"......"
"Sо mу mаin рurposе wаs tо рrаise you." Неr eyеs were fillеd with sinсеritу.
Zhаng Lurаng reallу wanted to know just how thick hеr skin сould bе.
Hе rеmаinеd silent fоr а mоmеnt bеforе saying, "...Let's gо bаck."
Su Zаizai returned tо the clаssroom аnd hаd bееn dоing hоmеwork for а whilе when Jiаng Jiа аlso сamе bаck.
She quiсklу leаned over аnd asked, "You didn't сrу, did уou?"
Su Zаizai was spеесhless: "Тhеrе's nо rеаson tо сry оver this..."
Jiаng Jia breаthed а sigh оf rеlief аnd sаid, "Тhаt's good."
Aftеr a while.
She asked, "Did Zhаng Lurang go find yоu just now?"
Thinking оf this, Su Zaizаi bеcаme unhappy again: "Yeah, and the head teacher even said he dyed his hair? Ugh, that's ridiculous."
"No, that's not it." Jiang Jia lowered her voice, "I heard from the boys in the back row that he was the one who said he dyed his hair."
Su Zaizai: "...How is that possible."
"Then maybe they misheard." Jiang Jia didn't insist further.
Su Zaizai was stunned.
She thought, if it were true.
Then she was still quite lucky.
Not long after the evening self-study bell rang.
Su Zaizai was called to the teachers' office by her homeroom teacher.
She thought it was about the hair incident today and didn't pay much attention.
Su Zaizai pushed open the office door and walked in.
At first glance, she saw Zhang Lurang standing in front of the English teacher and the homeroom teacher.
Their eyes met.
Su Zaizai's heart tightened.
She could guess that the teachers suspected the two of them of having an early romance.
Even though they really weren't, Su Zaizai still panicked.
Because no matter what happened.
She absolutely didn't want to involve Zhang Lurang.
Chapter 26
He doesn't like to talk.
I can talk enough for two people by myself.
—"Su Zaizai's Little Fairy Diary"
Su Zaizai subconsciously clenched her fist, then relaxed it.
She slowly walked to stand beside Zhang Lurang.
Just as she got into position.
Class Nine's homeroom teacher, Teacher Wang, got straight to the point.
"You two seem to have been getting quite close recently."
Su Zaizai was still thinking about how to respond.
Zhang Lurang spoke directly: "Yes."
"..." What a useless teammate.
Hearing this, Class One's homeroom teacher, Teacher Chen, frowned: "How old are you two now? The class placement exam is in just two more months. Every minute and second of high school is crucial. Don't focus your energy on this."
Su Zaizai licked her lips and explained, "Teacher, it's not what you think."
Zhang Lurang seemed somewhat dazed.
After a while, as if he had figured something out.
His expression became somewhat unnatural, his ears turning red.
Teacher Wang didn't believe it at all: "Whether it is or isn't, you two should interact less. It doesn't look good at school either."
Su Zaizai blinked and repeated seriously, "It really isn't, though."
Teacher Chen sighed, softening her tone: "Zaizai, you have an English recitation competition coming up soon, and Zhang Lurang has a physics knowledge competition. You're not little kids anymore; you should understand what's more important."
Zhang Lurang suddenly spoke up: "I can get first place even without preparing."
Su Zaizai suddenly found it somewhat amusing.
She curved her lips and also said, "I can get first place too."
Teacher Wang: "You two..."
"And we really aren't like that." Su Zaizai decided to explain once more, "If we can't make friends with the opposite sex, then why doesn't Z High School just become an all-girls or all-boys school?"
"......"Su Zai Zai said earnestly, "Teacher, if you think my suggestion is feasible, you can give feedback to the school. Otherwise, please stop targeting the two of us."
"Su Zai Zai!" Teacher Wang flared up, pointing at her nose. "You go home tomorrow! Come back only when you've thought things through!"
Seeing this, Zhang Lu Rang stepped forward, shielding Su Zai Zai.
His eyes seemed to radiate a chilling coldness, sharp and severe.
In a low, steady voice, he said word by word, "She said she didn't do it."
Su Zai Zai peeked out from behind him.
"Teacher, if you want me to go home, that's fine, but you'll have to ask my parents. If they say I should go back, I will."
Both of them were unyielding, and the teacher had no choice.
He could only let them leave for now.
Su Zai Zai walked out of the office.
Lowering her voice, she giggled and praised him, "Lùràng, you were so cool just now!"
Zhang Lu Rang: "..."
"Not at all like your usual delicate self."
"..."
"Hurry back now. I'll message you on WeChat tonight. Don't be afraid."
"...Mm."
The evening self-study bell rang.
Su Zai Zai packed her schoolbag and was about to head back to the dormitory with Jiang Jia when a classmate called out to her, "Su Zai Zai! Someone's looking for you!"
Su Zai Zai instinctively glanced toward the front door.
It was that fierce girl...
Zhang Lu Rang's deskmate.
Su Zai Zai told Jiang Jia to go ahead without her.
Then she walked over to the girl and asked curiously, "You were looking for me?"
Because of what happened last time, Ye Zhenxin thought Su Zai Zai was an easy target.
