When He Tianran returned to school after many days, as soon as he entered the classroom, he noticed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in this familiar class.
He attributed this slightly depressing atmosphere to today's monthly exams. Although the exams were usually somewhat different from the daily classes, it was more obvious today.
After greeting a few classmates with whom he was already familiar, he joked casually and walked to his seat. His deskmate Guo Huai had arrived early and was looking through the key notes he had compiled.
Everyone in the class works very hard and everyone is silent.
For a moment, he felt that he had overlooked something.
He looked at the back of his classmate at the front desk, where he saw a girl with short hair.
This was inconsistent with the image in his mind.
"Ai Qing?"
He called softly and uncertainly, but the other party did not respond. Instead, Guo Huai's head on the side shook slightly.
"Ai Qing?"
He shouted again, and at this moment, the girl in front of her trembled her shoulders and turned her head.
Today, the girl wore a pair of thick black-framed glasses to cover her slightly red and swollen eyes, and her originally long and pleasing hair was trimmed very short, even looking a little too capable and not suitable for her.
But even so, Cao Aiqing is still the same Cao Aiqing. She is still very beautiful. After seeing He Tian, she smiled, like a lily in the rain, exuding a delicate but strong beauty.
But He Tianran noticed a deep sense of fatigue in this smile.
"Tianran, are you here? Sorry, I was reading so hard just now that I didn't notice you calling me. Is there any problem with today's exam?"
Cao Aiqing said with concern with a smile on his face.
He Tianran shook his head, "I have no problem, but you look very tired. Even if you work hard, you have to know how to exercise moderation, right?"
"Well, it's okay. You... just read a book quickly. It's okay to cram it in the interim."
Facing He Tianran's direct gaze, Cao Aiqing urged the young man to review quickly, and then she turned her head unnaturally, as if to avoid his sight.
He Tianran hesitated to speak. He really wanted to ask why Cao Aiqing suddenly cut his hair, but he knew that even if he opened his mouth, the answer he would get would just be an explanation of the benefits of short hair in a relaxed tone.
He understood this feeling so well that when he caught the same expression that had appeared on him in the girl's expression, he thought it was because he was too sensitive and had an illusion.
Cao Aiqing, that girl who has always been outstanding.
Once upon a time, I could only treat the girl by looking up to her.
How could there be a shadow of my former self?
He didn't ask further questions. He opened the textbook and said casually:
"Hey, what shall we eat after the exam today?"
The girl's shoulders suddenly trembled slightly, and then calmed down after a moment.
"I...I don't know where to find delicious food recently..."
"I know, I'll take you there."
He Tianran said cheerfully.
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A person's hard work can't lie. The new monthly exam results are here. Although He Tianran has been absent from time to time recently, fortunately, he works hard enough on weekdays, so the change in results is not too big.
To everyone's surprise, Cao Aiqing did not perform well this time. Although his score was controlled above 600 points, he was just in his early years. Compared with the 640 points last time, this was This is already a serious abnormality.
The head teacher specially talked to her for a heart-to-heart talk. When she came back, the girl's expression was as usual, but she was a little more silent.
"It was found out that it was done by a few girls who were freshmen in high school."
At the parallel bars on the campus playground, He Tianran was chatting with Ye Jiaqi and Bai Tingting about something that happened while he was away. Xue Yong approached from a distance with an indignant look on his face.
"girl?"
"girl!"
He Tianran confirmed it, Xue Yong answered firmly, and Ye Jiaqi scrolled through her phone. She watched the new messages constantly popping up in the group, lowered her head and said:
"Sometimes, the malice of us girls is much greater than the imagination of you boys."
Everyone was silent, because among them, there was He Tianran, who almost became a victim.
He Tianran said: "Didn't you...never notice any difference before?"
Bai Tingting paused for a moment, and then said: "I... I noticed something was wrong with Ai Qing, but she just said that she was too lazy to take care of her hair, and with the recent rumors, I thought she just wanted to study in peace..."
"She's not someone who takes these words to heart."
He Tianran came to a conclusion and asked Xue Yong, "Have you found out who it is?"
The other party shook his head and gritted his teeth: "I only know that it was a few girls who did it together. There is no way to know specifically who it is. According to me, these women will be taught a lesson together, their teeth will be knocked out, and they will be with them." Vomit the blood!"
"You are going to die! If the school finds out, you will be expelled!"
Ye Jiaqi hurriedly stopped her. Since the last party, she had seldom been involved in school gossip, but now she felt unusually relaxed when picking it up. She shook her phone:
"I think it should be this girl named Xia Qiao. Although the source of Ai Qing's rumors did not originate from her, she is the most arrogant among the gossip groups in Hong Kong. She never tires of making up all kinds of nonsense. According to several A school girl said that when she was in junior high school, she changed schools several times because of troubles, but she suddenly got a very good score in the high school entrance examination, and then she entered Hong Kong High School."
Everyone looked over and saw that the girl named Xia Qiao was still spreading rumors in the group, saying that Cao Aiqing was a drowned phoenix and was pursuing a boy named Guo in the same class. The other party knew that she had bad conduct and refused directly. In order to maintain his weak image, Cao Aiqing cut off his hair to gain attention and sympathy.
"This woman is too vicious! I'm going to go to their class right now to pull her out and beat her up!"
As soon as Xue Yong lost his temper, he prepared to take action after saying a few words, but before he could even take two steps, he was grabbed tightly by Ye Jiaqi.
"Are you crazy? Let's think of a solution first!"
"Method? This is the best way! Naturally, it's all for this sake, you go or not!"
Xue Yong encouraged He Tianran, and the latter said calmly: "Didn't you say you wanted to get into the police academy? If you do this, how can you get into the police academy?"
This sentence made Xue Yong freeze on the spot. After a while, he let go of Ye Jiaqi's hand and said angrily: "You have many ways, what do you think we should do now!"
Everyone present looked at He Tianran. The young man pondered for a while and said slowly: "It is not advisable to fight violence with violence... But we must seek justice for Ai Qing, and we must renounce this harshly. Everyone We all agree, right?"
Everyone nodded.
"Then... everyone listen to my arrangements, we..."
Before he could finish speaking, his phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Cao Aiqing.
"Hey, Ai Qing, what's wrong?"
In the receiver, Cao Aiqing on the other end said with slight hesitation:
"Tranquility, have you eaten? Tingting is not here... How about we go to the cafeteria to eat?"
Her tone was normal, as if she wanted to meet up with a friend to chat and have dinner with.
At this point, she was still so gentle. She carefully put away her fears and made tentative pleas, not wanting to cause any trouble to others.
