Chapter 14 I'm Sorry, Bai Xiruo, Please Forgive Me!
"Isn't it normal for classmates to have a meal together?!"
Zhang Chen looked at Duan Chenxu and Li Junhao, spread his hands, and said with a serious expression!
"That statement would be fine for other classmates." Duan Chenxu pouted and shook his head.
"But for you, Chen Ge, it's a big problem." Li Junhao furrowed his brow and nodded.
The two of them, one after another, felt that Zhang Chen had suddenly changed into a different person.
Even his way of playing basketball had changed a lot!
And now, not only was he not going to lunch with Su Yu, but he also wanted to bring Bai Xiruo, who had a bad relationship with Su Yu, to eat with them?
Especially Li Junhao, he had just knocked over Bai Xiruo's lunchbox yesterday!
"It's a good opportunity for you to apologize to Bai Xiruo, and you'll treat us to lunch today." Zhang Chen directly decided for Li Junhao, "Give me your meal card."
"No? Chen Ge?" Li Junhao quickly protected his pocket.
Zhang Chen widened his eyes, a slight threat in his voice: "Hmm?"
"Here, Chen Ge." Forced by Zhang Chen's intimidating power, Li Junhao had no choice but to offer it with both hands...
Zhang Chen took it, fanned himself with it, and asked, "How much money is inside?"
"There should be over 100 left."
"Quite rich, huh? Perfect. The doctor said Bai Xiruo is a bit malnourished. Let's order two extra chicken drumsticks for her to nourish her body today." Zhang Chen finished speaking, waved the meal card, and walked towards Bai Xiruo.
"No, Ge? Chicken drumsticks are 5 yuan each! I don't even dare to eat them!!" Li Junhao chased after him, shouting...
Before the first bell for lunch break rang, there were already a few scattered students heading to the cafeteria.
Most of these people had just finished physical education class, while students sitting in classrooms could only watch enviously.
The group arrived at the cafeteria window.
Zhang Chen didn't even ask Bai Xiruo what she wanted to eat, directly ordering for her.
Two meat dishes, one vegetable, plus two large chicken drumsticks, costing Li Junhao a full 23 yuan!
Li Junhao, standing beside him, felt a pang of pain.
"Come over and take it." Zhang Chen turned to Bai Xiruo and called out, "Why don't you have any common sense?"
Bai Xiruo, hearing him call, timidly walked forward, holding the abundant meal tray, waiting anxiously at the side.
She kept her head down, never daring to look at Li Junhao, who was next to Zhang Chen.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen then ordered his own meal, also two meat dishes and one vegetable, but this time he used his own card.
He handed the meal card back to Li Junhao, then, holding his tray, said to Li Junhao, "I'll go sit with her first. You and Fatty come over later."
"Okay, sure." Li Junhao took the meal card, nodding in relief.
Then Zhang Chen led Bai Xiruo to a random corner of the cafeteria to sit down, while Li Junhao turned and walked towards another cafeteria window where Duan Chenxu was.
Once seated, Bai Xiruo, seeing that Li Junhao wasn't there, dared to look up and speak to Zhang Chen: "This, this is for me?"
"Otherwise?" Zhang Chen had already started to eat his rice with big mouthfuls, without any reservations, "Eat quickly, you're already malnourished."
Bai Xiruo, upon hearing this, became even more flustered, her body rigid, completely unwilling to pick up her chopsticks.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Chen asked, puzzled, "Don't worry, I won't make you pay me back."
"Didn't he spill your food yesterday? This is his compensation for you. Eat with peace of mind."
Bai Xiruo lowered her head. After hearing Zhang Chen's words, she clutched her school uniform tightly, thinking of yesterday's events, feeling both wronged and sad.
She, of course, knew that Li Junhao would never voluntarily compensate her for lunch.
Behind this matter, it could only be Zhang Chen's request.
But she didn't understand why Zhang Chen would do this.
He had clearly been like most people before, only bullying her, so why was he suddenly being so kind to her now?
Seeing that she still didn't pick up her chopsticks, Zhang Chen guessed what she was thinking.
Even kittens and puppies remain wary if they've been mistreated, let alone humans.
He wasn't in a hurry to change Bai Xiruo's opinion of him, just as he was with the teachers and Nan Xingwan; the original rigid impression had to be corrected little by little, slowly.
"If you don't eat, you won't have energy this afternoon. If you faint again in class this afternoon, no one will take you to the infirmary, oh."
Zhang Chen continued, exaggerating the severity, "If you get sick..."
