In the eyes of students, “teacher’s pet” was one of the most humiliating insults to be called. Yin Mingzheng thought that Shu Ning would get angry with him after he said this. But, what he didn’t know was that Shu Ning had the soul of an adult.
This kind of childish attack was nothing to an adult.
So he smiled nonchalantly and replied, “Yeah.”
“@￥%&%#!” Yin Mingzheng felt like he was punching cotton. He couldn’t help but curse under his breath.
Shu Ning was stunned when he heard him swear.
He was an adult and had heard his fair share of swear words, but even he had never heard such vulgar language before.
He suddenly understood why the Wei family, even after bringing the villain back, never came to like him, continuously hesitating between the real and fake young masters.
Outrageous hairstyle, sloppy appearance, shook his legs and swore…
Coupled with the unending slew of gossip and rumors, it was no wonder they didn’t like him.
The fake young master was talented and well-bred. In contrast, the little villain couldn’t possibly compare, so it wasn’t surprising that the Wei family hesitated.
Originally, Shu Ning planned to find an opportunity to tell the little villain the truth and send him back to the Wei family, but, now, he decided to give up on this idea. If the little villain returned to the Wei family like this and the Wei family disapproved, it was likely he would end up dying horribly again.
Shu Ning decided to correct some of his bad habits first.
The two entered the doctor’s office one after the other. The school doctor asked Yin Mingzheng about the specific situation. Yin Mingzheng answered, “I got into a fight.”
“Where are you hurt?”
“My whole body.”
The school doctor and Shu Ning were both startled. The school doctor said, “In that case, I’ll need to do a full body examination.”
Yin Mingzheng refused, “No, it’s just a few scratches. Just give me some medicine and it’ll be fine.”
Shu Ning listened to what he said and felt that this wouldn’t do, so he spoke up to the school doctor himself, “He gets into fights often. There might be aftereffects from his past injuries.”
Yin Mingzheng glared at him. The look in his eyes was hostile and harsh.
Shu Ning turned a blind eye to his threatening stare and continued to speak to the school doctor, “The guy he got in a fight with is bigger and stronger than him, doesn’t hold back at all.”
Yin Mingzheng pursed his lips and quietly clenched his fists. He warned Shu Ning in a low voice, “Mind your own business.”
The school doctor immediately became very serious. “In that case, we have to do a full body examination. If you’ve sustained injuries to the head, it’s best to perform an MRI scan. For the abdomen, we can use ultrasound. Other injuries can be diagnosed through other tests. However, our school isn’t equipped to perform these examinations, so you’ll have to go to the hospital.”
Shu Ning noted down everything the doctor mentioned one by one.
The two walked out of the doctor’s office. Yin Mingzheng walked towards the teaching building with a sullen face. Shu Ning held him back and asked, “What are you doing? The doctor told us to get an examination from the hospital.”
“Not going!” Yin Mingzheng turned his head and shook off his hand.
“If you’re injured…”
“What’s it gotta do with you?” Yin Mingzheng’s eyes were cold. The boy wasn’t very tall, his body was thin, and he had a pretty face. If he put on a skirt, he’d probably be as pretty as a girl. “Didn’t you hate me? Didn’t you say that my dad went to jail, so I’d definitely end up in jail too? What, now you suddenly wanna grow a conscience?”
Shu Ning was stunned and subconsciously let go of his hand.
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He had treated the villain like that in the beginning, but now he was suddenly acting nice towards him for no reason. It was only natural for him to think it was fake.
If he tried to get close to the villain, it would only disgust him.
Also, did the villain refuse to go to the hospital because he really didn’t want to, or was it to save money?
It was probably because of money.
Shu Ning felt helpless. So, he secretly went back to the doctor’s office and asked the doctor to prescribe some medicine for bruises. Then, he brought the medicine to their homeroom teacher and asked the homeroom teacher to hand it over to the villain.
The little villain had to accept the medicine under the authority of the homeroom teacher.
Shu Ning was a little relieved.
For the next few days, Shu Ning stopped pestering the villain to build a good relationship with him.
Perhaps, to Yin Mingzheng, his very existence had already become a wound. Therefore, the best course of action would probably be to not bother him.
He thought back to his previous way of thinking. He disliked how he shook his legs, he disliked it when he swore, he disliked his outrageous hairstyle… but what qualifications did he have to dislike him?
Who was he to dislike him?
Dislike was also a form of discrimination.
He had even vowed to change Yin Mingzheng. His initial intention was good, but who was he to do that?
Shu Ning was a little at a loss. He didn’t know why he suddenly transmigrated into this novel, and he didn’t know why he even came up with the idea to try and change Yin Mingzheng.
It was probably because he just couldn’t accept Yin Mingzheng’s miserable ending.
If his self-righteousness made Yin Mingzheng uncomfortable, then it would probably be better if he didn’t bother him.
