EN1MP 23

 Chapter 23

"Awoooo ... 

The three-headed hellhound was in so much pain that its face twisted, its body convulsed, and it rolled back and forth.

Countless sand, stones, and mud splashed into waves. Even the originally lush trees on both sides of the stream were knocked over by it. Two nearby giant trees with a diameter as thick as a water tank were whipped directly off the ground by its tail!

Whoosh–—

The huge tree trunks shattered!

The fire that the trio had originally lit was also extinguished by the tail. What was left behind was a gap that was exposed by the collapsed trees, which was getting bigger and bigger...

The silvery white moonlight fell from the sky, shining clearly on the three-headed hellhound.

Bai Xia and Pan Mu hurriedly pulled Ye Wenya back. The black cat followed closely with its tail wagging. The trio and the cat walked to a place about 30 meters away from the three-headed hellhound, stood on a high place, and then slowly came to a halt, carefully observing this level 7 beast.

"My God! The physical strength of this level 7 mutated beast is too strong! No wonder it was said that at least SS-level beastmen and beasts were needed to subdue this guy. Just a random collision with this three-headed hellhound can bend and deform ordinary steel and concrete. I am afraid that only those super-strong S-level metals can withstand the impact of this guy!" Bai Xia took in the formerly beautiful like a paradise place becoming a mess at once. He was shocked and his mouth gaped wide open, almost unable to close.

"High-level mutated beasts are naturally powerful, otherwise why would a lot of manpower and material resources need to be used every time to surround and suppress them?"

Pan Mu observed the three-headed hellhound with a serious face, howling in pain at this time, and asked with lingering fear: "Classmate Ye, what potion did you use on it? Why does it look different from before?..."

Earlier, the tiger-tailed blue ox beasts and other mutated beasts all fainted instantly, but the level 7 three-headed hellhound in front of him looked like it was trembling with pain all over its body and had lost its combat effectiveness directly.

"Perception potion... a potion I saw in an ancient book that could enhance the user's five senses by hundreds of times."

Ye Wenya considered the words and explained: "This potion was originally used to deal with those prisoners with thick skin and tough flesh as well as particularly strong mental and physical strength... It only takes a small wound to make the other party sweat on the forehead. This reduced the combat power... This three-headed hellhound is already injured. That’s why, its situation looks particularly bad..."

"The more it struggles, the more pain it will feel... It will probably be so painful that it will lose its strength in a short time."

As Ye Wenya spoke slowly, Bai Xia and Pan Mu turned their heads to look at her. Their eyes were wide open. Even the black cat squatting on the ground looked up. The top of his head was cold to his tailbone.

"Gulp..."

Bai Xia swallowed his saliva. His throat was dry, while his eyes were full of horror toward the ancient people.

Were the ancients devils, to be able develop such a tormenting potion?

No, no, no, no...

He had never heard of this potion in the past. It must have been lost for a long time... The person who could dig out this long-lost potion from so many ancient books must be the devil!

Ye Wenya, who had no idea that she had been regarded as a devil, took in the scene in front of her calmly.

In fact, what she didn't say was.

This perception potion was originally developed only for ordinary people who wanted to become magic apprentices; to enhance their five senses, improve their perception of magic elements, and maximize the possibility of becoming a magician's magic apprentice.

But in the later period, humans and dragons fought. The dragons always wanted to rule the world again and eliminate other races. This deformation perception potion was developed by pharmacists.  

It could turn the powerful dragons who were not afraid of magic and had great fighting spirit into a princess and the pea.

Even with strong anti-magic ability and powerful physical defense, the slightest touch could be instantly magnified hundreds of times. An ordinary stone under the girl's feet had become sharp blades under her tender white feet. Even every breath of air she breathed felt like someone was scraping her lungs with glass shards.

This was good stuff when used to fight against high-level dragons. Only needed a small dose to make the ferocious three-headed hellhound in front of her fall to the ground in pain.

Want to get up and fight? No way!

As for those paralysis potions...

Ye Wenya, who wanted to catch a sturdy, muscular, hoofed mutated beast as a new magic pet, was reluctant to waste it...

She was waiting for the new magic pet to carry magic plants weighing tens of thousands of pounds for her to refine potions!

…………

On the open ground over there, the ferocious and terrifying three-headed hellhound was already dying of pain. Even the wound that seemed to stop bleeding was now bleeding from its own rubbing. The bright red blood flowed down the wound. The three-headed hellhound was breathing in more than breathing out. It laid on the ground motionless with only its chest slightly rising and falling, indicating that it was alive.

"What should we do now? Should we kill it directly?"

Bai Xia stared at the three-headed hellhound covered with blood-colored long hair, feeling the violent aura emanating from its body, and lowered his voice, and said: "Using the perception potion only amplified the five senses of the mutated beast, but it can't suppress its power... If we get close at this time, will we be whipped away by its tail?"

The power of the level 7 mutated beast was formidable. They could get several ribs broken by any movement of the tail.

"No, wait here... This beast won't live long." Ye Wenya shook her head. The three-headed hellhound struggled too hard. If it could stay and wait until the effect of the potion wore off, it might survive...

But now, looking at those wounds that was deep to the point of seeing the bones, it seemed that blood loss would soon kill it.

"..."

The black cat squatted at the side, eyeing Ye Wenya with a complicated expression.

In just one day, Ye Wenya's image in Xiao Chen's mind had been turned upside down countless times.

Such a powerful pharmacist was regarded as a loser by others. Don't know if those guys would feel embarrassed when they see this scene.

"In that case, let's wait here until it dies. Killing a level 7 mutated beast can earn 1,000 points. It's a pity to just give up and leave." Pan Mu had recovered at this moment. He put his mood in order and directed Bai Xia to pick up the luggage tents that were blown away by the tails of the three hellhounds and prepare to rebuild them.

"Quite a pity."

Bai Xia came back to his senses and returned to normal profession with a few words. His eyes were shining, "Tsk tsk! Such a big level 7 mutated beast, it's a pity to waste it here. On normal days, we are in school and level 7 mutated beast meat is truly hard to come by!"

Level 7 mutated beasts that required mechas or SS-level beastmen to defeat have always been in short supply in the market.

"No matter how high the level of the mutated beast is, you don't eat mutated beast meat." Pan Mu ruthlessly interrupted Bai Xia and urged his younger cousin brother to clean up the battlefield quickly. Now this place was so messy that it was impossible to live. After they pack their luggage, they have to find a new place to live.

The originally ferocious hellhound, just as Ye Wenya said, died soon after. Pan Mu dug out a red beast crystal core from the hellhound's head and handed it to Ye Wenya.

The last blow to the hellhound was not given by any of the trio, but the system determined that the level 7 beast was indeed killed by them, so each person equally increased 333 points.

Ye Wenya looked down at the score ranking in her hand and nodded with satisfaction.

"Name: Ye Wenya

Gender: Female

Age: 20

Exam number: NO: 020625

Exam score: 1012

Team members: 1.2 grade Mecha Department Pan Mu (NO: 020318, score: 621)

2.2 grade Mecha Department Bai Xia (NO: 020373, score: 577)

School team score ranking: 41 (total score: 2210)

Grade team score ranking: 1 (total score: 2210)"

With the addition of 1000 points, the original team total ranking of 87 directly soared to 41st!

This was probably the most humiliating death of a three-headed hellhound on the planet K-0218.

"With the corpse of this level 7 beast, no other beasts will dare to disturb us tonight." Bai Xia wiped the dust off his cheeks. Not caring about Pan Mu's tone at all, he was in high spirits.

High-level beasts have an instinct to suppress low-level beasts, so every time they encounter the scent of high-level beasts, the lower-level beasts would choose to take a detour.

"Let us help you pick up these herbs." After Pan Mu and Bai Xia finished their simple cleaning, they saw Ye Wenya lowering her head and holding a torch, constantly searching for the magic plants that were scattered on the ground due to the impact. They were about to step forward to help.

"No, let me do it... Some of the herbs here can no longer be used, while many of the remaining ones have to be processed first, otherwise they can no longer be preserved." Ye Wenya stared at the damaged magic plants with a pained expression as she tried to pick out the ones with good quality. If she had known earlier, she should have used a different potion.

Seeing Ye Wenya's grief-stricken expression like someone had dug out her heart, Bai Xia scratched his head and immediately said considerately, "Don't worry, Classmate Ye, Old Pan and I will definitely bring you more medicinal herbs tomorrow! By then, there will be twice as many as here today! No... triple!" 

Raising three fair fingers, Bai Xia waved them in front of Ye Wenya and solemnly stated. 

"Triple? Really!" Ye Wenya raised her head with her eyes lit up instantly. Even the smile on her face became particularly sincere, there was no sight of the miserable expression of heartache any longer. 

"Meow~!" The black cat held a magic plant found in a stone pile in the distance, gently placed it next to Ye Wenya, and shook its tail, looking well-behaved and sensible. 

Xiao Chen now realized that the woman in front of him was fine in other aspects, but when it came to herbs, she was almost obsessed. 

It was just like those mecha warriors. When they saw a good mecha, it was like they were fixed to the spot. It was understandable.

...

The trio and the cat cleaned up the mess and set up a new fire. They planned to stay here for the night and go up the stream tomorrow to find a new place to take shelter.

However, at this moment.

In the dark jungle not far away, four red torches were looming. Four black figures were dragged long by the fire...

Swish-swish-swish—

The swishing sound was accompanied by the rustling sound of leaves. The four figures on the opposite side quickly approached the light of the fire. The four people were wearing military combat uniforms, holding weapons and torches in their hands, and stared at the three of them with surprise.

Especially the girl among the four people, her face was full of surprise.

Su Wanqiu looked at Ye Wenya in shock, "Class, Classmate Ye...you, you, how come you are here? I clearly remember that you were seriously injured during the day...how come you recovered so quickly?..."

She clearly remembered that Ye Wenya lost too much blood in the morning, fell to the ground, took in more air than exhaled, and was about to die. But, but...she looked energetic now, even more energetic than the four of them?

"Are you disappointed that I recovered quickly?" Ye Wenya glanced at Su Wanqiu coldly. She had no good feelings for the girl in front of her who looked soft, sweet, and very cute.

No matter how bad the original owner's grades were or how arrogant and annoying her personality was, was this girl who looked pure, innocent, cute and shy really innocent?

Even if Su Wanqiu didn't do it herself, this matter was caused by her from beginning to end. Although she looked guilty and innocent at the moment, it couldn't change the fact that Su Wanqiu wanted to be a mistress and poach her boyfriend in front of her face. 

