Chapter 81
Qiu Chi left after making the call.
Yu Xiao noticed Qiu Chi's move and wanted to slip away too.
But the brawlers, now fired up, gave him no chance.
Having just been beaten by Qiu Chi, and now facing another beating, Yu Xiao's temper flared.
So, they were all invited to the station for a “cup of tea.” When their parents picked them up, they were likely in for another thrashing.
However, the one who came to get Yu Xiao was his housekeeper.
This housekeeper had been cooking for the Yu family from the beginning. Her hometown happened to be here, so she had come along with Yu Xiao.
Seeing Yu Xiao in this state, she wanted to say something but just shook her head, sighed, and said nothing at all.
The next day was the exam.
In the examination hall where Qiu Chi was, many of the boys had bruised and swollen faces.
Before entering, they didn't forget to glare angrily at Qiu Chi, but under her faint, mocking smile, they could only slink back to their seats.
As for Yu Xiao, he didn't come to school.
The Yu family found out about him being taken to the station yesterday. Yu Xiao had expected his father to call and chew him out, but nothing happened.
Instead, his hypocritical half-brother called to offer some feigned words of concern.
Yu Xiao suddenly felt that what he was doing was pointless. He called the leader of those thugs, “Tell them to disperse. You'll get your money, but there won't be any more starting tomorrow.”
After hanging up, Yu Xiao lay on the sofa for a long time.
The next day, he went straight to the examination hall with his bruised and swollen face.
The news immediately spread throughout the entire school.
Qiu Chi was quite surprised.
Especially when Yu Xiao came up to her and said, “I was wrong about what happened before. It won't happen again. I'm sorry.”
Qiu Chi raised an eyebrow. “Are you turning over a new leaf and starting fresh?”
Yu Xiao found her words strange, but after a moment of silence, he finally nodded. “Yes. And I'll work hard on those 'welcome gifts' you gave me.”
Qiu Chi nodded. “That's good.”
As soon as Yu Xiao left, her gossipy front-deskmate immediately leaned in. “Ahhh! Tell me what's going on! Why is the school hunk's face all bruised? Who could bring themselves to hit such a handsome face?!”
“Ahem, getting off topic, getting off topic. What did he come to say to you? Was it a confession? Was it? Was it?”
Qiu Chi shook her head, a little speechless. “No, he came to apologize to me.”
As for the fact that his bruised face was her handiwork, there was no need to tell her that.
“Apologize? Did he bully you? How could a big guy like him bully a girl? My image of him is instantly shattered!”
Her deskmate was filled with righteous indignation.
Qiu Chi didn't elaborate, just said casually, “I wouldn't call it bullying. Don't overthink it. Let's focus on the exam.”
In this monthly exam, Qiu Chi was, without a doubt, number one.
Yu Xiao returned to class. Initially, the form teacher wanted to separate Qiu Chi and Yu Xiao.
After all, the teacher had heard about Yu Xiao's previous antics. When he wasn't attending class, she hadn't bothered with him.
Now that he was back, she was afraid he would disturb Qiu Chi's studies, so she wanted to move them apart.
But this plan ultimately failed.
Because Yu Xiao went to her and said, “Teacher, don't worry. I definitely won't disturb classmate Jiang Youyou's studies. I know I was wrong before, and I'll study hard from now on.”
The form teacher looked at Yu Xiao in surprise. After thinking for a moment, she said, “Well, in that case, I won't separate you for now. But if Jiang Youyou's grades drop, I'll have to move you.”
Yu Xiao fell silent for a moment, then nodded. “Okay.”
He actually wanted to retort: how could someone who spaced out in class every day possibly have her grades affected by him?
But he figured no one would believe him if he said that, so he chose to keep his mouth shut.
However, in the days that followed, Yu Xiao truly did become well-behaved.
He paid attention in class every day and spent his breaks working through those practice problems.
This left the rest of the class utterly shocked.
Especially some of the girls in class who were attracted to his “personality”—they simply couldn't accept this change.
They were convinced that Qiu Chi had corrupted him.
Qiu Chi: “???” Are you people nuts?
The girls coming to pick a fight with her over Yu Xiao was an event that, though late, was bound to arrive.
While she didn't hit women, that didn't mean she would let herself be bullied without fighting back.
In Qiu Chi's eyes, these little girls' tricks were truly laughable.
A chair smeared with superglue.
Textbooks that vanished into thin air.
They even tried to splash her with dirty water.
Qiu Chi returned every single trick, making them suffer the consequences themselves.
Whoever put superglue on her chair had to sit on it.
If they wouldn't sit, she would just press them down onto it.
As for the missing textbooks, it didn't matter to Qiu Chi whether she had them or not. After all, she had flipped through them once, and they were all in her memory.
But that didn't mean she had to tolerate it.
And trying to splash her with water?
This time, Qiu Chi didn't hold back.
Every single one of the girls who had ganged up on her got a basin of water splashed on them by Qiu Chi.
Except for the glue incident, Qiu Chi left no evidence for the subsequent events, making it impossible for them to frame her in retaliation.
In the end, Qiu Chi was completely fine, while they were left in a sorry state.
Finally, they decided to hire people to teach Qiu Chi a lesson.
Qiu Chi: “Tsk.”
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