When Xia saw Zhang Sujin again during Monday’s lunch, she felt somewhat awkward.

First, because of Zhang Shu’s “heads up,” which made her seem like she was making a big deal out of things.

Second, because of what she had witnessed under the connecting corridor stairs.

But Zhang Sujin just smiled at her warmly and asked, “You’re here?”

“Mm…”

Even as a girl, Xia found herself entranced when this beauty smiled.

While eating, Xia wondered what kind of person would be worthy of such a beautiful woman.

She took out her phone and searched: Junlan Group.

The official website had introductions to the corporate management.

A full page of directors, presidents, vice presidents… most had the surname Lu, but Xia could immediately recognize Lu Youze’s uncle.

After all, he was the only one with the lightest complexion.

Though the website didn’t have much information, it had exactly what Xia was curious about.

27 years old.

The age gap with Sister Sujin was quite large. But it didn’t matter – Sister Sujin looked younger than her age.

Xia glanced at Zhang Shu across from her, who was watching NBA while eating.

Given how poorly he got along with Lu Youze, if they were to become family…

It was unimaginable.

Lost in thought, he seemed to sense her gaze and suddenly lifted his eyelids, meeting her unwithdrawn gaze.

At the same time, Hou Junqi, who had never seen Xia use her phone while eating, leaned over to look at her screen—

“Junlan Group? Lu Youze’s family business. Little Xia, why are you searching this?”

“…”

Hearing this, she noticed Zhang Shu press his screen, probably hitting pause, then looked at her with questioning eyes.

Xia felt inexplicably panicked and tried to quickly put away her phone, but the more anxious she became, the more likely accidents were to happen – her phone fell to the ground with a “thud.”

Hou Junqi quickly picked it up for her and checked it. “Not broken. Little Xia, what mischief are you up to that’s made you so nervous?”

His words only made things worse – as soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Shu’s brows furrowed into a crease.

Xia looked up, extremely nervous.

Hou Junqi belatedly realized the tension and anxiously glanced between the two of them.

To no avail. Neither spoke first, and lunch ended in this silence.

Xia felt she was caught in a loop – she had once again discovered a secret about him.

This secret wasn’t a misunderstanding.

It was truly nerve-wracking.

…

During evening study hall, Qi Xiulei brought two books: “College Entrance Exam Guide” and “Enrollment Plans.” Everyone gathered around him, chattering and discussing, matching their scores to find their target schools and majors.

Xin Xiaohe came back after looking through them, sighing dramatically: “Ah, will East University just remain my unrequited love? No!!”

Xia was curious too, but her leg condition made it inconvenient.

“Xiaohe, how did you choose your target school?” she asked.

Xin Xiaohe was stumped for a moment: “I don’t have any special reason. I just feel it’s good, and the score requirements aren’t too far from mine. But I was wrong – they’re very far! Even if I calculate using my best test scores, I probably couldn’t get in even though adjustment admissions, wuwuwu…”

Xia asked: “Which university do you want to attend?”

“East University.”

Xia nodded. It was a university with a renowned reputation.

Xin Xiaohe asked: “What about you?”

“I…” Xia shook her head, “I don’t know.”

“Huh?”

Xia pressed her lips together, then asked: “So why do you think East University is good?”

“Um…” Xin Xiaohe pondered, “I can’t say exactly. I guess I just feel it’s impressive, and East Province is close – I don’t want to be too far from home.”

Xia: “Then wouldn’t South Theory University be more suitable? It’s right next door and about the same level.”

“There’s still a difference. South Theory University leans more towards liberal arts, while East University is more focused on science and engineering.”

“That’s true.”

“Yes!” Xin Xiaohe said, “Besides, even though I don’t want to be too far from home, I still want to go out and see the world. We can’t just stay at home, stay in this city forever, right?”

Xia nodded: “Makes sense.”

The university, major, and city were all important factors to consider. It was quite complicated.

Xia felt she needed to buy copies to look through.

“Ah, I might need to prepare more options and look at other schools. River Yan has quite a few key universities, but it’s so far away. I’m so afraid of cold weather, I might freeze to death…” Xin Xiaohe muttered, “For people like us, with scores that can’t quite reach the top schools but are too good to settle for less, it’s tough. Ah, Zhang Shu has it easiest – he doesn’t need to worry about anything, just wait for schools to fight over him after the exam.”

Zhang Shu…

He must be planning to attend university in River Yan, right?

