Chapter One

  Xiao Xiao understood something.

  This is about her getting people to beat up those girls afterwards.

  Taking advantage of people is also a good option.

  In the office, Xiao said the same reason. Then she saw her dad again, but this time she didn't want to cry. In her heart, however, she was looking forward to her father's reaction. Last time it was her who got hit, this time it was her who went to hit someone.

  She pouted her mouth and stared with a nonchalant expression in her eyes.

  Hearing her father tell the teacher that she was wrong. He said that since she was a child, her personality has been poor and she rarely communicates with others...

  Is she... is she wrong?! She was beaten by someone and she fought back, that's all! Why is it again her fault, why is it again her being unreasonable?!

  Xiao scolded Xiao for a few sentences, and her father went back again.

  He still remembers what he said before leaving: "Xiao, in school, listen to the teacher's words. As for other things, I don't care about you. If you run out of money, just tell me."

  Standing on the stone steps in front of the school gate, you can still see that motorcycle emitting oil smoke, slowly dispersing into the wind.

  "Is everything all right?" Lin Qi asked.

  "It's nothing, how about you?"

  "We can't have anything to do with it, just write a self-criticism and make an announcement. Nothing will happen." Lin Qi and the others won't be involved in anything, that's for sure. Can't let herself harm Lin Qi. Xiao Xiao thought.

  After passing by the teaching building, Xiao saw those girls again and felt a little relieved in her heart.

  It's not a big deal, but Lin Qi and several others were warned by the school. Lin Qi didn't tell Xiao Xiao about this.

  "Lin Qi, who is that?" Xiao Xiao pointed at a boy with slightly long hair.

  Lin Qi looked at the person standing not far away, that person was Sun Lei who had a fight with Xiao Xiao that day.

  Sun Lei is a problem child of the teacher, climbing over the wall to go online, fighting, smoking and drinking. He was once sent back home by the teacher for reflection, but he didn't change much afterwards.

  Xiao Xiao and Lin Qi said hello in the past, had a meal together. In this way, Xiao Xiao knew Sun Lei.

  Not long after the exams in school, the school started to divide classes, and it was said that they would be divided into top-class and ordinary top-class.

  To put it bluntly, it's for management purposes, putting people with good grades together and those with poor grades together.

  The class division is based on the scores of last semester and this semester's mid-term exam. No matter how it's divided, as long as Lin Qi is still in the same class as herself, that's all that matters to Xiao Xiao.

  But soon after, the list of class divisions came out.

  Those papers on the bulletin board seemed to decide their own fate. Xiao was afraid that Lin Qi and she would not be in the same class.

  Being afraid is useless. Lin Qi and several others' grades are much better than Xiao Xiao's, if it weren't for the fight before. Their class should have had Lin Qi advance to the top class.

  But Lin Qi only entered the ordinary class.

  In the list of ordinary classes, Xiaoxiao saw her own name and also Sun Lei's.

  He Lin Qi's name was not on the same paper. Xiao Xiao felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, unable to tell whether it was helplessness or reluctance.

  She took another look at the names of a few other people. Lu Jun had entered the top class. As for those who were in the same class as her, after being divided into different classes, there weren't many left. Under the paper with her name on it, Xiao Xiao saw two names, those of the two girls she had hit that day.

  "It's okay, we're only two classes apart anyway. After class, I can go find you guys." Lin Qi said, his face not showing any excitement about getting into the top class.

  Although it's true that the distance between the two classes is not far, Xiaoxiao still feels it's very far when she can't see Lin Qi's face in class.

  There is another reason why after being divided into the top class, Xiao felt that she and Lin Qi had a distance between them. Lin Qi was better than herself, as if they were in two different worlds, and she and Lin Qi were not in the same world.

  Xiao Xiao nodded, walking with Lin Qi from one end of the classroom to the other. This distance was not far, but in Xiao Xiao's eyes, it seemed like a farewell journey, a path that separated her and Lin Qi.

