According to the agreent, the first Saturday after Children’s Day, Qian Duoduo led the tutoring group and gathered on ti at the school gate. Since Liu Ting and Zhen Yu were not familiar with Lu Wei, Qian Duoduo took the initiative to start conversations during their walk to Lu Wei’s house to keep the atmosphere lively.
Luckily, Liu Ting was naturally outgoing, and Lu Wei was a very sunny and cheerful boy, so even though Zhen Yu would beco quiet and poker-faced around strangers, the interaction among the four was still quite harmonious.
Through Lu Wei’s introduction, Zhen Yu got a general understanding of his family background.
Mr. Lu was the chief of the Siying Police Station, and Lu’s mother worked in the education departnt. They lived in a sizable brick house not too far from the school.
On their way, he had ntioned that he had already notified his mother in advance that he would be bringing people over for tutoring today.
Thus, the three girls were ntally prepared—Lu Wei’s mother would be at ho today!
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The mont Lu Wei pushed open the ornate iron gate, a woman’s voice ca from the yard, "Brought classmates ho? Co in quickly!"
Since the two younger girls were afraid of facing soone else’s parents, Zhen Yu took the lead, following Lu Wei into the yard first.
So, she imdiately witnessed the scene of a middle-aged woman’s smile disappearing in a second.
Seeing this, Lu Wei quickly introduced: "Mom! This is Zhen Yu, the grade-skipping student who’s coming to help us with our studies! These are Qian Duoduo and Liu Ting."
Lu’s mother’s facial muscles twitched a few tis, and she forced out a professional but fake smile: "Hehe, co in, everyone."
Zhen Yu’s expression unchanged, said: "Hello Auntie, sorry for the disturbance."
Seeing this, Qian Duoduo and Liu Ting followed suit and greeted her.
In this way, the three girls followed Lu Wei into the large brick house one by one.
Lu’s mother didn’t follow them right away, instead, she sat back down on the stool and continued washing clothes in the yard.
Just as they seated themselves, Liu Ting quickly and quietly said, "Lu Wei! Your mom seems unhappy, is it because we’re all girls?"
Lu Wei gave an awkward smile, "Don’t mind it! It’s just my mom’s occupational hazard! Whenever she sees boys and girls getting too close, she thinks there’s a problem."
Zhen Yu gave him a look, as if you really don’t have a problem...
Qian Duoduo lowered her head and didn’t dare to make a sound.
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Lu’s mother finished washing the clothes very quickly, and from ti to ti, she circled around the group, asking if anyone wanted food or water.
Every ti, Zhen Yu responded politely, saying ’No thank you, we’re fine.’
After watching for a while, Lu’s mother noticed her son was indeed working hard for his grade-skipping and the girls were also seriously studying, so she reluctantly eased her worry.
It really wasn’t her fault for being suspicious; after all, this was the first ti her son had brought female classmates ho to study!
When Lu’s mother was notified by her son, she didn’t bother to ask further, so when she saw that all the students her son brought ho were girls, she was really taken aback!
Ever since her son started middle school, she had been repeatedly emphasizing to him!
"Study hard, and don’t get sidetracked by useless things! Especially no early love affairs!"
Having worked in the education field for so many years, Lu’s mother knew all too well how profoundly early relationships could impact a child.
One wrong step leads to another! So many children have ruined their entire lives just by one careless move!
Whether Lu Wei appreciates his mother’s concern or not, the three girls definitely couldn’t feel it.
Zhen Yu felt that every ti Lu’s mother entered the room to inspect, she had an awkward impression of being treated as a suspect...
Finally, when it was exactly eleven o’clock at noon, Zhen Yu imdiately got up to pack her things.
Seeing this, Qian Duoduo and Liu Ting hurriedly stopped writing as well.
"It’s only eleven o’clock, you don’t have to rush to leave!" Lu Wei was verbally trying to keep everyone there, but his eyes were only looking at Qian Duoduo.
Qian Duoduo hesitated for a mont but still chose not to speak, continuing to tidy up the textbooks at hand.
Zhen Yu had been wanting to talk to Qian Duoduo, but unfortunately, Lu’s mother kept interrupting.
Seeing that Qian Duoduo was in lockstep with her and Liu Ting, she gave so thought to Duoduo’s situation.
She explained to Lu Wei, "I need so ti to discuss sothing with Duoduo, so we’re leaving a bit early today."
"Oh! You guys have things to talk about!" Lu Wei broke into a smile, seeing everyone was packed up, he said, "Let’s go! I’ll walk you out!"
Zhen Yu and Liu Ting clearly knew who he really wanted to walk out; not even bothering with pleasantries, they just took it for granted.
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"Liu Ting, Duoduo."
"Hm?" Qian Duoduo was sowhat preoccupied when she suddenly heard Zhen Yu call her and impulsively responded.
"I’m transferring schools."
"What?" Liu Ting let out a loud exclamation and stopped by the roadside.
Qian Duoduo was also dumbstruck as she stared at Zhen Yu; she had skipped a grade just to be in the sa class with her!
And now Zhen Yu was saying she was transferring schools?! What’s the joke?!
"I skipped a grade just to be in the sa class as you! Zhen Yu! You’re going too far!" Qian Duoduo stamped her foot indignantly. "Even if you want to avoid , you don’t have to go to such lengths!"
Even though she knew Qian Duoduo was joking, Zhen Yu still felt the need to clarify, "It really has nothing to do with you!"
"Zhen Yu, why do you suddenly want to transfer?" Liu Ting couldn’t contain her curiosity and asked.
"Who said suddenly? Sumr break is coming up and it’s the start of a new school year. It’s the perfect ti to transfer!" Zhen Yu stated calmly and objectively.
Liu Ting thought for a mont, then decided not to probe further.
Qian Duoduo, with a tone of wistful complaint, asked, "...Is it that difficult for to be in the sa class as you?"
"Is that what you really want, to be in the sa class as ? Then you should transfer schools with ! Let Lu Wei fend for himself!" Zhen Yu teased.
"Hmph!" Qian Duoduo glared at Zhen Yu, then fell silent.
That clearly ant transferring schools was absolutely out of the question for her!
Zhen Yu chose her words carefully before speaking, "Duoduo, I have a favor to ask of you."
"Say it!" Qian Duoduo gestured dramatically with her small hand, full of lofty aspirations.
"After you skip a grade, could you sit with Bai Xue in class one? I’m worried no one will look after her studies once I’m gone."
"You really care about her!" Qian Duoduo said with a slightly sour tone.
Zhen Yu blinked, "Don’t I care about you?"
Qian Duoduo: "..."
"That’s right! Haven’t the two of us cared about you?" Liu Ting chid in at the right mont, raising her hand to clutch her heart in dramatic fashion, "Oh, dear! My heart is broken..."
The skinny and dark Liu Ting making such an expression was just too funny, causing Qian Duoduo to burst out laughing uncontrollably.
"Poof! Haha... Liu Ting, that’s enough!"
Zhen Yu, with a smile on her face, watched the two joke around, feeling very confident that Qian Duoduo would agree to help.
Sure enough, amidst the teasing, Qian Duoduo suddenly turned her head and said, "Zhen Yu! Don’t worry about it! I’ll keep an eye on Bai Xue for you."
Don’t worry about it! Go on! Go on...
Zhen Yu had a deadpan expression; Qian Duoduo’s words sounded really awkward...
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