C24 (1/2)

By the time Ye Jinxin arrived at school, she was already late, so he couldn't blame her. The roads were too congested, and she couldn't even drive a car in. Fortunately, Wednesday's first period was self-study, and there were no teachers on the platform. There was only a class committee member supervising discipline.

No one wanted to waste their time serving others, so in the beginning, no one in the class was willing to take up the post of class committee. In order for class affairs to be handled normally, the class teacher had no choice but to come up with a system of rotating the class committee. Everyone had the right to work as a class committee for a day.

The class monitor who was on duty today was the comrade Gao Yunqi who Bai Xiaonan had told her had seen through her back.

”Ye Jinxin.” Gao Yunqi called her name when he saw the girl sneakily trying to slip into her seat through the back door. A bit shaky, as if nervous.

Sigh! Ye Jinxin resigned herself to fate as she carried her schoolbag and walked over to the temporary class committee, ”Sorry, I'm late.”

”It's fine.” The youth's young voice sounded very sincere, ”Are you up late?”

Ye Jinxin shook her head, ”It's because the road is too congested and we can't even get a car in.” Gao Yunqi laughed, baring his canine teeth. He looked very shy and happy, ”Me too, every day I'm being pushed over by a crowd of people.” Ye Jinxin was amused by him, ”Is your family from the High-Tech District as well?”

Gao Yunqi was stunned. Everyone knew that the high technology district was where the rich gathered. How could an average person live there? He had never expected Ye Jinxin to have such a low profile.

Gao Yunqi's eyes flashed for a moment, then he quickly replied, ”Our home isn't in a high-tech area.”

Perhaps it was because their conversation had disturbed the students in the front row, but some of them had already raised their heads and were staring at the two of them in dissatisfaction. Ye Jinxin embarrassedly nodded to the person in front of her, before quickly taking the late record book, making a tick on the column behind her name and signing the date.

Then he returned the pen to Gao Yunqi. ”Can I go back to my seat now?”

Gao Yunqi nodded, ”Sure.”

Once they reached their seats, Bai Xiaonan tugged on the hem of Ye Jinxin's shirt and leaned over to ask in a small voice, ”What did Gao Yunqi tell you?”

Ye Jinxin put her schoolbag into the pocket of the table and looked at Bai Xiaonan with a funny look, ”What can I say? I was late. He told me to sign the late record book.”

”Impossible.” Bai Xiaonan's eyes widened, ”How could he bear to punish you?”

Ye Jinxin glared at her, ”Don't speak nonsense. I don't care, what if you make Gao Yunqi feel embarrassed?” Bai Xiaonan looked at the boy who sat on the platform in disbelief, ”Am I wrong?”

Ye Jinxin was not the least bit concerned with her mincing words. She just took out the test paper from her bag and started to seriously answer the questions. She did not have much time to think about it. As he was writing, he suddenly recalled the words of the nanny. Huo Tinton had not eaten breakfast or dinner last night. The originally smooth writing of the brush stopped, and a small black ink dot appeared on the light yellow paper.

”Bai Xiaonan!” Ye Jinxin pulled the sleeves of her tablemate.

”What for?” Bai Xiaonan was completely befuddled.

”Did you rent a house outside the school?”

Bai Xiaonan nodded, ”What's wrong?”

”Can you cook?”

”Of course you can. I'll have the wok, bowl, ladle, and all.”

Ye Jinxin blinked, ”Then can I come to your place during lunch break?”

”Didn't you all go home for lunch break?”