If You want me to be, Then I Am

Jiang Xizhi returned to the classroom to get her test paper, and Zhou Yining followed behind her, waiting outside Class 1. Just then, Zhang Ye took his cup out to get water.

Seeing Zhou Yining in the corridor of their class, Zhang Ye deliberately coughed a few times, wanting Zhou Yining to talk to him first.

Zhou Yining didn’t even look at him, her gaze fixed on the entrance of Class 1 until Zhang Ye himself blocked her way.

Feeling her line of sight was obstructed, Zhou Yining finally spoke, “Move aside, you’re blocking my view.”

Zhang Ye’s face twitched violently a few times before he said, “You’re not here to find me?”

Zhou Yining gave Zhang Ye an amused look, and mocked, “The most valuable thing in a person is self-awareness. Why would I be looking for you? You narcissistic guy.”

There were quite a few people in the corridor at this time, and being rebuffed by Zhou Yining like this, Zhang Ye immediately felt he had lost face.

“Zhou Yining, don’t think that by acting like this, I’ll start to notice you…”

Before he could say anything more, Zhou Yining cut him off,

“That would be too wonderful. I wouldn’t want to be noticed by a guy like you who’s always pretending to be something he’s not.

Move aside, will you? Standing in the middle of the corridor, are you going to stop everyone else from walking?”

Zhang Ye’s face turned red with anger from Zhou Yining’s words.

Zhou Yining had clearly written him a love letter just a few days ago, so how dare she treat him like this now?

Jiang Xizhi had already come out with her test paper and notebook at this moment.

Seeing Zhang Ye talking to Zhou Yining, Jiang Xizhi frowned slightly.

Her first reaction was that Zhang Ye was a bit of an eyesore.

When she realized what she was thinking, she was shocked. When did she start to feel averse to Zhang Ye?

Jiang Xizhi walked straight over with her things. “Yining, let’s go.”

Seeing her come over, Zhou Yining smiled at her.

“Okay, let’s go to the fire escape. There are fewer people there.”

“Okay.” Seeing that Zhou Yining had no intention of talking to Zhang Ye any further, Jiang Xizhi breathed a slight sigh of relief and prepared to leave with Zhou Yining.

Feeling ignored, Zhang Ye felt a burning pain in his face. He gritted his teeth and said, “Jiang Xizhi, is this how you treat me now?”

Jiang Xizhi looked at him with a puzzled expression.

“Isn’t that how you’ve always treated me? If you want others to respect you, you have to learn to respect others first.

You don’t even understand that simple principle, and you’re supposed to be the top student in the grade.”

After saying that, Jiang Xizhi didn’t want to pay any more attention to Zhang Ye.

She even felt ashamed that she had been so infatuated with Zhang Ye before.

“Let’s go.” Jiang Xizhi looked at Zhou Yining.

Zhou Yining smiled and nodded at her, and the two of them went to the fire escape together.

Zhang Ye stood in the hallway, his face alternating between pale and red.

What was wrong with these girls lately?

Were they all trying to play hard to get with him? He wouldn’t fall for it.

Zhou Yining and Jiang Xizhi had already gone to the fire escape.

The fire escape connected to an open-air corridor, and there were benches along one side of the corridor.

Zhou Yining had brought tissues, and she expertly wiped the bench clean before smiling at Jiang Xizhi.

“Sit down.”

“Thank you.” Jiang Xizhi thanked her, her ears slightly red.

She didn’t know why, but she liked Zhou Yining doing these things for her.

It wasn’t that she wanted to order Zhou Yining around, but it felt so natural when Zhou Yining did these things for her, unlike Shi Yuanyuan and Si Yaqing.

Although they were her friends, they were still a little cautious when they treated her.

But Zhou Yining was very casual when she did these things, which made her feel very comfortable.

Jiang Xizhi felt that this was how friends should interact.

She sat down, afraid that Zhou Yining would think she was stupid, and said in advance, “If I don’t understand something later, can you not be fierce with me?”

The girl’s fox eyes looked at Zhou Yining obediently.

Zhou Yining’s lips curved into a smile as she said, “Okay, I won’t be fierce. But you have to tell me the truth when I ask you questions so that I can help you improve your grades.”

“Okay.” Jiang Xizhi nodded obediently. She thought Zhou Yining looked quite pretty when she smiled.

Zhou Yining took out the monthly exam paper.

After scanning Jiang Xizhi’s wrong answers, she had a good idea of Jiang Xizhi’s level.

“Your foundation isn’t very solid. Do you sometimes not know what the question setter wants to test?”

“Yeah, I rarely get above 90 in math,” Jiang Xizhi muttered softly.

“Getting above 90 isn’t difficult, as long as you do as I say for the next year.”

As Zhou Yining spoke, she began to explain Jiang Xizhi’s first wrong answer.

“This question wants to test your knowledge of functions. I’ll write down a few important points for you, so pay attention to taking notes…”

Zhou Yining knew that Jiang Xizhi’s foundation wasn’t good, so she explained very carefully.

She broke down a multiple-choice question, first helping Jiang Xizhi review the knowledge points, and then applying the knowledge points to the question.

