Are Men Really that Easy to Win Over?

After separating from Tian Xue, Zhou Yining received a call from Jiang Xizhi.

“Any news?” Zhou Yining asked.

“That person is hiding very well, and they changed clothes. They weren’t wearing our school uniform, so it’s impossible to tell who it was just from the surveillance.

However, I’ve already had someone copy the footage. Do you want a copy to keep?” Jiang Xizhi asked.

“Okay, I’ll come find you this afternoon. Thanks, I appreciate you taking the trouble to do this,”

Zhou Yining said again, expressing her gratitude.

“No need to thank me. I’ll copy the surveillance video onto a USB drive and give it to you this afternoon,”

Jiang Xizhi said with a smile.

She had just returned home and, after finishing the call with Zhou Yining, went to wash her hands to prepare for lunch.

Zhou Yuanfei wasn’t coming home for lunch, and Zhou Jiaming, having been rebuffed by Zhou Yining in the morning, wore an expression of suppressed anger.

Zhou Yining ignored him, went straight to the bathroom to wash her hands, and then sat down at the dining table.

Zhao Xiuna had already brought the food over.

She didn’t dare provoke Zhou Yining again, and only said with a smile, “Eat quickly, the food won’t taste good if it gets cold.”

Zhou Jiaming clicked his tongue and ate resentfully, glaring at Zhou Yining every now and then.

Zhou Yining, however, looked completely calm.

She raised an eyebrow at Zhou Jiaming, “If you don’t want your eyes, you can gouge them out. What are you glaring at me for?”

Zhou Jiaming immediately complained, “Mom, look at her, I didn’t even provoke her.”

Zhao Xiuna quickly smoothed things over,

“Alright, Yining, say a little less. Your brother is quite tired from school these days. The first year of junior high is a crucial time, so don’t argue with him.”

“Of course, I don’t want to argue with him, but who told him to be casting glances with those beady eyes,” Zhou Yining didn’t back down at all.

Zhou Jiaming was so angry that he was half-dead, and simply slammed down his chopsticks. “I’m not eating.”

“Good riddance if you don’t want to eat.”

Zhou Yining didn’t pay any attention to him and continued eating her own food.

Zhao Xiuna hurriedly got up to coax her son, but Zhou Jiaming had already slammed the door to his room and locked it.

Zhao Xiuna knocked a few times, “Jiaming, don’t be angry. You can’t afford to skip meals at your age. Come out and eat.”

“Leave me alone. I’m not eating with that lunatic Zhou Yining,”

Zhou Jiaming said angrily, remembering that he had been tricked out of fifty yuan by Zhou Yining that morning, which only made him angrier.

“Jiaming, Jiaming, open the door,” Zhao Xiuna knocked on the door for a while, but when there was still no response, she gave up.

She wanted to persuade her daughter, but saw that Zhou Yining had already gotten up.

“Finished eating?” Zhao Xiuna asked.

“Yeah, I’m going out to get my hair cut. My bangs are too long and keep getting in my eyes.” As Zhou Yining spoke, she got up to leave.

Zhao Xiuna quickly said, “Wait, didn’t you always get your hair cut at home before? I can just trim it for you, and we can save thirty yuan.”

Zhou Yining’s brow furrowed slightly.

Actually, cutting her own hair wasn’t a big deal, but she didn’t believe that Zhou Jiaming’s hair was also cut at home.

Besides, it was only thirty yuan; it’s not like they were so poor they couldn’t afford it.

It really wasn’t necessary.

“Is Zhou Jiaming’s hair also cut at home?”

Zhou Yining asked Zhao Xiuna directly, her gaze steady.

Zhao Xiuna avoided her gaze guiltily.

Her son always went to a large shopping mall for his haircuts, which cost seventy or eighty yuan each time.

Seeing that Zhao Xiuna didn’t speak, Zhou Yining got up and left home.

Their No. 1 High School wasn’t actually that strict about hairstyles.

They didn’t even care if you wore your hair down, but most of the girls still tied their hair up to make it easier to study; it was more convenient and neat that way.

Zhou Yining hated the bangs that blocked her eyes.

She didn’t know why that hairstyle was so popular, but she certainly didn’t like it.

Zhou Yining casually found a fairly clean barbershop nearby and gave the barber a brief description of what she wanted.

The barber immediately understood what Zhou Yining was saying.

This was because Zhou Yining’s face was actually very pretty, but the heavy bangs made her look lifeless, stiff, and wooden.

The hairstylist changed her thick bangs into side-swept bangs, layered her hair, and finally, used a hairdryer to give the ends of her hair a slight curl, making Zhou Yining look fresh and capable.

