Chapter 324: Bo Lang And Shiyun
She looked at Yan Jinyu, and Yan Jinyu also looked up at her.
Yan Jinyu’s expression was no different from usual. For some reason, Tan Shiyun saw the words “I won’t attack unless you offend me” in Yan Jinyu’s eyes.
No one exposed anyone. Tan Shiyun smiled at Yan Jinyu as friendly as usual, “Jinyu, shall we go to the canteen to eat together?”
Tan Shiyun had said that they were good friends, so the two of them often went to the canteen to eat together during this period of time. It was not strange for her to say this now.
However, they weren’t the only ones who went to the cafeteria to eat. Most of the time, Feng Yuan and Yan Jinyun would follow them.
If Feng Yuan followed, Xu Gui would follow. If Xu Gui followed, Luo Yikun would follow.
It was the same for Yan Jinyun. Not only would Luo Qiu follow, but Zhao Yue would also follow her sometimes.
Compared to the day Yan Jinyu first went to school to eat in the canteen, only Yuan Xi and Bo Lang were missing from their group recently.
“Sure.” Yan Jinyu smiled.
“Shiyun, I’ll go with you guys.” It was Tan Shiyun’s deskmate.
She had a good relationship with Tan Shiyun, and Tan Shiyun’s results were publicly acknowledged to be good. She wanted to match her answers with hers for the earlier test.
Of course, that was only one reason. Another more important reason was that she was nosy.
After being deskmates for three years, this was the first time she had seen Tan Shiyun interact with Bo Lang outside of work. Bo Lang even said something similar to protect Tan Shiyun, making her even more curious.
The girl’s name was Chen Yingying.
Tan Shiyun turned to look at her and didn’t reject her. “Sure.” They often ate together in the past, but they rarely ate together recently.
Tan Shiyun knew very well that Chen Yingying was obviously being gossipy.
Indeed, as soon as they walked out of the classroom and went downstairs, Chen Yingying, who had matched their answers after a while, started to stammer, “Shiyun, w-why were you so bold just now? Aren’t you afraid of infuriating Student Bo Lang?”
“We’re all classmates. What’s there to be afraid of? I often talk to Bo Lang about the class fees.”
“That’s true, but… if Bo Lang doesn’t get angry and just ignores you, you’ll lose face too. Aren’t you worried about that?”
Tan Shiyun shrugged indifferently. “So be it. Anyway, there are many people who have lost face because of Bo Lang. I’m not the first, nor will I be the last.”
“Alright, I can’t out-talk you. I just… just find it strange. Do you know Bo Lang?”
Tan Shiyun looked at her strangely. “What are you talking about? We’ve been in the same class for three years, and he’s still the top student in the cohort. How can we not know each other?”
“…” Chen Yingying rolled her eyes. “You clearly know that’s not what I’m asking. I’m… Aiya, how should I put it? I just feel that Bo Lang seems to treat you quite differently. It’s fine if he just responds to you, but he even added ‘just like before’. His attitude towards you is simply too good. I feel that you two should have known each other for a long time.”
She looked up at Yan Jinyu, who was walking in front, and lowered her voice to whisper in Tan Shiyun’s ear, “Also, what did Bo Lang mean by his last sentence? Could it be that you have a grudge with Yan Jinyu? Is he protecting you?”
“How could that be? Did you hear wrongly?”
“Jinyu and I haven’t met in the past. After she transferred to our class, I got along very well with her. How can we have a grudge? You’re thinking too much.”
Chen Yingying scratched her head in uncertainty. “Did I really hear wrongly?”
However, she didn’t see Tan Shiyun tighten her grip on the book. A hint of joy flashed past her eyes.
Be it Yan Jinyu, Yan Jinyun, Feng Yuan, or Luo Yikun, Xu Gui, and the others who were walking in front, they all heard most of their conversation.
Other than Yan Jinyu, the party concerned, everyone was undoubtedly curious about Bo Lang and Tan Shiyun’s relationship and whether they knew each other long ago.
“Sister, how did you do?” Yan Jinyun asked.
After asking, without waiting for Yan Jinyu to reply, she approached her and asked softly, “What’s wrong with Bo Lang and Tan Shiyun? You…”
She wanted to ask Yan Jinyu if they were the ones she was guarding against, but she retracted her words before she could.
She was afraid that others would hear and ruin Yan Jinyu’s plans.
“You’ll know when the test papers are handed back.” Yan Jinyu was answering her first question. Then, she smiled faintly at Yan Jinyun with a comforting gaze.
Yan Jinyun stopped talking.
Feng Yuan was also curious, but he didn’t intend to ask further here. After seeing that Yan Jinyun didn’t even ask, he didn’t intend to ask further.
However, he was still very worried.
He was worried about Yan Jinyu’s safety.
In order to prevent himself from overthinking, Feng Yuan found a topic to divert his attention, “Yun’er, shall we match the answers too? Let’s see if my revision during this period of time has any effect.”
Yan Jinyun was naturally happy to see that Feng Yuan was willing to pay attention to his studies.
The two of them matched their answers. In less than a minute, Feng Yuan looked bitter.
He had gotten too many answers wrong!
“Let’s stop matching answers. Yun’er, I’m clearly very confident when I do the questions, especially those multiple choice questions. I feel that my revision recently has been especially useful. There has never been a test question as simple as this one. After matching with your answers…”
“This is too humiliating.”
Yan Jinyu walked to the side and listened quietly. She only felt extremely calm.
This was probably the ordinary school life that Yin Jiujin wanted her to have?
“Cousin Feng Yuan, don’t be disheartened. You’re much better than me. I didn’t get as many answers right as you.”
