Hold on, the system and I have never been angry

Lu Jinzhao saw the man clearly with his 5.2 vision and slowly stopped. The girl trotted over, took his hand and stuffed a bag of hot buns into his hand.

"Brother, long time no see. Yesterday I heard Xiaochen say you were back, I couldn't believe it. I just happened to meet you here. You haven't had breakfast yet, right? Here are some buns for you." The girl exhaled hot air and rubbed her hands, obviously a little nervous. "I think you probably don't want to go home. I won't tell my parents."

Zhou Xuan was very happy to know that her brother had returned to school. Zhou's parents did not buy her a mobile phone, so she could not contact her brother and could only wait at the steamed bun shop in front of the school. The girl's face was red from the cold, and it was obvious that she had been waiting here for a long time.

The buns she bought were the original owner’s favorite red bean paste buns.

Lu Jinchao saw that Zhou Xuan wanted to hold his hand but didn’t dare to. He chuckled, put the buns into his cotton jacket pocket, turned around and asked the bun shop owner for two cups of soy milk and some steamed buns that Zhou Xuan liked.

The boss packed it up quickly, Lu Jinchao took it and put it into Zhou Xuan's hand.

Zhou Xuan's eyes almost popped out: "Thank you, brother."

In fact, she had already eaten the noodles she cooked at home, so she wasn't hungry now. But it didn't matter, as long as it was given by her brother, she liked it. At worst, she could keep it and use the microwave in the teacher's office to have lunch.

"What are you thanking me for?" Lu Jinzhao took Zhou Xuan's hand and walked into the school gate together. Neither of them spoke.

In front of the junior high school building, Lu Jinzhao pulled Zhou Xuan's hand, took out the white phone from his pocket, and handed it to Zhou Xuan: "If you miss me, send me a message or call me. The first contact is my new number. Hide it well, don't let your parents and teachers see it."

Zhou Xuan refused to give up and held Lu Jinzhao's hand tightly, refusing to let go.

Lu Jinzhao bent down and stared at her seriously, "What's wrong, my little girl?"

Zhou Xuan didn't say anything.

Lu Jinzhao smiled lightly: "If you have anything on your mind, you can tell me, brother."

After a long while, Zhou Xuan shed a tear. She was only a junior high school girl, and when Lu Jinzhao asked her in such a gentle tone, she couldn't control her emotions at all. "Brother, it's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on studying, you wouldn't have to go out to work."

The Zhou family did not agree to Zhou Ye and Zhou Xuan going to school, but Zhou Ye patted his chest and said that he would pay for his sister's tuition and living expenses, so Zhou Xuan had the opportunity to go to school. Last night, Zhou Hongda received the 6,000 yuan, and the first thing he did was to go out for a drink and a meal. He came back drunk at night and said nonsense in front of Zhou Xuan proudly: "That brat didn't even graduate from high school, and he can save more than 6,000 yuan a month. Who knows what kind of job he is doing! I introduced him to a coal boss, but he dared to ignore me! If it weren't for the 6,000 yuan a month, I would have kicked him out long ago!"

Zhou Hongda staggered, and it seemed like it took him a long while to realize that it was Zhou Xuan. "That useless brother of yours came here just to cut off my Zhou family's financial resources! You're also a money-loser! If that guy hadn't insisted that you continue to study before he would give you money, I would have let you go back home and get married!"

It is said that the truth comes out when drunk. Zhou Xuan may not understand much at the age of 14, but she at least understands one thing, that is, the Zhou family does not like her. Thinking of this, Zhou Xuan's tears fell even harder.

Lu Jinchao is not good at comforting people, especially little girls. He took out a lollipop from his pocket and stuffed it into Zhou Xuan's palm. He bent down and comforted her gently: "Don't you like studying? Study hard and pass the exam. Don't feel sorry for me or feel burdened. Even without you, your brother will work hard to make money."

He patted Zhou Xuan's head and added, "Don't worry that I can't support you. I have money, so you can have fun and spend it. If you run out of money, ask me for it, okay?"

"Brother, you are so nice." Zhou Xuan wiped away the tears that were like broken beads and nodded seriously.

