Chapter 28 — Shen Yushu's Soldier Brother
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Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu hadn't gone out either. Instead, the two were squeezed together, watching an MP4 player that was playing the cartoon Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf — a cartoon that seemed terribly childish to Wei Zhao, yet the two of them watched it with great relish, bursting into peals of laughter from time to time.
Of course, the boys in the class who were studying didn't find their laughter the least bit annoying. On the contrary, they felt that the girls' laughter was a sound like music from heaven, lending a breath of fresh color to their dull academic life.
But the girls didn't see it that way. Some were jealous, some contemptuous, some merely dismissive — though of course there were those who didn't care one way or the other. Still, no matter their attitude, the remarkable bearing of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu was envied by the majority.
Wei Zhao returned to his seat. Along the way, Shen Yushu, who had been watching the MP4, glanced up at Wei Zhao, then lowered her head and resumed watching the cartoon.
Kang Xiaofeng also settled down quietly to work on his exercises, while Wei Zhao, somewhat bored, flipped through the textbooks for the final year of high school.
Before the first class of the afternoon began, Zhong Yongliang came back in a change of clothes, accompanied by Gao Xiaofu and Zhang Naipao. They had all changed their clothes as well, their hair still not quite dry — clearly they had just taken showers.
As he entered the classroom, Zhong Yongliang shot a venomous glance in Wei Zhao's direction but said nothing, heading straight back to his own seat.
Today Zhong Yongliang had truly lost every shred of face, and what made it worse was that it had happened right in front of the girl he cherished most. This was the greatest humiliation he had ever suffered in his life, and he would never let Wei Zhao off — he swore it silently.
The fact that he hadn't made a move against Wei Zhao now wasn't because he possessed any great patience; rather, there were only ten-odd minutes before class started, and the first period was their homeroom teacher's — Teacher Liu's. He didn't want to cause trouble at this moment. He planned to find Wei Zhao's trouble again during the self-study period.
The moment she saw Zhong Yongliang, Shen Yushu couldn't help but recall the scene of Wei Zhao dousing him head to head with urine. She couldn't suppress a soft snicker, though the memory of Wei Zhao relieving himself made her blush slightly.
Zhong Yongliang naturally heard Shen Yushu's mocking laugh, and his heart immediately soured. Had it been anyone else, he would have slapped them across the face on the spot. But with Shen Yushu, he didn't dare.
Others might not know, but Zhong Yongliang knew full well Shen Yushu's background. He knew Wu Xiaocan, the tyrant from the previous year's senior class. Back when school had just started in their first year, Wu Xiaocan had begun pursuing Shen Yushu. After being rejected several times, Wu Xiaocan's intentions began to take a darker turn.
During one school-organized movie screening, Wu Xiaocan took the opportunity to sit beside Shen Yushu, hoping to grope her — but he didn't succeed, and instead received two resounding slaps across the face from Shen Yushu.
Afterwards, Wu Xiaocan publicly spread the word around school that Shen Yushu had been dumped by him — that he'd grown tired of her and tossed her aside. He even said truly vile things, claiming that Shen Yushu had once had an abortion for him.
Of course, most people understood that Wu Xiaocan was merely sour grapes. They listened to his claims without believing them. Still, even though no one believed what Wu Xiaocan said, it thrust Shen Yushu into the eye of the storm all the same.