When Feng Yuan heard that, his lips twitched, “Jinyu, don’t think that I didn’t see that you almost handed in a blank paper. I’m not going to compete with you.”
“That’s because I don’t know how to do it. That’s why I said that you’re much better than me.”
“…Thank you for the compliment.” He felt guilty.
Then, Luo Qiu and Yan Jinyun matched their answers. The few of them chatted as they walked towards the canteen.
Because of the exam, school ended earlier than usual. Hence, Yan Jinyun didn’t return to the dormitory immediately after lunch.
She brought Feng Yuan to the library to continue teaching him.
The others also went to the library to read. Hence, only Yan Jinyu and Tan Shiyun returned to the dormitory.
“Eldest Miss Yan.”
When the two of them headed to the dormitory, someone called Yan Jinyu.
She stopped and turned back. It was Yuan Xi.
She nodded slightly. “Young Master Yuan.”
Yuan Xi walked forward and walked side by side with them. He said as if he was chatting, “This is the first test that Eldest Miss Yan does after transferring over. How did you do?”
“So-so.”
Yuan Xi nodded. “That’s good.”
She glanced at Tan Shiyun and said to Yan Jinyu, “We’ve met a few times and can be considered as acquaintances. Miss Yan, if you have any problems in your studies that you can’t ask others, you can ask me. Although my studies aren’t top-notch, I’m still ranked in the top five of the cohort.”
Looking at him, Yan Jinyu smiled faintly, “Thank you.”
“I’ll make a move first. See you in the afternoon for the exam.”
Yan Jinyu nodded in response.
Yuan Xi walked away and the two of them continued to walk towards the girls’ dormitory.
Tan Shiyun finally said, “Jinyu.”
“What?”
Tan Shiyun hugged her books tightly and stared at her. Yan Jinyu didn’t avoid her gaze and smiled as she looked into her eyes.
“…Nothing. I just wanted to tell you to continue to work hard for the afternoon exam.”
Yan Jinyu raised her eyebrows. “Thank you.”
***
The results were out in the afternoon after the exam on Friday morning.
The teachers were very efficient.
Many students who were concerned about the results went to the notice board to look at the results.
Undoubtedly, Bo Lang was still in first place. Yan Jinyun and Tan Shiyun were in second and third place.
Yan Jinyu wasn’t the last in the cohort, but she was the second last in class.
The last place was Luo Yikun.
The last class in the afternoon was a class meeting.
Xiao Qun passed the results sheet to everyone. When he handed it over, he looked in Yan Jinyu’s direction.
The results sheet was passed to her hand. Yan Jinyu looked at it casually, but she was looking at Yan Jinyun and Feng Yuan’s. She didn’t even look at hers.
Yan Jinyun’s studies were balanced and she wasn’t biased in any subjects. Her results were also very good. It could be said that if it wasn’t for Bo Lang being too smart, she would have been in first place.
Bo Lang only had one or two marks more than her.
On the other hand, Yan Jinyu could roughly tell which of Feng Yuan’s subjects were worse with a single glance.
She handed it to Bo Lang.
Bo Lang also took a look, but not at his results. He was looking at Yan Jinyu’s.
He saw that Yan Jinyu’s results were in second last place. Other than passing English with 90 points, the rest of her subjects had 0 points.
Bo Lang’s lips twitched imperceptibly.
However, her English…
Indeed, Yan Jinyu treated the English teacher, Hu Chengcheng, differently from others.
This week, he also realized that Hu Chengcheng looked at Yan Jinyu more intimately than before. As for the reason, he didn’t probe further.
As usual, the form teacher, Xiao Qun, would analyze the results after every test and arrange some matters before the class meeting ended.
When class was about to end, he asked the last three students to go to his office.
Yan Jinyu and Luo Yikun’s expressions didn’t change. It was as if he wasn’t talking about them.
Xu Gui heaved a sigh of relief. His results had improved this time. Out of the 50 students in his class, he was ranked 10th.
The third last was a girl in class. She was leaning on the table and crying.
Other than her deskmate who was comforting her softly, the others only looked at her sympathetically and didn’t interfere.
Xu Gui looked at Luo Yikun in disdain, “What exactly are you doing? Haven’t we been revising together recently? I see that the important points you drew are quite useful. You can list out the points but yet still get zero points for every subject?”
“I clearly saw that although you didn’t do any big questions, you did all the multiple choice questions!”
Luo Yikun supported his chin and looked at him. “I’m unlucky.”
“Then your luck is too bad. You perfectly avoided all the correct answers… No, you even explained the questions to me. I encountered a similar problem when I was doing the questions. I used the method you taught me to calculate. The answer is exactly the same as the reference answer.”
“You clearly know how to do it, but you still scored zero.”
“Tell me honestly, did you do it on purpose?”
“Do what on purpose?”
“Stop pretending. Did you score zero on purpose?”
Luo Yikun looked at him and chuckled. Just as he was about to say “yes”, Xu Gui continued, “But that’s not right either. I clearly saw that you did all the multiple choice questions. If you really score zero on purpose, doesn’t that mean that you know the correct answers to those questions and then perfectly avoid them?”
He said disdainfully, “Do you have that ability?”
“…” Luo Yikun was not angry. He only felt that Xu Gui was so silly that he was interesting.
“No. That’s why I said I was just unlucky.”i
“Then, isn’t your luck a little too bad? It’s even worse than Eldest Miss Yan’s luck. At least, she still has 90 points, although they’re all in English. I think Eldest Miss Yan should have done it on purpose to just score 90 points for her English and 0 points for the other subjects.”
“…Why is it that you believe that she did it on purpose but not me?”