Between River Qing and Hai Yan universities, which would he choose?

Just as she was thinking this, Yang Linyu came over and hesitantly asked: “Xiaohe, which university do you want to attend?”

Xin Xiaohe glared at him: “None of your business!”

Yang Linyu: …

Xia watched the two of them and shook her head helplessly.

Yang Linyu’s hesitant expression made him look quite pitiful.

Xiaohe was truly oblivious, completely clueless.

“Which university do you want to attend” – wasn’t that the most subtle way of confessing?

Xia was just about to focus on studying when something occurred to her. She tapped Xin Xiaohe, “Xiaohe, do you know why Zhang Shu and Lu Youze… don’t get along?”

It was more than just not getting along – they were antagonistic. But Xia asked very tactfully.

Xin Xiaohe was surprised by Xia’s question, as Xia rarely actively inquired about “gossip.”

Regarding Zhang Shu and Lu Youze, this delicate relationship, even Xin Xiaohe didn’t know how best to explain it.

After hesitating for a while, Xin Xiaohe asked: “Are you asking for Zhang Shu’s sake, or Lu Youze’s?”

“Hm?” Xia didn’t understand.

Xin Xiaohe: “Let me put it this way – whose perspective do you want to hear?”

Xia: “A third-party perspective.”

Xin Xiaohe: … Well played, avoiding the trap.

“Um, let me think how to explain this…”

Xia: … Is it that complicated?

“Simply put, Lu Youze reported Zhang Shu, Hou Junqi, and Chen Mengyao,” Xin Xiaohe summarized in one sentence.

So it involved Chen Mengyao too?

Xia asked: “What happened?”

“It was during my first year of high school. At that time, Lu Youze was still in the student council, and he was quite… mission-driven? Also a bit rigid, I don’t know how to describe it. Well, he reported to the grade office that Chen Mengyao was singing at a bar and also reported Zhang Shu and Hou Junqi fighting. Some say Zhang Shu and Hou Junqi were getting revenge for Chen Mengyao and beat up some street thugs, others say it had nothing to do with Chen Mengyao and was just a grudge match. There were also rumors that Hou Junqi’s kick sent someone crashing with a bloody head wound. No one knows the exact details, everyone just speculates, but afterward, all three of them got officially criticized.”

“Ah?” Xia was shocked.

Whether it was love rivals clashing or street grudges, it all sounded very… delinquent…

“That’s how it was. But back then Lu Youze wasn’t in the same class as Zhang Shu and Hou Junqi, so nothing much happened. Later in the second year, they were assigned to the same class, and on day one Hou Junqi was already cursing… And since they’re completely different types of people, things just stayed tense. Come to think of it, Lu Youze used to attend afternoon tutoring at Zhang Shu’s family place, but quit because of this incident.”

So it was quite a complicated situation.

No wonder earlier in the semester, Hou Junqi had asked her if Lu Youze was a tattletale back in middle school.

With someone getting a bloody head wound, it couldn’t be called a “small” report, right?

“Then, in that case, why did Chen…” Xia felt awkward gossiping about others and had trouble continuing, “Why did Chen Mengyao chase after Lu Youze?”

Given all this, they should be enemies, right?

“Enemies becoming lovers? For Lu Youze’s young master status? To spite Zhang Shu?” Xin Xiaohe speculated, “I don’t know, I’m just guessing. Anyway, there are many versions of their story floating around. I dare not make subjective assumptions anymore, afraid Zhang Shu will call me a rumor-mongering machine again.”

After hearing all this, Xia still couldn’t judge how deep their grudge ran.

But it was certain their animosity went way back.

If these two had to sit at the same dining table, who knows what would happen?

…

That evening, Wang Lianhua came to pick her up. Xia asked her mother to first drive to the north gate to buy the “College Entrance Exam Guide” and “Enrollment Plans.”

Back home, before Xia could start browsing, Wang Lianhua was already looking through them with great interest while commenting: “There are so many schools?”

Xia said: “There won’t be many left once you match them with the score requirements.”

Without looking up, Wang Lianhua said: “You go study first, I’ll look through these for you.”

Xia was about to leave when she heard Wang Lianhua say: “I think South Theory University is very good. There’s an admissions officer in the Academic Affairs Office who used to work under your father, and you could continue living at home – how nice.”

“South Theory University has very high score requirements too,” Xia murmured.

