"You'll be taking all subjects in your first year of high school. I asked your class teacher, and while your grades are currently very good, your science subjects are still significantly weaker than your humanities subjects. If you want to get a high score on the college entrance exam, at the very least, your math can't be bad, right?"

The little girl was teetering on the brink of collapse.

"If you live at school, the lights are turned off every night, how will you do your homework? Every morning, your classmates are still asleep, and you can't make any noise, how will you memorize your lessons?"

Tong Su: "...Fine, I won't live on campus anymore!"

The man's thin lips curled up, and he raised an eyebrow: "This is your own decision, you can't go back on your word."

Although I should be happy, why do I feel an indescribable sense of unease and depression?

What? His charm isn't as strong as the allure of studying?!

In any case, it's settled that Tongsu will be staying with him for the time being.

Soon, Tong Su returned to Mingfeng High School. At this time, the second episode of the program "Today I'm a Freshman" had already started filming.

When Mu Tianwang heard from the teachers that Tong Su had won the silver award, he congratulated her repeatedly. In addition to celebrating with her, he also specifically told the other members of the program team that they were not allowed to ask about Tong Su's online affairs, and even less were they allowed to use that as a selling point to generate buzz on social media.

However, even though the production team didn't intentionally try to capitalize on her popularity, Tong Su still appeared quite a bit on the show. The guests all liked and sympathized with this girl who had a difficult past but was still self-reliant, and took good care of her.

After the final episode aired, Tong Su became a hot topic online once again.

"Did you guys see that? Tang Tongyang appeared in this episode! I love her so much, she's so beautiful!"

"Most celebrities are pretty but just pretty faces, but Miss Tongyang is truly talented and beautiful! I heard she got into Mingfeng with the second-highest score in the whole school."

"Look at that Chinese class, the one where they're learning the poem 'The Peasant Woman.' The girl is writing it from memory on the blackboard. After she finished writing the simplified characters, she even showed off her small seal script!"

"Pah! The person upstairs clearly wasn't listening! The young lady specifically said that this so-called 'hooligan poem' is from the pre-Qin period, and she used the Great Seal script! The Small Seal script only appeared in the Qin Dynasty, and it's not from the same era as the 'hooligan poem'!"

"...You keep calling it 'rogue poetry,' what are you pretending to be so smart for? 'The Rogue' is about a faithless man, not a rogue!"

The students of Mingfeng were also very curious about Tongsu. In just a few days, the online trend changed every day. Before they could react, their classmate became a popular figure on the internet.

After class, they would gather in twos and threes and whisper among themselves.

"Didn't Tang Tongyang say she wasn't a child of the Tang family? Why didn't she change her surname? Then who are her biological parents?"

"I heard she won the silver medal. Pshaw, all that hype online about her is nothing compared to her not winning the gold!"

“She doesn’t live on campus anymore. Where does she live now? Who do you think adopted her? Last time, I saw someone pick her up from school in an Audi A8, the kind that costs over a million.”

"Rich people, huh..."

"What's her relationship with King Mu? Even King Mu is so protective of her."

"Tch, so what if she's great? Didn't Young Master Huo still dump her? He's with Tang Nuoyu every day now. We even saw them kissing in the woods last time..."

The whispers among the classmates were overheard by Tongsu's best friend, Si Muxia. The girl was both angry and heartbroken. Like a mother hen protecting her chicks, she bristled, shielding Tongsu under her wings, and fiercely barked at the outside world.

"Aren't you all annoying! Talking about people behind their backs, do you have any shame? Shut up! Get out of here! You bunch of deadbeats!"