Gu Qingqing followed Luo Jiuhong into Class Nineteen.
At the bottom of the grade, the atmosphere in Class Nineteen of Building B was quite chaotic. Luo Jiuhong shouted to start the class, but there were still disruptions. At one point, a shoe flew up towards the podium, narrowly missing his head.
Finally losing his patience, the usually mild-mannered Luo Jiuhong shouted, "Everyone, quiet down!"
He slammed the blackboard with his palm, causing dust to fly and making his squinty eyes even narrower. The students burst into laughter.
With his intimidating presence, just introducing the new student could take up the entire class. Gu Qingqing thought for a moment and decided to step in.
The laughter abruptly stopped as Gu Qingqing, a new student with fair skin, a tall and slender figure, big almond eyes, a high nose bridge, a small nose tip, and full cherry lips, entered the room. Her features were impeccable, as if she had stepped out of a comic book.
Whistles erupted from the boys, and a new school flower was born.
"Chu Wei, look, isn't she prettier than your crush?"
A boy in the back row, who had been playing on his phone, glanced up and said casually, "She's okay."
Seeing that Chu Wei was not interested at all, Zhou Tong sighed and shook his head.
Excitedly, Luo Jiuhong introduced from the podium, "This is your new classmate, Gu Qingqing."
"Gu... Qingqing?"
"Isn't she the one who cheated on the exam?"
"Isn't she the one who pushed Ye Chengxuan down the stairs?"
"I heard from Class One that the Mu family donated a building for her, using Mu Xueqing's money..."
Chu Wei's hand paused, and his phoenix eyes narrowed as he locked onto the slender figure of the new student on the podium.
"Chu Wei, remember to warn your belle to be careful. Adopting such a cousin, she might be the one pushed down the stairs one day."
"Shut up!"
Chu Wei was not in a good mood.
His gaze was unfriendly, and even from a classroom away, Gu Qingqing could feel it. She glanced in his direction indifferently.
Luo Jiuhong didn't expect such a strong reaction from the students and decided to skip over this part.
"Qingqing, you can sit..."
As the bottom class, there were still a few empty seats. Luo Jiuhong scanned the room and settled on a clean and pretty female student.
"Sit next to Yang Qi."
The class flower, Yang Qi, raised her eyebrows. "Teacher, Gu Qingqing cheated on the exam. Everyone knows about it. I don't want to sit with her."
Luo Jiuhong was annoyed. "This matter hasn't been investigated yet..."
"Do we need to investigate? Her own parents said it! Can they wrong her?"
Luo Jiuhong: ...
The whole class fell silent. Although their grades were poor, they all had their principles.
The gazes around them became increasingly strange, and Gu Qingqing remained expressionless. She spoke calmly, "No need to force it."
She walked straight to the back row.
"Damn, does she want to sit next to Master Chu?"
"Yang Qi, your idol is about to be stolen!"
Yang Qi stared at Gu Qingqing, wishing she could throw her out of the window.
Chu Wei also stared at Gu Qingqing. When she reached the last row, he suddenly pulled the empty seat next to him, overturning the desk and chair with a loud noise.
The entire class fell silent.
Yang Qi almost burst out laughing.
Gu Qingqing just glanced faintly, then moved past him to the other side and sat down. "Can I sit here?"
Her voice was clear and cool, devoid of any emotion, but undoubtedly pleasant to the ears.
Li Yi was still shocked and a little nervous. Her seat was far away from everyone else, even further back than the last row, like an island in the class.
"Are... are you sure?"
Finally, the others reacted. Some were gloating.
"Look, even Li Yi doesn't want to sit with her! Hahaha!"
Li Yi became even more flustered and quickly explained, "I-I didn't mean it that way, what I meant was..."
She pulled at her sleeves, trying to cover the scar on her hand, sweating profusely, with red eyes.
"I'm sure," Gu Qingqing said.
A gentle breeze suddenly brushed through their hearts, soothing all of Li Yi's embarrassment and panic.
She pulled out the chair for the new student, feeling a bit shy, and said softly, "Wel-welcome."
"Thank you," Gu Qingqing replied.
"No... no problem."
She finally had a deskmate. Li Yi felt a little happy, but the red scar on her face crinkled like old bark.
Seeing this, the other students averted their eyes, and Li Yi felt the disdain from others. She restrained her smile, subconsciously adjusting her mask and pushing her seat further away.
When she saw Gu Qingqing's gaze, she explained again, "I'm afraid of scaring you."
"You won't."
"Huh?"
"I'm not that easy to be scared." She had seen far worse than a burn victim.
Li Yi: ...
"Is she trying to establish herself as a guardian angel for the weak and disabled?"
Li Yi, who had been used as a tool for countless beauties to establish themselves, pursed her lips. The excitement of having a deskmate suddenly waned.
She was so beautiful, and she couldn't like her...
Gu Qingqing couldn't be bothered with the chatter. She put down her backpack, took out her phone, and started playing games, ignoring everyone.
Those gossiping people found it boring when the main character didn't react, and the conversation gradually died down.
Chu Wei, still playing on his phone, glanced at Gu Qingqing, who was two meters away from him. Her porcelain-like face showed no emotion, and the corner of his eye caught sight of the overturned desk and chair that he had dragged down. Suddenly, he felt like he had stepped in something foul.
He put away his phone, took out a delicately packaged pink box from the desk, and left straight away.
"Is Master Chu going to send a gift to Mu Xueqing again? Last time he sent a Patek Philippe, what did he send this time?"
Li Yi also glanced at Gu Qingqing secretly. After hesitating for a long time, she plucked up the courage to hand over a lollipop.
"Here."
Gu Qingqing looked up and took it. "Thank you."
She tore open the wrapper and casually put the lollipop in her mouth.
Li Yi's eyes sparkled. Others would just throw it away, but she actually ate it...
She felt butterflies in her stomach.
Others also looked at Gu Qingqing, especially the male students in the class. Regardless of Gu Qingqing's bad reputation, she was undeniably beautiful.
"I thought Mu Xueqing and Yang Qi were the prettiest, but I didn't expect Gu Qingqing to surpass them. With such a girl as a classmate, my appetite will be spoiled!"
Yang Qi's teeth almost shattered. Why did this troublemaker have to cause trouble in Class Nineteen? Was she deliberately trying to make things difficult for her?
It wasn't until the end of the first class that Chu Wei returned with half a bottle of cola in his hand.
As soon as he entered, he glanced at Gu Qingqing, then sat back in his seat and started drinking.
"There's a bug."
Chu Wei sprayed cola out of his mouth, and he jumped up. "Where's the bug?"
He looked left and right, and then saw Gu Qingqing holding a pen with a beetle on it.
Because his reaction was too exaggerated, Gu Qingqing's black grape-like eyes turned and stared at him "straightforwardly," and for the first time, a shallow dimple appeared on her cheek.
She was smiling!
Even though there was no indication of a smile on any other part of Gu Qingqing's face, Chu Wei analyzed from her micro-expressions that she was indeed smiling!
So, she did it on purpose!
"Master Chu, you're still so timid! Hahaha!"
Zhou Tong laughed mercilessly.
Damn it!
Chu Wei kicked the stool and left with his uniform.
Yang Qi: "Is she trying to seduce Master Chu again?"