A day later, Su Rou gradually snapped out of the embarrassment of that erotic dream. Su Yuze wasn't really concerned about why her face was red; he was more worried about her opinion of Jiang Ling.
"Ze-ge, do you think the bump on my head has gone down?" Su Rou pointed at her still slightly bruised forehead.
"Yeah." Su Yuze took a look and nodded. The bump had indeed subsided, but there were still some bruises.
The bruises didn't matter as long as it wasn't swollen anymore. Although she didn't look that great like this.
"You should stay home until your injury is fully healed before going back to school," Su Yuze said, looking at her forehead. She looked like a poor little thing with that bruised side of her forehead, yet she was smiling cheerfully. What a naive girl!
"It's okay. I'm going to school, not a beauty pageant," Su Rou replied.
"Then who was it that didn't want to go because she was swollen?" Su Yuze interrupted her impatiently.
Su Rou widened her eyes. "I would've scared people if I went out looking like that."
"..." Fine. Whatever she said was right. Period.
The next day, Su Rou finally got to go to school as she wished. Moreover, it was the first time since the start of this semester that she wasn't late. But as soon as Su Rou entered the classroom, many girls couldn't help but shiver. Su Rou was here! That troublemaker was here!
But the girl was completely oblivious. She calmly sat down in her seat. There were already a lot of snacks in her desk. As soon as Su Rou lowered her head, she saw a corner of a fruit-flavored bread. She happily pulled it out and started eating.
Some early-arriving female classmates curiously sized up Su Rou, who was enjoying her food. Su Rou was now a taboo in Class One. Anyone who dared to gossip about her would be beaten up by Jiang Ling! And hadn't Su Ziqi, the former bully of No. 1 Middle School, also said that anyone who dared to bully Su Rou would be dead?
But... what was so special about Su Rou? Apart from being a bit cute and petite... what else?
Su Rou had eaten half of the bread when she felt someone's gaze on her. She looked up, but the gazes suddenly disappeared. The classmates quickly turned their eyes back to their books, snacks, or gossips.
"Wow, Rou Rou, you're here!" Xiao Yun and Yu Fei exclaimed when they entered the classroom and saw Su Rou munching on the bread.
"Yeah."
"Poor thing. There's still a bit of bruise. Does it hurt?" Xiao Yun gently touched her forehead. The bruise made Su Rou look like a poor little thing who had been bullied!
Su Rou shook her head and unscrewed a bottle of juice. "It doesn't hurt anymore."
"Didn't you have breakfast?"
"I did."
"Then why..."
"I'm still growing," Su Rou said as she took out some snacks from her desk. "Come on, let's eat together."
It was obvious that these snacks were from Jiang Ling. As Su Rou's staunch supporters, Xiao Yun and Yu Fei readily accepted her offer.
"Xiao Rou, you're finally here," Jiang Ling said as he entered the classroom and instinctively looked in Su Rou's direction. He wasn't disappointed today. His Xiao Rou had come to school. If she hadn't come, he might really have had to use his connections to find out where she lived!
"Yeah."
"Do you want the notes? I made a copy for you," Jiang Ling said, thinking that this way, Su Rou wouldn't have to copy them herself.
Su Rou took the notebook from Jiang Ling. "Okay, thanks."
The female classmates around were extremely envious. Jiang Ling was being so attentive and even made notes for Su Rou... How lucky she was!
"Your forehead..." Jiang Ling looked at her injury. He was about to reach out and touch it, but Su Rou gently turned her head, rejecting his touch. Jiang Ling knew his action was a bit abrupt, so he retracted his hand. "Why isn't it healed yet?"
"It's much better already," Su Rou said indifferently.
"Okay," Jiang Ling said, his worried gaze still lingering on Su Rou's forehead. He felt both heartache and restraint...
During the noon break, Su Rou didn't go to the basketball court to watch anyone play basketball. Instead, she took a bottle of yogurt and strolled on the campus path. A group of delinquent boys smoking cigarettes walked towards her. The leader was Su Ziqi.
When he saw Su Rou, Su Ziqi's face lit up. He waved off his brothers and walked straight up to Su Rou. "Xiao Rou."
"Ziqi-ge."
"I haven't seen you out for a long time... What happened to your forehead?" Su Ziqi crushed out his cigarette butt. He knew Su Rou didn't like the smell of cigarettes.
Su Rou touched her forehead and gave a silly smile. "Oh, this... I accidentally got hit by a basketball on the basketball court that day." It was really embarrassing. She was just playing with her phone on the side, yet she still got hit by the ball!
Su Ziqi's eyebrows shot up, and a hint of anger flashed across his face. He had clearly said that anyone who dared to bully Su Rou would be dead! Who on earth were these blind fools? "Who threw the ball? Tell me."
Su Rou was familiar with the expression on Su Ziqi's face. It was the same expression Su Yuze had when she was unhappy. "No, no. It was just an accident."
"Who threw the ball?" Su Ziqi didn't care. As long as she was hit by someone, he would find that person and make him experience getting hit by a ball!
"Come on, he didn't do it on purpose," Su Rou said. Jiang Ling was actually a nice guy, and he usually cared about her a lot. She wasn't an ungrateful person, so she definitely couldn't let Su Ziqi cause trouble for him.
Su Ziqi glanced at Su Rou and gently touched her forehead. "Was it a guy?" It must be, he thought. Only a guy could hit that hard.
Su Rou didn't dare to dodge. Although she didn't like being touched by men other than Su Yuze, if she angered Su Ziqi, he might really beat Jiang Ling up! "I said it's okay. Ziqi-ge, don't ask anymore!"
Rarely seeing Su Rou act coquettishly, Su Ziqi's lips curved slightly. "Okay. If I see you get hurt again, I won't be nice to him."
"There won't be a next time," Su Rou said. Who would be stupid enough to get hit by a ball again?
"Good."
Su Ziqi looked at her, and for a moment, neither of them said a word. Su Rou felt a bit awkward and found an excuse to leave. "Ziqi-ge, I'm going back to take a nap. Bye."
"Yeah." After Su Rou left, Su Ziqi slowly took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. "Let's go. Let's go to the pub and have some fun tonight!"
"Wow, is the boss treating?" a little brother cheered.
"Yeah, I'm treating!"
The delinquent boys behind seemed even happier. "It seems like the boss is always in a good mood whenever he sees his sister! It was the same the first time. After seeing Su Rou, he went to the bar to have fun at night!"
Su Rou was truly a lucky charm!