Brother! This is the adoption certificate. I don't want your sister-in-law!

Su Xiao and Fang Yu were chatting when the back door was pushed open.

A girl.

She covered her chest with both hands and sneaked to her seat like a thief, which was the table in front of Su Xiao.

She moved her chair forward, trying to get as far away from Su Xiao as possible.

Then he quickly lay down and buried his face in his arms.

He turned his back to Su Xiao and remained motionless.

Su Xiao stared blankly at the back of the head in front of her.

Who is this person?

She has a lot of hair, and it's jet black.

He felt that the back of that head looked familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.

Fang Yu coughed and leaned in to whisper, "Brother Su, look how scared you've made him. He's even avoiding you when he enters the classroom."

Su Xiao frowned: "Who is this person?"

"Brother Su, why are you pretending not to know me?"

Fang Yu winked at him, "Xu Niannian."

Xu Niannian.

This name is like a key; with a click, it unlocks a dusty door deep in my memory.

Su Xiao remembered.

Xu Niannian, his team leader.

He gets good grades, but he doesn't like to talk.

Because her family has a lot of problems.

Her mother gave birth to two daughters, which led to her parents' divorce. Her mother was also driven to another place by her grandparents who favored sons over daughters.

My father passed away a few years ago, and I now live with my grandparents.

Later, it seems that her uncle's family also moved in, probably to make it easier to take care of the two sisters.

If this kind of family background were applied today, it would be a disastrous start.

Girls like this are most likely to be ignored and bullied in class.

Although Su Xiao wasn't a good student, he wasn't a CS major either, so he never bullied this poor little girl.

However, perhaps it is because of his infamous reputation.

This caused Xu Niannian to always avoid him whenever she saw him, for fear of getting involved with this bully.

For two and a half years of her three years of high school, Su Xiao sat at the desk behind her.

Why two and a half years?

During the second semester of senior year, the school organized a spring outing to the Martyrs' Park, and a child fell into the lake while playing by the lake.

Everyone on the shore was shouting, but Xu Niannian jumped in.

She pushed the child ashore, but she herself did not come up.

There are only a few months left until the college entrance examination...

Back then, Su Xiao would stare blankly at the empty seat in front of her.

I'll remember Xu Niannian's face, a face I've never really looked at.

She has big, bright eyes; she must look quite pretty when she smiles.

But he never saw her smile.

Not even once.

Su Xiao stared at the back of the head lying face down in front of her and remained silent for a long time.

Now that I've been reborn, why not make up for the regrets of my past life?

We will help as much as we can.

Sigh, what can I do? I'm just a kind-hearted person.

Fang Yu, observing Su Ge's demeanor from the side, sensed that Su Ge was indeed acting strangely today.

In the past, when Su Ge saw Xu Niannian's timid and cowardly appearance, he would at most roll his eyes, but he wouldn't stare at her like this now.

Today, he actually sat there quietly watching, as if he were in a meditative state.

Has Brother Su reformed?

At this moment, Su Xiao raised her hand and tapped the back of Xu Niannian's chair.

"Feed".

Xu Niannian's body trembled violently, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

Su Xiao sighed inwardly as she looked at her like this.

He hadn't done anything to her, but she was so afraid of him; it must be because his usual carefree attitude made her feel unsafe.

He tried to keep his voice down: "Um, good morning."

Fang Yu is drinking water.

Upon hearing the words "Good morning," water sprayed out of my nose.

He coughed violently, staring wide-eyed at Su Xiao as if he had seen a ghost.

Brother Su? Good morning?

Why do these two words sound so unfamiliar when put together?

He'd known Su Xiao for so long, and when had he ever heard anyone else say "good morning" to him?

Xu Niannian's shoulders stiffened as well.

After several seconds, she turned to the side.

Her hair still covered her face, but one eye was visible.

That eye was red, with tear stains still clinging to the corner, filled with disbelief.

Su Xiao looked at her hand, which she kept covering her chest, and was a little confused.

With her arms crossed in front of her chest, her fingers gripped the collar of her school uniform tightly, as if something would fall if she let go.

"I may not be a good person, but you don't have to go this far, do you?"

Su Xiao tried to keep her tone light, and even chuckled, "I'm not going to eat you."

Xu Niannian's eyes suddenly trembled.

The mist in her eyes instantly condensed into two large teardrops, trembled on her eyelashes, and silently slid down.

Su Xiao panicked.

Wait, what's going on?

He didn't say anything, he just made a joke, so why did you cry?

He turned around and glared at Fang Yu, silently asking with his eyes what was going on.

Fang Yu put down his water glass, leaned closer, and lowered his voice to the lowest possible level: "Brother Su, last week... you broke that thing of hers."

"Which one?"

"That one."

Fang Yu gestured to his chest, his expression so awkward it was as if he were talking about some state secret.

"The bra strap. In PE class, you were playing basketball and the ball flew out of bounds and hit her. The ball itself was fine, but when you rushed over to pick it up, you accidentally snagged and broke the strap at the back of her bra."

Su Xiao's mind went completely blank.

He remembered.

During the last PE class, when he was grabbing a rebound, the ball slipped from his hand and flew out, hitting Xu Niannian.

He ran over to retrieve the ball, and as he squeezed past her, he did bump into something, but he didn't notice it at the time.

