Chapter 2: Hello, new deskmate!

  Lao Liu? Jiang Ruyu blinked her eyes repeatedly, and it took her half a day to remember who Lao Liu was, the one Yu Shanshan had mentioned.

  Lao Liu's real name is Liu Jie, she has a short and stout build, dark skin, loves to wear white clothes, and her classmates secretly gave her the nickname "Giant Panda". Unfortunately, Lao Liu's temper is completely opposite of the gentle giant panda. As the head of the disciplinary committee, she lives up to the reputation that her dark face suggests, "strictly impartial in distinguishing loyalty from treachery", everyone suspects that her idol is Bao Qingtian.

  At this time, it's not just Jiang Ruoyu and Yu Shanshan, looking around the school, almost all classmates wearing light blue school uniforms and carrying large backpacks are rushing to the school gate.

  Old Liu stood at the right side of the school gate, with her not-so-full chest and a more prominent belly, wearing a cold expression on her dark face. She would occasionally glance at her watch, her small eyes shining like searchlights, making whoever she stared at tremble.

  "Ah!"

  They rushed through the gate in one breath, Jiang Ruyu and Yu Xiangxiang supported their knees and panted for a few rough breaths.

  "You scared me to death! I almost got late. By the way, Xiaoyu, why are you so late today? Aren't you the class monitor?" Yu Shan Shan pulled Jiang Ruoyu's hand as they walked across the sandy playground towards the teaching building.

  "Huh? I'm on duty today? What day is it today?"

  "Xiao Yu, have you gone silly? You slept for a night and forgot. Today is Tuesday."

  "Hmm..." Yeah, it seems like that's what happened, she was in charge of erasing the blackboard. But it's been too long ago, how could she possibly remember which day of the week she was on duty, let alone what today's date is?

  "Hey, Xiaoyu, didn't you sleep well last night? The language teacher said there's a literature test today, have you memorized it? The math teacher said there's a pop quiz today, have you reviewed the formulas?"

  The more Jiang Yu listened, the more black lines appeared on her head. Just now, she was immersed in the joy of rebirth and forgot that she would face the big problem of exams when she went to school. In her previous life, her parents passed away when she was in third grade, so she didn't take the middle school entrance exam and dropped out to work for Wang Yi Shi. When it came to antique appraisal and replication, she could say without exaggeration that she was an expert. But when it came to studying, the things she learned in middle school had long been returned to her teachers. She heard that the middle school entrance exam and college entrance exam were so torturous that they could kill people. This time, she would experience it personally, and suddenly felt a bit dizzy.

  But wasn't she always envious of her peers who could attend school normally? With a second chance, she would definitely seize it tightly, not only to change the fate of her parents but also to change her own fate.

  Lowering her head to look at her plump figure, Jiang Ruyu clenched her small fist nervously, she wanted to lose weight!

  In her previous life, she was too fat to have any romantic relationships. She had secretly loved someone but didn't dare confess, writing over a dozen love letters that were all torn up and thrown away without being sent out of fear of rejection. And wasn't the guy she used to secretly love, Yu Xiufan, Yu Shanshan's older brother? After Yu Shanshan died, she lost contact with Yu Xiufan too.

  When they were lost in thought, the two had already gone up to the second floor and turned left into the classroom of Class 22. At this time, the early self-study had not yet begun, and the classroom was in a state of chaos. Yu Xiangxue entered the classroom and sat down at the fourth table in the third group. Jiang Ruoyu stood still, looking a bit dazed.

  The classroom in front of her was familiar, and the faces with childishness still on them seemed to have been seen before, but she couldn't remember where her seat was!

  She looked left and right, but it seemed like everyone was familiar except for Yu ShanShan. She couldn't even remember anyone else's name. Her personality is relatively introverted, and she doesn't like talking to people she doesn't know well. In her past life, she only had one friend, Yu ShanShan. She was the type of person who blended into crowds and couldn't be picked out as special, so no one would take the initiative to play with her. Now it's great, Jiang RuoYu felt like she had transferred to a new school.

  She's on duty today, so she'll just wipe the blackboard to delay time, and when everyone arrives, won't the empty seat be hers?

  Nodding, Jiang Yu felt that she was really too clever. The school bag had no place to put it, so she had to carry it on her back, went to the side and picked up the blackboard eraser, slowly wiping it while frowning and holding her breath, resentfully thinking when the blackboard could be replaced with a whiteboard, but probably in her school days, it was unlikely to catch up.

  Before long, the bell rang for the early reading class, and Jiang Ruyu finally put down the blackboard eraser, turning back with a relieved expression.

  A tall and thin girl walked onto the stage with an English book in hand, giving Jiang Ruyu a white eye, as if she had taken her place.

  "Everyone take out your English books, now let's start our morning reading!"

  Jiang Yu walked down from the podium, innocently rubbing her nose, and quickly scanned the seats in the classroom. The first row of desks by the window was completely empty, while the second to last desk in the second row had one empty seat. She felt a bit anxious, where did she sit? She flipped through her eyes and slowly walked forward, recalling that she seemed to be sitting at the last desk in the first row.

  Whatever, it seems like this is it!

  Having made up her mind, Jiang Yu didn't hesitate anymore and walked over with big strides, taking off her backpack and shoving it into the desk. She took out her stationery box and English book and placed them on the table, secretly smiling to herself, finally able to relive her student days again.

  Huh? Why is it so quiet in the classroom?

  Jiang Yu's head lifted up in a daze, and she saw that the eyes of all her classmates were fixed on her, with surprise written all over their faces.

  At this time, a tall and thin boy with a backpack walked into the classroom. When he saw Jiang Ruoyu sitting there, he paused for a moment, narrowed his pair of slender phoenix eyes to study her.

  "Jiang Ruoyu, why did you change seats?" The boy at the second to last table in the second group pointed to the position beside him and said: "You should be sitting here!"

  “……”

  Jiang Yu's eyes were brimming with tears, but she still sat in the wrong place. What to do? How could this be? Was she supposed to say that she had forgotten where she was sitting? Wouldn't people laugh at her if they heard that?!

  At this time, there was no choice but to thicken one's skin and pretend to be a fool. Jiang Ruyu cleared her throat and said in her uniquely soft and gentle voice, "I'm going to sit here from now on!"

  “……”

  The whole class was quiet for three seconds before suddenly erupting into chaos.

  Jiang Yuwei maintained a smile on her face, with a slight twitch at the corner of her mouth.

  The tall and thin boy at the door of the classroom blinked his beautiful eyes as if he was surprised, then walked over with a blank expression, tapping on the table to signal Jiang Yurou to give him space.

  Jiang Yu ran a command and took action, getting up to let the boy sit in the inner position, then sat down herself, lowering her head to avoid the scorching gaze of all her classmates. In her heart, she secretly cursed herself for mistakenly pressing the wrong treasure.

  "Alright, everyone follow me in reading the words." The English class representative on stage promptly organized discipline, and finally everyone put their attention back to their books.

  The "daggers" that were shot over decreased, and Jiang Yu only then let out a breath of relief. She stole a glance at her new deskmate, who was also propping up his chin to look at her. Unintentionally, she caught sight of the name on the practice book he had placed on the desk - Chū èr'èr Bān, Wáng Xiāo.

  Blinking eyes, couldn't recall who this person was.

  Just then, Wang Xiao suddenly curled up the corner of his lips, as if smiling, and said in a low voice: "Hello, new deskmate."