Expulsion

Over the next few days, Zhou Yining spent all her free time in the library, writing.

Knowing that Zhou Yining was busy during the day, Jiang Xizhi usually only chatted with her in the evening.

However, Zhou Yining was actually frantically working on her holiday homework in the evenings.

It had to be said that although Zhou Yining had good grades, the teachers really knew how to assign homework.

She had to stay up almost until 12 o’clock every night to finish her homework.

On August 25th, Zhou Yining went to the examination hall early.

This provincial composition competition was held in the conference hall of a hotel in Nanchuan City.

All fifty participants were required to sign in at the hall’s first floor at eight o’clock, get their admission tickets, and then enter the venue to wait for the exam.

Zhou Yining arrived at the exam room early.

She found her seat number, sat down, and waited for the exam questions to be announced.

At nine o’clock, the composition competition officially began.

The topic given was very broad: describe any person who left a deep impression on you.

Zhou Yining almost immediately started writing without needing to think.

Her novels from her previous life weren’t written in vain; shaping a fictional character came easily to her.

At ten thirty, the person in charge of the competition asked everyone to stop writing and hand in their essays.

After coming out of the hotel, Zhou Yining felt that she should be able to earn some money this time.

However, with only five days left before school started, she still hadn’t finished her homework.

Zhou Yining decided to use her daytime to write, and then spend the last two days finishing the remaining homework.

With her efforts, she finally managed to save 140,000 words before school started, and even finished her homework on the last day of the holiday.

On September 1st, the first day of school, Zhou Yining went to school with a tired face. Xu Yueming couldn’t help but ask,

“What happened to you? Your eyes are so dark. Did you spend the night at an internet cafe?”

“No, I was writing homework all night, okay?” Zhou Yining was speechless.

Xu Yueming seemed to have discovered a new continent.

“No way, you only finished your homework yesterday? That’s even worse than me.”

“Yes, I only finished my homework yesterday, but my grades are still better than yours.”

Xu Yueming was choked by her words and didn’t dare to say anything.

Zhou Yining’s gaze fell on Tian Xue’s seat not far away. Tian Xue’s seat was empty, and she hadn’t arrived even by the time for morning reading.

During the morning self-study session, Chen Yitong came over.

She asked the class monitor to lead everyone in reciting the text, and then called Zhou Yining out, and the two went to the office together.

Once in the office, Chen Yitong finally said, “Yining, the school has expelled Tian Xue.

However, considering that she is a minor, the school’s intention is not to announce this matter to the public. Are you okay with that?”

Zhou Yining nodded. “Okay.”

In this way, it could be considered that she had helped the original owner settle things with Tian Xue.

Such a friend was simply not worth having.

“Okay, I hope this matter hasn’t affected you. You are already in the third year of high school this year.

Don’t let these trivial matters disturb your mind.

Also, if anything happens at your home, you can always ask me for help. Don’t be polite with me.”

“Thank you, teacher. I know.” Zhou Yining’s thanks were sincere.

This teacher had even helped her find a lawyer because of the last incident, and she would rush over as soon as something happened.

She was a hundred times better than the original owner’s family.

“You’re welcome, go back to class.” Chen Yitong smiled at her, she was afraid that Zhou Yining had a psychological problem, after all, how much had happened to Zhou Yining in just a few months?

How could a child bear all of this?

After Zhou Yining returned to class, many people were secretly looking at her, wanting to know what had happened.

Of course, Zhou Yining didn’t say anything.

As soon as school started, the class representatives for each subject collected homework as the first thing, and they would also report the names of those who hadn’t handed in their homework to the teachers.

Complaints filled the classroom. Zhou Yining handed in all her homework with dark circles under her eyes.

By the time the class representatives had collected all the homework, it was already the end of the first class.

The students finally had time to chat.

Of course, someone in the class noticed that Tian Xue hadn’t come, and asked,

“Hey, look at Tian Xue’s seat. Why didn’t she come to class today?”

“I don’t know. She’s usually so withdrawn; I haven’t even talked to her. But Zhou Yining should know, right?”

“Yeah, yeah, Zhou Yining is her friend, so she must know.”

A gossipy boy had already approached Zhou Yining, and he asked, “Zhou Yining, why didn’t Tian Xue come?

Could it be that she didn’t finish her homework and didn’t dare to come to school?”

In previous years, there had been students who didn’t come to class on the first day because they hadn’t finished their homework, so everyone didn’t find it strange.

Zhou Yining glanced at him coldly. “I don’t know.”

The boy was perceptive enough to see that Zhou Yining had dark circles under her eyes and a cold expression, and immediately retreated.

“Let’s go, let’s go, Zhou Yining probably doesn’t know. I guess she’ll come tomorrow.”

Tian Xue was originally a transparent figure.

In the past few months, Tian Xue had only become somewhat noticeable because of Zhou Yining.

Zhou Yining dozed off during the homeroom teacher’s Chinese class. Chen Yitong knew what had happened to Zhou Yining and did not disturb her.

The fourth class was politics. Before class, Chen Yitong came over and said, “Yining, come to my office for a moment.”

“Okay.” Zhou Yining nodded.

Many students speculated as to what Zhou Yining was being summoned for, but judging from the head teacher’s amiable demeanor, she probably wasn’t looking for trouble.

