After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

Chunsheng and Hongqin were startled by the person who suddenly appeared and immediately stopped in their tracks.

Do you know me?

Chunsheng immediately asked.

The man glanced at him sideways, a slight smirk playing on his lips, and then burst out laughing. "You're a big shot, aren't you? Everyone in Qinyuan Middle School knows you!"

"What do you want? If it's nothing important, I'm leaving!"

As Chunsheng spoke, he shielded Hongqin to his other side and prepared to leave.

Although there was still some time before class started, he really didn't want to stand at the school gate with a stranger and listen to him say some nonsensical things.

"Don't leave!"

The classmate immediately stretched out his arm to block them both, saying rather rudely, "Song Chunsheng, you're really arrogant!"

"Don't think that just because you're a good student and have teachers protecting you, I won't dare lay a hand on you!"

Chunsheng frowned instantly, glanced at the person, and said to Hongqin, "You go first!"

"I!"

Hongqin hesitated for a moment, then immediately said, "I'm not leaving!"

Chunsheng looked at Hongqin with a helpless expression: "Alright! Then wait for me, we'll go together in a bit."

At this moment, Chunsheng turned to the classmate, pressed down his arm that was blocking the air, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you're Hou Cuicui's younger brother, right?"

Hongqin immediately looked at Hou Cuicui's younger brother, her eyes widening in surprise, and asked, "Are you Hou Xinqiang?"

Hou Xinqiang pursed his lips and chuckled, "That's right, it's me. Looks like quite a few people know me!"

Chunsheng immediately asked, "Did your sister send you?"

Hou Xinqiang hummed in agreement and nodded. "I guess so! Since you know my sister sent me, you should know why I'm here today, right?"

"have no idea!"

Chunsheng retorted irritably.

I thought to myself, even if you're almost as tall as me, you're still just a little kid in the second year of junior high in my eyes. What are you pretending to be an adult for?

If Hongqin hadn't been there, he would have really wanted to teach this little guy a lesson.

Hou Xinqiang was completely stumped by Chunsheng's casual "I don't know"!

But he quickly composed himself, smacked his lips, and said in a deliberately serious tone, "If you don't know, you don't know. Now, let me ask you, why don't you be friends with my sister?"

Chunsheng was so angry he laughed instantly.

Even Song Hongqin, who was initially a little nervous, almost couldn't help but laugh when she heard this.

"Is it because of her?"

Hou Xinqiang immediately pointed at Hongqin and questioned Chunsheng, "Is it because of this girl?"

"no!"

Before Chunsheng could speak, Hongqin immediately glared at Hou Xinqiang and gave him the answer he wanted.

At the same time, a slight blush rose on her cheeks.

Hou Xinqiang smiled. "That's good, then my sister can rest assured!"

"Song Chunsheng, you still haven't answered my question: why don't you become friends with my sister!"

"Why don't you become friends with your sister?"

Chunsheng thought the question was ridiculous, but if he didn't answer it or didn't answer it well, he would definitely be pestered endlessly.

Only by coming up with an answer that would satisfy the other person could he leave and return to the classroom with Hongqin.

He felt that the answer had to sound genuine and not perfunctory.

Also, it would be best if this answer could prevent the other person from bothering you again in the future.

He quickly came up with an idea.

"I don't want to be friends with your sister because... I have my own standards when it comes to making friends!"

"What standard?" Hou Xinqiang asked immediately.

"I only befriend students who are good at studying, but your sister... her grades are just too bad, that's why, you understand?"

Upon hearing this answer, Hou Xinqiang clenched his fists instantly, and his eyebrows shot up.

But he quickly calmed down, because he was only there to ask questions on behalf of his sister and had no intention of taking action.

So, staring intently at Chunsheng, he asked, "Is it really because of this?"

"That's right, it's because of this. As long as she can get full marks..."

Chunsheng originally wanted to say that as long as she could get first place in the whole grade.

But then I suddenly realized that if my reason for refusing was too exaggerated, it would be obvious that I was deliberately making things difficult for the other person. Not only would it not make the other person leave, but it might also escalate the conflict instantly.

So he immediately changed his tune, saying, "If she can get first place in the class, I'll consider being friends with her!"

Hou Xinqiang hummed in agreement and nodded indifferently.

Actually, he didn't care what reason Chunsheng gave, as long as the reason sounded reasonable and he could bring it to his sister.

The reason he suddenly clenched his fist was because he felt offended by Chunsheng's use of academic performance to judge people, because he himself was a poor student and was often scolded and even beaten by his father for it.

"Okay, I'll pass this reason on to my sister. I hope you keep your word and don't try to back out later..."

"A gentleman's word is as good as his bond; may we go now?"

Seeing that he had fooled the other party, Chunsheng quickly interrupted him and offered some reassurance.

Let's go!

After Hou Xinqiang finished speaking, he stopped looking at the two of them.

After the two left and walked quite a distance, Hongqin finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​getting Hou Cuicui first in Class 3?!"

Chunsheng grinned mischievously, "I really had no other choice. If I didn't come up with some ruthless measures, I'd probably be kept getting harassed at the school gate forever."

"Okay, that was a pretty ruthless move, but I'm worried you might be able to appease her brother, but not Hou Cuicui herself! What if she comes back to bother you?"

"What's there to be afraid of? We'll deal with whatever comes our way. Maybe it won't be long before she gets bored and gives up!"

"Alright, I hope your trick works!"

After Hongqin finished speaking, she and Chunsheng entered the classroom one after the other.

As soon as they entered the classroom, they were stopped by the class monitor, Hu Aimin. "You two are finally here! Teacher Wang has come to the classroom several times today. He came just ten minutes ago, saying that as soon as you arrive, he wants you two to quickly take your completed essays to his office!"

The two of them put down their schoolbags, grabbed their essays, and ran towards the Chinese language teaching and research group.

When they arrived, they found the office door open, and Wang Tianhe was gathered with other Chinese language teachers from the first year of high school looking at a competition essay, with two second-year Chinese language teachers standing behind them watching as well.

All four of them frowned, and it was unclear what they had found in that essay!

Upon seeing Chunsheng and Hongqin arrive, Wang Tianhe quickly stood up and asked anxiously, "Have you finished your essays?"

"Finished writing!"

"Okay, then let me take a look right away."

As Wang Tianhe spoke, he immediately grabbed the essays from the two people's hands, turned around, and sat back down in his chair!