Tian Lu took Lu Guixin’s arm and caught a glimpse of her drinking the cola. She said in surprise, "Damn, Sis. Did you just open the can of Coke with one hand?"
And she did it like it was such an easy thing.
Lu Guixin’s beautiful and innocent face looked harmless. From a first impression, she looked really soft and vulnerable. She spoke in a soft and gentle tone, and it was hard to resist her.
Whenever Tian Lu brought Lu Guixin a drink, she would open the lid before handing it to her.
But she could not even pull the tab of a can with one hand while Lu Guixin could do that.
When the girl heard her, she raised up the can of cola in hand and exclaimed with a face full of disbelief. "Damn, Sis! I actually opened a can of Coke with one hand!"
The corner of Tian Lu’s lips twitched.
"I can’t believe I broke out today." Lu Guixin said smilingly, but there was a nonchalant look in her eyes as she stared at Zhou Fu’s back meaningfully.
...
Under someone’s guidance, Ming City’s economy developed rapidly in recent years, and it has become an international metropolis.
The funding given to Ming City High School has also risen. Naturally, Ming City High School improved along.
The school prioritized the funds on various facilities and built new dormitory buildings.
Now, Ming City High School was even more extravagant than some of the top elite schools in the country.
Students had single rooms in their dormitories, and they were bright and spacious.
The gold-rimmed glasses were casually thrown on the table, and a cold glow reflected slightly from it.
Lu Guixin was nestled down into the couch with one of her knees bent. She stepped on the edge of the chair barefooted, and her pale, slender legs were stretched straight. Her skin was delicate and thin, and her light green veins could be seen clearly.
Her posture was unrestrained and casual. She looked totally different from her usual demure persona.
The girl’s head was slightly tilted, and she was looking at a part of Zhou Fu’s information that she had just found on the laptop.
His grades were really pretty good. Although his Chinese was seriously lacking, the perfect scores that he obtained in the other subjects allowed him to retain first place firmly and beat the person who ranked second by a large margin.
Is this a special trait of the ’King of Science Stream’?
The girl tapped a few keys on the keyboard, and many photos of Zhou Fu appeared and filled up the computer screen.
Zhou Fu was the poster boy for Ming City High School’s admission brochures in the past two years. He was put on a pedestal, and it was expected that there were many photos of him.
Lu Guixin scanned through all the photos, and when she saw a photo of him on the basketball court, her eyes narrowed, and she stopped to look at it.
She straightened her arms and tapped twice on the keyboard. The photo of him on the court was instantly maximized to fill up the entire screen.
Among the group of boys wearing the same red basketball uniform, Zhou Fu’s figure was the most outstanding and tough one.
He was tall and slender, and he gave off a strong vibe that made it hard for others to look away.
The boy had his arms on his hips, and his muscles were smooth and full of strength.
Twisted strands of black, sweat-drenched hair fell in front of his porcelain white forehead. The tips were sharp, and his indifferent eyes made him look rather aggressive.
He had a high-brow bone, and his single eyelids made him look fierce. He had dark pupils, and his nose was straight and sharp. His lips were slightly open, and he seemed to be catching his breath. There was a slight curve at the corners of his lips, and he seemed proud like a winner.
He was really eye-catching.
Lu Guixin rested her elbows on her knees and propped up her chin. She stared at the screen with her black eyes without blinking and enjoyed looking through all of the photos taken at the basketball court twice.
Finally, she stopped at a panoramic photo. The girls who were screaming outside of the court were caught in the picture. They all looked really excited, and their faces were flushed.
Even the boys were, out of admiration, really excited.
Meanwhile, in the photo, Zhou Fu was hunched over with his hands on his legs. His chin was dripping with sweat, and he looked up straight ahead. His red jersey fitted him loosely, exposing his collarbones and ribs.
The scorching sun was in the sky, and the young man’s body was glowing brightly. It was a great distraction for the others.
Lu Guixin raised her brows slightly and said slowly, "What a seductive, wizardly look."
