After the start of the school year, Ruan Chen also moved out of the Ruan family home.
On the night after registering, Ruan Chen went to Qingye Bar.
The odds for Emperor Bai Xingdi have risen to 1 to 15, and the cheers are still deafening.
Ruan Chen jumped off the ring, threw off his boxing gloves, wiped his sweat, sat down next to Tao Ran, took the juice, and drank it all in one gulp.
Tao Ran picked up his expensive, custom-made suit and draped it over Ruan Chen's shoulders, casually reminding her, "Don't stand in the wind. I haven't thanked you for Xu Weiwei's matter yet."
"It's nothing." Ruan Chen smiled, loosened her long hair, and turned her head to comb it one stroke at a time.
"Has Xiaolan told you what happened to the Xu family?"
She wasn't very concerned about the Xu family's affairs; she helped purely to repay the favors done to Tao Ran and Xu Xiaolan.
Tao Ran, however, seemed quite excited. "I've never filmed such a melodramatic plot before. The eldest son of the Xu family is the legitimate child of Madam Xu, while the youngest son of the Xu family was adopted. When the eldest son was adopted, he was just seven years old, and the youngest son was about four or five years old."
"The adoption of the younger son was completed right after the adoption was finalized, and the older son developed a high fever. After the fever subsided, he became mentally impaired and his legs were crippled. Then the nanny who had been taking care of the younger son gave Mr. and Mrs. Xu a bad idea, suggesting that they adopt a girl from the countryside, so that she could take care of the older son and also have a companion."
"Xu Weiwei came to the Xu family at that time."
"But in fact, the youngest son of the Xu family is actually the illegitimate son of Mr. Xu and that nanny. The eldest son's high fever and disability were also caused by that nanny. The reason for adopting Xu Weiwei was that the eldest son's condition required long-term drugging of his food to maintain his mental state. So they entrusted this task to Xu Weiwei, who was only seven years old at the time, and threatened her that if she disobeyed, they would kill her parents and younger brother in her hometown."
"But Xu Weiwei couldn't bear it in the end and stopped the eldest son's medication. The eldest son then pretended to be stupid for nearly ten years. During this time, Xu's youngest son, the nanny, and some other random relatives never let up on monitoring the eldest son. Those illegal drugs were also smuggled in from abroad through their hands."
"As time went on, the eldest son's pretense of being stupid began to become increasingly difficult to conceal. Until one day, the nanny discovered that Xu Weiwei had thrown away the medicine, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she directly teamed up with her son..."
At this point, Tao Ran paused, "You know what happened later."
Ruan Chen listened quietly from beginning to end, without any extra expression on her face.
It seems like this is really just a story that doesn't concern anyone.
But at the end, she suddenly asked, "Have you ever thought about why Xu Weiwei is promoting you? You debuted from a talent show ten years ago. I found some very interesting things on Xu Weiwei's computer—the backgrounds of your fellow trainees from ten years ago. Back then, your grades were really bad, but your family background was exceptionally outstanding."
"However, you can't find this information online now. It seems that you have severed your ties with your family very cleanly."
"The Xu family also had strict control over her, but they didn't suspect the fact that a little girl who was a fan of celebrities had compiled her own idol documents."
"Looking back now, Xu Weiwei may have been waiting for this day for ten years."
Tao Ran easily understood the meaning behind Ruan Chen's words.
He silently raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.
The Jade Fox's mask concealed the single tear that slid down from the corner of its eye.
Tao Ran changed the subject, "Oh right, your brother's been on the set next to mine lately. Should I put in a good word for him? Yesterday he filmed a scene with wire work fifteen times in the blazing sun. I couldn't stand it anymore."
“No need,” Ruan Chen stood up, stretched, and relaxed his limbs. “My mom’s idea is to let him make his own way. I’m leaving now; I have a class meeting early tomorrow morning.”
In the top-performing class at No. 1 High School, Ruan Chen met an old acquaintance.
Yu Xiaoya.
When Yu Xiaoya saw Ruan Chen carrying books to the classroom, her heart skipped a beat, and she sidled up to her.
Isn't that a genius with a tragic background, crazy and beautiful, with a strong aura and aloofness?
"Are you surprised to see me, academic genius? I've heard about you from my grandfather; you're practically a hospital..."
Ruan Chen raised her hand and covered her mouth.
I never realized Yu Xiaoya could be so loud and boisterous before.
Ruan Chen was not surprised to meet her, but that her grades were good enough to get her into the top class at No. 1 High School. It seems that Yu Xiaoya had put in a lot of effort in private.
Yu Xiaoya's shout immediately attracted the attention of the other students in the class.
"Academic genius? Where is this academic genius from? Who bestowed this title upon him?"
"See those two carrying books up ahead?"
"The one on the left is pretty good. If ten is a perfect score, this face would get eleven."
"So what if you're good-looking? Can you get into the top four hospitals just by looking good?"
Those who can get into the top class at No. 1 High School are all academically outstanding—if it weren't for Ruan Chen's previous competition rankings and awards, with her terrible middle school entrance exam scores, no matter how much the Ye family tried to help her, she wouldn't have gotten in.
The No. 1 High School's "Rocket Class" is known as the "Little Four Colleges" because its students have a nearly 100% acceptance rate with the top four colleges.
Among them are students who have already participated in the early assessments of the four major colleges, but were rejected.
Therefore, Yu Xiaoya's shout of "academic genius" really made her the target of a lot of hatred.
But Ruan Chen remained indifferent, lazily squeezing through the crowd with a stack of books in her arms, and found an empty seat by the window in the second-to-last row.
Yu Xiaoya consciously sat down next to her.
As luck would have it, the new homeroom teacher arrived.
In her early thirties, dressed in a suit, trousers, and high heels, with bright red lips and wavy hair, she introduced herself with a hint of pride and self-satisfaction: "My name is Zeng Han, and I will be your class teacher for the next three years. I graduated from Shanhe University with a degree in education, completing my bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. If there are any shortcomings in our future interactions, please feel free to point them out."
The students below the podium didn't respond, not even clapping; they continued doing their own things.
Who couldn't tell that Zeng Han was actually showing off her academic qualifications when she said she was asking her classmates to point out her shortcomings?
Students in the top class are all proud and hate people who pretend to be cool.
Zeng Han did not receive the expected exclamations and applause, and his expression immediately darkened.
However, she was smart enough not to lash out directly, but instead looked at the girl in the second-to-last row who was sitting quietly with her head down reading a book.
It's so beautiful it's eye-catching.
This aloof and unapproachable demeanor is also quite striking.
"You're Ruan Chen in the second-to-last row, right? What are you doing sitting there?" Zeng Han had a friendly smile on her face, but her heart was full of malice. "You brought your things to sit in the first row. Your uncle specially spoke to the school, saying that you didn't do well on the high school entrance exam and asked the teachers to take extra care of you. Ruan Chen, we don't really need to worry about temporary failures or successes. So what if you ranked over 60,000th in the high school entrance exam? There are many excellent students in our elite class who are worth learning from. You can definitely catch up in your grades."
As soon as he finished speaking, the class erupted in an uproar.
"How did someone with over 60,000 points of trash manage to get into our Rocket Class?"
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