Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 19 Guilty
At nine o'clock on Saturday morning, the vocal music remedial lessons arranged by the art class were held in school.

"Good morning, Manman." Zhan Ping came in with a yawn: "Is the wound feeling better?"

Zhan Ping accompanied Lu Guanhai to take her home the afternoon before yesterday. He was originally going to stay with her, but later he got a call from his family and called her back.When leaving, Zhan Ping said that he would bring delicious food to see her the next day. Ni Manhua waited at home for a whole day, but she was nowhere to be seen.

Looking at Zhan Ping's two big dark circles, Ni Manhua suspected that she ran out to play games and stayed up all night yesterday.

Ni Manhua looked at her and asked, "You just remembered me today? Where were you yesterday?"

"Listen to my explanation." Zhan Ping seemed to wake up suddenly when she heard the word "yesterday": "I went to your house yesterday afternoon and saw a crazy man standing at the door of your house. I asked him who he was. Who, he said it was your fault, he smelled of alcohol and looked like a lunatic, so I ran away."

Zhan Ping looked at Ni Manhua cautiously: "Then I saw Skinny Monkey and the others on the road, so I went to the Internet cafe with them and played games until this morning..."

Seeing the lingering fear in Zhan Ping's eyes, Ni Manhua recalled what happened yesterday in his mind.

After receiving the award the day before yesterday, Lai Hongtu flew back yesterday morning. His parents also rushed back from the countryside at noon, and everyone held a celebration banquet for him.At the celebration banquet, Lai Hongtu was happy and drank a lot of wine. After returning home, he rushed to Ni Manhua's room.

Ni Manhua didn't want him to get drunk and crazy in his room, so he struggled to hold him back: "The guest room is downstairs."

When Lai Hongtu heard this, he suddenly started acting rude: "I'm not going to the guest room, why should I go to the guest room? Am I a guest? Okay, Manman, that's how you treat your uncle..."

Lai Hongtu put his arm around Ni Manhua's shoulders and shook him. Ni Manhua was injured, and the wound hurt after being shaken by him.She squeezed his hand helplessly: "Anyway, you go take a shower first. You didn't change your clothes after getting off the plane, and you still smell of alcohol."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Lai Hongtu went even crazier. He pointed at Ni Manhua and stepped back unsteadily: "Okay, Manman, you don't treat your uncle as one of your own, you still think your uncle is dirty, he is going to invent a spaceship, uncle I’m going to live on an alien planet tomorrow, woo woo woo.”

Lai Hongtu ran out of the door wailing, but Ni Manhua was hurt all over and didn't chase him. He knew he couldn't run far and would come back when he sobered up. Unexpectedly, he was bumped into by Zhan Ping.

Zhan Ping looked at Ni Manhua dumbfounded: "Is that crazy man your uncle? Isn't your uncle a scientist?"

Ni Manhua sighed: "He is really my uncle. There is still an interview with him on TV today."

Zhan Ping clicked her tongue a few times and didn't speak for a long time. She didn't know what she was thinking.

When there were 5 minutes left before class, Jiang Lan walked in. She didn't look very energetic. They should have played games together yesterday.

Sure enough, Zhan Ping looked at Jiang Lan and said, "You've been going to the toilet for almost 10 minutes."

Jiang Lan glared at her: "I'm so dizzy right now that I almost went to the men's room. Don't call me in situations like this in the future."

"When Slim Monkey called you, he said you agreed readily." Zhan Ping smiled and hugged Jiang Lan's shoulders.I didn't want Jiang Lan to roll her eyes even more when she heard this: "He lied to me that Lu Guanhai was here, but in the end, Lu Guanhai stayed there for 10 minutes, and you guys kept me occupied all night long."

Zhan Ping spread her hands: "They don't know that you like Lu Guanhai. You first get into Lu Guanhai's circle of friends and take your time."

Mentioning Lu Guanhai, Jiang Lan suddenly thought of something: "Manman, where did you go on Thursday? Why haven't you come back?"

