Chapter 31: Which Young Lady Gave You This Breakfast?
"Brother, are you alright?" Lin Ye asked as he examined Quan Jue from head to toe.
Quan Jue had a band-aid pasted above his eyebrows. This was because he was injured from the fight yesterday, but not today.
"I'm fine," Quan Jue replied indifferently as he stuffed his bag under his desk.
"Didn't you encounter Huang Yun and the rest?" On the way to school today, Lin Ye saw Huang Yun and the other gangsters. Yesterday, when Quan Jue hit Huang Yun's sworn brother, he had also been present.
Needless to say, Huang Yun and his gang were definitely waiting for Quan Jue near their school.
When Quan Jue thought of Huang Yun's battered and bruised face when he met them this morning, he found it a little strange.
However, he didn't say anything as he took out his book and placed it on the table.
Lin Ye's sharp eyes caught sight of the convenience bag with the breakfast. He reached out and took the bag. After opening it, he took a look. There was soy milk, steamed buns, milk, sandwiches, and two herbal tea eggs inside.
"Who prepared this breakfast for you? It's so sumptuous." Lin Ye took out a meat bun and stuffed it into his mouth.
Seeing how rude he was, Quan Jue asked coldly, "Aren't you afraid of being poisoned to death if you don't know who gave it to me?"
Lin Ye was already used to his brother's poisonous remarks and shrugged. "You never accept gifts from others, and you don't buy breakfast yourself. Since you've accepted the breakfast that this young lady gave you, it's definitely not poisonous..."
At this point, Lin Ye smiled slyly and leaned toward Quan Jue. "Tell me, which girl gave you this breakfast?"
Quan Jue picked up another bun and stuffed it into Lin Ye's gossipy mouth to shut him up.
With a bun in his mouth, Lin Ye took out a bottle of milk from the convenience bag and placed it in front of Quan Jue.
"Since it's a gift from the young lady, you should eat a little to not let her kind intentions down," Lin Ye said seriously.
Chi Jiao's black and bright eyes suddenly flashed across Quan Jue's mind. When she looked at him pitifully, she was like a little bunny that had been bullied.
Pursing his lips, he picked up the milk and took a sip.
The milk was still warm. It flowed down his throat and into his stomach, instantly dispelling the chill in his body.
"Oh, right. I have a job here now. Do you want to consider it? Let's work together. After it's done, you get 70% and I'll get 30%," Lin Ye asked, suddenly recalling a proper business to settle. He sat up straight and looked at Quan Jue with shining eyes.
"It's almost time for the college entrance examination. I don't have the time," Quan Jue rejected bluntly.
"Top student Quan, you really do regard money as dirt." Lin Ye sighed helplessly. "The commission this time is a hundred thousand yuan."
"I wouldn't do it even if it was a million." Quan Jue's tone remained indifferent.
"Then, pretend I didn't say anything." Lin Ye shrugged his shoulders helplessly. He felt that sometimes, he really couldn't understand Quan Jue. He was clearly the adopted son of the Chi family, but in the end, he was living worse than an ordinary citizen like him.
He could be a genius and an evildoer, yet he wasn't willing to earn money with this ability. He only wanted to study hard like a top student. An academic tyrant like him really couldn't understand the thoughts of a genius.
"I can't go to that previous bar anymore. Find me another one. It's fine if I have to sing or mix drinks."
"I got it, straight-A student." Lin Ye finished the buns and laid on the table again. "I didn't sleep last night. I'm gonna take a nap."
Quan Jue did not respond to him. He bit on the straw of the milk and picked up a pen with one hand. His gaze was already focused on the English book before him.
Chapter 32: Extraordinary Ability
In the teacher's office.
Chi Jiao stood in front of the teacher's desk obediently.
Sitting in front of the desk was a woman in a black business suit. She looked to be in her twenties, and her hair was neatly tied into a bun behind her head with not a strand loose.
She sized up Chi Jiao with a rigid gaze. Seeing that the little girl was clean and cute, her expression softened.
"The school rules have already been sent to your phone. Have you seen them?" Xing Yue looked at Chi Jiao and asked.
Chi Jiao nodded. "Teacher, I've seen all of them."
The rules of Xing Teng Academy were very strict. If a student violated them more than three times, they would either be transferred or expelled.
Therefore, every student had to familiarize themselves with the school rules.
"It doesn't matter if your grades are not that good now. In the future, work harder to improve your grades so that your parents won't have wasted their efforts to transfer you here." Xing Yue pushed the black-framed glasses up her nose bridge.
