Skipping Class with Classmate Bian

Grandma whispered, "Why did you come back? Don't make the child angry and run away again."

Guan Xiaolin said as if it were the most natural thing, "She's my daughter. Transferring schools is a big deal, of course I have to come and ask about it."

"You didn't ask earlier, you didn't ask later, what's the use now?" Grandma's tone was very displeased.

Guan Xiaolin silently put down the gift box.

Grandpa came out with the dishes, stood for a moment, hesitated to speak, then turned and went back to the kitchen.

"Ah, what a sin!"

Grandma sighed and knocked on the bedroom door, "Guanguan, come out and eat first. These are all your favorite dishes, your grandpa was busy all morning."

Bian Guanyue's voice came from the bedroom, "You guys eat, I'm not hungry yet."

Grandpa put all the dishes on the table and also went to the bedroom door, saying, "You don't have to come out, but you should still eat something. Don't starve your stomach and cause problems. How about I get some food and bring it to your room?"

Bian Guanyue didn't reply again.

After another ten seconds, the door suddenly opened, and Bian Guanyue went to the kitchen to get rice.

Guan Xiaolin wanted to follow, but Grandma quickly pulled her back.

Grandpa said, "Xiaolin hasn't eaten yet, right? I'll scoop some for you."

Three generations sat around a dining table.

Bian Guanyue just buried her head in her food, unwilling to say a word.

Guan Xiaolin had no appetite to pick up her chopsticks. After a moment of silence, she finally couldn't help but speak, "Even strangers greet each other politely. No matter what, we are still mother and daughter by blood. Can't you say a few words to me?"

Bian Guanyue's eating speed became faster.

Guan Xiaolin also got emotional, her tone unconsciously rising, "Back then, it was your dad who wanted to latch onto a rich woman. It was your dad who cheated first. He was Chen Shimei, I was Qin Xianglian. Everything was caused by him!"

Bian Guanyue sneered:

"Would Qin Xianglian abandon her daughter to Chen Shimei? When others divorce, they fight to get custody of their children. What about you? The judge awarded custody to the mother, but you kept making excuses and refused to take me."

"When I was in the first grade of elementary school, at such a young age, I secretly snuck onto a train and came back to Longdu by myself to see you. I got lost and could only cry loudly. Fortunately, a police uncle helped me. What about you? Without a word, you sent me back to Rong City, sent me to live with that stepmother!"

"You hate me so much, why did you give birth to me?"

By the end, Bian Guanyue was roaring hoarsely.

Guan Xiaolin knew she was in the wrong and said stubbornly, "You don't understand, I had my difficulties."

"What difficulties could you possibly have?"

Bian Guanyue scoffed, "You pushed me over there, nothing more than wanting me to disgust that woman, wanting to use me to create conflict and break them up, and then you could find a chance to get back together with my dad!"

Guan Xiaolin didn't deny it, because that was exactly what she had planned back then.

"You only thought about yourself, did you ever consider me?"

Bian Guanyue questioned, "I was only six years old when you divorced, and I had to live with a stepmother. Did you think about whether the stepmother would abuse me? Did you think about how difficult it was for me caught between them? You are just like my dad, both selfish people!"

Guan Xiaolin retorted, "I'm selfish? Could I be as selfish as your dad? He married a widow to save twenty years of struggle, abandoning his wife and daughter! He didn't even care that you were bullied by your stepmother, only caring about living off her and staying in a mansion, leaving you to live in an old house with your grandparents!"

"Don't mention my grandparents, you're not qualified!" Bian Guanyue stopped eating, threw down her chopsticks, and went back to her bedroom.

Guan Xiaolin chased after her and held the door, not letting her daughter close it, "I'm not qualified? It was your grandma who introduced us, that's why I married your dad. If it weren't for them, none of this would have happened later, would it? They gave birth to a Chen Shimei, they should be responsible to the end!"

"Get out, this is my room!" Bian Guanyue roared.

Grandpa and Grandma followed them in.

Grandma pulled Guan Xiaolin's sleeve, "Forget it. You and Xiaobian have both remarried. Why argue about old matters? You finally came back, why quarrel like this? Talk things out properly."

Guan Xiaolin said aggrievedly, "I flew from Pengcheng to Rong City, and then took several hours by car to come back. Do I want to argue with her? If I wasn't concerned about my daughter, why would I go through all this trouble?"

"You don't need to shed crocodile tears and pretend," Bian Guanyue said.

Guan Xiaolin got angrier the more she listened, "I'm shedding crocodile tears? I'm your mother! I've already found connections in Pengcheng and contacted a good school for you. Who am I putting myself out for, asking people for favors?"

"Get out, get out, I don't need you to pretend to be a good person!" Bian Guanyue reached out and pushed her mother outwards.

