"Why should I keep my distance from him? I like him as a friend. He's a good person, and you'll understand if you get to know him better," Mian Mian insisted, sticking to her own thoughts.
"Don't you understand? Even if there's nothing between you two, if rumors spread, your reputation will be ruined. If your name is associated with Yun Bu Ji, who will believe you're innocent anymore?" Qian Xiao Guo wasn't the sharpest, but in this regard, she was more astute than Jiang Mian Mian.
Mian Mian frowned. "I just want to make a friend with similar values. Why does it have to be so complicated?"
"If he were an ordinary person, it would be fine. But he's Yun Bu Ji, the school bully. In the eyes of your classmates, he's a troublemaker who gets into fights, bullies others, and does all sorts of bad things. If you're seen associating with someone like him, you'll be painted with the same brush. It will definitely cause trouble. Mian Mian, actually, I've noticed that Yun Bu Ji deliberately keeps his distance from you in front of others. So, please, don't act foolishly in public, okay?" Qian Xiao Guo now understood why Yun Bu Ji would deliberately pretend he and Mian Mian weren't friends. She suddenly realized that this person might actually have decent character.
If he were truly bad, why would he care about protecting Mian Mian's reputation?
"I know, I know he feels the same way. I don't want to make things difficult for him either," Mian Mian said as she walked, a sense of unease lingering in her heart.
Seeing that she had taken her words to heart, Qian Xiao Guo felt a little more relieved. The two girls walked back to school together.
When Zhou Hao heard that Yun Bu Ji had been cornered that morning, he immediately dropped what he was doing and rushed over. After knocking, Yun Bu Ji opened the door. Zhou Hao looked at his face and said anxiously, "Your injuries are that serious?"
"I've already applied medication and received an IV drip. Now, I just need to sleep a lot," Yun Bu Ji said, lying down on the bed and pulling the blanket over himself to continue sleeping.
"Ah? You even got an IV drip?" Zhou Hao found it incredible. He was the type of person who would rather die than cause trouble, and an IV drip was a hassle for him.
That's why, in the past, no matter how badly he was beaten, he just endured it himself.
"What do you know? IV drips help you recover faster! I need to sleep now, so you can go," Yun Bu Ji said with a cold snort.
Zhou Hao was bewildered.
He didn't know that IV drips helped with faster recovery. In the past, he would beg Yun Bu Ji on his knees, but he refused.
And today, he was telling him that IV drips were good for quick recovery... quick...
He didn't even need to ask to know it must have been that young lady who made him do it.
Zhou Hao truly never expected that Yun Ge, who had always been unrestrained, would now meet someone who could keep him in check.
He dared to say that whatever the young lady asked Yun Ge to do now, Yun Ge would obediently comply, even if it meant dying.
"So, are we just letting today's incident slide?" Zhou Hao asked tentatively.
His main concern was that Yun Ge had changed too much for the young lady's sake. He worried that Yun Ge would no longer be a tough guy and would soften up.
"How could that be? They beat me up like this and think they can just get away with it? Just wait, I'll break their legs!" Yun Bu Ji sneered. In this life, he was only gentle with one person, and that was his young lady. For everyone else, heh, they could just wait for his revenge!
Hearing this, Zhou Hao finally felt relieved.
Fortunately, Yun Ge was still the tough guy he used to be.
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Since Ye Tuan Tuan reunited with Gu Yun Ting, the father and daughter met frequently. Gu Yun Ting even brought his work outside the school, just so he could see his daughter as soon as possible every day.