Chapter 47: Not bringing shame to my alma mater
"Finally, everyone should study hard. Fighting is something only bad students do. I won't do such a stupid thing, don't worry."

After saying that, Yang Xiao didn't explain any more to them and turned around and walked back to the classroom.

Leaving behind Zhang Wanting with a confused look on her face.

What Yang Xiao said was to call her stupid, right?
Zhang Wanting's expression became a little embarrassed and annoyed.

She couldn't understand why her kind words of advice were met with Yang Xiao's harsh scolding.
You simply don't know how to appreciate a good person!
But then again, she's not stupid.

I could hear the hidden meaning behind Yang Xiao's words. Is there some other hidden story behind this matter?

Seeing Wang Ling standing there in a daze, she asked, "Wang Ling, what does Yang Xiao mean by that? What did she say Yu Xin did behind my back?"

"Ah? I don't know! Yang Xiao must be talking nonsense!"

Wang Ling's expression became flustered when she heard Zhang Wanting's questioning. "Humph, he didn't appreciate it even though I did it for his own good. He deserved to be beaten up this afternoon! If Yu Xin hadn't begged for mercy yesterday, he would have been beaten up last night!"

Zhang Wanting said: "When did this happen yesterday? Tell me in detail what happened at that time."

“Oh, I wasn’t there…”

"Ah? You weren't there? Then you speak so confidently, I thought you saw it with your own eyes!"

"This is what Yuxin told me."

Wang Ling's tone stagnated: "But she definitely wouldn't lie to me. She said Yang Xiao saw that she had a boyfriend, and he got angry and came forward to provoke her, and then he made an appointment to settle it today."

"…You were so excited just now that I thought you were there. It turns out you just heard it from someone else."

Zhang Wanting frowned. She didn't expect that these were just Liu Yuxin's one-sided words.

She also knew that the relationship between Yang Xiao and Liu Yuxin was cold now.

He has completely changed his previous dog-licking demeanor, and even seems like an enemy who will never have anything to do with each other again.

Why would he go and provoke others for her? Why would he be jealous of Liu Yuxin again?
Could it be that Yang Xiao is always pretending?
This possibility is not high now, but it cannot be said to be impossible.

……

School ends at noon.

Yang Xiao and Zhou Hongyu went to the restaurant where they had eaten before renting a house last time to have lunch.

After eating at a number of restaurants near the school gate, Yang Xiao found this one to be the best suited to his taste.

Yang Xiao was a regular customer at this time, and he shouted directly after entering the door:
"Madam boss, it's still the same old three!"

The three common dishes he mentioned are twice-cooked pork, shredded pork with fish flavor, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

These three dishes are the most homely and were unanimously approved after being tested by both of them.

After the dishes were served, Zhou Hongyu asked while eating:
"What are your plans? Do you really not want Li Yuanbao and Ergou's help?"

Yang Xiao shook his head: "This is my own business, so I'd better not let them get involved."

"Hmph, that stinky bitch Liu Yuxin is still spreading rumors in the class! She said that you provoked others for him. What a fucking bitch!" Zhou Hongyu slammed the table angrily.

"Haha, leave it to her, I will take care of this matter."

Zhou Hongyu had also met Xie Haifeng.

When he has nothing to do, he likes to hang out in front of the high school gate with some gangsters.

The purpose is to trick some super-student girls into playing together, or even occasionally help some students in the school fight or something.

In short, they are uneducated and unskillful, and he looks down on these people from the bottom of his heart.

I didn't expect that Liu Yuxin secretly skipped classes to hang out with these people.

What a piece of junk.

It seems that it was right for Yang Xiao to withdraw early.

At this moment, he really felt that Yang Xiao was much wiser than before.

Yang Xiao just smiled, with no expression on his face.

If he hadn't known that she would go to college and do something even more outrageous, Yang Xiao might have followed Zhou Hongyu in cursing.

Now it is quite peaceful.

He no longer wanted to make any comments on these things, and even felt that they were a bit childish.

Isn't this her nature? Just like a dog will always eat shit.

After the two finished their lunch, Zhou Hongyu got used to going to Yang Xiao's place for an hour's nap.

At this time, he slowly walked downstairs to their building.

From a distance, I could see seven or eight men who looked like migrant workers squatting at the stairs.

Each of them had a backpack beside them, and they seemed to be sitting in the corner taking a rest.

Yang Xiao and Zhou Hongyu were already quite familiar with this and were not surprised.

They have seen this group of people everywhere in the past few days.

Since No. 2 Middle School has newly built a teaching building, construction has been in full swing recently.

And this group of people are the workers who do short-term work in their school.

It was noon, the sun was blazing in the sky, and the heat was unbearable. They had no place to rest after dinner, so they were forced to take a short rest in the shade of the corridor to escape the heat.

Yang Xiao was very understanding and had gotten used to their existence, so he was quite tolerant of them.

Zhou Hongyu suddenly complained: "Alas, I wonder if we will have the chance to move into the school's new teaching building and experience it!"

"You're just dreaming. We can't wait any longer. That's for the new freshmen."

The two of them slowly approached each other while chatting.

As I got closer, I happened to hear them chatting nonsense with each other.

"Hu Damao, you said you studied in this school before, is that true or false?"

"How could it be true? When I was in school, the current principal was just a grade director, and he taught me two ideological and political classes!"

"Why don't you say hello to him?"

"Haha, as a bricklayer, do you have the nerve to say hello to the teacher?"

"What's there to be embarrassed about? Labor is glorious. Who dares to laugh?"

A middle-aged man joked: "Besides, you are so awesome. It's this school that failed to reform you. Now it's your turn to reform the school."

"Of course not. When the principal of this school comes, he has to call Hu Damao "Master". This is simply against the will of heaven!"

The others also started making fun of him at this time.

"Really? You are now like a piece of mud leaning against the wall."

"Hey, you know what, Hu Damao's craftsmanship is really good. He painted the walls of the new classroom so clean and white! It doesn't bring shame to his school at all!"

"Hahahahaha!"

As soon as these words were spoken, several people burst into laughter.

Yang Xiao stared at it blankly for a while, and suddenly thought of something.

When passing by, he stopped and asked:
"Brother, how much do you get for working now?"

"Haha, not much, only about a hundred dollars a day."

The one who answered Yang Xiao's question was Hu Damao, who was being teased.

He was the youngest among all the temporary workers.

He looks to be around thirty years old, a middle-aged man with bangs.

He squinted at Yang Xiao, shook his hair, took a puff of cigarette and said, "You are a student, you must study hard, otherwise when you grow up you will have to do hard labor like us, it is not easy to be exposed to the wind and sun all day long."

Another middle-aged man who looked about the same age as Yang Xiao's father started to tease him again: "You only realize it now, it's too late!"

Yang Xiao stood aside, smiling and waiting for them to finish their joke.

Then he looked at everyone and said:

"I have a part-time job for you, do you want to do it?"

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