"It's only natural for a brother to be nice to his sister." Lu Jinchao smiled and put the phone in Zhou Xuan's hand: "You're going to take the high school entrance exam soon, so do well. If you don't like this phone, I'll buy you the latest model when the time comes."

"I like it!" Zhou Xuan put the phone into his cotton coat pocket and patted it, "I will take good care of it."

"Morning self-study is about to start, let's go up."

"Well! Goodbye brother!"

*

In the morning, the routine pre-school test was conducted without any incident.

At lunch time, Zhou Xuan took Lu Jinzhao to the cafeteria to have lunch, and the two had a great chat.

Before parting, Lu Jinzhao gave Zhou Xuan 200 yuan in cash. In this small town with low prices, 200 yuan was a huge sum of money for a junior high school student. If he gave more, he was afraid that Zhou Xuan would not accept it, and he was also afraid that it would be targeted by thieves.

Back in the classroom, lunch break began, and some students were taking advantage of the time to study for the afternoon exams. Lu Jinzhao was not anxious before the exam. He lay on his seat with his arms resting on his head, and music was still playing in his wireless headphones. He suddenly thought of something and asked the system to retrieve the information of several nearby orphanages for him.

In its spare time, the system would turn into a cat and lie on Lu Jinzhao's shoulder. Others could not see it, and it had no weight. "Host, do you want to help them?"

Lu Jinzhao picked out a few orphanages with clean backgrounds and tight financial conditions, and "donated 500,000 to each of these orphanages anonymously."

The system paused, "Five hundred thousand?"

"right."

"Then your live broadcasts these days are in vain."

"fine."

During the afternoon self-study session, Lu Jinzhao was checking the progress of an incident when he was discovered to be distracted. The English teacher threw a piece of chalk accurately on his desk and called on him to stand up and answer a question.

"You're a senior in high school, and you still dare to daydream in class? Answer this sentence."

Lu Jinzhao took a glance and answered in fluent English.

The English teacher was shocked for a long time before she came to her senses. She always remembered that although this boy had good overall grades, his English was his weak point and his grades were always around the passing line. How come he suddenly made such a great progress?

"Ahem, even if you know how to do it, don't be so blatantly distracted. This will affect the class discipline."

"Okay, teacher," Lu Jinzhao bowed his head and admitted his mistake decisively, "I won't do it again next time."

"Sit down."

After class, several students with average grades came over and said, "Hey, Lu Jinzhao, how come your English has suddenly become so good? Did you go to some cram school? Share it with us."

Lu Jinzhao asked the system to search for information on several reliable cram schools, selected the one with the best reputation and reported it to them. The few people thanked him and left.

"You are lying." The boy at the right table suddenly spoke up.

The boy was the last in the class. He usually either slept or skipped classes and never studied. He did not show up for the whole day yesterday when school started. Lu Jinchao was not familiar with him and had never spoken to him.

The boy suddenly spoke to him, and Lu Jinzhao was not sure what this person was about. He raised his eyebrows and did not comment.

The boy at the right table propped his chin on one hand and said nonchalantly, "You've never been to that cram school."

Lu Jinzhao looked indifferent: "How do you prove that I haven't been there?"

"That's my family's business. I've never seen you there."

"......" Lu Jinzhao choked. He really didn't expect this.

But after living two lives, he has become thick-skinned beyond the average person. "You can't stay at your cram school all the time, so it's normal that you don't meet me."

The person at the right table stared at him for a long time, chuckled, and seemed to have no intention of exposing him any further.

After school in the afternoon, Lu Jinzhao ordered a takeaway on his phone, then carried his schoolbag back to the hotel. After finishing his homework, he turned on his computer and played some music out of boredom, then threw himself on the bed, his mind completely empty.

Not long after, the doorbell rang. I was wondering how the takeaway could have arrived so quickly, and the next second I opened the door and found it was a courier.

He didn't rush to open the package, but carefully examined the information on the packaging box and found that the address was correct, but it didn't match his name and phone number. Maybe it belonged to the previous tenant.

He called and it took several tries before the call was answered. The person on the other end thought he was a scammer at first, until he confirmed it several times and found out that the courier had really sent the package to the wrong address. He had filled in the wrong address and it was not covered by the courier company's compensation. The person on the other end transferred the courier money to Lu Jinchao and asked him to send it back, and Lu Jinchao readily agreed.