How is he only the dream lover of all the girls in Ming City High School? Both men and women were pretty crazy over him.
Lu Guixin sighed and tapped on her keyboard. She was just about to look at other information related to Zhou Fu, but her fingers paused midway.
She already knew what kind of existence Zhou Fu had in Ming City High School.
It wouldn’t be very nice of her to continue to probe into his privacy.
...
The Year Three cohort.
At noon, most of the students were doing revision in the classroom or resting their heads on the table. Few people returned to their dormitory.
Under the scorching sun of late autumn, the entire teaching building was bright and silent.
But Year Three Class One was in a chaotic mess.
For the first time, the sturdy students who were usually only interested in learning got together to gossip. The center of the topic was Lu Guixin.
"Damn! The School Beauty is freaking pretty and freaking gentle in person!" A boy with tousled hair exclaimed in excitement.
"When she smiled at me, I felt like there were fireworks in my brain! A chill ran down my bones! Is she even real?!"
"Her voice is really pleasing to the ears too! There’s no way anyone can resist her!"
"See, that’s why you guys scored so badly for your Chinese. You don’t even have many adjectives to compliment her with." Tian Rong, whose results had always been around 130 and always ranked No. 1 in Chinese, said mockingly.
"F*ck off! Idiot!"
A girl in a ponytail asked curiously. "So pretty? Do you have a photo of her?"
"F*ck! I was so mesmerized by the School Beauty’s looks that I forgot to take a photo!" The boy with the tousled hair slapped the table and complained.
Everyone stared at him speechlessly.
The Year Threes usually had no interaction with the Year Ones. Even their lunchtimes were arranged at different timings.
Many of them had never met Lu Guixin, so they thought that the guys were just exaggerating.
Pics, or it didn’t happen... They all began to lose interest.
"Go on boasting about it. If she’s really that pretty, the star search companies would have barged through the gates of our school."
"Exactly! Also, there are quite a number of people in our school who sneak their phones in secretly. Why haven’t we seen a single photo of Lu Guixin on our school forums?"
Speaking of that, the boys who met Lu Guixin in the afternoon found it really strange too.
Given how common social media is nowadays, photos of the School Beauty would have been all over the place since she was so beautiful. It wouldn’t be an issue for her to become popular across all major social media platforms.
She might get on the admission brochures of Ming City High School with Zhou Fu and be put on a pedestal too.
But she has such a low profile.
They can’t even find a single photo of her on the net.
"Hey! Tian Rong’s younger sister is friends with the School Beauty! We can just ask his sister for a photo of the School Beauty." A boy with a buzz cut who was there in the afternoon said.
Everyone realized that and stared at Tian Rong longingly.
"Hurry up, Rong. Get your sister."
"F*ck off!" Tian Rong cursed. "Didn’t all of you add the School Beauty on WeChat? Get it from her."
"How could we? What if we scare her and she thinks that we are perverts?" The boy with the tousled hair said.
Tian Rong scoffed and looked at them up and down. "You guys are indeed behaving like perverts right now."
The girl in the ponytail was surprised. "You guys just bump into each other and you already have her WeChat?"
Another person laughed and interrupted. "Would anyone not give their WeChat when God Fu is there? So what if she’s the School Beauty? Also, I heard that the School Beauty in Year One is pretty bad in her studies. Tian Rong and the boys’ grades are so good, of course the School Beauty would try to ride their coattails."
Zhou Fu and his group were top students. If they shared any of their learning materials, it could surely make the grades of an ordinary student like Lu Guixin improve drastically.
They all pondered and nodded in agreement.
"That’s great! Now I can use learning as an excuse to get close to the School Beauty!" The boy looked as if he was dreaming about getting up close and personal with the School Beauty right away.
"Since you have added Lu Guixin on WeChat, why don’t you check if she posted any photos on her feed?"
They all agreed.
Lu Guixin’s WeChat avatar was a pure white background, and there was a series of mathematical formulas at the top as if she was a person who loves learning.