“Don’t they have preferential policies for local students? You still have one semester left, don’t be so negative,” Wang Lianhua said while flipping through the book, “I see South Theory has quite a few good universities, South Theory University of Technology is also a first-tier university, right? Local universities have advantages for employment… East Province could be considered too, it’s very close.”

Xia didn’t respond further.

Her mother hoped she would stay in South Theory.

East Province was probably the farthest distance she could accept.

Xin Xiaohe’s words popped into Xia’s mind: We can’t just stay at home, stay in this city forever, right?

There probably weren’t many people like her who, even in their final year, still didn’t know what university they wanted to attend, or even had no concept of university, right? Xia thought about this and decided to look around online.

She first clicked on River Qing University’s official website.

When the page loaded, her heart trembled slightly – how dare she!

But then she thought, well, consider it getting a preview of the school he might attend.

Sharing in the glory, right?

The homepage showed the ancient and solemn school gate, with the golden character “River Qing University” gleaming brilliantly.

Xia read everything from the school overview to the department setup, including some student activity reports, and even carefully read news about some teachers receiving the “March 8th Red Flag Bearer” award.

So this is what university is like?

Seeing that the library contained over 7 million books, Xia was filled with emotion.

How many books was that?

Probably about the same as the city library?

So this is what good universities are like?

Thinking of those frighteningly high score requirements, Xia quickly clicked exit.

Better not look anymore – looking too much might lead to unrealistic dreams.

…

The check-up happened every two weeks, and if all went well, this would be the last one.

Previously, Li Xu had always taken her, but this time Cheng Mingfeng came personally.

The doctor said the healing was very good, she had been well taken care of with no bumps or even small cracks and could be removed on schedule. They instructed that she could try walking a bit each day wearing the cast for exercise.

Everything went smoothly, and Cheng Mingfeng had arranged dinner outside.

Xia politely declined, feeling that spending the whole afternoon at the hospital was already enough wasted time.

“I have something important to discuss with you,” Cheng Mingfeng said.

Dinner was still arranged at their usual restaurant, with Zou Weiping also present.

As soon as the private room door opened, Zou Weiping came over to help her, “Almost better? I’ve been saying I wanted to visit you, but your dad said, hah, even I as your father barely see you, let alone others. Xia, you’re busier than the Party Secretary!”

Xia said: “Almost better.”

Cheng Mingfeng was in a good mood today and smiled: “Indeed, my daughter’s persistence in studying is just like mine!”

Zou Weiping pursed his lips: “Don’t try to take credit. You’re stubborn and inflexible, how is Xia anything like you with her good temper?”

Cheng Mingfeng said: “Don’t I know my daughter? Xia just appears to have a good temper, but when she’s stubborn, ten oxen couldn’t pull her back, and she won’t even let you know about it – she’s inflexible to the core!”

Xia: …

“Xia?”

Xia looked up at her father.

Cheng Mingfeng asked: “Have you decided which university you want to attend?”

Xia shook her head, “It depends on the scores.”

“What does your mom think?”

“Mom probably wants me to try for South Theory University.”

“South Theory University is very good, and it’s close too,” Zou Weiping said.

Years ago, Cheng Mingfeng pursued a part-time graduate degree at South Theory University for career advancement, so he knew the school’s value and score requirements. Even with local preferential policies, Xia’s scores made it somewhat uncertain.

He stroked his chin: “Are you confident?”

Xia unconsciously sighed, “No.”

The atmosphere became tense, and Zou Weiping said: “Let’s eat first, the food is getting cold.”

It seemed her father had called her here to discuss university matters too.

Xia had no appetite and soon put down her chopsticks.

“Xia, why don’t you study abroad? You just need to focus on learning the language, and let the agencies handle preparing the other materials,” Cheng Mingfeng said calmly.

It wasn’t a tone of discussion.

Xia: “I don’t want to study abroad, at least not now.”

Just thinking of the phrase “foreign land” made her inexplicably melancholic.

If she went abroad, what would happen to her mother?

“This is the best choice for you,” Cheng Mingfeng placed both hands on his shoulders, his posture like sitting on the chairman’s platform at various conferences – kindly yet solemn and dignified, “Your Brother Li has already contacted some agencies, and they’ve come to discuss with me. They have some universities very suitable for you, ranked much higher than South Theory University, some even better than River Qing University and Hai Yan University.”

The implication was clear.