Both mother and daughter were stubborn, and their emotions were running high at this moment.

Guan Xiaolin refused to go out and deliberately squeezed further in.

Grandpa and Grandma quickly tried to mediate, but it was useless.

The scene became increasingly chaotic. Guan Xiaolin wasn't as strong as her daughter. In her haste, she grabbed the coat rack to keep her balance.

With a clang, the coat rack was pulled over and fell, hitting Guan Xiaolin on the forehead.

Seeing her mother injured, Bian Guanyue felt a little remorseful and had significantly reduced the force of her pushing.

Guan Xiaolin, however, took the opportunity to squeeze forward, covering her forehead and going around her daughter towards the bed. Her head was dizzy from the blow, and she tripped over the fallen coat rack.

As she stumbled forward, Guan Xiaolin grabbed onto something randomly.

It was the power cord of the laptop.

Snap!

The laptop was yanked off the desk and fell.

Bian Guanyue stood frozen on the spot, then lunged forward to check the situation.

She ignored her fallen mother and frantically picked up the laptop.

The battery had flown out.

Bian Guanyue picked up the battery, put it back in, and long-pressed the power button. There was no reaction, just a black screen.

Tears instantly welled up.

Bian Guanyue wiped her tears, picked up the laptop, then went to the living room sofa, grabbed her schoolbag, and ran out of the house and downstairs.

Guan Xiaolin was furious at the sight: "Is there such a daughter? Her own mother fell and she doesn't care, only caring about her computer. Her own mother is not even as important as a computer in her heart!"

Her maternal grandfather, who had been mostly silent, now explained the details: "You know that Guan Guan has been living with her grandparents all these years. But you don't know that her grandmother passed away three years ago, and her grandfather also passed away this year, which is why she transferred back."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Guan Xiaolin complained.

Her maternal grandmother sighed and said, "Not telling you these things was to prevent you from coming back and causing trouble. When do you two mother and daughter meet without arguing? You're 40 years old, you've been married twice, and you still haven't changed that bad habit. That computer just now was a birthday gift from Guan Guan's grandfather to Guan Guan before he died."

Guan Xiaolin fell silent upon hearing this.

Bian Guanyue walked to the side of the road, wiping her tears while waiting for a car.

A taxi drove up, and Bian Guanyue opened the door and got in: "Master, do you know where I can get a computer repaired?"

"I really don't know about that," the taxi driver said.

This broken place, Fushi County, is very poor. There isn't even a large comprehensive shopping mall, nor are there stores specializing in digital products.

There isn't even a single fast-food restaurant!

There should be places to repair computers, but they are very few and hard to find. Even a taxi driver might not know.

"To No. 2 High School," Bian Guanyue said subconsciously.

The taxi driver slammed on the accelerator: "Hold on!"

In the blink of an eye, they arrived outside the school gate. Bian Guanyue paid and got out. She wiped away her tears, took a deep breath, and walked into the campus pretending nothing was wrong.

She called her maternal grandparents to report that she was safe, saying that she hadn't run around and was now at school.

After hanging up the phone, the more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt, and tears flowed again.

She put on her hood, tightened the drawstring of her collar, only revealing her eyes and nose, as if this could isolate her from the outside world.

Lowering her head, she entered the classroom and went straight to her seat, pressing her forehead against her folded arms, pretending to be sleeping on her desk.

Only the occasional twitch of her shoulders revealed that she was silently sobbing.

Zheng Feng had finished lunch and walked one stop to wait for his goddess, and incidentally squatted by the roadside to do his homework.

He waited and waited, almost missing class, but his goddess still didn't appear.

Another bus came, and Zheng Feng could only grit his teeth and get on. Studying was ultimately more important than dating.

He jumped off the bus and ran to the classroom. As soon as he entered, he saw a familiar figure.

Walking to his seat and putting down his schoolbag, Zheng Feng thought his goddess was taking a nap and wanted to speak but didn't dare to disturb her rashly.

Just then, the history teacher, Wang Wenliang, appeared.

There were still a few minutes before class officially started. Wang Wenliang sat on the podium, tapping the desk and shouting: "Who is on duty today? Wipe the blackboard!"

Chen Guiliang and Xie Yang walked into the classroom side by side.

Hearing the teacher's shout, Bian Guanyue, who had already stopped sobbing, sat up and took out her history textbook.

Her sleeve was soaked with a large patch of tears.

Chen Guiliang walked over and happened to see her red eyes.

Long eyelashes still hung with teardrops.

Teary-eyed and looking like a pear blossom after rain.

Even though Chen Guiliang was reborn, he was instantly struck by her pitiful appearance, wanting to hold Bian Guanyue in his arms to comfort and protect her.