Xing Yue didn't dare to have high expectations for Chi Jiao, who was a transfer student from the mountains. She only hoped that the girl wouldn't drag the class down.
Chi Jiao nodded obediently once again.
"Alright, I'll bring you to class now," Xing Yue said as she picked up the teaching materials on the table.
Chi Jiao tailed behind her and walked out of the office.
Xing Yue had just pulled open the office door when she happened to meet the man who was about to open the same door from the other side.
"Teacher Jin, why are you here so early today?" Xing Yue asked with a smile.
Jin Yiming was an art teacher. He was wearing a very decent suit, which made him look scholarly, in addition to his elegant and handsome appearance.
He was the gentle type of man that many women liked.
Even Xing Yue, who usually did not smile, couldn't help but greet Jin Yiming with a grin.
Usually, teachers who taught auxiliary subjects would rarely arrive at school so early when they had no classes or meetings.
When Chi Jiao looked up at the handsome male teacher, her refined brows furrowed slightly.
This teacher had such a strong aura of death.
No one knew that Chi Jiao had such an extraordinary ability.
She could predict a person's future by touching their blood.
In addition, her god grandmother was the successor of divination techniques. From a young age, she had been influenced by what she heard and saw. By combining the divination techniques that had been passed down for thousands of years and her special ability, she had developed a set of predictive reasoning skills.
After a long period of research, she could feel the subtle changes in a person's aura.
When a person was about to die, the aura of death would appear around them.
Of course, there were exceptions.
When a person often came into contact with corpses, their body would inevitably be contaminated with a deathly aura.
When Chi Jiao looked at Jin Yiming, Jin Yiming stared at her as well.
A strange glint lit up in his eyes.
"Is this a new transfer student? Why haven't I seen her before?" Jin Yiming asked with a smile.
"Yes, I was just about to bring her to class. Class is starting soon, so we'll be leaving first." After Xing Yue said that, they walked out of the office.
Chi Jiao followed behind her.
After walking out of the office, Chi Jiao could still feel a gaze following her from behind.
Jin Yiming stood at the entrance to the office and watched Chi Jiao's back as she gradually walked further away. His thin lips curled into a delighted smile.
Chi Jiao's class was Grade 11, Class Three.
At this moment, the students in the class were doing morning self-study.
The disciplinary committee was in charge of the morning self-study order, and the classroom was a little messy.
The student sitting by the window saw Xing Yue and hurriedly shouted, "The old witch is here."
The initially noisy classroom immediately fell silent.
Chapter 33: Little Tyrant
Xing Yue pushed the classroom door open and walked in, with Chi Jiao following closely behind.
Instantly, all the students' eyes were on her.
The girl was wearing a spotless white school uniform. The smoky-gray knee socks perfectly accentuated her long and straight legs. Her slightly curly and thick black hair was tied into a ponytail with a strawberry hairband. As the girl walked, her ponytail swung around nimbly.
Her skin was as white as milk and her facial features were exquisite, like a carefully carved doll.
Looking at Chi Jiao, everyone couldn't help but think of a sweet and delicious snack: Strawberry Cotton Candy.
Xing Yue asked Chi Jiao to go onto the podium and introduce herself.
"Hello, everyone. My name is Chi Jiao. Please guide me in the future." Chi Jiao stood on the podium gracefully without any stage fright.
Applause could be heard from below. Clearly, the students in this class were very welcoming of this transfer student.
"Chi Jiao, please choose any empty seat," Xing Yue said to her with a smile.
Chi Jiao nodded and walked towards the fifth row near the window.
She liked places with sunlight.
When the other students saw Chi Jiao sitting down by the window in the fifth row, many of them couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Why did Cotton Candy choose that position?
That was the Little Tyrant's seat!
Although Little Tyrant often skipped classes, he was a clean freak and very domineering.
Usually, no one dared to touch his seat.
After Chi Jiao had sat down, Xing Yue started her lesson.
Although Grade 11 students weren't as busy as Grade 12 students, their studies weren't considered easy.
As Chi Jiao listened to Xing Yue's lecture seriously, she took out her notebook and pen.
Suddenly...
She felt someone poking her back with a finger.
Chi Jiao turned around and saw a cute girl with short hair sitting behind her, who handed her a note.
Seeing Chi Jiao turning her head to look at her, the girl smiled and winked. She didn't seem to have any bad intentions.