If she chose to study abroad, with good execution and a good language score, she could attend schools better than East University or River University; but if she chose to stay in China and take the college entrance exam, she probably wouldn’t even get into South Theory University.

Her father had effectively forced her into a corner.

This seemed like a choice with no room for hesitation.

“Your English foundation isn’t bad. You can ease up on other subjects and focus your energy on language. Just pass the language test, and if you get a high score, that’s even better – there are scholarships. Though we don’t care about that, it would be great emotional encouragement for you. Go home and discuss it with your mom.”

Cheng Mingfeng was gently persuasive, laying out the facts and reasoning.

Xia remained silent.

Couldn’t studying just be her matter?

Zhang Shu, what you said… why is it so difficult?

…

After dinner, Cheng Mingfeng personally drove Xia back to school. When getting out of the car, they happened to run into Lu Youze coming out of the bike shed.

“Xia,” Lu Youze called out to her, then noticing Cheng Mingfeng, he greeted, “Uncle Cheng.”

Cheng Mingfeng looked at Lu Youze, appearing deep in thought, “Lu—”

“Lu Youze,” Lu Youze introduced himself, “Uncle, we’ve met before.”

“Right,” Cheng Mingfeng reminisced with a smile, “You were a chubby kid back then, and now you’ve grown so tall.”

Lu Youze: “I grew horizontally before growing vertically.”

“You’ve become quite the promising young man. Your father is blessed,” Cheng Mingfeng praised.

Lu Youze glanced at Xia and smoothly replied: “Uncle Cheng is the most blessed one.”

Cheng Mingfeng laughed heartily.

Because Lu Youze was there, Cheng Mingfeng didn’t walk Xia to her classroom and drove away.

Lu Youze walked beside Xia as they crossed the corridor.

From Class 1 to Class 6, the goose flock effect took over the classrooms again.

Xia could only walk faster.

Lu Youze said: “Xia, I heard from my father’s assistant that you registered with the same study abroad agency as me?”

Xia was stunned – she had just learned about this herself, how did he know?

Then she realized that this agency was probably recommended to Cheng Mingfeng by Lu Youze’s father.

“I don’t know, maybe,” she answered honestly.

Lu Youze heard the dejection in her voice and asked: “You don’t want to study abroad?”

Xia: “I don’t know yet.”

Lu Youze: “When I heard about it at home just now, I was really happy. Having someone familiar there would make studying abroad less difficult.”

Since nothing was settled yet, Xia didn’t know how to respond, so they walked in silence.

As they approached the back door of the classroom, noisy voices came from the front door. A group of people came hurrying from the connecting corridor, turning the corner, and climbing the few steps up to Class 6’s hallway.

They were all voices familiar to Xia.

They were all people familiar with Xia.

The two “teams” met at this narrow path, simultaneously stopping in their tracks, and standing there staring at each other.

Zhang Shu was with Hou Junqi, Han Xiao, and others, seemingly just back from playing basketball. The group was drenched in sweat, and school uniform jackets either hung over shoulders or tied around waists. Though it was early winter, the young men were thinly dressed yet full of vitality.

It formed a stark contrast with the sickly, lifeless atmosphere around Xia.

Zhang Shu had a messenger bag slung across his body and was holding a basketball, standing tall with his face flushed from exercise, but his gaze was as cold as moonlight.

The air seemed filled with invisible gunsmoke.

Half an hour earlier, at the affiliated school’s basketball court.

After playing a street game, during the halftime break, they gave the court to younger students. The boys were either sitting or standing under a tree, drinking water and chatting.

Han Xiao nudged Hou Junqi’s shoulder, “What’s up with Shu recently?”

Wu Pengcheng also came over, “Seems unhappy?”

Hou Junqi said quietly: “Troubled by love!”

Han Xiao: “Huh? Because of Xia?”

Hou Junqi almost whispered: “Xia searched Lu Youze’s family…”

“Oho!”

“What’s that about?”

Zhang Shu was sitting nearby and glanced at his friends. Did they think he was deaf or blind?

But he didn’t mind, actually wanting to hear what these cobblers could come up with.