Jiang Lan's carefully prepared confession that day was ruined. Ni Manhua knew that she had to give an explanation. She had prepared it in her heart, but she was still embarrassed.

Ni Manhua hesitantly pulled up his trouser legs, and there was still a large plaster on his ankle: "I was going out to buy marinated tofu, but I ran into someone making trouble and went to the hospital."

Jiang Lan asked in surprise: "Who made you like this? Are there any other injuries?"

"There is a wound on this waist that looks like it was struck by lightning." Zhan Ping said and was about to pick up Ni Manhua's clothes. Fortunately, the school bell rang and Lao Cui walked into the classroom. Everyone was calm. Take your seat.

Lao Cui was holding the cultural report card of their final exam in his hand, standing on the podium and slapping the table angrily.

"Look at what you did in the exam this time. Do you think that art students with low cultural scores will be able to pass? You can score just two sentences in the liberal arts and comprehensive essay questions. Why do so many people leave it blank?"

Zhan Ping felt guilty and picked at her hands. Sure enough, Lao Cui called her name in the next second: "Zhan Ping, how did you get those [-] points in the geography test? Do you want me to write them for you if you leave all the questions blank?"

Zhan Ping lowered her head and explained in a low voice: "Teacher, I took cold medicine at noon that day, and I felt sleepy."

Lao Cui knocked on the podium again, and the loud sound made Zhan Ping tremble: "What if you catch a cold during the college entrance examination? Sleep too? I think you are either sick in your body or in your brain!"

Zhan Ping stopped talking, knowing that it was useless to say anything, so she could only secretly roll her eyes from below.

Then Lao Cui looked at the report card in his hand and softened his tone slightly: "Ni Manhua has made progress in mathematics, from [-] points to [-] points. Keep working hard."

After hearing this, Zhan Ping muttered: "I'm sixty percentile in math."

Ni Manhua said nothing. Lao Cui commented on the final exam results one by one, but she couldn't listen to a word.

A score of [-] points in mathematics is not considered good, but in the past Ni Manhua and Zhan Ping played together all day long without any intention at all.Later, Lu Guanhai gave her a small class and forced her to make up for [-]% of her math in the college entrance examination.

During this final exam, Ni Manhua thought that he would be [-] or [-] in mathematics. Unexpectedly, more than ten years had passed and everything he had learned had been forgotten. After all, he had overestimated himself.

"Study is for your own sake, and it is you who will benefit from getting into the school. Don't go out and make others think that the students in the art class are fools and uneducated..."

Throughout the class, Lao Cui not only commented on the results but also filled his heart with chicken soup. Finally, after class, Ni Manhua decided to go to the school gate to buy a cup of milk tea to replenish energy.

During the summer vacation, the whole school only has art classes and key classes to make up classes, so you can come in and out of the school at will.

Ni Manhua walked to the milk tea shop and ordered a cup of original milk tea as usual, and brought a bottle of iced Coke to Zhan Pingshao.While waiting, someone suddenly came up to her and said, "What a coincidence, you are from this school too?"

Ni Manhua turned around and saw that it was Su Guzhi. He was not wearing a white coat today, and Ni Manhua almost didn't recognize him.

"What a coincidence, Doctor Su, why are you here?"

"My sister is also in your school. I will give her books." After Su Guzhi answered, he faced the boss: "Two cups of Yuanyang milk tea and a cup of latte."

Ni Manhua asked him curiously: "Do you have two younger sisters?"

Su Guzhi smiled: "No, my girlfriend came with me... you know her."

Ni Manhua turned around after hearing this and saw a familiar senior to her standing on the side of the road, as well as Guan Fei.

When Ni Manhua saw them standing at the door of the ward that day, he felt something was wrong between them. He didn't expect that they were boyfriend and girlfriend.

After getting the drinks, there were only 2 minutes left before class. Ni Manhua and Su Guzhi said goodbye in a hurry and walked towards the school. When they passed by Guan Fei, Guan Fei greeted her warmly.Ni Manhua also smiled back, but there was an indescribable strange feeling in his heart.

(End of this chapter)