Chapter 242 (Two in One)

The first "weekly training" of No. 1 Middle School is after the monthly exam, which is also to provide a buffer period for the new students who have just enrolled.

For students in a small county, everything in junior high school is new. Most students use projectors in class for the first time and answer questions with answer sheets for the first time.

Before the monthly exam, the class teacher repeatedly warned students not to damage the answer sheet or even wipe it multiple times, otherwise the score would be invalidated. Therefore, every student who used the answer sheet for the first time would be very careful.

Compared with the monthly exams that require class division, the weekly exercises in the class do not seem that important, but Wang Shuangmei did not dare to be careless at all. She took the answer sheet from the person in front of her and put it aside carefully.

"Teacher, there is a circle on the back of my answer sheet!" Zhen Dongyang, who was sitting behind him, stood up and said.

The math teacher invigilating the exam came over immediately and picked up his answer sheet to check. Wang Shuangmei also turned her head curiously to take a look, and saw that someone had drawn a circle on the back of the other person's answer sheet with a pen.

Is this answer sheet still usable? Wang Shuangmei muttered to herself. Zhen Dongyang was the top student in the class and ranked in the top 20 in the monthly exam. It was really unlucky for him to encounter such a thing.

"Wang Shuangmei, exchange your answer sheet with his!" The math teacher suddenly knocked on Wang Shuangmei's desk and said in an unquestionable tone.

Wang Shuangmei was stunned, but saw that the math teacher had casually taken away her answer sheet.

"What about me..." Wang Shuangmei asked blankly.

"Just use this one."

The math teacher put the answer sheet with a circle on the back on Wang Shuangmei's desk.

Wang Shuangmei suddenly felt like she was in an ice cellar. Her face was hot and she felt like she was abandoned. She felt ashamed and she was extremely unwilling.

But she was no match for the teacher, and she didn't dare argue with him. She looked at the replaced answer sheet on the table with humiliation, and tears almost burst out of her eyes.

Wang Shuangmei knew that her grades were insignificant in the eyes of the teachers. Of course, students were divided into different levels. Zhen Dongyang was the best among the best, while she, who was at the bottom of the class, was the ninth.

She deserves it, who made her have poor grades? Does it matter whether poor students take the exam or not?

However, even if her grades were poor, Wang Shuangmei wanted to do well in the exam, rather than being forcibly "deprived of the qualification to take the exam" in such a humiliating way in front of the whole class.

"Teacher Zhang, what about Wang Shuangmei's answer sheet?"

At this moment, the math class representative Li Zhuangsheng suddenly stood up, instantly attracting the attention of the entire class.

Wang Shuangmei couldn't help but raise her head, her tears instantly froze, and she stared blankly at this "bold" Li Zhuangsheng.

Perhaps the other person stood up and blocked the light in Wang Shuangmei's field of vision. In short, he was shining. No, he was a light.

"Well, this doesn't affect the usage!" The math teacher coughed.

"Since it has no impact, why did you change her answer sheet?" Li Zhuangsheng looked puzzled.

Because that was Zhen Dongyang, what was wrong with changing him? Even if Wang Shuangmei couldn't read the answer sheet, what did it matter?
Everyone knew the obvious answer, including Wang Shuangmei herself, but no one said it out loud, and they could all see the math teacher blushing slightly because of embarrassment.

They were all curious about how this math class representative could be so bold as to undermine the math teacher.

"That's all, it's none of your business. Just do your best on the test!" The math teacher glared at Li Zhuangsheng in shame and annoyance, then stiffly repeated, "Wang Shuangmei's answer sheet can be used!"

As if because he did not get the answer he wanted, Li Zhuangsheng frowned and wanted to ask again, but was stopped by the classmates around him, who signaled him not to say any more.

Wang Shuangmei pursed her lips and slowly clenched her fists. Her heart was beating very fast, and she was sure that she liked this boy. She answered the questions very seriously, thinking that even if the card reader couldn't read it, she would try to get a high score.

Only in this way can she live up to Li Zhuangsheng's efforts in helping a poor student like her.

Two days later, the results came out. The good news was that her answer sheet was not affected. The bad news was that reality was cruel and her score was still at the bottom.

She felt ashamed for this and didn't dare to look at Li Zhuangsheng for a whole day. However, Li Zhuangsheng didn't seem to care and continued as usual.

The two were just classmates and were not familiar with each other, and they only spoke a few words occasionally. But for Wang Shuangmei, those occasional words she spoke to Li Zhuangsheng were the overwhelming motivation for her to come to school.

The rest are just daily little surprises.

