"My mother said that she has been keeping in touch with her friends from the alumni association in the United States, but I haven't heard of anyone's daughter who is also in our school."

The next day, Lin Yan asked Tao Zhizhi in front of her classmates: "You can't lie, right?" ”

"Lying? What lies? ”

Tao Zhizhi was writing English words, and he raised his head with a blank expression.

"Your dad isn't actually a student in the United States, is he?"

Lin Yan asked tentatively.

The classroom suddenly became very quiet, as if everyone was pricking up their ears and waiting for Tao Zhizhi's answer.

Tao Zhizhi looked indifferent: "Yes, he is not a student in the United States, he has never read, my family is very poor, and I can't eat enough." ”

Seeing Lin Yan's eyes widen, Tao Zhizhi smiled: "If this is the answer you want, I will satisfy you." Okay, class is coming up, can you be quiet and let me finish these words? ”

This answer was breezy and bleak, in stark contrast to Lin Yan's impatience.

It's really too much, how can a girl like Tao Zhizhi come from such a small family and a poor family? Some classmates looked at Lin Yan with condemnation.

Tao Zhizhi has a round face and big eyes, and he has a small dimple when he laughs, looking sweet and harmless to humans and animals. The students of the second girls' middle school have always had to wear school uniforms, light moon white shirts, black skirts, white socks and black leather shoes, every female student is dressed like this, on the surface, I can't see how the family background is, only the car parked at the door after school, rickshaw, the maid who carries the schoolbag for the eldest lady, and the school gate is blocked tightly, and you can vaguely get a glimpse of the students' family background from here, but there are also students who are rich and rich, but they don't show it at all. Tao Zhizhi's grades have always been the first in the grade, he is humble and pampered, has a quiet personality, never conflicts with his classmates, smiles at everyone, and has a good personality.

"Hey, what do you mean?"

Li Nan asked.

"It's not interesting, classmate Lin keeps asking me this question, I said before that my dad went on a business trip, I don't know exactly what year he enrolled in school or whether he participated in the activities of the class reunion, now I found out, classmate Lin actually doesn't want to know who my dad is, what is his name, she just wants me to admit that what I said is a lie, and I may not even have a father, then I will satisfy her, classmate Lin, you won, I am very poor, and I can't eat poor." Tao Zhizhi smiled and glanced around at the stunned classmates, "Today's classmates are witnesses, please, is it okay for classmate Lin to let me go, unless it's studying, I don't want to compare with others in life, what does it mean?" My father said that all external material conditions are created by my parents, and all I have independently is my own mind, why don't you compare your grades with me? Tao Zhizhi's words Lin Yan was speechless.

The classroom was quiet at first, and suddenly there were a few applause from the door, and the teaching director and math teacher stood at the door: "What Tao Zhizhi said is really good, students, the teacher also hopes that we will compare our grades together rather than our family background, among our two daughters, family wealth has never been the standard for comparing a good student." ”

Lin Yan lowered her head in shame, she felt extremely wronged. Yesterday, a few good friends proposed to find a private detective to investigate Tao Zhizhi, and she was still against it, but now, she regrets it. Yes, I regret it, Tao Zhizhi is too much, she is just interested in her father and her mother, but Tao Zhizhi is full of vigilance and malice towards the outside world, it is really too much.

The ridicule, sympathy, and indescribable glances of the classmates were intertwined, and Lin Yan didn't know how she got back to her seat.

"It's too much, Tao Zhizhi is too much."

She whispered to Li Nan, who was at the same table.

Li Nan nodded, and wrote four words on the paper with a pen: "Private detective." ”

Lin Yan nodded: "I'll pay for it, you can do it." ”

Tao Zhizhi breathed a sigh of relief, the teacher's words made her feel relieved, which showed that the teacher did not plan to disclose her status as a free student, and in the eyes of the teacher, she was still a good student.

At the end of class, the teacher said, "Tao Zhizhi, go to my office." ”

Tao Zhizhi straightened his waist and walked out of the classroom with his head held high.

"Look at her haughty look." A girl muttered under her breath.

"Jealousy, if you are the first in the grade, you can be so arrogant." Some people scoffed.

"Hmph, it seems that you are noble, I remember last time you said that you were very jealous of her, why, now you are not jealous."

Fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, although they wear the same school uniform, everyone's psychology is different.

Li Nan whispered in Lin Yan's ear: "Look, in fact, many people don't like her, if you really find out that she is lying, you can drive her away." ”

Drive Tao Zhizhi away? Lin Yan didn't have this idea, her grades were good, but she could never compare to Tao Zhizhi, she always wanted to ask Tao Zhizhi who her parents were, in fact, she subconsciously hoped that Tao Zhizhi was lying, and she could make her lose face, right?

Thinking like this, Lin Yan suddenly felt a sense of guilt. Li Nan said in a low voice: "Look at her back, that chin is raised, does she use her chin to look at people?" ”

Yes, Tao Zhizhi is back. She still has a straight back, a few smiles on her lips, and a confident and sunny look.

All the classmates looked at her, and there was envy and jealousy in their eyes, and like Lin Yan, jealousy and guilt were intertwined.

Tao Zhizhi is very breezy and light, but in fact, his heart is already turbulent.

The teacher called her over to teach her a lesson: "Tao Zhizhi, your last exam was not ideal." ”

Tao Zhizhi has been the first place from elementary school to middle school all these years, and he couldn't accept what the teacher said for a while, so he hurriedly defended: "But I'm still the first place." ”

"The first place is not the same as the first place, you usually drop the second place in the grade by more than 30 points, but this time it is only less than ten points more than the second place, what is the reason?"

Tao Zhizhi lowered his head, thinking to himself that he had to be taught a lesson by the teacher all the time?

"Tao Zhizhi, you are different from others, you have to work harder than everyone else. If you continue like this, sooner or later, someone else will catch up, and then you won't be able to keep your free spot. ”

"I'll try." Tao Zhizhi whispered.

She is a specially approved free student, and once her grades drop, she will be persuaded to drop out, because her family is unable to pay the tuition fees of the second daughter's middle school.

"Remember, always remember, you are different from others, I don't understand why Lin Yan is targeting you, Tao Zhizhi, you have to pay attention to your words and deeds, don't be disturbed by these trivial things." The female director is in her forties, wearing a pair of thick myopic glasses, short hair that reaches her ears, and she looks very serious, she also came out of a poor family, so she usually cares about Tao Zhizhi, and seeing her is like seeing her own shadow.

You're not like anyone else! This is Tao Zhizhi's most hated words!

Why keep reminding me that I'm different from others? Is it because I'm a free student who can't be spoken?