As he had to go to evening self-study, Lu Jinchao was afraid that he would not have enough time for the scheduled pickup, so he finished his takeaway and went to the post station to return the package.

He met Xu Ziang at the post station. He saw the latest mobile phone in Lu Jinzhao's hand and said sarcastically, "Oh, you got a new phone? The latest model costs tens of thousands of yuan. Can you afford it? Did you steal it from someone else?"

Lu Jinzhao didn't bother to pay attention to him and just walked past.

Xu Ziang couldn't stand being ignored, especially by Lu Jinchao, whom he looked down upon. He said angrily, "I'm talking to you! You look so poor! And you have the nerve to like Fang Yin! Why don't you take a piss and look in the mirror to see if you are worthy of her!"

Qiansui shook his head. He had never seen anyone so eager to seek death.

"First of all, whether I like Fang Yin is my business and has nothing to do with you. Secondly, you are not as tall or good-looking as me, and your academic performance is not as good as mine," Lu Jinzhao showed me the balance on his phone, sliding it up and down. "Finally, your family's savings combined are not as good as mine. It's you who should go take a piss and look in the mirror, right? You are just so high and mighty because your parents are rich. But your parents' money is not your money after all. I don't know where your sense of superiority comes from? If you are really bored and have nothing to do, you might as well read a few more books. Even reading "Postpartum Care for Sows" can add some knowledge to your poor brain, right? The structure of the brain is very similar to that of the large intestine, so you can't just poop without opening your mouth, right? Or is it that your cerebellum is not fully developed and your brain is completely underdeveloped, so you bark at your classmates on the street?"

Lu Jinzhao's tone was calm, but his speech was extremely fast. He finished speaking in one breath, which stunned Xu Ziang. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

By the time he wanted to refute, the person had already walked out of his sight.

Xu Ziang was furious but helpless. He returned to school for evening self-study, but Lu Jinchao had not come yet. He passed by Lu Jinchao's desk and kicked him deliberately. When he turned to leave, he was tripped by the leg of a boy at the next table and fell flat on his face.

The boy at the right table seemed to realize something a little later: "Ah, sorry."

Xu Ziang was angry but dared not speak.

At this time, the homeroom teacher Xie Juan came in. She raised the freshly-released report card and said with a smile, "I am very surprised that you got first place this time. Lu Jinchao got almost full marks, except for a few points deducted for the Chinese composition. It seems that he didn't relax even when he was on leave. Everyone should learn from him."

As luck would have it, Lu Jinchao had gone to see Zhou Xuan, and he arrived late at the bell. Others thought he was pretending to be cool, and there was a round of boos in the classroom. After taking the test paper, Xie Juan nodded and asked him to go back to his seat, and then praised the top students and some students who had made progress.

"I'm going to form a one-to-one group, with students with good grades leading students with less good grades. Based on the results of this month's exam, the first place student will lead the last place student, the second place student will lead the second to last place student, and so on. I'll give you ten minutes to move your seats. I want to see the new seating arrangement in the next class."

The boy at the right table stood up and looked at Lu Jinzhao meaningfully with his eyes almost buried under his bangs: "Please give me your guidance, first place."

Lu Jinzhao: “…” He narrowed his eyes, feeling that the person at the table on the right looked very familiar.

According to teacher Xie Juan's request to form a one-to-one group, Lu Jinchao thought he had taken over a trouble, but he never expected that the boy at the right table was very honest and did not skip evening self-study classes.

Lu Jinzhao explained to him the analytical thinking methods for various subjects' homework all night long, and he listened very carefully.

He finished the questions and pushed the notebook in front of Lu Jinzhao: "Like this?"

Lu Jinzhao glanced at him: "...Your name is Ji Lianzhu?"

The person at the right desk nodded: “Yeah.”

Lu Jinzhao narrowed his eyes, and he finally remembered why the face looked familiar.

Ji Lianhuai, Ji Lianzhu. Not only do they look 70% alike, but even their names are obviously from the same family.

Why would Ji Lian's family come to such a remote place to go to school?

