Chapter 10: Dai Lumei's Revenge

  Xia Xingxin bit her lip and nodded. Dai Lumei did not wrong her.

  "Haha... you're really straightforward, aren't you?"

  "You're still smiling..." Xia Xinghen cried with a gloomy face, this time she's done for.

  "Don't worry, I'm here. If Yinzhi wants to slap you, I'll offer my face for him to slap; if he wants to punch you, I'll offer my chest for him to punch. In short, Xingxing... I've got your back."

  "Korean flute..." Xia Xingxin looked at him with great emotion. Were these words true? Could he be so willing to take a bullet for a friend he had only known for two days?

  "Hey... Xia Xingxin, did you say these words?..." Chen Yinzi asked her with piercing eyes.

  Xia Xingxin raised her head and glanced at Chen Yinzi, then quickly lowered her head and tightly closed her mouth without responding.

  "Are you... or are you not?" The tone of the question already had a hint of impatience.

  Xia Xingxin closed her eyes and nodded in despair. Trouble can't be avoided...

  The classroom is like a stagnant pool of water at this moment, so quiet that it's almost suffocating...

  Chen Yin Zhi slowly walked towards Xia Xing Xin...

  "Ying Zhi, don't you dare touch Xing Xing!" Han Di said, trying to pull Xia Xing Yin behind him, but Chen Ying Zhi was one step ahead and grabbed Xia Xing Yin's hand. Han Di followed suit and grabbed her other hand.

  "Yǐn zhì! Kàn zài wǒmen shì péng yǒu de fèn shàng, bié zhèyàng hǎo ma?" Hán dí xiǎng yào bǎo hù xià xīng xīn de xīn qíng fēicháng qiáng liè.

  Translation:

  "Stop it! Considering we're friends, can't you just stop?!" Han Di strongly wanted to protect Xia Xingxin's mood.

  "You used our friendship as a bargaining chip for her...? Han Di...?" The tone of the question was cold, without a hint of warmth.

  Xia Xingxin suddenly let go of Han Di's hand, took a step closer to Chen Yinzi, "Sorry! Chen Yinzi! Hit me! Just please let me stay at Chengwan! Don't expel me from this school... and also... please don't make my dad lose his job! Hit me! It's okay, Han Di, I have thick skin, can withstand a few punches."

  "Stars..." isn't he there? Why choose to leave his protection...

  "I'm...not that petty a person..." Chen Yin Zhi let go of Xia Xing Xin's hand, turned his head to look at Dai Lu Mei, "Scram. The outcome you want to see, I won't give it to you."

  Dai Lumei stomped her foot in anger and left the classroom. Xia Xingyi, you wait for me!

  Xia Xingxin returned to her seat with a lingering fear, sneaking a glance at Chen Yinzi, really... was that it?

  Chen Yin Zhi's eyes suddenly lifted slightly, and the two people's lines of sight collided. Xia Xing Xin was afraid and quickly turned her gaze away. She didn't dare to look at him now.

  As soon as the school bell rang, Xia Xingxin rushed out of the classroom. She was worried that something might have happened at home, so she wanted to hurry back and take a look. Who knows if Chen Yinzi's calm surface wouldn't be a prelude to a storm? Got to hurry back and take a look... God, please protect me.

  Han Di gazed at Xia Xingyun's suddenly empty seat, swallowing the words "Xingxun, see you tomorrow". Was he leaving so quickly because he was worried that he would drag her into practicing music and delay her study time?... Ah, at least she should say a word of "goodbye" to him...

  Like yesterday, Xia Xingxin was intercepted by Dai Lumei and others on the way out of school, and today there were several tall male students.

  "What else do you want?..." Because of telling Chen Yin Zhi about the bad things she said, Xia Xing Xin's impression of Dai Lu Mei has become not very good now.

  "What do you want?" Dai Lumei took a step forward, her teeth clenched. "Slap!" A slap was swiftly slapped on Xia Xingxin's face before she could react. "You made me lose face today... in front of the person I like... Ah, Xia Xingxin!" She gritted her teeth as she recited this name.

  This slap was too sudden, until the scorching pain rose to her cheek, Xia Xingying, who had been slapped, realized that she had been slapped.

  "You..." Xia Xingxin had just uttered a single syllable when Dai Lumei swiftly raised her hand and slapped her, "Both cheeks should be the same to look good. Look, the five fingerprints are so symmetrical."

  "Haha......"

  "Hehe...yes yes, now it's symmetrical."

  "Hey, classmate, this is Lumei [Hate's Brand] Oh, you remembered it... Haha!"

  Sneers... and the smiles on their faces with bright red finger marks on hers...

  Piercing... and deafening...

  Tears rolled out of her eyes in front of Dai Lumei and the others, falling to the ground along the finger marks left on her face. "Dai Lumei!" Xia Xinghuan cried out to Dai Lu, "You bad girl listen up! I didn't cheat you!"

  "What? You didn't deceive me? This girl is... Are you still being stubborn now?" Dai Lumei said, raising her hand to give Xia Xingyun another slap, but her hand was caught in mid-air. "Heh, do you want to fight back now, Xia Xingyun?"

  "Yes!" Xia Xingxin let go of Dai Lumei's hand, and under Dai Lumei's disbelieving gaze, she raised her own hand to hit back at her, but in the end did not hit Dai Lumei's face.

  "Brother..." Dai Lumei looked at Shang Dong with some gratitude, who had just stopped Xia Xingyun from slapping her. If he hadn't intervened in time, that slap would have landed squarely on her face.

  "Hmm." Shang Dong responded to Dai Lumei with a grunt, then shook off Xia Xingxin's hand, lifted one foot and kicked Xia Xingxin to the ground, spitting at her, "Do you want to die? You actually dared to lay hands on Lumei."

  Xia Xingxin's legs were sore and slightly numb, she couldn't get up from the ground, so she sat on the ground looking at the boy and said: "Because I didn't cheat her, I shouldn't have gotten those two slaps, so I owe...". Her gaze turned to Dai Lumei, "Dai Lumei, I didn't cheat you, that's all. The humiliation this afternoon was your own doing!"