Ling Tiantian thought that Su Rou did it on purpose, deliberately making her lose face in public. Since Su Rou had broken off their friendship, she must have harbored hatred for her! The more Ling Tiantian thought about it, the more she felt it was possible. No... it wasn't just possible; it must be so!
Su Rou, you were the first one to be unkind to me. Don't blame me for being unrighteous!
Ling Tiantian was scolded in the head teacher's office. "Classmate Ling Tiantian, don't you know that the back door of our class should not be closed before Su Rou comes to class?" What a thick - headed student.
"I'm a new transfer student. I didn't know." Ling Tiantian lowered her head and said. "Besides... why do you indulge her being late? Teacher, didn't you say that all late students should stand during class? Why can Su Rou be late every day?" Ling Tiantian was really upset. Why was Su Rou so favored by the teacher?
As soon as Ling Tiantian said this, all the teachers in the office turned their gazes to her. The head teacher's face changed instantly. "Can you compare with Su Rou?"
"How can I not..."
"Su Rou can rank first in the grade. Can you?" The head teacher's tone was a bit excited. "What makes you think you can compare with her?"
Ling Tiantian was left speechless. Yes, her grades were not as good as Su Rou's, but one couldn't judge a person solely based on grades, could they? "Teacher, Su Rou actually has a very bad temper. She has been late since junior high school, and she likes to speak ill of others behind their backs..."
"Enough!" The head teacher slapped the table hard and stood up, pointing at Ling Tiantian's nose. "Call your parents!" Ling Tiantian was just a child from a nouveau - riche family. She was really so unreasonable. Wasn't she afraid of making a fool of herself?
Ling Tiantian just wanted to point out some of Su Rou's flaws so that the teacher wouldn't be so partial, but she didn't expect the teacher not to listen and even want to call her parents!
"Teacher, I won't say anymore..." If her father found out, he would definitely cut down on her allowance again.
"Stand in the corner for me!" The head teacher angrily pointed at the corner and told her to go there.
Ling Tiantian had no choice but to stand in the corner aggrievedly, watching the head teacher make a phone call. But as the head teacher was talking, he actually walked out. This made Ling Tiantian even more nervous. She didn't know what they were talking about. Anyway, when the head teacher came back not long after, there was no expression on his face.
Ling Tiantian was punished to stand for several classes before being allowed to go back. When she got home that evening, her father was sitting on the sofa, looking at her coldly. "Tiantian, school is a place for you to study. Why are you arguing with your classmates?"
Ling Tiantian was very afraid of her father. As soon as her father showed a cold look, she didn't dare to look him in the eye. "Sorry..." Ling Tiantian murmured. "But, I was really wronged today!"
Father Ling looked at his daughter in surprise. Ling Tiantian rarely refuted his words. Did this mean that there was really something else going on? "What happened?"
"You know Su Rou, the girl who was good friends with me in junior high school..."
"Sure, the one who got into No. 1 Middle School as the top scorer in the grade." Of course he knew about this.
"Yeah... but we broke off our friendship. This semester, we are in the same class again. She is always late for class, but the classmates and teachers in our class indulge her. They always keep the back door open. I just couldn't stand it and closed the back door, and that's why the teacher scolded me." Ling Tiantian explained aggrievedly. The Su family was just like theirs, a nouveau - riche family at best. They just threw around a bit of money. Was it really necessary to protect her like this?
Father Ling pondered for a while. "Then the teacher never said anything about Su Rou being late every day?"
"No... I guess the Su family is a nouveau - riche family and they bribed the teacher." Ling Tiantian said angrily. In junior high school, they weren't so blatant!
Father Ling frowned. "So, did that Su Rou use some means?"
"Exactly!" Seeing that her father's attitude was not as tough as before, Ling Tiantian got bolder. After all, she was his daughter. It was only natural that he would feel bad if she was wronged.
"We can't do anything about it if the other family has connections. You'd better just ignore her from now on... When Dad's business gets back on track, you can teach that Su Rou a good lesson." Father Ling said in a deep voice. "By the way, you mustn't break off your relationship with that girl from the Su family. Do you hear me?"
Ling Tiantian knew that he was talking about Su Meimei. "Okay. Dad, could you help me transfer back to Class 2?" This way, she could be closer to Su Meimei. As long as she stuck close to Su Meimei, it would be like hugging a powerful thigh.
"I'm not capable of that for now. You'll just have to make do for the time being."
"......Alright." Ling Tiantian pouted and walked back to her room reluctantly.
But... as long as her father didn't scold her, it was okay. After all, this incident was really her fault! Ling Tiantian took out her homework and absent - mindedly scribbled on the draft paper. She wrote Su Rou's name several times. "Humph!"
Su Rou, so what if you have good grades? I'll show you!
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Every day when school was over, Su Meimei would always see Ling Tiantian at the classroom door. She frowned in disgust. "What are you doing?" Waiting at the stairway like a sneaky rat. It was really scary!
"I... I'm waiting for you." Ling Tiantian gave a shy smile. She didn't want Su Meimei to gradually forget about her after they were put into different classes. She didn't want that. She still wanted to stick close to Su Meimei.
"Waiting for me? We don't go the same way." Su Meimei glanced at her and then walked around her towards the school gate.
Ling Tiantian followed beside her. "Oh, then... do you have any activities tonight?" As she said this, she grinned at Su Meimei, meaning that if Su Meimei had any activities, she should take her along.
"Hehe." Su Meimei suddenly let out a sarcastic laugh. "I don't have any evening activities anymore." When it came to this, she had to blame Su Rou. Because last time Su Rou got drunk and made a scene in the nightclub, Brother Yuze told their parents about it, and then her parents banned her from going out at night unless accompanied.
Ling Tiantian didn't know about the nightclub incident, but hearing Su Meimei's words, she opened her mouth in surprise. "Why? Weren't we having a great time before?"
Su Meimei was a bit impatient. "Aren't you being annoying? I said I don't have any, so I don't. Why do you have so many questions?" Su Meimei shook off her hand and got into the family car directly.
Ling Tiantian stood at the school gate. Was it just her imagination? Why did it seem that Meimei was a lot colder towards her... It must be because they were in different classes. It seemed that she had to talk to Meimei more during breaks!