Start as a top student after transmigrating.

Ye Wanwan smiled.

After calming myself down, I finally picked up my chopsticks to eat.

"When are you usually free? I'd like to ask you for tutoring." Chen Dong smiled and changed the subject.

"I have time at noon, and I can set aside a class period after evening self-study," Ye Wanwan said softly.

She usually doesn't go home at noon; she just eats steamed buns and does practice tests in the classroom. The formal evening self-study session ends at 9:35 PM, and the last bus will arrive at 10:30 PM, so you can leave 45 minutes for that.

"How about noon and evening then? The tutoring fee is... two hundred per week, how about that?" Chen Dong asked tentatively.

He wanted to give her more, but he was afraid of scaring Ye Wanwan.

Even so, Ye Wanwan was still taken aback. She had done many part-time jobs, such as handing out flyers and working as a restaurant server, with a total daily income of at most forty or fifty yuan.

Not only is it tiring, but it's also very unstable.

The remuneration Chen Dong mentioned far exceeded that of any of her part-time jobs, and most importantly, she was required to work in her area of ​​expertise.

"I... I can do without it..."

Ye Wanwan was startled, but she wasn't excited by the generous reward; instead, she declined.

"no."

Chen Dong interrupted her sternly, "Do you still look down on me, or do you simply not want to forgive me?"

"I didn't~"

Ye Wanwan hurriedly raised her head, waving her hands repeatedly with a mixture of fear and anxiety, "I, I just, I just..."

"What do you mean, 'just'? Do you simply not want to tutor me?"

Seeing her frightened yet wanting-to-explain expression, Chen Dong knew she was just too kind; she hadn't really expected anything in return for tutoring him.

"I didn't..." Ye Wanwan became even more anxious.

But Chen Dong interrupted him as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I know you're in the top five of your class and grade, so your tutoring fees must be very expensive. It's hard to find a top student like you for one-on-one tutoring for 200 yuan."

Ye Wanwan tried to explain, but Chen Dong interrupted her again, making her so anxious she almost cried.

"Listen to me first."

"I'm just a student right now, and I'm heavily in debt, so I might not be able to settle my tutoring fees weekly for the time being. I need to let you know that in advance."

"If that's why you're rejecting me, then I have nothing to say."

"That's not how it is," Ye Wanwan quickly denied.

"It's neither this nor that, so what is it?" Chen Dong asked, feigning anger.

Hearing Chen Dong's cold tone, Ye Wanwan trembled, instinctively becoming timid. Coupled with her anxious desire to deny it, she couldn't utter a complete sentence for a moment.

But he still didn't agree.

Chen Dong was speechless. Why was this girl so stubborn?

It seems we need to find a different way to put it and add fuel to the fire.

slap~

He slammed his chopsticks down on the table, gave a self-deprecating, cold laugh, and said, "I get it now. You just look down on me, you don't want to forgive me, you despise me for being a bad student, you don't want to have anything to do with me, and I was just being presumptuous and digging into the details. Ha~"

Sometimes, no answer is the best answer.

As he spoke, he stood up and grabbed Liu Yumo, saying, "I'm begging you, don't embarrass yourself here. Mozi, let's go, don't get in the way of the top student."

"No... I didn't... I really didn't..."

Ye Wanwan's eyes were red and swollen, and her watery eyes finally broke down again as she sobbed pitifully, "I just... I just felt that tutoring is also a form of learning... Tutoring you can also help me deepen my understanding of the knowledge points... So... I can't take your money..."

"And, moreover..."

And you helped me.

This morning, in front of the whole class, he warned her not to bully her and thanked her. Now he's taking her out to eat and apologizing to her. Even Liu Yumo apologized!

No one, except her grandmother, had ever treated her this well.

She was very grateful, really~

But he still couldn't bring himself to say it.

She looked at Chen Dong with a pitiful and aggrieved expression, tears streaming down her cheeks like a waterfall from her bright eyes.

