The Little Fool Saves the Masochistic Novel Protagonist CHAPTER 9

Chapter 9

Lin Xiu returned to the classroom and saw Chi Aibei staring intently at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu saw him come back, pulled a test paper from his desk, and handed it to him. “You weren’t here for the test the day before yesterday.”

Jiang Yu wanted a reason for his absence, but Lin Xiu didn’t give him one. He took the test paper, didn’t look at it, and placed it on the desk. “What’s wrong with him?”

Jiang Yu glanced at Chi Aibei. He didn’t know what was wrong with this seemingly intellectually challenged student; he was suddenly staring blankly at him. “How should I know?”

The seemingly intellectually challenged student wouldn’t stare blankly for no reason. Lin Xiu asked, “What did you say to him?”

Jiang Yu didn’t understand why a seemingly intellectually challenged student deserved so much attention, let alone being questioned specifically about him. He frowned, “I didn’t talk to him.” After saying that, Jiang Yu turned back around and sat down.

Seeing Jiang Yu’s impatient attitude, Lin Xiu didn’t say anything. He snapped his fingers in front of Chi Aibei. “What are you spacing out about?”

Chi Aibei stared at the back of Jiang Yu’s head without blinking. “Brother, what’s his name?”

Lin Xiu said, “Jiang Yu, our class monitor.”

Chi Aibei closed his eyes… Although he had already guessed, hearing the name still chilled him to the bone.

He looked at Lin Xiu with pity. Was this called one problem after another? He had just avoided He Chenjiang and now encountered Jiang Yu. It truly was the world of a tragic romance novel protagonist.

Lin Xiu was baffled by his pitying gaze. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

Chi Aibei shook his head. “Brother, you must be strong.”

Lin Xiu: “???”

Seeing his melancholic expression, reminiscent of the day he asked about his father, Lin Xiu looked at him warily, afraid he would say something shocking.

However, nothing happened. For the next two classes, Chi Aibei was unusually quiet, even during breaks, remaining slumped on his desk. If it weren’t for his audible sighs, Lin Xiu would have thought he was asleep.

But Chi Aibei couldn’t sleep.

He was worried sick!

Jiang Yu, this petty person, had such a good relationship with Lin Xiu in the past, but because Lin Xiu accepted He Chenjiang’s help for money, he immediately turned his back and, in the end, even helped someone who harmed Lin Xiu, adding insult to injury, and pushing Lin Xiu into an inescapable situation!

Logically, he should take Lin Xiu far away from him, but the problem was that the two had been friends since high school, and if he suddenly broke off the relationship, with Jiang Yu’s petty nature, he would definitely make things difficult for Lin Xiu. Wouldn’t that just follow the plot of a novel?

He could avoid He Chenjiang with Lin Xiu, but Jiang Yu… Chi Aibei couldn’t think of a good solution, and he worriedly banged his head on the desk twice.

The English teacher, whose lecture had been interrupted, said from the podium, “…Who’s banging on the desk?”

Chi Aibei raised his head, looked at the gazes directed at him, stood up and said, “Sorry, teacher, I wasn’t banging on the desk, I just hit my head against it twice.”

Zhou Xia: “…” Whose good child hits their head on the desk?

If it were anyone else, Zhou Xia would have immediately thrown them out of the classroom, but seeing it was him… Zhou Xia was frustrated and didn’t know where to vent. “Sit down, don’t disrupt the class.”

As soon as Chi Aibei sat down, he heard the English teacher say, “Lin Xiu, you brought him to Class 1, keep an eye on him and prevent him from disturbing the class.”

Chi Aibei froze, looking at Lin Xiu.

Lin Xiu: “Sorry, we’re disrupting the class.”

Chi Aibei: “…” I’m sorry, I’m not a good father; I’m making my child take the blame.

After this reprimand, Chi Aibei’s mind cleared. He stared at the back of Jiang Yu’s head—although this guy would later become a crazy person who would pull out his father’s oxygen tube and ruin two half-brothers, it was better to have a crazy friend than a crazy enemy!