Jiang Xizhi hadn’t understood this question when it was explained in class, but Class 1 was a class for top students, and everyone else understood, so she was too embarrassed to ask the teacher again.

But she understood what Zhou Yining had just explained.

Jiang Xizhi felt that Zhou Yining explained things better than her tutor.

After explaining one question, the bell for self-study class had already rung.

Zhou Yining smiled at Jiang Xizhi. “I’ll explain the rest to you when we eat later. We can talk on the phone.”

“Okay.” Jiang Xizhi smiled at Zhou Yining, and the two of them jogged back to their respective classes.

After Zhou Yining returned to her class, she started to do her homework for the day, which was basically just test papers that the teachers had assigned.

Zhou Yining finished the test papers in two self-study periods, and then it was time to eat.

The school gave them forty minutes for lunch.

Zhou Yining got up to call Tian Xue to eat with her, and Tian Xue followed Zhou Yining out of the classroom.

After a while, Tian Xue finally spoke, “You went to Class 1 just now?”

Zhou Yining nodded.

“Yeah, I went to see Jiang Xizhi about something. I have some leads on the confession wall matter, but I can’t be sure yet.”

“That’s good, but recently everyone’s attitude towards you has changed very quickly. Even the people in our class have started calling you Sister Zhou.”

Tian Xue sounded a little dejected when she said this.

“It doesn’t matter. Other people’s opinions aren’t that important. Just be yourself.” Zhou Yining comforted her.

“Oh right, where did you get your hair cut? I want to get a haircut too,” Tian Xue asked.

“It’s that shop on Back Street. If you want to get a haircut, I’ll go with you tomorrow at noon,” Zhou Yining said. Anything was better than going back to that house.

“Okay, I knew you were the best.” Tian Xue finally smiled.

After Zhou Yining went to the cafeteria, she ordered a bowl of stewed noodles.

When she was almost finished eating, she received a WeChat message from Jiang Xizhi.

Jiang Xizhi: [Have you finished eating? Where shall we go later?]

Zhou Yining: [Let’s go to the fire escape again. There are fewer people there. I’ll be right there.]

Jiang Xizhi: [Okay, waiting for you. (Rabbit obedient jpg)]

The corners of Zhou Yining’s lips turned up slightly.

She looked up at Tian Xue and said, “I’m going out for a bit. You don’t have to wait for me. Just go back to the class.”

Tian Xue looked at Zhou Yining, hesitating to speak, but finally nodded.

When Zhou Yining went to the corridor, Jiang Xizhi was already waiting there. Besides the two of them, there were other students from other classes taking a walk and chatting.

Zhou Yining took Jiang Xizhi’s test paper and smiled. “Okay, let’s talk about the second wrong question. It’s the same as before. I’ll help you review the knowledge points first…”

Zhou Yining’s tone was very gentle when she explained the questions, trying to explain them in a simple way so that Jiang Xizhi could understand them.

Zhou Yining would also encourage Jiang Xizhi every time she answered a point correctly.

Twenty minutes passed without them realizing it, and Jiang Xizhi felt a little unsatisfied.

It was very comfortable to be with Zhou Yining.

She wouldn’t feel tired even if she was just listening to Zhou Yining explain the questions.

Zhou Yining explained two questions and looked at the time.

She said, “We’ll have to wait until tomorrow. Let’s go, it’s almost time for self-study.”

“Okay, but your brain is really good. You actually remembered all these formulas and theorems, and you can explain them so clearly. I wish you were my teacher,” Jiang Xizhi said with some regret.

But Zhou Yining looked at her. “I can be, if you want me to.”

“Huh?” Jiang Xizhi was stunned by her words.

Zhou Yining smiled at her, looking into Jiang Xizhi’s beautiful fox eyes.

“Don’t we have one day off every Sunday? I have to set aside half a day to do my own things, and the remaining half day is all yours.”

Jiang Xizhi only felt her heart beating fast, as if she were weightless.

The feeling was strange, and she couldn’t describe it.

“What do you mean?” Jiang Xizhi asked blankly.

Zhou Yining was amused by her. “It means that I can tutor you on Sunday mornings if you need me to.”

“Really?” Jiang Xizhi’s eyes lit up. “Then I can pay you for tutoring.”

“No need, I’ll tutor you for free. We’re friends.” Zhou Yining looked at the time and added, “Let’s go, we’re running late. Let’s go back to the class first.”

“Okay.”

All the way back to the class, Jiang Xizhi was still in a daze.

Zhou Yining said she would tutor her and said they were friends.

Jiang Xizhi’s lips curved into a smile, and her gaze fell on the questions that Zhou Yining had just explained to her.

She obediently took out her notebook and copied the knowledge points that Zhou Yining had just explained.

Zhang Ye had been looking at Jiang Xizhi several times.

Seeing Jiang Xizhi smiling foolishly in her seat, Zhang Ye felt that Jiang Xizhi’s smile was a little dazzling.

What’s wrong with the girls these days?

Did they all have to rely on roasting him to get his attention?

Zhang Ye couldn’t figure it out.