After school, Zhou Yining went straight to the teachers’ office. “Teacher, did you want to see me?”

Chen Yitong smiled and nodded. “Yes, let’s go. I’ll take you to dinner.”

“No need, teacher. I should get home to rest. You can go home.”

Zhou Yining really didn’t want to trouble Chen Yitong anymore, she was the type of person who disliked troubling others.

“Hurry up, let your family know.” Chen Yitong said, pulling Zhou Yining out of the office.

Zhou Yining had no choice but to send a message to Zhao Xiuna, saying that she was going to dinner with a classmate and wouldn’t be home for lunch.

Afterwards, she immediately put her phone on silent

. Zhou Yining was very tired today and didn’t want to answer Zhao Xiuna’s calls and argue with her.

“Let’s go, get in the car.” Chen Yitong said, getting into the car first.

Zhou Yining then sat in the passenger seat. She fastened her seat belt and was a little unsure of what to say.

Chen Yitong smiled at her. “Have you been too tired lately because of Tian Xue’s matter? I thought you seemed to be falling asleep in class this morning.”

“It’s actually okay. This matter didn’t affect me much. I was working part-time during the summer vacation, and I only finished my homework at one o’clock this morning.”

Zhou Yining said truthfully.

“Part-time?” Chen Yitong took a breath. Zhou Yining’s grades were so good.

If she were a normal parent, she would definitely let her child rest well during the vacation.

How could she let a child who was about to enter the third year of high school go to tutoring classes?

“If you need money, you can tell me. You don’t need to push yourself so hard.”

After Chen Yitong finished speaking, she thought of Zhou Yining’s personality and added,

“Just consider it a loan from me, and you can pay me back later.”

“No need, teacher. I can’t always rely on others. People always have to grow up, sooner or later. Given my family’s situation, it’s better to rely on myself than to place my hopes on my parents.”

Zhou Yining replied calmly. She was telling the truth, and she wasn’t the original owner.

If she were the original owner, she would definitely be sad because of her original family, but she just felt annoyed.

Chen Yitong glanced at Zhou Yining out of the corner of her eye. The girl spoke calmly, without even changing her tone.

It was frighteningly calm, as if she had been completely hurt by her parents and no longer had any expectations of them.

“You’re still young and shouldn’t put all the pressure on yourself. Don’t look at this car of mine.

It’s only worth two hundred thousand yuan. I bought this on purpose. It’s the cheapest one of all my cars.

I bought this car just to drive to work; otherwise, there would be too much gossip at school, and I don’t want the trouble. I’m not short of money; you can really borrow it from me first.”

Chen Yitong continued, nearly writing “I’m very rich” on her face.

In addition to feeling grateful, Zhou Yining also thought that her homeroom teacher was a little adorable.

Sometimes it was like this: relatives by blood might only want to scheme against you or even ruin you, while some friends or even strangers would help you.

It could only be said that people had a thousand faces.

Her luck wasn’t good, and after transmigrating, she had felt nothing but malice from her family and classmates.

But at the same time, she had also met good people like Jiang Xizhi, Zhong Yumeng, and Chen Yitong.

“It’s really not necessary, teacher. If I really can’t handle it, I’ll ask you for help. Don’t worry.” Zhou Yining said with a smile.

Her condition wasn’t good today, entirely because she had been too busy during the vacation, plus she had spent a long time doing homework last night, so her brain was numb.

“Okay, I’ll take you to eat something delicious, and relax.” Chen Yitong was a little relieved to see that she could still smile.

She was really afraid that Zhou Yining would become depressed, after all, anyone would have a hard time dealing with such a pile of problems.

However, what Chen Yitong didn’t know was that Zhou Yining had also taken two people to court when she went to training.

Chen Yitong drove the car, and 20 minutes later, the car stopped next to a small alley that wasn’t very noticeable.

Zhou Yining glanced at the vehicles parked nearby, all of which were luxury cars. Chen Yitong’s Mercedes-Benz, worth less than three hundred thousand, was inconspicuous here.

“What’s wrong?” Chen Yitong asked, seeing Zhou Yining looking around.

“These are all luxury cars parked here. Is this restaurant famous?” Zhou Yining asked.

Chen Yitong opened the car door and got out. While waiting for Zhou Yining, she explained,

“It’s okay, it’s just relatively well-known in certain circles. Inside is a private restaurant; you can’t order à la carte.

If you go to eat, the restaurant will serve dishes according to the ingredients available that day.

And you need to book five days in advance, otherwise there definitely won’t be a table.”

Zhou Yining nodded, understanding. A private restaurant for the wealthy.

“Let’s go, I’ve been working all day, and I’m hungry. You should eat more too. You’re not even 18 yet, maybe you can still grow taller.”

The two chatted as they entered the restaurant, where a staff member immediately came to greet them.

“Do you have a reservation?”

“Yes, for Friday, number 21.”

“Are you Ms. Chen?”

“Yes.”

“Please, this way.” The waiter led Chen Yitong and Zhou Yining to a private room on the second floor.

Zhou Yining looked around, thinking that the decoration here was quite simple.

The private rooms on the second floor were also very quiet, indeed suitable for discussing matters.

However, the prices should not be cheap.