Qiao Manman and Shen Que were startled and looked up at the G-Wagon parked in front of them.

Without even rolling down the car window, Qiao Manman could tell who was sitting inside.

Just as I was thinking of Jiang Tingyan's icy, world-weary, ancestor-like face, the car window rolled down.

As expected, Jiang Tingyan glared at the two of them and parked the car arrogantly at the school gate.

He casually rested his right hand on the steering wheel, his voice cool and clear: "Qiao Manman, you have ten minutes left before your 8 a.m. start."

"Pay attention to the time. If you're late, think carefully about the consequences."

After saying that, Jiang Tingyan rolled up the car window, released the brake, and drove into the school.

Qiao Manman stared at the rear of Jiang Tingyan's car, the words "apology letter" and "corporal punishment" repeatedly appearing in her mind.

She clicked her tongue inwardly, then quickened her pace and headed towards the school.

Seeing this, Shen Que hurriedly followed.

"Qiao Manman, isn't he family? Why couldn't he make an exception for you being late?"

Qiao Manman gritted her teeth and said, "Can you reason with a madman?"

Shen Que paused for a moment, then shook his head: "Indeed, no. Wait, we weren't talking about that. We were talking about the antique market. Are you still going?"

Qiao Manman suddenly stopped and said earnestly to Shen Que, "Wait for me at the school gate after school at noon!"

Shen Que made an "OK" gesture, then slowed down and watched Qiao Manman walk quickly towards the teaching building where she was.

She rushed as fast as she could and arrived at the classroom just in time.

Despite arriving so early in the morning, she still managed to get into the classroom right on time.

After putting down her schoolbag, Qiao Manman looked around and frowned in confusion when she didn't see Zhu Liangqi.

She glanced at the teacher on the podium and secretly took out her phone to send a message to Zhu Liangqi.

Qiao Manman: [Liang Qi, where are you?]

Upon receiving the message, Zhu Liangqi was squeezing into the subway.

Finding a small corner to steady herself, she then replied to Qiao Manman.

Zhu Liangqi: [I'm still on the subway, don't worry, I've already asked for leave.]

Qiao Manman sent a question mark: 【Did something happen this morning? Why do I need to ask for leave?】

Zhu Liangqi recalled that as soon as her uncle left in the morning, Hong Yanli grabbed her and made her wash all the leftover dishes from last night in the kitchen, and also mopped the floor from the inside out.

Fortunately, Kochman didn't wake up, and the door was locked and couldn't be opened; otherwise, she probably wouldn't have been able to go to school this morning...

Thinking of Kochman's appearance, Zhu Liangqi felt a sense of suffocation and disgust.

She gritted her teeth, suppressing her emotions, and replied: "No, no, I overslept because I turned off my alarm. Don't worry."

Qiao Manman breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the reply: 【Sorry, Liang Qi, if I hadn't been playing so much last night that I forgot the time, you wouldn't have been late today.】

Zhu Liangqi's fingers trembled slightly as they landed on the screen.

The light in her eyes gradually dimmed, and a bitter smile slowly tugged at the corners of her lips.

Zhu Liangqi: [This is a rare opportunity, full of possibilities, don't overthink it.]

I had just finished replying when the subway suddenly braked.

With nowhere to grab onto, Zhu Liangqi stumbled forward due to inertia, and the phone she was holding slipped from her grasp and fell to the ground.

Startled, Zhu Liangqi quickly squatted down to pick up the phone, but just as she grabbed it, someone accidentally stepped on it.

Zhu Liangqi cried out in pain. The other person seemed to hear her cry and quickly withdrew his foot, apologizing repeatedly.

"Sorry, sorry! I didn't see it just now!"

With tears in her eyes, Zhu Liangqi stood up, holding her own hands.

Just as she was about to shake her head at the girl apologizing to indicate that it was okay, someone suddenly bumped into her hard again, forcibly pushing her out of the carriage. She staggered several steps with the flow of people before regaining her balance.

Zhu Liangqi didn't dare to delay for a moment and turned around to squeeze into the car again, but the carriage was already crowded with passengers who had just stepped in, and there wasn't even a small corner left.

As she watched helplessly as the subway doors closed, Zhu Liangqi's heart sank, and her mind went blank.

The subway started moving and sped past her.

Seeing her disheveled reflection in the glass, Zhu Liangqi forced a self-deprecating bitter smile, tears gradually blurring her vision.

I wish she could be like Manman.

She has a loving father, a warm home, doesn't have to squeeze onto the subway or bus to go to school, and doesn't have to worry about living expenses every month.

There's no need to deliberately please anyone or watch whose face to get a tiny place to live.

A buzzing vibration came from her phone. Zhu Liangqi looked at the message sent by Qiao Manman with tears in her eyes.

Qiao Manman sent her a screenshot of the order.

She said, "You must not have had breakfast yet. I bought you some; you can eat it at school. There'll also be milk tea later."

Upon seeing the news, Zhu Liangqi's pent-up distress gradually subsided.

She took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and sent a heart emoji: 【Thank you so much~】

As soon as get out of class ended, Qiao Manman rushed to the school gate and asked two security guards to help deliver the milk tea to the classroom.

All the students were present this morning for Jiang Tingyan's class.

