Chapter Eleven Old Acquaintance

  Tang Yao looked at the young man approaching her, and the memories that emerged from the depths of her mind were all dark scenes. In those memories, the golden boy in front of her was a detestable little devil who had ruined her fate. Although it had been eighteen years since their previous life, Tang Yao still didn't show any joy at their reunion.

  "Tang Yao, I'm Zheng Ya Sheng. Don't you remember me?" The handsome young man furrowed his brow as he gazed at the girl in front of him, her face calm and silent. His deep eyes held a mix of regret and nervousness. "We used to be neighbors, but three years ago you suddenly moved away. I thought I'd never see you again, yet here we are running into each other."

  "Is anything wrong?"

  Tang Yao had no good feelings towards Zheng Yasheng. They used to be neighbors and had known each other since they were young, but unfortunately, Tang Yao's mother's identity made Zheng Yasheng's mother extremely disgusted. It was that woman who spread the rumor about Lin Qiukui being someone's mistress everywhere, and every time she saw Tang Yao, she would sarcastically scold her, sometimes even spitting on her. She told Zheng Yasheng that Tang Yao had germs on her body and would infect him, saying she was a bad kid. As a result, Zheng Yasheng led a group of kids to bully Tang Yao, and whenever anyone talked to her, he would scare them away. Gradually, Tang Yao became more and more self-abased and isolated. So, part of the suffering in Tang Yao's past life was also caused by him, how could she have good feelings towards him?!

  In her past life, Tang Yao hadn't seen Zheng Yasheng since she moved away after graduating from elementary school. This time they actually ran into each other again. Was this also a result of rebirth changing the frequency of butterfly wings?

  Zheng Yasheng felt a little lost seeing Tang Yao's cold attitude. He remembered that this girl had been bullied by him since childhood, and he loved to see her on the verge of tears. Although she wasn't pretty, she was like a fresh and pure little white flower, giving him an irresistible feeling. It was a terrible but pleasant feeling. Later, she suddenly disappeared, leaving a huge void in his heart that felt very uncomfortable. He thought he would never see her again, but unexpectedly, they met once more. However, this reunion wasn't happy; instead, it left him with a stifling feeling.

  "Teacher Zhao asked me to give you this exercise book. It's almost lunch break now, let's go make a copy."

  Although she didn't want to have anything to do with Zheng Yasheng, Tang Jiao still wanted those papers. She knew that those papers were specially prepared by the excellent teachers of each subject in the third year of high school for those top students, and ordinary students couldn't get them because the questions on this paper were extremely difficult for these top-scoring students.

  Tang Xiao remembered that at that time, there were often several students with good grades in the class who would gather together to discuss something, and any classmates who were curious to take a look would be chased away by their disdainful eyes.

  There was a proud girl named Wang Qing who once said that the teacher didn't give you these exercise books because even if he gave them to you, it would be useless. When he explains to you, you won't understand anyway. It's better to spend time on basic exercises instead of wasting time!

  That humiliated student was not convinced, saying "let's try and see how it goes", the result was that he got stuck on the first question. From then on, this kind of test paper circulating in the small circle became a sacred thing, as if doing well on this test paper could guarantee admission to a good high school!

  Once, Tang Yao also looked at this kind of concentrated essence scroll with a respectful gaze, but now she doesn't care that much about it.

  Even if someone has a great memory, they won't remember the contents of their middle school exam papers. However, after flipping through the book, they can still recall the general scope and know which parts are key and which ones are just a glance. Moreover, Tang Yao had been a tutor during her university days to make ends meet, and since she didn't attend a well-known university, most of her students were junior high school students. As a result, she inevitably became very familiar with the middle school exam questions. So now, even if Tang Yao doesn't remember each question, she can't forget the types of questions.

  However, if there is this volume to come and use as a reference, it's not bad. After the college entrance examination in my previous life, I heard a student who made such a volume say that the questions on those volumes were very accurate!

  "I'll wait for you under the big pear tree outside school, come as soon as you've got your test paper!"

  Tang Wan finished speaking and turned to leave, but was caught by Zheng Yasheng's wrist. Tang Wan didn't think twice, using force to shake off his hand, turning her head to purse her lips at him, wanting to see what he would do next.

  Zheng Yasheng's hand was pushed away, his face looked a bit unpleasant, and his voice had a hint of regret: "I just wanted to tell you that my school bag is on the rooftop, I'll go get it and we can leave together. What are you doing? You look like you're about to be raped or something! You have the guts to confess to Lan Li, but you're afraid of me touching you? Am I worse than Lan Li?"