Forget the photos on her feed. She never even posted a single thing.
The tousle-haired boy put away his phone as he couldn’t be bothered to search further. He wrapped his arm around Tian Rong’s shoulder as if they were best buddies and said with a serious look. "We bros? Tell me, are you going to do it?"
Tian Rong kept quiet. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
As he did not want to be bugged by them, he took out his phone and said as he typed away. "My sister could be taking an afternoon nap at this time. She might not reply to me."
"Okay, okay. Hurry up and send it!"
Just then, Zhou Fu, who had just returned from the restroom, entered from the back door.
His seat was always in the last row and nearest to the back door. He never participated in the weekly seat rotations.
The teachers did not dare to disturb this big boss over such a trivial matter, such as changing seats, so they let him be.
He twisted the cap of his water bottle open and lifted his head to gulp down the remaining half of the water. Then, he turned sideways and flung his wrist. Thud! The empty bottle landed accurately into the wastebasket.
A girl in a bun walked in front of Zhou Fu and handed him a few papers with both hands. They were answer sheets for their previous Physics and Mathematics monthly tests.
Zhou Fu didn’t receive them. He answered, "Put them at the podium. Whoever wants them can just get it from there."
The boy’s tone was low and cold. There wasn’t much warmth or emotion in them. He was so aloof.
The girl looked down at the answer sheet.
Zhou Fu’s answer sheet was crowned by the teachers as a perfect masterpiece.
The answer to each question was well-crafted and concise. There would be a feeling of enlightenment even just from copying his problem-solving steps. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
When the answer sheets of the two papers were handed down, the girl asked Zhou Fu for his.
She looked up at Zhou Fu, who had sat down.
The boy pulled out a heavy physics book written in full English, and he turned to a certain page.
He totally ignored the girl standing beside him.
"Xia Cheng." The boy in front turned around and said, "Have you finished reading Brother Fu’s answers for the two papers? I didn’t manage to solve the last question for Math, please give it to me when you’re done."
Xia Cheng nodded and handed it to him.
Zhou Fu leaned sideways against the wall and stepped on the chair spindle with his long legs. He gave off confident and youthful vibes, and he looked down to read the English book. He was really quick at reading, and he turned a page every ten seconds.
Xia Cheng smiled and took the initiative to talk to him. "Zhou Fu, did you guys meet Lu Guixin at the convenience store today?"
"Yeah." The boy answered.
He was like an isolated island. All of the noise would be cut off by his aloof vibes, and he was so indifferent that it was as if ’stay away, strangers’ was written all over him.
Xia Cheng fumbled with her fingers and pretended to be asking casually. "Tian Rong and the others said that Lu Guixin is really pretty and that she added everyone’s WeChat."
Zhou Fu did not look up. He answered lazily. "Is it so? I didn’t pay attention."
Xia Cheng didn’t understand what he meant for a moment.
The boy seated in front turned around and looked at Xia Cheng with teasing eyes. "Don’t worry, Brother Fu is the only one who didn’t add the School Beauty on WeChat."
Xia Cheng understood now.
Zhou Fu meant that she did not notice if Lu Guixin was really pretty, and neither did he add her on WeChat.
Perhaps, Lu Guixin was really beautiful, but her results were average. Even if she had such a face, she was from a different world to them.
How would a genius like Zhou Fu fall for Lu Guixin?
When Xia Cheng thought of this, her tense feelings settled down, and her slightly pursed lips were relaxed.
Tian Rong had waited for five minutes, and Tian Lu had yet to reply.
Everyone said, "Show us the photo when everyone has replied."
Then, they returned to their seats to revise.
...
Before class started in the afternoon.
Tian Lu knocked on Lu Guixin’s door.
The girl took a few toffees on the table, her books, and a thermal cup. "Let’s go."
She shut the door, and when she turned around, she saw Tian Lu staring at her as if she had something to say.
Lu Guixin was stunned, and she touched her face. "Is there something on my face?"
Tian Lu tightened her fingers around her phone and shook her head.
