"Here. Your homework's done." Early that morning, Lian Yi returned Wei Hang's homework through gritted teeth.
She had originally wanted to refuse the night before, but Wei Hang had suddenly told her he had seen her take Zhou You's Eraser.
What Wei Hang actually meant was, I saw you take the Eraser. I know things aren't easy for you, and I want to help.
But Lian Yi had clearly taken his words as a threat and had no choice but to do his homework.
"What's going on here?" Chu Xiaoyao happened to walk past.
Wei Hang enthusiastically introduced her to Lian Yi's new service: doing homework for fifty cents a notebook.
Homework service, my ass! Lian Yi cursed furiously to herself.
"That cheap?" Chu Xiaoyao had heard from Zhou You that Tang Shiyin was struggling. They should help her however they could.
Besides, the price was so cheap.
"Could you do two notebooks for me?" Chu Xiaoyao generously pulled out one yuan.
Lian Yi would certainly have refused anyone else, but Chu Xiaoyao was different. A hasty refusal might leave a bad impression, making it harder to get close to her later. It wasn't worth it.
I'll endure this humiliation for now. Once I've figured out what your Carefree Sect is really about, I'll pay you back good and hard!
"Fine!" Tang Shiyin agreed through gritted teeth.
When Zhou You arrived in the classroom, he found Tang Shiyin furiously working through homework, with several fifty-cent and one-yuan coins on her desk.
For some reason, it reminded him of the beggars he had seen at train stations and on pedestrian bridges as a child. They had about as many coins in their little bowls.
"What's going on?"
Chu Xiaoyao quietly told Zhou You that everyone was paying Tang Shiyin to do