Chapter 35: Contest

Qiao Lan hadn't been home for nearly ten days or so and the Qiao Family people didn't take it to heart, when the second one also ran away for a month or two, so now it was just a few curses.

Qiao's father was extremely unhappy with Qiao Lan for running away, and said several times that he would give Qiao Lan a good beating when she returned to see if she dared to run away again.

It turned out that Qiao's mother discovered by chance that it might not have been Qiao Lan who stole the money before she returned.

It is Qiao Yuan.

After Qiao's mother waited for some of Qiao Yuan's classmates to leave, she turned pale and told Qiao's father that she had something to do and went home first.

Qiao Yuan was shocked, he had been spoiled by the family and was impatient when he saw Qiao's mother going through his school bag, "Mom, what are you doing?"

He said he was going to grab his book bag.

Because he had something in his bag that Qiao's mother could not see.

Qiao's mother, who normally could not say a word to him, slapped him on the hand and sternly scolded him to sit down.

Qiao Yuan's heart suddenly surged with a bad feeling.

Then he saw Qiao's mother pulling out of his school bag three books of fantasy novels he had just bought, and an unpacked hairpin that he had bought for Yao Simeng's birthday two days before.

The little fatty is vain and has been showing off his money in front of his classmates recently, so he bought the gift deliberately without even removing the price tag from his hair card.

218.

At their age, a gift would cost at most ten dollars, sometimes even two disposable celebrity posters. Qiao Yuan deliberately left the tag on to make Yao Simeng think he was richer and more thoughtful, and to make all the other boys envious and jealous.

I never thought I'd suddenly be caught by his mother.

Now full of only one thought, I should have known that I would have torn the label off, invisible label, he made up a dozen or so is not impossible.

Qiao Yuan scowled, "...Mom, what are you doing? You came in and went through my book bag..."

"Qiao's mother was furious at the 218 on the hair card, and even more so when she looked at a few mystery books.

"Where did you get the money to buy it!"

"Qiao Yuan was also a bit scared, he didn't expect Qiao's mother to know that he had stolen the money, but mainly he was afraid that his mother would say that he was reading novels instead of studying properly. Everyone in the family spoils him, his mother too, but unlike his grandmother and father, if he doesn't study properly or eats secretly at night, his mother sometimes has to scold him when she finds out, so Qiao Yuan is still a bit afraid of Qiao's mother.

"I haven't spent the money you gave me, I've been saving it..."

"Did you save this?" Qiao's mother dropped her hair card on the floor, and a few of the rhinestones were chipped off.

"Just saving up to buy it, so where did you get the money to treat your classmates to kebabs, also saved up?"

Qiao Yuan A white and chubby face changed at this point.

At the beginning, Qiao Yuan was quite scared to take the money secretly, but with such a thick pile of money, Qiao Yuan thought that he would not be caught even if he took one. Qiao Yuan was a fierce spender himself, but when he bought something for Yao Simeng, it was not enough.

After three or four days, no one noticed, Qiao Yuan slowly got bolder, at first one, then two, and finally four or five, and by the time half a month had passed, he had already taken a thousand and a half.

He treated his close friends and a few girls to a meal of kebabs, still hanging on by a thread, but remembering the admiration of his classmates was a great honour. One day, Qiao's father, Qiao's mother, finally found out, but she didn't think it was him, she thought it was Qiao Lan who had stolen it, so Qiao Yuan's heart was finally put into his stomach.

Qiao Yuan thought it was over, but somehow Qiao's mother found out.

Qiao Yuan was still being tough and tried to push the pot onto Qiao Lan, "What kebab, did Qiao Lan say something to you again", Qiao Yuan thought it was Qiao Lan who said something.

Qiao's mother didn't expect Qiao Yuan to be sophomoric at this time, so she was furious and slapped Qiao Yuan on the arm, "You still don't admit it, your classmates all said you treated them to a meal, six or seven hundred dollars a meal, do you want me to go to your classmates at school and ask them about it before you admit it?"

