Chapter 3: Reunion with an Old Friend
After taking Bai Kewei into the teaching building, Fu Liangxia told her the whole story, including the fact that there was no message from the dean of studies.
Bai Kewei didn't seem surprised at all. She was just slightly startled, then smiled and thanked her: "My name is Bai Kewei, I just transferred to Class 10. Come and visit me when you have time."
After saying that, Bai Kewei put on a cold expression and followed Li Yuanfan, who had been following behind them, to the corner.
The conversation between the two of them after that was no longer her business.
The mission was successfully completed. Fu Liangxia withdrew his gaze and was about to look at the reward he received, but suddenly found a shadow falling in front of him.
She raised her head and saw Cheng Xingzhou, who had disappeared without a word many years ago, standing in front of the window. Sunlight poured in, reflecting faintly on the gold-wire mirror frame.
The young man stood upright in front of the crowd, his straight figure making his uniform curve gracefully, his almond-shaped eyes slightly tilted upwards, the warm light blurred his outline, leaving a bold stroke on his deep facial features.
It looks good, but it has nothing to do with her anymore.
They were originally from two different worlds and had only briefly met at the same point. Since the other party had tacitly returned to parallel lines that did not intersect, she would naturally cooperate tactfully.
"Fu Liangxia?" Cheng Xingzhou looked at her with a serious gaze and walked towards her slowly.
Although it was a question, his tone was steady, like a statement: "You're not meddling in other people's business again, are you?"
have a finger in the pie?
Fu Liangxia frowned slightly. The distance between them had already exceeded the normal social distance. The other person's neat shoulders blocked the probing gaze from behind. She almost had the illusion that she was being held in his arms.
"No," she said.
There was a cool, sharp smell of gin at the tip of my nose. It was very faint, yet it invaded my nasal cavity forcefully, wreaking havoc.
"I see."
He nodded, but the next second he suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist, lowered his head, and the distance between them became infinitely closer. His warm breath sprinkled on the side of her face, and his voice was cold and hard.
"You better be."
The breath is entangled.
Fu Liangxia heard him say, "Fu Haoyao isn't one of those rats in the Lower City who can be easily manipulated by you. If you provoke him, not only you, but also your parents will suffer."
He glanced sideways and said, "The Fu family probably hasn't grown to the point where they can withstand a blow from the Fu family, right?"
The force on the wrist increased, easily leaving distinct red marks on the fair skin.
She couldn't help but frown as she felt a dull pain, and her eyes filled with physiological tears, but her expression remained cold and her tone was unmoved.
"I see. Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Cheng."
The girl's eyebrows were slightly frowned, and the corners of her eyes were red, but her wet eyes were full of calmness, as if she was looking at a stranger. The words she uttered seemed respectful, but in fact they were all perfunctory.
"You're so busy that you still have to take care of someone like me who doesn't matter. It's really hard for you." She looked at him without the joy and excitement she once had. She was as calm as a lake. "Mr. Cheng, do you have anything else to say? If not, I'll leave first."
The two looked at each other silently. Fu Liangxia looked at the other person, and for a moment she almost thought that he was going to strangle her to pieces.
However, Cheng Xingzhou just stared at her for a while, then suddenly let go and hurriedly turned away as if nothing had happened.
*
Following the information on the admission notice, Fu Liangxia found the classroom for Class 2. It wasn't even class time yet, so there weren't many people in the class. When they saw her come in, they just gave her obscure glances.
She felt these eyes sliding from her hair accessories, bracelets, to shoes, as if confirming something. A short girl with a bob haircut walked out from a small group of female voices at the door, smiled sweetly at her and said, "Hello, you must be Fu Liangxia who transferred here today. Nice to meet you, my name is Xu Cai."
This seemed to be a signal to break the ice. As soon as the words fell, several students nearby rushed over.
"This is a new product that C just released last month. I asked my consultant about this one, and he said I had to buy a lot of stuff before I could buy it. It's really beautiful!"
"Look at you, you're such a loser. You're making such a fuss over a hairpin that needs something to go with it."
