The next morning, Hua Kai accompanied Zhang Miao to the morning market to buy ingredients for making cold skewers.

After buying everything, they returned to their rented house, where Hua Qingyi had already prepared water for them.

Hua Kai helped Zhang Miao tidy up the materials, planning to skewer them when she returned at noon and sell them in the evening, so as not to interfere with her schoolwork.

Zhang Miao tried her best not to rely on Hua Kai and Hua Qingyi's help. She needed to be able to handle things on her own as soon as possible because Hua Kai and Hua Qingyi had their own things to do, and she couldn't hold them back.

Once everything was settled, Hua Kai and Zhang Miao hurried back to school.

Today, the midterm exam results were announced. After the preparatory bell rang, the homeroom teacher came in with the report cards: "The midterm exam results are out. Our class did well, ranking second in the grade. I want to give special praise to Huakai, who came to school so late, yet still managed to rank first in the grade. She got full marks in English, Politics, and History. You should all learn from her."

The class started discussing after the homeroom teacher said those words, because everyone was really surprised by Hua Kai. They knew she was a good student, but it was really unexpected that she could be ranked first in the grade.

The homeroom teacher clapped her hands: "Quiet down, class monitor, please post your grades on the wall. Everyone take turns coming over to check your grades."

Yu Zhiming walked to the front of the class, posted the report cards on the wall, and let the students take turns looking at them.

The first class started soon. Today, all the teachers went over the test papers. Of course, almost every teacher praised Huakai. Huakai's reputation in the school has spread. Before, people would just say she was pretty, but today is different. She got first place in the whole grade, more than 30 points ahead of the second place. This is something that not everyone can do.

Before school let out at noon, Gu Xiaoxue called Hua Kai out and said that the police had already interrogated Lu Xue and Zhou Xinrui. Both of them were guilty of hiring someone to commit assault, so they would have to face legal punishment. He wasn't sure how they would be sentenced in the end, but the school would announce their expulsion to the whole school that afternoon, so Hua Kai could relax.

Hua Kai was satisfied upon hearing the news: "Thank you, Director Gu."

Gu Xiaoxue sighed, "Oh, thank goodness Brother Fan went yesterday, otherwise you would have been injured. I would have blamed myself for the rest of my life, and no wonder Brother Fan was angry with me."

Hua Kai smiled and said, "Ye Yifan isn't angry. Don't you know he's a man of few words? I have something to do at noon today, I'll treat you to lunch tomorrow."

Gu Xiaoxue was finally relieved when Hua Kai said that Ye Yifan wasn't angry: "I'll treat you tomorrow."

After saying that, he added, "You did so well on the exam this time, first in the grade. I really didn't expect it. I've always thought you were smart, but to do so well even with such a distraction is amazing."

Hua Kai said, "It's perfect timing that we can have lunch together tomorrow. I also have something I'd like to discuss with you. I have to go out for lunch early today to meet a client."

“Okay, then you can go in and get your things. Come downstairs with me,” Gu Xiaoxue said.

Hua Kai agreed and took her schoolbag out through the back door. She was in the last row, but this week she had been moved to a seat near the door, so it was very convenient for her.

Carrying her schoolbag, Hua Kai went downstairs with Gu Xiaoxue.

Gu Xiaoxue sighed, "I used to admire Brother Fan. He knew everything and was knowledgeable about everything. Now I have another person I admire."

Hua Kai laughed and joked, "Then I am very honored. As a student, to receive such high praise from the director of the Political Education Department, I can't be modest."

Gu Xiaoxue laughed too: "You really don't need to be modest. Being first in your grade is something to be proud of."

As they talked, they reached the bottom of the stairs. Hua Kai said goodbye to Gu Xiaoxue and then went out.

Today she went to Fuze Community to deliver the drawings to the two clients introduced by Grandma Fang. However, since it was Zhang Miao's first day making skewers, Hua Kai asked her older brother to stay home and help Zhang Miao while she went to deliver the drawings herself.

Because the apartment wasn't large and the other party was easy to talk to, the deal was done quickly. After receiving the money, Hua Kai went to look at a few other apartments.

When we arrived at Section Chief Cheng's house, he was home. He was very satisfied with the renovation.

Hua Kai told Section Chief Cheng about sofas, beds, and other items; her factory will be able to produce them next month, and the designs will be more suitable.

Section Chief Cheng was naturally willing to wait, and he talked with Hua Kai for a while about some details of the decoration later.

At this moment, a middle-aged woman in her mid-forties knocked on the door and came in: "Section Chief Cheng, I heard that your house is decorated particularly well, so I came to take a look."

Since it's a residential building for family members, many people know each other, and if you don't know someone, you can find out by asking around.

Section Chief Cheng greeted her at the door: "Sister Yuan, come in quickly. Xiao Hua, who designed the house, is here too. You can ask her if you have any ideas."

Sister Yuan walked in, looked around the house, and said, "This decoration is really trendy and beautiful." Then she said to Hua Kai, "Xiao Hua, this girl is young, but her skills are quite high."

Hua Kai humbly replied, "I also learned from my master, and with the cooperation of Section Chief Cheng, I was willing to give it a try."

After looking around, Sister Yuan really liked it and immediately told Section Chief Cheng that she wanted to use the floral design for her home.

Section Chief Cheng had said almost everything, so he directly asked Hua Kai to go to Sister Yuan's house.

The two walked and talked.

"Xiaohua, you're not that old. You started working before you even finished high school, right?" Sister Yuan asked.

"I'm in high school now, a freshman at the No. 1 High School in the city," Hua Kai replied obediently.

Sister Yuan stopped in her tracks: "What? No. 1 Middle School? Isn't your political education director surnamed Gu?"

Hua Kai nodded: "Yes, Director Gu and I are quite familiar with each other. Besides being teacher and student, we are also friends. Is Ms. Yuan a relative of Director Gu?"

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