Qiao Yuan was now really scared, if his classmates knew that he had stolen the family's money, how could he still hang around in front of them, which made him cry out in fear.

Qiao's grandmother, who was busy in the kitchen, heard that her grandson was crying and ran to and fro without even cooking.

"He has the nerve to cry," Qiao's mother shivered in anger, "ask him how much money he stole from the family!"

Qiao's grandmother was stunned, "Didn't Qiao Lan steal that money?

When this was mentioned, Qiao's mother remembered that Qiao Lan had taken the blame for Qiao Yuan for so many days, but at that moment Qiao's mother couldn't think about Qiao Lan, she was still thinking about Qiao Yuan. Qiao's mother herself was not educated or qualified, so she wanted her son to study as hard as possible, so that he could be more successful than her and Qiao's father and become a cadre in Qiao's grandmother's eyes.

As a result, Qiao's mother was not only angry but also sad at what Qiao Yuan did all day, reading novels in secret, stealing money from the family and cheating.

Qiao's grandmother finally knew what had happened, but she was not happy when she saw Qiao's mother trying to hit Qiao Yuan again, "You're still hitting me, or you can hit me too. Qiao's mother started firing.

"You don't know how to hide the 20,000 yuan, put it on the coffee table, not let the family take it, but sooner or later let the thieves steal it, you don't know how to put it away and now you start to blame the child. I thought I had taken the money, but I didn't think I'd be forced to take it myself, because I just invited my classmates to dinner to buy a birthday present. You're so busy all day that you don't even know how to control your child, and when things go wrong, all you know is to fight and fight.

Qiao's grandmother, who was originally Qiao Yuan's fault, put the blame on Qiao's mother within a few sentences.

"Look how you're crying... I'm distressed if you're not distressed..."

When Qiao's father came back, he saw that his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were cold-faced and silent, and his son was hiding behind his grandmother like an angry man.

After asking what was going on, Qiao's father acted as the usual peacemaker between his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, telling her daughter-in-law that Qiao's grandmother was also concerned about her grandson and Qiao's grandmother that Qiao's mother hated her grandson and finally sat her son on his lap and gave him a lecture for over an hour.

It is as if Qiao Yuan was three years old instead of thirteen, and she is so kind and patient, not as fierce as when she was beating Qiao Lan with a broom.

Finally feeling that he had reasoned with his son, he secretly gave Qiao Yuan another three hundred yuan, "If you want money, just tell Dad. Go and apologise to your mother later, she's doing it for your own good."

Qiao Yuan took the money and nodded his head while thinking in his head that he would have money again to act tough in front of his classmates.

In the evening, Qiao Yuan ran to Qiao's mother and apologised in a low voice, saying that she knew she was wrong.

Qiao Yuan survived the "money theft" fiasco without a hitch, and even got a few hundred dollars more in her hand.

When she went to bed at night, Qiao Yuan suddenly realised that she had stolen the money and had made a fortune.

Qiao Yuan couldn't help thinking that if he took money from the family next time, even if his mother was angry and his grandmother protected him, his father would also protect him and he wouldn't be beaten.

It's not like it was the family's that stole it anyway, it's not like it was someone else's money.

Qiao's grandmother, Qiao's father, and Qiao's father's misconceptions and indulgent upbringing have had an impact on Qiao Yuan and the Qiao Family, Qiao Lan does not know and does not care.

Qiao Lan is still reading the Silk Road book Tan Mo gave him in his spare time, so he doesn't care what happens to Qiao Family.

But one day the class teacher suddenly approached her, saying that Qiao's mother had called him and asked Qiao Lan to call her back when she had time.

Qiao Lan did not tell Qiao's mother her phone number, so Qiao's mother called the class teacher.

At first Qiao's mother tried to talk to Qiao Lan, but after two attempts, Qiao Lan simply ignored her and Qiao's mother lost her temper.

It's as if she loves to control Qiao Lan.

If she can, don't come back for the rest of her life and don't ask her for money.

