In the autumn of 2003, Shen Tinglan transferred to Jinxi Middle School. The head teacher Li Xiuying's eyes turned red at first sight: "This child looks like my sister who died young." They recognized her as their godfather that day, and all the office keys and canteen meal cards were given to her. The grandma of school idol Gu Xingzhou blocked her at the school gate and took out an ancestral jade bracelet: "Girl, your handwriting is a hundred times better than that brat Xingzhou." The old lady held her hand and praised her as "my granddaughter-in-law" to everyone she met. The aunt in the cafeteria secretly hid chicken drumsticks under the bowl for her, the dean hung her calligraphy works in the principal's office, and even the most vicious math teacher in the next class took the initiative to give her extra lessons. The school belle Zhao Siqi gritted her teeth and spread rumors: "She pretends to be good, but she smokes and fights behind her back." Before she finished speaking, the class teacher refuted the rumor to the whole class: "I watched Shen Tinglan grow up. Anyone who dares to talk nonsense should ask his parents." On the basketball court, Gu Xingzhou handed her the mineral water and scolded Zhao Siqi with a cold face: "If you bully her again, I will ask my grandma to have tea with your father." Shen Tinglan sighed helplessly: I really just want to study hard. But the favor of the elders is like a snowball that is getting bigger and bigger - every time she bows, every time she takes the first place in an exam, every time she writes a word, the elders in the school love her even more. And Gu Xingzhou, who always had a straight face, started stuffing hot soy milk into her desk every morning. She looked up and he turned away: "My grandma asked me to take it."
