Li Ziye returned home and found that Father Song had returned.
Li Ziye remained silent as usual. Song's mother was not good at cooking, so she had to order a lot of takeout and put together a table of dishes that looked very rich. As if they were used to Li Ziye's cold reaction, they were unusually warm and seemed to want to create a harmonious atmosphere for the family of three to reunite.
"Zi Ye, last time I saw you seemed to particularly like scrambled . I ordered a large portion this time, so you should eat more." Mother Song placed the chopsticks in front of Li Zi Ye, her smile full of flattery, as if she really hoped that she could look a little better in front of Father Song.
But Li Ziye just took the chopsticks, picked up the scrambled eggs and put them into his mouth, then nodded, still without saying anything.
"Ziye, how is the new school? Are you used to it? Are you keeping up with the schoolwork ? If there's anything you don't understand... ahem... if there's anything you don't understand, you can come and ask me. I can do all the math problems for your brother's college entrance examination..." Although Father Song's face was very pale, he still tried hard to smile at Li Ziye. He couldn't stop coughing for a while, and then picked up a piece of meat for Li Ziye.
Li Ziye didn't say anything. He glanced at the meat that Song's father picked up for him, frowned, picked it up again and threw it on the table: "I don't eat fatty meat."
Father Song didn't feel embarrassed or awkward at all. He just laughed and said, "You and your brother are exactly the same." Then he picked up another piece of lean meat with chopsticks and gave it to her.
But when Li Ziye ate it, it tasted like chewing wax.
Her brother was like an invisible demonic barrier that stood in every corner of her life. Everything she did could always stir up their nostalgia for her brother - you and your brother are so alike... your brother was like this... your brother... it seemed that no matter what, she was just a secondary, transparent person standing next to . After all, she and they didn't have so many good memories of living together. She was just an outsider that they brought back from the countryside because they had a change of heart.
With these thoughts in mind, she felt completely full without eating much of the meal.
She thought of the boy's words again: If you have the ability, make those who make you cry feel bad. If you only know how to cry, you will always be a loser.
But what should she do if the people who make her cry happen to be her biological parents?
The deep-seated feeling of being abandoned and the loneliness of being an outsider were all given to her by them. It was so cruel, but she couldn't say anything.
When she finally put down her chopsticks and prepared to go back to her room, Mother Song called her, "Ziye, it's such a waste to have so much left to eat."
But Father Song stopped her and smiled at Li Ziye: "It's okay if you don't want to eat now. Call me when you're hungry later and I'll heat it up for you."
Li Ziye didn't say anything, but when she heard these words, she felt sour in her heart, a very strange feeling.
The next day, Li Ziye got up very early, deliberately avoided the caring offensive of Song's father and mother, went out early, bought breakfast on the way, and took the bus to school.
What she didn't expect was that she would meet Ye Xiang again so soon.
He was leaning against the bus stop sign, his tall and thin figure almost blocking it, with his head slightly lowered, a book in his hands, earplugs in his ears. The early morning sun was shining down, and his whole body was covered with a different kind of halo.
Li Ziye's heart suddenly skipped a beat... She didn't know what was going on, but she couldn't move her eyes away from him once they fell on him.
Beautiful eyes and eyebrows, a white shirt that seems to smell like laundry detergent, and a look of concentration while reading a book...
For a moment, she actually felt comfortable looking at him.
However, when he raised his head, that chilling gaze suddenly struck her eyes, as sharp as a sword, penetrating into her bones, and Li Ziye almost took a step back.
But he didn't look at her, he just stretched out his hand to stop the bus at the station and got on.
A thought flashed through Li Ziye's mind, and she suddenly turned around and shouted, "Classmate... last night... thank you."
But Ye Xiang seemed to have heard nothing. Li Ziye just watched him get on the bus. The door of the bus slowly closed in front of her eyes, and then it drove away. When the bus left the station, leaving behind a cloud of dust, Li Ziye suddenly realized that she seemed to be taking that bus as well. Why did she just watch it drive away?
There's really water in her brain!
Ye Xiang seemed to have some magical power that always attracted her attention inexplicably.
Why did she feel this way? She couldn't figure it out.
…
When she arrived at school, Li Ziye remembered that she and the girls in her class had not yet resolved their feud.
Even though Ye Xiang stood up for her , it didn't mean they would let her go so quickly.
