269: If you want to be friends with Xinran, you have to pair up with Xinjie!

If you want to be friends with Xinran, you have to pair up with Xinjie!

Previously, Meng Xinran had agreed to pair up with Xi Xiaobao. Yuan Mingbo already had a partner, so the teacher came over to coordinate everyone.1

"Meng Xinjie, Yuan Mingbo already has a partner. I'll arrange for Wang Hongjin to team up with you. Quickly go find him before the competition starts."

Meng Xinjie smiled sweetly at Teacher Zhong. "Teacher, I'll be with Xi Xiaobao. My Sis has also agreed to it."

Teacher Zhong was stunned. Of course, she knew what Meng Xinjie meant.

"But your sister has trained with Xi Xiaobao many times, so they know each other's running style well. If you want to switch up partners at the last minute, you're going to screw both your sister and Wang Hongjin over, as well as yourself and Xi Xiaobao. The entire class will be slowed down."

Meng Xinjie's mother suddenly stood up and spoke—

"Teacher Zhong, it's just a competition between classes. Friendship comes first, and competition second. How could someone play well with somebody they don't like? What's the point of the game, then?"

Teacher Zhong was really speechless when faced with these rich and powerful parents.

Just as she was about to retort, the little guy stood up.

"But your daughter and I aren't friends. I never agreed to pair up with her."

Lil bun's words almost made Qin Yan laugh out loud.

This little expert was really giving this girl a slap in the face.

He had not said anything earlier because he wanted Meng Xinjie to draw some attention to herself first.

Under her mother's depressed gaze and Meng Xinjie's reddened eyes, Lil bun walked up to Meng Xinran and asked, "You don't want to be with me anymore?"

"I do!" Meng Xinran quickly nodded.

Although she knew that this would make her aunt and Meng Xinjie unhappy, she was ostracized in class because she did not have a mother. Only the little Xiaobao was willing to be her friend. She did not want to lose this friend, so even though she knew that her aunt would teach her a lesson back at home, she still nodded without hesitation.

"Xinran!" Meng Xinjie's mother called out, and her gaze was thick with threat.

Although Meng Xinran was very afraid of the way her aunt was looking at her, she only bit her lips and did not change her mind.

"Since Meng Xinran and Xi Xiaobao have no intention of changing partners, Meng Xinjie, you should team up with Wang Hongjin."

"Teacher Zhong, wait."

Meng Xinjie's mother quickly walked up to Meng Xinran and bent down to say to her, "Xinran, you're my niece. Usually, Xinjie lets you have anything you want. Why aren't you willing to let your sister have this small thing?"

"So, in your eyes, am I just a commodity? You should let me decide what I want for myself. I've already said that I'm not friends with your daughter, yet you still insist on making me team up with her. What right do you have to do that?"

Seeing that Xi Xiaobao was being so disrespectful at such a young age, even though Meng Xinjie's mother was unhappy and felt that this child was too arrogant, she could not say anything. Even Yuan Anmin could not afford to offend his parents, let alone the Meng family.

Meng Xinjie's mother put on a smile, "Xi Xiaobao, boy, you've misunderstood Aunty. How could Aunty treat you like a commodity? You and Xinran are good friends. You should know that Xinran and Xinjie are sisters, right? Think about it. You're both friends. If you only get along with Xinran but not with Xinjie, wouldn't Xinjie be sad? She and Xinran used to be so close. Could it be that they drifted apart because of you? If you can be friends with Xinran, why can't you be friends with Xinjie too? You should have a good relationship with the both of them. If you're friends with both of them, they'll both be very happy!"

"So you're saying that if I want to be friends with Meng Xinran, I have to be friends with Meng Xinjie too? And if I want to continue being friends with Meng Xinran, I have to pair up with Meng Xinjie in this competition?"

Meng Xinjie's mother, "…"

Everyone said that children were easy to fool. Why was Xi Xiaobao so hard to fool, then?

She had initially wanted her Xinjie to be friends with this bigshot and not let that little b*tch, her annoying niece, pair up with him. Who knew that this little bigshot would see right through her?

Meng Xinjie's mother felt a little embarrassed when she saw many parents looking at her. She smiled sheepishly and said, "Of course I didn't mean that. I just want Xinjie to be your friend too, and for that, you two will have to get to know each other, right? That's why I wanted you to pair up with her. Of course, this is subject to whether you consent to it. Xinran is also Aunty's daughter. They are both my flesh and blood, and I deeply love them both. So, no matter who you become good friends with, Aunty will be very happy."

Lil bun looked at the woman's face and felt disgusted. He had no intention of giving this woman any face at all.

"You're so biased, but you still claim that the both of them are your flesh and blood and that you love them equally? Aunty, do you think that just because I'm young, I'll be easy to fool? Your Meng Xinjie is always recruiting other students in class to bully Meng Xinran and me. If not for my good grades and the fact that Meng Xinjie needs me to help her with her homework, she might have already beaten me up. Aunty, I think Meng Xinjie's worldview is very problematic because she only likes rich people. Her best friend used to be Yuan Mingbo. My relationship with him has never been good, so I'm afraid I can't be friends with Meng Xinjie. As for whether I'll stay friends with Meng Xinran even though I won't befriend Meng Xinjie, that's my business. Even my parents and my aunt don't meddle in my friendships, so what right do you have?"

After saying that, Lil bun took Meng Xinran's hand and said, "Come, let's go tie up our legs."

Meng Xinran was still a little hesitant. After all, she was a little afraid of her aunt. Her father had been away for business for the past few days…

"Let's go! Don't worry about her. She won't dare to do anything to you. If you're bullied, come and tell me tomorrow. I'll make her company go bankrupt."

Meng Xinran, "…"

If the family company went bankrupt, would she still be able to attend this school?

Meng Xinran glanced at Lil Xiaobao and did not say anything. She silently followed him to find the assistant class teacher to tie their legs together.

The class teacher invited Meng Xinjie and Wang Hongjin to partner up.

This was the first time Meng Xinjie had been so wronged by Meng Xinran. Tears welled up in her eyes.

Meng Xinjie's mother did not have any face left after being insulted by a child. She was incredibly angry.

In the second event, Lil bun's Class Three only placed second.

Because Meng Xinjie looked down on Wang Hongjin, and because the little tsundere was unwilling to spend the little bit of time they had before the race training with him, they had no choice but to go back to basics. They would chant, "One, two, one" and move their legs according to that. As long as they followed the rhythm, there would be no problem, right?

Who could have guessed that the two children's steps would be so different in width and Meng Xinjie would not be able to maintain a steady rhythm of chanting? Despite the rest of their class being far ahead, Meng Xinjie and Wang Hongjin fell down almost every two steps they took, seriously slowing them down.

Fortunately, Lil bun and Meng Xinran were very fast, helping the class not fall too behind. If not for them, Class Three would have placed last.

By the end of the competition, Meng Xinjie knew that she had accidentally sabotaged the class. To stop the other students from disliking her and not wanting to be friends with her in the future, she walked to Wang Hongjin's side, in front of all the students, and said, "Wang Hongjin, don't be sad. This is all my fault. "When I was with Yuan Mingbo, he told me to listen to his commands. When he said 'one', we would walk on our unbound legs in tandem. When he said 'two', we would walk on our bound legs together."

"He would give me the same 'one, two, one' command. We only tried it once, but it worked then. I thought it would be no problem for us to do the same thing now. How could I have known that your rhythm would be so awful! If I had known, I would have practiced it with you beforehand!"

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