Another thin boy covered his mouth exaggeratedly, seemingly accidentally revealing the same series of jewelry on his hand.
After seeing with satisfaction that the girl who had spoken earlier had indeed changed her expression, he put on a new face and said to Fu Liangxia with a smile: "Where did you buy this pair of shoes, Fu? As far as I know, L's private customization is already scheduled until after March..."
"That's what we say to the public, you country bumpkin!" Xu Cai snorted. "I did see these shoes last week when I went to L's to get them custom-made. I have good taste."
She said the last half of the sentence while looking into Fu Liangxia's eyes. Rather than praising the shoes, Fu Liangxia felt that she was more like saying "You're not bad, you deserve to play with me."
Fu Liangxia had already anticipated everyone's reaction...or rather, she had done it on purpose.
You know, with the original owner's family suddenly becoming rich, although they have no shortage of money, they are still considered the lowest class among the nobles in Saint Lander.
Today's society has always clearly divided people into different classes. The privileged class looks down on old money, old money looks down on new money, new money looks down on nouveau riche, and nouveau riche disdains to associate with the poor.
It is for this reason that the original owner, who did not pay much attention to dressing up, was treated as a special student in the original book and was bullied.
Since Fu Liangxia knew what would happen, it was impossible for him to do nothing.
After all, she is not a good girl who is raised in a greenhouse and rarely interacts with others.
On the contrary, the environment she grew up in in her previous life was not even as good as the downtown area where the original owner had lived.
It was so dark there, as if it had never been illuminated by light. All kinds of darkness were breeding, useless people did not deserve to live, plundering was instinctive, and lying was natural... She walked out of there and entered the top institution of learning like any ordinary student, competing fiercely for the opportunity to work in a top chaebol. In her previous life, she had succeeded.
But in this life, her starting point is higher, so naturally she has to climb higher.
Unwilling to squeeze in to be a chaebol’s lackey, she wants to... become a chaebol.
And this requires not only excellent transcripts, but also help, a lot of help.
Just like she said at the beginning, people who come here have only two intentions: a good resume and a wide and deep network of contacts.
Fu Liangxia wants both.
So, when given the choice between monetary and point rewards, she chose the former without hesitation.
After all, scores are never given by heaven, but earned by people.
Of course, it was also thanks to the fact that the rewards given by the system were distributed in kind. Otherwise, with the level of the Fu family, there would be no way they could buy her such a set.
The fate of being bullied in the previous life should be avoided.
Fu Liangxia curled the corners of her lips in a good mood, but she didn't know that a bigger trouble was about to find her.
…
"You would rather trust a stranger than me?!"
The green plants on the balcony blocked the view of Li Yuanfan and Bai Kewei standing opposite him. He looked excited and spoke in a low voice.
"At St. Lander, the F4 is the rule. Anyone who disobeys them will be punished. That's why I was beaten so recklessly in front of everyone at the school gate! What exactly are you suspecting? Just because of what that girl said?"
At the end of his words, there was even a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes. Thinking of Bai Kewei's request for repayment, layers of gloom filled Li Yuanfan's heart.
"It has nothing to do with others," Bai Kewei looked at the dejected boy and finally softened her heart. "Don't rush to return my money, and don't do bad things again..."
But you still have to pay it back!
Li Yuanfan only grasped this piece of information from her words, and suddenly felt that Bai Kewei had changed. She had always been kind before, generously lending him money and never asking him to pay it back, but now... what had changed?
Seeing that F4's eye drops were useless and the other party's tone was full of protection for the girl, Li Yuanfan's expression froze: So, this is the reason?
You nosy girl.
Li Yuanfan, who was immersed in his own emotions, didn't notice when Bai Kewei left until his cell phone suddenly beeped twice.
A text message came in, and his expression changed after just one glance.
"If we don't raise enough money this weekend, you know what will happen."
It was an ultimatum from the casino.
Thinking of his possible fate, Li Yuanfan's legs were shaking so much that he could hardly stand. He barely reached out to hold on to the balcony railing and heard laughter coming from the classroom next door.