If she was truly a good girl, she wouldn't have got entangled when the original owner and Fang Shaoyuan hadn't yet dissolved their engaged relationship. 

Those so-called true love and inability to help themselves were just ugly cover ups for the two. "No, no, no, Ye, Classmate Ye, you misunderstood... How can I think so?"

Su Wanqiu's cheeks flushed with anxiety. Though her voice went quieter, it was extremely flustered. She waved her hands and said, "We were very worried when we saw Classmate Ye injured earlier and even left enough food for Classmate Ye in the camp to replenish the nutrition after blood loss... So how can we think that Classmate Ye are in trouble?"

"Enough food?"

Ye Wenya sneered and casually responded, "Are you talking about the pile of rotten animal corpses in the camp? I didn't expect Classmate Su to have such a heavy taste. Looking so clean and beautiful, but preferences are quite special."

"I, I, I didn't... I, I don't know..." Su Wanqiu stuttered.

She twisted her fingers and lowered her eyes, tears rolling in her eyes. Her aggrieved but pretending to be strong behavior immediately made the trio around her feel pity. 

Fang Shaoyuan's cold voice came from the side as he protected Su Wanqiu behind him, "Ye Wenya, don't go too far. I was the one who gave the order to kick you out of the team before. If you have any problems, just come to me. Don't aim it at Wanqiu. This matter has nothing to do with her. I have never liked you from the beginning to the end. You should have self-awareness." 

The black cat squatting on the side shook his ears after hearing these words and swung his tail irritably. For a long time, he had no intention of stepping forward to recognize his relatives. Instead, he even took two steps back to draw a clear line with this stupid nephew. 

Fang Shaoyuan had clearly been engaged for so many years and didn't know the ability of his fiancée. He even chose another woman who was obviously not as good as Ye Wenya... Xiao Chen felt that this nephew with a bad brain and bad eyesight had simply lost the face of the entire family. 

There was something indescribable in the dark blue cat pupils. God blesses his stupid nephew who could touch the tiger's whiskers every day and be alive and kicking...

When Xiao Chen recalled the perception potion that Ye Wenya gave to the three-headed hellhound ten minutes or so ago, he felt that if his nephew continued like this, who knows how he’ll die. However, since his nephew had been courting death for so many years and Ye Wenya didn't do anything to him, nothing serious will happen in the future...

The black cat had never considered giving his nephew any advice. Instead, he wanted him to suffer and learn from his mistakes. He shook his tail and half-crouched in the same place again.

It was just...

The black cat turned over and moved his butt, feeling a little irk...

Xiao Chen had no idea that Ye Wenya was no longer the same as before. She might kill someone if she got angry.

Fortunately, Ye Wenya was not really that cruel and would freely kill people. She looked at Fang Shaoyuan coldly and uttered in a hostile tone, "It's good that you don't like me. It just so happens that I have never liked you... Let's cancel the engagement after we go back. I am really unlucky to be your fiancée."

Fang Shaoyuan frowned, not knowing what tricks this woman was playing. He responded in a frigid tone, "I don't care what tricks you are playing, this engagement must be canceled. Now that things have become like this, I don't want everyone to look bad. After this assessment, let's find a chance to talk it out... But there are far more mutated beasts near the water source than in the jungle. Why are you here? Did you also hear what happened just now? Are you here to investigate the noise?"

Bai Xia, who had been staying nearby, had long been displeased with the four people in front of him. He restrained his usual laughing expression and rolled his eyes, "Is the exam opened by your family? Why can't we be here?"

"Speaking of which, Fang Shaoyuan, Cao Mo, Lu Kun... I didn't expect that you decent people in school would abandon your injured companions in the actual combat assessment!"

Bai Xia coldly remarked, "I feel sad for your future teammates."

During lunch, when Bai Xia and Song Jiale were chatting, they had already known about Ye Wenya being abandoned by her companions. When they thought about what happened to him and Pan Mu, they had no good feelings for such people who would abandon their companions on the battlefield.

"Oh! Look who it is? How dare you talk nonsense here? It turns out that it's the famous 'rat poo' in our mecha department..." The short-haired young man Lu Kun sneered and raised his eyebrows. He didn't take Bai Xia seriously at all. Instead, he challenged him casually: "Before you say that, there must be someone willing to partner with you!"

"Oh, I forgot... Don't you have a powerful elder cousin brother? Anyway, your elder cousin brother will agree to team up with you wherever you go..."

Laughing, Lu Kun stretched out his hand to gesture to Bai Xia and Ye Wenya before turning to look at Pan Mu with a sigh on his face: "But Pan Mu, you are really hard-working... Not only do you have to take care of the burden Bai Xia, you also picked up another one... I wonder if you be scared to the point of peeing your pants later if you encounter a level 4 mutated beast? Hehehehe! "

"Pan Mu, you can barely rank in the top 100 every time you take an exam in the Mecha Department. Why don't you just give up these two baggage and join our team this time?"

Another round-faced young man in combat uniform, Cao Mo, stood beside Lu Kun with a smile, and directly provoked Ye Wenya's group: "Our team hunted four level 5 beasts, five level 4 beasts, and some other low-level beasts in the daytime, earning a total of nearly 1,500 points. We rank 68th in the school and first in the grade. Our team currently short one person, why don't you come and try it?"

Cao Mo smiled, but there was sarcasm in his eyes.

Except for Su Wanqiu, the pharmacist, the remaining trio in their team were all A-level physiques. What’s more, Fang Shaoyuan's beast form was the Gale Silver Wolf, which was much more powerful than the beast form of ordinary A-level beastmen! Pan Mu was just a B-class beastman. Even though he excelled in mecha combat classes and was far better than ordinary A-class beastmans, but now on this deserted planet...

Ha, being good at mecha combat classes was nothing!

"Thank you for your invitation, but I like the current team more and have no plans to change the team members. You should go recruit people from other places... We need to rest." Pan Mu rejected Cao Mo's proposal with a cold face. If he hadn't been well-educated, he would have waved his fist and beaten them when he saw the sarcastic and mocking expressions of Lu Kun and Cao Mo.

"Oh, really? That's such a pity."

Lu Kun faked some pity and shrugged, "We admire Classmate Pan's ability... It’s just, you know that each group has a maximum of 5 people. We already have 4 people in our group and can only add one more team member at most."

Bai Xia stood at the side, curling his lips in disdain, and didn't expose the disgusting deeds of Lu Kun and Cao Mo. He only treated the two people next to him as mad dogs barking.

What first place in the grade?

Don't these two guys know that the first place in the grade had changed hands?

Bai Xia straightened his chest calmly and said with a mocking face: "How long has it been since you last looked at the score rankings? You don't even have 2000 points and dare to say that you are the first in the grade? Are you here to make fun of me?"

"What? 2000 points?" Cao Mo's face changed. He immediately looked down to check the score rankings on the military neuralink...

Fang Shaoyuan and Lu Kun naturally did the same thing. Even Su Wanqiu, who looked soft and cute, also looked down at the score rankings with a serious expression.

On the [Year 3019 Imperial Royal Military Academy Actual Combat Assessment Overall Ranking] table, there was a series of names ranked. On this ranking, the total score of each group, the names of the group members, and the specific information and score values ​​of each person were clearly displayed.

NO.1 ——Total score: 3872 (ranking NO: 1 in 4th grade)——Zhou Kai (4th grade Mecha Department, NO: 040213, score: 1101), Jiang Mu (4th grade Mecha Department, NO: 040413, score: 1024), Bao Guangtong (4th grade Mecha Department, NO:

040113, score: 932), Cheng Mingliang (4th grade Command Department, NO: ...), Fan Xiasheng (4th grade Pharmacy Department, NO: ...)

NO.2——Total score: 3645 (ranking NO: 2 in 4th grade)——Fan Lei (4th grade Mecha Department, NO: ...), Wu Hao (4th grade Mecha Department, NO: ...) ...

NO.3——Total score: 3311 (ranking NO: 3 in 4th grade)——

……

NO.41——Total score: 2210 (ranking NO: 2 in 2nd grade) NO:

1)——Ye Wenya (2nd year Pharmacy Department, NO: 020625, points: 1012), Pan Mu (2nd year Mecha Department, NO: 020318, points: 621), Bai Xia (2nd year Mecha Department, NO: 020373, points: 577)

……

NO.73——Total points: 1489 (2nd year ranking NO: 2)——Fang Shaoyuan (2nd year Mecha Department, NO: 020102, points: 612), Cao Mo (2nd year Mecha Department, NO: 020331, points: 472), Lu Kun (2nd year Mecha Department, NO: 020261 Points: 321), Su Wanqiu (2nd year pharmacy department, NO: 020612, points: 84)

...

Fang Shaoyuan and the others clearly recognised the words on the ranking list of total points for the actual combat assessment, but for a moment they couldn’t understand what it meant...

What was written on this ranking list? Ye Wenya’s group were actually ranked 41st? And the four of them were ranked behind the trio, falling from the original 68th to 73rd?

Feeling that his throat was dry as if it was a long-dried land, Fang Shaoyuan opened his mouth and could hardly speak. The disbelief in his eyes couldn’t be hidden at all.

His eyes were fixed on Ye Wenya's group, while his expression was particularly ugly. Hunting mutated beasts to earn points sounded very simple. However, hunting mutated beasts wasn’t about moving some lips! It required real skills!

But the trio on the opposite side consisted of two with B physique and one with D physique. They couldn't even beat a level 5 mutated beast, so how could they rush to the 41st place in the overall ranking? !

"What's going on?! You cheated!" Cao Mo was the most impulsive, gritting his teeth and rushing up to grab Bai Xia's collar to interrogate. There were three beastmen with A-level physique on his side, plus a pharmacist with A-level mental power. Why couldn’t they compare with the three trash on the other side?

"Calm down, the school regulations do not allow students to fight privately during the assessment. It will be bad if it get captured by the supervision system." Despite having an ugly expression, Fang Shaoyuan grabbed Cao Mo and pointed at the military neuralink in his hand.

"Then what to do? Are we just going to let this group of trash hang over our head?!" Cao Mo indignantly pointed at Bai Xia and the other two.

"Hey, Surnamed Cao, who are you calling trash? You have lower ranking points than us and you dare to call us trash... I think you are the trash!" Bai Xia was not a person who liked to suffer losses. Seeing Cao Mo pointing at his nose and scolding him, he immediately glared and counterattacked with sharp words.