It might have been because he realized Shu Ning wasn’t pestering him anymore, but Yin Mingzheng no longer treated him like an enemy. The two of them didn’t interfere with each other in the slightest, like two separate military camps. They didn’t even speak to each other unless it was absolutely necessary.
Yin Mingzheng continued to sleep in class and not pay attention to lectures. He didn’t go to the hospital, but the bruises on his face gradually subsided. He also looked much better than before.
Maybe it really was just a skin injury.
Shu Ning secretly let out a sigh of relief.
At noon, Yin Mingzheng continued to lay at his desk.
When Shu Ning came back from lunch, he discovered that Yin Mingzheng was still lying at his desk, motionless.
Did he not go get lunch?
All the way up until afternoon classes started, Yin Mingzheng didn’t leave the classroom once.
He hadn’t eaten all day. Wasn’t he hungry?
After the first class, Shu Ning took out some pocket money to buy two large packages of Wang-Wang Bread Buns. He asked the class monitor, Cheng Xiaoyu, to pass out the buns to everyone in the class, but, most importantly, to Yin Mingzheng. Then, he made her promise to keep it a secret.
Cheng Xiaoyu handed out the bread to their other classmates. She said that her family had accidentally bought too much, and they couldn’t finish it, so everyone would be getting one.
“Long live the class monitor!”
The naughty little brats in class were thrilled.
Cheng Xiaoyu was the most popular girl in class. She was beautiful and had a gentle personality. Shu Ning noticed that Yin Mingzheng had a better attitude towards Cheng Xiaoyu than towards their other classmates.
Cheng Xiaoyu passed out the bread all the way until she reached Yin Mingzheng. Then, she handed one to Yin Mingzheng.
“You have to eat it, okay?” Cheng Xiaoyu spoke gently to Yin Mingzheng.
Yin Mingzheng raised his head and silently looked at the bread sitting on his desk. The bread was palm-sized, oval-shaped, and wrapped in plastic. It looked really tasty.
Cheng Xiaoyu gave Shu Ning a look. Then, she turned around and continued to pass out the bread.
Yin Mingzheng stared at the bread for a little while. Seeing that everyone was eating them, he opened the package and finished it off in a single bite
His eating habits weren’t very pretty. If he wanted the Wei family’s recognition, he would probably need to learn etiquette as well…
Shu Ning quickly put a stop to these thoughts.
After hesitating for a while, he handed his bread bun to Yin Mingzheng and said, “I’m not very hungry, you have it.”
The pretty boy piled his textbooks up in the middle of their two desks, clearly drawing a line between the two of them.
Shu Ning awkwardly took back the bread.
After several days, Shu Ning discovered that Yin Mingzheng never went to the cafeteria to eat lunch.
In the past, Yin Mingzheng would always eat lunch, but he didn’t for the past couple of days. It didn’t look like he was sick or uncomfortable. Could it be that… he didn’t have any money?
He didn’t even have money for lunch?
Or was he saving the lunch money for something else?
Shu Ning continued to observe. Yin Mingzheng didn’t have extravagant spending habits. He never bought any snacks or toys. He didn’t even go to the Internet cafes that other boys often went to. He always went home right after school. Sometimes, he would hang around the streets or the neighborhood until it was dark before heading into the building.
Yin Mingzheng didn’t eat lunch for several days in a row. Shu Ning was very worried about his physical condition. He sent Yin Mingzheng some snacks through Cheng Xiaoyu, but how were bread and biscuits supposed to take the place of an actual meal?
Junior high was an important growing period for the body. He couldn’t keep skipping meals.
It just so happened that Yin Mingzheng and Shu Ning were both on clean-up duty today, so they were both held back for a little bit. After the other two classmates on clean-up duty left, Shu Ning also hurriedly headed out. He threw two hundred yuan onto the hallway floor and quickly ran to the stairwell to hide.
Papa Shu had opened a furniture store, and business was doing pretty good. He looked fierce, but he truly loved his son dearly and would often give him pocket money.
Shu Ning had a lot of money on hand, and he also saved a lot of his allowance. He could practically be considered a mini-billionaire compared to the rest of his class.
After a while, Shu Ning heard the movement in the hallway and carefully poked out his head to see. He saw Yin Mingzheng as he walked out of the classroom and closed the classroom door behind him. Then, Yin Mingzheng lowered his head and saw the two hundred yuan on the floor.
He raised his head and looked around. After a moment, he bent down to pick it up.
Seeing that he picked up the money, Shu Ning quietly let out a sigh of relief. Then, he silently started sneaking his way downstairs like a thief.
Before he had even taken two steps, he suddenly heard a shout from behind, “Shu Ning!”
The voice was calm and clear.
Shu Ning stopped and raised his head.
The boy with dyed yellow hair made his way downstairs. The sound of his footsteps was crisp and clear in the empty stairwell.
