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The dusky room was left with only one desk lamp, barely illuminating anything.
Xie Xiao gazed at the delicate figure doing howork beside the desk.
She was wearing a nightgown with spaghetti straps, which looked very cool.
Xie Xiao walked over and saw that she had filled a notebook with his na.
He couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Do you like the sound of my na?"
The girl seed startled all of a sudden, covering the notebook in front of her with her hand, slapping it against her chest.
Then she turned her head to look at him in a panic.
Her fair face was flushed, her eyes flickering, afraid to et his gaze.
She whispered sothing softly.
It was blurry, Xie Xiao couldn't hear it clearly.
He just looked at her again, "Do you like the sound of my na?"
There was no longer the gentleness from before, but rather an assertive edge.
The girl's face turned red, now even her neck flushed, "Yes... it's nice."
Xie Xiao chuckled softly, leaning in towards her slightly.
Their breaths were so close they could feel each other's heat.
The girl dared not let her gaze linger on his face and wanted to move back a bit.
But she found that Xie Xiao had already propped his hands on her chair; she had no room to retreat, leaning back against it entirely.
She was like a lamb trapped in a predicant.
Xie Xiao looked at those tender lips and finally couldn't resist the temptation, gently pressing a kiss on them.
In the fish tank on the desk, two little fish chased and frolicked.
...
When Xie Xiao woke up, he was silent.
He didn't move. He lay on the bed staring at the ceiling, uncertain what he was thinking.
He eventually sighed, taking a mont to compose himself.
Slowly, he sat up.
Fortunately, no one was ho today.
Xie Xiao glanced at the ti, six in the morning.
He could go to work after tidying up.
He glanced at his cellphone; Lin Yu had ssaged at one past midnight that he was ho.
Xie Xiao sent him a ssage, [Are you going back to class today?]
The reply ca imdiately, [Not going back, took a leave. Maybe tomorrow.]
[Okay, I'll co to see you after class tonight.]
Lin Yu responded, [No need.]
Xie Xiao said, [I'm visiting grandma.]
Lin Yu didn't refuse this ti.
Xie Xiao sighed; he still needed to find ti for a good talk with Lin Yu.
Because he left ho late, Xie Xiao didn't have ti for breakfast and entered the classroom just in ti.
The first class was Mr. Lin's, who distributed test papers for a pop quiz and then called Xie Xiao out.
Many eyes followed Xie Xiao, and he heard them whispering about sothing, but he couldn't hear it clearly.
Xie Xiao followed Mr. Lin to the office.
Inside the office was another teacher who, upon seeing Mr. Lin and Xie Xiao, couldn't help asking, "Is that Lin Yu from your class alright?"
A chill settled in Xie Xiao's heart as he looked towards Mr. Lin.
Mr. Lin sighed and told the teacher, "It's nothing, I'm getting to grips with the situation. The kid didn't co in today."
The teacher nodded.
Mr. Lin turned to Xie Xiao, "How much do you know about Lin Yu's family issues?"
Xie Xiao's expression was far from good, "Not much, so what's happened?"
Mr. Lin glanced at him and pulled out his cellphone to open a video.
It was the video from last night, the one where Luo Yanran and Xie Xiao witnessed the smashing of his grandmother's stall.
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Soone posted the video to the class group chat and asked, "Isn't this Xie Xiao and Lin Yu? And Luo Sister is there too!"
[It seems like that grandma is Lin Yu's grandma! What happened?]
The person who posted the video responded.
[I'm having late-night snacks here, and it looks like a debt collection? Lin Yu's family owes money?]
[These people look tough to deal with...]
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Last night indeed, too much had happened, and Xie Xiao, rushing out in the morning, hadn't had ti to check his phone, and he had muted the group chat notifications.
So, naturally, he missed the video.
Xie Xiao sighed, "What on earth is all this?"
Mr. Lin also sighed, "The video has been shared in Monts too, and quite a few people have seen it. Weren't you at the scene last night?"
He weighed his words carefully, "When Lin Yu asked for leave, I did inquire if he needed help, but he said no. I was just worried that the kid might be in trouble and not saying anything, so I wanted to ask you."
As the class teacher, Mr. Lin was certainly aware of Lin Yu's family situation. They weren't a wealthy family and only had a grandmother left, so it was inevitable that he would be more concerned.
Xie Xiao handed his phone to Mr. Lin, "I'm not very clear about it; Lin Yu never ntioned it before, but if he says no, it probably ans he doesn't need help."
Mr. Lin looked at him and shook his head, "You young people are too proud. You should persuade Lin Yu more. It's a critical ti in the senior year, and if there are difficulties, he should tell the teacher. Whatever help we can offer, we will; Lin Yu should focus mainly on his studies right now..."
By the ti Xie Xiao walked out of the office, he exhaled a deep breath.
When he entered the classroom, everyone was quietly working on their papers.
He sneaked out his phone and saw that there had been quite a long discussion in the chat.
The discussion didn't end until they got on the police car.
A quick scroll through Monts confird that soone had indeed posted about the incident.
This was really ssed up.
Lin Yu was already sensitive, seeing these might lead to all sorts of thoughts.
Xie Xiao felt an unusual sense of irritation.
This irritation continued until the mont Yan Shi ca over with others maliciously provoking him at noonti.
Xie Xiao was returning to the class by himself after lunch in the cafeteria and had also ssaged Lin Yu on the way.
As soon as he got upstairs, he was cornered by Yan Shi and his gang.
Xie Xiao looked at him expressionlessly, "What do you want?"
As he spoke, he glanced at the cara.
Yan Shi laughed, "Don't bother looking, good student, this cara is broken. Even if I beat you to a cripple right here, the cara won't catch a thing."
His voice was nacing, "Today Lin Yu isn't here, probably sowhere crying over the debt collectors. Do you think you can beat so many of us?"
Xie Xiao looked at him in silence, then glanced behind at the others. "This is a staircase, do you think no one will co?"
"We'll talk after I beat you up." Saying this, Yan Shi swung his fist over.
Xie Xiao had made him lose face too many tis, and he had tolerated it for far too long!
Xie Xiao was already in a bad mood, and beating up those who ca to him was just asking for it!
Ten minutes later, Xie Xiao stood in the head disciplinarian's office along with a bunch of people.
Yan Shi and his group all had injuries on them.
Only Xie Xiao appeared clean and unscathed.
He had warned many tis before; he really practiced Sanda, the kind that won national youth championships.
The head disciplinarian of First Middle School was a very stern middle-aged woman.
Behind her back, she was called "Sister Extinction."
She was incredibly strict.
Now she glared at this group of teenagers and asked, "What happened?"
Xie Xiao spoke up, "Teacher, they ganged up on ."
"Fuck, have so sha, did you get hurt?" one of the boys behind Yan Shi couldn't help but protest.
Xie Xiao sighed, "I dodged, or are you saying that I provoked all of you by myself? Wasn't it you guys who stopped ?"
"It was us, but!" The boy was clearly confused and admitted it without thinking.
Xie Xiao turned to the head disciplinarian and interrupted them, "Teacher, you see, they're the ones who stopped , and they admitted it. Just because I defended myself successfully and didn't get injured, you can't bla , right? Am I supposed to just stand still and let them beat up?"
The group of boys: ????? What kind of twisted logic is that?
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