"Bai Xia, don't be so arrogant! In a place like a military academy, you can't be rampant just because you have money at home! The school speaks based on real ability! To get 2200 points, you must kill at least 11 level 5 beasts, or 27 level 4 beasts, 105 level 3 beasts... No matter which one, you two B-level beastmen and a D-level physique can't accomplish it!" Fang Shaoyuan stood beside Cao Mo and glanced at Bai Xia coldly.

"Elder Brother Fang is right! Guys like you who cheat in exams, we must report you to the instructor!" Cao Mo shook his sleeves fiercely with a ferocious expression.

"You doubt the judgment of the military intelligent brain?" Pan Mu asked in confusion.

"Hacker technology is so powerful these days. You must have used something to trick the intelligent brain!" Cao Mo said confidently: "If the intelligent brain can detect everyone 100%, there will be no spies in the army!"

"That's right!" Lu Kun nodded beside him.

However, at this moment, Su Wanqiu, who had been silently standing by, opened her mouth wide, pointed at a nearby huge black shadow in the black shadow of the tree, and stretched out her hand to tug Fang Shaoyuan's sleeve.

"You, you...guys look at what that is? ...Is it, is it a mutated beast?"

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3RYB 21

 Chapter 21 

Gu Qi didn't desire to participate in any school sports meeting. Although she liked sports, it was obviously not the same thing.

But Gu Qi thought how this kind of sports meeting where one could bring their family which Imperial Capital No. 1 School specifically held for the third year students. It only happened once in the three years of high school. At that time, most students will be accompanied by their parents, while Mu Yuan may be alone.

Gu Qi had experienced that feeling. So at the thought of this scene, she couldn't help but frown.

It couldn’t do.

She glanced at Mu Yuan. The boy's face displayed a slight speechlessness for Jiang Lechuan's whimsical thoughts, but he didn't have too obvious emotions about the matter itself.

So Gu Qi turned to Jiang Lechuan, neither agreeing or refusing. She asked first: "Aren't you busy recently? Do you have the time?"

She was fine. As long as she didn't join the crew, her time was relatively free.

But Jiang Lechuan was different. He was howling as he practiced dancing every day until he was mentally affected. The sports meeting would last a whole day.

"It's fine." Jiang Lechuan showed a confident expression: "I learned those dances a long time ago. Missing one day isn't a big deal. The worst case is that I will go back and get scolded by Xu Yanyue. It's not a big deal."

After Jiang Lechuan finished speaking, he put the three’s hands together and shouted a slogan unilaterally: "Go, go, go! First place! We’re coming!

Mu Yuan: "..."

No one agreed to participate at all, okay? Jiang Lechuan was obviously talking to himself the whole time.

Mu Yuan wanted to express his refusal, but before he could organize the words, Gu Qi also grasped his hand.

She didn't smile, but instead seriously stared at him and repeated Jiang Lechuan's previous words: "We are one family. We can participate in this kind of activity together. "

Mu Yuan was stunned. Suddenly he recalled some family activities organized by the school.

He didn't remember how many grades he hadn't participated in. He would go to the library alone to kill time after the teacher called the roll. Then he went home with his schoolbag after school.

Although those activities were meaningless to Mu Yuan and he had no interest in them, he had to admit... At the beginning, he stood at the school gate with his classmates and expected to see his parents. But that was many years ago. The memory was so vague that it was almost forgotten.

Waiting again and again, and disappointed again and again, because his parents always had more important and meaningful things to do.

Mu Yuan occasionally thought of the time when he was very young and refused to drink the bitter Chinese medicine. His mother patiently coaxed him with candy, while his father took him running to exercise his body even though he end up getting a chill from the cold wind and fell ill again.

But later, he grew up.

His health improved, his grades improved, nothing bad happened again, and he didn't encounter any difficulties. Therefore, his parents no longer focused on him, but turned to people who needed more help.

Mu Yuan had thought about quarreling with his parents and telling them that he didn't like it.

But he had seen the parents of the children who were helped by his father come to thank him with fruits and the neighbors repeatedly sent local specialties or various gifts. Even the stray cats and dogs rescued by his parents and got new adoptive families no longer resisted contact with humans. With the enthusiastic help of his parents, it seemed that more and more people were living happily.

The dissatisfaction and grievance that he wanted to burst out couldn't find a vent in the end and could only be stifled in silence.

It seemed that compared with these people and matters that really need help, his loneliness seemed so insignificant and exaggerated.

Faced with such parents, he couldn't say any words of blame. Nor did he want to say anything anymore.

Mu Yuan had even sarcastically muttered in his heart: How come it wasn’t his parents’ turn to move by the top ten personnel in the country? With the exception of eating, sleeping, and working, it was clear that their lives were all about helping others. This was like the meaning of their existence.

He hated getting along with people more and more. Not to mention talking, even eye contact was unbearable.

Why should he be looked at?

No one would choose him. There would always be people and things more important than him. He wouldn’t be the first in anyone's heart.

He was excellent enough, so he didn't need anything. He could do everything by himself and could face everything alone.

So when Mu Yuan first heard that Gu Qi was going to take him to a variety show, he found it incomprehensible.

Obviously there were Jiang Lechuan and Wen Renjing. There were better choices and he shouldn’t be chosen.

Knowing his parents' personalities to always help others if they can and the other party was Gu Qi, he was too lazy to refuse. It was more troublesome to go back and be nagged.

However, when he was attacked during the game, Gu Qi chose him again between him and Jiang Lechuan.

At that moment, Mu Yuan was a little confused.

He suddenly realized that he didn't seem to need to be the first person all the time. He could feel satisfied and even happy if he was chosen occasionally.  

As for Jiang Lechuan.

In Mu Yuan's view, he was like his parents, very kind to everyone, as if they had a lot of energy waiting to save the world at any time.

But he just...

He didn't like this kind of person the most.

In the end.

Mu Yuan nodded and agreed, "Okay."

He pulled his hand back and continued to eat the food in front of him as if nothing had happened.

Gu Qi and Jiang Lechuan looked at each other. Both of them widened their eyes at the same time. They didn't expect to convince Mu Yuan so easily. They thought it would take some twists and turns.

So Jiang Lechuan patted his chest and winked at Gu Qi. The meaning was clear: Leave everything up to me.

He didn't even bother to eat and opened Taobao. He chanted that he had to choose the ‘battle suit’ to wear together at that time, otherwise it would be too late if the order wasn’t placed in time.

Gu Qi clipped up some food for Mu Yuan and seemed to be used to it: "Don't worry about him."

The meal was over.

Gu Qi said she would drive them back, but Mu Yuan didn't go home, but instead suggested going to a bookstore near home.

Because of his parents' enthusiasm, there were often guests at home. Sometimes Mu Yuan found it noisy and would go out to find a bookstore or study room by himself.

Gu Qi sent Mu Yuan to the bookstore. When he got out of the car, she couldn't help but say: "Go back early, don't let Paternal Aunt worry. Send a message if something happens."

Mu Yuan stopped.

He turned around, smiled faintly at Gu Qi, and responded, "Understood, goodbye, Elder Sister...Elder Brother."

He reluctantly added Jiang Lechuan.

When Mu Yuan walked away, the two people in the car were still in a petrified state.

Jiang Lechuan even slapped himself in the face in doubt: "Did I see it wrong? Did Mu Yuan just smile at us?"

Gu Qi rubbed her eyes, but answered calmly: "You didn't see it wrong. And he called you Elder Brother."

One must know, Mu Yuan only called her Elder Sister occasionally over the year. While he rarely called Jiang Lechuan and Wen Renjing Elder Brother.

It seemed that Jiang Lechuan's visit to Mu Yuan's school had changed their brotherly relationship.

Jiang Lechuan: “!!!”

Agitated, he stood up at once. The next second, his head tragically hit the top of the car. He sat down with his hands covering his head and wailed in pain. Simply delight turned into sorrow.

On the other side.

Mu Yuan entered the bookstore, but he didn't study on the first floor seating area, but went to the second floor.

The second floor was slightly different. There were not only books, but many stationery and educational toys. These ones were similar to the ones that Gu Qi and Jiang Lechuan liked to play.

Mu Yuan stopped and began to choose carefully.

He wanted to understand the gameplay and fun of these toys, so that he could get closer to Elder Sister's hobbies and life.

What Jiang Lechuan could do with her, he could do, and he could do better.

＊

Gu Qi regretted it.

When Jiang Lechuan created a small group for the three people and sent a picture of three big red robes to the group, she fell silent.

[Jiang Lechuan]: I did research. This is the red robe that only the top scholar in ancient times wore! We will definitely win first place if we wear it! We will definitely win first place!

[Gu Qi]: It’s not convenient to participate in that in the competition, right? Just wear ordinary clothes.

[Jiang Lechuan]: That’s right. It’s okay, I have alternatives.

Next.

Jiang Lechuan showed a variety of ‘battle robes’.

There were sportswear customized with the image of his male god from GG bond, and various clothes representing auspicious meanings. Each of which was enough to make them the focus of the crowd.

Gu Qi didn’t know what Mu Yuan thought. Anyway, she couldn’t accept wearing this to participate in the competition for a second. What was the difference between this and being naked? !

It was Mu Yuan who spoke up.

[Mu Yuan]: I think these clothes aren’t suitable.

[Jiang Lechuan]: Why? ? ?

[Mu Yuan]: ... I can’t tell that we are one family. 

[Jiang Lechuan]: Makes sense!!!

He actually forgot the most important point!

So Jiang Lechuan asked for advice very humbly.

[Jiang Lechuan]: What to do? ? ?

Mu Yuan posted a picture to the group.

A pure white T-shirt with the words ‘Sister’ written on it in black font.

It was very simple and low-key.

Gu Qi's acceptance of these clothes was quite good. At least it was much more normal than the ones Jiang Lechuan chose.

[Jiang Lechuan]: Good idea!

＊

On the day of the sports meeting.

Jiang Lechuan brought over his customized T-shirts.

Seeing that there were two T-shirts with ‘Brother’ written on them, Mu Yuan didn't know which one belonged to him for a moment and had to rely on Jiang Lechuan to distinguish.

Gu Qi asked curiously beside him: "Why don't you add ‘elder’ or ‘younger’ in front?"

Jiang Lechuan answered very seriously: "No need to go through such trouble. Look carefully, there are differences between these two clothes."

Gu Qi could only comply and examine it carefully. She indeed found the difference.

Jiang Lechuan's T-shirt said: Brother.

Mu Yuan's T-shirt said: brother.

The difference was in the first letter, uppercase and lowercase. Uppercase represented elder brother, lowercase represented younger brother.

Gu Qi: "..."

Alright then. Anyway, it wasn't important.

