After Descending the Mountain, Seven Big Brothers Spoil Me - Chapter 859

Chapter 859: Growing Taller!
After their afternoon nap, when Zhouzhou and the others returned to the classroom, they discovered that Zhou Fei had been placed in their class. However, due to the earlier incident, the kids had been instructed by their parents not to play with him. Zhou Fei sat all alone in the corner, watching the other children happily playing together, his eyes filled with envy.

“He looks so pitiful,” said Li Yuxin, feeling sorry for him.

Li Yu’an, recognizing this familiar phrase, immediately shook his head and replied, “Pitiful people often have something detestable about them.” That’s what they always said about him!

But as soon as he finished speaking, he received several disdainful glances.

Chang Beibei bluntly retorted, “You were a little troublemaker yourself, but he’s only unfortunate because of his unbearable mother. He’s not bad at all.”

After all, he was just without friends.

Li Yu’an felt indignant but didn’t dare say anything, worried he’d get beaten again. He had learned his lesson and no longer dared to argue with Qin Caicai and her friends.

Zhouzhou nodded in agreement, thinking the same.

As she curiously stared at Zhou Fei for a while, Qin Bei suddenly remembered something. He quickly pulled out a certificate from his backpack and handed it to Zhouzhou. “Zhouzhou, this is yours.”

Zhouzhou, realizing what it was, immediately held out her hand, “Where’s the scholarship?”

“Here it is,” Qin Bei pulled out a red envelope and handed it to her. “Here, count it yourself. I didn’t take any of your money.”

“I trust you, Sixth Brother!” Zhouzhou said cheerfully. She opened the envelope and, seeing the money inside, couldn’t help but rub it against her chubby little face.

This was her scholarship! How exciting!

From now on, she was determined to study hard and win even more scholarships!

At that moment, Chang Beibei, while munching on sunflower seeds, commented, “Zhouzhou, you might have a hard time getting the scholarship in the future. That new kid, Zhou Fei, is pretty smart. He used to always get first place in his precious school, often with perfect scores.”

Hearing this, little chubby Zhouzhou immediately got anxious. “I get perfect scores too!”

“That’s why you need to keep it up and score perfect every time.”

Determined, Zhouzhou became even more motivated. She stopped chatting with them and took out her textbook to start studying. She had to defend her number one spot!

Mainly, she had to secure her scholarship. Second place only got 400 yuan, which was 100 yuan less than first place! She had to fight for that 100 yuan!

Qin Bei was surprised to hear that Zhou Fei was such a good student, and he suddenly felt quite discouraged. Slumping, he looked up at the sky and cried, “Why are there so many smart people in the world, but not one of them is me!”

Chang Beibei: “…” So melodramatic.

Qin Nan covered his face: “…” He should start saving up for plastic surgery, starting now!

Their commotion caught Zhou Fei’s attention. He had noticed them long before. They were the first to start playing earlier, and they all seemed to be very close. Watching them made him feel envious–he also wanted friends.

But his mother had told him that those kids couldn’t afford imported food and that he couldn’t befriend them because it would lower his status.

Still, he thought that imported food didn’t taste any better than what they bought at the local market. But he didn’t dare say that out loud.

As these thoughts crossed his mind, the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.

The first day back at school wasn’t too serious, as the main activity was distributing new textbooks.

Zhouzhou, as usual, eagerly volunteered to carry the books. But the teacher still wouldn’t let her carry too many since she was too short. With too many books, she wouldn’t be able to see where she was going.

Looking down at her short legs, Zhouzhou suddenly had the urge to ask the same question as her Sixth Brother. There were so many long-legged people in the world–why couldn’t she be one of them?

Why hadn’t her energy finished accumulating yet? When would she finally grow taller?

Sigh!

Her exaggerated sighing and animated facial expressions caught the teacher’s attention, who couldn’t help but smile at her.

The teacher said, “We’ll hand out the books later. First, let’s rearrange the seats.”

As soon as Zhouzhou heard this, she jumped to her feet.

But then the teacher said, “Caicai, you don’t need to move. You’ll stay in your same spot.”

Zhouzhou: “…” Not much harm, but deeply insulting!

Seeing the little girl on the verge of tears, the teacher quickly comforted her, “Alright, alright, you can come over too.”

Zhouzhou hurried over, only for the teacher to glance at her again and say, “Alright, you should sit back there,” pointing to Zhouzhou’s original seat.

Well, at least she got her moment of ceremony.

The classmates couldn’t help but laugh, and Zhouzhou’s little face turned bright red. She puffed up her cheeks like an angry balloon, as if she was about to explode at any second.

Zhouzhou was not happy!

She stomped back to her seat, causing a slight tremor in the ground.

Plopping into her chair, she lay face-down in frustration. After a moment, her eyes darted around mischievously. Glancing at the teacher, who was busy and not paying attention, she reached into her backpack and started rummaging for something.

When the teacher finished arranging the seats and looked back, she noticed something strange.

Her gaze swept past Zhouzhou, only to double back in surprise.

“Caicai, when did you get so tall?” Just a moment ago, you were barely reaching the table–now you’re a head taller than the kids in the back row!

Zhouzhou blinked innocently. “That’s right, Ma’am! I’ve grown taller!”

The teacher didn’t believe it. Growing taller doesn’t happen in an instant!

She walked over to check, and almost choked on her saliva when she saw what was going on. Zhouzhou was sitting on a stack of cushions!

Now it made sense why she had suddenly grown so tall!

Barely containing her laughter, the teacher gently lifted the little chubby girl, removed the stack of cushions, and patted her head. “Zhouzhou, sitting like that isn’t comfortable, and it’s bad for your body in the long run. Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll grow taller. When you do, we’ll move you to the back, okay?”

“Okay,” Zhouzhou pouted, still a little upset, but she nodded obediently without making a fuss.

Seeing her sad face, the teacher couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for her. But there was nothing she could do.

While the teacher held back her laughter, the other kids couldn’t. Especially Qin Bei, who burst out laughing without a second thought, not even considering whether he’d be able to return home that night.

As soon as he started, the entire class followed, laughing together.

This made Zhouzhou even more upset. She turned around, glared at them, and scolded seriously, “Stop laughing! The teacher said it’s wrong to make fun of your classmates!”

But her words only made them laugh harder.

Zhouzhou: “…”

She decided she wanted to transfer schools too!