Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated
Luo Ying who had been asking Xie Yujia about her studies genially was a bit surprised when Zhao Yanzi suddenly took a seat.
Ignoring her, Zhao Yanzi picked up a piece of cabbage with her chopsticks and began to eat.
Luo Ying took a deep breath and looked at her calmly, feeling like she was here to make trouble. However, it was not proper to kick her away.
Hao Ren cleared his throat and turned to look at Zhao Yanzi.
He had come to watch Zhao Yanzi’s races purposefully, and he wondered why she seemed so offended.
Wearing the deep blue sportswear for this afternoon’s races, Zhao Yanzi looked petite but energetic.
The deep blue sportswear was in the most straightforward style with only a few white lines on the sides as decoration, but it accentuated her straight figure.
The white sports shoes she wore were also the most common type, making her look quite simple compared with the Lu sisters and Xie Yujia who had dressed up a bit. However, the vibrancy of youth emitted from her, reminding Hao Ren of his own middle school years.
“Are you racing this afternoon?” Hao Ren asked her.
“Yeah.” Nodding, Zhao Yanzi continued to eat white rice and cabbage.
“You should eat some meat for your race.” Hao Ren picked up a chunk of meat and put it into Zhao Yanzi’s platter.
Luo Ying and Xie Yujia were surprised for a few seconds at this act, but Zhao Yanzi felt touched.
Watching Zhao Yanzi silently biting into the stewed pork Hao Ren placed in her platter while blushing, Xie Yujia felt a bit jealous.
After knowing Hao Ren for so long, he had never picked up a piece of food for her.
He did this casually and naturally for Zhao Yanzi.
Zhao Yanzi instantly deflated at this gesture. Obediently, she ate the warm stewed pork that Hao Ren gave her like a little sheep, not caring that Luo Ying paid for the dish.
“Gongzi is awesome…” The Lu sisters thought in amazement silently when they saw Zhao Yanzi turning from fury to obedience instantly.
However, they were a little jealous and thought, “Gongzi likes Small Zhumu the most…”
“Here, take some cabbage…” After eating for a while, Zhao Yanzi picked up pieces of cabbage and placed them onto Hao Ren’s platter. “I can’t eat them all.”
“Ok…” Hao Ren didn’t mind and ate the cabbage with his rice.
With widened eyes, Luo Ying looked at them at a loss for words.
It wasn’t rare for middle-schoolers to fall in love, and the boys and girls would sit together during lunch, arm against arm, and even eat from each other’s platters.
However, no one had shown their love for each other in front of a class advisor like what Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi were doing here today!
Watching them, Xie Yujia felt like they were as natural as brother and sister, or a married couple… There was no special sweetness, but it felt very natural.
“Sister Yujia, help me eat some cabbage. I bought more than I can eat by mistake.” Zhao Yanzi placed two pieces of cabbage into Xie Yujia’s platter as well.
Xie Yujia lightly responded after freezing up for a moment.
Luo Ying who was going to lose her temper was deflated at Zhao Yanzi’s act.
“It seems like Zhao Yanzi is just sharing her food with people she knew. Why did I feel like Zhao Yanzi had fallen into love with Hao Ren?” she thought.
“Ms. Luo, would you like one?” Zhao Yanzi asked Luo Ying.
“No!” Luo Ying refused immediately.
Pouting unhappily, Zhao Yanzi took one more piece of stewed pork from Hao Ren’s platter, rendering Luo Ying speechless again.
The nearby middle-schoolers were dumbfounded at Zhao Yanzi’s behavior. It was amazing of her to sit opposite her class advisor and take food from her boyfriend!
“Even Luo Ying who is famous for her sternness didn’t say anything about it! Zhao Yanzi’s boyfriend is indeed unusual!” the students thought.
“Oh… you have seaweed soup?” Zhao Yanzi picked up her spoon and began drinking Hao Ren’s soup.
“Zhao! Yan! Zi!” Luo Ying couldn’t control herself anymore, and she knocked on the long table.
“What’s it, Teacher?” Zhao Yanzi looked at Luo Ying with confusion in her eyes.
