My whole family is the protagonist, and I am the only cannon fodder!

After returning to his room, Lu Zao Zao realized belatedly that his palms were wet, a sign of nervousness.

I don’t understand why every time I talk to my parents it feels like a game, making me feel like a cowardly gambler who has a high probability of not winning.

What a sad parent-child relationship. Among so many children, it only affects her.

However, Lu Zaozao had no time to feel sad. She was wondering how likely it would be for her to realize her wish of transferring to another class if Lu Aotian and Shen Xingyao insisted on using tough measures to keep her in International Class A.

After some scribbling on the draft paper, the answer I got was zero.

It's really infuriating.

Now she could only hope that after saying those words, Lu Aotian and Shen Xingyao would no longer bother to pay attention to her and let her go with the flow.

September is here, the cicadas are chirping and the heat is unrelenting.

Lu jumped out of the car early and walked through the bustling crowd of people going to school. The cars parked at the door all showed off the identity and status of their owners, and even the white screen logos above their heads had increased.

Lu Zao Zao took a deep breath and looked at the class roster on the huge electronic screen on the campus column. She quickly glanced from the first row and saw many familiar names. They were her high school classmates in her previous life, complete and unique children.

After quickly looking through the list, she found that her name did not appear on the list of International Class A. Fearing that she had missed it because she looked too quickly, Lu Zao Zao looked at it carefully again, and her name was not on the list.

He looked through the class members of the entire grade again and finally saw his own name in an extremely ordinary class. Although there were so many unfamiliar people, Lu Zaozao felt extremely satisfied and fulfilled.

It was just the beginning of the school year and seats were assigned randomly. Lu found a corner in the last row early on and sat down contentedly.

There was only one minute left before the first class bell rang, and the seat next to her was still empty. Looking at the number of people on the list, every seat should be occupied.

Not wanting anything unexpected to happen on the first day of school, Lu Zaozao felt a little nervous as the bell rang.

The next second, a little girl hunched over, entered from the open back door, and sat next to her, breathing heavily.

A new life, a new deskmate, Lu Zaozao finally had a sense of the reality of starting a new life.

She carefully looked at her new deskmate and found a large blood clot on his elbow and a bruise on his chin. She subconsciously looked at his legs and saw a hole in his pants, a wound on his knee, and some dark red bloodstains around it.

His eyes were tired and sad, but he also looked very angry.

Lu, who had originally planned to actively express friendliness as soon as he saw his new deskmate, backed off a bit, fearing that his words would cause the other party to be even more displeased.

I imagined many possibilities in my mind - maybe it was violence from some unfortunate family, because it looked like there were both old and new wounds, and the parts covered by the clothes might be more. It could also be the wound caused by fighting with others, but the other person was thin and small, and looked very well behaved, maybe someone bullied her first, and then she fought back.

Anyway, the man looked pitiful no matter how he thought about it. Lu Zao Zao took out a Band-Aid from his bag and handed it to the other person.

Due to frequent injuries, Lu Zaozao has developed a habit of carrying band-aids and some sterilizing alcohol spray with him over the years. Fortunately, they finally come in handy now.

The other person lay on the table with droopy eyelids, took the Band-Aid that Lu handed over early, and said thank you listlessly.

Everyone is present, and there is nothing wrong with the appearance of this place, which means that everyone here is extremely ordinary and they won't even appear as a backdrop to the protagonist's life, inserting just one or two lines.

In the world of novels, they all live and exist insignificantly, with countless ordinary tomorrows.

Soon, the head teacher came in and announced and explained some basic matters. The new books had not been distributed yet, and there would be no classes for the time being, so I spent the whole morning studying on my own.

The freshman opening ceremony was held in the afternoon. It was boring as usual. The cathedral was full of freshmen from the first year of high school. The central air-conditioning gave off plenty of coolness. Lu sat among the crowd early and listened to the principal and several directors delivering some classic opening lines that had been repeated many times before.

The seats were divided into classes. She habitually turned her head to look towards the front left, at the frontmost position. The students in the international class had straight backs and were dressed brightly. Some of them were whispering with their heads down. The sun was shining and the future was bright.

But none of this mattered to her now.

She withdrew her gaze and caught a glimpse of her deskmate from the corner of her eye. He was leaning his elbows on the armrests of his seat, his eyelids drooping, and looked like he was about to fall asleep.

I don't understand why I could fall asleep in such a noisy environment. After all, the principal was still talking passionately, as if everyone present would have a bright future and achieve great things in the future, adding another layer of gilding to the already famous school. Moreover, the microphone was so loud that it felt like it could blow the roof off.

Could it be that due to family reasons, she couldn't sleep at night and had to come to school on time despite being injured?

Oh my god, the more I think about it, the sadder I feel.

Before going to bed at night, Lu Zaozao was still feeling sorry for her little deskmate, and decided to ask her vaguely the next morning if she needed any help.

The next morning, about ten meters away from the school gate, Lu saw her deskmate arguing with a man in her car. The man was pulling her elbow, looking quite resentful. Her deskmate also looked a little dissatisfied, but still smiled in a very flattering way.

From a distance, Lu Zao Zao vaguely heard words like "willful", "confiscated", and "punishment". His deskmate was still begging and raised four fingers, making a swearing gesture.

I feel like if I continue like this, I might get beaten or bullied again.

Lu Zao Zao asked the driver to stop the car immediately, ran forward, and mustered up the courage to speak to the man, "I'm sorry, uncle, we are almost late for class, and we can't chat here anymore. Goodbye, uncle."

After saying this in one breath, she grabbed the other person's hand and ran into the school until her deskmate was out of breath and couldn't stand it anymore and asked to stop.

Lu let go of his hand early, and asked in the face of his deskmate's long breath and shocked gaze, "Are you okay?"

"...It was fine before." Li Jianan supported his knees with his hands. He ran such a long distance in one breath that his breath was uneven. "...It's a problem now."

When she had rested enough, they walked up the stairs together. Li Jianan finally remembered to ask, "Why did you suddenly pull me to run?"

Afraid of touching upon the other person's sore spot, but since he had done something so reckless, it was not easy to make up an excuse. Lu Zao Zao told the truth, "I was afraid you would get hurt. I didn't know what to do in that situation, so I could only take you and flee."

"......?" Li Jianan blinked blankly and said "ah" in confusion.