Qiao Lan's life is so much better without Qiao's mother's harassment, she doesn't have to work part-time these days, she can read other books in her spare time, and she can go for a run in the playground in the evening.

She looks much better now than before, and Qiao Lan's already excellent features are finally showing through little by little, with good food and good mood, as well as better exercise.

Gradually, after exam after exam, Tan Mo and Qiao Lan were sitting second in their year, and Chen Yaoyang was the constant third, and everyone finally became numb to this reality.

But as I watched, I also gradually discovered something new. Boys always have a sensitive sense of how girls look.

"Why do I notice that Qiao Lan looks so much better than before?"

"It's whiter, isn't it? You look better too, you used to look so thin and yellow."

"What did I say before, Qiao Lan is just too dark, if she had the same skin tone as Song Yao she would be beautiful."

Tan Mo's sharp ears heard these words and suddenly a feeling of superiority came over her from the bottom of her heart that you had finally found out.

He has found Qiao Lan to be very good looking since a long time ago.

Having managed to feed for almost six months, Tan Mo feels she has more to do now that it's finally working.

The boys, who were talking in the distance, had no idea what Tan Mo was thinking and continued to talk with great vigour.

"Better than Song Yao? Don't be ridiculous, it's not possible, it's too much, just a little bit better than before and that's better than Song Yao?"

"I can't really get Song Yao, I like the royal type, Song Yao looks like a doll and is a bit too small."

When it comes to this, there is no refutation.

Apart from the boy's comment about not liking Song Yao's type, the biggest flaw in Song Yao's body is her height.

The number of boys who like this type is also particularly high.

But nowadays, many boys are legged, and even if a small person has good proportions, they can't beat a tall person. Boys instantly become excited when talking about girls, saying who in the class is tall but not in proportion, 50/50, and who has good proportions and long legs.

And so we come to Qiao Lan.

The school has recently become popular for altering school trousers, and the wide and loose school trousers can be altered into quite trendy pencil trousers.

With the altered trousers, that some girls with long legs and good looking legs, instantly stood out.

Qiao Lan is one of them.

At over 5'7" and wearing altered school trousers, Qiao Lan's long legs were a bit eye-catching, as Qiao Lan had never been classified as a pretty girl before, nor would she have been classified in the group of boys who were interested in her, so many boys were surprised to find Qiao Lan in good shape.

"Why didn't I notice Qiao Lan's legs were so long before?"

"Hasn't she always been quite tall, like almost 172, and she does have long legs."

"Long legs don't equal good looking legs" and some were upset, " Qiao Lan is too skinny and must not have good leg shape."

Qiao Lan, who was not as deaf as Tan Mo and did not hear her, opened the fruit box Tan Mo had brought with her and gave Tan Mo a piece of cantaloupe with a toothpick.

Qiao Lan discovered that Tan Mo likes very sweet fruits, lychees, cantaloupe, etc.

Sure enough, Tan Mo dutifully took it over and ate it.

Qiao Lan gave a soft laugh.

Recently, Qiao Lan has had a bit of time on his hands, so he sometimes wonders about Tan Mo.

She remembered the name of the book, but it was nowhere to be found in this world, so Qiao Lan had to rely on her memory to recall its original content.

Tan Mo is a supporting character, but not yet the second one, so not much is written about it, but Qiao Lan is impressed in every appearance.

Tan Mo makes his first appearance in the book, also in his senior year, but then he drops out of school because he is always bullied by his classmates, and reappears after the hero and heroine have gone to university.

Tan Mo's financial strength and his excellent financial acumen help the hero and heroine who are in a financial crisis, just when everyone thinks he is going to live, but his depression is getting worse.

Finally, two years later, Tan Mo died by suicide.

When Qiao Lan first saw it, she didn't want to continue watching it because her favourite character was gone and Qiao Lan didn't really care about the male and female leads.

