Chapter 71 - Thank You, Schoolmate Cheng Mingchi (1/2)

Now Du Xiaoxian had become a celebrity in the school because of the news about her being with the four noble young masters that night. The whole school were discussing this, bubbling with noise. When she walked on campus, there were always people pointing their fingers at her. Du Xiaoxian already got used to it, because she had always been the focus of people’s attention ever since she entered the school. However, she did not expect that even strangers would greet her. They would walk up to her and kindly nod at her, “Hi, Du Xiaoxian!”

Du Xiaoxian was always frightened by such sudden greetings. She could calmly ignore people’s contempt, but she was rather nervous and helpless facing their friendliness. Her usual response was a dumbfounded smile.

She was rushing to the teaching building with three pineapple buns in her hand, when suddenly someone called her, “Hi, Du Xiaoxian!”

Du Xiaoxian stopped and turned around. It was a boy that she didn’t know. He swaggered his way towards her with his hands in his trousers pockets. He was very tall, and his hair on his forehead was a little long, covering one side of his eyebrows. He eyed Du Xiaoxian up and down and asked with his chin raised, “Are you Du Xiaoxian?”

Du Xiaoxian nodded and moved her heels quietly, trying to keep a safe distance from him.

“You’re not as old-fashioned as they told me.” The boy said, “What are you up to?”

Du Xiaoxian took another step back nervously, “I…am going back to the classroom.”

The boy looked at the pineapple buns in her hand and laughed, “Turns out you were running errands.” He suddenly strode over and grabbed Du Xiaoxian’s hand, “Follow me!”

Du Xiaoxian was shocked and struggled at once, “What are you doing?”

“Come and play with big brother, yeah?” The boy didn’t let go of her. Du Xiaoxian was too anxious to hold onto the pineapple buns. She struggled and began to kick him with her feet. She couldn’t let other men touch her no matter what!

The boy probably did not expect that the seemingly weak Du Xiaoxian had such great strength. It was quite painful to be kicked on the knee by her. He was a little angry, so he forcefully twisted Du Xiaoxian’s hands behind her back and dragged her forward.

Suddenly, someone shouted, “Let go of her!”

Du Xiaoxian was facing his direction, but she did not see clearly where he came from, as if he had appeared out of thin air. The gentle looking boy with glasses glared at Yu Yuanpo angrily, “You, let go of her!”

“Cheng Mingchi, you’d better mind your own business!” Yu Yuanpo said fiercely.

“I’ll get involved no matter what.” Cheng Mingchi rushed over to save Du Xiaoxian.

Yu Yuanpo loosened his grip on Du Xiaoxian’s hand, but threw a punch at Cheng Mingchi. They were standing close to each other, Cheng Mingchi was so focused at pulling Du Xiaoxian that he didn’t manage to dodge the fist. Beaten right in the face, he found his nose bleeding immediately.

Seeing the blood, Yu Yuanpo was stunned for a moment and ran away at once.

Du Xiaoxian hurriedly squatted down to check on Cheng Mingchi, “Are you alright?”

“I’m fine.” Cheng Mingchi wiped his nose. The bright red blood on his hand looked terrifying. Seeing blood was still running out of his nose, Du Xiaoxian became anxious. She took a handkerchief out of her pocket and gave it to Cheng Mingchi, “Stuff it in your nose, or else it will keep bleeding.”

Cheng Mingchi looked at the snow-white handkerchief and hesitated, “No…no need.”

“Hurry up, the blood is reaching your mouth.” Du Xiaoxian became distressed, she furled her handkerchief and stuffed it into Cheng Mingchi’s nose, “Alright, raise your head high, and it will stop bleeding in a while.”

Cheng Mingchi sat on the ground and looked up at the sky, saying, “Thank you!”

“No, I should thank you.” Du Xiaoxian said, “I didn’t know there were bad people even in school.”

Cheng Mingchi smiled, “Bad people won’t have signs on their faces. How do you know? Most students in this school came from rich families. They have been spoiled to be domineering since childhood. Bullying people is a piece of cake for them. You just need to hide away from them in the future.”

Du Xiaoxian said, “Aren’t you from a rich family?”

“No.” Cheng Mingchi said, “My parents are just ordinary employees. I’m an exchange student, so I can study here. My name is Cheng Mingchi.”

Du Xiaoxian had heard Yang Liying talk about exchange students before, she immediately opened her eyes wide and said, “And then you must be doing very well in study!”

Cheng Mingchi smiled, “Not bad. Studying here is not so stressful. Students don’t care about grades that much, because they are all from rich families, even if they don’t do well in study, they still live a luxurious life. I’m different. If I don’t work hard, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to feed myself in the future.”

Du Xiaoxian lowered her head and thought to herself, if it weren’t for the young master, she probably wouldn’t even be able to fill her stomach either!

“My name is Du Xiaoxian, and I’m not from a rich family either.” She thought for a moment, but introduced herself anyway. She didn’t try to keep a safe distance from Cheng Mingchi, because she somehow felt quite close to him who had the same background with her.

“I know who you are.” Cheng Mingchi was still looking up, “But aren’t you a rich girl? I heard that you are quite familiar with those rich young masters!”

“I…” Du Xiaoxian pulled out a blade of grass and played with it in her hand, saying slowly, “Someone paid my school fees.”

“Oh.” Cheng Mingchi only answered and asked no further questions about this. He took off the handkerchief, touched his nose and found that the bleeding had stopped. He unfolded the handkerchief and said, “It’s dirty. Let me wash it before returning it to you.”

“No need,” Du Xiaoxian hurriedly waved her hand, “It’s yours now.” This handkerchief was an incomparably precious memento from her mother. However, Du Xiaoxian felt that no matter how precious it was, it could not be compared to Cheng Mingchi’s help just now. After all, he even had a nosebleed for her.