She was completely different from how she looked before.

Zhou Yining was very satisfied with this hairstyle.

If she let the side-swept bangs grow out a little longer, they would look even better.

She happily paid the bill.

After leaving the barbershop, it was almost time to go to school.

Zhou Yining didn’t tie up her hair and went to school as she was.

As she approached the school, Zhou Yining felt someone’s gaze on her.

She looked back and saw that it was Yu Yang, who had asked her questions that morning.

Yu Yang looked at Zhou Yining in shock.

How had she not noticed before that Zhou Yining was actually quite pretty?

“Zhou-jie, did you get your hair done? I thought it looked a little like you, but I wasn’t sure,” Yu Yang said.

“Yeah, I don’t like bangs, so I went to get it cut during lunch,” Zhou Yining said with a smile.

Her smile made her even more beautiful.

“Yeah, it really looks good on you.” As Yu Yang spoke, she shook the bag she was carrying in her hand.

“These are all the snacks I brought for you. There are also a few questions on the practice papers I bought that I can’t solve. You have to help me with them.”

“No problem,” Zhou Yining replied with a smile.

As the two were walking, Yu Yang saw Zhang Ye standing not far ahead, looking at them.

Yu Yang wanted to remind Zhou Yining, but Zhou Yining had naturally already seen Zhang Ye.

She didn’t intend to pay any attention to Zhang Ye and pulled Yu Yang towards the teaching building.

Zhang Ye was ignored just like that.

His brow furrowed, and he called out from behind, “Zhou Yining, are you pretending you don’t see me?”

Zhou Yining originally didn’t want to bother with him, but who knew that Zhang Ye would be so eager to walk right into the line of fire?

She turned around to look at Zhang Ye and asked, “Are you and I very familiar? Do I need to pay attention to you?”

Zhang Ye was so choked by her that he couldn’t catch his breath.

However, remembering Zhou Yining’s confession letter on the confession wall, Zhang Ye also sneered,

“Zhou Yining, you don’t think that doing this will make me notice you, do you?”

Zhou Yining was amused by him.

She clapped in Zhang Ye’s direction, “You’ve really opened my eyes.

You must be the type of guy who is full of unfounded confidence, aren’t you? Who wants you to notice me? You’re insane.

Also, you don’t actually think you’re handsome, do you?”

There were already quite a few people looking in their direction.

Zhang Ye felt that he was losing face, but thinking about the reason he had come to find Zhou Yining, Zhang Ye still held back.

“Where do you go for math tutoring? Or did you hire a private tutor?”

“I don’t go to tutoring, and I don’t have a tutor.”

As she said this, Zhou Yining turned around, wanting to pull Yu Yang away.

Zhang Ye took a few steps to get in front of them, blocking their path.

He looked at Zhou Yining.

“You don’t want to tell me because you’re afraid I’ll surpass you on the next exam, right?”

Zhou Yining only felt that Zhang Ye had a problem.

The original Zhou Yining must have been blind to have liked this kind of pretentious guy.

She was speechless.

“If you’re sick, go get treatment as soon as possible. Do you think everyone’s family is as rich as yours?

My parents can’t even bear to give me pocket money, let alone hire a tutor for me? You’re thinking too much.” Zhou Yining said sarcastically.

Zhang Ye’s face turned red and white.

After a long while, he still asked, “Then how did your math scores suddenly improve so much?”

“What’s wrong? Are you unconvinced? Is it only okay for you to be first place, and no one else can be first place? Are guys really so easily triggered? But you have to be prepared.

As long as I’m in No. 1 High School, the top spot in the grade is mine. You have to be ready to be triggered at any time,” Zhou Yining said very calmly.

She was absolutely certain that she would take the top spot in the grade for liberal arts.

Zhang Ye’s expression wasn’t very good. He wasn’t willing to be outdone. “Don’t be too complacent. Don’t forget that you got a 0 in English.”

“I only got a 0 in English because I don’t get along with the English teacher. When I’m in a good mood, I can basically get around 150 points in English. It’s very easy, isn’t it?”

Zhou Yining said indifferently, as if getting 150 points in English was as easy as eating and drinking.

Zhang Ye’s brow twitched a few times.

If Zhou Yining had said this before, he definitely wouldn’t have believed it, but he had heard that Zhou Yining had explained the math paper from this monthly exam in Class 19 in the morning and had done a very good job.

He felt that Zhou Yining would be his potential rival, which made Zhang Ye very uneasy.

Ever since he had entered No. 1 High School, no matter what exam it was, he had always been ranked first in the grade.

No one had ever made him feel so uneasy before.

Zhou Yining was the first.