After breakfast, Song Jiaren went to school. When she arrived at the classroom, the bell rang. Liu Meifeng stood at the podium and pointed. âSong Jiaren, youâre late. Stand outside the door and listen to the class.â
Song Jiaren ignored her and walked toward her seat.
Liu Meifeng was a little embarrassed. She grabbed Song Jiarenâs arm and pulled her out of the door. She said fiercely, âIf you donât listen to the teacher, youâll be punished to stand outside tomorrow too.â
Qi Wenwen hurriedly ran into the classroom and said, âTeacher, Iâm sorry Iâm late.â
Liu Meifeng nodded and asked Qi Wenwen to return to her seat. Song Jiaren sneered. âTeacher, wonât Qi Wenwen be punished for being late?â
âSheâs polite. Have you apologized to me?â Liu Meifeng said matter-of-factly. Song Jiaren flung her hand away and questioned, âAs a teacher, are you polite? You signed me up for sports events without my approval. Also, last time, you lost a bet with me. Did you do cleaning duty?â Liu Meifeng wanted to defend herself, but she didnât know how to. The students in the class started to discuss softly. Liu Meifeng felt that they were all criticizing her.
âEnough!â she shouted. âIâm a teacher. You have to do whatever I tell you to do! All you do is complain all day. Canât you study more?â
Mo Jia stood up and said, âTeacher, are you still going to teach? Youâre telling us to study, but why are you wasting our time arguing?â Liu Meifengâs face flushed with anger. She pointed at Mo Jia and said, âYou go stand outside as punishment too.â
Mo Jia kicked away the stool and said loudly, âI donât want to listen to your class. You donât know how to give lessons at all. Just because your family has power, you take advantage of that and donât even teach properly.â
âIâll go with you guys.â Ivy stood up as well. She walked up to Liu Meifeng and snorted. âIâve put up with you for a long time.â
The students in the class also started to criticize Liu Meifeng. The classroom was noisy. Liu Meifeng looked at them helplessly and hurriedly took her things to leave the classroom.
Song Jiaren looked at her back and sneered. âTeacher Liu, look at how unpopular you are.â
Liu Meifeng clenched her fists and left without looking back.
Song Jiaren looked at Mo Jia and Ivy, then smiled as she said, âYou guys are so cool.â
Mo Jia said excitedly, âJiaren, youâre even cooler. Youâre so cool.â
Qi Wenwen stormed towards them and said angrily, âSong Jiaren, why did you drag me into your argument with the teacher?â
Song Jiaren tidied up her deformed clothes and said carelessly, âBecause Iâm willing to. By the way, arenât you buying my things? Have you collected enough money? These things are too much of a hindrance to my bed. Pay for them as soon as possible.â Qi Wenwen glared at her angrily. She had gone too far. She couldnât afford so much money. A vicious look flashed across her eyes as she said coldly, âIâll give you the money tomorrow night at the cafe outside school.â
Song Jiaren looked at her suspiciously. Qi Wenwenâs family wasnât rich, so it was impossible for her to have so much money. Then where did she get the money from?
Mo Jia asked curiously, âQi Wenwen, when did your family become so rich?â
Qi Wenwen sneered. âItâs none of your business. You should think about how to cheer for Song Jiaren at the sports meet.â With that, she left.
Hearing Qi Wenwenâs words, Ivy said worriedly, âJiaren, what are you going to do tomorrow at the sports meet?â
Song Jiaren said casually, âDonât worry, Iâll show you my strength tomorrow.â