The students in other dormitories also opened the door and saw the two standing there. While they locked their doors, they asked curiously. "Lu Guixin, Tian Lu, why are you standing there? Class is about to begin."
"Ah, right." Lu Guixin took Tian Lu’s hand, and they walked forward.
The two of them hurried into the classroom.
Tian Lu sat in her seat for a few seconds, then she took a deep breath as if she was mustering her courage. Then, she leaned close to Lu Guixin and said, "Sis, I have an elder brother."
After she said that, she did not wait for Lu Guixin to answer. She sat up straight again instantly. "Never mind, he doesn’t deserve it."
Tian Rong used her phone discreetly and replied to Tian Rong. "Bro! Give up! You aren’t worthy of my bestie! Stop asking me for photos!"
Tian Rong replied, "?"
Lu Guixin prepared the textbook and notebook for the first chemistry class in the afternoon and unscrewed her thermos cup.
Just then, someone poked her on the back with a pen.
Lu Guixin paused and turned around.
The girl in the back whispered, "Lu Guixin, I heard that you asked the great gods in Year Three for their WeChat. Everyone but Senior Zhou Fu gave it to you."
With that, everyone around them looked over.
Zhou Fu was a popular person in the school, and so was Lu Guixin. The former was the School Hunk, and the other was the School Beauty. They both looked really good and evil.
Of course, when the two names are mentioned together, it would gain a lot of attention.
Someone joined in immediately and wanted to listen to the gossip, "What? Lu Guixin asked Zhou Fu for WeChat and Zhou Fu didn’t give it to her?"
Lu Guixin’s eyes shrank, and a cold look flashed in her eyes.
Before she could speak, Tian Lu turned her around to look at the girls in the back row, frowned, and said displeased, "What nonsense are you talking about? It was my brother and the boys who took the initiative to ask Lu Guixin for her WeChat."
"Really?" The girl smiled, seeming to be envious, but her tone made others feel particularly uncomfortable, "So you got to add Senior Zhou Fu’s WeChat?"
Lu Guixin smiled lightly. Her voice was gentle and unhurried, "I didn’t add him on WeChat."
"Damn! God Fu is indeed godlike!" The person who spoke looked as if she had expected it. In fact, she was looking at Lu Guixin with a sign of mockery in her eyes, and she looked like she was waiting to watch a good show. "So many people in our level came here to ask Lu Guixin for her WeChat, but he’s the only unique one. Lu Guixin can’t even get his WeChat!"
"To be honest, there’s nothing special about Lu Guixin other than her looks."
"Zhou Fu is a seed in the university entrance exams this year. Why would the big boss, the King of the Science Stream fall for someone with such ordinary grades?"
"Senior Zhou Fu has a cp on our forum with our senior Xia Cheng, who is no. 5 in their level."
"I know, I know. Xia Cheng is my queen! Lu Guixin’s IQ is not even on the same level as Senior Zhou Fu, it is no wonder that he has no interest in her."
They discussed it with great enthusiasm.
Tian Lu stood up suddenly. Screech! The chair slid back, creating an annoying sound.
She stared at the students coldly. "My brother and his friends asked Lu Guixin for her WeChat and she agreed out of courtesy. Why should she add Zhou Fu when he didn’t ask for it?"
The girls scoffed. "Do you think that such a King like Zhou Fu would ask Lu Guixin for her WeChat? Are you thinking too highly of yourself?"
Zuo Ran smirked. Almost everyone in Year One knew Lu Guixin. She was well-respected and loved, but she has met her obstacle among the Year Three cohort.
Now, many people think that she was a joke.
Tian Lu’s chest burned with fury, and just as she was about to say something, the bell which signaled the start of the class rang. Everyone returned to their seats immediately and kept silent.
Lu Guixin tugged at her. "Sit down first, the teacher’s coming anytime now."
Tian Lu sighed heavily and glared at the gossipers as she sat down, annoyed. She turned to the side and saw that Lu Guixin was really calm.
