"Exactly! It's one thing to date our goddess-like homeroom teacher, Ms. Wang, but he even went after the most beautiful girl in the class!"
"He eats two by himself, isn't he afraid of getting too full!"
"I was wondering why Teacher Wang's mood had been so unpredictable these past few days. Turns out she's jealous!"
"..."
The guys next to him were talking increasingly outrageous things. Lin Chen felt a headache coming on.
"Ahem, regarding this issue... I neither admit nor deny it, I reserve my opinion." Lin Chen decided to play it safe.
"Tch, who are you trying to fool! Still won't admit it? How do you explain the fact that you two both took leave at the same time and returned to school at the same time?"
"Exactly, exactly! Your answer is tantamount to an admission!"
Everyone looked at him with expressions that said, "We'd be crazy to believe you." Lin Chen was quite helpless.
At this moment, the tall Li Kui walked to Lin Chen's side and patted Lin Chen's back forcefully.
"Lin Chen, you..." He originally wanted to say that Lin Chen should tell the truth, but he did not expect that his action would cause Lin Chen to let out a very slight groan of pain.
After all, Li Kui's nickname is "Black Whirlwind." He can easily cause ordinary people's bodies to swell and turn red with a single slap, let alone with force.
Just as Lin Chen let out a groan of pain, Ning Jiaqi, who was not far away and in the same classroom, immediately stood up after Li Kui made this move, looking tense.
To outsiders, however, this just looks like heartache.
"Master, are you alright?" Ning Jiaqi asked, her concern and heartache evident to everyone.
"Master?!" The students exclaimed in surprise once again.
Did these two start playing role-playing games?
"Holy crap!"
Almost simultaneously, a cacophony of noise erupted, then quickly subsided, leaving only silence.
At this moment, any explanation seemed pale and powerless. Even if Ning Jiaqi and Lin Chen both denied it, it could not change the speculation in everyone's hearts.
In the eyes of the public, the so-called "master" and "godfather" seem to have the same meaning, both carrying a hint of ambiguity and teasing.
"Wow, you guys are really having a blast!" Such comments rose and fell.
Ning Jiaqi suddenly realized that her subconscious concern for Lin Chen's back injury had led the whole class to misunderstand their relationship. However, she didn't care and remained indifferent.
"I'm fine... don't worry," Lin Chen said softly, then nodded slightly to Ning Jiaqi. Ning Jiaqi obediently sat down, realizing the potential consequences of her earlier actions.
Lin Chen didn't mind his relationship with Ning Jiaqi at all. He genuinely liked Ning Jiaqi, and liking someone should be open and honest; there was no need to hide it.
What he couldn't accept was that people would always bring up Lin Ruoyan as well!
Just then, the homeroom teacher, Lin Ruoyan, walked into the classroom. She had obviously heard the commotion. Her expression was extremely unpleasant.
However, she did not immediately begin the interrogation, as the most important thing at the moment was the exam.
The results of the last diagnostic test surprised everyone. Lin Chen performed "extraordinarily" and achieved the second-best score in the class, ranking among the top fifty in the whole school.
If he can maintain this level, getting into a national key university will not be a problem.
Lin Ruoyan was also somewhat surprised by this result. She didn't know Lin Chen very well before and didn't realize he was so capable.
Especially her foreign language score, which was just one point away from a perfect score! And her essay was almost perfect as well! This is simply incredible.
On the other hand, what Lin Ruoyan cares about is that the only one ahead of Lin Chen is Ning Jiaqi!
Although she knew that Ning Jiaqi had already been admitted to university through a special program, she still didn't expect this girl to be so amazing, getting first place right away!
The other students were also buzzing with discussion. After all, Lin Chen and Ning Jiaqi were both recent transfer students, and they'd already secured the top two spots? Were they even letting the other students have a chance?
The key point is that the two of them are still rumored to be dating!
So, students immediately started tattling that the two of them were dating!
Needless to say, the student who "reported" was most likely the "skateboard boy" Che Yulin.
Since she couldn't win Ning Jiaqi's favor, she decided to ruin her reputation! Che Yulin's twisted mentality was exactly what Lin Ruoyan wanted.
"Ning Jiaqi has been absent from class without reason and is suspected of dating," Lin Ruoyan's voice rang out in the classroom. "Although you got the highest score in the class, I always reward and punish fairly! Now, Ning Jiaqi, immediately change your seat and sit separately from Lin Chen!"
For Lin Ruoyan, separating the two people in their seats was essential. As the saying goes, "distance makes the heart grow fonder!"
Ning Jiaqi naturally refused to change seats, but fortunately Lin Chen persuaded her gently, preventing her from having a public conflict with Lin Ruoyan.
Lin Ruoyan even deliberately arranged for Ning Jiaqi to be Che Yulin's deskmate in order to disgust her!
This delighted Che Yulin, who was extremely grateful to Lin Ruoyan. Ning Jiaqi, though very resistant, could only endure it for the time being. Meanwhile, Lin Chen's deskmate reverted to the original "female basketball star," Cai Xiaokun.
Next, Lin Ruoyan punished Ning Jiaqi by making her do housework for a week straight. She had initially considered making Ning Jiaqi stand as punishment, but after thinking it over, she decided against it. She was also afraid that if things escalated, it would be difficult to manage.
"You, Lin Ruoyan, you're deliberately messing with me, aren't you? Fine, you just wait!" Ning Jiaqi thought to herself as she wiped the balcony with a rag.
Lin Chen understood Ning Jiaqi's inner thoughts and felt deeply worried for her.
Lin Chen also saw through Lin Ruoyan's inner thoughts—
"Lin Chen already harbors resentment towards the Lin family. If he really becomes the Ning family's son-in-law, the Lin family will be in trouble. So we absolutely cannot let them be together!"
Lin Chen suddenly felt nauseous.
However, in the eyes of her classmates, this was simply Lin Ruoyan being jealous of Ning Jiaqi and taking revenge on her own!
What a dramatic scene of a teacher and student fighting over a man! Everyone is excitedly watching the drama unfold.
Then, the scandalous story of these three people quickly spread throughout the school.
Ning Jiaqi's reputation as a goddess at school was so widespread. Not only was she incredibly beautiful and cute, but her academic performance was also outstanding. She ranked first in her class and first in the entire school right after transferring schools. It would be difficult for her not to become famous.
Now rumors are circulating that Lin Chen—another transfer student—has actually snatched the heart of the school's most beautiful girl. Everyone thinks it's like a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung.
However, everyone was also curious to see what this "cow dung" actually looked like.
As a result, Lin Chen quickly became famous at school, and his popularity even reached the same level as Ning Jiaqi's at one point!
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