The two could only follow Mu Yuan and change their clothes and enter the school from the back door.

At this moment, there was still half an hour before the normal class, which was the time for the third year’s sports meeting. There weren’t many people in the school and it was very quiet.

The three of them soon came to Mu Yuan's class.

The seating arrangement of the third year students today changed. After school the night before, the homeroom teacher organized the students to separate each table by a certain distance. All the chairs were replaced with long benches, which could accommodate students and two parents to sit at the same time when resting.

Gu Qi took out an autographed photo from her bag, handed it to Mu Yuan, and asked, "Give it to your friend in person?"

That person wasn't a friend.

The reason why Mu Yuan took the initiative to ask for Elder Sister's autographed photo was because he wanted to find a reason to see Elder Sister more.

So Mu Yuan shook his head, took Gu Qi's autographed photo, and put it on the boy's desk based on his memory.

Soon, classmates and their parents arrived one after another. Although they were very curious and they couldn't resist glancing at Mu Yuan's position with excitement on their faces, no one came forward to disturb them this time.

All this was thanks to Jiang Lechuan's good buddy -

Mu Yuan's homeroom teacher!

The 40-year-old man gave a speech for half an hour before school was over yesterday, brainwashing all the students with ‘collective responsibility’ and telling them that Mu Yuan's siblings would come tomorrow. Yes, the two they anticipated.

As classmates, Mu Yuan's elder siblings were their elder siblings. They couldn't be too excited and affect others' normal family activity experience. They have to help stop other students from other classes when they come over.

As long as they perform well, they could register to get autographed photos of Gu Qi or the entire Jiang Lechuan group after the sports meeting!

Of course, this idea came from Jiang Lechuan's clever brain.

At this moment. The slightly chubby boy walked to his seat. The moment he saw the autographed photo on the table, he knew it was from Mu Yuan. He tried his best to suppress his trembling hands and took out his phone to send a message to Mu Yuan.

[Mu Yuan! From now on, you will be my best friend! ]

Mu Yuan's phone vibrated.

After seeing this message, he of course chose to pretend that he didn't see it and deliberately ignored the boy's expression when he repeatedly looked back at him.

This kept going until Gu Qi poked Mu Yuan with her finger and said, "Your good friend seems to have something to say to you."

Mu Yuan: "..."

No, they weren’t familiar with each other at all.

But it wasn’t convenient for Mu Yuan to explain it in detail to Gu Qi, so he could only say, "He’s probably looking at you."

Gu Qi: "!"

Was that so?

After all, he was Mu Yuan's friend. The relationship was so good that Mu Yuan specially asked for her autographed photo for him. Thinking of this, when the boy looked over again, Gu Qi waved at him and showed the smile that she had practiced eight hundred times in front of the mirror in the past two days. She even watched some videos of Shen Anran at home and learned the secret of having a natural smile.

First, must keep the facial muscles absolutely relaxed, otherwise it would be easy to have a fake smile.

Second, you must make your eyes curved as well. Even if it curved exaggeratedly, it was fine.

Otherwise, if the upward arc of the lips curved more exaggerated than the eyes, it would look like a fake smile out of politeness. If dressed more coolly, it would even have a sense of ‘scheming’.

Oh right.

Also should pay attention to the styling. Compared with light colors, dark clothes give people a sense of distance. Long straight black hair with big waves had a mature vibe, so she deliberately tied a bun today and used a light-colored hairpin.

When the boy waved to her excitedly in response, Gu Qi felt that her practice was affirmed.

Even Jiang Lechuan looked over curiously and asked, "What good thing happened that makes you beam so happily so early in the morning?"

Very good. Jiang Lechuan's reaction this time was correct. It made Gu Qi feel that her ‘efforts’ were like a high-scoring test paper.

So Gu Qi turned her still present smile to Jiang Lechuan and answered half-jokingly, "Of course it’s because of accompanying Mu Yuan to participate in school activities."

Gu Qi's words made Mu Yuan stunned. He lowered his head slightly and didn't raise his eyes. Unconsciously, his lips pursed.

Jiang Lechuan felt this reason was very reasonable: "Yes!"

This was his first time accompanying Younger Brother to participate in school activities! And Elder Sister was here! It was indeed a very special and meaningful day!

So the next second, Jiang Lechuan's mouth grinned to the back of his ears, looking happier than Gu Qi.

He declared, "Then I have to smile happier than you to prove that I am more willing to accompany Mu Yuan to participate in activities."

Gu Qi: "..."

Was he that bored?

Although she thought so, Gu Qi tried to raise the corner of her lips.

She didn't want to play such a childish game with Jiang Lechuan. She was just... just exercising her facial muscles.

Mu Yuan: "..."

He glanced to Gu Qi on his left, and then at Jiang Lechuan on his right. Both of them had very exaggerated smiles on their faces.

At this moment, he felt that he seemed a little out of place sitting in the middle.

Classmates in the front row constantly kept peeking back. Their expressions changed from surprise to slight doubt.

They couldn't understand why Jiang Lechuan and Gu Qi were so perked up-

Or they couldn't understand why Mu Yuan was frowning.

Mu Yuan wasn't frowning. Really!

Like normal, he just had no expression. But in contrast to the exceptionally bright smiles of Gu Qi and Jiang Lechuan, he seemed disgruntled.

Most of the classmates were calm, but some middle-aged parents who saw the stars for the first time naturally couldn't control their desire to take pictures. So this photo still end up being taken and uploaded to Weibo.

＃Gu Qi & Jiang Lechuan at Capital No. 1 School＃

＃Gu Qi & Jiang Lechuan accompanying Mu Yuan in school sport activities#

Both entries quickly became hot searches.

Netizens were all delighted when they saw this photo.

[I have never seen Gu Qi smile so happily in my life]

[But I never expected that Jiang Lechuan next to her looked even happier]

[So what are they happy about? Tell us what's so funny. Let us all hear it! ]

[Rather than why they are so happy, I want to know why Mu Yuan looks so cold]

[@Mu Yuan, tell us what you were unhappy about! ]

[…Am I the only one who thinks this is Mu Yuan’s normal expression]

[Two fools and one grumpy? ]

[How insolent! Who dares to say our elder sister is a fool! ]

[So Gu Qi and Jiang Lechuan are here to accompany Mu Yuan to the school sports meet? They have such a good relationship]

[Look carefully. Their clothes are specially customized, hahaha]

[Wow, I am so envious. Elder siblings are all big stars with high pay and they can come to accompany him to participate in such school activities]

[Because this has nothing to do with whether they are stars or not. They come here as Mu Yuan’s family]

[Siblingly love! Let me nibble on it all!]

…

Then someone else broke the news, saying that he ran into Mu Yuan in a bookstore two nights ago.

A photo of Mu Yuan standing at the cashier counter, paying for two boxes of children's toys with his phone.

Netizens: "???"

[No way, Mu Yuan, you don't like this kind of thing, do you?]

[It's normal for Jiang Lechuan to like toys. I'm a little surprised that Gu Qi likes toys. When it come to Mu Yuan, I’m completely silent]

[I thought that a genius like Mu Yuan would never touch this kind of children's toys after the age of three (an exaggeration)]

[I don't understand, but I’m shocked]

[As expected of ‘Family’]

…

There was laughter and joy on Weibo. Most people forgot that there seemed to be another person in this family.

Wen Renjing leaned back in a chair. The makeup artist was doing up his makeup, while he held the phone and swiped his fingertips on the screen a few times.

As if he foresaw what was going to happen next, he had the urge to turn off his phone in annoyance. However, he stopped it and put the phone aside.

Sure enough.

Soon the phone rang. It was his mother calling.

The second the call was connected, a woman's anxious voice sounded: "I heard from your paternal aunt that Gu Qi and Jiang Lechuan are accompanying Mu Yuan to school today. Did you go with them?"

"Of course not." Wen Renjing replied indifferently, picked up an eyebrow pencil on the table with his other hand, and played with it. He lazily drawled: "They didn't call me."

Mother directly scolded: "Is there a need for them to call you? Can't you take the initiative? You are all siblings and should interact more often. Your dad has passed away and I will leave in the future. You young people should take care of each other. This way, you can have help when you encounter any problems in the future."

"En, okay, I know." Wen Renjing continued to perfunctorily answer his mother's questions. His mother on the other side of the phone abruptly broke down, sobbing: "It's not that I want to tell you these things to annoy you, but it's all because your dad died early. It can’t do to not have a man in the family. In recent years, anyone can climb over our heads..."

Wen Renjing interrupted slowly: "Mom, what are you talking about? Am I your daughter?"

The makeup artist's lips twitched violently, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.

She could only work harder and keep hypnotizing herself: Can't hear it, can't hear it, she can't hear anything.

Wen Renjing's mother was silent for a few seconds. Then she directly stated: "Mom has figured it out. They aren’t excluding you, but looking down on our family. Think about back then when they weren’t rich, they had borrowed money from our family to build a house..."

Bringing up these old accounts again.

Wen Renjing knew that his mother had not been able to accept the fact that his father had died due to bankruptcy and that his family had changed from being the ‘superior’ to the ‘inferior’ in terms of economic strength. It just so happened that Jiang Lechuan's family became prosperous only after his father's death and their family's status had changed from ‘helping poor relatives’ to ‘becoming poor relatives’.

While accepting the help from the Jiang Family, they felt that their help was just charity. In truth, they were looking down on them.

Wen Renjing grew up listening to these things. Once they weren’t invited to a family gathering, his mother would feel that they were being excluded.

Even though he later became an award-winning actor and made a lot of money, he still couldn't give his mother a sense of security.

Actually, Wen Renjing was a bit impatient. So he could only lie and perfunctorily say, "I just casually responded. They asked me yesterday. I have work and really don't have time to go. It's not as complicated as you think."

Hearing Wen Renjing’s answer, his mother's mood eased down. She reminded him, "Then invite them all to your home for a meal in two days, got it?"

"Let's talk about it later."

Wen Renjing gave this response and then perfunctorily said a few more words before hanging up the phone.

The phone screen returned to the Weibo page.

Wen Renjing took another look at the hot searches and the slightly amusing picture.

Although he didn't feel excluded and hysterical like his mother because of this photo, he was indeed a little disappointed when he saw this photo.

Their relationship had actually improved.

How meaningless.

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 Chapter 20  

Jiang Lechuan signed very quickly. His hands were so fast, sparks almost came out. However, his expression became more and more in despair.

He thought he could leave after signing, but more and more people came to the scene.

More and more came.

More came.

More.

…

It wasn't just the students of the school. Because he was standing at the entrance, passers-by surrounded the school gate.

