Chapter Eighty-four I'm Penniless

  In the principal's office of Dongcheng School, the principal looked at Director Li with a smile on his face. "Old Li, you've done a great job this time! The school is like our home, and maintaining its reputation is everyone's responsibility. Results are the best proof. Now no one dares to say that it was Pang Guang who incited the social youth to rob the campus notebook incident. Who can understand how an excellent student would do such a despicable thing? Haha, almost perfect!"

  "We have a mind, and we also need to see Pang Guang's attitude. He is indeed very hardworking, and I haven't done anything!" Director Li said humbly.

  "Old Li, we're like brothers, what's there to hide from me?" The principal was in a great mood and started brewing tea: "You did well this time, but it's still not perfect. When operating behind the scenes on his score, you need to combine it with the actual situation and make gradual progress. You were a bit too aggressive, just like a poor guy becoming a millionaire overnight, which is completely impossible. Even if he won the lottery, it would take time to claim the prize, right?"

  In no time, the principal had brewed a pot of tea and poured some into Li's cup, saying: "Old Li, when doing things, either don't do them or do them thoroughly. Think about it, Pang Guang's score has always been at the bottom, but suddenly he jumped to second place, which can easily raise suspicions among students and parents."

  "Principal, I really didn't do anything, this score was achieved by him with his real ability." Director Li said here, a delighted smile appeared on his face: "During this period of time, Pang Guang has been working very hard and has completely changed into a different person."

  "He got the second place all by himself." The principal's eyes widened bigger than copper coins: "You're saying that he got the second place all by himself, are you certain he didn't cheat, and you didn't secretly help him?"

  "Hmm, during the exam, I specifically asked the invigilating teacher to keep an extra eye on him. The purpose was to test how well he had grasped the knowledge after a period of tutoring. If it really didn't work out, then I would resort to other methods to help him pass. But unexpectedly, he didn't give me that opportunity, haha!"

  "It's too amazing." The principal slapped the table, "Old Li, you immediately start writing a positive material about Pang Guang, including how the school helps underachieving students with their homework, how the supplementary teachers sacrifice their personal time without considering personal gains and losses, how Pang Guang works hard to make progress, and finally achieved this good result. I will give a high-profile commendation at the school's flag-raising ceremony next Monday."

  "Alright, I'll go right away!" As soon as Director Li's heels left the office, Principal Ma immediately dialed Pang Dahu's phone to report the good news and take credit. Sure enough, Pang Dahu was overjoyed upon hearing the good news and kept saying things like "thank you for the school's cultivation". Amidst Pang Dahu's words of gratitude, Principal Ma hung up the phone with great satisfaction, leaned back into his large executive chair, and closed his eyes with a smile.

  The grades were just posted, and immediately the crowd surged forward, everyone tiptoeing to find their own name. Lin Junyun didn't have this hobby of joining in the commotion. As the top student in the class, every time the grades came out, it was either her or Liu Xiao who was first, with no suspense at all. After a long time, she got tired of looking and felt that seeing her name and Liu Xiao's on the grade sheet was like playing badminton - you hit it over, I hit it back, completely meaningless. But this time was an exception. As soon as she walked into the classroom, she rushed straight to the grade sheet. Before entering the classroom door, she had already heard her classmates mention the amazing Pang Guang more than once. In a little while, Lin Junyun squeezed out from in front of the crowded bulletin board and went to Pang Guang with an unbelievable expression: "Little guy, not bad! You're flying on a rocket plane, suddenly soaring to the first page, and your name is even hanging high up!"

  Pang Guangzheng was lying on the table and sleeping, ignoring her.

  Lin Junyun slapped the table: "Get up, genius! You got second place and you're still so calm, sleeping on the desk. Are you feeling guilty because you cheated?"

  Pang Guang raised his head: "I'm so tired, don't disturb me while I sleep. My grades are based on my real abilities, not ideal, didn't surpass you, can't see you running naked in the stairs, are you happy now?" After finishing speaking, he fell asleep again.

  "Hmm...hmm..." Lin Junyun's lips curled up slightly: "So, you little scamp was after this all along. From now on, we'll be competing with each other in our studies, and I won't ever feel lonely again. To thank you for being a worthy opponent, I want to give you a small gift that I made myself as a token of appreciation."

  Pang Guang lifted his head again, looking at Lin Junyun, those two big panda eyes were worn out and heartbreaking. Pang Guang knew that today was the day to announce the results, but he unexpectedly didn't sleep well last night, with a contradictory mood of both expectation and fear, he tossed and turned on the bed all night until dawn. Early in the morning, he rushed to school, seeing that his efforts had not been in vain, he was excited, and after releasing the suppressed nerves, due to the lack of pressure, his tired body and mind were finally relaxed, leading to a strong desire to sleep, and eventually fell asleep on the desk.