Yin Mingzheng walked over to him with a blank face and handed him the two hundred yuan. “You dropped your money.”
Shu Ning’s heart shook. He hurriedly pretended to pat his pockets, “Really? I don’t think so.”
Yin Mingzheng’s eyes were clear, and his eyelids were thin. He had deep double eyelids, which complemented his bright black eyes. When he raised his eyelids and focused on someone, a hint of coldness could be felt from within them.
“The money was dropped in the middle of the hallway. There’s no way that the other two on duty wouldn’t have seen it. This means that the money was dropped after the two of them left the classroom. If they were the ones who dropped the money, it would have been impossible for you to miss it since you were right behind them. That means it wasn’t them who dropped the money.”
“There wasn’t anybody in the hallway after you left the classroom, so that means…” Yin Mingzheng slowly handed the two red notes to Shu Ning, “… you dropped it.”
Shu Ning: “…”
The little villain had a very high IQ.
Faced with the little villain’s discerning gaze, Shu Ning could no longer deny it. He deliberately touched the shirt pocket of his school uniform and pretended to be surprised, “Oh, that’s right! I had two hundred yuan in my pocket! I almost forgot!”
He reached out and took back one of the two bills from the boy’s hand, giving him a grateful smile. “Thank you for picking up my money for me. I’ll give you half of it as a thank you.”
Yin Mingzheng stared at him for a moment. Just as Shu Ning’s smile was about to collapse, Yin Mingzheng stuffed the other bill into Shu Ning’s shirt pocket. Then, he stuffed his hands in his pockets and leisurely headed downstairs.
His indifferent expression and arrogant attitude seemed to say: I don’t need your damn money!
As Shu Ning was holding onto the red bank note, he suddenly thought of an Internet meme—the clown was actually me all along.
He stood there for a moment. Then, he reluctantly put his money away and headed downstairs with his bookbag.
He hadn’t expected the little villain to return the money to him even when he himself was short on money. He hadn’t anticipated this at all.
Picking something up was different from stealing. Plus, it wasn’t thousands or millions of dollars. It was just two hundred yuan. Pocketing the money wouldn’t have been considered that big of a deal, let alone a crime.
A normal person, even someone who wasn’t in need of money, would probably just shout “lucky” and pocket the money to buy themselves a snack.
But Yin Mingzheng chose to return the money to him even when he couldn’t afford to eat.
Shu Ning didn’t believe that this kind of person would steal.
Sunset.
Shu Ning followed Yin Mingzheng silently, always keeping a distance of at least three meters between them.
Yin Mingzheng walked very slowly. He was never in a hurry to head back home, but he never joined the other boys in their class to play games, karaoke, or eat out either. Those kinds of things were too expensive for him to afford.
Shu Ning was a little too embarrassed to pass him, so the only thing he could do was maintain the same walking speed as Yin Mingzheng, following along behind him.
The two boys walked steadily along the loud and noisy streets. When the one in front stopped, the one behind also stopped. When the one in front walked forward, the one behind also walked forward. Unexpectedly, it made for a rather harmonious picture.
I really like how Shu Ning realised he cannot put himself in a place of someone higher than the little villain! Shu Ning, you got this, melt his thorny heart!
Go go go!
Thank you for the update!!
Yin Mingzheng is such a good boy. 😭 Keep going Shu Ning, now that you realized that you were thinking wrongly it’s time to show your sincerity.😗
Thanks for the chapter ~
SN, I’m proud of your growth! Although, he’s really quite awkward and bad at it ahah
Thank you for the chapter!
I like that he isn’t unilaterally trying to “help” without considering Yin Mingzheng’s feelings! It’s a much better basis for a relationship, Shu Ning is very good at reflecting on a situation and genuinely trying to improve it as well as himself
Thank you so much for translating! <3
I’m so proud of shu ning realizing that that kind of thinking isn’t really cool….
Also our little villain is so cute!
Thanks for the chapter ♥️♥️
Thank you for translating! 💙
Slowly, slowly but stead >.<
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
I was in a similar sotuation where i found $5 on the ground in my classroom. I immediately asked the class if someone dropped $5. No one answered so i gave it to the teacher. My classmates asled why i didnt keep it and i told them that if i was in the other person’s shoes i would hate if if i lost 5 whole dollars.
I have experienced losing $20 as a kid when i was gonna get some books but another person got to my money first. We both told the teacher the same story but the other person won in the end. I never got to buy my books because of them
I mean it is indeed condescending to want to change someone so they can be accepted by their family. He first needs to be someone who has the right to do so. Good job Shu Ning.
Thank you for the chapter!
I am too hormonal for this and my inner mother bear will actually kill fictional characters to protect that child and I can’t because its a fictional character!!
I like Shu Ning’s growth! Very reasonable, very mature!