say to Xiao Chuan, "I'm thinking about my future happiness, and I know how to protect myself, so there's no way I'll get pregnant early... But you, Xiao Chuan, with Rong Ying being so excellent, if you don't seize the opportunity now, when you grow up and have more competitors, you'll be in trouble."

  Xiaochan shook her head, she had said what needed to be said, and if her friend didn't listen, there was nothing she could do. Although she was still young, she understood many things clearly, and only the future knew what would happen next; all guarantees now were just empty talk. And as for her and Rongying, if their feelings were strong enough, no one could intervene, but if someone could intervene, then this relationship wasn't worth holding onto.