You hidden in my heart - Chapter 40.1

Chapter 40.1

The exam was over at 11.30 a.m.

Li Xining saw Xu Dongruo as soon as she came from the exam room.

“Hey, Chen Lin didn’t come to take the exam,” Li Xining whispered to her friend after walking up to her.

Xu Dongruo was also aware that Chen Lin was a person who valued grades as his life, and in his opinion, only those with good grades, or those in the first three test rooms, were worthy of being on the same footing with him. So when she heard Li Xining report that Chen Lin missed a comprehensive science exam, Xu Dongruo was extremely shocked. “Why? Did he ask for leave?”

“Do you think he is Lu Yuling? Will he just be absent from an exam just like that?”

Xu Dongruo: ‘That makes sense, but aren’t you really afraid that your little princess will hear this?’

Li Xining continued to analyse the situation. “I believe he lost his admission slip, so he was unable to enter the examination room.”

Xu Dongruo went on. “Then he can’t even take the English test this afternoon.”

Li Xining responded. “Not necessarily. Lao Zhou will undoubtedly help him. He is one of Lao Zhou’s favourites.”

“That’s right.” Xu Dongruo paused for a time before saying, “He received 300 points in the comprehensive science subject. Even if he can’t take marks for today’s subject, his total score will be higher. At least he would be in the same building to take the exam.”

There were four classes on one floor, with thirty candidates in each class. And in this building there were more than 360 students.

Realising it, Li Xining was stunned for a moment and suddenly thought of the lofty ambition Lu Yuling had made this morning—he would definitely get out of the bottom of the grade and get into the top 400 in this monthly exam.

After a brief silence, Li Xining questioned hesitantly, “What do you think will happen if Chen Lin and Lu Yuling are assigned to the same examination room for the next monthly exam?”

Xu Dongruo was also silent. After a while, she remarked bluntly, “Please forgive me. This scene is too magical. I really can’t imagine it.”

Li Xining: “…”

They headed towards the cafeteria.

The business of the milk shop next to the south gate of the cafeteria was a profitable business.

There was a full-hour break until the next paper, so students were in a long line in front of the milk shop.

When passing by the milk tea shop, Li Xining asked Xu Dongruo, “Do you want some milk tea?”

‘Mmm… Sounds good!’ Xu Dongruo wanted to go but was more afraid of the long line in front of the milk tea shop. “There are too many people, right? How about we eat first?”

“How can I have room for milk tea after a meal?” Li Xining wanted to eat mango bubble bombs, but she noticed that Xu Dongruo did not want to queue, so she said, “How about this? You go buy the meal first, and I’ll queue up to buy milk tea, and then I’ll come find you after I buy it. Okay?”

Xu Dongruo was happy to hear that and quickly agreed with her friend. “Okay, what do you want to eat? I’ll buy it for you.”

“Let’s eat some chicken on the first floor,”After giving it some thought, Li Xining replied.

Xu Dongruo: “Watch your words. Talking about eating chicken. We live in a civilised society.”

Li Xining snorted and replied unhappily, “Okay, Teacher Xu, I will pay attention next time.”

Xu Dongruo smiled, waved at her, and left.

Li Xining waited patiently in the queue. There were approximately ten individuals lined up in front of her. Despite the length of the queue, everyone was self-conscious, and no one cut the queue. In addition, the workers were quite efficient, thus the queue went swiftly.

After less than fifteen minutes, Li Xining was second in line.

The girl in front had already swiped her card.

When Li Xining was ready to make an order, a girl unexpectedly entered from the side. She touched the shoulder of the girl waiting at the front of the queue and said, without guilt or shame, “Li Hui, please order two cups of blueberry milk caps.” After she finished speaking, the girl deliberately gave Li Xining a provocative look.

Li Xining exploded instantly. If it was someone else, she would ignore it, but the person who butted up was none other than Han Qiaowei.