  Tang Wan listened to Zheng Yasheng's words, her emotions didn't fluctuate at all. She was no longer the Tang Wan of her past life. If it were the Tang Wan of her past life who heard such words, she would definitely be very hurt. But now, she no longer loved Lan Li and wasn't afraid of Zheng Yasheng either. Upon hearing such words, she just found them somewhat amusing.

  "You and he are just the same, all of you are bastards."

  Zheng Yasheng's face turned black from being scolded by Tang Yao, seeing her about to leave, he grabbed her and said: "I'm a complete idiot with him, but I'm not the same as him!"

  Tang Xiao sneered, "What's the difference? One is a swindler and the other is a rascal. Both of you think I'm an idiot to be played with. Is it fun? Are you still interested in reasoning with me because you saw that Lán Lǐ cheated me and thought I was even more foolish than when I was younger, so you want to continue playing me? Let me tell you, Lán Lǐ is the last time. You don't have another chance. Get lost!" After finishing speaking, she wanted to leave but was caught by Zheng Yǎshēng's hand on her wrist. She tried hard to shake it off but couldn't, and just as they were struggling, a girl's shrill cry was heard.

  "Ah——you damned girl, what are you doing?! Let go of Yasheng immediately!" Along with this shriek, a girl rushed over and pushed Tang Yao forcefully.

  Tang Wan was attracted by the scream and looked over to see a girl rushing towards her, hastily dodging to the side because she was grabbed by Zheng Yasheng. After dodging, she stumbled and was caught by Zheng Yasheng, falling into his arms.

  That girl didn't pounce on Tang Yao, but used too much force and fell to the ground with a thud. She cried out in pain, her small face streaked with tears, and when she saw Tang Yao fall into Zheng Yasheng's arms, she cried even louder.

  "Ah, Yasheng, I'm so hurt! This bad woman deliberately dodged and threw herself into your arms. Don't hold her anymore! You must avenge me!"

  Tang Wan got up from Zheng Ya Sheng's body, heard the girl's words and her face turned black. She looked at Zheng Ya Sheng: "You solve your own troubles, just don't drag me into them again next time."

  Zheng Yasheng helped the girl up, frowning and saying: "Xinyan, apologize!"

  Xin Yan's tears had stopped, and her bright eyes looked pitiful after crying. Her snow-white face, jet-black long hair, and yellow dress with lace trim made her look like a little princess. When she heard Zheng Ya Sheng's words and saw his stern expression, her small red mouth pouted in grievance: "Why should I apologize?! It was this woman who was bothering you, and I came to rescue you but you didn't thank me, instead you scolded me! I'm going to tell Auntie about it! And I'll also tell sister Huan!"

  Zheng Yasheng helplessly rubbed his brow and said to Tang Yao, "She's my aunt's niece, spoiled since childhood, don't mind her."

  Xin Yan dissatisfied, scolded: "Ya Sheng brother, how can you speak ill of me to this woman! What is she? Just a foolish plaything for others! You've forgotten that she's the one who tried to seduce Lan Li at the birthday party. She must not have succeeded with Lan Li, so now she's setting her sights on you. Don't be deceived! Otherwise, people will laugh at you!"

  Tang Wan's face turned completely black, she remembered that in her previous life, because of the confession at Lan Li's birthday party, she got into trouble. Because Lan Li's family was not ordinary, so they were friends with people from high society, and they all saw her as a joke, which led to her being recognized and ridiculed even after entering the Ji family. This life, she must clear her name! She absolutely cannot become the 'flower idiot' in people's mouths!

  Zheng Yasheng saw Tang Yao's tightly pursed lips and guessed that she was angry. He hastily said, "Xin Yan, I have something to attend to today, you go ahead with your own business!"

  "What's going on?" Wang Xinyan looked at Tang Yao warily, hugging Zheng Yasheng's arm and saying: "If you're with her, then I'll come too, I want to take care of you for Huanhuan!"

  Zheng Yasheng helplessly glanced at Tang Yao and said, "Alright! I'm going to the rooftop to get my backpack, then take out the papers from inside to have them photocopied for Tang Yao. This is what Teacher Zhao instructed, don't interfere."

  "Roof?" Wang Xinyan was taken aback, her bright eyes darting back and forth as she pulled Zheng Yasheng along, saying "Let's hurry up! School will be letting out soon and it'll be crowded when we leave the school, let's go quickly!"

  Tang Wan watched as Zheng Yasheng was pulled away by Wang Xinyan, pursing her lips and following behind them. They went up to the rooftop on the top floor, where there was an iron door that was slightly ajar at this time, with a rough shout coming from above.

  "Lan Li, what's wrong with you these days?! Didn't Zi Qing just say a few words to Tang Yao? Did you have to give her the cold shoulder? Do you know how much you've hurt her by doing this?"