Qiao Xi didn't know what kind of unhealthy mentality he had to speak to her in such a tone. She had seen shameless people before, but she had never seen anyone as shameless as him.

However, after the previous incident involving asking for a pen, she was able to accept it.

"Do you want to always be second place?" Qiao Xi asked him sarcastically.

These words clearly hurt Lu Mingxuan's fragile pride, but he managed to find a way to save face, "I know you're working so hard to catch up with me, to be worthy of me, but..."

"Ha." Qiao Xi, her worldview shattered, interrupted him with a cold laugh, "Who gave you that confidence?"

Lu Mingxuan said confidently, "Weren't you always worried that you'd embarrass me by getting last place in the exam?"

Yes, in her past life she was worried about embarrassing him, but now... he doesn't deserve it!

Qiao Xi looked completely bewildered. She scoffed and said, "If I get last place, it will only embarrass my husband. What does it have to do with you?"

This wasn't the first time Lu Mingxuan had heard hurtful words directed at her, and his reaction was no longer as shocked and incredulous as before, but he still appeared to be hurt.

He couldn't help but reach out to grab Qiao Xi's shoulder, but Qiao Xi immediately dodged to the side and gave him a warning look at the same time.

Lu Mingxuan also remembered the time when he grabbed Qiao Xi's wrist and Qiao Xi threw off her shirt.

From that night on, she trampled on his self-esteem time and time again, humiliated him, and made him feel ashamed!

Could it all be because she knew about his affair with Qiao Yuan?

"Xiao Xi, why do you seem so unfamiliar to me?" Lu Mingxuan clutched his chest in despair, pounding himself hard in self-reproach. He even wanted to grab Qiao Xi's hand and make her hit him. "If you're still angry with me, I'll give you time to calm down. You can even take your anger out on me. I'll do anything you want, but please don't ignore me."

He said so much, but Qiao Xi only heard the phrase "I'll do anything." Without wasting any words, she asked him directly, "I'll do anything?"

Lu Mingxuan paused for a moment, then nodded vigorously and said, "Yes! I'll do anything you ask as long as it makes you happy."

A contemptuous smile suddenly appeared on Qiao Xi's lips, and she bluntly said to him, "Kneel down and call me dad."

Lu Mingxuan's eyes widened upon hearing this. "What did you say?"

"Didn't you say you'd do anything?" Qiao Xi asked him back.

Lu Mingxuan thought she was joking. He was just saying it casually, and even if she took it seriously, she shouldn't have made such a request.

He thought that if he said that, Qiao Xi would soften her heart, but he didn't expect her to actually...

"Xiao Xi, stop making a scene, okay?" Lu Mingxuan immediately changed the subject, labeling Qiao Xi as unreasonable.

Qiao Xi had already guessed this would be the outcome. If he really knelt down and called her "Dad" today, she might really show leniency and let him die a quick death. But human nature is not something that can be changed overnight.

Lu Mingxuan looked aggrieved and innocent, waiting for Qiao Xi to say something. Qiao Xi took two steps closer to him and looked at him with a smile. He thought that Qiao Xi had forgiven him.

Just as he reached out to hug her, he heard her whisper in his ear, "I saw Yuanyuan's medical report a couple of days ago. It seems she's sick. Do you want to get checked out too?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingxuan was startled, his embrace freezing in mid-air, his heart trembling.

He just talked to Qiao Yuan yesterday...

It shouldn't be the kind of disease he's thinking of!

Lu Mingxuan asked, his voice trembling slightly, "What illness?"

Qiao Xi smiled and told him, "Of course it's that kind of illness."

"The risk of infection is very high if there is any sexual contact."

"Xiao Xi, don't talk nonsense!" Lu Mingxuan roared at Qiao Xi without thinking.

Qiao Xi didn't intend to test him; she simply wanted to scare him, holding onto an 80% chance, and it actually did scare him.

The two denied their relationship while desperately having sex, and remained unreserved even after being discovered. Were they too strong-willed, or were they simply incorrigible?

Qiao Xi deliberately added, "If you don't believe me, go ask her yourself. I happened to see her when I went home a couple of days ago."

Lu Mingxuan unconsciously took two steps back. He tried his best not to show his nervousness, but it was obvious on his face. However, he would never admit it, "We are just ordinary friends."

Qiao Xi shook her head slightly with a cold smile, offering a friendly reminder: "It's still best to get checked out, just in case."

"Get treatment early if you are sick."

Those four words, filled with endless sarcasm, poured into Lu Mingxuan's ears, and he felt a wave of nausea as he thought about the scene of his relationship with Qiao Yuan last night, and then about what Qiao Xi had said.

After Qiao Xi left, he couldn't stop vomiting. Regardless of whether what she said was true or not, he had to go to the hospital for a checkup.

Because she had wasted some time with Lu Mingxuan, Qiao Xi entered the classroom just in time.

The class teacher and classmates seemed to be waiting for her. When the class teacher saw her, she went to greet her warmly and asked, "Are you Qiao?"

"Um, sorry, I'm late." Qiao Xi apologized to them, feeling embarrassed, as they were all waiting for her.

"Perfect timing." Without a hint of reproach, class advisor Lin Yan invited her to stand at the front of the class and introduced her to the students with a face full of welcome: "This is Qiao, a new student who has joined our design major. Please welcome her."

Before he finished speaking, the classroom erupted in enthusiastic applause.

The atmosphere here is completely different from that in the finance department; one side is cold and indifferent, while the other is passionate and fiery.

Inspired by their gesture, Qiao Xi bowed deeply to them, saying, "Hello everyone, I am Qiao Xi. Please guide me in the future."

After the introduction, whispers arose from the audience: "She's the one who got a perfect score on the finance department's entrance exam."

"I heard that he used to always be ranked last in exams."

"Exceptional performance?"

"have no idea."

"It can't be a coincidence, right? What's the probability of the student who's last in the class suddenly getting a perfect score?"

"zero."

Qiao Xi heard their discussion, but she didn't mind. If this happened to someone else, she wouldn't believe it either. It was only because it happened to her that she...

The class teacher said to her gently, "Qiao, go and choose a seat."

Qiao Xi spotted a familiar face at a glance. She had told her before that they were destined to be together, and she never expected that they were really so destined.

There was no one sitting next to her, so Qiao Xi walked up to her and asked in a friendly manner, "Excuse me, is this seat taken?"