She was just a soft and weak little enchantress!

"Do you have any tissues?" Chen Guiliang asked Wang Siyu.

Wang Siyu handed over a box of tissues.

Chen Guiliang casually stuffed the entire box of tissues into Bian Guanyue's desk drawer.

Only then did Wang Siyu see those red eyes and walked over to ask Chen Guiliang: "She cried?"

Chen Guiliang nodded gently.

Zheng Feng also sensed that something was wrong and asked directly: "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing."

Bian Guanyue pulled out a tissue and quickly wiped away her tears, then returned the remaining tissues to Wang Siyu: "Do you know where I can get a computer repaired?"

Zheng Feng quickly said: "My cousin's computer broke, and she took it to the city to get it repaired."

"Thank you," Bian Guanyue said, lowering her head.

Chen Guiliang asked, "Are you in a big hurry?"

"It's okay," Bian Guanyue replied.

It's okay meant she was in a big hurry.

Chen Guiliang stuffed his books back into his desk, stood up, and said, "Let's go."

Bian Guanyue asked, puzzled, "Go where?"

Chen Guiliang said, "I'll go with you to get your computer fixed."

"Right now?" Bian Guanyue was a little stunned.

Zheng Feng said anxiously, "No... Chen Guiliang, they only fix computers in the city. Class is about to start. If you go now, you'll miss the entire afternoon's classes?"

Chen Guiliang retorted, "Can't you tell? Bian Guanyue is in a big hurry."

Zheng Feng was afraid Chen Guiliang would take advantage of the situation. "No matter how urgent it is, you can't leave now. It's just fixing a computer, you can go on the weekend."

Chen Guiliang couldn't be bothered with him anymore and said to Bian Guanyue, "Come with me, I'll take you to get your computer fixed!"

Bian Guanyue didn't say anything, but silently picked up her computer and backpack.

Under the shocked gazes of Zheng Feng and Wang Siyu, Chen Guiliang led Bian Guanyue towards the podium.

"Teacher Wang, I'd like to ask for leave," Chen Guiliang said.

Wang Wenliang didn't commit, only reminding them, "Class starts in two minutes."

Chen Guiliang said, "Student Bian Guanyue has something very urgent to attend to."

Wang Wenliang looked at Bian Guanyue's red, teary eyes and didn't ask any more questions. "Go ahead, remember to get a leave slip from the homeroom teacher."

"Thank you, teacher!"

Bian Guanyue bowed.

Zheng Feng was dumbfounded. "They're really just leaving like that?"

Wang Siyu even added fuel to the fire from the side. "You accompany Bian Guanyue to and from school every day, but it's not as good as Chen Guiliang taking her to skip class once."

Zheng Feng felt like he had been cuckolded and said, utterly depressed, "I'm a good student, I never skip class!"

Wang Siyu smiled. "Girls like bad boys."

It wasn't just them talking; the entire class watched as Chen Guiliang led Bian Guanyue out of the classroom.

Brother Chen is too awesome, skipping class with a beautiful girl!

Xie Yang looked shocked and muttered to himself, "What the hell is going on?"

Li Jun had just arrived in the classroom after playing basketball, dragging a body full of sweat, and asked about the situation. After understanding, he slapped his thigh hard. "I can skip class too!"

Guan Zhiqiang chuckled foolishly. "Ho ho."

Chen Guiliang chose to do this not just to be chivalrous.

He had already planned to go to the city to negotiate a deal and earn his first pot of gold in advance. On the way back, he could also stop by home to visit his grandmother and pick up his first and second-year high school textbooks.

Killing multiple birds with one stone.

Just as the two of them walked out of the teaching building, the class bell rang.

The school gate was also closed. Chen Guiliang offered a cigarette and said, "Could you please open the gate?"

The gatekeeper took the cigarette but didn't help. "Before school ends, you can only enter, not leave. To leave the school gate, you must have a leave slip signed by the homeroom teacher."

Bian Guanyue said, "Let's forget it."

"Follow me," Chen Guiliang turned and walked towards the other side.

Bian Guanyue was lost and helpless at this moment, as if she had found her backbone, and followed closely behind Chen Guiliang.

Before long, they arrived at the faculty and staff residential area.

This area was connected to the teaching area, and the school's back gate was also located here.

The back gate was wide open, with no one blocking it.

Good students generally didn't know this path existed.

Standing by the roadside, Bian Guanyue suggested, "Let's take a taxi, go quickly and come back quickly."

"It's all bad roads, a taxi won't be much faster than the bus," Chen Guiliang said.

Having finally found a breakthrough to open the beautiful girl's heart, why would Chen Guiliang choose to take a taxi?

The slow, bumpy bus ride was much more romantic.

And, it would take over two hours!