Chapter Thirty-One

  Xia's mother and daughter bought good things and returned home that afternoon. Yu Cai stayed for a few more days. On the 28th, Qi Shu Fan drove several people back to the county town. Yu Cai turned her dormitory upside down and finally found the pendant worth 10,000 yuan in her study materials. She was finally relieved and left with gifts for her father and mother the next day.

  On the thirty-first, Yu's family of four all moved into the city. With the help of acquaintances, Yu's father found a small courtyard with two rooms to rent, which was close to both XX High School and No. 1 Middle School. The surrounding environment was also very quiet, and Yu Cai was basically still satisfied. However, it might not be convenient for evening strolls in the future. Maybe I'll take Yu Xuan along then; that guy lacked exercise during his three years of high school, although he hadn't been sick much.

  Yu's father and mother returned that day, Yu Cai was tired all day and just wanted to lie in bed pretending to be dead, but Yu Zhen was very energetic and pulled Yu Cai out for a walk.

  Yu Cai had no choice but to take him shopping, and at the same time, see if there were any suitable clothes to buy a few pieces, which was also what Yu's mother had instructed.

  The next day, Yu Ping went to school to collect books and arrange seats, while Yu Cai went to find Gu Yueyue, and the two of them went to register and collect books together. Gu Yueyue was also very bad at science, but much better than her, and had also chosen science. The two of them were a bit sad because they wouldn't be in the same class in the future.

  It was almost noon when Yu Cai bid farewell to Gu Yueyue and went back to find Yu Zan. Yu Zan had already returned, waiting a bit impatiently. Seeing Yu Cai return, he immediately suggested going out to eat something interesting. This guy knew that his older sister had received a small fortune and was always thinking of ways to swindle her.

  When he reappeared in front of Yu Cai with a meaningful smile, he was very brilliant and greeted her.

  Yu Cai's view of He Qi changed a lot after a summer vacation. Although this guy is sometimes a bit poisonous, other aspects are still very good, and he treats people with sincerity and enthusiasm.

  He thought that after a summer vacation of daily interactions, he and Yu Cai had become like brothers. Seeing Yu Pei, he warmly patted his shoulder, "You're Yu Cai's younger brother? Come on, call me Big Brother!"

  Yu Cai was amused by He Qi's somewhat villainous tone, and Yu Cai happily called out "Big Brother". He Qi's vanity was greatly satisfied, although Yu Cai never liked to bother with him, but her little brother still obediently called him Big Brother.

  He Qi invited the two of them to sit together. Yu Cai saw that there was only one Mo Fei in front of him and asked suspiciously, "Why are there only the two of you? Where's Qiao Jia?"

  "What's the big deal?" He said, "We brothers are just chatting, what business does she have butting in?"

  "So you're telling me to get out of here quickly?"

  He Qi was so fed up with Yu Xiao Jie that he was getting a headache. Why did she always like to pick on his mistakes?

  "Not at all, don't think too much about it, Yu Xiao Di, what would you like to eat? I'm treating!"

  Yu Cong was very impolite and ordered all his favorite dishes. Yu Cai also ordered a usual serving of rice with toppings and yogurt.

  He stopped eating halfway and suddenly spoke up, "Yu Cai, I remember you ordered cake the first time you came here, but then never did again. Was it really because of what I said?"

  Yu Cai nodded solemnly, He Qi Da was embarrassed, repeatedly saying that he was just joking, asking her not to mind, and then got up to help her order a cake.

  Yu Cai had always wanted to get back at He Qi, and now that she had the chance, she wasn't going to let it go. She wouldn't say that she had only chosen the cake because it was convenient for take-out. Instead, she kept a straight face and said, "You don't have to be embarrassed, actually I should thank you for your suggestion. Sweet foods not only make you gain weight easily but also cause all sorts of illnesses, books all suggest not eating too many sweet foods."

  It's even more embarrassing that he couldn't find out that Yucai had been laughing in his heart for a long time, and afterwards, every time he saw Yucai, he felt extremely guilty, but that's another story.

  Yu Cai and Yu Xian officially started school, Yu Cai was assigned to Class 3 and fortunately became classmates with He Qi again. When Yu Cai saw He Qi in class for a moment, he couldn't help but sigh, it's really fate!