  Pang Guang's eyes swept over with a hint of surprise, and he asked: "What gift did you bring me?"

  "A mobile phone strap made by my own hands." Lin Junyong took out a delicate and exquisite mobile phone strap from his pocket and placed it in front of Pang Guang: "Although I know you're grateful, don't need to thank me."

  Pang Guang took a glance at the phone charm and immediately threw it back: "No way, a big man like me having these fancy things on my phone, what would people think?"

  "It's not like I want you to hang it on your phone, but you can't just ignore my kind intentions, even if you just play with it!"

  "What's so fun about phone straps? Lin Junyue, I want to take a nap before the formal classes start, please don't disturb me."

  "Pang Guang, what's wrong with you? The phone strap already has a 'Guang' character on it. If you don't want it, I'll find someone else whose name has the 'Guang' character and coincidentally I wanted to give them a gift." Lin Junyun slapped the phone strap onto Pang Guang's desk: "This gift is definitely going to be given, whether you accept it or not!"

  "Alright, alright!" Pang Guang raised his head, took the phone cord and stuffed it into his pocket: "I've already received it, Miss Lin. Please, I'm begging you, goodbye, don't disturb me, let me sleep for a bit, okay?"

  Lin Junyun saw Pang Guang put away his phone strap, a faint smile appeared on his face: "Pig, go to sleep, after school I'll take you somewhere."

  Pang Guang's heavy eyelids had been fighting for a long time, and she didn't care about it until the teacher came into the classroom, then she sat up with effort.

  All day long, Pang Guang had been struggling with drowsiness and finally made it to the end of school, ready to go home and sleep when Lin Junyun dragged him back.

  "Excuse me, I'm going home to sleep, so sleepy!" Pang Guang rubbed his eyes.

  "No way, you promised me this morning that you would go with me somewhere."

  "When did I agree with you?" Pang Guang asked, rubbing his head.

  "I gave you a gift, and you promised me. A man of honor, how can you be so untrustworthy?" Lin Junyun said with a huff: "Do you still remember the promise I made to do three things for me? This is the first thing, accompany me to a place, it won't take up much of your time."

  Pang Guang pouted, last year when redeeming the phone, he indeed promised Lin Junyun to do three things for her. Time has passed for so long, and he thought she had already forgotten about it, but unexpectedly, it was brought up again. Pang Guang thought for a moment: "A man of his word must keep his promise, okay, you lead the way."

  "You have to promise me first that you won't ask later, won't get impatient, won't make a fuss, won't..."

  "Come on, are you still dawdling? Do you want to go or not?"

  "Did you promise?" Lin Junyun's peach-colored thin lips curled up with a faint, indelible smile. "Let's go, let's set off immediately."

  Lin Junyun took Pang Guang through several bus transfers and walked a long way before finally stopping at a small commodity market. Pang Guang followed closely behind, feeling depressed and unsure why Lin Junyun had brought him here.

  Lin Junyun was very excited, and he would stop at every stall to take a look. Before long, Pang Guang's hands were filled with several packages of strings, bells, and some strange-looking small gadgets.

  Pang Guang had been following behind with a dark face, and finally exploded when Lin Junyun was about to buy something again, his face turning as purple as an eggplant: "What's the point of buying these useless things? Did you call me here just to accompany you shopping and help you carry things?"

  "Don't forget what you promised me, a man's word is his bond, can't go back on it. I'll tell you later." At this time, Lin Junyun had taken a liking to a small plastic star and was haggling with the boss: "Boss, I'm buying a lot, give me a wholesale price, can you make it cheaper?"

  "Alright, just opened for business, one catty cheaper by 1 yuan."

  "Alright, deal." Lin Junyuan pulled out 50 yuan from the rolled-up bundle of money: "Help me weigh 10 catties."

  Carrying a big pile of strange things on the bus ride back, Pang Guang finally finished saying the doubts in his heart: "What's the point of buying these weird things, it's boring, I'm almost dead from sleepiness."

  "Sorry to keep you in suspense for so long, these things are the raw materials for making handicrafts!" Lin Junyun's eyes sparkled with a warm smile: "The tuition fee for next semester is due soon, and I haven't saved up enough money yet. I was thinking and thinking, and suddenly thought of a way to make some money - making small accessories like phone straps and bracelets to sell at the night market. They'll definitely be popular among little girls."

  "I fainted, and it's all because of this little bird that I've been accompanying you for an entire evening?" Pang Guang rolled his eyes, "You do your... whatever thing, why drag me over here? I'm dead tired and have no interest in listening to your brilliant ideas."

  "You'll be interested in this, and it's also related to you." Lin Junyun's eyes shone with a bright light: "I don't have the capital."

  Pang Guang was stunned and didn't fully understand what was going on.

  "In simpler terms, after I buy these things, you won't have any pocket money left for this month." Lin Junyun's eyes sparkled with amusement.