Teacher Xiao Zhou

When school was over at noon, Zhou Yining went to find Tian Xue, but Tian Xue said she had something to do and had to leave first.

Zhou Yining didn’t really care; it was actually easier for her to go alone, after all, Zhou Yining’s core was that of an adult, and she didn’t really have that much in common with Tian Xue.

Everything went smoothly for Zhou Yining after returning home at noon today because of that slap, Zhou Jiaming didn’t dare to provoke her easily anymore.

Zhou Yining was also happy to have some peace and quiet; she took a nap and then got up unhurriedly to go to school.

Tomorrow was Sunday, and Zhou Yining planned to spend half a day tutoring Jiang Xizhi, as for the afternoon, she needed to make money; submitting articles everywhere was one way, but article reviews all took time, and Zhou Yining only had 70 yuan left, which might not be enough if an emergency came up.

The two afternoon classes were both English; after Zhou Yining did a few sets of test papers herself, she began to idly write outlines for other short stories.

She needed to cast a wide net now; she had to write more short stories to submit so she could earn more money.

As for asking her family for money, Zhou Yining didn’t even think about it; her parents had belittled the original owner so much that they probably didn’t even want to pay for her tuition anymore, let alone give her pocket money.

During the evening self-study, Zhou Yining still finished all her homework first, and then started organizing outlines.

When it was time to eat, Tian Xue had disappeared early again.

Zhou Yining frowned slightly; if it were normal, Tian Xue would definitely have come to find her, so what was going on today?

She decided it was better to go ask Tian Xue; Zhou Yining was originally someone who didn’t like to avoid things, it was best to just go and solve problems when they arose, so as not to complicate simple matters.

Thinking this, she quickly walked outside; at this time, everyone was going to the cafeteria, and Zhou Yining finally found Tian Xue in the crowd.

She called out to Tian Xue, “Tian Xue.”

Tian Xue heard Zhou Yining’s voice, but walked even faster.

Zhou Yining frowned, squeezed through the crowd, and called her again: “Tian Xue, why didn’t you wait for me today?”

Tian Xue’s head drooped slightly, “I, I…”

Seeing her like this, Zhou Yining didn’t press her, “Forget it, let’s go, let’s go get food together.”

“Okay.” Tian Xue clenched her hands, she looked at Zhou Yining, and after a long while finally said:

“I feel like the gap between us is getting bigger and bigger, you’re a good student now, and I’m not.”

“What’s different? Don’t overthink it, we’re going into the third year soon, improving our grades is the most important thing to consider, nothing else matters, by the way, did you look at that notebook?”

“I did, the summarized knowledge points are very comprehensive, and you can find examples in the book, it’s very useful.”

“That’s good, if you don’t understand anything, come ask me, I even charge other people snacks for answering their questions, but it’s free for you.”

Zhou Yining said with a smile, she wanted to ease the atmosphere as much as possible.

Although she didn’t know what Tian Xue’s family situation was like, Zhou Yining could tell that Tian Xue’s personality was also somewhat inferior and sensitive, and when interacting with such a person, she needed to take care of their emotions to some extent.

“Okay.” Tian Xue relaxed a lot, and followed Zhou Yining to the cafeteria.

After arriving at the cafeteria, Zhou Yining went to get a bowl of tomato and egg noodles, while Tian Xue got a chicken leg rice bowl, and the two found an empty seat to sit down.

Not long after sitting down, Zhou Yining felt several sticky gazes looking in her direction.

She raised her eyes and looked over, and saw several boys not far away winking at her.

Zhou Yining frowned slightly; she didn’t recognize these people, what did they mean by this?

The leading boy saw Zhou Yining looking at him, and he raised his eyebrows at Zhou Yining,

“Yo, Zhou Yining, long time no see, how did you become so pretty?”

The boy was thin and tall, but his gaze towards Zhou Yining was very lewd, his gaze seemed to be poisoned.

Zhou Yining frowned slightly, she didn’t dodge and looked straight back.

The boy smiled, “That’s right, Zhou Yining, you’ve grown up, you even dare to look at me like that.”

As he spoke, the other boys around him laughed, their gazes towards Zhou Yining unfriendly.

And Tian Xue, who was across from Zhou Yining, was already pale at this moment, she stared at the food in her plate, wishing she could bury herself in it.

The boys joked for a few sentences, and soon left.

Zhou Yining didn’t have all of the original owner’s memories, she didn’t know who these people were, but looking at Tian Xue’s reaction, Tian Xue should recognize those people.

Zhou Yining raised her eyes and asked, “Who were those people just now?”

“You don’t recognize Lin Shaohui?” Tian Xue asked, her face pale.

Zhou Yining shook her head, “I don’t remember.”

Tian Xue’s eyes darted around, “It’s good if you don’t remember, it’s not a good thing anyway, just remember that they’re not good people, and you must avoid them when you see them in the future.”

Zhou Yining’s heart sank, remembering the poisoned gazes of those few people just now, she always felt that there were other things, the original owner’s classmates ostracizing her, other posting her love letters on the confession wall, perhaps there were even worse things than these.

“What exactly happened?” Zhou Yining still asked.

“Just don’t ask, just remember that they’re not good people, that Lin Shaohui’s family is very rich, and we can’t afford to provoke them,” Tian Xue reminded her.

Seeing that she wouldn’t say, Zhou Yining couldn’t do anything, but she also put the

Back in the classroom, Zhou Yining stopped thinking about other things and just started.

