Chapter 239 - 232: Saved a Dog

“First, go take a shower and change your clothes,” Xu’s mom pushed Tang Yuxin towards the bathroom. Next, she found one of Xu Miaomiao’s outfits for Tang Yuxin to wear. Thankfully, Tang Yuxin and Xu Miaomiao were similar in weight and height, so the clothes fit.

Tang Yuxin had changed into new clothes, and her old clothes were already washed by Aunt Sun.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Auntie, I could have washed them myself,” Tang Yuxin felt sheepish about letting someone else wash her clothes.

“It’s okay, let me do it for you,” Xu’s mom ruffled Tang Yuxin’s hair, “You’re about the same age as my Miaomiao. I only have one child at home. Feel free to come here anytime. If it weren’t for you, I don’t know what I would have done. So, can I do these things for you? Otherwise, I feel like I owe you something every time I see you.”

Debts of monetary nature are manageable, but debts of gratitude are not.

Their family owed Tang Yuxin a life, and even their home. If Tang Yuxin hadn’t rescued Xu Miaomiao, their family would have been torn apart by now. Helping Tang Yuxin wash her clothes, even go as far as to wash her feet, was something she was willing to do.

Alright, Tang Yuxin didn’t refuse. She let Xu’s mom do as she pleased. Perhaps this was why Xu’s mom let her stay in their home, as a way to repay her kindness, and to ease the guilt of owing someone else.

Tang Yuxin, having changed into Xu Miaomiao’s clothes, returned home. Zhang Xiangcao was puzzled when she saw Tang Yuxin like this.

“Yuxin, why are you wearing Miaomiao’s clothes?”

“My clothes got dirty, so I wore hers to come back home,” Tang Yuxin adjusted the clothes she wore. It felt strange to be wearing clothes that weren’t her own.

Nobody knew, not even Tang Yuxin, how she had saved a life and made herself as scruffy as a drowned rat. After drinking a bowl of ginger soup, she had a good night’s sleep, and luckily, she did not catch a cold.

After one night, she had completely forgotten that she had saved a life. But she remembered a pair of tightly closed eyes, and a red mole under the corner of one eye.

By the time high school started, Tang Yuxin had moved to Xu Miaomiao’s house. In order for Tang Yuxin to live comfortably, the Xu family had specially cleared out a room for her, and all the bedding and furniture were new.

Tang Yuxin didn’t mind living alone in the house they bought. But just as Xu’s mother said, they needed an opportunity to express their gratitude. Otherwise, Tang Yuxin would have preferred to stay in her own house, or even at school.

At school, the three of them registered together. As they were registering, Xu Miaomiao nudged Tang Yuxin with her elbow.

“What’s up?” Tang Yuxin turned around, asking her with a puzzled look.

“Look,” Xu Miaomiao pointed her chin in one direction.

Tang Yuxin followed her direction and saw Wei Jiani.

Wasn’t it said that she didn’t get accepted to high school? How did she end up at the Fifth High School, and in class five, no less?

Xu Miaomiao sneered, “That teacher is such a hypocrite. He said there weren’t any seats for us. It’s clear that he’s doing someone a favor.”

“What’s so surprising?” Tang Yuxin knew all along that Wei Jiani was going to Fifth High School, in class five.

“If you didn’t pass the entrance exam, your father would still have you go to high school. It’s the same for others.”

“Of course I’m different,” Xu Miaomiao was very confident in her academic performance, “I got into the school with a score of 580, not through connections.”

“And that class five, I wouldn’t want to join even if they begged.”

“Once we’re in class one and top the class, let’s see how that teacher can continue to brag about class five.”

At this moment, Teacher Jin was registering students. While taking a look at the scores, she sighed helplessly. She felt as if she was growing dim-witted from sighing so much. Some students had only just managed to pass, and some had scores in the two hundreds. Of course, those must have gotten in through connections.

Yes, the students allocated to their class this time were really…

Forget it, she didn’t want to talk about it. The more she thought about it, the more depressed and less confident she became.

Huh, this one?

Teacher Jin couldn’t believe the score.

650 points, such a high score.

Tang Yuxin.

“Hello, teacher,” Tang Yuxin handed over her tuition fees, “My name is Tang Yuxin.”

Teacher Jin recognized Tang Yuxin immediately, the student that the headmaster had forcefully assigned to her class. The reason why she remembered this student so well, aside from the fact that the headmaster had assigned her, was that she was a pretty girl with a unique personality. She had initially assumed that she got into this school through connections, but it turned out to be otherwise.

With such a score, unless she had cheated, how could it be possible to score so high? With such a score, which school wouldn’t accept her, which top class wouldn’t accommodate her?

But she insisted on staying in their class.

“Maybe…” She really felt this student would be ruined in their class.

“Do you want to change classes? I think class five might be better.”

“Teacher, there’s no need to change,” Tang Yuxin understood what Teacher Jin meant, and her impression of Teacher Jin improved.

Well then, Teacher Jin didn’t say anything more. She had her own selfish motives. She regretted saying that as soon as she said it, but now that the student didn’t leave, it was even better. She couldn’t bring herself to push such a good student to someone else’s class. With such good scores, she would be a promising student when it comes to university entrance exams.

Xu Miaomiao, 580 points, this is also a high score.

Teacher Jin was surprised again. How did their class get such good students? Is the headmaster generous enough to allocate good students to a class like theirs? Even in class five, the cream of the crop, aren’t there few who score 580?

“Teacher, is it my turn? We come from the same school.”

Xu Miaomiao popped up from behind Tang Yuxin. She rushed forward impatiently. Since Tang Yuxin had already registered, she needed to do so quickly in case they ended up being assigned different seats. So sooner was always better.

“And you are?”

Of course, Teacher Jin knew Xu Miaomiao, one of the three students who came with Tang Yuxin.

“Teacher, my name is Xu Miaomiao,” Xu Miaomiao pointed at herself and found her name on the roster, “Yes, this one’s mine.”

The teacher’s eyes rested on the list, and right after Xu Miaomiao’s name was Chen Lidong. Judging by the name, it must be a boy, and he had quite a high score of 612.