You can't think of me like that.

It really can't be...

Liu Yumo, who was being pulled along, still had a piece of meat hanging from the corner of his mouth. He blinked, looked at Chen Dong, and then at Ye Wanwan.

No, Ye Wanwan is so kind. She feels that she can also benefit from tutoring others, so she offers it for free. You know, her manufacturer hired a tutor for her.

Goodness, the tutoring fee they charge is bigger than a lion's mouth.

Seeing Ye Wanwan's kindness and her pitiful, wronged appearance now, he wanted to curse his past self, especially Dong Ge.

You beast, how could you bully such a good girl?

Of course, he didn't dare to curse aloud; he only dared to curse in his heart.

"Silly girl~"

Chen Dong softened, his tone softening, "Do you know how rare and valuable the opportunity for one-on-one tutoring from a top student is?"

"You must remember that while not all efforts will be rewarded, every effort should be rewarded. You've invested your knowledge and mentoring energy, so you should reap the rewards, understand?"

"Besides, the biggest help you can give me is to improve my grades."

"Ye Wanwan, would you be willing to help me? Just like a friend."

"Friend?"

A light flashed in Ye Wanwan's eyes, then dimmed again, and her head drooped. "I...I have no friends, never have..."

Those words really stung.

Chen Dong in the past was just like Ye Wanwan now.

He asked cautiously, "Would you like to be my friend?"

"And me, Ye Wanwan, I also want to be your friend, would you like to?" Liu Yumo slurped up a mouthful of meat and looked at Ye Wanwan with sincerity and expectation.

"Really...can we be friends?"

Ye Wanwan raised her head, her red eyes filled with fear and timidity, but even more so with anticipation.

Although Chen Dong and Liu Yumo had both bullied her before, and she didn't know if they would revert to their old ways, she hadn't felt that terrifying aura from them since last night.

On the contrary, she felt a kind of grandmotherly warmth from Chen Dong.

She wanted to get closer to that feeling, and wanted to cherish it.

But does she deserve it?

Does someone like her really deserve to have friends?

"Of course, Ye Wanwan, from now on we're friends. No matter what happens, Brother Mo will take care of it for you. If Brother Mo can't handle it, then Brother Dong will." Liu Yumo said happily.

"We're friends, but you're still my little brother, so you have to listen to me, understand?" Chen Dong patted Ye Wanwan's head gently, his gesture like a brother doting on his sister, but his tone left no room for argument.

I haven't agreed to follow you yet.

He can't be considered a junior.

As Ye Wanwan thought to herself, she quickly lowered her head, her face flushed slightly. This was the first time she had ever had such intimate contact with a boy.

……

"Wow, is that Dong Ge?"

"Brother Mo, what about your hair?"

As more and more people entered the cafeteria after school, groups of underachieving students from other classes who hung out with Chen Dong came to eat. They passed by the entrance and didn't recognize Chen Dong at first glance.

Then, he suddenly realized what was happening and quickly retreated, completely astonished.

"Isn't he handsome?"

When Liu Yumo started to show off, he was met with a chorus of boos, but like the other boys in the class, they teased him a bit and then asked where he got his hair done.

Liu Yumo didn't hide anything and told them the location of Jiang Lina's hair salon.

Then, he didn't forget to introduce Ye Wanwan, "Let me introduce you, this is Ye Wanwan from our class, Dong Ge's new little brother, and also our friend."

He emphasized the word "friend," specifically highlighting Ye Wanwan's importance.

Those blond-haired guys could easily tell what was going on, and immediately started bowing and scraping.

"Hello, Sister Ye."

Ye Wanwan didn't dare to look up, her face flushed even redder, but her heart felt warm.

She understood what Liu Yumo meant and knew why Chen Dong had brought her to the cafeteria for dinner.

This was the place that had once embarrassed her.

Because of Chen Dong and Liu Yumo, that kind of situation will never happen again.