Chapter 13: An Abrupt Farewell
Mari
After the kids finished making their promises, they finally quieted down and buried themselves in their test papers, scribbling away. The room was utterly silent. Li Yingqiao stared at her…
Small year, small month
Chapter 12 (2/2): The Unspoken Pact
At the deserted bus stop, the paper made a crisp “crack” sound as they fought over it, and in that moment, something clicked in Li Yingqiao’s head. “Yu Traitor! Is…
Chapter 12 (1/2): The Unspoken Pact
In the three months leading up to the High School Entrance Exam, Liang Mei’s house became their study headquarters. Every weekend, the four of them would rush over to Liang…
Chapter 11: One Last Fish to Fry
“Dear leaders, teachers, parents, and… fellow students—” Yu Junyang paused, frowned slightly, then continued reading. The parents below had already switched to long-lens cameras aimed at their sons, with more…
Chapter 10: Fatherly Follies and a Friendship’s Fight
At this point, Yu Renjie more or less figured out what the teacher was really saying—between the lines, it was just telling him to keep a low profile as a…
Chapter 9: The Sharp-Browed Mountain Monkey Incident
The attempt to persuade her to study failed, and when Liang Mei settled the bill, she felt a pang in her heart—it cost her more than half her savings in…
Chapter 8: Meow Meow and the Tancheng Exam
Looking back on her rather unremarkable life, Liang Mei felt there were two things she had done absolutely right. The first was becoming a teacher, and the second was, to…
Chapter 7: Moon’s Far Shore
Li Yingqiao’s reputation lasted all the way until they graduated from Xiao Hua City Primary School. After that year, the kids of Xiao Hua City rarely called her “Tank” anymore.…
Chapter 6: Iron Blossom in the Dark
Li Yingqiao really is a jinx. That night, as soon as Yu Jinyang finished his street dance class, he was cornered in an alley fifty meters from Xiao Hua City.…
Chapter 5: The Tank and the Madman Alley
That night, Yu Jinyang got home and took the test paper that had just been returned out of his backpack. He hadn’t been around during the lunch break—he’d gone to…