Some people uploaded the photos and videos they took to the Internet and fans and passers-by living nearby quickly came to watch. Jiang Lechuan's top star identity and strength was self-evident at this moment.

In the end, the security guards forcibly closed the school gate.

A security guard drove an electric four-wheeled vehicle that they usually used for patrol and sent the ‘culprit’, Jiang Lechuan, to the teaching building.

The car drove slowly into the campus. The students still followed behind. After all, they were all students of the school. Under the persuasion of the security guards, there was no more exaggerated blockade scene and they all kept a certain distance from Jiang Lechuan.

Jiang Lechuan opened the car window, leaned his head, and shouted to Mu Yuan, who was following the car with an expressionless face not far away: "Younger Brother! Which classroom is yours?"

It hadn't been settled yet! How was he going to attend the parent-teacher meeting!

Mu Yuan didn't want to pay attention to him.

But who among the students of No. 1 High School didn't know the location of the key class? A group of people rushed to shout and told Jiang Lechuan the answer.

Jiang Lechuan thanked them and waved to Mu Yuan: "We're going to be late, so Elder Brother is going ahead! You hurry up too!"

Mu Yuan: "..."

He really didn't want to follow Jiang Lechuan. Really!

But now there were so many people watching. If he turned around and directly went home, the majority of the students from No. 1 High School would stop him and ask him why he didn't wait for Jiang Lechuan.

So Mu Yuan was now forced to speed up and follow, preparing to wait for Jiang Lechuan at the door of his class.

At least the students in his class were all focused on studying and didn't have such a strong interest in gossip and chasing stars.

Even if they wanted to chase, they probably wouldn't like Jiang Lechuan.

Probably.

Mu Yuan made a mistake.

There were already students filling the corridor, waiting for Jiang Lechuan to arrive.

This was until Jiang Lechaun entered the classroom. The homeroom teacher standing on the podium had heard that a big star was about to come to his class for the parent-teacher meeting. Upon the sight of Jiang Lechuan coming in, he quickly drew all the curtains of the classroom tightly.

Disappointed voices were heard at the scene. Everyone temporarily left this floor under the persuasion of the security guard.

Only Jiang Lechuan and some students who originally belonged to this class were left here.

Among them was a female classmate who Mu Yuan had not spoken to for three years. She blushed and asked him if he could help her get a signature from Jiang Lechuan. 

Mu Yuan said in a low voice: "He will come out."

She could go and ask for it herself.

The girl understood what Mu Yuan meant and could only awkwardly stand aside and continue to wait.

Although they were classmates, the others were not familiar with Mu Yuan. Seeing that a girl had hit a wall, no one dared to step forward.

Until——

A slightly chubby boy ignored the persuasion by his classmates, "Don't go. You know his personality” and "He didn't agree to Xiaomei, so how can he agree to you?” 

Still, he mustered up the courage to walk up to Mu Yuan.

Mu Yuan glanced at him and vaguely remembered that the person in front of him was a classmate of his, but they had never spoken.

The boy whispered: "Mu Yuan, hello! I am a fan of Elder Sister Gu Qi. I have liked her since I first saw her in the cinema a few years ago. I have watched every one of her works. Can you please tell Elder Sister for me that she is truly great and I will always support her!"

Silence.

Mu Yuan raised her head and looked into the eyes of the boy in front of him.

The boy didn't know why, but he suddenly shuddered uncontrollably.

He began to feel annoyed. What was he thinking? He actually came to Mu Yuan to help convey this kind of idol chasing ‘nonsense’. The other party was Mu Yuan. He will definitely not agree!

So he took a step back and quickly added: "Treat it like I didn't say it..."

But Mu Yuan interrupted him and asked: "Do you want my elder sister's autograph?"

Boy: "?"

He didn't say this, did he?

The boy's eyes instantly widened. His brain cell wasn't enough.

He couldn't understand why Mu Yuan, who was always cold and aloof, would take the initiative to ask for a signed photo of Gu Qi for him. Still, he was so excited that he couldn't even speak and could only nod his head like a chicken pecking at rice.

Mu Yuan turned his face away, no longer looking at him, and said: "Understood."

When the boy returned to his friends, he was completely at a loss, as if he could hardly walk.

However, when his friends asked him what Mu Yuan said to him, the boy suddenly realized that Mu Yuan was looking in their direction. There was a hint of impatience on his face.

So the truth that was on the tip of his tongue wasn't spoken in the end. The boy waved his hand: "He...he told me to be quiet."

There was laughter all around. No one doubted the truth of this sentence. After all, it sounded like something Mu Yuan could say.

The boy breathed a sigh of relief at once.

Nonsense! Mu Yuan seemed to be such a trouble-averse person. He didn't know what kind of shit luck he had that Mu Yuan actually offered to give him Gu Qi's autographed photo. If everyone surrounded him and asked him for this and that, Mu Yuan would be annoyed and regretful. Who would he cry to!

＊

In the classroom.

Jiang Lechuan was experiencing the dream treatment of the ‘good student's guardian’.

He sat in the position with the best view in the class. One must know, when he was in school, he wanted to sit in the front row, but this was the treatment only good students had. Now, thanks to Mu Yuan, he sat in this position for the first time in his life!

However at that time, Jiang Lechuan had his own special treatment. He was the only one in the class who didn't have a deskmate and sat alone at the podium...

Pah, he was getting off topic.

Jiang Lechuan shook his head and threw these ‘unbearable’ pasts out of his mind. Under the gaze of countless parents, he took off his face mask, showed a very standard and confident smile, and signed his name on the record sheet of the parent-teacher meeting.

Because Jiang Lechuan was the last ‘parent’ to arrive and the homeroom teacher was already standing on the podium to speak, the record book was temporarily placed with him.

Jiang Lechuan came here full of expectations, but he couldn't help yawning the moment he saw the homeroom teacher standing on the podium.

No, no, he couldn't look at the teacher. He would get sleepy when he looked at him.

The homeroom teacher had already started to describe the teaching plan for this semester. Jiang Lechuan wasn't interested in these, so he could only cross his thighs and try to find something to divert his attention.

The record sheet in front of him became the best choice.

So Jiang Lechuan opened it and found that this sheet recorded the attendance to every parent-teacher meeting and each sheet was ranked by total score.

Every time Jiang Lechuan turned over a sheet, Mu Yuan was the first.

Amid countless ‘envious’ eyes, he instantly became more proud and stood up straighter.

But suddenly, Jiang Lechuan realized that something was wrong.

He carefully flipped through the record book from beginning to end to confirm.

It was normal for one or two parents to be absent from parent-teacher meetings occasionally.

But for more than two years.

There had never been a signature of his uncle or paternal aunt beside Mu Yuan's name.

That was to say, no one had ever come to a parent-teacher meeting for Mu Yuan.

No wonder all the parents were looking at him.

It turned out that they were not envious of Mu Yuan's good grades, but were surprised to see Mu Yuan's family for the first time.

Jiang Lechuan felt incomprehensible.

His parents disliked him for causing too many troubles in school. It was either tearing off the principal's wig or breaking the classroom glass. Therefore, they rarely came to the parent-teacher conference, usually asking the assistant or driver to attend instead.

But Mu Yuan was different.

Jiang Lechuan could imagine that if he could get the first place in the grade once, his parents would have to put on suits and formal wear and turn down many meetings to attend the parent-teacher conference for him. How ‘face-garnering’ this would be.

So when the parent-teacher conference ended and the homeroom teacher said ‘Parents with problems can stay for further discussion’, Jiang Lechuan was the first to rush out from his seat and run to the podium.

Half an hour later.

Seeing that other students had been taken home by their parents and only he was left, Mu Yuan couldn't help it and glanced into the classroom through the half-open back door.

Just one look made Mu Yuan witness the weird scene that he would have nightmares about tonight.

Jiang Lechuan and his homeroom teacher were left in the classroom. The two stood on the podium.

Jiang Lechuan's hand was on the shoulder of his 40-year-old homeroom teacher. The two of them were close together. It was unknown what they were talking about, but the atmosphere seemed very relaxed and happy.

Then Jiang Lechuan picked up his homeroom teacher's mobile phone and made a ‘yeah’ gesture to the screen, obviously taking a photo.

Finally, the two of them parted.

Jiang Lechuan patted his homeroom teacher's shoulder and waved goodbye with a jolly grin on his face.

And his homeroom teacher, who always had a stern face, smiled and bidded goodbye to Jiang Lechuan: "See you next time."

Mu Yuan: "..."

He seemed to be blind. There should be no next time for such a thing!

Before Mu Yuan could react, Jiang Lechuan hollered as soon as he walked out of the front door: "Mu Yuan! Where are you? Let’s go home!"

Unwilling, Mu Yuan could only walk up to Jiang Lechuan from the back door.

Jiang Lechuan put his hand on his shoulder, saying: "There is a good news and a bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

Mu Yuan didn't want to hear either.

But when he met Jiang Lechuan's eyes full of ‘expectation’, Mu Yuan knew very well that Jiang Lechuan was the kind of person who wouldn't give up until he achieved his goal, so he could only reluctantly respond: "Bad news."

Jiang Lechuan said seriously: "The bad news is that it's late now. The restaurant we talked about before was closed. I wanted to take you there."

Mu Yuan thought this was obviously good news, because he didn't want to have dinner with Jiang Lechuan at all.

Jiang Lechuan continued on to what he thought was good news, saying: "The good news is that I just found out that the owner of that restaurant is actually my team leader's paternal eldest uncle. They agreed to make an exception for us! Let's go now!"

Mu Yuan: "..."

This was the bad news!

Mu Yuan was just trying to find a reason to refuse. Although it was troublesome to refuse someone, he already knew that there was nothing more terrifying in this world than interacting with Jiang Lechuan.

Mu Yuan was about to speak, but Jiang Lechuan received a call first. He said, "Yes, Xiaoyuan and I are about to go out. Where shall we meet later?"

Gu Qi's voice was on the other end of the phone. She responded, "I'm still on the way. There's a bit of traffic here. Let's meet at the restaurant."

Jiang Lechuan agreed, hung up the phone, looked at Mu Yuan, and asked, "What did you want to say just now?"

Mu Yuan slightly paused before shaking his head.

Jiang Lechuan didn't get to the bottom of it and took Mu Yuan to the car first.

Yes, it was Gu Qi's car.

Mu Yuan finally couldn't help it and asked, "Why are you driving Elder Sister's car?"

Of course, what he wanted to ask more was...why did Jiang Lechuan come today instead of Gu Qi.

