“You just found out that I’ve severed ties with the Chen family, didn’t you? Now, as you wished, since I’ve already cut ties with the Chen family, our engagement is canceled.”
“Now you can be openly together with your male best friend. Stop bothering me!”
After saying that, Chen Zimo turned to leave.
“Chen Zimo, what kind of attitude is that?”
“You’d better think it through! If you keep acting like this, I’ll never speak to you again!”
“I’m your fiancée!”
Gu Xiaoxiao grew anxious, her voice rising several decibels.
Without thinking, she blurted out that she was Chen Zimo’s fiancée.
Instantly, the students who had been paying attention caught the key point.
The onlookers widened their eyes in disbelief and stared at Chen Zimo.
“Damn, this is huge! Gu Xiaoxiao is actually Chen Zimo’s fiancée?”
“My heart is broken! Why does even an orphan like Chen Zimo get such a beautiful fiancée? Heaven is unfair!”
“Wait, isn’t Chen Zimo an orphan? How does he even have a fiancée?”
While gossiping, the students began to feel something was off.
High school students were at the peak of their memory and comprehension. Many impossible possibilities quickly flashed through their minds.
“Could it be that they…”
Another explosive speculation formed in everyone’s head.
Gu Xiaoxiao’s face turned pale.
The moment she blurted out that Chen Zimo was her fiancé, she regretted it.
If someone spread this deliberately, what would happen to her other simps?
She had to change the topic immediately.
Her eyes shifted.
“Chen Zimo, is this how you pursue me?”
“I’m telling you, today you not only have to apologize to me, but you also have to return the Qingbei University special admission quota you got by cheating to Zixuan. Only then will I forgive you.”
“Otherwise, I’ll never talk to you again!”
The classroom erupted.
“Damn, so it’s true! Chen Zimo cheated in the Physics Competition?”
“I didn’t believe Mao Quan before, but now even the campus belle Gu Xiaoxiao is saying it. It must be true!”
“Of course. Who is Gu Xiaoxiao? She’s the campus belle of No. 11 Middle School. And Chen Zimo is her ultimate simp. I believe her!”
“I knew it. How could someone with average grades get third place in the Physics Competition? Turns out he cheated!”
Mao Quan burst into laughter. “See? I said Chen Zimo cheated to get the Qingbei University special admission spot. Now it’s confirmed!”
“Chen Zimo, let’s see how you explain this to the Physics Competition committee and to No. 11 Middle School. Maybe you’ll even be expelled and end up on the streets. Hahaha!” Read this novel at novelping.com for the best experience.
“Serves him right! Because of cheaters like him, those of us who study hard can’t stand out. The school must expel this kind of person, or we’ll protest!”
However, some rational students frowned. “Impossible. The Physics Competition committee only finalized the questions the day before the exam. To avoid suspicion, the question setters stayed isolated until the exam ended. Who could possibly steal the questions?”
“Besides, Chen Zimo is a poor kid with no parents. How could he get access to the exam questions?”
“By writing love letters for the question-setting experts? Hahaha!”
Just as the class was buzzing, a soft voice suddenly spoke.
“Why are you framing Chen Zimo? He didn’t cheat.”
The voice wasn’t loud, but it was firm.
Everyone turned to look.
It was the class monitor, Su Qing.
She was also the second-place winner in the Physics Competition and had likewise earned a Qingbei University special admission quota.
Aside from her academic excellence, though, she seemed inferior to Gu Xiaoxiao in every visible way. She was introverted, unattractive, slightly hunched, with messy hair and large black-framed glasses. There was even a birthmark between her brows.
Many classmates even borrowed money from her and never paid it back.
So when the usually timid Su Qing stepped forward to defend Chen Zimo, everyone was surprised.
As all eyes focused on her, she lowered her head further, her back bending more, yet she stubbornly refused to step away.
“Gu Xiaoxiao, you wronged Chen Zimo. You should apologize to him.”
Gu Xiaoxiao looked at her sideways with disdain. “Does he deserve it? He’s just a simp. Why should I apologize to him?”
In Gu Xiaoxiao’s mind, there were countless boys lined up from the school’s front gate to the back gate who would happily bring her breakfast. She had only given Chen Zimo a chance out of respect for her male best friend Zixuan.
Since Chen Zimo had made promises, he should fulfill them.
And Zixuan was so obedient and considerate. How could he possibly lie to her?
Chen Zimo must have cheated.
“Su Qing, you’re defending Chen Zimo so much. Do you like my simp Chen Zimo?”
The moment Gu Xiaoxiao said this, everyone’s gaze shot toward Su Qing.
Chen Zimo also looked at her, and memories from his previous life flooded back.
Su Qing, plain-looking and timid.
Aside from borrowing money from her, few classmates ever remembered their class monitor.
If she hadn’t consistently scored around 600 in every exam, Chen Zimo might not have noticed her either.
They had something in common. She knew how to control her scores.
But back then, Chen Zimo’s eyes were filled only with his parents, his sisters, and the goddess Gu Xiaoxiao. How could he care about a girl with almost no presence?
Half a month before the college entrance exam, Su Qing suddenly took a leave of absence.
When she reappeared, it was at the graduation ceremony.
She had become the provincial top scorer in science.
That day, she wore a beautiful dress, stood straight with perfect posture, removed her large black-framed glasses, and brushed aside the bangs that had hidden her face. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
In that instant, the entire school realized she wasn’t ugly at all.
She was more beautiful, more elegant, and more striking than Gu Xiaoxiao.
If it came to comparing beauty, Gu Xiaoxiao wasn’t even worthy of carrying her shoes.
A top scholar combined with stunning beauty.
That day, she became the headline of No. 11 Middle School.
Countless people regretted being blind with their so-called titanium alloy dog eyes, failing to recognize her sooner.
What was even more shocking was that, during her speech on stage, Su Qing publicly confessed her feelings to Chen Zimo, that poor boy.
The key point!
The most shocking part was that Chen Zimo rejected her on the spot.
That melodramatic scene once again blinded the entire school’s titanium alloy dog eyes.
As for the reborn Chen Zimo, family affection had already been completely cut off.
As for love…
He glanced at the proud and self-important Gu Xiaoxiao.
His feelings for her in the past had been less about love and more about responsibility and unwillingness tied to the arranged marriage set by the Chen family.
With his abilities, why couldn’t he find someone more beautiful and someone who truly liked him?
Moreover, he clearly remembered that not long after, Su Qing had committed suicide.
At the time, he had blamed himself for a long time.
He thought his rejection had caused her death.
Later, he heard rumors from classmates. They said she had caused her mother’s death at three years old, her father’s death at eight, and even her grandmother’s death before the college entrance exam.
They called her a cursed star.
Chen Zimo didn’t believe such nonsense.
But since he had been reborn, he would not stand by and watch a girl in the prime of her youth fade away like that.
He didn’t know what changes saving Su Qing might bring to this world.
But he had to save her.
Even if there was a butterfly effect, so what?
Chen Zimo wasn’t afraid of death. Why would he fear superstition?
At that moment, Su Qing lowered her head, her back slightly hunched, her lips trembling. She wanted to say something, but the words stuck in her throat.
Yet she stubbornly insisted, “Chen Zimo sits next to me. I saw everything clearly. He didn’t cheat at all.”
Looking at the stubborn girl, Chen Zimo felt a warmth in his heart.
“Class Monitor, thank you for standing up for me.”
“But the innocent need no defense. There’s no need to explain anything to these clowns.”
Chen Zimo swept his gaze across the room. Not a single person spouting nonsense had even qualified to participate in the Physics Competition.
They were nothing more than troublemakers stirring up filth.