For example, when the other person was on duty, he swept the floor under her desk. For example, when the other person handed her homework or test papers in person. For example, when they occasionally found that their homework books were next to each other.

I am really happy, even though I have no one to share it with.

She could only write her love for Li Zhuangsheng in her diary, write it secretly, and then hide it secretly in the deepest part of her schoolbag.

Until the beginning of November, Wang Shuangmei and Li Zhuangsheng still had an ordinary relationship, nothing special, no further progress. Although, Wang Shuangmei was already very satisfied just to see him in the classroom.

"It's time to pay the class fee. You're the only one in the group who hasn't paid! Twenty yuan, turn it in right away!"

The team leader walked up to Wang Shuangmei impatiently and stretched out his hand.

Wang Shuangmei blushed, feeling embarrassed and at a loss. She had no money.

Her parents had divorced, and she lived with her mother. But after her mother remarried, she did not have a good life in her stepfather's house.

Both her mother and stepfather were quite cold to her. Her mother was pregnant with her stepfather's child, and her younger brother was born the day before yesterday.

She didn't dare to ask her stepfather for money, because he would just beat and scold her. She also didn't dare to ask her mother for money, because her mother would just beat and scold her.

She knew that her personality and appearance were not pleasing, and her stepfather had scolded her more than once for being a good-for-nothing. She was wasting his money by going to school with poor grades.

So, Wang Shuangmei has no money.

She stammered and told her team leader that she "had no money". The team leader looked at her with disdain, wrote down her name and reported it to the squad leader.

"Class beauty, where is your class fee? You are the only one in the class who hasn't paid it!" The class monitor came over and frowned, "What does your family do? Your parents don't care about you. Can't you even pay the class fee?"

Wang Shuangmei was filled with shame, unable to raise her head, and didn't know how to answer.

Yes, that's right, she has no parents to take care of her, and since her grandparents passed away, no one has taken care of her.

"How much does she owe?"

At this time, Li Zhuangsheng was attracted by the sound and walked over carelessly.

"Twenty yuan, and she didn't pay a penny!" The monitor shrugged unhappily.

"Then I'll lend her."

Li Zhuangsheng emptied his four pockets, but could only find sixteen.

"You still need four dollars." The squad leader took the sixteen and reminded.

"Don't worry, I'll be right back!"

Li Zhuangsheng left the classroom quickly and came back soon with four coins in his hand. He stuffed them into the monitor's hand and muttered, "You want me to work like a slave for two days for only four dollars. You are so mean."

The monitor collected the class fees and left with satisfaction. Wang Shuangmei sat in her seat and looked at Li Zhuangsheng. She felt relieved and suddenly cried on the table.

Why do I always let him see my shameful side! Why is my family like this! Why do I have such a miserable life!

"Hey, why are you crying? I'm not urging you to pay back the money!" Li Zhuangsheng was dumbfounded and quickly patted her on the back.

"Thank you, thank you!" Wang Shuangmei raised her head, gasping for breath, sobbing sadly, "But, but I don't have the money to pay you back! Sorry, I'm sorry!"

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay. If you have money, pay it back. If you don't have money, forget it!" Li Zhuangsheng looked around and said in a low voice with an embarrassed expression.

"I, I want to pay back the money..." Wang Shuangmei continued to sob, "Next time, I, I will ask my dad..."

"It's okay, I don't need this little money... Oh, don't cry!" Li Zhuangsheng scratched his face and quickly took out an Alps lollipop from his pocket, "Here, eat a candy to calm down. It's sweet and delicious!"

Wang Shuangmei took the lollipop from Li Zhuangsheng's hand, gasped for a long time before finally calming down, peeled the lollipop and put it in her mouth.

"It's sweet, right?" Seeing that Wang Shuangmei finally stopped crying, Li Zhuangsheng breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

Wang Shuangmei nodded weakly.

"It's nothing to be over. You can eat a lollipop when you feel bad!"

Li Zhuangsheng patted Wang Shuangmei on the shoulder and left on his own.

Holding the lollipop in her mouth, Wang Shuangmei looked at Li Zhuangsheng's back, feeling both sad and sweet. It seemed that her life was not so bitter anymore.

The weather was exceptionally cold in November of that year, and the temperature dropped below zero before the end of the month.

It was so cold that Wang Shuangmei tucked her hands into her sleeves to attend class. There was no air conditioning in the classroom, and she was wearing very thin clothes.

If it was still bearable to have at least a tight sweater on the upper body, then having only a pair of thin autumn johns under the school uniform on the lower body was a bit unbearable.