*

It was already ten o'clock after the evening self-study. Lu Jinzhao was walking home with his bag on his back, leisurely browsing his mobile phone.

When he reached the entrance of an alley, he turned in. Hearing a rustling sound behind him, Lu Jinzhao put his bag on the ground and said, "Come out."

Several young guys with dyed yellow hair appeared from the alley entrance, holding rusty iron rods in their hands. The leader pointed the iron rod into the alley and said, "You're the one who stole my little brother's phone, right?"

Needless to say, the little brother he called me naturally refers to Zhou Chen. Lu Jinchao lowered his head, took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and lit it. "Why, didn't Zhou Chen tell you that this phone was originally my money?"

Yellow-haired A choked and smashed the iron rod against the wall, "If you say it's yours, it's yours! Hand over your phone!"

"Heh." Lu Jinzhao slowly blew out a smoke ring, watching it rise and gradually dissipate, and flicked the ash with his fingers, "Who will go first? Or do you want to go together?"

Yellow-haired A was furious and rushed forward waving an iron bar: "You are looking for death!"

Lu Jinzhao put out his cigarette, stood up straight, and seeing the yellow-haired man approaching, he turned sideways and kicked the yellow-haired man A in the neck with his heel, then slowly retracted his leg: "Next."

The kick knocked the yellow-haired A to the ground, and he fell unconscious. The iron rod fell to the ground with a clang, and for a moment the alley was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Lu Jinzhao picked up the rod and hit the unconscious yellow-haired A from time to time, looking at the remaining two thugs: "Do you want to fight more?"

Yellow-haired B took out a knife and stepped forward tremblingly: "Let my brother go!"

Yellow-haired C chimed in: "Yes! You! You let my brother go!"

"It's cold, hurry up." Lu Jinzhao held the cigarette between his slender knuckles and put it out on the ground.

Two thugs bravely rushed forward, one was knocked unconscious, and the other was pinned to the ground by Lu Jinzhao with his hands bent.

Yellow-haired C screamed, "Big brother, spare me! Big brother, spare me!"

Lu Jinzhao squatted down and pressed his knee against the thug's back. "You like to beat people, right? Teach Zhou Chen a lesson for me. Don't hit him in the face or cripple him."

The yellow-haired thug C nodded his head like pounding garlic: "Okay, okay! I'll listen to you, big brother! But big brother, you are so skilled, why don't you go by yourself?"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

"Yes, yes, I'll do whatever you say. Big brother, are you still in need of a younger brother?" The yellow-haired C had starry eyes.

Lu Jinzhao: “…”

Not wanting to bother with the yellow-haired guy, Lu Jinzhao walked to the entrance of the alley and reached out to pull out the people watching the show outside.

"why you?"

Ji Lianzhu raised his hands and smiled harmlessly: "I saw them following you, so I wanted to help."

The yellow-haired C, who was supporting his two accomplices, saw Ji Lianzhu and shouted, "Why are you here again, you bastard!"

Lu Jinzhao raised his eyebrows: "Do you know each other?"

Ji Lianzhu shook his head: "Not familiar."

Yellow-haired C struggled to pull his two accomplices aside, cursing: "What do you mean by unfamiliar? If it weren't for you, a bastard, who always ruins our lives, we wouldn't be in such a miserable state!"

Ji Lianzhu looked confused: "Who are you?"

Yellow-haired C: “…”

For half a month, the yellow-haired hooligans began to escort Lu Jinzhao to and from school, and also provided him with three meals a day. They were so eye-catching that students inside and outside the school were very scared, and no one dared to get close to Lu Jinzhao.

Lu Jinzhao had been avoided by others for several days in a row when he ate in the cafeteria. He could no longer tolerate it and called a few hooligans to the alley where they had been before. "What on earth do you want to do?"

Yellow-haired C clenched his fists, very excited, his eyes full of admiration, "Boss! Just accept us! Last time we saw you knock down more than 30 debt collectors by yourself! We want to follow you!"

Yellow-haired B nodded wildly: "Yeah, boss, you're so handsome, we want to learn how to fight from you!"

Lu Jinzhao: “…”

Yellow-haired A: "Boss, where are you going? Don't leave. Let us follow you! Boss!"