“I haven’t touched this meat. You take it!” Luo Ying pushed her own platter toward Zhao Yanzi.
“Thank you, Ms. Luo!” With a pleasant smile, Zhao Yanzi took the sweetened meat into her own platter from Luo Ying’s without any hesitation.
The students who had been glancing their way were even more astonished since none of them had seen any student daring to take food from their class advisors!
Luo Ying was furious but couldn’t say anything.
In this term, Zhao Yanzi’s academic performance improved so much that she had gotten into the top rank of her grade, almost becoming an A-level student.
However, her unruly personality hadn’t changed a bit. In Luo Ying’s eyes, Zhao Yanzi’s disobedience showed that she was still a troublesome student.
Despite all this, Zhao Yanzi was very energetic and was the favorite for the first-place of several races, bearing the hope of the class in this Athletic Games.
Luo Ying had mixed feelings about Zhao Yanzi, loving her smartness and wit and hating her inconsideration and disobedience.
This was the last Athletic Games before their graduation, and Luo Ying hoped that her class could get the title of group champion, so the class would have a great memory and gain more confidence for the imminent high school entrance exams.
This was why Luo Ying suppressed her anger at Zhao Yanzi’s retort. If Zhao Yanzi did well in the races and the mock exams, she wouldn’t keep her eye on Zhao Yanzi anymore.
After lunch, Luo Ying took Hao Ren, Zhao Yanzi, and the others to the sports field.
“Zi! Zi!”
Gu Yan, Zhao Yanzi’s roommate, waved at Zhao Yanzi when she saw the latter.
Wearing the same deep blue sportswear, she looked youthful and vibrant as well but inferior to Zhao Yanzi.
Wearing the pale blue school uniform, the more fragile Liu Qiqi sat beside Gu Yan and looked at Zhao Yanzi without standing up before returning her attention to her book.
She was taking the lunch break to study, a typical good student.
However, both Gu Yan and Liu Qiqi looked surprised when they saw Hao Ren behind Zhao Yanzi.
“How did Zhao Yanzi’s boyfriend get into the school? They are so bold…” they thought.
Besides these two girls, a few other classmates of Zhao Yanzi had stayed in the zone. They all looked wary and baffled when they saw Hao Ren walking over with Zhao Yanzi.
Ignoring their glances, Zhao Yanzi walked over while dragging Hao Ren with her.
“This is my seat! This is Liu Qiqi and Gu Yan, you’ve met them before! Ling is eating lunch in the cafeteria and will come later! This is Ling’s seat!” she said.
Gu Yan and Liu Qiqi gave a small wave at Hao Ren, not daring to be too obvious. They knew that Zhao Yanzi would be finished if Luo Ying saw her this way, and they didn’t want to be a part of it.
However, Zhao Yanzi held onto Hao Ren’s arm without any intention of keeping a low-profile.
“Zhao Yanzi!” Luo Ying’s voice came from the distance.
Startled, Gu Yan and Liu Qiqi stood up hurriedly, trying to block Hao Ren from the teacher’s view.
Luo Ying walked from the other side of the fence with Xie Yujia and the Lu sisters.
Gu Yan and Liu Qiqi thought Xie Yujia looked familiar, but they didn’t remember that she had come to watch Zhao Yanzi’s performance in the old campus.
“Who told you that you could play cards?!” Luo Ying rushed over with a stern face, taking a handful of cards from some boys.
The boys looked at Luo Ying in fear and lowered their heads immediately.
“Do you know you are in Grade Nine?! Today you are supposed to exercise in the Athletic Games instead of playing cards!”
Luo Ying tore the cards into pieces and tossed them into the nearby garbage can.
At her reprimand, the boys couldn’t even raise their heads.
“Yujia, take a seat with your classmates,” Luo Ying said to Xie Yujia after scolding the boys. Her gentle words sounded as if Xie Yujia were her daughter.
The boys who had been scolded turned their heads cautiously and look at Xie Yujia, realizing that this older girl was very beautiful.
