Chapter 142: 142, Transfer student Ren Xiaosu

A group of students immediately turned hostile upon hearing that Ren Xiaosu was trying to snatch Yang Xiaomu's belongings, even shouting for other classmates to gather around, their eyes fixed on Ren Xiaosu as if they were about to bring him to justice on the spot.

More and more students gathered to watch, partly because Yang Xiaomu had become well-known since transferring to their school, and partly because humans have always loved a spectacle...

Ren Xiaosu panicked at once: "I know her!"

If this was the first day of school and he was accused of robbery and executed on the spot, that would be a real injustice. But the key was that Ren Xiaosu had never expected Yang Xiaomu to be so ruthless, actually accusing him of stealing!

Was it really stealing? The dagger had originally been his, hadn't it? He had traded food for it!

At first, you could let it go that she stole the dagger back, but now how could she turn the tables?

The students looked at Yang Xiaomu suspiciously, then at Ren Xiaosu: "You two know each other? You don't look like it."

"Really, I do," Ren Xiaosu quickly said, "Isn't this all a misunderstanding? I'm also a student here at No. 13 Middle School."

"If you say you know her, then tell me her name," a male student asked.

"Yang Xiaomu!" Ren Xiaosu laughed, this was Yang Xiaomu's biggest flaw—he knew her name.

But the next moment, the male student sneered coldly: "You're pretending to know her, but her name is Ren Xiaosu."

Ren Xiaosu felt as if he had been struck by lightning, on the verge of collapsing.

He stared at Yang Xiaomu in disbelief, only to find that she showed no shame at all, completely acting as if nothing had happened, focusing intently on watching Ren Xiaosu's humiliation.

But hey, big brother, your name on the enrollment form is Ren Xiaosu? Then what should I call you? Aren't you ashamed?

At this moment, a student looked at Ren Xiaosu: "You say you're a student at No. 13 Middle School, but why aren't you wearing a uniform? Which class are you from, and what's your name?"

Ren Xiaosu calmed down a bit, thinking through his response: "If I say I'm also called Ren Xiaosu, you won't believe me..."

Nearby, Yan Liuyuan was almost laughing himself silly, carefully observing Yang Xiaomu, realizing his brother had dealt with her quite a bit in the Barrier.

Yan Liuyuan thought this farce wasn't a big deal, and seeing Ren Xiaosu get his comeuppance was rather amusing.

However, there were so few people who could make Ren Xiaosu suffer like this—this girl in the duck-bill cap was no ordinary person, and besides, ordinary people didn't use aliases.

While Ren Xiaosu was still explaining to the others, Yan Liuyuan had already approached Yang Xiaomu: "Sister, hello, I'm Ren Xiaosu's younger brother, Yan Liuyuan."

Yang Xiaomu didn't even blink when she tricked Ren Xiaosu, but upon seeing Yan Liuyuan, she immediately warmed up to him, whispering, "Mmm, hello, I'm your brother's good friend."

Yan Liuyuan glanced back at Ren Xiaosu, who was surrounded by the crowd—this was something a good friend could do?

In the end, Ren Xiaosu was dragged by a crowd to the academic affairs office. The teacher there, upon hearing someone had robbed a student, was about to explode, but when he saw Ren Xiaosu's enrollment documents, he became polite.

He had received a notice the day before that a student would be enrolling in the high school division in the next few days, and two more in the junior high division. This notice was personally delivered by the principal, who had emphasized many times: these three students were important, related to Lu Yuyan, the manager of the Barrier.

Although the actual controller of the Barrier was the Li Clan Consortium, in matters not involving the consortium's interests, Lu Yuyan handled the daily management, holding the power over many people's lives and deaths.

Perhaps the consortium didn't take Lu Yuyan seriously, but to ordinary people, Lu Yuyan was someone they had to look up to.

However, the academic affairs teacher was puzzled—wasn't there a student named Ren Xiaosu who had just enrolled a few days ago? Looking at the enrollment documents in front of him, he suddenly felt something was amiss...

Ren Xiaosu felt that this matter with Yang Xiaomu wasn't over!

"Teacher, which class should I attend?" Ren Xiaosu asked.

The academic affairs teacher smiled: "Come on, let's go to Senior Three Class Three. I'll take you to meet your new classmates."

He called another teacher to lead Yan Liuyuan and the others to the junior high division, while he personally escorted Ren Xiaosu to the high school division. At this moment, Ren Xiaosu suddenly remembered something—the students on the bus had mentioned that the new transfer student was in Senior Three Class Two?

It was fine, fine—thank goodness he wasn't in the same class as Yang Xiaomu. Otherwise, having two Ren Xiaosus in one class, not only would Ren Xiaosu not be able to handle it, but even the teachers would probably collapse.

When Ren Xiaosu entered the classroom, the teacher who brought him said warmly: "There's a seat in the third-to-last row. Sit there for now. We arrange seats by grades here. After this exam, if your grades are good, you can choose your own seat."

"Okay, thank you, teacher," Ren Xiaosu politely replied. On the way, he had seen that Senior Three Class Two, where Yang Xiaomu was, was next door, and Yang Xiaomu sat alone in the last row.

The two looked at each other, their fighting spirit soaring...

It seemed Yang Xiaomu truly wasn't afraid of him reporting to the Qingshi Consortium. No, Ren Xiaosu thought he should let Yan Liuyuan and the others leave first that evening—who knew what tricks Yang Xiaomu might pull after school.

Ren Xiaosu sat in his seat, with a girl of similar age on his left and the aisle on his right.

"Hello, I'm Cao Yuqi. What's your name?" the girl greeted him.

"Ren Xiaosu."

Cao Yuqi asked curiously, "Are you a transfer student?"

Ren Xiaosu paused: "Mmm."

"Which school did you transfer from?" Cao Yuqi pressed on, "From Chengdong?"

Ren Xiaosu hesitated before answering, "From No. 5 Middle School."

"No. 5 Middle School?" Cao Yuqi froze, "We don't have a No. 5 Middle School in the Barrier."

Now Ren Xiaosu was confused—you already have No. 13 Middle School, how could you not have No. 5? What kind of numbering system do you have in the Barrier?

In fact, the Barrier had originally had a No. 5 Middle School, but it was later merged with No. 6 Middle School due to their proximity. In recent years, as the population in the Barrier continued to grow, the original No. 5 Middle School campus was demolished and turned into residential buildings.

But Ren Xiaosu didn't know any of this—he had just made it up on the spot!

"You..." Cao Yuqi looked at Ren Xiaosu suspiciously, "Where exactly did you transfer from?"

"No. 8 Middle School?" Ren Xiaosu probed.

By now, even Cao Yuqi realized something was wrong. She paused for a moment before asking, "You're not from outside the Barrier, are you?"

As she spoke, Cao Yuqi moved away from Ren Xiaosu a bit. These days, rumors about refugees carrying viruses were flying everywhere!