Chapter 172: Qin Xiyin, the Outsider

"Hey, wait for me!"

Seeing them turn around to leave, Zhang Yiming hurriedly scrambled up from the floor:

"I want to play with little sister too!"

However, they had barely taken a few steps when an unhappy voice rang out from the doorway behind them:

"Class is about to start. Why are you still standing here? Hurry back to your seats!"

When Xie Qin saw Lu Li at the door, she, like Ye Wanwan, didn’t have any good feelings toward this wild child who’d appeared out of nowhere.

On top of that, the other two were both upstart nouveau riche who couldn’t get on the stage, so her tone was even worse.

Although Song Wanwan was shocked by Lu Li’s stunning looks, she still forced herself to steady her mind, quickly stepped down from the podium, and found a seat to sit in.

She didn’t know what had gone wrong, but what’s the use of looking good? A wild child is still a wild child!

She would never be a real Lu Family member!

Just on that alone, Song Wanwan felt she’d already beaten Lu Li by who knew how many times over!

That was what she thought, but her gaze still couldn’t help falling on Lu Li again and again, faint jealousy and unwillingness hidden in the depths of her eyes.

"Come on, come on, let’s sit together."

Qu Qianqian was very cheerful and outgoing; she grabbed the little girl and directly sat down at a big round table that seated four.

Zhang Yiming then happily scampered off to bring schoolbags for the little girl, for Qu Qianqian, and for himself.

The three of them sat at one table, with one empty seat left.

Seeing that the children were all seated, Xie Qin finally stepped onto the podium, cleared her throat, and said with a smile:

"Hello, everyone, I’m your homeroom teacher, Xie Qin. You can call me Teacher Xie."

Xie Qin wrote her name on the blackboard, gave a brief self-introduction, and then continued with a smile:

"All of you got into this class on your own. As for your entrance scores, the school has decided not to make them public, so I don’t know them either. But as long as you made it in, you’re the best!"

When she finished, she applauded first, and then scattered applause followed from below the stage.

After the polite opening, Xie Qin glanced at the list in her hand, paused, and finally got to the main point, smiling again:

"There are eight students in our class in total, so to make studying easier, we’ll start dividing into groups now."

At this point, as if she’d already planned it, Xie Qin’s gaze went straight toward where Qu Qianqian and the others were sitting,

"Eight people... we’ll split into two groups, four people in each. As for group leaders, Group One’s leader will be Song Wanwan, and Group Two’s leader will be... Lu Li. That shouldn’t be a problem for you two, right?"

Song Wanwan stood up from her seat, shook her head with haughty confidence, and said loudly, "Teacher, I have no problem."

Little Lu Li blinked her eyes and said in a milky-soft voice, "I don’t have a problem either."

"All right then,"

Xie Qin nodded in satisfaction, glanced down at the list, and without much hesitation, called another name:

"Qin Xiyin, Lu Li’s group is still short one person. Go over and sit with them."

Qin Xiyin had been the first child to arrive in the class.

He had especially delicate features, red lips and white teeth, and jet-black eyes—a rarely seen, very pretty little boy.

But he was extremely quiet and introverted, with timid eyes like a little rabbit, as if a single sentence from someone else would scare him.

He’d been in the classroom for quite a while now, and Xie Qin had never heard him say a single word, just sitting alone in a quiet, empty corner, dazing off in silence.

When other children talked to him, he only lowered his head, pressed his lips together, and ignored them.

In short, he was very, very unsociable.