She immediately adopted a haughty attitude and snapped, "You've already been caught by the teacher, so can you stop bothering him? How shameless, with such poor grades."
Su Zai Zai: "..."
She thought for a moment and asked softly, "Did you tell the teacher?"
Ye Zhenxin's expression stiffened instantly, but she braced herself and continued, "So what if I did? I told the truth, not some made-up story."
Su Zai Zai smiled. "You're really foolish."
Ye Zhenxin: "..."
"What good does telling me do? So stupid, really, so stupid I can't even stand to watch." Su Zai Zai couldn't understand at all. "Do you like Zhang Lu Rang?"
"..."
"If you like him, why come to me, your rival, to seek attention?"
Ye Zhenxin's face flushed red instantly. "Y-you're talking nonsense!"
"Don't even think about it. Go back, wash up, and sleep. You're not as pretty as me, your figure isn't as good as mine, your personality isn't as good as mine, and you're not as proactive as I am. Your grades might be better than mine, but you're foolish, so just give up."
"You..."
"Let me remind you, I will definitely tell Zhang Lu Rang that you were the one who said it."
"..."
"But still, thank you. Because of you, I got protected by the person you have a crush on."
Su Zai Zai saw tears well up in her eyes instantly.
Softening her tone, she whispered gently, "Cry if you need to. After this, turn over a new leaf and be a better person."
Su Zai Zai didn't pay her any more attention.
She walked forward, turned a corner, and went downstairs.
So much time wasted.
She still had to go back to the dormitory and tease the great beauty.
After showering, Su Zai Zai stood by her bed, drying her hair while looking at her phone.
Jiang Jia, on the upper bunk, leaned over and whispered, "Did you cruelly crush the flower?"
"Wrong choice of words," Su Zai Zai retorted. "It should be 'the flower cruelly crushed the hand.'""……"
She lifted her chin proudly and declared, "I'm the flower."
A moment later.
Su Zaizai sighed and muttered, "I really hate making things difficult for other girls, but she's so annoying."
"What did she do?" Jiang Jia asked curiously.
Su Zaizai grumbled, "Tattled on me."
"Was that why you got called to the teacher's office today?"
"Yeah."
"Damn, that girl's got issues."
Xiao Xiao from the neighboring bed turned over and asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"
The two of them fell silent and said, "Nothing."
The dormitory quieted down.
Su Zaizai tapped open the chat window with Zhang Lurang.
Su Zaizai: Lùràng.
Perhaps because she had mentioned it to him earlier, he replied quickly.
Zhang Lurang: Hmm.
Su Zaizai thought for a moment: The teacher might call our parents [/cry][/cry]
Zhang Lurang: …
Su Zaizai was about to type "don't be scared."
But then another message came through: Why are you crying.
Su Zaizai: "…"
She stared at the two emoticons she had just sent, silent for a long time.
After wrestling with it for a while, Su Zaizai slowly typed: Those were just emoticons…
But in the end, she deleted that sentence.
Su Zaizai sighed, steeled herself, and replied: It's nothing.
If she clarified, her handsome guy would lose face.
It would make him look so foolish.
Su Zaizai: Are you scared of having your parents called in?
Su Zaizai: Actually, there's no need to be scared! We're totally innocent!
Zhang Lurang: Hmm.
Su Zaizai couldn't gauge his emotions from that single word.
She thought for a moment and cautiously suggested: Maybe we should keep some distance at school?
Su Zaizai: Just don't let the teacher notice.
Su Zaizai: Like we're sneaking around.
Zhang Lurang: …
His fingers hovered over the screen, unsure how to respond.
A few seconds later.
Su Zaizai: Secretly building feelings…
Su Zaizai: Friendship…
Zhang Lurang: …
Su Zaizai shamelessly added: I'm too lazy to type it all out, you should understand what I mean.
Zhang Lurang didn't want to engage anymore: Study.
Su Zaizai: Lùràng, let me tell you something.
Zhang Lurang: Hmm.
Su Zaizai: Your deskmate in front came to see me today and told me she was the one who reported us to the teacher.
Su Zaizai: So I'm telling you.
Su Zaizai began rambling: You can't always be so nice.
Su Zaizai: Sometimes, you need to be a bit colder to those people.
Su Zaizai: Of course, I'm different.
Su Zaizai: I'm the Zaizai who dotes on you, so of course you have to be good to me too.
Su Zaizai: Be a decent person.
Zhang Lurang: …Got it.
The next day, after morning reading.
Ye Zhenxin hesitated for a long time before turning around and asking, "Yesterday…"
Zhang Lurang kept his head down, showing no reaction.
She steeled herself and blurted out, "Um, did Su Zaizai say anything to you?"
Seeing he didn't respond, Ye Zhenxin grew anxious.
"I did it for your own good. People from the regular class can't be that great. That Su Zaizai didn't even make the top hundred in the midterm exams. I just didn't want you to be influenced by her."
Hearing this, he finally looked up, refuting her impatiently yet earnestly.
"If you don't count her science scores, she ranks in the top twenty of the grade."
Ye Zhenxin was left speechless by his words.
After saying that, he lowered his head again to work on his problems.—-
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