With a smile, Xie Yujia took Lu Linlin and Lu Lili’s hands, leading them to the empty seats in the back. Like two small flowers, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili accentuated the bright beauty of Xie Yujia.
“You take a seat in the back as well,” Luo Ying glanced at Hao Ren and said.
The boys who had been scolded severely by Luo Ying widened their eyes in astonishment, wondering why Zhao Yanzi received no reprimand for bringing her boyfriend to the school.
The boys felt like the situation was unfair, wondering if it were because Zhao Yanzi was the main force in today’s races.
“Ok, Ms. Luo.” Not wanting to sit among the middle-schoolers, Hao Ren walked past several rows of chairs and sat beside Xie Yujia and the Lu sisters.
The girls in Zhao Yanzi’s class whispered among themselves when they saw Hao Ren pass them.
“This is Zhao Yanzi’s boyfriend. I’ve never seen him at such a close range…”
“He’s very handsome…”
“Zi said that her fiancé had given her Song Qinya’s pictures. It seemed that Song Qingya went to East Ocean University to see him…”
These young girls in the middle school were full of admiration for Hao Ren.
Hearing their comments, Zhao Yanzi felt proud, thinking, “I wouldn’t take Hao Ren as my boyfriend if he isn’t handsome!”
Despite her silent words, she didn’t care about Hao Ren’s looks. Even if Hao Ren looked ordinary, she would have liked him.
“These girls won’t understand Hao Ren’s charm!” he thought.
“The events in the afternoon are about to begin. The students attending the shot put event, please come to the east zone of the sports field,” a voice sounded in the sports field through the speakers.
With the Athletic Games starting soon, the students began to come into the sports field from the academic buildings, dorm buildings, and the cafeteria.
To stop the students from sleeping in the dorms or climbing out of the walls to play outside, each class took attendance.
Zhao Yanzi’s classmates who returned to the class were astonished to find four more people in the class.
Smiling like flowers, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili mingled in the crowd, looking like two middle-schoolers except that they were not wearing school uniforms.
Bathing in the warm sunlight, Xie Yujia felt happy for the chance to relive her middle school years.
At first glance, the boys noticed the three super beauties who didn’t wear school uniforms, and they asked each other in secret about their identities and why they were here.
The students who had recognized Hao Ren were astonished that Zhao Yanzi’s boyfriend was sitting boldly among them…
Most of the boys in LingZhao School liked Zhao Yanzi, and they looked hostile when they saw Hao Ren sitting there. However, none of them dared to challenge Hao Ren since they heard that Zhao Yanzi’s boyfriend was so tough that he could beat five to six hooligans at the same time.
Under the supervision of Luo Ying, Zhao Yanzi couldn’t change her seat to the rear row, and she could only look back at Hao Ren.
Passing several rows of classmates, her gaze met Hao Ren’s.
Somehow, she felt sweet to see Hao Ren here.
She didn’t tell Hao Ren about the Athletic Games of LingZhao Middle School, but she felt content when Hao Ren came to watch her races without invitation.
Seeing Zhao Yanzi’s bright and shiny gaze, Hao Ren smiled lightly.
“Ahh…” Suddenly, a group of elementary school students rushed into LingZhao Middle School with cheers.
More than ten teachers walked these students to the seats around the sports field.
The speakers in LingZhao Middle School had affected the normal classes of the neighboring LingZhao Elementary School. After some consultation, LingZhao Elementary School canceled the afternoon classes and took the students here to watch the middle school’s Athletic Games.
The elementary school students had been distracted by the Athletic Games that was happening in the middle school which was separated from them by a fence.
When the teachers declared that they would go to LingZhao Middle School to watch the Athletic Games after lunch, these students were extremely excited, even happier than going on a spring field trip.
Among the elementary school students, Hao Ren quickly spotted Zhen Congming and Wu Luoxue.
Wu Luoxue and Zhen Congming had seen Hao Ren as well.
“Hello! Uncle!” Wearing a black skirt, Wu Luoxue ran to Hao Ren with a bottle of orange juice in her hand and greeted him cutely, blinking her big dark eyes.
