CHAPTER 303: CHAPTER 295: MAKING AN ENEMY OF CHANG YUNHUAN

"Hmph! This is outrageous and corrupt! Morals have declined with each passing day!"

A male student sitting behind Sisi suddenly uttered this sentence with a face full of righteous indignation, his brows tightly furrowed as if he had witnessed an unspeakably indecent scene. This person was none other than their class monitor, Chang Yunhuan.

Mo Liu shuddered at these words, like a frightened little bunny, her large eyes brimming with tears, seemingly on the verge of breaking down.

Damn it!

Sisi went crazy. She hadn’t expected that she would become a stepping stone for Chang Yunhuan, as he tried to climb the ladder. She knew that Chang Yunhuan had been very active recently, having submitted his application to join the Communist Party at the beginning of the school term, and he was currently under observation. Hence, these past two months, he had been extremely active, with his presence seen everywhere.

Whenever he saw a girl picking out the fatty meat in the cafeteria, he would approach with a smile, gently advising her against it. Because of his handsome appearance and airy gentlemanly demeanor, many girls would not resist giving him face. Some would even coquettishly place their fatty meat slices in Chang Yunhuan’s bowl, and Chang Yunhuan, without disdain, would always eat them up with a smile. Sisi suspected that Chang Yunhuan’s main goal was probably for these slices of fatty meat.

Because once, when Sisi, Mo Liu, and Zhu Yunxiu were having lunch together in the cafeteria, Mo Liu and Zhu Yunxiu also disliked the fatty meat, so she picked out the large chunks of fat from her bowl, planning to throw them into the swill bucket later. That’s when Chang Yunhuan came over.

"He Sisi, wasting food like this is not right. Think about our brave revolutionary martyrs. Back when they climbed snow-capped mountains and crossed the grasslands, they didn’t even have wild vegetables to eat, let alone fatty meat. He Sisi, what do you think you’re doing to the memory of our revolutionary martyrs?"

Chang Yunhuan maintained a face of righteousness, his head glowing with a halo of sanctity, his eyes shining as they fixed on the fatty meat slices beside Sisi’s food container.

Chang Yunhuan: ..... Ohhh, I can have a good meal of fatty meat this afternoon, what a treat!

With a partly amused and partly smiling look, Sisi glanced at the two bald sanhe flour steamed buns in Chang Yunhuan’s lunchbox and said with a smile:

"Comrade Chang Yunhuan, revolutionary martyrs should certainly be respected in our hearts, and not always be talked about with such frequency. Doing so is disrespectful to those brave souls, and they must be tired, constantly being mentioned by Comrade Chang Yunhuan."

Zhu Yunxiu couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing. Mo Liu and the shoulders of other students in the cafeteria also shook, finding it extremely funny.

Chang Yunhuan’s face, which had been full of smugness, instantly froze. Always successful among girls, he never expected to be put in his place by such a young girl like Sisi, His facial expressions were richly varied.

He was about to speak when Sisi continued, "Moreover, my grandfather often tells me at home about the heroic deeds of his comrades-in-arms. Could I not be clearer about them than Comrade Chang Yunhuan? And these pieces of fatty meat, of course, I won’t waste them, because I will take them back for my grandfather’s beloved dog Da Hei, who really loves these fatty meat slices!"

"Sisi, who is Da Hei?" Mo Liu asked, curious as a baby. Sisi gave her an approving look, good kid, smart.

"Da Hei is a big black dog raised by my grandfather, who loves meat a lot. Da Hei is also my grandfather’s treasure because Da Hei’s great-great-great-grandfather once saved my grandfather’s life on the battlefield but heroically sacrificed himself!"

"To the gallant Great-Great-Great-Grandfather of Da Hei, here’s my meat for you, Sisi. Take it and feed it to Da Hei!" Zhu Yunxiu very cooperatively dumped the meat from her bowl into Sisi’s.

Other female classmates also did the same, promising to keep giving their meat to Da Hei in the future. And so, Sisi was able to bring back lots of fatty meat every day for Mr. Yun’s Da Hei, which made Da Hei extremely happy.

Of course, Da Hei did exist, but not as the Old Man’s dog; it was Mr. Yun who raised it. Indeed, Da Hei’s great-great-great-grandfather had once saved Mr. Yun’s life. Mr. Yun, who got bored to tears, started raising Da Hei from last year, treating it to good food and drink every day, fattening it up until it was as plump and sturdy as Mr. Yun himself.

Since then, the girls in the class would give their fatty meat slices to Sisi, and Chang Yunhuan became a vegetarian. She also harbored resentment towards Sisi—or at least that’s what Sisi guessed, because after that, she felt Chang Yunhuan always targeted her with a look of disdain.

Moreover, activities like holding discussion meetings, writing big-character posters, and carrying out criticism and self-criticism always saw Chang Yunhuan hopping around, busier than a bee, quickly becoming an active figure at Tsinghua University and greatly appreciated by the school leadership. Zhu Yunxiu said that it’s very likely Chang Yunhuan’s probation period might end early, and by next year, she would become a glorious Party Member.

Sisi couldn’t care less about all that. Chang Yunhuan had the skills to get appreciated by the leadership, which had nothing to do with her, but that was provided they didn’t plan on stepping on her to climb up the ladder.

"Classmate Chang Yunhuan, do you have the guts to repeat what you just said out loud in front of all the classmates and teachers?" Sisi suddenly stood up and said sternly to Chang Yunhuan.

The commotion here was too big, so everyone in the class stopped writing and looked over when they saw it was Sisi and Chang Yunhuan facing off. Nobody felt like drawing anymore and were all keenly watching the scene unfold.

"What am I afraid of saying? You two are corrupting morals. In broad daylight, you actually confessed your love to a male classmate. It’s simply indecent!"

Chang Yunhuan stood up as well, looking down on Sisi with a smug expression. Hmph, I finally caught your weakness!

The rest of the classmates all exploded in uproar. Confessing love in public? How could the class’s prettiest, He Sisi, fall for someone as insignificant as Mo Liu? Good heavens, the world has gone mad! The male students all wailed in their hearts, mourning their love that hadn’t even begun!

Zhu Yunxiu looked at Sisi with concern. Although their class was more daring and open than the others, if today’s incident got out, Sisi would definitely end up on a big-character poster!

Sisi scoffed coldly, "Chang Yunhuan, I think it’s your own mind that’s dirty and your thoughts that are filthy. Mo Liu is our comrade in study and struggle. Is it wrong to have a friendly affection among classmates? Do you, Chang Yunhuan, think that I should be as cold as severe winter to my classmates to be considered normal?"

"Yeah, that’s right. We should be as warm as Spring Breeze to our classmates. He Sisi is not wrong at all!"

"Yes, Chang Yunhuan, your thoughts are too filthy!"

The male classmates joined the ruckus, all siding with Sisi. They were fed up with Chang Yunhuan who always hung around the female students, exploiting his tragic background and dashing looks to garner the girls’ sympathy—God knows how many advantages he has taken?

Also, this Chang Yunhuan was always hopping about so cheerfully, just like a teacher’s pet, always seeking attention!

Damn it, how could this poor kid from the impoverished mountains have it smoother than them, the children of high-ranking officials? Could they feel anything but eyesores?