Song Yao is exactly the same as in the book, a kind and innocent girl, so there is nothing logical about Song Yao helping Tan Mo when everyone is bullying Tan Mo. However, I don't know if it is because Qiao Lan has crossed over and cared for Tan Mo first, but Song Yao only has her eyes on Chen Yaoyang throughout the book, and does not care about Tan Mo at all.

But none of this matters, what does matter is Tan Mo's condition.

Tan Mo had Asperger's syndrome and a double leg disability, neither of which caused Tan Mo's death, which was due to his severe depression and suicide.

Qiao Lan's initial concern for Tan Mo came from her fondness for the character and her pity for Tan Mo, but now that she thinks about it again, Qiao Lan has spontaneously taken care of Tan Mo as her own responsibility at some point.

Because when she was helping this teenager, he gave so much back to her.

People always have feelings.

Tan Mo is reluctant to talk about his leg, and sometimes when he talks about the hospital and treatment-related topics, he will awkwardly and deliberately digress, and Qiao Lan can't bear to force him to talk about it.

However, there is nothing that can be done about Asperger syndrome and Qiao Lan's legs for the time being. For depression, Tan Mo has no signs of depression for the time being, but he has very severe delusions of grandeur, and it is highly likely that delusions of grandeur will also be accompanied by depression.

There is not much you can do, but it always helps, companionship, friendliness, kindness, etc. etc.

After the second monthly exam, which was a difficult paper, Tan Mo once again scored full marks in Physics and several Physics teachers were so impressed with Tan Mo's paper that they finally approached Tan Mo's class teacher.

The class teacher entered the classroom in a joyful mood and found Tan Mo. The class looked happy and asked him curiously what had happened.

"It's a good thing anyway", said the class teacher, who was quite mystified and in a hurry to help Tan Mo push his wheelchair, which Tan Mo backed up half a metre with a wary face.

The class teacher remembered that she had seen Qiao Lan pushing Tan Mo's wheelchair a few days ago and thought that Tan Mo was making progress again, but when she went to help Tan Mo today, Tan Mo still resisted.

The class teacher withdrew her hand a little sarcastically, a little indescribable feeling welled up in her heart, but she still hurried to get down to business, " Tan Mo, come with me to the office, the teacher has something to tell you."

As soon as Tan Mo left Qiao Lan, she was back to her usual reticent self, silently manoeuvring her wheelchair out of the classroom.

Qiao Lan stared at Tan Mo's back before withdrawing her eyes. The two girls sitting behind Qiao Lan casually asked Qiao Lan, "Qiao Lan, are you going to study Arts or Science?"

With one month to go before the end of senior year, the subject of Arts and Science has become a major concern.

Arts or Science?

Qiao Lan subconsciously wanted to say that he should study literature, as he had studied it before and it would be relatively easy for him to study it again, but the words trailed off and he said, "I haven't thought about it yet."

"You should study literature," said the girl sitting at the back for Qiao Lan, "you're so good at politics, history and geography."

"They are not only good at politics, history and geography, but also chemistry and physics, this time they are lower than Tan Mo in physics, and in maths, they got full marks again..."

"I said relative, relative! Qiao Lan is good at science too, but she's just better at arts, that maths she's doing and so on, she'll study literature later, so don't take advantage of it, okay."

Qiao Lan has not said anything yet, but the two girls are chattering and debating because of her, Qiao Lan also stopped chatting with them and stared down at her own results, thinking about them.

On the other hand, Tan Mo, who had been brought into the office by a happy homeroom teacher, saw the physics teacher sitting in the office drinking tea and when he looked up and saw Tan Mo, his eyes narrowed to slits.

"Coming," the physics teacher, who only teaches the class and doesn't know Tan Mo's particulars, is too close for Tan Mo to subconsciously back off again.

The physics teacher froze for a moment, and the class teacher was busy saying something in front of his ear, so the physics teacher hurriedly "oh" a few times, and then sat back, and Tan Mo fingertips separated by nearly a meter before saying.

"Today, our teacher came to see you mainly because he thinks you are particularly talented in physics. Every year, our school selects very outstanding students to participate in the national high school physics competition.