Chapter 213: Spring Outing
Everyone was furious over the Ning family’s situation, and for a moment, they couldn’t help but feel a bit more sympathy toward Ning Siqi. It was Jiang Chuchu who pulled their emotions back on track.
“No matter how tragic his background is, that’s already a fixed fact. The question now is—why did Wei Xiao approach him, and why is he helping him do bad things?” Jiang Chuchu said calmly.
Everyone immediately snapped back to their senses. Exactly! No matter how pitiful he is, that’s not an excuse for doing wrong! Bullying our class monitor—what’s that supposed to mean!
Bao Qingsong continued, “As far as I know, the connection between Ning Siqi and Wei Xiao actually came through a middleman.”
Simply put, after being targeted before, Ning Siqi found someone to back him up—and that person is now trying to curry favor with Wei Xiao.
Seeing that Wei Xiao had a problem, the middleman recommended Ning Siqi to act in this scheme. If it succeeded, he’d get credit. If it failed, the one who suffered would only be Ning Siqi—not the middleman or Wei Xiao.
Yao Shali paused. “Then it’s possible Ning Siqi doesn’t even know Wei Xiao is behind this. Even if they turn on each other, it’ll only expose the middleman.”
The situation fell into another stalemate.
Everyone went silent, racking their brains for a way to drag Wei Xiao into the mud.
Seeing lunch break was almost over, Gu Qinghuan clapped her hands to get their attention.
“No need to rush. At least for now, the honey trap is only at stage two—and the results aren’t great anyway.”
“Eating gossip and causing trouble is important, but what matters most is living our own lives well. We can’t let these people affect us.”
With that, everyone’s mood eased.
Right—why waste so much energy on them? Just think about it occasionally when there’s time. No need to obsess over it.
Seeing everyone back to normal, Qinghuan was satisfied.
“The most important thing is—this weekend is the spring outing! Time to have some fun!”
Everyone immediately cheered, then started asking all at once:
“Class monitor, I heard there’s an activity booklet—can you send it to us early?”
“It’ll be distributed tomorrow afternoon. The digital version will also be sent to your families,” Qinghuan said seriously. “I can’t send it early—but I can reveal a little.”
Watching her laugh and chat with everyone, Jiang Chuchu and Yu Xin exchanged a glance and smiled.
Alright—better to just enjoy the moment first.
On the day of the outing, the students who signed up boarded the arranged tour buses under their teachers’ guidance, class by class.
Each bus could hold two classes. Class 3 was secretly glad—being “Class 3” meant they shared a bus with Class 1 and Class 2, so they didn’t have to ride with Wei Xiao.
They weren’t that familiar with Class 4 either, since they were on different floors, so at first things were a bit awkward after boarding.
As a student council member, Gu Qinghuan had supervisory duties and only boarded her class’s bus right before departure.
“Huh? Class monitor, you’re not taking the student council bus?” Xu Xinghe, who sat in the front due to motion sickness, noticed her immediately.
“There’s no requirement for the council to ride together. I’m more comfortable with my own class,” Qinghuan said, then added in the class group:
[No way I’m bringing Wei Xiao onto the student council bus.]
Everyone instantly understood.
After all, Wei Xiao had been doing quite a bit of work lately. If Qinghuan rode with the council but didn’t bring him, it wouldn’t fit the persona she’d been maintaining in front of him.
But this was better—of course their class monitor should stay with them!
The journey wasn’t too long or too short. Everyone flipped through the activity booklet while discussing how to spend their free time.
Among the school-organized activities, only one—an outdoor cookout starting at 11 a.m.—required full participation. The rest of the time, they could freely form groups.
Each student received an emergency pager. Pressing it would send a distress signal, and it also had precise location tracking.
The farm had picking gardens, livestock areas with poultry and rabbits, and pet zones with cats, dogs, alpacas, and call ducks.
There was also an artificial lake and grassy garden—students could boat on the lake, fish by the shore, or lie on the grass and enjoy the sun.
The key was to enjoy spring—not to complete any specific task.
Gu Qinghuan was quickly surrounded:
“Class monitor, want to pick strawberries together?”
“Let’s go fishing!”
“What should we cook at lunch?”
“Can we go feed the rabbits?”
Seats between Class 3 and Class 4 weren’t separated—some wanted front seats for motion sickness, others preferred window seats.
The class monitor of Class 4 couldn’t help asking Shen Jianwei, “Your class monitor is really popular, huh?”
Shen Jianwei, who had deliberately brought no books or study materials to relax, actually felt relieved to have something to do.
“She really is. And if you go out with her, it’ll definitely be fun.”
“But with so many people, won’t others feel left out if she picks someone?” the Class 4 monitor asked.
“Nope.” Shen Jianwei shook her head.
Right then, Qinghuan made her decision:
“I want to go fishing!”
The invitation came from Yuan Wuwei and Fan Ziran—a girl and a boy who sat one behind the other.
They had similar personalities and interests. If not for their completely different looks, people might think they were siblings.
They had already planned to compete—betting on who could catch the bigger fish. The loser would call the winner “sis” or “bro” until the next bet.
Qinghuan, having been busy organizing the outing, just wanted to relax.
Of course, catching fish would be even better—she wanted grilled fish.
Hearing her decision, everyone nodded and continued forming their own groups.
The Class 4 monitor was amazed. “That was decided so easily? I thought she’d go with the two girls she’s been chatting with.”
“You mean Jiang Chuchu and Yu Xin? Yeah, they’re closest,” Shen Jianwei said. “But if they really want to go together, they’ll just say it directly.”
“That’s… a very healthy friendship. Almost too healthy to believe,” the Class 4 monitor sighed.
Shen Jianwei laughed. “We were surprised at first too. But later we realized—if you keep accommodating others at the cost of your own happiness, the friendship won’t last anyway. Better to be honest and find a balance.”
“And more importantly, everyone believes there will be many more chances.”
Class 3 was united and friendly.
So no matter how far apart they might be in the future—through high school, university, going abroad, or working—
No matter the distance or time,
They would always find their way back to each other, just like now.
