Lucy lowered her head without speaking. She was putting her books in order until everything on the desk was in order. Then she said gently, "I want to be your classmate and I also want to help you with your studies."
Emily was tapping the desk with her fingers because she didn't know what to say. She didn't expect that Lucy would fail the exam on purpose, so she could be downgraded to Class F.
But what Nina did before taught Emily a lesson. Emily didn't want to bother to guess Lucy's purpose of approaching her. After the last class was over, Emily put everything into her bag and wanted to leave the school as soon as possible.
Jenny in Class F, who liked to bully others and her friends, was waiting for Emily at the door. They surrounded Emily in the corner.
Jenny said, "Well, did you forget something?"
Emily took out an envelope and handed it to the girl. Emily said, "You are not as good as I thought." Then she left.
These girls opened the envelope at once. They were surprised to find that there were 3,000 in the envelope.
Someone said in surprise, "Emily gave us 3,000!"
"3,000?" Jenny repeated.
"Yes, 3,000. You can check it yourself," a girl said.
Jenny took over the money unhappily and gave each of her friends 200. Then she kept the rest of the money. She was chewing a piece of gum while she watched Emily's back. Jenny was thinking about something.
"Jenny, you should take all of the money. Isn't your grandma sick?" one of Jenny's friends said.
Jenny's other friends stuffed the money into Jenny's hands and said, "Yes. Your grandma is sick. You should buy some medicine for your grandma. And you can buy something for the Spring Festival with the money."
Jenny took over the money and said, "Thank you all."
Another friend of Jenny said, "You don't have to say so. I have to say that Emily is indeed a kind person."
The others looked at each other and nodded. But they dared not agree verbally.
Jenny was still chewing gum. She said, "You all can go back first. I have some other things to do."
After saying it, Jenny left in a rush.
Emily met Marisa at the gate of the school. Marisa had taken off her uniform. She was wearing a warm coat and a miniskirt. Her legs were slender.
"Are you waiting for your car?" Emily asked.
Marisa stuffed her uniform into her bag and shook her head. She glanced at Emily and said with a secretive smile, "Do you want to join me?"
"Is someone going to fight?" Emily walked over.
Marisa nodded and raised her eyebrows.
"Who?" Emily said.
"People from our class and Class S." Marisa walked forward with Emily.
"What else could it be? They have problems, but they don't want to be punished by teachers. So, they choose to solve their problems when the semester is over. No one can stop them now." Marisa said. She paused as if she was thinking about something. Then Marisa added, "Where is Nina? I have not seen her for a while."
Marisa was talking about Nina.
"I don't know." Emily shrugged.
Marisa chuckled and said, "I heard that you and she argued in the bathroom. Let me guess. Did you find who she really was?"
Emily was a little surprised to hear it. She said, "Do you know it?"
Marisa smiled without speaking.
Emily realized something and said, "Did she do the same thing to you?"
Marisa and Emily walked several blocks. Marisa said, "No. But I just know it. I also know that you will find out about it sooner or later. It is none of my business."
Marisa seemed to not care about Nina.
Marisa turned to look at Emily and said, "But do you know Stephanie?"
Emily nodded.
Marisa took out a lollipop and put it into her mouth. Then she said, "I thought that you were her fan."
"Would you believe me if I said that?" Emily said.
Marisa winked at Emily and said, "You have a set of signed postcards from her. She hugged you and smiled so sweetly at you. No one would believe it if you said that you don't know Stephanie."
Emily grinned.
"Let's go. It is still early. We can have a drink in the neighborhood." Marisa took Emily to an open construction site.
The two walked into a cafeteria. Emily ordered a cup of hot chocolate while Marisa had a strawberry-flavored drink.
Through the glass door, Marisa and Emily could see the construction site directly. For some reason, no workers came to work here.
When they almost finished their drinks, Emily saw a bunch of people coming over. They were Emily's male classmates. Although they were classmates, Emily didn't know their names.
Marisa pointed at those guys and said, "Don't tell me that you don't know any of them? The short guy is good at fighting though he is short."
Emily studied these guys carefully. She found that many boys were indeed short. There were only several tall boys because their time to grow tall had not come yet.
These guys had batons in their hands. The shortest guy took out some cigarettes and distributed them to his classmates. Emily wanted to laugh when she saw the way these boys smoked. These boys seemed like children who wore their fathers' oversized coats. They looked childish and funny.