Fortunately, there were many people in the class, and the doors and windows were closed during class, so it was relatively warm. But thinking about the coming and going of people in the classroom during the break, the temperature would drop significantly, and the cold wind would occasionally rush in from outside... Wang Shuangmei couldn't help shivering.

When the get out of class was over, the cold wind that she had imagined arrived as expected. Wang Shuangmei shivered and curled up on the table, trying to keep warm in this way.

But the classmates in the same row near the window actually opened the window, and the cold wind blew directly at her, making Wang Shuangmei shiver.

She was afraid of the cold, and she wanted to ask someone to close the window, but she didn't dare to say it. Firstly, her words were not taken seriously, and secondly, she was afraid of being laughed at: How can you be afraid of the cold when you are so fat?

Unable to stay in her seat any longer, she stood up and walked to the back of the classroom, squatting behind a short bookcase, as if only here could she block the ubiquitous coolness.

"Why are you squatting here?" Someone passing by and throwing away garbage expressed confusion.

"Nothing..." Wang Shuangmei buried her head, waiting for the class bell to ring.

"Hey, you're bleeding!"

There was a sudden thunderclap and someone cried out softly.

Wang Shuangmei blinked, thinking that this was not directed at her.

"You're bleeding down there!" Someone else reminded him again, this time it was a girl.

Although her voice was not loud, it was enough for people sitting in the back row to hear what she said.

Wang Shuangmei looked down in a daze, then finally sensed something. She reached under her butt and touched it, and found a dark red liquid on her hand.

She had no idea what was going on and hadn't learned about it in biology class.

But she vaguely understood something. This was a taboo that should not be known to others in public.

An unprecedented sense of shame hit Wang Shuangmei's brain. She was at a loss and stood there motionless. After a long time, she screamed in horror!

Wang Shuangmei was trembling all over, her mind was blank. She looked to the crowd for help, but they just watched, no one told her what to do. It was like watching baboons in a circus, imitating every move of humans.

At this time, Li Zhuangsheng walked out of the crowd quickly, stuffed a pack of tissues into her hands, and said softly: "Go to the toilet first, and put some tissue inside your underwear."

Wang Shuangmei nodded tremblingly after finding her backbone in an instant, but she found that she couldn't stand up at all because of fear. Li Zhuangsheng helped her up without hesitation and took her to the toilet. On the way, he even took off his school uniform jacket and let her tie it around her waist to cover herself.

"Don't be afraid, this is called menstruation. It's a normal phenomenon. Every girl has it. My sister also has her period, and she bleeds when it comes." Li Zhuangsheng comforted her gently.

Wang Shuangmei could no longer think of anything and could only hold on to Li Zhuangsheng and nod. She believed everything he said as if it was her life-saving straw.

Li Zhuangsheng helped Wang Shuangmei to the toilet door. Wang Shuangmei walked into the toilet by herself and kept cleaning the bloodstains. Then she took out two pieces of paper and put them in her underwear according to Li Zhuangsheng's instructions.

She didn't leave the toilet until the bell rang. Li Zhuangsheng was still waiting for her outside.

"Are you ready?" Li Zhuangsheng asked with a smile.

"Um……"

When she saw Li Zhuangsheng, Wang Shuangmei's originally uneasy mood suddenly calmed down. She lowered her head, not knowing how to face him.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the teacher."

Having said that, Li Zhuangsheng turned and headed for the office. Wang Shuangmei followed closely behind him, as if she felt that only behind him was the safest place.

When they arrived outside the biology group's office, Li Zhuangsheng asked Wang Shuangmei to wait for her in the office while he went in first to explain the situation to Teacher Yin.

Teacher Yin taught biology to their class. She was a gentle older sister who had just graduated from college, and all the students liked her very much.

After a while, Teacher Yin followed Li Zhuangsheng out. Li Zhuangsheng then handed Wang Shuangmei to the teacher with confidence, turned around and hurried back to the classroom for class.

Wang Shuangmei looked at Li Zhuangsheng reluctantly as he walked away. Even though Teacher Yin was standing by, he felt a little panicked.

That day, Teacher Yin taught Wang Shuangmei a lot of things, and Wang Shuangmei was completely relieved. Teacher Yin taught her how to use sanitary napkins, changed her pants, and finally found an opaque plastic bag to wrap her dirty clothes before letting her return to the classroom.

"This is your clothes..."

During the break, Wang Shuangmei walked up to Li Zhuangsheng holding his school uniform jacket.

"Are you okay?"

Li Zhuangsheng took the coat, crumpled it into a ball and stuffed it into the table.

"Well, thank you, thank you..."

Wang Shuangmei blushed and stammered.

(End of this chapter)