"… is that so?"
The little girl in the front seat was confused and didn't quite understand.
However, Jiang Tang at the side suddenly realized.
… Right.
What a superficial liking it is just to be happy for yourself and completely disregard other people's ideas.
And such a shallow liking is not worth her cherishing.
So the next time, when a little boy stole her water glass and snatched her hair rope in order to attract her attention, Jiang Tang no longer pretended to ignore him, but went straight to him.
"give me back."
The little boy was taken aback.
"… I… "
"If you touch my things casually again, you will be the most annoying boy in my class, and I will never talk to you again in the future."
The little boy didn't expect Jiang Tang to be really angry, which obviously exceeded his expectations.
"I'm not..." is not meant to make you angry.
Without waiting for him to stammer to tell the truth, Jiang Tang reached out and took the hair rope from his hand.
The little boy stood there looking at Jiang Tang's back as he walked away, scratching his head, a little disappointed.
… He seems to have done something wrong.
It's a pity that not all little boys have his awareness, and there are still many little boys who intentionally provoke Jiang Tang to trouble him.
Probably because Jiang Tang is indeed an outstanding little beauty.
The children are all wearing the same school uniform, so it is easier to tell which child is more beautiful. Jiang Tang has a very bookish appearance, unlike Gu Miaomiao who is a bit sharp and beautiful, and her temperament is easier to get close to.
That means it's easier to bully.
The bullying by the little boys escalated, and in the winter there were even pushing and shoving altercations in gym class.
Jiang Tang was not injured, but the winter school uniform coat was scratched by the iron net with a long cut, which was very abrupt and ugly.
Jiang Tang was a little worried.
Although the school uniform is provided to her free of charge, this does not include the fact that she can change into a new one if it is scratched.
If you want to buy a new set, the price will be at least four figures, which is absolutely impossible for Jiang's mother, who is always looking for a new schoolbag that costs tens of dollars.
But what Jiang Tang didn't expect was that Mother Jiang found out that she had already sewn up the hole, and after learning about it, Mother Jiang ran to the school with great fanfare to extort money from the students' parents.
It was snowing heavily that day, and the children who were attracted by the sound of mother Jiang's rolling and rolling gathered around the office, curiously looking at the movement inside.
"... This school uniform costs thousands of dollars. If it is like this, your parents will have to pay us for a new set!"
"No problem, no problem. This is indeed our child's fault. Mother Jiang Tang, don't worry. Let's sit down and discuss if we have something to say."
"I haven't finished yet! In addition to the money for the school uniform, you have to pay us Jiang Tang's mental damage fee! The clothes are all marked like this, do you understand that this is called school violence?"
"But, you Jiang Tang also fought back, and even smashed a piece of our child's face..."
"What do you mean? Are you saying that Jiang Tang is also at fault?"
"No, no, the mistake must be our child's mistake... The mental damage fee is also fine, so this amount..."
"This number? Where are you sending the beggar?"
…
The two people in the office were arguing endlessly, one apologized softly, and the other was justifiable but not forgiving.
There are teachers whispering behind their backs:
"Isn't this blackmail?"
"That's right, the reason has become irrational."
"It's so much money."
Youyou, who was lying on the crack of the door, didn't make a sound. Looking at it, she saw her little deskmate raised his sleeve and wiped his eyes vigorously.
Her mother was still tearing at the little boy's polite mother in front of her, as greedy as a beast that opened its bloody mouth and wanted to tear off human flesh and blood.
And Jiang Tang stood alone, still wearing that crookedly sewn dress.
No one cared about her being pointed at.
When she was actually subjected to school violence in her previous life, her mother did not stand up. This time, she just wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail her because she thought it would be profitable.
She lowered her head and looked at a stain on the ground with tears in her eyes.
She felt like a stain on the smooth floor that could not be wiped off and was still trampled on.
Yoyo couldn't understand what was hidden in her beautiful and sad eyes, but for some reason, when she saw Jiang Tang crying, she couldn't help crying with sadness.
After returning home, Yoyo fell into Gu Qizhou's arms.
"… dad."
Gu Qizhou, who was reading the script with Ding Yao in the hall, was a little surprised.
"What's the matter? Are you being bullied?"
Yoyo shook her head, buried herself in Gu Qizhou's clothes, and said sullenly:
"It's Tangtang who was bullied. I'm very sad."
Speaking of Jiang Tang, Gu Qizhou had some vague impressions, not of her, but of her family.
After listening to the chattering Yoyo's story, Gu Qizhou also roughly understood Jiang Tang's situation.
There are patriarchal parents on the top, and an arrogant and willful younger brother on the bottom. The family conditions are really average. It is a good thing to have no future in the future.
Gu Qizhou has seen many similar cases over the years.
Yoyo looked at Gu Qizhou tearfully:
"Tangtang's parents don't care about her! They are so fierce to her! Dad, can you let Tangtang come to our house like you adopted your brother?"
Before Gu Qizhou could answer, Yoyo said urgently:
"I, I have a lot of lucky money. I can use my lucky money to buy new schoolbags and new clothes for Tangtang! Tangtang is also very good. Her grades are so good that she doesn't even need to pay tuition..."
"YoYo… "
"Father, if you still think it's expensive, I'll eat one less bowl of rice in the future, give Tangtang the extra bowl, and share half of the snacks with her, so that I don't need to spend more money?"
Yoyo's pitiful and hopeful gaze made it hard to be ruthless enough to reject her innocent and kind request.
However, Gu Qizhou still made up his mind and said:
"No, yo, it's not about money."