  This time, the one sitting at the same table as Yu Cai was a chubby girl named Li Yue Ting. She had short hair and spoke very quickly, and she loved to laugh. As soon as Yu Cai saw her, she really liked her. Sitting with a beauty is really too much pressure!

  The new class teacher is surnamed Wang, teaches politics, very thin, looks very serious, and seems to be not easy to talk to, I don't know if it will be convenient to ask for leave in the future!

  The English teacher turned out to be Old Mei, Yu Cai couldn't help but sigh again at the fate.

  But when she saw her language teacher was still her favorite Hua Laoshi, Yu Cai thoroughly got excited, indeed the heavens were not unfair to herself ah ah ah!

  Yu Cai, this sister has also made a great effort. On the first day of school after class, Yu Cai gave Ji Xizhe a supplementary lesson and then said goodbye to her. She took out a big bag of chocolate that she had prepared early on, which cost her countless drops of blood when paying for it, and rushed straight to Class 1, High School Grade 4.

  Because Yu Xue deliberately ended class a little earlier, it was exactly 6:50 when she arrived. All the students had arrived at the classroom but were chatting in small groups because the teacher hadn't arrived yet.

  Yu Xian was still not fully developed, and he wasn't very tall. He sat at the third table from the entrance, chatting happily with a few people in front of and behind him. When he saw Yu Cai, he was startled and exclaimed, "How did you get here?"

  Yu Cai took out a copy of "Reader" in a pretentious manner, "This book is quite good. You guys shouldn't have any homework to do today, so just take a look at this."

  Classmates around have already started asking who Yu Cai is.

  Yu Cai wore a high-end dress bought by her mother to help Yu Xian save face, because she was afraid that Yu Xian would feel inferior like herself when she was in school, being from the countryside and feeling self-conscious in front of her city classmates.

  As soon as she heard someone ask, she immediately put on a smile. "Hello, I'm Yu Cai, Yu Xian's sister. By the way, I brought some snacks for Yu Xian, you can have some too."

  After scattering a circle of chocolate, Yu Cai handed over the remaining to Yu Pian, instructing him that after self-study, he would go directly to xx store and eat something together, then ran back to the 12th class where Qi Shi was.

  Yu Zhen is more convinced of Yu Cai under the policy of adding emotional appeal to Yu Cai's carrot, and even Yu Cai's request for him to go to XX High School on Saturday and Sunday to find an empty classroom to study and have dinner together has not been refused.

  Generally speaking, Yu Cai's current life is quite comfortable and leisurely, except that she only has one day off a week in her second year of high school, which makes her suffer greatly. Every day, she thinks about when she can take a good week-long break and relax.

  Before long, two weeks had passed. During the big class break that day, Yu Cai was seriously organizing her notes. She liked to make her notes clear and beautiful. An unexpected person came to Class 3 looking for Yu Cai.

  Yu Cai looked at Qiao Jia in front of her, who had a hesitant expression on her face, and was puzzled. Was she looking for help with something?

  After some small talk, Qiao Jia still didn't get to the point, so Yu Cai had no choice but to find an article in a magazine and start talking about it. Finally, Qiao Jia couldn't hold back anymore and carefully opened her mouth to say, "Yu Cai, can you help me persuade Mo Fei?"

  "Ah, really?" Yu Cai was even more surprised.

  Qiao Jia bit her lower lip, "He wants to break up with me, can...can you help me persuade him..."

  Yu Cai thought of Mo Fei and Qiao Jia's breakup after their first year of high school, but what did this have to do with her?

  "Uh, Qiao Jia, I'm not familiar with Mo Fei, and besides, it's not the right time for others to intervene."

  Qiao Jia grabbed Yu Cai's sleeve, "Yu Cai, help me out, I really like him, but he's made up his mind to..."

  Yu Cai Wei Wan said, "Qiao Jia, it's really not that I don't want to, I'm really powerless, besides, this kind of thing is always better for you two to resolve personally, others intervening will only make it worse".

  Qiao Jia seemed to have not heard Yu Cai's words, and continued to plead bitterly. Yu Cai couldn't understand why Qiao Jia was so certain that Mo Fei would listen to her advice. Had her charm reached such an extent now?