Chi Jiao quietly reached out to take the note. She turned her head back and quietly opened it again.
There was a sentence written on the note.
- You are sitting in the seat of our class's bully. He is not to be trifled with. Be careful. A friendly reminder from the one sitting behind you, Yi Lanlan.
Chi Jiao smiled and kept the note.
She didn't care about some bully. She liked this position, so she wanted to sit here.
The time passed quickly when they were focused on their lessons.
Xing Yue didn't have the habit of dragging lessons. Once the bell rang, she instantly left with her textbook.
"Chi Jiao, let's go to the concession stand together!" Yi Lanlan, who was sitting behind her, said to her eagerly.
"I want to go too. Let's go together." Two girls who were captivated by Chi Jiao at first glance also surrounded them.
Yi Lanlan had a good relationship with the two female students. She smiled and introduced them to Chi Jiao.
The girl with short, neat hair who looked as cool as a boy was the sports committee member of their class. Her name was Dang Nan. The other person who looked a little shy and had a virtuous appearance was called Bai Weiyu.
Being surrounded by three girls, Chi Jiao could feel the youthful energy that she hadn't felt in a long time.
In her previous life, not long after she returned to the Chi family, she went straight to a pharmaceutical university in a high-profile manner. There, she started her repetitive life of laboratory research.
She had never come into contact with the youth that she should have experienced at her age.
In this life, she had to make up for what she missed out on in her previous life.
Brilliantly smiling, Chi Jiao stood up. "Let's go. It'll be my treat."
Chapter 34: Sorry, Student Chi Jiao
"Hahaha, that's great. Then, I want to eat a popsicle." Yi Lanlan was a little foodie, so she cried out happily.
"You should be careful of menstrual cramps if you eat popsicles in the middle of winter," Dang Nan teased her.
"You're so bad!" Yi Lanlan punched her with her little fist.
Chi Jiao and Bai Weiyu smiled as they watched Dang Nan and Yi Lanlan fight playfully. They walked out of the classroom together.
Not long after they left, the back door of the classroom that was originally closed was kicked open. Shortly after, a sleepy and frustrated teenager slowly walked in.
The originally lively class immediately became much quieter. The originally high atmosphere had also cooled down a lot.
Xu Ye didn't seem to care about the fearful looks the others were giving him. He reached out and rubbed his fiery red, short hair as he yawned and walked to his usual spot.
His gaze froze in an instant.
Not only were there books on the desk that belonged to him, but there was also a pink Hello Kitty thermos flask on it.
"Four-Eyes Zhang." Xu Ye moved his thin lips and spat out.
The boy who was already hiding under the table heard Xu Ye calling him. He crawled out from under the table with a sullen face and slowly walked to him.
"Student Xu, what's wrong?" Zhang Jing pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and looked at Xu Ye with twinkling eyes.
Xu Ye did not speak. Instead, he pointed at the things on his desk that obviously belonged to a girl.
It had only been a week since he came to school, yet people were already disregarding him?
"This... this belongs to a newly transferred female classmate. She... she didn't know that this is your seat." Zhang Jing had a good impression of Chi Jiao and subconsciously put in a good word for her.
Xu Ye raised his thick eyebrows and looked at him with a faint smile. "You're the class monitor. If she didn't know, why didn't you remind her?"
Just as he said that, he kicked the table beside him.
Two tables that were originally placed side by side scraped against the ground, releasing a loud and ear-piercing screech.
The pink cup on the table fell to the floor.
Xu Ye's sudden rage caused the classroom to fall so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard.
"What are you guys looking at? Have you not seen me before?!" Xu Ye realized that all the students in the class were looking at him, and his well-defined and handsome face was full of impatience.
The students who had been staring at him immediately looked away obediently.
No one wanted to offend Xu Ye, this Little Tyrant. He had mania, so he would really fight if he wanted to.
Zhang Jing, the closest to him, was almost scared to tears by his mania. "Student Xu... it's... it's my fault. Don't be angry."
"Get lost." Xu Ye spat out.
Zhang Jing quickly slipped away as if he had been granted amnesty.
However, before he could take two steps, the irritable Little Tyrant's voice was heard faintly from behind him.
"Four-Eyes Zhang, come back."
Zhang Jing had no choice but to return to Xu Ye's side. With a sad face, he asked, "Student Xu, is there anything else?"
He felt like a little eunuch being tortured by a tyrant.