Mu Yuan knew Jiang Lechuan. No matter what he asked him, he would say everything he should and shouldn't say.

As expected, Jiang Lechuan answered while fastening his seat belt: "My car was sent for repair, so I drove hers. I wanted to come with her, but she had work to do so she gave it to me first. Her shoot seemed to be going well today, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to make it to dinner with us."

As Jiang Lechuan responded, he looked up at the coffee truck that had basically closed its ‘business’ not far away. All of the sudden, he picked up a bag and handed it to Mu Yuan, saying: "Here, yours."

Looking at the ordinary insulation bag in front of him, Mu Yuan reluctantly stretched out his hand to take it. The moment he opened it, his expressionless face was covered with a layer of haze.

At a glance, he saw the exaggerated ‘Mu Yuan No.1’ on the cup.

It was exactly the same as the one on that vehicle. So scary.

Mu Yuan put it aside with great disdain, not having any intention of drinking it.

Jiang Lechuan didn't notice it either. He drove while happily sharing with Mu Yuan the interesting things that happened at the parent teacher meeting. This included him discovering Mu Yuan's homeroom teacher's mobile wallpaper was actually a photo of the youngest member of his team. After asking, he found out that his homeroom teacher's daughter was a fan of their group.

So Jiang Lechuan sold out his teammates and promised to send his teammates' autographed photos to Mu Yuan's homeroom teacher's daughter. He even added the homeroom teacher on WeChat.

Mu Yuan couldn't stand it anymore when he heard this: "... There's no need to add contact information."

Jiang Lechuan replied as a matter of course: "Paternal Aunt is usually very busy, so if there is any matter in the future, I can come."

Mu Yuan didn't think that anything would happen to him at school that would require the homeroom teacher to contact the parents, let alone contact Jiang Lechuan.

But he didn't want to say anything anymore as he didn't want to listen to Jiang Lechuan's analysis and reasons.

Mu Yuan chose to shut up, and prayed in his heart that Jiang Lechuan could be quiet.

Of course, theHeaven couldn't hear his prayers.

Jiang Lechuan continued to chatter to himself all the way. Even when Mu Yuan didn't pay much attention to him, he almost didn't stop from beginning to end.

Until the car stopped in front of the restaurant.

Jiang Lechuan waved his phone and said that Gu Qi was waiting for them inside. As soon as the two of them entered the restaurant, they were greeted by the manager and  were taken to the second floor.

Because it was past the normal business hours, it was equivalent to a private room and there were no other customers.

Jiang Lechuan pulled off his face mask and walked upstairs.

Mu Yuan followed him.

Second floor.

Gu Qi sat by the window. She had ordered a drink and was biting the straw at the moment, staring out the window as if in a daze.

"Elder Sister!" Jiang Lechuan enviously shouted and strode toward her.

Looking at Jiang Lechuan and Mu Yuan following behind Jiang Lechuan. Gu Qi thought of the text message Jiang Lechuan had just sent her.

[What the feck! Paternal Aunt and Uncle didn't attend any of Mu Yuan's parent-teacher meeting]

[I asked his homeroom teacher, and he said that Paternal Aunt and Uncle were always busy]

[For example, last time... and the time before that... how could it be such a coincidence]

… 

Jiang Lechuan was shocked, and so was Gu Qi.

Because in their eyes, Mu Yuan's parents were very, very good people. They both had the beautiful qualities of hardworking, honesty, gentleness, and kindness.

And Paternal Aunt and Uncle almost never quarreled. They were always emotionally stable and smiling. Not only Gu Qi and Jiang Lechuan, but even Wen Renjing, they all envied Mu Yuan's family to some extent.

But they didn't expect that it was because they were so kind and treated everyone so well that their only son was the one who was ignored the most.

Mu Yuan had excellent grades, so as parents, they didn't need to worry about anything. Instead of attending Mu Yuan's parent-teacher meeting to see the report card that never changed and always ranked first, they would rather take care of sick neighbors, help rural relatives harvest corn fields, and even rescue stray kittens.

Mu Yuan's birthday was during the New Year period. One year, Gu Qi had a high fever during that period. It was Paternal Aunt who took care of her throughout it. Uncle was a Buddhist and even went to climb mountains to pray for her. They had both ignored Mu Yuan's birthday.

Gu Qi felt guilty when she knew it at the time, but she thought that this kind of thing was an occasional exception. But now it seems that for Mu Yuan, it may be common for his parents to ignore him for ‘outsiders’.

Obviously he was a genius who could excel at everything to everyone, but he was still ignored by his parents again and again in life. This made him more and more withdrawn.

Thinking of this, Gu Qi felt a little complicated.

At this moment, Jiang Lechuan sent another WeChat message: [Paternal Aunt treated us so well, so we’ll take care of Mu Yuan! ]

…

At this moment.

Gu Qi was interrupted by Jiang Lechuan's shout. She was about to look up and scold Jiang Lechuan as usual, telling him to speak softly and not make such a loud noise in public. She suddenly thought of the flag she set before coming here.

To be a good sister, to be gentle, to smile more. She really needed to learn from Shen Anran in this regard.

If she alway scolded and lectured Younger Brother with a stern face, This would definitely make them hate her more and more.

Thinking of this, Gu Qi reluctantly suppressed the scolding that was about to come out of her mouth.

She took a deep breath, stood up, looked at Jiang Lechuan and Mu Yuan, showed them what she thought was the most gentle smile, and said: "You’re here. Come and order food."

However, Jiang Lechuan halted at this moment.

He looked back and then hid behind Mu Yuan at lightning speed.

He was a tall fella. At this moment he was trying hard to hide himself behind Mu Yuan, daring to show only a pair of eyes: "I'm sorry, Elder Sister! I was wrong! I will definitely control myself in the future and never speak so loudly in public again! Sorry!"

Gu Qi: "?"

What was Jiang Lechuan doing? Was her smile so scary?

Gu Qi's smile collapsed. While, Jiang Lechuan breathed a sigh of relief and murmured: "That's how it should be. Why are you smiling at me out of the blue. I was scared to death."

The smile didn’t disappear, it would transfer.

Gu Qi smiled and Jiang Lechuan didn't dare to smile.

Gu Qi stopped smiling, and Jiang Lechuan started to grin again.

Gu Qi: "...Even if you stand so far away and talk, I can hear you."

Jiang Lechuan's face showed a look of fear again.

Gu Qi couldn't understand it at all: "Is it so scary for you to smile at you?"

Although she knew that her smile had nothing to do with sunshine and gentleness, it shouldn’t be to the point of Jiang Lechuan’s exaggerated reaction.

When asked this question, Jiang Lechuan was stunned for a moment. He rubbed the back of his head and answered: "It's mainly because I have watched your movie many times before. You showed such a smile in it and then killed all the male and female lead. That was my childhood, oh no, childhood shadow."

In that movie, Gu Qi played a psychopathic murderer with an antisocial personality.

The director told her to imagine herself as a good person and show a happy smile that fulfilled her life dream.

To some extent, what Jiang Lechuan said wasn't wrong.

Gu Qi smiled again, grabbed the knife and fork in front of her, and said, "I'll kill you now."

And at this moment.

Mu Yuan suddenly uttered, "Didn’t."

Jiang Lechuan and Gu Qi turned to him at the same time.

Mu Yuan's hand grabbed the school uniform pants somewhat self consciously and his fingertips rubbed slightly to relieve the slightly anxious mood for some reason. After a few seconds of silence, he continued, "I think Elder Sister... looks pretty when smiling."

Jiang Lechuan: "!?"

He had been smiling at Mu Yuan until now, right? Why didn't this kid praise him for being handsome?

Gu Qi: "?"

Mu Yuan praised her? Huh?

The siblings were both shocked.

Jiang Lechuan reacted first and directly blurted: "What about me? Isn't it a great honor for such a handsome elder brother to attend a parent-teacher meeting for you? Why don't you praise me?"

Mu Yuan turned his head away, obviously not wanting to pay attention to Jiang Lechuan.

Jiang Lechuan was about to get close to him again, insisting on getting an answer for his handsome face.

Gu Qi spoke up in time to stop this ridiculous farce and told them to come to the table and order the food first.

This restaurant was really worthy of its reputation. The dishes were both beautiful and delicious.

After a day of filming, Gu Qi had nothing to eat except coffee. She was already starving. At this moment, she threw away all the thoughts of establishing a gentle and good sister persona. Everything had to wait until she was full before talking about anything!

Jiang Lechuan buried his head in the food and almost choked in the attempt to snatch the last shrimp with Gu Qi.

Mu Yuan: "..."

Though having mixed feelings, he still handed Jiang Lechuan a glass of water. He couldn't just stand by and watch him die.

Jiang Lechuan barely recovered after drinking the water and burped loudly.

Gu Qi and Mu Yuan showed disgust on their faces at the same time and even made eye contact.

Mu Yuan looked at Gu Qi, without the slightest intention of looking away.

Gu Qi: "!"

She had a feeling that she should say something now.

So Gu Qi could only wipe her mouth and restore to elegant mode in a second, as if the person who just lost to Jiang Lechuan in the shrimp snatching wasn't her. She squeezed out a sentence to Mu Yuan: "Don't learn from him."

Mu Yuan nodded, but suddenly opened his mouth: "Elder Sister, I have a classmate who is your fan. He wants an autographed...photo."

Gu Qi didn't expect Mu Yuan to ask for an autographed photo for his classmate, which meant that he had friends at school? !

Gu Qi thought this was a good direction for development and readily agreed: "Okay, I'll bring it to you next time after I sign it."

Mu Yuan replied: "Okay."

At this moment, Jiang Lechuan's phone suddenly vibrated. He picked it up and took a glance, put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and replied to the message very seriously.

Gu Qi asked him curiously: "Who were you replying to?"

After Jiang Lechuan replied to the WeChat, he turned the phone upside down on the table and smiled: "Mu Yuan's homeroom teacher sent me a message."

Mu Yuan: "?"

Gu Qi: "?"

A sentence popped up in both of their minds at the same time: What could they talk about?

Gu Qi couldn't understand, while Mu Yuan recalled the strange scene of extrovert Jiang Lechuan putting his hand on his homeroom teacher's shoulder. The two of them were of different generations but they were as harmonious as ‘good brothers’.

Jiang Lechuan told them: "This Friday, the school will hold a campus sports meeting. Each student can bring two family members to sign up. First place can get a computer!"

He stood up. He held Mu Yuan's hand with his left hand, took the fork from Gu Qi's hand with his right hand, and held it, solemnly declaring: "We! We are one family!"

