Chapter 79: Vexation
Wang Qiong couldn’t help but snicker after hearing Le Ping’s words, "Mo Yiyi, you’re really impressive now. Your grades have just slightly improved, and you’re already acting like you’re above everyone. You’ve really become quite arrogant."
Upon hearing Wang Qiong’s comment, Yiyi furrowed her brows, "That’s kind of unfair, isn’t it? Where am I being arrogant? Besides, you didn’t witness what happened; you’re just taking Le Ping’s word for it. You’re really jumping to conclusions." After saying this, Yiyi pulled Fei Erya along towards the classroom, ignoring the two of them.
Both of them have prejudices against her. No matter how much she explains, Wang Qiong wouldn’t believe her, so it’s better not to say anything.
Seeing Yiyi leave without hesitation, Wang Qiong’s expression darkened.
She already didn’t like Mo Yiyi, and now she disliked her even more. With a cold snort, she walked towards the classroom, irritated.
Fei Erya was a little worried seeing Yiyi offend two people early in the morning, "Yiyi, we’re all classmates, and a year later, we’ll graduate and go our separate ways. So if some things can be tolerated, maybe it’s better to do so."
Yiyi glanced at Fei Erya and said, "Er Ya, you’re too good-natured, too soft-hearted. Even if someone shows you a bad face, you don’t say a word. This only makes people more likely to bully you. You really need to change that."
Yiyi deeply experienced this in her past life; the saying "kind people get bullied" is very true, so she hopes Fei Erya won’t be bullied in the future.
Taking in Yiyi’s words, Fei Erya started to reflect.
She saw the concern for her in Yiyi’s eyes, so she naturally knew Yiyi wouldn’t harm her, prompting her to genuinely rethink her personality.
"Yiyi, I’ve taken your words to heart."
Upon hearing Fei Erya’s response, a smile appeared on Yiyi’s face, "I’m glad you understand. In the future, if anyone speaks ill of you, just curse them out. It’ll make them think twice before trying to bully you again."
"Okay."
Fei Erya nodded with a smile.
The first lesson today was math. The homeroom teacher, Yao Hailai, was meticulously explaining the concepts, while Yiyi stared at a geometry problem on the blackboard, lost in thought.
This problem seemed familiar to her. After recalling carefully, she finally remembered where she had seen it; it closely resembled a major geometry problem from next year’s college entrance exam.
Thinking of this, Yiyi’s expression became clear. How could she have forgotten? In her past life, she regrettably couldn’t take the entrance exam, so she went through all the exam papers afterward.
However, what troubled Yiyi was that even though she’d gone through the exam papers before, it was impossible for her to recall all the questions from those papers now.
She had completely forgotten about this until she saw a similar problem today.
After knocking her head in frustration, Yiyi felt deeply regretful.
Why hadn’t she tried to memorize those questions back then? If she could recall them now, she could ace the entrance exam.
But now, regret wouldn’t help; she couldn’t remember no matter how hard she tried, so she had to quietly listen to the lecture and work hard on consolidating her understanding of the concepts.
However...
Thinking of something she’d heard before, Yiyi felt happy again. She remembered there were two extracurricular exercise books with problems similar to the entrance exam. All she had to do was find those two books, and she could recall that they were published by their provincial publishing bureau, available in the city’s bookstores.
"Mo Yiyi, please answer this problem."
Just as Yiyi was secretly rejoicing, she suddenly heard someone call her name. She instinctively stood up and saw the homeroom teacher Yao Hailai looking at her with an annoyed expression.
It was only then that Yiyi snapped back to reality. She had been so engrossed in her thoughts that she spaced out, which was a bit embarrassing as she had no idea what question the teacher had asked.
"1..."
Fei Erya quietly whispered the answer from the side, but Yiyi thought she was calling her, so she couldn’t say the answer, only feeling a bit embarrassed as she looked at Yao Hailai and said, "I’m sorry, teacher, I got a bit distracted just now."
"Humph... getting distracted even in class? Do you not like attending Teacher Yao’s lessons?" A sarcastic voice chimed in; it was Wang Qiong, full of disdain, spoke from the side.
Upon hearing this, Yiyi’s expression turned cold.
"Of course I like attending Teacher Yao’s classes. It was indeed my fault for getting distracted, but you can’t assume that I don’t like them because of that. Teacher Yao is a good teacher; I admire him, so how could I dislike taking math lessons?"
After hearing this, Yao Hailai appeared a bit embarrassed. He quickly coughed, then let Yiyi sit down, saying, "Alright, pay more attention next time. Your math scores have improved recently, and you need to keep it up."
"Yes, teacher, don’t worry, I will definitely work harder."
Seeing the homeroom teacher let Yiyi off so easily, Wang Qiong’s expression didn’t look too good. Just because Mo Yiyi slightly improved her grades, some teachers began to see her in a different light.
Hmph... she’s always been the second in class, so why doesn’t the teacher show her the same concern?
Thinking about this, Wang Qiong felt even more unbalanced inside.
But it was still class time, so she couldn’t say anything and could only continue listening to the lecture with resentment.
After the morning classes were over, Yiyi excitedly pulled Fei Erya to go home, "Yiyi, let’s go to the city this weekend; I want to buy some books at the bookstore."
Even until now, Yiyi was still a bit excited. As long as she got the exercise books and understood all the problems, it would definitely help with the college entrance exam.
Upon hearing this, Fei Erya seemed a bit hesitant.
"Yiyi, my dad said I should go home this weekend."
Yiyi felt a slight twinge of disappointment upon hearing this but also grew curious, "Doesn’t your dad have to work on weekends? Why does he want you to go home?"
"I don’t know either."
Hearing this, Yiyi couldn’t help but worry; she feared Fei Erya would suffer if she went back home, so she immediately said, "Then I’ll accompany you home on Saturday, and on Sunday, we can go to the city."
"Yes, definitely."
Fei Erya immediately brightened up. She and Yiyi had grown accustomed to each other’s presence, not even wanting to separate on weekends, so she gladly agreed to Yiyi’s plan.
On Saturday, Yiyi accompanied Fei Erya home.
As soon as they stepped inside, they saw Fei Erya’s mother, Yan Jie, sitting in the living room. Seeing her younger daughter return, her expression immediately turned cold and she said, "Now your wings have hardened, huh? You don’t even come home anymore. Do you plan never to return again?"