‘The old accounts were still not settled yet, but you shamelessly came to add more trouble! Do you think I’m easy to bully!’ Li Xining didn’t give her face this time and directly called her out by name. “Han Qiaowei, everyone is queuing up. Why are you the only one who cuts in line?”

In fact, what she stated was exactly what the people in the queue were thinking. They all murmured in their hearts that this girl was an uncultured moron, but nobody spoke aloud.

It was not a big problem to cut in lines, but the more you do that, the more others would be angry. However, most of the time, they could only curse in their hearts while watching the person who cut in line leave with a glare.

Upon hearing Li Xining’s words, Han Qiao was surprised for a time. She probably did not expect Li Xining to argue with her in public. However, she was a difficult person to deal with. She stared at Li Xining with contempt and spoke in a condescending and righteous tone, “This is my friend. We were originally together. So I did not cut in line.”

Li Xining was 1.66 meters tall, and Han Qiaowei was a head taller than her. In addition, Han Qiaowei has been practicing dance since she was a child, so her body proportions are very perfect, with a white and slender swan neck. She stood in front of Li Xining with her head held high, immediately revealing her height advantage. Moreover, when she looked at Li Xining, she deliberately raised her chin slightly, with the corners of her eyes raised and her eyeballs lowered, and she deliberately glanced at her out of the corner of her eyes. Coupled with the domineering tone when she spoke, she looked like a domineering young lady no matter how you looked at her.

Seeing such an arrogant attitude, Li Xining’s blood began to boil. And she wanted to hit Han Qiaowei’s arrogant-looking face.

However, her upbringing and reason compelled her to resist the temptation to attack her. After taking a big breath, Li Xining responded word for word, “You are joining the team, so what excuses are you looking for? The people in front of you are your friends, but the ones behind you are not. Did you consult the people behind us before joining the team?”

These words were powerful and well-reasoned, leaving Han Qiaowei speechless and unable to refute them at all.

Maybe Li Xining’s remarks made too much sense, or perhaps she expressed everyone’s thoughts. Several students who were displeased with Han Qiaowei’s behaviour joined Li Xining’s camp and accused her of “just joining the team if you want.”

“Why are you still busy? Isn’t this a waste of others’ time?”

“That’s right, you’re not making any sense in joining the team.”

“Don’t you notice everyone is queuing up? You’re still arrogant when you join the queue.”

Han Qiaowei’s face turned red and white immediately.

The girl named Li Hui did not dare to help her because Han Qiaowei had caused public outrage.

In actuality, their friendship wasn’t particularly close. At best, they were simply classmates in the same class who didn’t talk much. So she believed there was no reason for her to fight so many people for Han Qiaowei. So she said to her, embarrassed, “Well, mine is almost ready. Why don’t you queue by yourself? The queue is actually moving quickly.”

Han Qiaowei became enraged, and her face turned blue. She never imagined something like this would happen. She couldn’t and didn’t dare to offend so many people at once, so she directed all her anger and hatred at Li Xining.

‘It’s all because of this shameless b*tch!

This stinky b*tch was deliberately going against me and trying to embarrass her!’

Han Qiaowei despised Li Xining to the extreme. She looked at her, tightened her teeth, and murmured, “Li Xining, just wait for me.” After she finished speaking, she turned and strode away.

Li Xining ignored Han Qiaowei’s threat. She did not frown and continued to queue silently.

The two cups of milk tea ordered by Li Hui were quickly made, but she did not depart right away. She gave Li Xining a somewhat hesitant look. After Li Xining completed ordering, she appeared to have made up her mind. Li Hui intentionally lowered her voice and spoke to Li Xining in a voice that only the two of them could hear clearly: “You should be careful now. Find a friend to accompany you wherever you go. Don’t be alone. Han Qiaowei is very powerful and not easy to mess with.”

Li Xining was not afraid of Han Qiaowei, but she was aware that Li Hui was gently reminding her, so she smiled and softly answered, “I know, thank you.”

Li Hui nodded slightly before taking her two glasses of milk tea and leaving.

Have a nice day!