Chapter 54: Trending Topics

Xu Yihuan picked up her phone and almost instantly understood what Wu Qingqing was thinking when she saw the message.

He raised an eyebrow and tapped lightly on the screen with his slender fingers.

Not yet.

【Qingqing, how many points did you get?】

Her tone was innocent and naive, as if she and Qingqing had never had any disagreements.

Wu Qingqing also failed to notice Xu Yihuan's unusual behavior.

Holding her phone, she saw Xu Yihuan's message.

He immediately curled his lips into a smug smile.

She knew it.

Xu Yihuan, this pampered young lady, is not willing to make any effort on her own.

Xu Yihuan often copied her homework, but her exam scores were still higher than hers!

It's disgusting.

She had subtly asked Xu Yihuan why she copied Xu's homework when she could get such a high score.

What was Xu Yihuan's answer back then?

Oh, she said to me with the air of a spoiled princess, "Of course I can do them all, but these questions are too easy, and I'm too lazy to waste my time."

Even now, Wu Qingqing still feels nauseous when she thinks of Xu Yihuan's smug expression.

What are you pretending for all day? Do you think you're so great?

Indeed, she is very capable, scoring 680 points on the college entrance exam, but what good is being so capable?

Whether it's talent or hard work, they all have to give way to absolute luck!

Wu Qingqing composed herself.

He started replying to Xu Yihuan's messages.

I estimate it to be around 580 points.

Go ahead and sign up, just wait and see if your score comes out and you don't even get 580!

Okay, Qingqing, show me your college application choices.

[It's a bit low, but it's not like we can't make do with it.]

It was that same entitled yet annoying tone he used as always.

Wu Qingqing suppressed her frustration, repeatedly telling herself that she would see Xu Yihuan's embarrassing situation in two weeks! She had to hold back!

Wu Qingqing held her breath and randomly searched for a few college applications online before sending them to Xu Yihuan.

It's not a 211 university's civil engineering program; it's just a regular undergraduate program in medicine or mechanical engineering.

In short, it's not something a human could learn.

But they also have one thing in common: they are all cities in the north, and none of them have a university in the south.

After Wu Qingqing sent the application to Xu Yihuan.

Suddenly, I remembered the rumored agreement between Zhou Yanzhe and Xu Yihuan.

She's already gone to Peking University; if Zhou Yanzhe goes to Nanjing University too, they'll be too far apart.

After that, things won't be very convenient.

If they get together later, it will become a long-distance relationship with one person in the south and the other in the north.

She has to go find Zhou Yanze!

So Wu Qingqing knocked on the study door once again.

"Aze, are you filling out your college application?"

According to Zhou Yanzhe's estimated scores, if he were to get into Nanjing University, he could choose almost any major.

Zhou Yanzhe casually glanced at her.

"Um."

Wu Qingqing opened her mouth, but just as she was about to speak, she gently bit her lower lip and swallowed the words back.

He looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Seeing Wu Qingqing's awkward manner, Zhou Yanzhe felt a little speechless.

But we can't just let her stand at the door forever.

Zhou Yanzhe asked helplessly, "What's wrong?"

Wu Qingqing opened her mouth, stammered for a long time, and finally said, "I heard Huanhuan say that you and she made a promise to go to Nanjing University together."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yanzhe's gaze toward Wu Qingqing sharpened.

His voice also turned colder.

Yes, that's true. What happened?

"If Shen Yanxin asked you to come, then you can go back. I will fill out my application myself."

Wu Qingqing immediately realized that Zhou Yanzhe had misunderstood.

"No, no."

"That's not what I meant. I just asked Huanhuan, and she said she estimated her score to be around 580. She applied to these schools, and almost none of them were from Nancheng."

As she spoke, Wu Qingqing handed her phone to Zhou Yanzhe, showing him the schools she had just found.

Try to convince him that it's true.

Zhou Yanzhe glanced at his phone casually, then looked at Wu Qingqing suspiciously.

Putting aside the question of how Xu Yihuan could only score 580 points, let's just talk about the school.

He just saw it; there wasn't a single student from the South, let alone Nanjing University.

How could this possibly be Xu Yihuan's wish?

Xu Yihuan liked me so much that when she heard that I wanted to go to Nanjing University, I resolutely made Nanjing University my goal.

Now she's saying she's going north?

Compared to that, Zhou Yanzhe felt that Wu Qingqing was more likely to be lying.

Zhou Yanzhe's features were rather plain.

I can't quite describe how I feel.

"Alright, I understand. You can leave now."

It was rare for Zhou Yanzhe to so blatantly kick people out, so Wu Qingqing felt embarrassed to stay any longer.

"I'm just afraid you'll be scammed, Aze. Take a good look for yourself."

Wu Qingqing left after she finished speaking.

When the door closed, he was alone in the study again.

Zhou Yanzhe stared silently at the college application he had already filled out, feeling a complex mix of emotions.

After a long pause, Zhou Yanzhe finally reached out and tapped the screen twice.

I changed my last safety school choice to a bottom-tier 211 university next to Peking University.

Meanwhile, in the conference hall of the Expo Center, in the backstage lounge.

Xu Rongyu was sitting on the sofa reading a financial newspaper.

Xu Yihuan was resting while half-lying down.

Looking at the things Wu Qingqing sent.

He raised an eyebrow and a mocking smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

Without hesitation, he raised his hand and deleted his chat history with Wu Qingqing.

Any kind of trash can appear on her phone.

Just then, a cheerful bell rang out.

This indicates that halftime has ended.

Xu Rongyu put down the newspaper in her hand, stood up, and was about to take Xu Yihuan to the front hall.

Secretary Rong strode in at that moment.

He was holding a phone in his hand, and his expression was very serious.

"Mr. Xu, something terrible has happened!"

At first glance, Secretary Rong's phone was on Weibo's trending topics page.

The top trending search term is "top scorer in the college entrance examination," which is related to the recent college entrance examination.

[This is outrageous! A top provincial student was brutally beaten in the street, his arm lacerated and bleeding! The perpetrator's identity is appalling!]

Such keywords quickly made this search term go viral.

Clicking on it reveals a completely black screen in the video.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the girl was trying to put a jacket on another girl.

The girl, however, was ungrateful and forcefully pushed him to the ground.

The delicate skin rubbed against the cement floor, and almost instantly, a large piece of skin was torn off.

The entire arm looked like a bloody mess.

This is a truly appalling act.

The video appears to have been muted; you can't hear any sound at all.

Xu Yihuan frowned.

This happened a couple of days ago when they had a gathering. How did it get filmed?

Judging from this angle, she should be one of the people in their group...

Xu Yihuan lowered her eyes and thought for a while.

As if he had thought of something, his gaze paused.

He coldly uttered three words: "Chen Zhiyuan".

Xu Rongyu was also watching the video.

He immediately recognized them as his daughter and the poor student next door.

Xu Rongyu frowned deeply as he watched the video.

If he didn't know his daughter well, he might actually be misled by this video.

Upon hearing Xu Yihuan's words, Xu Rongyu immediately turned to look at her.

"You mean, Chen Zhiyuan put this there?"

He knew Chen Zhiyuan; he was the youngest son of the Chen family, a child the couple had late in life, whom they spoiled rotten.

Xu Yihuan gave a soft "hmm".

Xu Rongyu wanted to ask something else.

Just then, Assistant Zhang hurriedly walked in.

As soon as he entered, he looked at Xu Rongyu, his face unusually tense.

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Eric wants to see you... and Miss."