Chapter 272 Wish

Early in the morning, half past five.

As usual, Chu Jian appeared at the gate of No. 1 Middle School in the city.

At that time, the No. 1 Middle School campus was still in the silence of dawn and dusk, a little cold, and almost no one was around.

When passing by the football field, she looked at the empty track and suddenly remembered the boy running towards the rising sun, greeting her with a smile, and waving as he watched her go to the classroom with her schoolbag on her back.

She pursed her lips and walked towards the teaching building with her schoolbag on her back.

When she arrived at the classroom, there were no classmates yet. Chu Jian was reading a book quietly, but she could not concentrate on it. She had not slept a wink the night before. Her stepfather Chu Dapeng was drunk the night before and made a lot of noise, causing chaos in the whole house.

The reason was that Brother Yunfeng said that the winning lottery ticket was fake and forged. Now the Municipal Sports Lottery Center has sent the forged lottery ticket to the province for verification, and may pursue criminal responsibility. This scared her mother Jiang Feng, and the relatives and friends who were drinking at home all urged her stepfather to confess.

Chu Jian closed the textbook and looked at the sky outside the window.

The pure blue of the sky is breathtaking.

Not long after, there were more and more students in Class 156. It was midsummer and the students got up earlier than usual, but it was not yet time for morning self-study. As usual, everyone was slurping their packaged spicy fish noodles and chatting. The difference was that today most of the topics revolved around the first sight of the lottery ticket at home.

Students have too much energy and love to gossip when they have nothing to do. Winning the lottery is even more of a miracle that can only happen if you step on dog shit. The students in the surrounding classes all knew that the first place in the second grade group, Chu Jian, had won the lottery special prize. The prize money plus a Santana were worth more than 200,000 yuan! It was really enviable.

"What are you talking about? It's so lively." At this time, Li Yufei appeared at the door of the classroom with a schoolbag on her back. She was wearing a slim light pink dress, and her round, slender and white calves were exposed. She was wearing a pair of black leather boots. Her long, clear hair was thin and straight, with a pink hairpin hanging at the end of her hair. She walked into the classroom from the corridor facing the sunshine in front of her, holding a glass of cold milk in her hand. She looked beautiful and charming with a smile on her face, as beautiful as a princess.

Lin Zihao, Li Xiaoman, Zhao Chengming and Xu Wen were behind her. They didn't see Huo Xiaoguang who had a fight with Wang Xiaokai yesterday. He probably didn't want to come here and get glared at. Li Xiaoman and the others didn't follow Li Yufei into the classroom. They seemed to be waiting for her outside the classroom for something. Lin Zihao saw Chu Jian looking over and waved with a smile.

This scene was seen by many people, and they all smiled knowingly. Some boys were unhappy, but they didn't dare to say anything openly. They just said some dirty words in private.

Li Yufei walked into the classroom and put her things in her schoolbag. Xiao Xuemei, who was eating fish meal beside her, said to her excitedly: "Yufei, do you know that someone in our class won the lottery? It's 80,000 yuan plus a Santana. Isn't it amazing?"

Li Yufei was stunned for a moment: "Who is it? So lucky."

Xiao Xuemei pointed her mouth towards Chu Jian who was standing under the window.

Li Yufei was stunned again, glanced at the girl under the window, and smiled: "You are really lucky."

"That's right. When I was a kid, I always followed my dad to draw prizes, but I never won." Yu Xiaorui took over the conversation, her face full of wonder: "To be honest, this is the first time I've seen someone around me win such a big prize in my life. I always thought it was fake, a pure gimmick to cheat people." "Chu Jian, your family won such a big prize, how about treating our whole class to a drink during physical education class later?" Lin Xueqing came close to the desk, her expression mischievous: "It's such a big happy event, let's celebrate together, hahaha..."

This statement seemed to be unanimously recognized by the students in the class.

Many fools immediately followed suit and asked Chu Jian to buy everyone drinks. Actually, they didn't really care about a bottle of drink, but Chu Jian was the most outstanding and attractive girl in the class. She was very friendly and often explained questions to her classmates. But she was usually cold and didn't like to play. She had a strong sense of alienation from them. Now it was a rare opportunity to make fun of her, so they naturally rushed to each other, shouting that Chu Jian should pay for everyone to drink drinks. Many boys were vying to be her lackeys.

For a moment, Chu Jian was surrounded by people who were making a fuss. Chu Jian didn't want to spoil the fun of her classmates. No matter how she looked at it, it was just a joke with good intentions. Besides, her classmates were usually very nice to her. Treating them to a bottle of drink was really not a big deal. It's just that... She pinched her empty trouser pockets with her hands, and the smile on her little face seemed a little difficult: "Sorry, I don't have any money."

A female classmate leaned on the desk and twirled a pen: "You must be joking, Chu Jian, your family won such a big prize, more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan in total."

"That's right, first meeting. The money for the drinks is just a drop in the bucket for you now."

Li Yufei was flipping through a photo album at her seat. She did not join in the conversation, nor did she intend to. But after hearing this, she suddenly put down the milk in her hand, turned around and said, "I said I didn't bring any money, so stop making a fuss."

There are many different meanings between "no money" and "no money with me". However, many people in the class knew that Li Yufei and Chu Jian did not get along well, which was not difficult to understand. Both of them were proud and outstanding girls with almost equal reputation in school. The same principle of "two tigers cannot live in the same mountain" also applied. Usually, the two of them rarely met and were far from being friends. Therefore, Li Yufei's move of speaking up for Chu Jian in both open and covert ways surprised some people. Li Yufei ignored other people's gazes. She had her own principles in doing things. She picked up the photo album, turned around and went out to give it to Li Xiaoman and others.

At this time, the bell for morning reading rang, and the students returned to their desks, opened their English textbooks and recited. There were also a few students who were still gossiping about what had just happened: "I didn't realize it, tsk, you're so stingy when you first meet."

"What nonsense are you talking about? No one owes you anything. Chu Jian's family used to be very poor, so it's normal for him to be frugal."

"You were poor before, but now you're rich. You got a brand new Santana for 80,000 yuan. By the way, didn't Li Yufei and Chu Jian get along in the past? How come she actually spoke up for Chu Jian just now?"

All kinds of gossip behind people's backs occasionally occurred during and after class and continued until the last physical education class in the morning, when everyone had something to do to relieve their energy and the class seemed to stop temporarily.

It was almost the end of her senior year, and she was under great academic pressure. Physical education classes were free activities, purely for students to relax. After the team was disbanded, Chu Jian returned to the classroom, read books and did homework. In fact, she also heard some of the discussions of her classmates, but she didn't take it to heart, as she was used to it.

When the get out of class was about to end, Chu Jian suddenly heard someone calling her from behind: "Chu Jian, thank you."

When he first saw her, he tilted his head and was stunned: "Thank me for what?"

The classmate shook the iced cola in his hand and said, "Thank you for the drink. Just now, several classmates in the class were passing out drinks, saying that you paid for it."

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(End of this chapter)