He looked up and saw that the nosy girl was surrounded by a crowd of people, who seemed to be discussing the jewelry she was wearing.
In a flash, a thought flashed through his mind, and Li Yuanfan suddenly knew how to survive.
Don’t you like to stand up for what is right? Then you should experience the consequences!
His snake-like, cold eyes stared intently at the smiling girl in the middle: "Fu Liangxia? Ha..."
After looking at her fiercely for a few times, as if he wanted to remember her appearance, Li Yuanfan finally dragged his wounded body away from the spot.
On the other side,
“A-choo——”
Suddenly, his nose felt itchy and Fu Liangxia couldn't help sneezing.
This made his already sickly face look even paler, his eyes were watery, and the look he gave when he looked up was very touching.
This was the scene Su Xingshu saw when he stepped in from the door. The beauty was in tears, and he felt pity for her.
Almost instantly, his heart beat uncontrollably twice.
Fu Liedong, who was standing nearby, had already squeezed into the crowd and pulled the girl out. As he did so, he said, "I had something else to do this morning and didn't take care of you. I didn't expect you to come here first and not get lost."
Fu Liedong said this not because she was directionally challenged, but because Saint Lander was too big. Judging from the building area and the layers of buildings, it didn't look like a high school at all.
Each class has its own classroom and accompanying study room. The student union, office building and club activity room have their own venues. In addition, there is a 10,000-square-meter gymnasium, a shell-shaped theater, a castle-style library and an entire greenhouse garden... No wonder Fu Liedong felt that she would get lost.
but--
"I recognize the sign." Fu Liangxia thought of the four large gold-plated characters "Main Teaching Building" outside the building, and wondered if he thought she was illiterate.
Fu Liedong, who had never noticed it before: "..."
Fu Liedong turned around and asked Su Xingshu beside him: "Really? How come I didn't notice it?"
On the other side, Wang Ziwei, who was also Su Xingshu's follower, said casually: "Alas, I don't think I have noticed it either."
As he spoke, he frowned in confusion: "Since there are signs, why do people always ask Brother Su for directions..."
Fu Liedong pondered for a long time: "My eyesight is not good."
But that's normal. Even someone as smart as him hasn't noticed it.
Of course, these are minor details that don't matter.
Fu Liedong didn't take it to heart, but looked around, and finally his eyes stopped at the only seat in the classroom without a nameplate: "How about, sister, you sit there?"
As soon as the words fell, the originally noisy voices suddenly quieted down, and the whole classroom became silent in an instant.
Everyone looked at him with complicated and horrified expressions, as if he had just said some horrible spell.
"What's wrong?" Fu Liedong asked puzzledly.
Wang Ziwei's face turned pale, and he hesitated to speak. After a long while, he finally said, "You've only been here for half a year, so you don't know much about it. Those two people next to that seat... never mind. They're still in Europe anyway and won't be back for a while. They should be fine..."
The voice became softer and softer, and by the last sentence, it was almost inaudible.
Fu Liangxia naturally didn't hear clearly, but even if she did, it would be useless because the teacher had already walked in to prepare for class, and there was only this one empty seat in the entire classroom.
She could only walk over and put her bag on the chair.
When turning around, she accidentally met Su Xingshu's gaze in the back seat. Fu Liangxia was stunned, and then she saw him giving her a polite but insincere smile.
"Fuck, so handsome!"
"I'm so lucky to be in the same class with Su Shao. I feel healed every day by his face kissed by an angel."
"Young Master Su is so gentle, he was looking at me just now!"
"Stop being so conceited, you're obviously looking at me!"
…
The whispers that rang out in an instant almost drowned Fu Liangxia. If she hadn't seen the other party's emotionless eyes, she would have almost believed what those girls said.
But gentleness?
Recalling the other person's expression of treating him as air when they met at the school gate not long ago, Fu Liangxia felt that the truth might be just the opposite.
After all, a truly gentle person would not just pretend to be gentle in front of others.
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