Chapter 10

Behind Su Li and Chen Xue, there was only one male student named Qian Lei. Seeing Zhao Jiu walk over and meeting his gentle gaze, Qian Lei hurriedly swept the pile of books off the desk behind Su Li with one hand and said, "Please, seatmate."

Zhao Jiu put down his schoolbag, pulled out the chair, and said, "Thank you, my name is Zhao Jiu."

Qian Lei was used to cracking jokes, but with someone so serious and seemingly refined suddenly appearing, he immediately sat up straight and said, "My name is Qian Lei, the 'Lei' with three stones."

Zhao Jiu opened his schoolbag and took out a pen: "Qian Lei, sorry for taking your spot."

Qian Lei shook his head quickly: "It's fine, it's fine, feel free to use it."

In front, Chen Xue couldn't listen anymore and leaned toward Su Li: "I've never seen the one in the back act this well-behaved."

Listening to them harmoniously getting to know each other behind her, Su Li had a sense of déjà vu; once, Zhao Gouzi had used this very face to deceive her.

"It'll be normal after a while."

Chen Xue nodded, then continued to look at Su Li with excitement; a massive piece of gossip was sitting right next to her, and she had almost truly believed last night that this Zhao Jiu in the back was a stingy man.

At this moment, Wang Laoshi remembered something and said: "Zhou Xinxin, after class, take the new student to collect his books."

"Alright, teacher." Zhou Xinxin was the class monitor; she was usually responsible for these things.

Qian Lei said very considerately: "Zhao Jiu, I'll help you carry them!"

Zhao Jiu smiled and said: "Thank you."

The bell for class rang, the physics teacher walked in, and Wang Laoshi left, saying on his way out: "Jiang Feng, a new student has arrived, I'll let you know."

Teacher Jiang scanned the classroom and finally found the new student in the corner; she raised an eyebrow—Xiao Wang was impressive, to be able to get this student assigned to him, and even arrange for him to sit in the corner.

"Class is starting, stop looking at the new student; there are no knowledge points on his face."

"New student, share the books with Qian Lei."

The teacher began the lecture, and Zhao Jiu looked at Qian Lei's book; the principal had told him they were already covering the content for the second semester of Grade 2, so after he collected his books and reviewed, the Midterm Exam in over two weeks shouldn't be...

He saw Qian Lei flip to the last chapter of the physics book.

Zhao Jiu: "???"

Zhao Jiu looked at the blackboard above, confirming that Qian Lei hadn't flipped to the wrong place.

Grade 2 is already finished?

"Qian Lei, what content does your Midterm Exam cover?" Zhao Jiu asked after taking a deep breath.

Qian Lei patted the book: "The whole thing, of course."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jiu leaned back against the chair, lips pressed tightly together; two weeks to recall all the knowledge points and be able to solve problems in depth, otherwise his grades would be unpresentable.

Of course, if he went back in these few days, then it shouldn't be much of a problem.

He spun his pen with his fingertips, his gaze falling on Su Li in the front row; she was grabbing her ponytail, and in the corner, she had an exercise book open, clearly not the content for this class.

His secretary was also reviewing previous content, making preparations for both scenarios; in case he didn't go back before the Midterm Exam, he wouldn't lose face.

Zhao Jiu said to Qian Lei: "Lend me your exercise book to look at."

Qian Lei: "Oh, okay."

Zhao Jiu stopped listening to the lecture and started looking at the exercises; what he needed most right now was review.

Qian Lei glanced over—Chapter One? The new seatmate is so pitiful, coming here for Su Li and now having to cram knowledge points.

At this moment, in Class 8, a student lowered their voice and said excitedly to their seatmate: "People from Class 11 said they saw the boy from yesterday's bulletin board wearing our school uniform, following behind the Class Thirteen teacher!"

"Really?" The seatmate was also excited, "Did he transfer into our school?"

Otherwise, if he had been here before, they couldn't possibly not know, so he must have just transferred over.

"Yeah, looks like his grades are decent, right?"

"So he transferred for Su Li?"

In the row in front, Su Cheng listened to their gossiping voices, her mind going blank; that boy transferred schools for Su Li and became their classmate?

Xu Lian was also stunned; the boy she had just been infatuated with yesterday transferred to their school for Su Li and even got into Class Thirteen?

Su Cheng pinched the corner of her book and said: "Transferred into an ordinary class, the entrance exam must have been average, right?"

The people in the back row didn't understand the discomfort in their hearts and leaned over, continuing excitedly: "Being able to test in is already pretty good!"

Besides, they were in an ordinary class too; was Su Cheng looking down on him?

"And to be able to get into Class Thirteen by such a coincidence, his family probably..."

"Fang Qian! If you want to chat, go outside!" On the podium, the teacher shot them a death glare; the few of them shivered, terrified into lowering their heads, not daring to say another word.

Su Cheng's face felt a bit hot; this was the first time she had been scolded by a teacher, and her eyes turned red, though she forced herself to hold it back.

Xu Lian thought of Su Li and felt conflicted, so she wrote a note to Su Cheng.

"Grades are just average, completely incomparable to Jiang Xiangnan, he just looks good."

Su Cheng read it and nodded, feeling a bit better.

After the first class ended, the Class Thirteen teacher left homework; usually, a large group of students would pull out their homework and start writing, but today, they held their homework and looked back at Zhao Jiu and Su Li in the corner.

Class monitor Zhou Xinxin walked over: "Zhao Jiu, I'll take you to collect your books."