“Speaking of searching,” Liu Hui’an suddenly seemed to remember something and pulled out his phone, “I wasn’t trying to dig into anyone’s background, but I accidentally heard my mom say that the transfer student in our grade was Cheng Mingfeng’s daughter. My dad looked so shocked, that I wondered who Cheng Mingfeng was. I didn’t care, but then I thought, do we have any other transfer students in our grade? No, so I searched too…”

He passed his phone to his bros while muttering: “At first I wasn’t sure which ‘ming’, which ‘feng’, but damn, as soon as I typed it, the entry came up automatically…”

“Holy shit!”

“What the hell?”

“Wow, some people can keep a low profile when they want to.”

Hou Junqi looked at Zhang Shu, who was sitting on the ground with his hands casually resting on his knees, wearing what seemed to be a knowing expression.

He called out: “Shu?”

Zhang Shu looked over.

He handed him the phone.

Zhang Shu glanced at the ID photo with its gradient gray background on the page, took the phone, and scrolled down.

Hmm… a parent official with a rich and solid career history.

He could guess something from that situation at the hospital, but the actual position was even higher than he had imagined.

Zhang Shu handed the phone back, his face expressionless.

Well, not just a little higher.

Indeed, as Han Xiao said, some people could be truly unrecognizable when keeping a low profile.

The group was still immersed in the shock of “the girl my bro likes is the boss’s daughter.”

Zhang Shu stood up, dribbled the ball onto the court, and shot a three-pointer that made the backboard thunder.

Perhaps his intensity was too fierce – several junior students collected their ball and obediently retreated to the side.

Hou Junqi and the others exchanged glances, shaking their heads as they also entered the court to continue playing.

Zhang Shu played urgently and chaotically, each ball “bang-banging” against the backboard, not caring if it went in or not like he was venting.

After running far to retrieve the ball for the Nth time, Wu Pengcheng wiped his sweat while complaining: “Bro, could you take it easier?”

Zhang Shu didn’t hold back, so the others could only risk their lives accompanying their brother.

Another three-pointer violently hit the backboard and flew out, instantly bouncing across several basketball courts, almost rolling to the teaching area.

This time Zhang Shu went to get it himself.

The others didn’t wait for Zhang Shu to return, only seeing him stand by the wire fence after retrieving the ball, quietly looking outside.

Hou Junqi and Han Xiao ran over, following Zhang Shu’s gaze—

Not far away on the school road was parked an Audi, beside it stood the person they had just seen in Baidu, Cheng Mingfeng.

Along with Xia and Lu Youze.

They were cheerful and harmonious, chatting and laughing.

Han Xiao said softly: “Ashu…”

Zhang Shu’s face remained expressionless as he tucked the ball under his arm and said flatly: “I’m done playing.”

…

The current situation was truly a case of fearing what might happen and then having it happen.

Hou Junqi tried to break this strange standoff, saying quietly: “They live in the same neighborhood, maybe they’re just heading the same way…”

Zhang Shu reacted, giving him a sidelong glance.

Who didn’t know Xia had gone for her check-up today? What bullshit about heading the same way.

Han Xiao twisted Hou Junqi’s arm, “If you don’t know how to talk, just shut up.”

Wasn’t he just emphasizing their “matching social status”? What an idiot.

Xia couldn’t understand why Zhang Shu was giving such a murderous look, but not wanting to face his wrath, she entered the classroom through the back door, laboriously making her way through the aisle full of bookboxes to reach her seat.

This route would have been much easier if she had entered through the front door from the corridor.

But she didn’t.

Outside the door, Zhang Shu watched the two enter the classroom one after another, with Lu Youze guarding behind like a bodyguard. He smirked from one corner of his mouth, tossed the ball to Han Xiao, and entered the classroom.

The group scattered like birds and beasts, all giving sympathetic looks to Hou Junqi.

Xia had just sat down when she felt the chair beside her being suddenly yanked out. The tall young man dropped heavily into it, and then, somehow, there was complete silence. After about a minute, Zhang Shu suddenly turned around, his hand falling casually but heavily on her chair back.

Xia was dumbfounded and turned to look at him.

His posture was almost like he was embracing her, his gaze direct and sharp, eyes blazing with fire.

W-what was he doing?

“I advise you to focus on studying and stop filling your head with unnecessary things at this point,” Zhang Shu spoke.

His voice was very low as if controlling the volume so only they could hear.

His tone was heavy as if each word would crush Xia.

She murmured: “What… what are you talking about?”

Why was he suddenly going crazy?

Zhang Shu’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he seemed to want to say something but held back, appearing extremely frustrated.

With a “bang,” he grabbed his messenger bag and slammed it on Xia’s desk.

