A street urchin turned academic genius, starting by saving the blind school beauty.

Chapter 75 The Dragon from the East China Sea

Lu Zhaoye returned to the classroom just in time, and the housekeeper was staring longingly at the back door.

Her eyes lit up when she saw him appear at the door.

During the second period of evening self-study, Lu Zhaoye sat at his seat and diligently did his homework. Xu Qingwan had brought him hot water, and Xu Qingwan's restless legs were still sticking out from under his seat.

Xu Qingwan sat beside her, reminding her from time to time, "Drink water! You need to drink three cups of water a day."

Lu Zhaoye was on the verge of tears. He couldn't help but laugh. This was truly like a housekeeper. She said he should drink three cups of water a day, but he had almost drunk six cups today.

For the first time, Xu Qingwan felt needed, and she felt a sense of satisfaction every time she watched Lu Zhaoye drink water.

Although it wasn't a real help, urging my bad classmate to drink water could be considered helping him improve his health, right?

Thinking of this, Xu Qingwan's lips curled slightly, and she picked up the blue water glass beside her and took a sip.

Lu Zhaoye took in the whole scene and silently complained to himself.

"Shrimp-headed girl!"

Because the place where Xu Qingwan's mouth was facing was the same place where his mouth had just been blocked!

Lu Zhaoye was too lazy to complain and continued working on his workbook, except that it wasn't the competition problems Zhang Xinhan had given him.

Instead, it was a Chinese language test paper that Xu Qingwan had carefully selected, because she was really bad at Chinese.

Lu Zhaoye also noticed that Xu Qingwan had a great talent for humanities, excelling in both Chinese and English, but her talent for science was truly terrible.

Fortunately, Xu Qingwan worked hard enough that she could indeed make up for some of the talent gap with time.

Lu Zhaoye planned to find some good practice questions for Xu Qingwan every day. This would save time and prevent her from getting upset by those mock exams.

For two entire evening self-study sessions, Lu Zhaoye was engrossed in reading comprehension exercises—all sorts of allegorical expressions of love and patriotism—leaving everyone else completely bewildered.

Just as school was about to end, Xu Qingwan suddenly leaned over and whispered,

"Lu Zhaoye, could I... come to your place tonight?"

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Lu Zhaoye glared at her. "You can't learn to feed her like Luo Xiao! That's not a green plum, it's a yellow plum!"

"What are you thinking? No way!"

Xu Qingwan pouted, still wanting to argue, but the bell had already rung, and Lu Zhaoye squeezed past Xu Qingwan's back to get out of the classroom.

"Oh dear, Lu Zhaoye, you..."

Lu Zhaoye chuckled, patted Xu Qingwan's head, said something to coax her, and then ran out of the classroom.

"Sweetie, I'll take you again sometime."

Xu Qingwan blushed, lowered her head, and scolded him playfully.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you acting like you're coaxing a child again?"

......

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To avoid being caught by Luo Xiao, Lu Zhaoye and Zhang Xinhan quickly ran away through the back gate of the school.

"Hey kid, let me remind you, you have to go back to school today. And you're not allowed to lay a hand on anyone if a fight breaks out, understand?"

Zhang Xinhan shook her head and refused.

Lu Zhaoye stopped in his tracks, his face turning cold, and said sternly,

"If you can't accept that, go back to school right now."

Zhang Xinhan remained silent. If she wasn't allowed to get involved in the fight, what difference was there between her being there and not being allowed to participate?

However, seeing Lu Zhaoye's fierce appearance, Zhang Xinhan felt a little scared and guiltily looked away.

Lu Zhaoye remained unyielding and repeated, "Will you agree or not?"

Seeing this, Zhang Xinhan nodded reluctantly, muttering under her breath.

"Why are you being so fierce? Humph!"

Lu Zhaoye glanced helplessly at Zhang Xinhan. If he hadn't promised Lao Zhang, he probably wouldn't have cared.

Okay, just kidding. Even if I didn't agree to Lu Zhaoye's request, I probably wouldn't have let Zhang Xinhan get involved.

Although she looks like a little adult, Lu Zhaoye always treats Zhang Xinhan like a child just by listening to her voice.

He took two White Rabbit milk candies out of his pocket and held out his palm.

Zhang Xinhan snatched it away, immediately tore off the two pieces of candy, and stuffed them into her mouth.

With two candies filling his cheeks, he looked just like a smug, well-fed fox.

"Be good, or you won't get any more candy."

Lu Zhaoye coaxed her with a gentle word, and that one kind sentence completely silenced Zhang Xinhan.

"Uh-huh."

They led Zhang Xinhan to the internet cafe at the back gate of the school. The streetlights were dim, and since it was a cloudy day, the dark alleyway seemed somewhat eerie.

"Boss, sister-in-law,"

Lu Zhaoye waved his hand and walked straight to Chen Ziniu's side.

"Why did you take off your school uniform?"

Chen Ziniu grinned slyly and leaned closer, saying...

"Big brother, wearing a school uniform doesn't show my status."

"And why are you wearing a school uniform, bro?"

Lu Zhaoye couldn't be bothered to change; he simply stood conspicuously in the crowd.

Zhang Xinhan, who was also wearing a school uniform, was now completely dejected. She had thought it was just a few people getting together for a fight, but she hadn't expected there to be so many people.

Zhang Xinhan was pulled into a corner by several young women who were extremely respectful to her.

"Sister-in-law, you're the first one to come out of school with Brother Zhaoye."

"Hey, you know what, ever since Zhao Ye left Wen Ningning behind, his standards have skyrocketed!"

The girls were making a racket, leaving Zhang Xinhan completely bewildered.

But after hearing what they meant, Zhang Xinhan gradually accepted the role of "sister-in-law," and quickly became one of them with her spicy-sounding accent.

Hearing the girls laughing and joking, Lu Zhaoye felt relieved, then turned to ask,

"Niu Zi, why haven't those kids arrived yet?"

Chen Ziniu scratched his head, grabbed a handful of hair, and said...

"I don't know, they'll probably come."

"Boss, maybe they're too scared to come," said one of Chen Ziniu's underlings.

"That's right, less than half of our people have arrived yet," another henchman said with a chuckle.

However, at that moment, Lu Zhaoye heard a flurry of footsteps.

Everyone immediately stood in line. Lu Zhaoye stood in the center with his hands in his pockets and a White Rabbit candy in his mouth. Chen Ziniu and Xiao Zifang stood on either side of him.

The young women immediately fell silent upon seeing this, watching the scene in quiet contemplation, though each girl's eyes gleamed with excitement.

Zhang Xinhan was the same way; she was used to seeing those abstract boys in her class.

Seeing this completely different scene suddenly stirred a surge of excitement in Zhang Xinhan's heart.

The high school freshman kept his word and brought his older brother with him.

Moreover, their numbers were no less than those of the people Lu Zhaoye had brought, causing Chen Ziniu and Xiao Zifang to frown upon seeing this.

Looking at the leader who had brought the little prickly girl, Lu Zhaoye almost laughed.

Short and stocky, with a big belly, and a smug expression on his face, he looked a bit like a sugar-coated kid.

"So you're the one? Introduce yourself."

"I'm a dragon from the East China Sea, and my brothers call me Brother Dragon."