Xu Ye pointed at Chi Jiao's things on the table. "Throw those things into the rubbish bin."
Zhang Jing suspected that he was hallucinating and stood rooted to the ground.
Xu Ye raised his eyebrows again. This was a sign of his anger.
"What? You don't understand what I'm saying?" He clenched his fists so tightly that they made cracking noises.
Zhang Jing didn't dare to challenge Xu Ye's fists. "Okay, okay. I understand."
He was no match for the Little Tyrant at all.
Sorry, Student Chi Jiao.
Chapter 35: Didn't Expect to Be So Strong
After Zhang Jing threw Chi Jiao's things into the trash bin, Xu Ye's anger dissipated a little.
He was already in a terrible mood today, and now that he had encountered something that made him upset in school, his mood was even worse.
Finding the classroom stuffy, Xu Ye didn't stay any longer and left.
Chi Jiao and the three girls had just come back from the concession stand. When they entered the classroom, they were sensitive enough to detect that something was off in the atmosphere.
Some students looked at Chi Jiao and wanted to say something but hesitated. They were full of sympathy.
Zhang Jing was originally slumped on the table. When his deskmate nudged him with his elbow and told him that Chi Jiao was back, he sat up straight abruptly and looked at her.
Chi Jiao was also sensitive enough to detect something wrong with the atmosphere in the class. She walked to her seat, only to see that other than the cup that had fallen on the floor, everything else had disappeared.
The three girls beside Chi Jiao looked at each other. They seemed to have guessed what had happened.
Zhang Jing walked to Chi Jiao.
"Student Chi Jiao, Student Xu Ye came over just now. He forced me to throw your things into the trash can. I'm really sorry." Zhang Jing's slim face turned red as he looked at Chi Jiao remorsefully.
"Xu Ye is too much!" Dang Nan said angrily.
"That's right. How could he throw away Cotton Candy's belongings!" Yi Lanlan was also furious.
Bai Weiyu looked worriedly at Chi Jiao. "Jiaojiao, don't be angry. Xu Ye is used to being a bully. It's not worth getting angry at someone like him."
Chi Jiao nodded and gave Zhang Jing a sweet smile. "I'm not angry. This has nothing to do with you. You don't have to apologize to me."
On the way to the concession stand, Yi Lanlan had told her that there were two big shots in their high school that she couldn't afford to offend.
One of them was Xu Ye, the tyrant of their class, and the other was Jian Manman, the president of the Disciplinary Committee of their high school.
Xu Ye had mania and was especially fond of fighting. He often interacted with the youngsters of society and his family seemed to be extremely rich. In short, he was remarkably like a second-generation heir.
Hence, no one in the class was willing to offend Xu Ye.
Therefore, Chi Jiao did not blame Zhang Jing.
Every injustice had its perpetrator, every debt had its debtor.
Of course, if she wanted to settle scores, she would have to settle it with Xu Ye.
Seeing that Chi Jiao didn't blame him, Zhang Jing felt that she was like a little angel. How could there be such a nice girl in the world? Not only was she good-looking and adorable, but she also had such a gentle personality.
Zhang Jing heaved a sigh of relief and was about to say that he would help Chi Jiao retrieve her things when he heard Chi Jiao ask with a smile, "Where is Xu Ye now?"
"Cotton Candy, you're going to find Xu Ye?" Yi Lanlan raised her intonation and looked at Chi Jiao in disbelief.
Looking at how soft and sweet Cotton Candy looked, she did not expect her to be so strong.
"Don't panic. I'm just going to look for Xu Ye to connect with him as classmates." At the same time, she was going to teach that Little Tyrant a lesson about abiding by the respect classmates should have for one another.
"If you want to look for Xu Ye, I'll accompany you." Dang Nan didn't say much. She was worried that Chi Jiao would suffer.
"Me too, me too," Bai Weiyu said.
"Then, I want to go too," Yi Lanlan quickly said.
Chi Jiao's heart warmed at the kindness shown by her three new classmates, but she still rejected them with a smile. "There's no need, I can go by myself. If you know where Xu Ye went, tell me."
Zhang Jing saw the smile on Chi Jiao's face. Her dimples seemed to be filled with sweet wine as they rippled on either side of her fair cheeks. She looked completely harmless.
Faced with such a smile, he really couldn't refuse to answer her question.
He believed that the Little Tyrant wouldn't lay his hands on such a cute girl, either.
"He often goes to the rooftop of our high school building."