Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Four dishes and a soup were laid out on the cafeteria table.

There were braised pork ribs, steamed egg with minced meat, cola chicken wings, sautéed greens, and clam and winter melon soup.

As expected of the best high school in Jiangcheng, the cafeteria food had always been a point of pride.

I scratched my head again. “Ah, I accidentally ordered too much.”

“Waste is shameful, and you probably haven’t had dinner yet either, right? Why don’t we eat together?”

Song Xiaoli remained silent for a moment before finally picking up her chopsticks and taking small, delicate bites.

I looked at her wrists peeking out from her school uniform sleeves; they were thin and bony.

In reality, girls like the class monitor were the ones who truly needed help.

But because they weren’t pretty and didn’t cry out in pain, they were relegated to being the barren weeds of youthful memories, lacking even the qualifications to be the female lead of an idol drama.

In this life, I wouldn’t just save myself-I would save her too.

With my mind made up, I spoke.

“Gosh, conic sections are just too hard. I don’t understand them at all.”

“Class Monitor, your grades are so good. How about you tutor me?”

Song Xiaoli, a braised pork rib still in her mouth, looked at me with a shocked expression that screamed, ‘Are we even that close?’

I didn’t give her a chance to refuse.

Throwing an arm around the class monitor’s shoulders, I said cheerfully, “Then it’s settled! I’ll pay you for the tutoring!”