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3RYB 19

 Chapter 19 

Shock seeped from Gu Qi’s face.

The youth raised his eyes at this moment and looked at her quietly.

There wasn't much obvious emotion in his dark eyes, as if he only wanted an answer.

Jiang Lechuan immediately imitated the way Gu Qi just retorted him and seriously uttered: "Elder Sister, don't be so surprised, Mu Yuan isn't a mute."

Gu Qi was of course different from Jiang Lechuan. She wasn't shocked that Mu Yuan would speak, but by the request made by the other party.

Let her go to help with the parent-teacher meeting?

The relationship between them didn't seem to be so close, at least from Mu Yuan's perspective.

But Gu Qi knew very well that Mu Yuan would never speak if it wasn't really necessary.

But it was just a parent-teacher meeting. It can't be that important.

Just when Gu Qi was caught up in a brainstorming without any basis for thinking, Mu Yuan spoke again. He retracted his gaze and said lightly: "It's fine if you don't have time. It's not important, you and Jiang...Elder Brother go to eat."

He lowered his head again. Sitting in the back row, his thin figure was like a lost little animal and the whole air exuded a sense of loneliness and desolation.

Gu Qi thought of Jiang Lechuan's request just now, and suddenly felt a little on the spot.

The two things seemed to coincide in time. Jiang Lechuan had just said that the restaurant closed earlier in the evening. If she went there after the parent-teacher meeting for Mu Yuan, it might be too late.

After Mu Yuan said this, Jiang Lechuan's brain turned so quickly that he realized that the problem seemed to be with him.

If Elder Sister accompanies him for dinner, she can't go to Mu Yuan's parent-teacher meeting. On the contrary, if Elder Sister attends Mu Yuan's parent-teacher meeting, she won't be in time to go to dinner with him.

What was this matter called?

Was this a matter? !

Jiang Lechuan was all smiles and cheerfully said: "The meal can be any day, right? You are already in third year of high school. How many parent-teacher meetings are left? Of course you have priority!"

More importantly! Mu Yuan called him Elder Brother!

Younger Brother only hoped that someone could go to his parent-teacher meeting. It was just a small matter. It wasn’t going to cost him his life. Why couldn't he give way?

Since Jiang Lechuan said so, Gu Qi said: "I'll try my best. Please send me the address and time first. I'll go if I don't have work."

Jiang Lechuan even patted his chest and declared: "Go! If she doesn't have time, I can go!"

Mu Yuan: "..."

Not necessary.  

Jiang Lechuan stretched his head to the back and asked Mu Yuan curiously: "What is it like for good students like you to have a parent-teacher meeting in the past? Was it your commendation meeting? Tell me quickly!"

Mu Yuan took in Jiang Lechuan's head that desperately stretched in front of him and leaned back in the back seat with some disdain, wanting to keep the farthest distance from him as possible. But because of befuddlement, he took the initiative to look up at Jiang Lechuan.

He tried to use his keen observation and discerning ability to find some traces of displeasure, inconsistency, and lying from the stupid face in front of him.

However, he didn't succeed.

Jiang Lechuan seemed to be in a very good mood because he called him ‘Elder Brother’. He started to chatter non-stop and even started to plan what kind of ‘battle uniform’ Gu Qi should wear on the day of the parent-teacher meeting to ‘amaze everyone’.

Not a single bit of anger or that he minded. 

The imaginary enemy in his mind didn't care about these.

The brighter Jiang Lechuan smiled, the darker and uglier his heart seemed to be. It was like an existence in the dark that couldn't see the light. For a little care and love, he did his utmost. So despicable and shameful.

Mu Yuan couldn't understand where these complicated emotions came from.

But he seemed to understand that he was a little unwilling and jealous. 

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After sending Mu Yuan home and spending an afternoon with Jiang Lechuan playing the ‘Super Pizza Shop’ given by fans, Gu Qi received a call from her agent Song Cheng in the evening.

The relationship between the two was still very tense. Song Cheng simply told her about the work: "PL is interested in signing a brand ambassador contract with us. The assistant will pick you up on Wednesday morning. Go and take some promotional photos for PL's new release. You will definitely not be able to get the position of spokesperson. There are many twists and turns behind it, but if you perform well, you may have a chance to be in the magazine in the future."

Gu Qi was a little surprised. Even though it was just a PL brand endorser, it was still a very good fashion resource for young artists.

PL only contacted them once about a month ago. She had climbed the mountain in their dress like a savage... She thought there was no chance. Unexpectedly the other party would come knocking.

The agent reluctantly explained: "The photo of you lying on the sofa after coming down the mountain and the contrast with Jiang Lechuan has been widely circulated on the Internet."

And the chosen color of the dress was bright red and the theme it wanted to show was the opposite of decline and demise. By chance, the designer appreciated her ‘ugly picture’.

Gu Qi: "..."

She never thought it would be this reason.

In the original plot, PL didn't send her any olive branches. She remembered that the identity of brand ambassador seemed to be given to Jiāng Zhiyu in the end, but Jiāng Zhiyu didn't enjoy the glory for too long and met with a vicious female support’s tragic ending too.

Because Jiāng Zhiyu looked down on the fallen household Shen family, she originally thought that her elder brother was just playing around with the female lead Shen Anran. It never came to her that he was really moved.

Jiāng Zhiyu naturally thought that a woman like Shen Anran and the Shen family behind her were not worthy of his elder brother. Therefore she wanted to drive Shen Anran out of the Jiāng Family. In the end, her elder brother personally sent her to a mental hospital due to ‘insanity’.

‘Justice’ will inevitably defeat ‘evil’ and the male lead and female lead will live happily together. All the vicious male and female supports who wanted to destroy them wouldn’t have a good end.

At the current time point, there was still one episode before Shen Anran joined the variety show recording.

According to the original plot, Shen Anran will join the variety show recording in the fourth episode. Before that, all of their paths should have no intersection.

In the list of brand ambassadors given by PL, in addition to Jiāng Zhiyu, there was the female lead Shen Anran.

In the original plot, they didn't have any interaction during this period.

Gu Qi thought of what the system said again. As long as all the details of the development deviate from the original plot, the accumulation of small details could change the final ending.

It was perfect. Let’s go and see what kind of person Shen Anran was.

But PL's shooting time was Wednesday afternoon. It may end in the evening or even midnight.

That was to say, she couldn't attend Mu Yuan's parent-teacher meeting, let alone accompany Jiang Lechuan to dinner.

Gu Qi still said: "I know, I will go."

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On the other side.

Furious, Jin Zhiyu smashed a lot of dishes when she learned that Gu Qi was among the people who were going to shoot PL's new promotion with her.

She roared: "How do PL do things? Out of all those numerous celebrities in the entertainment industry, why did they find Gu Qi? I don't want to shoot with her! Why!"

It was obvious that PL gave her this opportunity because of the Jiāng Family. Her father had even sent someone to discuss cooperation with them. She was happily preparing to welcome her first high-end luxury brand cooperation, but she didn't expect Gu Qi to be there? She had the same identity as her?

Jiāng Fengzhi looked at the newspaper in front of him, without even raising his head, and just said: "Anyway, the brand ambassador position will be yours sooner or later, so there's no need to care about these things."

Jāng Zhiyu knew that what her elder brother said was right.

PL's choice of endorser this time was a group of young flowers of similar age to her, which invisibly puts her position on the same level as those actors.

As long as she plays in an idol drama next time to accumulate some popularity, PL will give her the spokesperson position.

No new generation of young flowers in the entertainment industry could have this treatment and this level of endorsement. At that time, her resources and status will be upgraded to a higher level.

Now she went on variety shows to make her face familiar to the public. After she finishes the idol drama and gets the endorsement, she can let her family invest in a movie to find some big names to act with her. Then she will have a firm foothold.

It was just star-making. It was possible as long as there was capital willing to support her.

And she was the capital.

Thinking of this, Jiāng Zhiyu felt a little better and went back to the room to continue choosing the script.

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Wednesday afternoon.

The driver took Gu Qi to the shooting site of PL.

The dressing room was a public one, very large, and there were already two well-known traffic flowers sitting inside. They were brand endorsers invited by PL.

The two have a good relationship and merrily chat together. When they saw Gu Qi walk in, one of them winked at the other and greeted her together.

Gu Qi waved to them politely: "Hello."

One of them was named He Quanyi, who was famous for her mature and charming bad woman image. She was currently in the limelight with a hit drama. She was nearly 30 years old and ushered in the second spring of her career. She took the initiative to talk to Gu Qi: "I have seen your variety show. I envy you so much. You are actually the elder sister of Wen Renjing and Jiang Lechuan."

This person had some interaction with Gu Qi.

Five years ago, she once auditioned for the second female lead in a movie with Gu Qi, who was still a newcomer, but she lost. After the movie was broadcast, the word-of-mouth and box office were excellent. It was still one of Gu Qi's representative works. He Quanyi had always felt very dissatisfied with this.

The other actress was Xue Xue, who had a small hit idol drama last year. She looked pure and sweet and was the same type as Ning Xiwei. She said: "Yes. Two top star’s elder sister, truly don't lack popularity. Unlike us, we don't have such astounding younger brother and can only rely on our own works to speak."

After saying that, both of them laughed out loud and seemed to be very satisfied with each other's cooperation and tacit understanding. They felt it was very interesting to humiliate Gu Qi with this.

At this moment, a voice rang out from behind: "You two are going too far."

A girl in a white dress and pigtails came out. There were some anger in her eyes, saying: "He Quanyi and Xue Xue, you can't talk like that. It's very rude!"

The two were stunned for a moment.

He Quanyi laughed so hard that her whole body was shaking: "Has the entertainment industry changed now? It’s reasonable for the younger generation to teach the older generation?"

Xue Xue's innocent and lovely face showed a hint of impatience, saying: "Shen Anran, know when to stop. The only hit drama you have was a few years ago. It's not your turn to teach us how to do things now. And aren't we right? Which of us didn't get here because of our work, unlike some people who rely on..."

Shen Anran seemed to be bubbling and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Gu Qi first.

Gu Qi looked at Xue Xue and said, "If I remember correctly, you have only been in the industry for three years. You didn't pay attention to the entertainment industry four years ago? It’s somewhat understandable why you forgot that I won the Best Female Support Award at the Kim Chak Awards that year."

She was once favored by the industry and was considered the successor of Qing Yi.

But later, she took on too many bad dramas to make money for her agent and her past achievements were gradually forgotten.

Xue Xue froze for a moment. She seemed to have forgotten this.

