Her gaze remained fixed on Qiao Xi. From the moment she entered the classroom until now, she had harbored considerable curiosity about Qiao Xi, but she instinctively suppressed that curiosity and coldly replied with two words, "No."

Seeing Qiao Xi sit down, the class teacher said with relief, "Let's leave it at that for now. If Qiao Xi has any questions, she can ask her classmates."

"Okay." Qiao Xi nodded gratefully to her.

After the class leader left, the teacher in charge of the class came in, and without any buffer time, we were about to start learning design.

But Qiao Xi couldn't help but daydream for a while. She formally greeted her deskmate, "Hello classmate, we meet again."

"Jun Jiuge." Jun Jiuge said her name in a cool voice. She looked at the podium in front of her, as if she was listening to the lecture very seriously, but she did not show any attitude of not wanting to talk to Qiao Xi.

Jun Jiuge… Qiao Xi murmured to herself, it was her name, “Your name?”

"Mm." She nodded slightly.

"Qiao Xi." Qiao Xi also introduced herself.

Jun Jiuge tilted her head slightly, glanced at her with her cold eyes, and said, "I know, you already said that."

"I knew we were meant to be," Qiao Xi said with a smile.

Whether in her past life or now, Qiao Xi would never take the initiative to greet unfamiliar people, especially those she had only met once. But Jun Jiuge was an exception; she possessed a very special charm that attracted Qiao Xi.

Jun Jiuge asked her expressionlessly, "Did you transfer from the Finance Department?"

"Yes." Qiao Xi nodded affirmatively.

And then nothing happened. Qiao Xi thought she would ask her why she transferred from the finance department, but there was no response.

Qiao Xi seemed quite interested in her and asked, "And you? Where did you transfer from?"

“Country C,” Jun Jiuge answered decisively.

Qiao Xi asked in surprise, "Are you a foreigner?"

"no."

"It doesn't look like it."

She doesn't look like a foreigner, and she speaks fluent Mandarin.

They sat in the back seats, and as long as they didn't make too much noise, it was difficult for the teacher to notice them messing around.

Qiao Xi wanted to get to know her properly. She had mentioned before that she would definitely make friends after coming to the design department, and she wanted to become friends with Jun Jiuge because of her special temperament.

She quietly took out two bottles of tea from her bag, opened them, handed one to Jun Jiuge, and then took a sip herself. "It's fate that we met. Let's use tea instead of wine and wish each other a pleasant time together?"

Jun Jiuge clearly had no intention of drinking. She turned back to face the podium and stopped talking to Qiao Xi.

Qiao Xi didn't think much of it. She knew that was her personality, and she would get to know her better later.

The afternoon classes weren't difficult for Qiao Xi. Originally, Shao Ruihan was worried that she wouldn't be able to keep up, so she applied for her to transfer to the first year of the design department to start over. However, Qiao Xi felt that she could keep up, so she came to the second year to try for a few days. If it didn't work out, she could transfer to the first year.

Fortunately, Qiao Xi could understand everything. She had loved drawing design drafts since she was a child. As for some theoretical knowledge, she had come into contact with it to some extent during her years in the Jinghua family, but that was all. She didn't understand anything more profound.

As the last class ended, before Qiao Xi could even pack her things, Jun Jiuge had already disappeared, giving Qiao Xi no chance to say another word to her. It seemed that she probably didn't have any close interactions with anyone in this class.

Just as Qiao Xi was about to leave the classroom, a pretty figure suddenly appeared in front of her. She had a round face, big eyes, a small nose, and pouty lips, looking just like a Barbie doll.

But her appearance is very natural, not the kind of face that's been surgically enhanced. Even Qiao Xi, a girl herself, wanted to praise her, saying she's so cute.

With a face full of curiosity, she asked Qiao Xi, "Can I know how you got a perfect score?"

Qiao Xi was caught off guard by the question and had no idea how to answer it. In fact, she really didn't know how to answer it.

The girl frowned again and continued to ask her, "I heard you've always been last in the class, but to go from last to first place seems like an insurmountable gap, right?"

Out of politeness, Qiao Xi humbly replied, "Actually, it's not as difficult as you think."

Upon hearing this answer, the girl's face lit up with joy, and she said, "That's exactly what I've been waiting for! Can you tell me how?"

Qiao Xi felt like she'd been tricked. Torn between these thoughts, she replied with two words: "Luck."

"Luck?" The girl was clearly not satisfied with the answer. She muttered to herself, her face crestfallen, "Why don't I have such good luck?"

"Do more good deeds," Qiao Xi said, spouting nonsense with a straight face.

The girl wasn't stupid; she knew Qiao Xi was talking nonsense. "You're trying to fool me."

Qiao Xi refused to admit it and continued to deceive her, "How do you know I'm deceiving you if you haven't even tried?"

The girl seemed to agree with what she said, "That's true."

Qiao Xi breathed a sigh of relief and nodded firmly at her, "Yes!"

I couldn't help but think to myself, what a lovely, silly girl.

The girl suddenly gave up asking questions and extended a hand of friendship to Qiao Xi, "My name is Li Xiaoxiao. I felt we could be friends the moment I saw you."

"How about this, I'll treat you to dinner today."

"No..." Before Qiao Xi could even refuse, she grabbed Qiao Xi's hand and rushed out of the classroom, all the way to the school's underground parking lot.

She finally stopped in front of a bright red sports car.

"Time is of the essence, let's get going." With that, she took out her car keys, unlocked the door, and opened the passenger door to invite Qiao Xi into the car.

"Is this your car?" Qiao Xi couldn't help but ask. She wasn't surprised that she drove to school. After all, it was common for people to drive to and from school, and they were almost all driving luxury cars.

The reason she asked this question was that she felt pink suited Li Xiaoxiao better than bright red!

"Otherwise what?" Li Xiaoxiao said proudly, "Hurry up, I, Li Xiaoxiao, don't just let anyone ride in my car."

"Li Xiaoxiao, how about we go another day?" Qiao Xi didn't want to get in her car, and she didn't want to let someone else treat her to a meal so casually.

Li Xiaoxiao held onto her sleeve tightly, refusing to let go, and said, "Today only, no exceptions."

Qiao Xi had never seen such a capricious person before. He wanted to treat her to a meal on the very first day they met. This was unheard of.

Nevertheless, she still refused without hesitation, but in a more tactful way: "My family is very strict. If I can't get home by the designated time, then I'll be in big trouble."