She couldn’t get it. "Aren’t you mad? The Year Threes were the ones who came to you first and now they’re making it sound as if you were the desperate one. In future, it’s definitely going to get twisted into more ridiculous ways."
Lu Guixin smiled. She still looked warm and gentle. "It’s okay, but thank you for speaking up for me."
"You have such a good temper. If I were you, I would have beaten them up." Tian Lu pursed her lips angrily.
Lu Guixin tried to soothe her. "Alright, alright. Don’t be mad, I’ll treat you to bubble tea in the afternoon."
The nicer Lu Guixin was, the more indignant Tian Lu felt.
She took out a chemistry textbook from a stack of books, threw it on the desk, and said in a muffled voice, "I’m unstanning! I don’t like Zhou Fu anymore. My bestie was wronged! F*ck it! My bestie is such a great person. It’s obviously Zhou Fu who can’t match you!"
Lu Guixin couldn’t help but laugh. Then, she told her softly, "Actually, I have brothers too."
Tian Lu’s eyes lit up. "Are they as good looking as you are?"
Lu Guixin shook her head and answered with a straight face. "Slightly uglier than me."
...
Just as Tian Lu had said, the rumors spread on the forum in ridiculous ways.
Now, people were spreading that Lu Guixin had confessed to Zhou Fu and got rejected by Zhou Fu on the spot. She had completely embarrassed herself.
Lu Guixin turned a deaf ear to all of that. She focused on getting things done and was at peace with everyone. She did not get angry too.
Eventually, people began to talk badly about her openly, right in front of her face.
"Doesn’t she have any sense? Why would God Fu fall for her?"
"Isn’t she humiliated now."
Lu Guixin ignored these rumors completely. She did not react to any of them at all.
During this period of time, the Year Threes did text her.
But she would kill the conversations politely and gave off a typical ’low EQ’ vibe.
Despite this, the boys were still passionate. They initiated conversations with her every day.
She never bumped into Zhou Fu and the guys again.
Thursday afternoon, everyone was tidying up their classrooms to arrange the venue for Year One’s second monthly examination.
Lu Guixin walked out of the classroom to wash the cloth after she cleaned the blackboard and podium.
She bumped into Xi Yan in the corridor.
"Hello, Ms. Xi." Lu Guixin greeted politely. There was a slight smile on her exquisitely beautiful face.
The rumors on the forum spread like wildfire. There was no way that Xi Yan wouldn’t know about it.
Seeing that she was in a normal mental state, Xi Yan sighed in relief. But, she was still a little worried. "Guixin, come to my office in awhile."
Lu Guixin nodded. "I’ll come right after I wash this cloth."
Xi Yan acknowledged with a hum.
...
Xi Yan was the vice level head of the Year Ones. She had a private office.
"Knock knock-"
Xi Yan put her pen away when there was a knock on the office door. She turned in the direction of the door. "Come in."
Lu Guixin pushed the door open and walked towards Xi Yan obediently. Then, she greeted softly. "Ms. Xi."
Xi Yan smiled. "Is everything going okay for you here?"
"Yes." Lu Guixin answered. She knew what she was going to ask, so she initiated a response. "Don’t worry about me. I didn’t take the rumors about Zhou Fu and I on the forums to heart."
After all, she was Gu Mang’s daughter. They were very much the same in terms of how carefree they were.
It was just that their grades were too different.
Maybe Lu Guixin just didn’t want others to constantly ask about her grades, so she came to Ming City High School, where no one knew her.
Xi Yan sighed inwardly. "I will contact the admins to remove the post so you can focus on your exams in peace."
Lu Guixin shook her head. "It’s fine, I’m not bothered. Let them say what they want."
Xi Yan opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but when she met Lu Guixin’s pure, clear, and gentle eyes, she decided to let it go. She nodded. "Alright."
She saw a can of sweet milk that another teacher had left on her table for her, and she handed it to Lu Guixin. "Take this back to class with you."
Lu Guixin did not reject. She received it and answered politely. "Thank you, Teacher."
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