When it was time to leave school, she and Tian Xue came out of the school together, but Tian Xue was inexplicably nervous, constantly looking around.

“What are you looking at?” Zhou Yining asked.

“It’s nothing, just pay attention in the future, if you encounter Lin Shaohui and his gang, remember to avoid them,” Tian Xue reminded her.

Zhou Yining pursed her lips tightly together, she was now even more certain that the original owner had likely suffered more serious school bullying, but what exactly had happened before?

Zhou Yining could only investigate slowly, in any case, she was going to get back every bit of the harm the original owner had suffered.

After returning home in the evening, Zhao Xiuna didn’t make her supper again.

Zhou Yining didn’t care, it was good, everyone wasn’t pretending anymore.

She took a change of clothes and took a shower, and when she came out, she received a WeChat message from Jiang Xizhi.

Jiang Xizhi: [Little Zhou Teacher, what time should we meet tomorrow? Where is your home? I’ll have my driver pick you up.]

Zhou Yining’s lips curved up, and she tapped away on her phone.

Zhou Yining: [No need, just send me the location, I can go there myself, see you at 8 am tomorrow.]

Jiang Xizhi: [Okay, see you tomorrow~ (Cat waving jpg)]

Zhou Yining: [See you tomorrow.]

She put down her phone and felt a lot more relaxed; every time she chatted with Jiang Xizhi, Zhou Yining felt very relaxed.

Ever since she transmigrated, she had been dealing with the original owner’s various problems, both at home and at school, and all the things were like tangled threads, making it impossible for her to sort them out.

But fortunately, things were developing in a better direction, Zhou Yining sighed, things needed to be done one by one, and problems needed to be solved slowly, let nature take its course.

She fell asleep soon after lying on the bed; Zhou Yining set her alarm for 6:30 in the morning; she had looked at the location of Jiang Xizhi’s house yesterday, and it was in a villa area in the city center, which was a bit far from her house, requiring a 9-bus ride, so she had to get up early.

When she got up, Zhao Xiuna was already making breakfast.

Zhao Xiuna looked at Zhou Yining and asked, “Why are you up so early? Don’t you have a day off on Sunday?”

“Yeah, I’m going to a classmate’s house, I probably won’t be back until 7 or 8 in the evening,” Zhou Yining said while getting up and getting ready.

Zhao Xiuna frowned, thought for a moment, and then asked, “Boy or girl?”

Zhou Yining didn’t expect that after what happened that night, Zhao Xiuna would still care about these things so much.

She looked at Zhao Xiuna, “Girl, why?”

“Really? You used to stay home on Sundays and never go out with classmates,” Zhao Xiuna said hesitantly, she was actually a little suspicious that her daughter had a boyfriend. 

“I’ve changed now, I want to study and progress with my friends, I don’t have much time left, I’m going to wash up now,”

Zhou Yining could tell that Zhao Xiuna still didn’t quite believe her, but it didn’t matter, believe it or not, she didn’t need to prove herself.

After coming out of the bathroom, Zhou Yining drank a bowl of porridge, ate an egg, and then went to find clothes to change into.

Since it was Sunday and she had a day off, she didn’t have to wear her school uniform; Zhou Yining didn’t have a closet in this house, and her clothes were all under the single bed in the dining room.

Zhou Yining opened the bed board and looked at the clothes inside, not only were they all off-brand, but some of them had even been washed until they were yellowed.

Zhou Yining was amused by this; she bought a whole set of brand-name sportswear for her son, and the cheapest pair of shoes cost 700 or 800 yuan, but the clothes she bought for her daughter were all cheap street vendor goods, and she wasn’t even willing to buy new ones; were some people really like this as parents?

She took a deep breath, found a clean white T-shirt and a pair of jeans, changed, and then walked towards the door, too lazy to pay attention to Zhao Xiuna, because Zhao Xiuna wasn’t a qualified mother anyway.

Seeing that Zhou Yining was about to leave, Zhao Xiuna quickly asked,

“Yining, are you leaving now? Are you really going to a female classmate to review your lessons, or are you going out with someone disreputable?”

Zhou Yining didn’t bother to pay attention at all and simply closed the door.

The sound of her closing the door woke up Zhou Yuanfei, who came out of the bedroom with an impatient expression,

“What’s wrong? What’s all the fuss about so early in the morning?”

Zhao Xiuna sighed and said, “Hey, Yining is becoming more and more of a worry; she said she’s going out to find a classmate today and won’t be back until the evening, and I’m a little worried that she’s really going to get together with a boy.”

“Hmph, if she really dares to be so shameless, see if I don’t beat her to death; if she wants to go out, let her go, so she won’t be an eyesore at home,” Zhou Yuanfei got angry whenever he saw Zhou Yining now.

At this time, Zhou Jiaming also came out of his room, “That’s right, Mom, why do you care about her; she’s like a mad dog now, biting anyone she sees, be careful she bites you.”

“You child, how can you say that about your sister?” Zhao Xiuna tried to smooth things over again.

Zhou Yuanfei sneered, “Jiaming is right, don’t worry about that mad dog, without her, our family will be more comfortable.”

Zhou Yining, on the other hand, walked about one station after leaving her house and arrived at the bus stop; from there, she could take a 9-bus ride and then walk another station to reach Jiang Xizhi’s house.