  Xiao Xiao felt a little resentful towards the teacher who was going to separate them, but also a bit resentful of herself for not being more competitive. Lin Qi waved his hand and let Xiao Xiao return to the classroom. "I'll find you after class!"

  "I'll be waiting for you at the door."

  Nor does she know if she will adapt to the new teacher and new classmates after class division. In her heart, Xiao Xiao doesn't want to get to know anyone else. Maybe what she needs is time.

  Xiao Xiao walked into the classroom with a ringing sound, looking at a group of unfamiliar faces, with various expressions on their faces.

  Sun Lei waved at her and she forced a smile.

  This is a language class, the classroom is no longer quiet as it used to be. The people in the back two or three rows are discussing their own problems. The language teacher is a young female teacher with a slightly shy personality. Xiao Xiao has lost interest in listening to the lesson. Lin Qi should be having an English class now.

  Is their English teacher the same one who taught them before?

  They recalled that when they first attended class, their English teacher had them play a game to remember names. Each person had to memorize the names of five people at once; those who couldn't would be punished.

  At that time, I also knew Lin Qi and Lu Juncheng. Now, will they still play this game?

  Does he know five people?

  As she thought so, someone poked her and handed her a note. Xiaoxiao's first reaction was that it was from Lin Qi, but later she remembered that this was an impossible thing.

  Lin Qi went to which class?

  On the small note was written: Sun Lei to Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao looked at the note again and only then saw what was written on it.

  He went to Class 126, the elite class.

  Xiao Xiao replied

  She took out a dictionary from her desk drawer, where she had kept the notes Xiaoxiao and Lin Qi had exchanged.

  Xiao Xiao looked through the old chat notes again.

  At a different time, in a different place, and under different circumstances, the feeling in one's heart when looking at something will always be different.

  The bell rang at the end of class, like a liberating trumpet. The already restless classroom was even more unable to calm down because the teacher dragged on with his lecture for a bit longer.

  Xiao Xiao's heart was never in the classroom to begin with. In such a noisy classroom, who still has the mind to attend class? Even if they do, there are hardly a few people who can actually hear what's being taught.

  Thinking so, she glanced at the corridor outside, and among the people coming and going, Lin Qi's face was still the most attractive to Xiao Xiao's eyes. Lin Qi seemed to have found her too, raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, and also glanced at the teacher on the podium, hinting that Xiao Xiao should listen to the lesson.

  Xiao Xiao's heart was no longer in this classroom, and when she saw Lin Qi, her heart was even less in the classroom.

  It seems like it's not bad living like this, after class Lin Qi comes looking for me or I go looking for Lin Qi.

  After school, the two of them went to the cafeteria together to buy food and eat in the classroom. After self-study, they held hands in a dark corner of the campus and whispered sweet nothings, kissing each other's lips.

  No matter how much the school says early love is bad and prohibits it.

  You can also say how bad it is to fall in love early, but at least Xiaoxiao feels happy now. At least, that's what she thinks.

  But such a period of time later became a luxury dream.

  Going home for winter vacation has become a sore spot in Xiao's heart.

  She once said that her relationship with her stepmother was not good, and after the holiday, she tried to avoid contacting her. However, due to a small matter, the two of them actually quarreled.

  It's said that Xiaoxiao's stepmother and father told Xiaoxiao that she should learn to do some household chores, such as washing dishes and sweeping the floor.

  These are nothing, a girl, basic housework should be learned. Otherwise, how to take care of life, what to do after getting married?

  Xiao Xiao's father spoiled Xiao Xiao, a daughter who lived with him, and never made her do household chores. Later, after hearing what the woman said, he also thought it was reasonable, so he let Xiao Xiao learn some.

  How's Xiao?

  Is she willing?! She has always had a prejudice against this stepmother in her heart, and now she is even more dissatisfied.

  So, you can see a rebellious Xiaoxiao now.