Qiao Manman was able to distribute all the milk tea she had to each student.

After receiving the milk tea from Qiao Manman, the students asked her in confusion.

"Qiao, why did you send us milk tea?"

"Yeah, why would they suddenly send milk tea?"

Qiao Manman scratched her head sheepishly: "I heard that I missed class yesterday because of personal matters, so Teacher Jiang didn't teach us. As compensation, I'm giving you all this milk tea as an apology."

Knowing the reason, most of the students changed their attitude towards Qiao Manman.

However, a small number of girls scoffed at Qiao Manman's behavior.

"I really don't know what she's pretending for. Does she think a cup of milk tea can get Teacher Jiang to teach an extra class?"

"Those many cups of milk tea must have cost a lot of money, right?"

"The milk tea she ordered was the best one, over 20 yuan a cup, almost a thousand yuan!"

"She really knows how to use money to win people over. Is her family very wealthy?"

"Oh dear, forget it, let's not talk about it anymore. If someone with ulterior motives reports us to Teacher Jiang, we'll be in deep trouble."

Does anyone have Tu Mengrui's contact information? Is she really not coming?

One of the four girls, a girl with short hair, didn't say anything but instead took a picture of Qiao Manman's behavior and sent it to another girl.

He then turned off his phone and scoffed, "This kind of smuggling won't be long before they're sanctioned."

The three girls looked at her in surprise, but the short-haired girl didn't explain. She took apart the straw, inserted it into the milk tea, and drank it in big gulps.

When Zhu Liangqi arrived, Qiao Manman took out the breakfast she had been carrying and handed it to her.

"Liang Qi, it's still hot, eat quickly."

Zhu Liangqi put down her bag, took the KFC breakfast bag, and smiled sweetly, saying, "Thank you, Manman."

She sat down and took out the breakfast from inside, but Qiao Manman noticed that her hand was slightly red and swollen.

Qiao Manman grabbed Zhu Liangqi's wrist, frowning as she stared at him and asked.

"Liang Qi, what happened to your hand?"

Zhu Liangqi was taken aback and quickly withdrew her hand, looking away with evasive eyes.

"It's nothing, it's okay."

She pulled the long sleeves of her sweater out a little, but only a short distance, and the sweater shrank back in.

Qiao Manman's expression turned serious: "Liang Qi, tell me the truth, has your aunt been abusing you?"

Zhu Liangqi quickly shook her head: "No, Manman, my aunt didn't mistreat me."

Seeing Qiao Manman's determined attitude, Zhu Liangqi finally told the truth.

After listening, Qiao Manman was stunned, and a helpless expression gradually appeared in her eyes.

Zhu Liangqi and her home are in completely opposite directions. It's fine if she picks her up once or twice, but it's inconvenient for her to be picked up and dropped off regularly.

Even if she is Xiao Jiangshu, it's not appropriate for her to go back and forth like this.

If she can confirm that Zhu Liangqi is indeed Xiao Jiangshu, she wouldn't mind using her own pocket money to buy her best friend a car!

Qiao Manman asked, "Liang Qi, have you taken your driving test?"

Zhu Liangqi shook her head, her face bulging from the hamburger: "No."

Qiao Manman: "If you have the chance during winter break, you can take the test. Then we can go on a road trip together."

Upon hearing about going out to play, Zhu Liangqi quietly shifted her gaze, and even her chewing movements slowed down.

If she goes out to play, her aunt might want to kill her, right?

But she didn't want to spoil Qiao Manman's mood, so she nodded and gave a perfunctory "hmm".

The last period in the morning was Jiang Tingyan's class.

A few minutes before class started, the students returned to the classroom and waited for the class to begin.

The entire classroom was completely silent, a stark contrast to the noise outside the corridor.

Many students passing by looked into the classroom, and seeing that no one was speaking, they started pointing and gossiping outside.

"Isn't this class just a class for fangirls?"

I don't know which boy said it loudly, but another boy immediately echoed it.

"Teacher Jiang~ You're so handsome~ I like you so much~"

"Hahaha...a bunch of infatuated girls..."

Hearing the boys outside humiliating the girls in the class like that, some of the boys in the class couldn't sit still anymore.

He suddenly stood up and yelled at the boys causing trouble outside, "What kind of skill is it to bully girls?!"

One boy stood up, and then a second and a third followed.

They all spoke.

"What the girls in our class are like is none of your business!"

"Are you bored out of your mind and coming to our classroom door to make sarcastic remarks?"

Seeing that someone was resisting, the boy outside the door became even more interested.

They raised their voices: "Oh, so you're starting to defend yourselves now? We haven't even talked about you men yet, acting like old women, coming here to listen to some pretty boy's lecture."

The boys in the class said, "You dare call our teacher a gigolo again?!"

"So what if I said that? You bunch of effeminate sissies are taking a lesson from a pretty boy!"

"Damn it, you're not leaving here today!!"

The boys in the class were about to rush towards the troublemaker when a cold voice rang out from the doorway.

Which class are you in?

The sudden voice startled the two boys at the door.

They turned around in alarm and saw Jiang Tingyan, who appeared and disappeared like a ghost, take two steps back.

"Oh no, Teacher Jiang is here."

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