When he suddenly hugged her like that, Ye Zhizhou felt surrounded by warmth. Qin Xuan smelled wonderful, a scent that was somewhere between a mature man and a boy, which made her feel a little infatuated.
However, Qin Xuan quickly released her; the hug was brief.
"Actually, your mother asked me to help organize this birthday party today. She cares about you."
Ye Zhizhou remembered Huo Qingyan's instructions and felt it was necessary to let Qin Xuan know.
Qin Xuan gave a soft "Mmm," and said, "I know, she spoke to me on the phone."
Ye Zhizhou felt relieved. She had indeed overthought things. After all, Huo Qingyan was Qin Xuan's biological mother. Only with Huo Qingyan's blessing could the birthday party be considered complete.
However, she had never met Qin Xuan's father, nor had she ever heard them mention him.
The two were happily petting the cat when they heard a commotion downstairs, apparently because someone had arrived.
Ye Zhizhou and Qin Xuan went downstairs, where three people were standing in the living room.
Ye Qian looked up and said, "Zhouzhou, Qin Xuan, let me introduce you to an old friend."
After the birthday party, Zhang Ma cleaned the living room and restored it to its original state. Ye Huaibin also went home first because of work.
"Feng Xiangchen, the president of Ning City University, is my alumnus."
Ye Zhizhou nodded and greeted Feng Xiangchen, and then called him "Brother Xiangchen," which made Ye Qian jealous.
“Zhouzhou, you only have one brother, just call him Lao Feng.”
Feng Xiangchen had a faint smile on his lips; he was already used to Ye Qian's behavior.
Ye Zhizhou almost laughed but held it in. He was jealous. What else should he call his good friend if not "brother"?
“Zhizhou, I’ve brought my good-for-nothing nephew to apologize to you.”
As Feng Xiangchen spoke, he pushed Feng Xun, who was behind him, in front of him.
Ye Qian had not told Feng Xiangchen about the hostility Feng Xun had shown towards Ye Zhizhou at school. It was only after Feng Xiangchen overheard Feng Xun complaining to his friend at home that she realized his behavior was wrong and brought her nephew to apologize.
Feng Xun stood in front of Ye Zhizhou and said sincerely, "Ye Zhizhou, I was wrong before. I attacked you personally without understanding you."
Feng Xiangchen had already criticized Feng Xun at home. Feng Xun was usually quite talkative at school, but he would wilted when he was around Feng Xiangchen because Feng Xiangchen was too outstanding and he didn't have the confidence to refute her.
Seeing Feng Xun's earnest apology, Ye Zhizhou couldn't help but want to laugh.
She didn't take Feng Xun's words to heart at all, and after comparing them, she suddenly found Ye Qian much more adorable.
"I accept your apology, but you also spoke up for me last time, thank you."
It wasn't a big deal to begin with. Feng Xun is young and tends to speak impulsively, but the fact that he took the initiative to apologize is commendable.
Ye Zhizhou asked Zhang Ma to take the rest of the cake out of the refrigerator.
"Brother, if you had come earlier, you could have made it for lunch. Now all that's left is cake."
Ye Qian sat down casually, his clothing style remaining the same as before, colorful and vibrant.
"I need to maintain my figure, so skipping lunch is just right."
Qin Xuan promptly reminded him, "This cake has about the same calories as lunch, which, strictly speaking, is more harmful than beneficial to maintaining your figure."
Ye Qian: ...
He still doesn't know why he and Qin Xuan are so close; maybe it's just a clash of good looks.
"Zhizhou, I heard you got 675 points on your exam, that's pretty good. Have you thought about which university you'd like to go to?"
After sitting down, Feng Xiangchen only drank the tea brewed by Zhang Ma, without touching the cake, and went straight to the point.
He wasn't actually very good at winning people over, but Ye Zhizhou's grades had improved so much in just over half a month, making her a rare talent and showing that she had great potential.
Ye Zhizhou, holding the teapot, was a little confused. Both principals who came to his house were recruiting talent for their respective schools. So, the Ye residence was the admissions office?
"It's still early, the college entrance exam results haven't come out yet, so I haven't thought about that issue."
She hasn't decided which university to attend yet, but she has already decided what kind of job she wants to do in the future.
Feng Xiangchen breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Ye Zhizhou had no specific choice regarding schools, and Ning City University still had a chance.
"Ningxia University's independent admissions process is starting in a couple of days. Why don't you give it a try?"
Ye Zhizhou thought about it and realized that it didn't seem like there was any harm in it, so he agreed.
As they were discussing this, Ye Qian suddenly shouted.
"Zhouzhou! What a treasure you are! You play the piano so well!"
He wasn't interested in school matters, so he rummaged around on the sofa and found the family's DSLR camera. That's when he saw the video of Ye Zhizhou playing the piano.
Ye Zhizhou had left the DSLR camera there before, wanting to preserve a beautiful birthday memory for Qin Xuan. Before she could edit it, Ye Qian saw it.
She stood up and took the camera from Ye Qian. "Brother, don't get too excited. It's just a casual flick of the wrist."
Her piano skills haven't reached such an amazing level; Ye Qian is really exaggerating.
"No, it really is beautiful! I have to let everyone hear this wonderful song!"
Ye Qian snatched the camera back and went straight upstairs.
"Now that your brother mentions it, I'm really curious to see how well you play." Feng Xiangchen followed Ye Qian upstairs.
The three of them were left in the living room. Qin Xuan was reading a book, while Ye Zhizhou and Feng Xun stared at each other.
"Ye Zhizhou, how many more aliases do you have? Just expose them all at once, I don't want to be provoked anymore."
Feng Xun said that his intelligence was completely outmatched. If he had grades as good as Ye Zhizhou's, he wouldn't have to endure Feng Xiangchen's daily insults.
Ye Zhizhou shrugged. "That's all. I only love studying."
Feng Xun smiled and said, "Do you think I believe that?"
Ye Zhizhou: "Believe it or not."
Feng Xun: ...
He really hates top students!
After personally visiting to apologize, Feng Xun's opinion of Ye Zhizhou changed a lot. In his memory, Ye Zhizhou was a classmate who didn't like to talk and liked to give people a sour face.
Ye Zhizhou acted quite righteously today.
Out of boredom, he scrolled through his phone and opened the school forum. After browsing through two pages of posts with little to no real information, he was about to exit when he discovered Huadian.
"Ye Zhizhou, did you post this?"
He showed the phone to Ye Zhizhou, who moved closer.
Post title: K University is about to conduct independent admissions. Ye Zhizhou from Class 8, Grade 3 has excellent grades. She will definitely be admitted!
She scrolled down and found about a dozen similar posts. When she clicked on them, they all contained the same content as the title, including a picture of her report card.
Each poster has a different ID.
"I didn't post it. It's such a boring thing, too much of a waste of time."
Ye Zhizhou looked at the contents thoughtfully, guessing that someone was up to no good again.
But why would she want to get into K University when her grades are so good?
Before long, new posts began mocking Ye Zhizhou.
Yi Xiaoxiao: How could Ye Zhizhou possibly get into K University? His score is only good enough for Ningbo University. Can you use your brains, you brainless fans? Don't pollute our school's forum, okay?
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