Chapter 47 Skipping a grade.

Li Mushi made a special trip to the Li family.

It wasn't bedtime, yet the Li residence was eerily quiet, as if it were the dead of night.

Aunt Zhang was bending over in the living room, tidying up the mess.

Li Mushi glanced at the cushion that had fallen to the ground: "What happened?"

"Third Master," Zhang Ma rushed over, carrying a cushion, as if seeing a savior, "Young Master came back tonight. The master and mistress said a few words to him, and they started arguing..."

The incident started when Li Ying found out that Jing Ge had returned, and she cried and made a scene, wanting to go find her.

Li Zhan found her annoying, so he threw her into the car and told the driver to take her to the Jing family's house.

Li Kaiji and Sheng Man thought he should go with them.

On the day Li Zhan's birthday ended, the two young people hadn't seen each other for almost half a year. Jing Ge's phone was unreachable by anyone, and no one could contact her.

Jingge didn't come back even once during so many important days in between; something must have happened between the two of them that they don't know about.

He wanted to take this opportunity to get Li Zhan to back down and ease the tension between them.

But Li Zhan was unwilling to go.

Exhausted, Sheng Man patiently reasoned with him: "You haven't graduated yet, and Gege is already working. Once she broadens her horizons, she might not even be interested in you. If you really like her, you should get engaged and give the betrothal gifts as soon as possible..."

These words ignited a fuse in Li Zhan's mind, causing him to sneer: "Whether she's open-minded or not, the engagement is a done deal. What good is it if she's unwilling? Her father, her grandmother, her mother—do they all need the Li family? Every time, she comes back with her tail between her legs. She's got a stubborn bone to burn, but I'll crush her..."

Li Kaiji and Sheng Man were shocked by the sharp and vicious nature of his words.

Then Li Zhan's phone rang.

Not knowing who called or who the caller was, Li Zhan's eyes quickly darkened, and he said coldly, "The good daughter-in-law you all thought was bullying my classmate in the mall."

"Who?" Sheng Man asked suspiciously. "Which classmate of yours? Is it that girl you've been flirting with lately? I'm warning you..."

Li Zhan turned and walked out.

"Li Zhan!" Li Kaiji roared in anger, "Your affair with that female classmate has reached the ears of your Uncle Jing and the others. If you don't want this marriage, then we'll call it off!"

Li Zhan stopped, his half-turned chin dark and brooding: "Retreat? Wouldn't she be overjoyed? Don't dream about it."

“Just a few minutes after the young master left,” Zhang Ma said, her panic visibly palpable, “the driver who took Yingying to the Jing family called and said that the princess…” wasn’t at the Jing family’s.

Li Mushi had already strode out with great speed and efficiency.

For the first time, he disregarded rules and etiquette and didn't let Zhang Ma finish speaking.

Aunt Zhang hurriedly followed, saying, "Are you going? Not to the Jing family. Gege isn't there. I heard she's been living in the company dormitory; the Jing family doesn't even know, nor do they know she's returned to China..."

Concerned about Jing Ge's situation, Li Kaiji and Sheng Man also rushed over.

Li Mushi knew this.

Li Ying's visit to the Jing family to find Jing Ge exposed Jing Ge's secret of living in a dormitory.

Jing's father has lost face and will not let Jing Ge off the hook.

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Jingge slept restlessly, constantly having dreams.

I dreamt that she was starting her second year of high school, wearing the uniform of a top-tier high school, and under the scorching sun, as the top student in her grade, she went on stage to give a speech to the first-year students.

After the speech, Jing Ge unexpectedly bumped into Zhuo Yueyue on his way back to class.

Zhuo Yueyue, wearing the same school uniform as her, proudly blocked her path and greeted her sweetly, "Hello, senior~"

Fear, like a bone-deep infection, pinned Jingge firmly to the ground.

Zhuo Yueyue entered the university as an art student. She can dance, and her peacock dance made many boys fall in love with her.