So, as soon as she entered the door, she heard a shrill female voice shouting, "Hey, look who's here? This is our classmate Li, the most arrogant and condescending student! You are so powerful, and you have so many boys standing up for you. I don't know what shameful things you have done behind your back."
Li Ziye was already used to their sarcasm and ridicule, so he turned a deaf ear to them and walked straight to his seat.
However, things were not as simple as Li Ziye imagined. The books in her drawer were turned out and thrown on the floor, and her math homework was torn up. The table was splashed with red ink mixed with soy milk, and the disgusting liquid was stained everywhere... Her deskmate looked at her with disgust: "I will ask the teacher to change my seat today! I don't want to continue sitting with you, a disaster star!"
Li Ziye pretended not to hear and gritted his teeth to pick up the book on the ground.
Unexpectedly, the book was stepped on by another girl: "You are very capable, do you think that this matter will be resolved without you saying a word? Where is our face?"
Li Ziye frowned, stood up, and said coldly: "You are the ones who beat him up. I didn't report it. You should thank me."
His voice was unexpectedly calm, and his demeanor suddenly took a 180-degree turn, a startling change from the Li Ziye who passively took a beating and kept silent yesterday.
The girl was stunned for a second and couldn't say anything for a long time. But another girl next to her said, "You said it was us who beat him up? Do you have any evidence? Don't slander me!"
Li Ziye simply said, "It's not like no one saw it."
This one sentence instantly dampened the arrogance of several girls around.
Yes, although the place where they besieged Li Ziye yesterday was a blind spot for surveillance, Ye Xiang saw the whole process and he also stopped them. Maybe Ye Xiang and Li Ziye really have a private relationship ?
"Hmph! Li Ziye, let it go this time! I will never let you off so easily next time!" The leading girl snorted coldly, winked at the "sisters" around her, and then dispersed.
Only Li Ziye's deskmate moved the table a little further away in disgust: "This is so disgusting! Clean up your things quickly! Or just throw them all away. Don't come to class and cause trouble for everyone."
Li Ziye picked up the books on the ground and wiped them clean with tissue paper. He replied calmly: "I also paid to come to class. Why do you want me to go back?"
"Oh! I didn't expect you to be so arrogant!" The deskmate widened his eyes in surprise, and after a while he added, "Okay, you can go home without packing your things, but I don't want to be your deskmate anymore, I want to change seats!"
Li Ziye nodded: "Then let's change it."
Someone nearby couldn't help laughing when they heard their conversation: "Which other girl in the class is willing to sit next to you? Don't be ridiculous, Xiao Min is just unlucky to be assigned to the same table with you."
Li Ziye wiped the table clean and put the book on it, then said calmly: "Since she hates me so much, she can leave."
As soon as these words came out, the people around them immediately exploded: "Tsk tsk tsk, the fox's tail is exposed. She usually doesn't say a word and seems like everyone is bullying her, but in fact she has a vicious heart and only knows how to exclude others!"
"That's right, I don't know why Bai Yuwang always speaks for her!"
"Humph, I guess Bai Yuwang won't be able to say anything this time!"
At this moment, there was a sudden "bang" sound. Bai Yuwang, who had just walked into the classroom, slammed his schoolbag in annoyance, looked around at the people watching the excitement, and said, "Why do you like to spend so much time bullying others? Do you still want to study? Do you still want to go to college? Go wherever you want!"
Suddenly, the surroundings were quiet for a few seconds. Bai Yuwang's words were quite influential in the class, so although some people still had opinions, they did not dare to say anything and consciously returned to their seats for morning reading.
After the crowd dispersed, Bai Yu came over to help Li Ziye pick up the notebooks on the ground: "Who did it! It's too much. Otherwise, tell the teacher. This is not a solution..."
Li Ziye just snatched the notebook from his hand and held it in his own hand: "Don't worry about me. You will be hated if you continue like this."
"I hate it, but I'm not afraid anyway." Bai Yuwang said righteously, "These people are just looking for trouble. We can't tolerate this bad habit!"
Li Ziye looked back at Bai Yuwang and frowned slightly: "You are different from me, don't bother me."
"Different..." Bai Yuwang frowned, but his eyes became more determined. "What's the difference? You still have two eyes, a nose and a mouth. Aren't you a human?"
Li Ziye wanted to laugh but couldn't.
His world is full of sunshine, without a trace of haze. He can sympathize with her and help her, so that people around him will only think that he is kind and that he has been deceived by her.
But her world was grey, with thick cumulus clouds blocking the sunlight. She was abandoned, excluded, and ridiculed...all of them were like sharp blades, stabbing her and making her bleed.
