It's no wonder Wen Yu had this preconceived notion.
Two years ago, "Edo Rose" became a global sensation and was hailed as a masterpiece among young people.
Short video platforms are teeming with various derivative works, attracting many people who had never seen cyberpunk science fiction before to get hooked.
Among these people, some were genuinely impressed by the story's brilliance and Liu Guang's top-notch writing and imagination.
However, many people, especially many young high school students, are just following the trend.
They claim to be fans of Liuguang and "Edo Rose," but they haven't actually understood what the book is trying to express, and they even get the character names wrong.
Although Jiang Nian has never interacted with her book fans, she values her readers very much and is grateful that they like her stories.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have agreed to go to the autograph session.
They also suggested to Fangtang that the book signing event should not have expensive tickets and should be open to readers for free.
But to her surprise, the first time she talked about her book with someone in real life, she was met with a rebuff.
fine.
Jiang Nian didn't think anything of it, and simply said, "I didn't mean anything by it, I was just asking."
Then he picked up his bag and left.
Lu Ci leaned over and clicked his tongue twice at Wen Yu.
"Hey, this special admission student is so pretty, all the boys in the class were staring at her, and you came up here and started yelling at her like that?"
"I can tell you only have eyes for Liuguang, but Liuguang has never publicly revealed whether she is male or female."
"What if you show up at the autograph session and it turns out to be a scruffy, unkempt man?"
Wen Yu glanced at him coldly: "Superficial."
If he likes good looks, why doesn't he like those glamorous female celebrities?
He appreciates the thoughts revealed between the lines of Liu Guang's writing, regardless of whether the other person is male or female, or good-looking.
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Jiang Nian sat next to Han Xu and Tang Qiuya.
"Sister Nian, why didn't you write an essay again this time?" Han Xu asked.
"You might as well write an essay. If you can get more than 40 points on the essay, you can get a score of 490 or higher, which will be even more shocking to everyone."
In the previous placement test for the English-Chinese elite class, Jiang Nian left the essay blank. So even though she got all the other questions right, she only got a score of 795.
In this special recruitment exam at Canxing, Jiang Nian still didn't write an essay, and only got 450 out of 500 points.
Although such a score is a height that ordinary people can never reach, no one would know that Jiang Nian lost so many points because she didn't write an essay.
They would only assume that she made few mistakes on the entire test, and that she only lost 50 points in total.
But this is the difference between an average student and a genius.
Han Xu certainly wanted others to witness how awesome his sister Nian was.
"As for writing essays," Jiang Nian said, "I'm not very good at it."
Rather than saying that I'm too lazy to write or that I don't know how, it seems like I'm showing more respect for the exam.
Hearing Jiang Nian say this, Han Xu didn't say anything more, but he felt regretful.
Even geniuses can't be good at everything. Even someone as great as Sister Nian must have things she's not good at.
"Niannian, so today's incident was all orchestrated by Qin Xiaoxiao to frame you?"
Tang Qiuyue asked, puzzled, "But why is she targeting you like this? You two knew each other before?"
“We have a bit of a grudge,” Jiang Nian said casually. “She probably feels like she has a grudge against me.”
"It just so happens to be Qin Xiaoxiao,"
Han Xu couldn't help but frown. "The Qin family is a major shareholder of Canxing, so Qin Xiaoxiao can practically do whatever she wants at Canxing. Not to mention ordinary students, even all the teachers treat her with utmost respect."
"Now that Sister Nian has joined Canxing, who knows what trouble she might cause in the future."
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No need for later.
Trouble soon came knocking.
Because Canxing is a boarding school with one day off per week, students eat all three meals a day in the cafeteria.
Canxing's campus facilities and environment are the most luxurious in all of China, and the food in the cafeteria is of a very high standard. Moreover, students can get meals for free, without spending any money.
It's one of the few conscientious things about Canxing.
It's probably because if there were a charge, the specially admitted students wouldn't be able to afford it, and compared to the money spent by other students' parents, the meal cost wouldn't even amount to a fraction of what they'd spend.
The main dining area is divided into many smaller sections, encompassing a wide variety of domestic and international cuisines.
Because they didn't want to be crowded, Jiang Nian, Han Xu, and Tang Qiuyue went to the cafeteria relatively late.
Students with trays were already lining up in the cafeteria.
However, upon closer inspection, all those standing in front were students in various colored uniforms. The special admissions students in gray uniforms were all waiting at the back of the line.
Jiang Nian tilted her head: "Are all the specially admitted students late?"
Han Xu pouted: "No way, even the rules at Canxing are based on rank, like queuing for food."
"S-class is first, no need to queue, just go straight to the front, no one dares to cut in line and no one dares to say anything."
“From A, B, C onwards. Special admission students always have to wait at the end, no matter when they arrive, until everyone else has finished getting their food.”
What a rule!
Even getting food is divided into different classes.
"Never mind all that, Nian-jie, shall we go get our food?"
Han Xu didn't think too much about it. If Jiang Nian was hungry, he would have just taken her to get food earlier.
Even if Jiang Nian was a specially admitted student, no one dared to say anything.
“No need,” Jiang Nian said expressionlessly. “Since there are rules, let’s follow them.”
She didn't want to hate this hierarchical system while simultaneously enjoying the benefits it brought.
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