Chapter 9 is on fire again

  Jiang Yu had always been a broad-minded person, and being late wasn't anything to be proud of, so why bother dragging someone else into it? Looking at Yu Shanshan's apologetic expression, she smiled nonchalantly and waved her hand, saying: "It's fine, as long as you're not late. It's not a big deal."

  When she heard this, Yu Xiangxiang smiled awkwardly and glanced at Wang Xiao, who was standing against the wall beside her. Seeing him look over, she immediately blushed and lowered her head, saying in a small voice: "That... you..." She had originally wanted to ask Jiang Yuru what had happened that morning, why she was being punished along with Wang Xiao. But Wang Xiao's icy gaze seemed to be fixed on her, making Yu Xiangxiang unable to continue speaking, and she felt her whole body stiffen, as if she had been thrown into a freezer.

  Xuan Xuan looked like she wanted to say something but stopped, her face twisted in worry. Jiang Yu's heart warmed up a bit, after all, they were sisters, and at critical moments, it was still Xuan Xuan who worried about her the most. For two lifetimes, the only one who had given her friendship was Xuan Xuan. Jiang Yu stood up, pulled Xuan Xuan's hand, and said with emotion: "It's okay, Xuan Xuan, don't worry, it's just standing for a whole morning, I'll just consider it a weight loss, haha." After laughing, she patted her chest to indicate that she was fine.

  Yu Shan nodded and decided to ignore Wang Xiao, who was standing beside her. With a somewhat stiff but happy tone, she said: "That's good, Xiaoyu, as long as you didn't make me angry."

  "Why should I be angry with you, it's a small matter, don't take it to heart." Jiang Ruyu warmly bumped shoulders with Yu Sansan, and Yu Sansan's slender body almost stumbled. Looking at Jiang Ruyu's radiant smile, she knew she wasn't angry with her, so she smiled shyly.

  Wang Xiao glanced at Jiang Ruoyu's black hair with a slanted gaze, then looked at Yu Shanshan, and immediately shifted his gaze to the window.

  At this moment, a burst of shrill laughter came from the classroom door.

  "Haha, Wang Xiao is being punished and has to stand!"

  "Ah yo! Wang Xiao actually got detention!! Aren't you a senior now?!"

  ……

  Four boys gathered in front of the classroom door, standing crookedly, their school uniforms also askew. Jiang Ruyu raised her head with a bad feeling and looked them up and down suspiciously. These four people looked very familiar, and after rummaging through her mind for a circle, she suddenly remembered that they were the ones who had beaten Wang Xiao in the morning.

  Wang Xiao had no reaction, as if these four people in front of him did not exist, and turned his gaze to the window without speaking.

  The classroom was in an uproar, with murmurs rising and falling like the sound of rainwater nourishing young seedlings, causing the provocative emotions of those four people to grow again.

  "Wang Xiao, what are you doing? Are you scared?"

  "He's afraid of losing face, letting Book Yu know how despicable he is!"

  "Haha! Letting that bookworm Yu know would be a big joke for Wang Xiao!"

  ……

  Upon hearing the three words "Shu Yu", Wang Xiao silently turned his head to look at the four people, his face still expressionless, and pulled Jiang Ruyu to one side before walking out.

  Jiang Yu was pulled to one side by Wang Xiao, and upon seeing Wang Xiao's attitude, she immediately furrowed her brow in concern. If they were to fight in the corridor, it wouldn't be just a matter of being punished with standing, Old Wu would have to find Wang Xiao's parents later. Thinking of this, she grabbed hold of Wang Xiao's arm.

  "Hey, Wang Xiao, don't go."

  Wang Xiao turned his head and looked at her.

  Jiang Yu looked at the four students standing in front of her, their faces full of malice and arrogance, and suddenly felt a wave of disgust. No matter how she looked at Wang Xiao, he seemed like a good kid, and even if it was true that Wang Xiao had fought with them, they must have been the ones to provoke him first. Thinking this, Jiang Yu's big eyes widened, and her mouth curled up as she said: "If a dog bites you once, do you still want to bite back?"

