Rich young ladies in well-tailored uniforms walked into the school one after another. The morning sun shone on their youthful faces, which were filled with a bit of reserve and competition.
As usual, Guo Jingzhu was taken to school by the driver.
Just as she got off the bus and lowered her head to cross the school gate, two figures wearing the same school uniform blocked her way without a trace.
It was Zhou Zhishan and Li Siqi who were waiting outside Villa No. 3 in Repulse Bay last night to laugh at her but failed and were driven out by Lin Huowang.
"Hey, isn't this the eldest daughter of the Guo family?
Didn’t you make friends with Mr. Kobayashi yesterday?
Why didn't you ask Mr. Xiaolin to send you a special car?"
Zhou Zhishan spoke in a sharp tone and deliberately raised her voice, attracting the attention of several girls nearby.
Li Siqi sneered in agreement and pretended to accidentally stretch out her foot.
Guo Jingzhu was caught off guard and staggered.
Although she did not fall down in a mess, her white lambskin shoes stepped heavily on the edge of the flower bed that had just been watered. The splashed mud immediately stained her spotless skirt and shoe surface, and she almost twisted her ankle.
This miserable appearance, coupled with Guo Jingzhu's average looks, immediately caused a few low laughs from the surroundings.
In the past, Guo Jingzhu would have been so embarrassed that her face would have turned red, her eyes would have been red, and she would have wished she could find a hole to crawl into, and then silently swallow her anger and hide away.
But today, when the mud splashed on her, she was stunned for a moment, and then an unprecedented emotion suddenly rushed to her head.
It was not fear, nor grievance, but a sharp anger after being humiliated and a strange sense of power.
She remembered last night, in the garden of Villa No. 3 in Repulse Bay, the gentle and elegant yet unquestionable majesty of "Mr. Kobayashi", and his recognition of her.
The memory was extremely clear at this moment, like a shot of adrenaline injected into her body.
Guo Jingzhu took a deep breath, and instead of dodging in panic as usual, she suddenly straightened her back, which was not very tall.
She didn't wipe the mud with her hands, but grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it over, landing directly on the culprits Zhou Zhishan and Li Siqi.
Then he said in a fake apologetic tone, "Oh, I'm so sorry for getting your clothes dirty."
Her tone was strangely relaxed, not afraid of the two girls at all, and she said with a smile: "You drank tea too late in Mr. Kobayashi's living room last night, and you must be a little dizzy today!
Although Mr. Kobayashi didn't send a car to take me to school, he gave me a message: If people don't offend me, I won't offend them. If people offend me, I will definitely offend them.
As soon as she said this, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
The anger that had just risen on Zhou Zhishan and Li Siqi's faces froze in an instant.
Everyone knew who the "Mr. Kobayashi" she was talking about was - the mysterious man whom even Zhou's father was serious about wanting to visit.
Then, Guo Jingzhu seemed to open up.
Her voice became brighter, with a hint of boasting and a precise attack on the situation they faced last night.
"Unlike some people, who couldn't even come in as guests because Mr. Kobayashi coldly asked his bodyguards to 'invite' them out!
You can't even step into the threshold?
Oh, I almost forgot..."
She pretended to be enlightened and looked at the stiff Zhou and Li, "You were outside the door trying to come in, and you kept emphasizing to Mr. Xiaolin's bodyguard that you and I were good friends.
Ah! How come I didn’t know that you two are such shameless friends? "
The corners of her mouth curled up subtly.
The air around seemed to freeze.
Everyone looked at Guo Jingzhu in surprise, who seemed to have been reborn - she was no longer timid?
Do you still dare to confront Zhou and Li head-on?
And what she said... was it true?
Zhou Zhishan and Li Siqi's faces turned purple and burned with pain.
The scene of being rudely driven away by Lin Huowang last night was still vivid in their minds. It was an embarrassing moment that they regarded as a great shame and humiliation and had never mentioned it to anyone else!
Now, Guo Jingzhu revealed all of it in front of so many female classmates!
They wanted to refute and curse, but... Guo Jingzhu's words clearly hit the nail on the head. They were indeed driven away last night. How could they deny it?
Denial will only bring shame upon yourself!
The huge sense of shame and embarrassment of being exposed made them tremble all over, and their fingers tightly grasped the straps of their backpacks.
Their teeth were chattering and their eyes seemed to be spitting fire but they had no place to vent their anger. They could only stare at Guo Jingzhu, who was extremely dazzling in their eyes at the moment.
This feeling of frustration and shame is more painful than being slapped in the face.
Moreover, they were almost certain that Guo Jingzhu dared to be so tough with the two of them in school, and that she must have the confidence from Mr. Kobayashi.
As a result, the two women were angry and furious but could do nothing about Guo Jingzhu. They would never again dare to underestimate Guo Jingzhu because of her family background.
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In another corner of Hong Kong Island, the atmosphere is completely different.
The Guo family villa in Repulse Bay was particularly quiet in the morning.
The servants were all busy cleaning and tidying up, moving gently so as not to disturb their masters.
Younger generations like Guo Jingzhu and her cousins have already gone to school or worked in corporate offices.
In the huge mansion, apart from the occasional bird calls coming from the depths of the courtyard, there was only Mr. Guo quietly flipping through a thread-bound book on the second-floor terrace, and Liu Rumeng, who was studying a thick English-French dictionary in the side hall.
Her eyes were sometimes focused on the pages of the book, and sometimes she looked slightly absentmindedly at the white gardenias blooming in the garden outside the window.
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