Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 259: Chapter 259: Don’t Leave After School (20)

The night was cool, and even chillier by the seaside.

Jih Cheng glanced at the girl lying on the couch and quietly called out to her, “Chuzheng.”

“Hmm.”

“You sleep here.”

Chuzheng lifted her eyes to look at him, silent for a few seconds. Her expression was cold, but she was actually very pleased to agree to his suggestion.

Jih Cheng intended to get up and offer her the bed, planning to sleep on the couch himself. However, Chuzheng directly lay down on the outside.

Jih Cheng: “…”

Is she… that inconsiderate?

Although it was Jih Cheng who had made the offer, now he felt somewhat at a loss.

Chuzheng turned off the light, and the room plunged into darkness, leaving only the pitter-patter of rain outside.

Chuzheng’s breathing gradually became steady.

Jih Cheng lay with his eyes closed but couldn’t fall asleep no matter what.

After an unknown period, Jih Cheng carefully observed the space beside him for a while. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he could now make out some shapes.

His finger inched towards Chuzheng, touching her fingertip tentatively at first, and then he cautiously grasped it.

He moved his body lightly towards her.

Suddenly, Chuzheng turned over and naturally touched his head, “Stop it, go to sleep.”

Jih Cheng’s heart was about to explode.

She wasn’t asleep!

–

The next day.

When Chuzheng got up, Jih Cheng had already packed up.

“It’s wet,” Chuzheng said as she saw him getting dressed, “Why are you putting it on?”

“It won’t dry in this weather,” Jih Cheng said, not daring to meet Chuzheng’s eyes.

“Take it off.”

Chuzheng threw down those words and left the room.

A few minutes later, she returned with clean clothes.

“It’s Zhu Zian’s, you’ll have to wear it for now.”

They were only staying for one night; most hadn’t brought extra clothes. It was unclear why Zhu Zian had brought two sets, but he was the only one who had.

Chuzheng wasn’t familiar with anyone else and hadn’t asked.

Zhu Zian was slightly taller than Jih Cheng, but Jih Cheng could just about wear his clothes.

“Zhu Zian is here too?”

“Yeah.”

Jih Cheng thought of how he had stupidly waited there so long because of that letter, and his ears began to burn again.

–

Jih Cheng, afraid of being seen by someone, left at the very end, but when he stepped out of the farmhouse ready to hail a ride, he found Chuzheng standing alone by the roadside.

The girl stood on the highway, with wildflowers of unknown names flourishing along the road, and the sea merging with the sky in the distance.

Jih Cheng’s mouth curled up slightly, and he quickly walked towards her.

“Waiting for me?”

“Or do you think I’m standing here for fun?” Chuzheng said, hands in her pockets and giving him a sideways glance, “Why are you so slow?”

“Afraid of being seen,” Jih Cheng replied.

“Are you that afraid of being seen with me?” Chuzheng’s tone was noticeably cold. Was the Good Person Card so afraid of others seeing him with her?

Is it that embarrassing?

How annoying!

Jih Cheng: “…”

Something about this was not right.

Jih Cheng didn’t know what he had said wrong, but Chuzheng kept a stern face all the way and didn’t say another word.

The weekend ended.

On Monday, as school started, Chuzheng and Jih Cheng, as well as the happily love-struck Zhu Zian, who had succeeded in his confession, and others were called to the office to receive Teacher Zhou’s special care for their truancy last Friday.

Chuzheng was somewhat indignant.

Yu Yue skipped classes every day too!

Why were they persisting after only her?

What gives them the right?

Is it just because Yu Yue is pretty?!

So Chuzheng found a way to report Yu Yue to the head teacher.

Teacher Zhou might turn a blind eye to Yu Yue’s truancy, but the head teacher would not.

Hearing that Yu Yue, like herself, had to write a self-criticism, Chuzheng felt much better.

Why should she be the only one to write it?

They were all cutting class!

If they had to write, they should write together!

This outraged Yu Yue so much that she declared she’d flay the skin of whoever snitched on her if she found out who it was.

Frightened, Chuzheng had Fatty buy Yu Yue ten cups of milk tea that day.

To flay her skin.

Too terrifying.

Have some milk tea to calm the fire.

Yu Yue probably figured out that Chuzheng might have been behind it.

After all, Chuzheng had been quite generous recently, definitely not looking like someone short of money.

And since Zhu Zian had gotten a girlfriend, the rumors about him and Chuzheng had fallen apart on their own.

Although she didn’t know why Zhu Zian helped her previously, it was definitely not because he liked her…

The fact that the head teacher found out about her truancy could very likely also be her doing!

However, without evidence, Yu Yue couldn’t just confront Chuzheng about it, or it might end up like the previous times.

So Yu Yue held back her anger.

Yu Yue still got together with Qin Feng, who would bring warmth to her whenever he had time to come to the classroom.

Qin Feng was good to every girlfriend, but treating Yu Yue like this was still rare.

Perhaps because of Qin Feng, Yu Yue didn’t have time to trouble Chuzheng and spent her days flaunting her relationship.

Jih Cheng still slept all day.

The only change, perhaps…

Was that he started doing Chuzheng’s homework.

“I thought you said you didn’t know how to do it?”

What happened to being a poor student?

Quite the little deceiver, huh.

Jih Cheng scraped her nose with a pen, “Of course I know how to do it for my dear deskmate.”

Chuzheng, with a cold face: “Hurry up and write, it’s due next period.”

“…”

Chuzheng checked afterward; all the work Jih Cheng did was correct, not copied, but done by himself.

Meaning this guy had been faking being a poor student.

Truly a little liar!

Zhu Zian was busy with tutoring, not able to find time to see Chuzheng, constantly wailing on WeChat about his painful yet joyful studies.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for mid-term exams.

Mid-term exams were considered a major test, and both parents and teachers were very nervous.

But just as the exams began, a scandal broke out: someone was caught cheating, leading to the uncovering of an answer-selling scheme.

Chuzheng felt this had nothing to do with her and didn’t pay much attention.

But unexpectedly, the incident eventually implicated Jih Cheng.

Jih Cheng was accused of being the one who sold the answers and was immediately disqualified from the exams.

The school demanded that Jih Cheng explain where he got the answers.

Jih Cheng had nothing to do with the incident, so he had nothing to confess.

Furthermore, Jih Cheng was unwilling to speak out to defend himself, instead adopting an attitude of ‘do whatever you want, it has nothing to do with me.’

Having transferred schools already accompanied by rumors of having killed someone, and now causing another stir with the cheating scandal and being so uncooperative, the school leaders were infuriated.

In the end, the school recorded a major demerit for Jih Cheng and put him on probation.