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After school.

Lu Yanhe waited until everyone had left before preparing to go back.

When I went downstairs, I saw Chen Siqi walking ahead of me alone.

"How did you do on the exam this time?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Chen Siqi was startled and immediately turned around. She saw Lu Yanhe, who was five steps taller than her. Because he was backlit, she couldn't see him clearly at first. She had to look closely before she could see Lu Yanhe's face clearly.

"It's just like that," Chen Siqi said. "Over a hundred."

Even after getting the answers from Xu Zijun, I only scored in the top 100?

Lu Yanhe didn't understand.

Xu Zijun ranked twelfth in her grade this time.

Chen Siqi, however, seemed to see right through Lu Yanhe's thoughts.

“I asked Xu Zijun for the answers, not to copy hers.”

"Wait, what the hell?" Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Siqi in surprise. "Don't you think what you're saying is a bit contradictory?"

"Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I told you," Chen Siqi shook her head. "I'm too lazy to explain it to you."

She turned to leave.

"Hey!" Lu Yanhe shouted.

Chen Siqi turned to look at him again, puzzled.

"How do you know I wouldn't understand even if you told me?" Lu Yanhe took two steps down. "Why are you being so absolute? Why don't you tell me?"

Chen Siqi looked at him with disbelief. "You're very free?"

Lu Yanhe was rebuked.

"I just... never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway." He immediately put his words to use, "I'm too lazy to explain. Since you don't want to talk about it, then bye-bye."

Chen Siqi watched in astonishment as Lu Yanhe walked downstairs.

She bit her lip lightly, as if she were having some kind of internal struggle.

However, in the end, he stood still and waited until Lu Yanhe's figure disappeared before he started walking downstairs again.

She moved very slowly, seemingly not wanting to run into Lu Yanhe again.

But her face still retained a stubborn indifference.

Chen Siqi told herself that she had only paid Lu Yanhe to attend her birthday party, and that the matter was settled; they had no further relationship now.

Even so, what came to mind was the day Li Lin had almost forced her into an embarrassing situation, when Lu Yanhe suddenly appeared like a god descending to earth.

When someone appears to help you out of your most difficult situation, it's no exaggeration to describe them as a god descended from heaven.

But you're not true friends. A voice kept telling Chen Siqi this in her heart.

-

"Siqi!"

Liu Wei'an was spotted at the school gate.

The moment Chen Siqi saw her, her eyes darkened.

Why is she here again?!

Chen Siqi desperately hoped that one day her father would be the one to pick her up from school, not this woman.

All they know is how to put on a show.

She showed her care for her in front of outsiders, even her stepmother, treating her like her own daughter.

Even her father was deceived, let alone the others.

Chen Siqi walked over and looked at her expressionlessly.

Why are you here?

Faced with Chen Siqi's unpretentious attitude, Liu Wei'an's smile paused slightly, but she didn't completely hide it.

"I've come to pick you up and take you home." Liu Wei'an took Chen Siqi's arm without further ado. "Let's go."

Chen Siqi immediately shook off her hand.

"Don't touch me!"

A look of helplessness appeared on Liu Wei'an's face.

"Okay, okay, if you don't like me touching you, I won't hold your arm anymore, don't be angry."

Chen Siqi gave her a disgusted look and got into her own car first.

"Uncle Jiang, let's go, don't wait for her."

Driver Uncle Jiang gave her a troubled smile and shook his head.

Chen Siqi knew that she was just saying things out of anger.

How could Uncle Jiang possibly abandon the mistress and take her away first?

Liu Wei'an got into the car.

Chen Siqi turned her head directly to look out the window, not wanting to meet Liu Wei'an's gaze.

Some students and parents who came to pick up their children also witnessed this scene at the school gate.

From any perspective, Liu Wei'an was an extremely kind and righteous stepmother, while Chen Siqi, the daughter, had a terrible temper.

Lu Yanhe walked out from behind the camphor tree next to the school gate, glanced at the car merging into the traffic, and slightly curled the corners of his mouth.

Given Chen Siqi's temper, the atmosphere in the carriage right now is probably not good.

-

When Lu Yanhe returned to the apartment, only Yan Liang was there.

“Li Zhibai went home,” Yan Liang said. “It’s just the two of us. Have you had dinner?”

He was playing video games while asking this question.

Lu Yanhe shook his head. "Order takeout?"

"I packed some dishes from the company cafeteria for lunch and brought them back. I can just heat them up and eat them," Yan Liang said.

Wow, that saves money.

Lu Yanhe opened the refrigerator and took out the vegetables that Yan Liang had brought back.

"Have you cooked rice?" Lu Yanhe asked.

"without."

"How about the next one? Do you want some?" Lu Yanhe asked again.

Yan Liang: "Yes."

Lu Yanhe turned on the stove, boiled a pot of water, and threw in two handfuls of noodles.

The bubbling hot water quickly softened the noodles.

Lu Yanhe took the leftovers out and heated them in the microwave.

Dinner was ready in ten minutes.

"Damn it!" Yan Liang put down his phone with a frustrated expression.

It's obvious they've lost.

He came to the kitchen and together with Lu Yanhe brought the noodles and dishes outside, placed them directly on the coffee table, and then sat cross-legged on the floor to start eating.

"Oh, by the way, have the monthly exam results come out yet?" Yan Liang asked.

"Um."

"How was it?" Yan Liang thought, taking this opportunity to talk to Lu Yanhe about the monthly exam results. He realized that using live streaming for studying was unreliable and that grades weren't easy to improve.

Yan Liang hadn't considered how much Lu Yanhe would improve in this exam after only a few days of hard work.

So when Yan Liang heard Lu Yanhe say that he had been admitted to the top 300 in his grade, he was stunned and couldn't accept it, thinking that he had misheard.

"How many?"

275.

Yan Liang stared at Lu Yanhe in disbelief: "Are you cheating?"

Lu Yanhe: "Go away, go away."

Yan Liang still couldn't accept that Lu Yanhe had suddenly ranked among the top 300 in the grade.

"No, what kind of magic pill did you take to make such rapid progress?"

"Rely on yourself," Lu Yanhe said. "Do you think all my previous efforts were in vain?"

"You only worked hard for a week, do you think everyone else didn't work hard?" Yan Liang said. "You, who usually only scores in the 500s, suddenly jumped such a big distance and got into the top 300 in the grade. Doesn't anyone suspect you cheated?"

Lu Yanhe thought back for a moment.

"No one said it to my face, but I'm sure some people are talking about it behind my back."

"Tell me the truth, did you cheat?"

"Why would I cheat?" Lu Yanhe said directly. "If I cheated, I would only rank in the top 200 in the grade. That would be underestimating my intelligence."

Yan Liang hesitated, as if he wanted to speak.

"Don't worry, I didn't cheat or use any hacks. These are the results I got on my own," Lu Yanhe said. "They're genuine and authentic, no deception."

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