Zhao Jiu: "Many thanks."

Qian Lei stood up as well: "Together, together."

Zhou Xinxin gave him a headache-inducing look; as long as he wasn't staying in the classroom, he was happy wherever he went.

She was just about to take them away when she noticed Zhao Jiu hadn't moved, still looking at Su Li who was getting up.

Su Li said to Chen Xue: "Chen Xue, I'm going to move some books."

Chen Xue glanced at Zhao Jiu, who was waiting for Su Li, then hurriedly stood up and nodded repeatedly: "Understood, I understand everything, you can come back whenever."

Su Li: "Hm?"

Zhao Jiu said: "Let's go."

He walked out first; Qian Lei was just about to follow, but Su Li had already trotted to catch up, one step ahead of him.

Qian Lei was stunned for two seconds; why did he feel like Su Li was more like a lackey than he was?

The moment Zhao Jiu sat down beside him, he felt that he could be someone's lackey.

Zhou Xinxin wanted to say that for moving books, the two men, Zhao Jiu and Qian Lei, were enough, but looking at the two who had already gone out, she remembered that Zhao Jiu had even transferred schools for the other person.

Perhaps young couples just want to find every opportunity to be together?

Zhou Xinxin took Qian Lei along to follow.

Zhao Jiu walked downstairs with one hand in his pocket, Su Li followed diagonally behind him, and students running upstairs to visit were shocked to see the two, then gave way to them.

Su Li glanced at that student, then looked at Gouzi in front; Gouzi was also a rare animal.

Su Li leaned over: "Did you get this treatment at Shengde too?"

They had already been watched by a crowd yesterday, could they still be surrounded today?

Zhao Jiu, who was used to being peeked at, thought for a moment and said: "It was like this when I first enrolled, but it stopped later."

Su Li thought that was true; perhaps there were too few good-looking boys at No. 1 High School, and coupled with Gouzi's natural aura, it was easy to attract attention.

After a while, when the novelty wore off, people would probably lose interest.

The two went downstairs.

Behind them, Qian Lei said to Zhou Xinxin: "Why do I feel like the two of us have no presence?"

Zhou Xinxin: "..."

She also felt that those two had forgotten about them.

The two hurried to follow.

Relying on vague memories, Su Li led Zhao Jiu toward the Girls' Dormitory; in the basement on the east side of the Girls' Dormitory, there was a warehouse specifically for storing books, and the teacher in charge had already come to open the door.

Zhou Xinxin counted the books and exercise workbooks, and Su Li helped stack them to one side.

After counting everything, Zhou Xinxin went over to sign for them.

Su Li looked at the height of the books on the table; the entire Grade 2 school year plus the Grade 3 books were more than usually heavy, and she picked up one of the stacks of books.

Turning around, she found Zhao Jiu standing behind her, his expression slightly dazed?

Su Li held the books and said: "Hmm?"

When Zhou Xinxin turned her head and saw that scene, she was also stunned and said: "Su Li?"

When they picked up books before, it was always the boys who carried their class's books over and then distributed them in the classroom, because the volume was large and they were unusually heavy, making it very difficult for girls to move them.

She had divided them into two piles, intending for Zhao Jiu to take one and Qian Lei to take one.

Su Li saw Zhou Xinxin and Qian Lei also looking at her in shock, and asked: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Xinxin looked at Zhao Jiu as if she were a fool; Zhao Jiu stood there, his gaze falling on Su Li, who was moving books for him, and he didn't say a word.

"Su Li, you're moving the books?" Zhou Xinxin said with difficulty.

Su Li moved the books and nodded; although the books were incredibly heavy, if she let the boss move the books himself, did she still want her salary for next month?

After all, she still had over four thousand days until her official resignation; as long as she was on the job for a day, she would do a day's work.

Zhao Jiu looked at the actively working Su Li, his expression becoming slightly complicated, but thinking about it carefully, was there any problem with her working for him?

Su Li walked outward, and Zhao Jiu lifted his feet and followed.

Behind them, Qian Lei said as if he were a fool: "Are these two in a puppy-love relationship?"

Zhou Xinxin's mouth twitched; if her future boyfriend ever made her move things while he walked slowly on the side, she would definitely kick him.

In front, Su Li said while walking: "By the way, before Night Self-Study tonight, flip through the Grade 2 books first and mark the parts you don't remember. So I can organize a study plan for you."

After all, there were only two weeks left.

Zhao Jiu walked slowly on the side and said: "Hmm. I didn't expect you all to study so fast."

Su Li recalled: "We seem to have already finished learning the books for the first semester of Grade 2 back in Grade 1."

Zhao Jiu lowered his eyes to look at the secretary carrying a pile of books beside him; was his secretary actually this strong?

At this moment, Su Li's hands began to feel weak and sore; just as she was about to put them down to rest, the high stack of books tilted, her body tilted with them, and the books were about to fall.

Just as Su Li was panicking, a pair of hands steadied her, and immediately after, she bumped into a chest, and the books fell onto that person.

Su Li was stunned; at this time, Zhao Jiu freed a hand and pushed the books that had fallen on top back over.

Zhao Jiu carried away half of the books; he had just been wondering when his secretary became so strong?

To be able to carry even such heavy books.

Su Li used her arm to nudge the books that had tilted on top; the boss was still a good boss after all.

Behind them, Qian Lei and Zhou Xinxin watched the two in front walking as if nothing had happened again.

Why did they feel that the relationship between these two was very strange?