Zhuo Yueyue was always surrounded by many classmates and friends.

That day, she grabbed the hem of Jingge's school uniform, examined the barely noticeable milk stain on the pocket, and clicked her tongue: "How old is your son? Is he still drinking milk?"

A classmate next to her exclaimed in surprise, "She has a son? That can't be right!"

Jingge and Jing Beile are six years apart. Girls develop earlier. When they were in the first year of junior high school, Jingge took Jing Beile to the street and was seen by Zhuo Yueyue. The next day, rumors spread at school that she had given birth to a son.

The teacher later sternly stopped them and told everyone that it was Jingge's younger brother.

Following that, the names of Jing Ge and Prince Jing became another target of attack.

High school classmates are naturally not as naive as junior high school students, and after some initial doubt, they laughed and said it was impossible.

Zhuo Yueyue covered her mouth in a panic: "Oh dear, I misspoke, it's my little brother! My mouth feels like it's burned today, I keep saying the wrong thing, it's my little brother, my little brother!"

Student: "I knew it!"

"By the way, how is Prince Jing?" Zhuo Yueyue suddenly asked. "Long time no see. Greetings to the Princess and Prince Jing."

As she spoke, she tugged at her skirt and struck a greeting pose reminiscent of those in Qing Dynasty dramas.

Her classmates all assumed she was meeting an old classmate and joked, "Senior, your brother's name is Jing Beile."

Jingge gripped the school trousers so tightly they turned white.

She knew her nightmare was about to begin.

These are just appetizers.

The classrooms for first-year and second-year students are connected, so to go to the restroom you have to pass by the first-year students' classrooms.

In just one week, Jing Ge was cornered by Zhuo Yueyue seven times.

Later, Jingge stopped going to the restroom altogether; just passing through that passageway sent chills down her spine.

In the first monthly exam of the second year of high school, Jing Ge fell from the top spot in the grade for the first time, and even fell out of the top ten.

The teacher was shocked and spoke with her privately, assuming that something had happened at home.

Jing Gege, feeling uneasy, said, "Teacher, I want to skip a grade."

The senior year building is a separate building, unrelated to the junior and sophomore years.

"Skip a grade?" The teacher was taken aback. "Do you know how difficult it is to skip from the second year of high school to the third year?"

He knew that Jingge had skipped one class in junior high school.

Thinking the child might not be able to grasp the seriousness of the matter, they patiently and earnestly reminded them.

The difficulty level of Grade 11 is not the same as that of Grade 8.

Jingge lowered his head: "I know."

"No," the teacher firmly refused. "If you continue on this steady path, getting into Tsinghua or Peking University will be no problem at all. Skipping a grade is too risky. I have to be responsible for you. Call your parents here; I need to talk to them..."

Jingge's eyes reddened, and her voice trembled as she said, "Teacher, the person who bullied me in junior high, she's here..."

The teacher was taken aback: "Who?"

At that time, Jingge longed for someone to save her from her predicament, so she told them everything.

The teacher remained silent for a long time before saying, "Go back first, I'll try to talk to her."

That conversation led to trouble.

Zhuo Yueyue lay disheveled on the rooftop, where she was discovered by a patrolling security guard.

Zhuo Yueyue said that it was her homeroom teacher from Class 1 of Grade 11 who invited her to the rooftop.

The homeroom teacher of Class 1, Grade 11 is Mr. Jing Ge.

A young male teacher.

After this incident, in order to minimize the impact, the male teacher was dismissed from the school. Jing Ge explained to the principal, but the principal was unmoved: "Teacher Liu has never mentioned you from beginning to end. He is protecting you. Don't talk about it anymore. Let's make this a small matter and leave it at that."

All messages were pressed.

On the day the male teacher left, he asked someone to give Jingge a fountain pen.

A piece of paper was rolled up on the ink cartridge of the fountain pen.

The message only contained two words: "[Skip a grade]".