"!!!"
Zhu Jinzhao was internally panicking, but on the surface she had to pretend to be extremely surprised: "Oh my god, is this true? This is wonderful! I really want to be your classmate!"
Zhu Mingyue smiled slightly: "How much do you want to?"
Zhu Jinzhao: "...I miss it so much."
Zhu Mingyue: "Since that's what you think, then I'll just have my older brother arrange for us to sit together."
As she spoke, she turned to Zhu Xingye in the driver's seat and called out, "Big brother, you..."
"No need!" Zhu Jinchao interrupted her with his courage. "Such a small matter doesn't need Big Brother to arrange it at all. Our school never assigns seats. If Mingyue wants to sit with me, she can come and sit next to me. But the premise is that we can both grab two empty seats next to each other."
"Oh..." Zhu Mingyue nodded and gently patted Zhu Jinzhao's shoulder. "I really hope we're lucky so we can sit together every day."
"...Haha, okay." Zhu Jinzhao controlled his expression, trying to make his smile look as sincere as possible.
Zhu Xingye glanced at her in the rearview mirror, a helpless smile flashing across his eyes.
Today is Zhu Mingyue's first day at Dijing University. Zhu Xingye personally drove her to the school and took her to the principal's office.
Zhu Jinzhao had nothing to do with this matter and was sent away by Zhu Xingye as soon as she entered the school gate. Zhu Xingye was originally worried that she would be in a bad mood because of this, but he did not expect that in the short time he turned his head, Zhu Jinzhao had run far away, as if she was afraid of getting involved with him.
"Run, run..." Zhu Jinzhao was finally out of their sight, and he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
Following the fake heiress's memory, she found her way to the classroom and sat down next to Jiang Jingwen.
"You're here," Jiang Jingwen greeted her with a smile.
"Here we are." She put down her backpack, then looked around the classroom, which was full of students. "There are no extra double seats available."
Jiang Jingwen: "It's long gone."
Zhu Jinzhao breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."
If there are no empty seats for two, she won't have to sit with Zhu Mingyue!
"I want a super-sized bucket of fruit tea." Jiang Jingwen remembered Zhu Jinzhao's promise from last night and reminded her in case she forgot, "You said you would treat me to milk tea to make up for it, so you can't go back on your word."
Not having to sit with Zhu Mingyue, Zhu Jinzhao was in a great mood: "Drink, drink, drink! I'll buy you some after class at noon."
Jiang Jingwen: "Mmm!"
As the two were talking, a male classmate came in through the back door of the classroom with a backpack and sat down directly behind Zhu Jinzhao.
"Holy crap, I won the bet! I knew Zhu Jinzhao wouldn't leave!"
Seeing that Zhu Jinzhao was still in the classroom, he excitedly patted his deskmate's arm a few times: "Give me the money, give me the money, the promised one hundred yuan! Transfer it to me quickly."
"Tsk," my deskmate sounded a little impatient, "What's the rush? I'll go after lunch. I don't have much money left for living expenses this month. I just texted my dad to ask for money and he hasn't replied yet."
"No way!" the male student said firmly. "Don't I know what kind of person you are? You always try to avoid paying back the money when you lose a bet. I don't care how much your allowance is, you have to transfer the money to me right now. Hurry up, don't be a sore loser."
My deskmate refused: "We'll go again at noon."
Male classmate: "Share this now! If you don't, I'll tell your girlfriend about all the flirting you've done!"
"You... it's only a hundred yuan, is it really that big of a deal?" The classmate, having been hit where it hurt, reluctantly took out her phone to transfer money to the male classmate. "Transfer, transfer, transfer it to you right now, don't act like you can't afford to live."
Male classmate: "You're the one who can't afford to live..."
One hundred yuan went straight into someone else's pocket, and the classmate with a sour face naturally vented his resentment on Zhu Jinzhao.
"This Zhu Jinzhao is really something. She's already been exposed as a fake baby who was switched at birth by the Zhu family. How can she still have the nerve to come to school? Shouldn't she go back to her biological parents and be a country bumpkin?"
"Who knows?" The male student took the money and happily ordered himself a deluxe version of spicy hot pot.
My deskmate: "Damn it, I lost a hundred yuan because of her! What bad luck! Why isn't she leaving yet!"
Zhu Jinzhao was sitting very close to them, and their undisguised conversation easily reached her ears. She didn't react, pretending she hadn't heard anything.
But Jiang Jingwen was unwilling to accept this. Zhu Jinzhao was her childhood friend, and she would never allow these scoundrels to speak ill of her.
"Are you out of your mind?" She turned around and lashed out at the two people in front of her, "What business is it of yours whether Chaochao leaves or not? Have you been eating too much shit?"
"You..." The two boys were stunned by her scolding. Just as they were about to retort, the counselor led Zhu Mingyue in through the front door of the classroom.
"Quiet!"
Two words, neither too harsh nor too mild, stopped the argument from escalating. Zhu Jinzhao pulled Jiang Jingwen back to sit down and gently patted her back: "It's okay, don't take it to heart."
"You bitch!" Jiang Jingwen was still cursing, "Why didn't his parents have half a brain in him..."
Zhu Jinzhao was amused by her: "Jiang Jiang, don't be angry. Let's ignore him and let him say what he wants."
Jiang Jingwen gave a muffled "hmm," her unhappiness visibly evident.
The news that Zhu Jiazhen's daughter had been found and transferred to Imperial University had been known to everyone for a week. Therefore, when Zhu Mingyue appeared in the classroom, the classmates were not too shocked, just somewhat surprised.
I was surprised by Zhu Mingyue's temperament and beauty.
Zhu Mingyue introduced herself on the stage, while the other students below the stage marveled and expressed their amazement.
"My goodness, she's so beautiful! No wonder she's the real heiress of the Zhu family, her aura is miles ahead of Zhu Jinzhao's!"
"Zhu Jinzhao has the nerve to compare herself to Zhu Mingyue? Mingyue is a genuine heiress, while she's just an imposter. It's a miracle the Zhu family still keeps her around..."
"What miracle? I think it's just that she's clinging to the Zhu family and won't leave, unwilling to give up their wealth and status!"
"No wonder I felt an inexplicable dislike for Zhu Jinzhao the moment I saw her during freshman registration. It turns out she's a fake heiress who usurped the place."
"Wow, Zhu Mingyue's speech is truly extraordinary. You would never guess that she grew up in the deep mountains of Northwest China. With her inner qualities, Zhu Jinzhao could never match her in his entire life. There are some gaps that cannot be bridged by learning later in life."
Zhu Mingyue appeared with the aura of a true heiress, winning the favor of the vast majority of her classmates without having to do anything. However, along with this favor, Zhu Jinzhao was inevitably dragged out and criticized.
These comparisons and criticisms weren't pleasant, but Zhu Jinzhao had no interest in them at all, because she remembered the plot in the novel about Zhu Mingyue being bullied by "her" at school.
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