Whoa!
The cold-faced, rebellious school tyrant Meng Jiu'an.
Two of the school's most talked-about students had become her right and left hands!
Literally!
Zhu Zhitao was already dizzy, and now she felt even dizzier.
The two of them helped Zhu Zhitao up at the same time, then reached out to Shen Baili together.
"Suìsuì, are you hurt?" Lu Mingqian asked with concern.
Meng Jiu'an pressed his lips together. His rebellious eyes stayed fixed on Shen Baili, showing no less concern than Lu Mingqian's.
"I'm fine."
Shen Baili looked at the two hands before her, then took hold of their forearms and used them to pull herself up.
"I'm not hurt."
She hopped off the mat, quick and nimble.
Shen Wan, who had been watching the whole time, breathed a sigh of relief. As long as her daughter wasn't hurt. She gazed tenderly at her daughter, surrounded by friends below the stands. Xie Liuzheng stopped beside her. "Suìsuì really has so many friends."
Seeing her own child so well liked made her happy too.
Without a word, Xie Liuzheng and Shen Wan stayed back, leaving Shen Baili and her friends to themselves.
Sang Fang and Qiao Yi were scolding Zhu Zhitao for being careless.
"You really are... a human tornado!" Sang Fang said, her expression complicated as she kept a stern face.
Qiao Yi said, "Taotao, don't be so impulsive next time. If there hadn't been a soft mat underneath, you and Suìsuì both could've been hurt."
Her voice softened. "I... I'd be upset if either of you got hurt."
Zhu Zhitao felt guilty too. As soon as she got up, she apologized to Shen Baili.
"Suìsuì, I'm sorry."
Her joy had been real, but so had her recklessness.
If Shen Baili had been hurt because of her, she would have