Chapter 52: Tiantian Goes to Elementary School
After Children’s Day, Ning Tiantian’s time at the preschool soon came to an end. She officially became an elementary school student after the summer break, on September 1st.
She had enrolled in the same school as Li Yanmo: Shi Yan Elementary School.
On the first day of school, clad in a checkered skirt, Ning Tiantian sat behind Li Yanmo on his bike. “I can finally go to school with Inky!” said Tiantian, happy as a lark.
“Mm. But not on the same floor or in the same classroom,” Li Yanmo explained, just in case she thought he was in the same grade. He didn’t want history to repeat itself.
Ning Tiantian nodded. “I’m not a stupid egg!”
“You’re not an egg, you’re a pig.”
Li Yanmo said flatly.
Ning Tiantian blinked. Did he just call her a stupid pig?
Humph!
At the Elementary School Division.
Ning Tiantian accompanied Li Yanmo to park his bike, after which he assisted Tiantian in checking which class she had been assigned to. Tiantian had been assigned to Class 1-1, and Cookie’s name was right below hers. The two of them were in the same class.
“Little Cookie, there they are!” Su Yi led Cookie over to where Tiantian and Li Yanmo was.
Ning Tiantian’s brows furrowed. “Su Yi, what are you doing with my Cookie?
“We came together since it was on the way,” Su Yi rubbed his head shyly.
Li Yanmo glanced at him. He knew that Su Yi was just trying to pick up girls. After dropping Tiantian off at her classroom, he headed over to his. “Be good in class, I’ll be on the 6th floor.”
“Inky, I want a goodbye kiss,” Ning Tiantian tugged at his sleeve.
Li Yanmo’s handsome visage became increasingly red under the bright sun. He bent down to get closer to Ning Tiantian.
Ning Tiantian had her eyes shut as she waited for his kiss.
“This Li Yanmo… h-he’s too bold!”
Su Yi was stupefied. In his daze, he covered Cookie’s eyes with one hand. After all, this scene was inappropriate for children.
Cookie thought to herself, “Could you remove your hand?” She had seen such scenes more times than she could count!
“You want a goodbye kiss?” Li Yanmo suddenly moved away. Instead of landing on her lips, his mouth was next to Tiantian’s ear. “Wishful thinking.”
Li Yanmo then grabbed his school bag and went upstairs coolly.
Su Yi also said to Cookie, “See you at noon,” before running after Li Yanmo.
Ning Tiantian pounded the table angrily. “I’m never going to talk to Inky again!”
Cookie rolled her eyes; she’s heard this umpteen times, but not once had she seen Ning Tiantian do as she said.
“Aiyo, why are you so mad on the first day of school?” asked the short and stout Zhou Xiaoxiao, who had just entered the classroom, in a mocking tone.
“You’re in the wrong class!” Ning Tiantian was still fuming. Naturally, she wasn’t in the mood to deal with Xiaoxiao.
“Who said I was in the wrong class? This is my class!” Zhao Xiaoxiao took a seat behind Ning Tiantian.
Cookie took a copy of the list and placed it directly in front of Xiaoxiao. “Look, your name isn’t on the list!”
Although she was only in first grade and didn’t know that many words, she was able to recognize names.
Zhou Xiaoxiao took her own sweet time to stash her school bag under her desk, before casually glancing at the list. “Oh… I forgot to tell you. My dad pulled some strings to get me into this class. We’re going to be in the same class again, so please look out for me!”
“Back-door dealings!” Cookie snorted and stopped talking to Xiaoxiao.
“Ignore her,” said Ning Tiantian. After giving her desk a quick wipe, she retrieved a bun from her school bag, and said while eating, “Can’t you tell? She’s doing this on purpose. Probably wants to compete with me again.”
Zhou Xiaoxiao had been picking on her ever since the 5s/6s in preschool. She competed with Ning Tiantian for everything and anything, despite never having succeeded in overtaking Tiantian. It made one speechless.