  Qiao Jia saw Yu Cai not giving in, and begged until she cried. Yu Cai was even more annoyed as they were standing in the corridor, and passing classmates had already started to stare at them. Yu Cai didn't like being the center of attention, but couldn't directly tell Qiao Jia, who treated her like a close friend, to leave. Just as she was at a loss for what to do, she suddenly saw He Qi and several boys coming up from downstairs, and immediately felt relieved, "He Qi, you quickly come over and persuade Qiao Jia".

  He Qi originally saw a girl pulling Yu Cai to cry, and was very curious. After hearing that it was Qiao Jia, he immediately wanted to slip away, but didn't expect Yu Cai to see him again, and shouted, "He Qi, what are you running for? Come here quickly!"

  What can't be done, had to push past it, "Qiao Jia, don't cry, say what you have to say".

  Qiao Jia heard He Qi coming and cried even harder, her tearful eyes gazing at him, unable to speak.

  Two girls crying was already enough to attract attention, now with He Qi added, the crowd's interest is even higher. Because He Qi and Yu Cai are newcomers, not many people know their background, so seeing this, some people start guessing that He Qi abandoned Qiao Jia.

  He Qi couldn't help but overhear everyone's gossip and grew impatient, saying "Qiao Jia, don't be like this, people will think I've done something to you!"

  Qiao Jia was crying so hard that she couldn't stop, and when He Qi Da sounded impatient, her tears flowed even more fiercely. Yu Cai could only keep handing her tissues and glared at He Qi Da again.

  He Qi was also a bit annoyed, actually, that Yu Cai had dragged him into this mess. But he couldn't argue with her at this time, so he could only hold back his anger. Just as the three of them were in an awkward standoff, the class bell rang. He Qi immediately said, "Qiao Jia, class is starting, you should go back quickly, we need to go in too." After saying that, he didn't care whether Qiao Jia responded or not, and pulled Yu Cai into the classroom.

  Yu Cai felt that leaving Qiao Jia like this was a bit unkind, and hesitated, saying "Isn't this a bit not good?"

  "What else do you want to do? Go out and persuade her? Not going to class?"

  Yu Cai suddenly realized that she was extremely hypocritical, because she had long wanted to casually abandon Qiao Jia, and for a moment she was stunned and speechless.

  He Qiyan felt a bit embarrassed and advised, "Forget it, we can't intervene in this matter. Do you want to go persuade Mo Fei to change his mind?"

  She looked unhappy and nodded reluctantly. Before she knew it, the teacher had already arrived at the door. She gave her a push, "Hurry up, the teacher is here," and quickly sat back down in her seat.

  Yu Cai returned to her seat, turned her head to look out the window, Qiao Jia was still standing in the corridor, tears not yet dry at the corners of her eyes. The politics teacher looked at her with a hint of curiosity, but didn't stop walking and entered the classroom. For a moment, Yu Cai felt that Qiao Jia's slender figure seemed desolate and bleak, her eyes stinging, she quickly calmed herself down, stopped looking at her, and shifted her gaze to the blackboard.

  After class, He Qi saw Yu Cai still looking a bit down and carefully walked over to her, "Yu Cai, there's nothing we can do about this matter, don't worry about it".

  Yu Cai looked at him and nodded, "I know, I just think I'm being a bit excessive, Qiao Jia just wanted to find someone to cry to..."

  "I think you don't seem to like her very much."

  Yu Cai nodded honestly, "So when she started crying, I even felt impatient, hehe, so I thought I was overreacting".

  He didn't expect Yu Cai to be so frank, and for a moment he was speechless. On the other side, Yu Cai sighed, "We often play together, she probably also regards us as friends, and only when she's in trouble will she ask for our help, not wanting..."

  "What's wrong with that? I didn't take her as a friend. Before it was because of Mo Fei's face, now that Mo Fei has broken up with her, what does she have to do with me?"

  Yu Cai smiled wryly and said, "Forget it—"

  He silently watched her for a while, only to find that she didn't say anything else. He could only shrug his shoulders and leave. These girls were one more troublesome than the other. Qiao Jia was annoying beyond measure, Yu Cai was too cautious, and loved to think excessively, like now, he dared bet that what was going on in her mind was something he couldn't even begin to imagine...