After all, Gu Qi's black material in the entertainment industry over the years was far greater than the fame for those awards.

"So..."

At this moment, Gu Qi turned her head back at the corridor stairs, "Jiāng Zhiyu, she asked who didn't get here because of their work? What do you think?"

Adding fuel to the fire? Who doesn’t know how to?

She was too lazy to argue with the two people in front of her, but Jiāng Zhiyu would definitely come.

Jiāng Zhiyu walked over wearing black stilettos with a complexion as dark on her face. She threw the limited edition branded bag in her hand at Xue Xue and said, "Say it again?"

Xue Xue didn't dare to dodge at all. Everyone knew the capital behind this Miss Jiāng. She could only endure it and said reluctantly, "I didn't mean that."

Jīng Zhiyu looked at her straight and uttered, "Scram."

Shen Anran's pretty face was full of entanglement. In the end she chose to stand up and speak for Xue Xue: "Miss Jiāng, although what she said was wrong, you shouldn't throw your bag at people."

"You scram too." Jiāng Zhiyu didn't even glance at Shen Anran. What she said was even more unpleasant and direct, making the scene from the original chaos to dead silence and awkward.

Gu Qi got up and walked out to avoid blood splashing on herself.

She didn't know whether they wanted to scram. Anyway, she was thirsty and wanted to get a cup of coffee.

Under Jiāng Zhiyu's cold face, Shen Anran wanted to argue with her, but was slightly stunned when she caught sight of Gu Qi's back walking away.

Following this, He Quanyi and Xue Xue stood up and left reluctantly. It seemed that no one was really stupid enough to confront an eldest miss like Jiāng Zhiyu.

PL was famous for its generosity in the industry. The endorsers were given impressive figures. In addition, behind it meant an upgrade of fashion resources. They don't want to take any risks.

Shen Anran felt embarrassed for a moment. Jiāng Zhiyu half leaned on the chair and gazed at her lazily and continued to mock her: "Don't act like a kind-hearted little white flower in front of me. There are no audiences here. I hate people like you who look righteous the most and meddle in other people's business.

People should have their own stance. Being kind to everyone like a fence-sitter is worthless. It's better to feed it to the dog. What do you think?"

Finally, in an environment without real-time monitoring by live cameras, Jiāng Zhiyu could attack everyone indiscriminately. Seeing Shen Anran's embarrassed face and tears about to fall and heading out like fleeing. Though she felt very happy and satisfied, she felt as if something was missing.

After a few seconds of silence.

Jiāng Zhiyu sat up suddenly from the chair and laughed angrily after realizing what she had done.

Wait, where did Gu Qi go?

She clearly came to teach Gu Qi a lesson, but how come Gu Qi used her to scold all these people ?

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Gu Qi was sitting in the lobby drinking coffee. Soon a staff member found her to apologize for Jiāng Zhiyu.

Gu Qi wasn't scolded, so she certainly wasn't angry with Jiāng Zhiyu. She cooperated and returned to the shared dressing room.

Jāng Zhiyu wasn't here either. It was likely that she had a dressing room all to herself.

He Quanyi still had a very obvious disgruntled look on her face. But she was hesitant to say anything because of the presence of the staff.

Xue Xue was the same. She could only force a smile.

After all, no one could have quarrels in front of so many staff members. They were not like Jiāng Zhiyu, who had capital to support her. If they made more trouble in someone else's territory, it would be a loss if they lost their brand endorser status.

Gu Qi closed her eyes and let the makeup artist doll up her face.

At this moment.

The door was pushed open again and Shen Anran walked in again.

Her eyes were still slightly red and swollen, obviously she had just cried.

Seeing Shen Anran sitting next to her, Gu Qi handed her the ice pack she had just grabbed when she went to get coffee, "Apply it."

Shen Anran showed a trace of joy on her face, carefully took the ice pack, and said, "Thank you."

Seeing this, another makeup artist waiting on the side hurriedly went to get a hot towel for Shen Anran to use to apply to her eyes alternately to quickly reduce swelling.  

Gu Qi closed her eyes again and said in a light voice: "No need."

After all, Shen Anran had spoken for her.

She was overly kind.

But was there really such a person in this world? No matter how coldly she was treated by the ‘wicked people’, she could treat them with her best side?

Gu Qi’s mind was in a knot.

She opened her eyes again and glanced at Shen Anran.

Realizing that Gu Qi was looking at her, Shen Anran immediately showed a gentle smile.

Gu Qi smiled at her and said nothing.

Very soon.

The official shooting began.

Everyone got individual shots first. Because there were many dresses provided and the photographer had to keep trying to choose the most suitable style for each person.

During this period,

All the staff received various snacks, fruits and milk tea sent by Shen Anran. She spoke to everyone in a gentle tone. No matter how many times she changed her clothes, she wouldn't show fatigue or complain like other people. She always had the most perfect smile on her face.

Gu Qi would observe Shen Anran most of the time, but didn't find any suspicious points.

She was gentle, cheerful, considerate, and even cared about whether the staff were tired or not. She never complained.

Even after He Quanyi and Xue Xue criticized Jiāng Zhiyu a bit, Shen Anran stood up to stop them. This made the duo fume.

But all this-

Was inconsistent with the original plot.

She was nice to everyone. Even though she was humiliated by Jiāng Zhiyu, she would stand up to stop others from saying bad things about Jiāng Zhiyu. She seemed to be unable to bear the slightest conflict and bad things happening in front of her.

If Shen Anran was really such a kind person that could be described as ‘Saint’ and when Jiang Lechuan wanted to interfere in the relationship between her and Jiāng Fengzhi because he loves her, she couldn't sit back and watch Jiang Lechuan met with such an end.

Instead of blaming the mistake on ‘Shen Anran not saving Jiang Lechuan’, it was better to think about why Jiang Lechuan liked Shen Anran so much.

Oh, and Wen Renjing.

The original plot briefly mentioned this. Jiang Lechuan was neglected by his parents and no one cared about him. It was Shen Anran who remembered his preferences and cared for him. This made him gradually let down his guard.

Wen Renjing was similar. His family situation was quite complicated. His father died early, while his mother's personality was extremely sensitive due to the pressure of life. She kept putting all her hopes on him, making life tiring for him. Only when he was with Shen Anran could he feel a little relaxed and at ease. But he was an absolutely rational person, so he will not do anything beyond the line for this good feeling.

Gu Qi realized this very early. So she always wanted to change herself, to make up for the lack of love and warmth from Jiang Lechuan in advance. This way, he wouldn't have to be obsessed with Shen Anran's love.

She wanted him to know that there were many kinds of love in this world and there was a lot of love. There was no need to be obsessed with a certain person.

But for Gu Qi, there was still a big gap between being able to understand these and seeing Shen Anran in person.

Did she have to learn from Shen Anran?

Gu Qi observed the smile on Shen Anran's face from a distance before looking at her stinky face in the mirror again.

Ah...

This was too difficult.

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In the evening, the school bell rang.

Looking at the parents walking in at the school gate, Mu Yuan kept turning on his mobile phone to check the time and his eyes headed toward the school gate.

Gu Qi promised him that he won’t be alone for the parent-teacher meeting. But why hadn't she shown up yet?

Did she break her promise?

Did she go to dinner with Jiang Lechuan?

When he thought of this, Mu Yuan realized that he was a little anxious. At the sight of Gu Qi's car parked not far away, Mu Yuan didn't know that a smile had appeared on his face for a brief time.

He immediately lowered his head and pretended to be playing with his phone, appearing like he didn't expect anything.

Soon, a hand was placed on his shoulder.

Mu Yuan looked up suddenly, but the joy in his eyes turned into confusion in an instant.

Jiang Lechuan put his arm around his shoulder and said cheerfully, "You've been waiting for Elder Brother for a long time!"

Mu Yuan: "......?"

Why would the person who came be Jiang Lechuan? That was obviously Gu Qi's car.

Holding the idea that Jiang Lechuan must have ‘thickened his skin to follow along’, Mu Yuan asked with difficulty: "Just you alone?"

Jiang Lechuan showed a horrified expression. It was almost as if ‘how did you know’ was written on his face.

Mu Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, he knew that Elder Sister must still be in the car and would come soon.

The next second, the facts proved that Mu Yuan thought too much.

Because Jiang Lechuan suddenly blew a whistle. Then another fast food truck drove over and stopped nearby the school gate.

And that car was very fancy, with a banner on it -

Warmly congratulate my Younger Brother for getting the first place in the grade (for three consecutive years).

The huge window of the car was filled with coffee and milk tea.

Each cup of the drink was covered with a cup sleeve, and each cup sleeve was written with [Mu Yuan NO.1].

Above the window, there was a huge group photo.

They were him, Jiang Lechuan, Gu Qi and Wen Renjing.

Of course, their relationship wasn't enough for them to take a group photo. This was just a screenshot from a variety show. Wen Renjing's face was even blocked by a sticker, which was obviously intentional.

"How can I come alone? Of course I have to give you enough face! This is called cheering, you know? What do you think, Younger Brother? Do you like it?" Jiang Lechuan responded. He patted Mu Yuan's shoulder very proudly, obviously waiting for praise.

Mu Yuan: "..."

Enough. Did it look like he liked it!

The surrounding students and parents were attracted by the food truck and took pictures of the food truck with their mobile phones. Soon someone recognized Mu Yuan, the ‘protagonist’.

"That's the top student in the grade, right? I wish he is my child."

"His name is Mu Yuan, right? I heard his elder brothers and sisters are all big stars! Their family is amazing!"

"Who's the boy next to him? He looks so handsome with a mask on!"

Some classmates recognized Jiang Lechuan under his massive support and screamed.

"Ahhh! Jiang Lechuan! It's Jiang Lechuan!"

"Damn, it's really Jiang Lechuan!"

Jiang Lechuan didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at this moment. He proudly stretched out his hand to greet the classmates. He even cooperatively took photos with them as he uttered, "Please take care of my younger brother in school."

Mu Yuan: "..."

There wasn't even a single classmate from his class here. Soon, seeing more and more people crowding around them and realizing that if it continued like this, they wouldn't be able to attend the parent teacher meeting in time, Jiang Lechuan looked at Mu Yuan in horror, took the paper and pen, and signed frantically while asking: "What should we do? Your classmates are too enthusiastic, we have to go!"

Mu Yuan: "..."

Don't ask him. Whoever caused this trouble will be responsible.

If there was a time machine, Mu Yuan would definitely choose to travel back to that day and would never let himself mention this.

He didn't need anyone to hold a parent-teacher meeting for him.

Absolutely not.

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