Chapter 38

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Guo Miao was taking a nap in the passenger seat, Zhong Nian was driving, and Tong Yao and Lu Ning were sitting behind.

Zhong Nian was driving his family car, and there were some of his cousin’s clothes in the car. He found a couple of clothes to replace Lu Ning’s sheer dress.

Lu Ning sobbed softly.

If it wasn’t for Guo Miao tonight, she would probably be tortured by Ning Fang to the point where she would wish she was dead. Despite the joy of surviving such a disaster, she was unable to calm down, and her tears fell.

“Sister Miao Miao, where are we going?” Zhong Nian asked.

Guo Miao lifted her eyes slightly and glanced at Lu Ning. “Send her home.”

“Alright,” he said.

Zhong Nian asked Lu Ning to key in her home address on the phone, and the group walked on the road to Lu Ning’s house.

Tong Yao sized up Lu Ning. He had never seen this girl before, and he didn’t know how Guo Miao knew her.

What was Guo Miao’s purpose for doing this tonight?

Did she simply want to be the hero who saved the beauty, or did Guo Miao have some strange sexual orientation?

The car stopped steadily in the slums of the west of the city.

The dark alley and the flickering street lights made it look like a murder could happen at any time.

“It’s not easy to park in the alley ahead. You can drop me off here. I’ve already troubled you enough for tonight.” Lu Ning bowed to them before alighting from the carriage.

Guo Miao opened the car door and got off.

“Sister Miao Miao!” Zhong Nian shouted. This place didn’t seem very safe, and he was a little worried.

“Just wait.” Guo Miao didn’t even look at him and walked into the alley after saying that.

“According to her skills, if she really met a criminal, the criminal would be the one who was unlucky,” Tong Yao said.

Thinking of the man whose arm Guo Miao had broken last time, Zhong Nian nodded.

The dark alley was filled with a moldy smell. There were rats running across the ground, and the building looked very old.

The sound insulation of the surrounding houses was not very good. There were quarrels everywhere, including parents scolding their children, the television, and the sound of cooking.

Lu Ning walked to a small dilapidated house and bowed to Guo Miao. “You’ve helped me twice. Thank you.”

“Why would you do that kind of thing?” Guo Miao asked.

“My step-brother asked me to. He said that if I don’t pay, they’ll kick me out. My father has been sick recently and I need money.”

So, that was the reason. Guo Miao felt a deep heartache. Children from poor families were often like this.

“My brother’s shop closed down, so we don’t have money…” Lu Ning bit her lips. The things she said would make anyone sad.

“Here you go.” Guo Miao handed the check to Lu Ning. “Take it.”

“I can’t accept this.” Lu Ning’s mouth was wide open in surprise.

Guo Miao folded the check and put it in her pocket, then turned around and left.

“Thank you,” Lu Ning said loudly from behind her. She wasn’t going to squander the money. She was going to use it to pay for her father’s medical expenses and her own school fees. She wanted to study hard. She would return the money to Guo Miao when she started working.

Guo Miao returned to the car and looked at Zhong Nian with a puzzled expression.

“What’s wrong?”

“Sister Miao Miao, could you be…?”

“No, I owe her this,” Guo Miao interrupted Zhong Nian’s question. She really didn’t know what this child was thinking about every day.

“Let’s go,” he said. Guo Miao closed her eyes to rest after she finished speaking, and the car became very quiet.

After seeing Guo Miao off, Tong Yao and Zhong Nian also went back to their own houses.

A peaceful week passed, and the Mathematics competition was the following week.

The Mathematics competition was held at Haicheng Second High School, a famous private high school. The number of students who could enroll in a major bachelor’s degree every year was about the same as those from the high school affiliated with Haicheng University.

The two schools were in a competitive relationship, and the competition between the students was also very strong.

Among this year’s Grade 1 students, the most eye-catching ones were Lu Ning from the primary school affiliated with Haicheng and Tian Sa from Haicheng Second High School. These two people always competed for first and second place in the city-wide comprehensive examination.

Of course, they also signed up for the Mathematics competition, which was also a match for top students like them.

Guo Miao was sitting beside Tian Sa.

Tian Sa was different from Lu Yao. He was a very cute boy with neat bangs and two dimples that flashed when he smiled.

However, this person was actually very strong. He had been the top student in Haicheng No. 2 high school for many years, and his mathematics results were even better than Lu Yao’s.

Before the competition, he had already set his goal to win first place in the Mathematics competition.