Bai Xiruo didn't like to trouble others, especially with something as burdensome as getting sick.
Her grandmother in the countryside still needed her care, so getting sick was even more out of the question!
The effect of these words was indeed obvious. Bai Xiruo's body indeed moved, reaching for her chopsticks...
Just as she touched them, Li Junhao and Duan Chenxu, who had also finished getting their food, walked over, instantly scaring Bai Xiruo, who had just built up her mental strength, into withdrawing her hand...
Zhang Chen, seeing this, immediately let out a deep sigh...
"Chen Ge, window number 3 over there has your favorite spicy rabbit!" Duan Chenxu excitedly told Zhang Chen, then sat down opposite the two.
"What spicy rabbit, spicy rabbit! All you know is eating!" Zhang Chen retorted grumpily, "Shut up!"
Duan Chenxu: "???"
Li Junhao, who was also about to speak: "???"
The two immediately shut up, knowing their place...
Glancing at Bai Xiruo, who was once again sitting upright like a stone statue, Zhang Chen coughed twice and calmly looked at Li Junhao sitting opposite him.
He pursed his lips, signaling: "Speak."
Li Junhao was still a bit reluctant to lose face; after all, he cared about his reputation.
It wasn't until Zhang Chen widened his eyes and kicked him under the table that he finally gave in.
"That... that... Bai Xiruo, I, this, that..."
Zhang Chen: "Tsk, did you leave your vocal cords at home? Can't you speak properly?"
Bai Xiruo tensed her body nervously, listening to Li Junhao's words as if in shock.
But at the same time, she heard Zhang Chen scolding Li Junhao with great dissatisfaction, which in a way was sticking up for her, and her face immediately flushed red.
However, due to her hair and her lowered head, it was not clearly visible.
"I'm sorry. I apologize for my actions yesterday, and for bullying you in the past." Li Junhao, after being scolded by Zhang Chen, apologized to Bai Xiruo a little more normally.
Bai Xiruo didn't dare to utter a sound, but her body was already trembling.
Zhang Chen, seeing this, again clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction: "Tsk, who are you apologizing to? Be specific!"
Li Junhao, hearing this, looked at Bai Xiruo again and said seriously: "I'm sorry, Bai Xiruo, I shouldn't have bullied you... Please, please forgive me..."
Bai Xiruo still kept her head down after hearing this, but tears had already welled up in her eyes, and drops of aggrieved tears fell onto her tender hands.
Zhang Chen sat beside her, seeing the glistening drop fall from her hair onto her hand, and felt a faint pang in his heart.
Being bullied, of course, feels terrible, so when faced with an apology from the bully, one can't help but cry.
Zhang Chen frowned tightly, looking at Li Junhao opposite him again, his face full of anger.
These scumbags!
Li Junhao also noticed that Bai Xiruo seemed to be crying, and timidly glanced at Zhang Chen, just meeting Zhang Chen's expression as if he wanted to flay him alive.
No, Ge? Didn't we all have a part in bullying her? You were the mastermind, ah...
Zhang Chen said in a deep voice: "What about in the future? What about in the future!"
Li Junhao, like a reminded machine: "In the future, I will absolutely never bully you again!"
"Who!? Not bullying who!"
"Bai Xiruo, Bai Xiruo, I promise, this kind of thing will absolutely never happen again!" Li Junhao put his hands together in a prayer gesture, sincerely begging for forgiveness.
"What if it happens?"
Li Junhao looked at Zhang Chen, licked his lips, and asked somewhat confused and tentatively: "Wh-what if?"
"If she gets bullied again, however she was bullied, you'll be bullied the same way!"
...Li Junhao swallowed, agreeing repeatedly, "Okay, okay, Chen Ge..."
Although he felt innocent, under Zhang Chen's threatening gaze, he dared not say anything more.
He could only obediently accept this sudden new task Zhang Chen had given him...
On the other side.
Su Yu and Jiang Minghua arrived a little later than Zhang Chen and his group.
Jiang Minghua very gentlemanly asked Su Yu what she wanted to eat and offered to pay for her.
But seeing Su Yu staring in one direction without reacting, he also followed her gaze...
He saw Zhang Chen and the other three eating happily, and Zhang Chen even took a large chicken drumstick from Bai Xiruo's tray next to her...
Seeing this, Jiang Minghua didn't forget to glance at Su Yu's reaction, then smiled somewhat sarcastically:
"They, their relationship is really good, huh..."
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