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Yun Ya sat down next to Sun Fei and gently shook her arm.

"Feifei, don't cry. It's just standing as punishment. It's okay. I'm often punished as punishment. It's nothing. Our teacher is so strict. There are almost no people in our class who haven't been punished as punishment."

Sun Fei, who had been crying with her arms buried in her hands, burst into laughter when she heard Yun Ya's words, saying, "You seem to be used to being punished by standing in the corner."

Yun Ya chuckled foolishly, "Hehe, that's true. Anyway, you get used to being punished by standing all the time. Unless we change teachers, under his tutelage, anyone who doesn't get beaten up is a student of Fuda University."

Sun Fei couldn't help but laugh again, and a snot bubble popped out of her nose. Her face turned bright red with embarrassment.

Yunya quickly reached into her pocket, took out a crumpled piece of toilet paper, and handed it to Sun Fei.

Sun Fei took it and wiped her nose clean. Then she asked, "Yun Ya, why do you always carry tissues with you?"

Yun Ya smiled bitterly, "Sigh! What can I do? I get beaten up all the time! I'll bring some tissues to wipe my tears and snot."

Sun Fei's mood improved considerably after hearing Yun Ya's words. She whispered in Yun Ya's ear, "Yun Ya, do you know what? I cried not because I was punished by standing in the corner, but because Fu Jingchao didn't help me. I'm so sad."

Yun Ya looked at her, puzzled. "Huh! Why?"

Sun Fei whispered in her ear, "Because I've been good to him, I often help him, lend him notebooks and pens, and give him snacks. I thought he would be willing to help me in the same way I helped him."

Yun Ya advised, "He doesn't know how to be grateful. Don't help him anymore. He's not worth being good to."

Sun Fei nodded in agreement. "Yes, I understand now. He's not a good person at all. I'll stay away from him from now on."

The two were whispering to each other when the bell rang again for class. Yunya quickly ran back to her seat.

Fu Jingchao returned to his seat. He glanced at Sun Fei out of the corner of his eye, but Sun Fei ignored him when she noticed him watching her.

This was a Chinese language class. Tian Bilian walked up to the podium and said, "Everyone, open your books to Lesson 21, 'The Beautiful Path.' We'll be teaching this lesson today."

She first asked the students to quickly read the lesson content on their own before starting the lesson.

After 25 minutes, the lesson was over. Tian Bilian then began asking the students about their learning progress.

She asked, "What was the main point of this lesson? Who can answer this question and just tell me the main points?"

The top 10 students in the class all raised their hands, indicating that they knew the answer. Tian Bilian randomly pointed to a student who had raised their hand.

She stood up and loudly announced the answer.

"This story shows the beauty and importance of the path through the dialogue between Mr. Duck, Miss Rabbit, and Mr. Deer."

Tian Bilian smiled and praised, "Good, that's a good summary. All students should learn from this student."

After that, she went over the homework questions. Meng Fanxing couldn't keep up with the teacher's pace, so she didn't remember all the answers.

Yun Ya noticed his embarrassment and whispered, "Don't worry, just copy mine after class."

Meng Fanxing felt a warmth in her heart. [This deskmate is so nice!]

The bell rang, but Tian Bilian hadn't finished explaining the homework. She went overtime for another five minutes before finally finishing all the problems.

When she walked out of the classroom, many classes had already gathered on the playground. This was the long break, with a 30-minute rest period in between, so the morning exercises were scheduled during this time.

Because Tian Bilian extended the class time, the entire class missed morning exercises. The principal criticized all the teachers in that class for this.

Tian Bilian felt wronged. She was just trying to finish explaining the question, so it wasn't her fault.

The principal ignored all of that and lectured Tian Bilian. In the end, she had no choice but to give in.

Instead of going to the playground, Meng Fanxing quickly caught up on his notes. Yun Ya pushed the textbook towards him, telling him to look at it and write.

After writing for a while, Meng Fanxing tugged at Yun Ya's arm sheepishly.

"Sun Yunya, what character is this?"

Yun Ya looked down and blushed, saying, "Hehe, this is a deer, Mr. Deer's deer."

Meng Fanxing: "Oh, it's this character. I didn't recognize it at first. I thought it was Pang!"

Yun Ya grinned, showing her front teeth. "Hehe, I write quickly, so it's a bit ugly. Just bear with it. If you can't read any of the characters, just ask me. I can read my own handwriting."

Meng Fanxing thought to himself, [Good heavens, if I can't even recognize my own handwriting, who can?]

But she smiled and thanked him.

Yun Ya looked at his handwriting. [Hmm, it's a little better than mine; it's legible, but it's not exactly beautiful handwriting.]

The other students remained seated, working on their math homework. No one left the classroom.

The teacher allowed the students to move around freely only after the gymnastics music on the playground outside stopped.

Some people went to the restroom, while others continued doing their homework. Meng Fanxing had finished and returned the book to Yun Ya, saying, "Thank you so much, Yun Ya."

Yunya was overjoyed to hear him call her name. She said, "My nickname is Yunya, you can call me that too."

Meng Fanxing smiled shyly, "Okay, Yunya." The two looked at each other and smiled, their faces full of happiness.

Yunya felt that all her friends, whether boys or girls, were good friends who got along well.

How wonderful it would be if these friends could always be with me.

At this moment, Sun Fei ran over and called Yun Ya to go to the toilet, and Yun Ya obediently followed her out.

Fu Jingchao realized that his deskmate was ignoring him, which annoyed him and made him want to get angry.

But Sun Fei always avoided him, never giving him a chance to speak.

He really wanted to explain to Sun Fei that he hadn't helped her give the answer last time because he was angry.

The reason was still that time he and Meng Fanxing argued at the school gate, and Sun Fei stood by and did not help him.

Sun Fei's friend, Sun Yunya, sided with Meng Fanxing and yelled at him. Sun Fei neither stopped her friend Sun Yunya from speaking up for her nor defended herself.

He deliberately didn't tell Sun Fei the answer last time, wanting to make her suffer. Unexpectedly, she cried, and when she cried, he felt like he had bullied her.

When Sun Fei returned from the restroom, she pulled Sun Yunya, Meng Fanxing, and Zhang Ruisong to play together in the corridor.

Watching them chase and play, laughing and joking, Fu Jingchao felt even worse.

He felt lonely because he didn't have any close friends. His childhood friend wasn't in the same class as him, so they couldn't always play together.

Thinking of this, Fu Jingchao quickly got up and went to the next class to play with his childhood friend Fu Jingyu.

Fu Jingyu and Gu Yu are in the same class. He also has his own good friends in his class.

Fu Jingchao arrived at Class 2, Grade 1 and saw his childhood friend playing cards with several boys.

He leaned closer and asked, "Jingyu, can I join you?"

All the students in Class Two looked at him, leaving him momentarily at a loss.

The students in Class Two were certain they didn't know the boy and that he wasn't from their class.

Fu Jingyu pulled him out of the classroom and they chatted in the corridor.