  “……”

  The classroom suddenly fell silent, with everyone staring at Jiang Ruoyu in shock. Yu Shanshan pulled on Jiang Ruoyu's sleeve, making a strong eye contact with her.

  Jiang Yu's eyes blinked in confusion, just like when she sat in the wrong seat earlier. Had she made another low-level mistake? Was it just because she had advised Wang Xiao a sentence? Why were they so surprised? Never mind, anyway these four people are not right. Thinking of this, Jiang Yu raised her head and stared at the four troublemakers with her big eyes, forgetting to let go of Wang Xiao's arm for a while.

  Bang! Bang!

  Two loud claps broke the silence in the classroom, and Jiang Ruyu turned around to look at the door. She saw a boy standing at the entrance of the class, about 1.7 meters tall, with a sturdy build, dark skin, and a face that was angular with thick eyebrows. His school uniform's zipper was unzipped, slanted to one side, and he was gazing at her with great interest, lazily clapping his hands.

  "Hmm, not bad, you're pretty good." The black-faced man's voice was extremely low.

  Jiang Yu tilted her head and looked him up and down, unrecognizable. "Who are you? I didn't ask for your opinion."

  Sigh——

  A neat, synchronized gasp echoed through the classroom, and Yu Xiangxue tugged at Jiang Ruoyu's sleeve again. Jiang Ruoyu looked at Yu Xiangxue with a puzzled expression, wondering why everyone was reacting so strongly - wasn't he just a dark-skinned kid?

  Wang Xiao turned around and glanced at Jiang Ruoyu, then pulled back his arm that was being held and walked a few steps forward, standing there with no expression.

  The boy with a dark face was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing. After a long time, he said: "It's fun, really fun. Hey, what's your name?"

  Jiang Yu's line of sight was completely blocked by Wang Xiao, and she could only lean out from behind him with half her head tilted to one side, blinking her eyes as she asked: "What's your name again?"

  The boy with a dark face was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "Hehe, I'm Ye Tu."

  "Oh, Ye Tuo." Jiang Ruyu nodded, rolling her eyes in thought for a moment. Ye Tuo, seemed somewhat familiar.

  "Ding——"

  The bell rang, and the English teacher walked over with her lesson plan. When she saw Ye Tao and four others standing in front of the classroom door, her face immediately fell. Ye Tao shrugged his shoulders and gestured to Jiang Ruoyu and Wang Xiao before leading the group of four away. It was only then that Jiang Ruoyu remembered that Ye Tao was supposedly one of the "two kings" known for being fierce fighters, along with Wang Xiao.

  She went back to continue standing in punishment, Jiang Yu then understood why everyone had a ghostly expression earlier, and let out a disdainful snort. What's the big deal about this middle school student?!

  A language class, Jiang Yuru was in a state of distress, the self-criticism essay went from three lines to five lines, biting her pencil and scratching her head she repeated "I was wrong, I was not right" several times. There was no way, she couldn't possibly write down the few ancient texts stored in her brain, this self-criticism essay thing she really had never encountered before.

  She didn't notice that when she was writing the test, her classmates in the classroom were looking at her with a gaze as if they were watching an alien. And Wang Xiao, who was sitting next to her, had been glancing at what she was writing, and after a while, he let out a sigh, tore off another sheet of notebook paper, and began to write fluently, producing a test essay that was completely different in style from his previous one, which he then pushed in front of Jiang Ruoyu.

  "Huh?" Jiang Ruyu bit her pencil and straightened up, turning her head to look at him.

  Wang Xiao nodded slightly and silently said: "Copy it."

  Jiang Yu immediately nodded with joy, looking like she was chopping garlic. It seemed that Wang Xiao still had a bit of conscience, at least he knew how to repay kindness, and it wasn't in vain that she had saved him once, was it?