He had no idea that he had torn her bra strap, nor did he know that she only had one.

Su Xiao looked at Xu Niannian.

She sat there with her head down, her hands tightly covering her collar.

Su Xiao finally understood why she had walked into the classroom the way she did today.

He covered his chest with both hands, hunched his shoulders, and crept in along the wall like a thief.

She only had one set of underwear, which he accidentally damaged, so she had no choice but to come to school like this.

Su Xiao stared at the back of the head lying face down in front of her and remained silent for a long time.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but then closed it again.

Then he took off his school uniform jacket.

"Clothing".

He placed his coat on Xu Niannian's desk.

Xu Niannian lowered her head, staring at the school uniform jacket on the table that still held her body heat, and remained motionless.

"Hurry up!" Su Xiao raised her voice.

Xu Niannian was terrified. She quickly reached for the coat, hesitated for a moment, then put it on and zipped it all the way up.

The morning reading bell rang.

The class representative for Chinese language walked in carrying the textbook and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Open your textbook to page 68!" The sound of turning pages and yawns could be heard sporadically in the classroom.

Some students took a nap on their desks when the teacher wasn't around, some secretly stuffed bread into their mouths, and some held their textbooks up to cover their heads while chatting with their deskmates.

Su Xiao sat in the last row, leaning back in her chair, twirling a pen in her hand, her mind not on the textbook.

He was looking ahead.

Xu Niannian was wearing his school uniform jacket, the sleeves of which were a bit too long, with only a little bit of her fingertips showing.

She still kept her head down, but her shoulders weren't as tense anymore; at least she wasn't covering her chest with her hands anymore.

Su Xiao looked away and prepared to lie down on the table for a nap.

Just as I lay down, I caught a glimpse of the side.

Zhao Wang.

Xu Niannian's deskmate.

He was thin and small, wearing black-rimmed glasses with lenses as thick as the bottom of a beer bottle. His school uniform zipper was pulled up to his chin, and his hair was so oily it could be used to fry vegetables.

He doesn't talk much, and doesn't play with anyone during breaks; he just stays in his seat reading comic books.

Su Xiao wasn't familiar with him and usually didn't bother with him.

Fang Yu gave him the nickname "Four-Eyed Frog," and Zhao Wang didn't say anything when he heard it. He adjusted his glasses and continued reading his comics.

Zhao Wang was turning sideways, leaning towards Xu Niannian.

At first, Su Xiao thought he wanted to borrow an eraser or something, but the angle at which he approached was very tricky. His elbow was pressed on the corner of Xu Niannian's table, and his body was slightly leaning forward.

He was practically leaning on Xu Niannian.

"Xu Niannian, I don't quite know how to do this question, can you take a look at it for me?"

He pushed the math workbook over, pressed his finger on the questions, and took the opportunity to move it half an inch closer to Xu Niannian.

Xu Niannian instinctively moved to the side, but her seat was against the wall, leaving her nowhere to hide.

She lowered her head, wrapped Su Xiao's school uniform jacket tighter around herself, and said in a very soft voice, "I...I don't know either."

"How do you know you can't do it if you haven't even looked at it?" Zhao Wang smiled, reached for the textbook on Xu Niannian's desk, and deliberately ran his fingers across the back of her hand.

Xu Niannian recoiled as if she had been electrocuted, shrinking back into the corner of the wall.

Her shoulders started trembling again.

Zhao Wang withdrew his hand, adjusted his glasses, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his small eyes behind the lenses.

He knew all too well that Xu Niannian was the easiest person to bully in the class.

He was insecure, poor, and timid. He didn't dare to speak up when bullied, and he didn't even dare to tell the teacher.

Without their parents' support, the grandparents are too old to walk.

There are no costs associated with bullying her.

His hand reached out again.

This time, it wasn't a pretext; it was placed directly on Xu Niannian's lap.

Xu Niannian's body trembled violently, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She tried to shout, but her throat felt blocked by something, and she couldn't make a sound.

Zhao Wang's hand hadn't even landed yet.

A thick English textbook flew from behind and hit Zhao Wang squarely on the back of the head.

Zhao Wang was knocked forward by the impact, and his glasses were tilted onto the bridge of his nose.

He turned around, clutching the back of his head, and before he could even see who had thrown it, a slap came flying at him.

crisp.

Loud and clear.

The entire classroom fell silent.

A bright red handprint appeared on Zhao Wang's face, his glasses flew off and landed on the ground, with a crack in the lens.

He was stunned by the blow, covering his face and staring blankly at the person in front of him.

Su Xiao stood in front of him, blocking Xu Niannian and Zhao Wang.

His face was expressionless, but his eyes were as cold as a knife in winter.

Zhao Wang had never seen such an expression on Su Xiao's face before.

Su Xiao is usually carefree and playful, even when fighting he laughs.

But Su Xiao wasn't smiling now.

There wasn't a hint of a smile on his face.

"Pack your things."

Su Xiao's voice wasn't loud, but everyone in the classroom heard it.

No one dared to speak.

Zhao Wang covered his face, his voice trembling: "Su Xiao, are you crazy?!"

He hadn't finished speaking.

Su Xiao kicked his desk.

The desk slid back half a meter, its legs scraping against the ground with a piercing scream.

The books, pens, and comics on the table all flew off and scattered all over the floor.

"Go sit in the back!"