So, even though Bai Yuwang was her only friend in the class, she still kept a subtle distance from him.
Because she and Bai Yuwang are not in the same world.
During the afternoon physical education class, because the weather was too hot, the teacher symbolically asked everyone to run two laps before announcing free time. A group of girls occupied the shade of the trees beside the playground to cool off, while the boys continued to fight passionately on the court.
Bai Yuwang scored two goals in a row, and some girls on the sidelines cheered. He subconsciously glanced around, and Li Ziye had already disappeared without a trace. With just a moment of distraction, the ball in his hand was intercepted.
"Bai Yuwang, what are you thinking about? Why are you so absent-minded?" The teammate next to him smiled and patted his shoulder, with an ambiguous look in his eyes, "Are you attracted to a girl? I heard that Ruo Wei from our class is very interested in you... "
Bai Yuwang punched him, then said lightly: "Don't talk nonsense." Then he went to grab the ball again.
As for Li Ziye, she walked to the teaching building alone when the group was dismissed . She couldn't go to watch the boys play basketball, nor could she hide under the shade of the trees with the girls. It was even better not to go back to the classroom alone, as there might be some students who were going back to rest waiting to teach her a lesson.
There was still so much time left in the physical education class that she really didn't know what to do.
She was walking aimlessly in the corridor and suddenly found herself at the door of Class 3... She seemed to remember that the girls said that Ye Xiang was from Class 3.
Then, she stopped inexplicably.
The back door of the classroom was open. Everyone was having a math class. The teacher was speaking passionately, but some students were still sleeping below.
With Ye Xiang's height, he would definitely be arranged in the back row by the teacher. Li Ziye only took a quick glance and saw Ye Xiang sitting alone in the last row of the second group.
But what she didn't expect was that he was sleeping. In fact, all she saw was his back. They had only met twice, and she didn't know why she recognized him just by his back.
A person who is concentrating on reading at the bus stop or under the street light is actually sleeping in class?
The teacher was obviously dissatisfied with the fact that he, a good student with good grades, was sleeping so blatantly. He threw a piece of chalk at him and hit him on the head. He said in a stern voice: "Ye Xiang! Is there any other solution to this problem besides this one? Come up and demonstrate it to everyone."
Ye Xiang's sweet dream was disturbed and he seemed a little annoyed. He straightened up slowly, then stood up and walked to the podium as if he was still sleepy.
Many people in the audience began to whisper, especially the boys: "Huh, you are so arrogant that you don't even take the teacher seriously. You are going to get humiliated this time, right?"
"Hahahaha... I guess he didn't even read the question. It's so funny. Just look at how he can do it."
"The teacher will only be satisfied if he gives him a good scolding. I have disliked him for a long time because he always acts so high and mighty."
…
Li Ziye was stunned for a moment, as if a thorn had pierced his heart. So, Ye Xiang was also so unpopular?
He looks so outstanding, like a god!
However, Ye Xiang seemed to be born to irritate those who disliked him. He quickly wrote out the steps to solve the problem, and his thinking was extremely clear. After he finished writing, some girls in the class couldn't help but start applauding.
"Ye Xiang is so amazing..."
"He's simply a top student... Is this possible?"
Amid the chattering and the teacher's gloomy face, Ye Xiang put down the chalk and walked towards his seat as if he was still sleepy .
But just before he sat down, his eyes suddenly turned to the door and met Li Ziye's eyes. Li Ziye was startled, as if someone had spied on his thoughts, and took a step back, his heart tightening.
But Ye Xiang's gaze lasted only for a moment. Soon, she saw him sitting back in his seat as if nothing had happened... and continuing to sleep.
The teacher at the podium had a face as black as the bottom of a pot, but he couldn't do anything about him.
I don't know why, but Li Ziye suddenly wanted to laugh and felt relieved. So this is what Ye Xiang meant by those words!
He himself is the best example. If someone makes him uncomfortable, he will make them even more uncomfortable. The feeling of hating him but being unable to defeat him should make many people angry.
Thinking of this, Li Ziye's eyes darkened... She was not that great, and could not even impress the people around her. She was not a top student, and it was very difficult for her to maintain her current mid-level grades. After all, the teaching progress in the city was much better than that in her previous middle school in the town. For some reason, she suddenly felt a little lost... Why could she be indifferent to everything around her, but feel lost because of the gap with someone she had only met a few times?