Fang Ru came out carrying a basin of dirty water and splashed it directly on Zhao Yanyan.

"Oh dear, I thought you had left. I'm so sorry."

In the freezing cold, Zhao Yanyan was soaked in cold water and looked as disheveled as a drowned rat.

Before long, the cold water on her head froze into ice crystals.

Zhao Yanyan couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears: "Dad, Mom, their whole family is bullying me!"

Upon hearing Zhao Yanyan's cries, Zhu Xiaoqin rushed out without even putting on her coat.

When she saw her daughter soaked to the bone, she was furious and lost all sense of propriety, yelling and screaming at Fang Ru.

"How can you act like an elder? What did my Yan Yan do that you had to throw cold water on her?"

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When Fang Ru's temper flares up, she is uncompromising and confronts others head-on.

"Dean Zhu, we need to clean up before the New Year, and I wanted to wash the stone pavement near my house. Is there a problem with that? Why can't you control your daughter? Standing in front of someone else's door during the New Year, blocking their way, and spouting such foul language—is this the kind of child intellectuals raise?" Qianqian Xiaoshang

The argument between the two attracted the attention of the neighbors. Gu Huaiqian, not wanting things to escalate, coaxed Fang Ru back into the house with kind words.

Zhu Xiaoqin was also a person who cared about her reputation. In front of the neighbors, she couldn't make a scene, so she had to swallow her anger and take Zhao Yanyan home.

As soon as Zhao Yanyan got home, she started throwing a tantrum and breaking things. No matter how Zhu Xiaoqin tried to coax her, she couldn't calm her down, which made Zhao Guangsheng even angrier.

The Zhao family had a chaotic and stressful New Year.

The Gu family next door, however, were all happy and unaffected by the turmoil.

News travels fast in the capital's compound. The news that Gu Zhiyun's admission to university was revoked by Zhao Guangsheng because of his family's high social class status spread within a few days.

When people visit relatives and exchange New Year's greetings, they always have something to say, either feeling sorry for Gu Zhiyun or secretly cursing Zhao Guangsheng as a scoundrel.

"I heard that Zhao Yanyan insisted on dating Xiao Gu, and tried every trick in the book to break up Xiao Gu and Jingya. She even threatened to kill herself to force Zhao Guangsheng to find a way, which is why Zhao Guangsheng canceled Xiao Gu's admission. His goal was to force Xiao Gu to be with his daughter!"

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"Such a thing really happened? It's outrageous! Zhao Yanyan is such a troublemaker! Xiao Gu doesn't even like her, yet she still insists on causing trouble!"

"It's a pity about Xiao Gu. He was sent to the countryside for three years and still managed to score over 400 points on the college entrance exam. I've never seen anyone score over 400 points on the college entrance exam. What does family background matter with such a talented person? Isn't it a loss for the country that he can't go to university?"

"Stop talking, stop talking, the Zhao family is here!"

In the past few days, Zhao Yanyan has clearly noticed a change in the attitude of the people in the compound towards her when she goes out.

In the past, everyone regarded her as the daughter of a university president and the director of a hospital in the capital, and treated her with great affection.

But now, hardly anyone is willing to greet her.

Not only did he refuse to greet her, but he also gave her cold looks and avoided her whenever he saw her.

Even the girls in the compound who were close to her would find various excuses to avoid meeting her.

Zhao Yanyan was both anxious and angry, but there was nothing she could do.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Shen Jingyan, Gu Zhiyun, and Yang Zinuo went to see Old Man Xu again.

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Xu Honglin and his wife were not home again. Feifei said that the two of them had a New Year's Eve dinner at home on New Year's Eve and went back to work on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Old Xu was excitedly looking forward to the courses after the start of the semester, constantly talking about the teaching plan, while Shen Jingyan and Gu Zhiyun just smiled in response.

Yang Zinuo couldn't help but want to tell Gu Zhiyun about their decision to repeat a year of high school several times, but Gu Zhiyun stopped her with a look each time.

He didn't want to cause trouble for Old Man Xu.

He's figured it out; it's just another year. Next year, he'll still be Old Xu's student.

After the Lantern Festival, there are only three days left until the start of the new semester at Imperial University.

Yang Zinuo has already reported to the military academy, and Gu Zhiyun and Shen Jingyan are also planning to buy textbooks to review.

Gu Zhiyun appeared calm and collected on the surface, but Shen Jingyan knew that there was always a hurdle he couldn't overcome in his heart.

He once so passionately dreamed of entering the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics and realizing his ambitions, but now he can only watch helplessly as others walk into the campus of Imperial University.

The disappointment and pain involved are unimaginable.

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Shen Jingyan saw him tossing and turning at night, unable to sleep, holding that bright red admission notice and looking at it over and over again.

But besides giving him a hug and saying a few optimistic words to comfort him, there was nothing else she could do.

The day before the start of the semester, Old Xu arrived at the Imperial University and, surrounded by a group of professors and high-ranking officials, visited the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

He is a leading figure in the scientific research community, and even the Minister of Education came in person.

The first thing Old Xu did was to obtain the admission list and college entrance examination scores of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

He put on his reading glasses and carefully traced each student's name with his finger.

He looked at it three or four times, but still couldn't see Gu Zhiyun's name, which puzzled him greatly.

After counting the number of people, it was found that the original plan was to enroll thirty students, but there were only twenty-nine people on the list.

Gu Zhiyun was the only one missing.

He's an impatient person; he wants to solve problems immediately.

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