Ch 9: Wen Li appeared in Wen Xin’s class; all the answers were correct.

The next morning,

Wen Li carried a backpack downstairs.

Seeing her, Wen Xin recalled Wen Li’s reckless insistence on going to No.1 Middle School the previous morning and her boastful claims of having a way in. She mockingly said, “Oh, off to No.1 Middle School?”

Seeing her father appear, she quickly composed herself and turned to enter the restaurant.

At the dining table,

Wen Baixiang asked, “Did you go to the hospital yesterday? What did the doctor say? Is it serious?”

Wen Li ate, without looking up, “The early game treatment costs one million, we’ll talk about the rest later.”

Lin Yun chuckled, “What kind of illness do you have? One million just for the early game treatment? Don’t tell me you’ve been scammed by an unscrupulous doctor.”

“I don’t think she was scammed by a doctor,” Wen Xin interjected, “Actually, you don’t need to pretend to be sick, Father will take you back anyway.”

Lin Yun looked enlightened, then said with concern, “Aunt Yun knows you’re feeling bad, but it’s fate. Since you’re back, I think… you’re better now? If you want money, just say so. Your older sister and younger sisters have it, you have it too.”

The mother and daughter colluded to accuse Wen Li of faking an illness to return to the Wen Family and swindle money.

Wen Baixiang held his chopsticks, silent, looking at Wen Li, seemingly waiting for her explanation.

Regardless of whether they believed Wen Li’s illness, the one million for early game treatment was certainly unreasonable.

But Wen Li ignored him, instead looking playfully at Lin Yun and her daughter. Her words were a direct attack: “If Wen Baixiang hadn’t killed my mother, you wouldn’t have had the chance to enter this family.”

The statement seemed to offend everyone at the table, including Wen Yan, who appeared to be uninvolved.

Lin Yun: “You,”

Wen Li hit the nail on the head: “You’re not welcoming me, aren’t you just unwilling to let me share the Wen Family’s property? Don’t worry, what’s mine in the Wen Family, I won’t give up a single cent.”

Having said that, she got up and left.

Wen Xin looked at her father’s expression and couldn’t help but whisper an accusation: “She admitted it, she’s faking her illness to fight for the property.”

She saw no reaction from her father.

Just as she was feeling dissatisfied, her father slowly turned to her, expressionless, and said in an unchallengeable tone: “She is your older sister.”

His tone was calm, yet heavy enough that Wen Xin dared not disobey.

Annoyed, Wen Xin didn’t eat breakfast. She grabbed her bag and stormed off to school. She found no driver waiting, and only after asking a servant did she learn that Wen Li had sent her driver away.

Wen Xin was so angry she wanted to throw her bag.

Lin Yun, hearing the commotion, came out to console her: “Let her make a fuss, the more the better. Once she exhausts your father’s patience and guilt, she’ll know how to cry.”

“Rest assured, your father won’t let her into No.1 Middle School, clearly he doesn’t want her to appear in public.” Lin Yun comforted her daughter, putting her arm around her shoulder.

She whispered a reminder: “Wen Yan is so calm, don’t let this true outsider get the spoils in the end.”

Wen Xin understood the stakes, but having been praised as a genius since childhood, she was used to being proud and couldn’t take this. However, her mother’s words had some effect.

She suppressed her anger: “She should just go back where she came from!”

Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the first class, the Class Teacher brought a new student and announced: “Classmates, we have a new student transferring in, please welcome her.”

The new student had her hair in a high ponytail, not wearing the school uniform. Her simple short sleeves and casual pants were still eye-catching.

Her delicate face had a sickly pallor, making the redness around her eyes, caused by illness, even more noticeable, like makeup.

The class fell silent, everyone staring at the new student.

Wen Xin, who was buried in her exercises, had a bad feeling. She looked up and, seeing the newcomer, exclaimed in surprise: “How could it be you?”

The new student was Wen Li.

The students, who had been whispering, turned to look at Wen Xin.

A boy, quick to speak, asked for everyone’s curiosity: “Big genius, do you know the new student?”

Realizing her gaffe, Wen Xin said unnaturally: “…I’ve met her, but we’re not close.”

Shouldn’t she be at No.6 Middle School? How could she be at No.1 Middle School? And in the same class as her? Could it be Father?

No, Father clearly didn’t want anyone to know he had this unlucky daughter, Wen Li!

Following procedure, Wen Li gave a brief self-introduction: “My name is Wen Li, Li as in the dawn.”

“The surname Wen? Could she be a relative of Wen Xin?”

“This family’s looks are too high-level, right? I saw Wen Xin’s older sister at a banquet before, she’s also very pretty.”

“Didn’t Wen Xin say they weren’t close? I understand, if she’s some poor relative, it’s normal not to be close.”

“Poor? This face doesn’t look poor at all.”

“This face is amazing, she surpasses Wen Xin and Tan Shiyin. If there was a Campus Belle competition, she’d get all the votes.”

“Keep your voice down, Tan Shiyin is glaring at you.”

“So white, how much powder did she put on?”

“Quiet—this is self-study, we’ll go over the papers next class. Wen Li, you sit in the last row, last seat. Take this paper and write it, after class go to my office to get your textbooks, remember to bring the paper for me to check.” The Class Teacher settled her and left the classroom.

Wen Li’s desk was newly added, she had no deskmate, and it was comfortable for her. Her 1.7-meter height meant she wouldn’t be blocked from the blackboard.

As soon as she sat down, the boy in front turned around, very enthusiastically: “My name is Huang Wensen, feel free to ask me if you don’t understand anything. Hey, which school were you at before? The Gaokao is coming, why are you transferring now?”

The girl in front immediately complimented her: “Wen, you’re so pretty, can I gossip about your relationship with Wen Xin? It feels like she’s a little…” unfriendly towards you.

Not only the front row, but many students were turning their heads, clearly curious about this beautiful new student.

The two students in front were eagerly awaiting a response.

But this new student held the paper in both hands, slowly raising it to cover her face—declining the interview.

After the two turned away, Wen Li took out her pen and slowly wrote the paper.

The class ended quickly, Wen Li took the paper and left from the back door to get her textbooks.

In the office, the Class Teacher looked at Wen Li’s completed paper: “Why are there no processes for these big questions at the back?”

The Class Teacher taught Mathematics, and gave Wen Li a Mathematics paper.

Wen Li: “Not enough time.”

Actually, she was too lazy to write.

“Where’s your scratch paper? Didn’t you bring it?”

“No.”

Not that she didn’t bring it, she just didn’t have any.

What need was there for scratch paper?

Didn’t she just glance at the questions and get the answers?

No process, no scratch paper. The Class Teacher looked at the blank paper, clearly dissatisfied, about to say something, but after carefully scanning the answers, she didn’t see any mistakes.

She looked at it again from the beginning.

Confirming that all the answers were correct, she smiled: “Next time, remember to write the process. The books are over there, they’re a bit heavy, go get them.”

Only two months left until the Gaokao, the Principal suddenly stuffed a student into her key class, without even consulting her.

Although the Principal assured her that she was a good prospect, transferring schools at this crucial time definitely had something fishy about it.

She had been worried that her Excellent Teacher award this year would be lost to Wen Li, but now, it was uncertain.

Wen Li walked back with her books,

and was stopped on the road by Wen Xin, who suddenly appeared.