Shen Jichuan's situation is different from Jiang Tang's. Raising children is not like raising pets, and you can't raise them with money.
"What is that!" Youyou pulled Gu Qizhou to ask an answer, "Tangtang's parents are not good parents, Tangtang is good-looking! She is good at studying! She should have better parents!"
Gu Qizhou can't laugh or cry, is there any inevitable connection between being good-looking and studying well, and having good parents
Ding Yao on the side also laughed at Yoyo's naive thoughts.
In his previous life, he couldn't control his own destiny at the age of 20 or 30, but how would this seven-year-old kid escape from his family
But when he saw this kid named Jiang Tang with his own eyes on the weekend, he changed his mind a little.
"... what are you guys doing?"
When he came to Gu's family to learn from Gu Qizhou as usual in the afternoon, Ding Yao saw roses and wrapping paper all over the dining table.
Jiang Tang skillfully packed each rose and put it in a woven basket beside it.
He took a closer look, and found that the roses were very fresh, and the wrapping paper was also well-chosen, much more attractive than those holiday roses out there that were purely for cheating money.
"We're in business!" Yoyo said solemnly, shaking her calf, "These are flowers for sale!"
Only then did Ding Yao remember that Christmas is coming soon.
"There are a lot of flower sellers at Christmas, and there are also piles of flower sellers. Are you not afraid of losing money?"
Jiang Tang raised her eyes to look at him, even though this was the little boy god that many girls in the class posted on the notebooks, she didn't react violently.
"Don't be afraid." She lowered her head and continued to pack, "Because my roses are very cheap."
Then Yoyo vividly described to Ding Yao how Jiang Tang went to the suburbs by car, spent all his time looking for flower farmers, cheated the lowest price by being a good and bad seller, and brought back a basket of roses.
Ding Yao was surprised to hear that.
He rested his chin and felt that the little girl was quite capable.
"Then how do you plan to spend the money you made? If you sell all of this, it will be worth a thousand dollars, right?"
Jiang Tang glanced at the old schoolbag on the chair beside him, but said nothing.
Ding Yao also noticed the dilapidated schoolbag that was incompatible with the high-quality school uniform.
It's hard to imagine, in Yoyo's school where rich people gather, this little girl carries such a schoolbag back and forth to school every day. If her mind is more sensitive, she will bear the pressure.
He went upstairs without making a sound, and after knocking on Gu Qizhou's study, he just sat down when he suddenly said:
"...Mr. Gu, is the role of that little girl still undecided in the movie we will launch in winter vacation?"
Gu Qizhou was flipping through the script and said casually:
"Yeah, why?"
"What do you think... Jiang Tang?"
—
Yoyo learned after Christmas that Jiang Tang agreed to go to Gu Qizhou's crew to audition for the winter vacation.
When she first found out, she didn't even react.
"... huh? Why?"
The little girl in the ice rink tilted her head blankly through the railing.
"The set is not fun. We only shoot for a while, but we have to wait for a long, long, long time. It's boring!"
Jiang Tang also thought for a long time before agreeing.
One is that she may not be selected even if she auditioned, and the other is that she is really eager to have her own small coffers.
You Yo may not know that there is no money, and it is so sad to have to reach out to others to ask for money for everything, especially because she is not a real child in her heart.
"It's okay, I want to try."
Gu Qizhou made a deal with her that if he was selected at that time, he would sign a fake salary contract with her parents. On the surface, he would only pay a few thousand yuan, and he would give her the rest in private.
Jiang Tang was very grateful to Gu Qizhou for being so thoughtful.
"...that's fine." Although Yoyo didn't understand the reason, she also supported her partner's choice, "Then when you are filming, I will accompany you so you won't be bored!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, Yoyo thought about it again.
"I don't think so. I'm going to participate in a figure skating competition during the winter vacation. It seems that I will spend the whole winter vacation in the ice rink and dance studio..."
Jiang Tang held her hand and said with a smile:
"It doesn't matter."
"let's work hard together!"
Through the railing, Jiang Tang, who was dressed plainly, held the hand of Yoyo who was wearing skate shoes.
The palms of the two were warm and hot.
After finishing the final exam in the first semester of the second grade, seven-year-old Yoyo ushered in a crucial winter vacation.
Just this winter vacation, she will participate in the figure skating competition for elementary and middle school students held in Jinghai City.
To participate in the competition at the age of seven, even in the elementary school group, Yoyo is considered very young in it.
But coach Yin Heyi is very persistent about Yoyo participating in the competition this year. Although Yoyo is still a long way from the standard of the competition, she still made up her mind to sign up for Yoyo.
So on the first day of the holiday, Yoyo started intensive training.
The training lasted until halfway through the winter vacation. When Jiang Tang heard the news that she had passed the audition, Yoyo finally had a two-day vacation.
Yu Lan was filming outside, and Gu Qizhou was also preparing for a new film on the set, so Yoyo didn't rest at home, but chose to go to the set to play with Jiang Tang.
But before going, she called Yong Ze who was far away.
"...Brother Yongze! Are you done with your work? Can you come back at the end of the month?"
I have been dealing with experienced and calm adults all day long, and when the phone was connected and heard such a voice, Yong Ze was a little surprised for a while, but soon bent his lips and smiled unconsciously:
"can."
"That's good!" Yoyo on the other end of the phone was very happy, "It's my first time participating in a competition, you must come and cheer for me!"
Yong Ze asked: "...how do I cheer?"
"Well... like a fan cheering for brother Ding Yao! I want that kind of noodles too!"
Yong Ze, who doesn't understand star chasing culture at all: ...