Ultimately, the reason he would later harm Lin Xiu was because of He Chenjiang. As long as he cut off the relationship between Lin Xiu and He Chenjiang, they could remain friends.

Watching the seemingly intellectually challenged student’s gaze become determined, Lin Xiu was truly curious about what was going on in his mind.

As soon as the school bell rang, Chi Aibei immediately regained his energy. He excitedly said, “Brother, let’s go eat!”

Lin Xiu raised an eyebrow at him. “Are you okay now?”

Chi Aibei smiled and nodded. “Yes, yes, I was a little out of it, but I’m back now.”

On the way to the cafeteria, Chi Aibei kept looking back, saying, “Brother, he’s been following us.”

Jiang Yu remained behind them, less than two meters away. He wanted to catch up, but felt it would be embarrassing to walk with the seemingly intellectually challenged student.

Lin Xiu said, “There’s only one way to the cafeteria.”

There was indeed only one way, but Chi Aibei still felt Jiang Yu was following them. After all, this was someone who even considered queuing in the cafeteria a waste of time in his pursuit of surpassing Lin Xiu in exams. Why would he be in the cafeteria instead of eating bread in the classroom?

Lin Xiu knew Jiang Yu was following him, but his thoughts differed from Chi Aibei’s. He didn’t want to be friends with Jiang Yu anymore.

Jiang Yu was too extreme. When he was a friend, he treated you like a confidant and brother, but once he stopped considering you a friend, he would practically wish you dead. After experiencing everything, Lin Xiu preferred a normal classmate relationship, where neither of them would remember the other after graduation.

“Brother,” Chi Aibei gossiped, “Does he like you?”

Lin Xiu had also been puzzled by Jiang Yu’s anger before, until he heard about Jiang Yu from He Chenjiang. He learned that Jiang Yu was so angry because of his greedy mother.

Jiang Yu’s mother was his father’s mistress, and she secretly gave birth to him without his father’s consent.

Jiang’s father’s marriage to his wife was a business arrangement. Their relationship wasn’t good, but they had two sons. With two sons at home, Jiang’s father didn’t care about this illegitimate child.

Jiang Yu’s mother took the young Jiang Yu to confront Jiang’s father, until Jiang Yu was five years old. His father was finally annoyed and gave her a sum of money to keep Jiang Yu, demanding that she never appear in front of him and Jiang Yu again.

His mother’s greed was a hurdle Jiang Yu could never overcome. That’s why he reacted so strongly when he learned that Lin Xiu had accepted He Chenjiang’s help and heard those unpleasant rumors.

Lin Xiu glanced at Chi Aibei. “Like you like He Chenjiang?”

Chi Aibei twitched his mouth, experiencing the malice of a favored child. He bared a small canine tooth in retaliation, “I don’t like him, I like you.”

In the cafeteria, Chi Aibei and Lin Xiu found a seat. Seeing Jiang Yu impatiently queuing, Chi Aibei said, “Brother, he’s so pitiful alone. Doesn’t he have any friends?”

Lin Xiu glanced at Jiang Yu queuing alone. Pitiful? If you knew how cruel he would become, you wouldn’t say he was pitiful. Besides, someone like him doesn’t need friends. Being his friend is even more dangerous than being his enemy.

It took Jiang Yu twenty minutes to get his food. He once again felt that the cafeteria was a waste of time. He didn’t understand why Lin Xiu would want to come here with the seemingly intellectually challenged student.

There were still many empty seats in the cafeteria, but Jiang Yu hesitated to sit down with his tray.

Chi Aibei suddenly stood up, raising his spoon and waving it at Jiang Yu. “Class monitor, there’s a seat here!”

Shouting in the cafeteria wasn’t scary, what was scary was that everyone knew the person shouting. Following Chi Aibei’s gaze, everyone saw Jiang Yu, and their expressions became meaningful.

Jiang Yu’s scalp tingled… Who the heck wants to eat with a seemingly intellectually challenged student?

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