Xia was startled and instinctively jerked back against the chair, forgetting his arm was there. Whether by reflex or something else, he suddenly embraced her shoulder as she leaned back.

In an instant, both of them froze.

Even through their clothes, he could feel the girl’s arm was thin and soft as if a little more force would break it. Zhang Shu’s entire arm felt electrified.

Meanwhile, Xia’s face instantly turned crimson, looking even hotter than his post-exercise flush.

“You… you…”

Zhang Shu came to his senses and abruptly released his hand, his eyes somewhat evasive, but his words remained sharp, “What ‘you’? Can’t even sit steady?”

Xia felt extremely wronged and thought this person was being utterly unreasonable.

Why was he suddenly being fierce? It was really scary.

Zhang Shu looked at the girl’s terrified eyes that showed indignation but dared not express it, sighed almost imperceptibly, and softened his voice somewhat, jutting his chin toward his messenger bag, “Open it.”

Xia was still in shock but followed his words and pulled at his bag’s zipper.

He commanded again: “Take it out.”

Xia cast him a suspicious look but still took out everything inside.

There were more than ten notebooks.

She gave him another puzzled look.

Zhang Shu: “Open them.”

Xia now understood what it truly meant to be possessed – even though she didn’t know what he was trying to do, even though she felt wronged, she still followed his commands.

He was truly like a ghost or deity, his voice cold enough to bring winter overnight.

Xia’s hands were almost trembling.

[Mathematics] Zhang Shu Class 20 Year 1

[Mathematics] Zhang Shu Class 6 Year 2

[Physics] Zhang Shu Class 20 Year 1

…

…

One by one, they were all his notes since the first year, along with mistake correction notebooks.

At the bottom was also a folder containing his monthly and final exam papers for each subject.

Xia looked at him in surprise.

Zhang Shu spoke coolly: “Whether you want to abandon your Buddhist studies and return to secular life or whatever, I don’t care. I’ve done my duty of helping Buddha reach the West.”

Although she didn’t understand what he was saying, she still smiled brightly and sincerely thanked him: “Thank you, Zhang Shu.”

Zhang Shu withdrew his hand from her chair back, turned to sit properly, and gave a light snort, “This is what you should thank me for, after all, you can’t find this on Baidu.”

Xia: …

She seemed to vaguely grasp some clues – was he still angry about her searching for information about Lu Youze’s family?

It seemed his conflict with Lu Youze ran deep.

But, hadn’t he said Chen Mengyao wasn’t his old flame? Then why did he fight for her? And why such hostility toward Lu Youze?

Or was it that, unable to pursue her successfully, he said such things in front of others to save face and console himself?

She had been thinking about helping him and Lu Youze reconcile, but now she realized she had overestimated herself. This matter was beyond her ability.

Unable to understand the entanglements, she ignored the subtle discomfort in her heart and shook her head helplessly.

Unexpectedly, this movement was caught by the young man beside her, and his questioning came from the side: “What, you disagree with what I said?”

“Hm?” Xia was both confused and flustered, instinctively answering, “You… you’re right.”

Zhang Shu: “You must find time before the final exam to do all the past two years’ papers once, and do the wrong questions at least three times.”

“Eh?” Xia exclaimed happily, “The monthly and final exam papers from the first and second year at the affiliated school?”

Zhang Shu still spoke irritably: “What else? The trash papers from your No. 2 Middle School?”

Xia: … He was too fierce.

She felt a subtle sourness in her heart, firstly because he was taking out his anger toward his love rival on her, and secondly because…

Secondly, because they were love rivals.

Her eyes seemed to glisten with tears, looking pitifully wronged. Zhang Shu froze, forcing himself to suppress his anger and resisting the urge to pat her head. He turned back around and spoke coldly but in detail: “Start with the notes first, beginning from the first year, compare them with your previous work, find what you’re missing, and ask me immediately if there’s anything you don’t understand. Don’t worry about the mistake correction notebooks yet, I’ll find blank test papers for you in a couple of days.”

“Mm.” She answered, then thinking it wouldn’t be easy to get them – it had been so long, even teachers might not have them – she asked: “Where will you find them?”

Zhang Shu gave a cold laugh: “Definitely not on Baidu.”

Xia: …

Hou Junqi silently listened from the seat in front, trembling with lingering fear.

Dear heavens, someone was jealous enough to turn the world upside down – please save him.