“Yaoyao, once you get to school, if anyone bullies you, just tell them you’re a child of the Lu family, understand? Mom, Dad, and your big brother will help you.”
These words were spoken by Lu Xiong in the car in her previous life, a reminder to seven-year-old Lu Xuanyao.
And Lu Yinghan had been sitting alone in the passenger seat, shrinking herself, trying to make herself invisible.
Compared to what Lu Jiansen had said to her today—
“Keep a low profile and don’t bring shame to the Lu family.”
It was like night and day.
Lu Yinghan paid no mind to the ridicule from the children below.
Her expression remained calm as she swept her gaze across every child laughing without restraint.
There was no blushing or flustering as they had expected. Lu Yinghan’s indifferent reaction made them lose their smiles.
The looks directed at her now carried a hint of contempt, and even more, deep disdain.
“Isn’t she wearing something from ages ago? Why is she still wearing it now?”
“Her family must be too poor to buy new clothes.”
“So our class has a country bumpkin?”
At that, the children burst into unbridled laughter.
They didn’t care that Teacher Zhao was present.
Other students who disapproved rolled their eyes, but their gazes at Lu Yinghan were equally full of curiosity.
The entire class showed no friendliness toward the sudden newcomer, Lu Yinghan.
Well…
It didn’t matter. As long as these kids didn’t bother her, everything would be peaceful. Spending these six years as an invisible person wasn’t a bad idea.
Besides, she could properly experience life at this prestigious school.
Of course, that was Lu Yinghan’s beautiful dream.
How could reality possibly go as she wished?
After the children finished laughing, Teacher Zhao smiled at Lu Yinghan and said,
“Why don’t you introduce yourself?”
Lu Yinghan nodded.
“Hello everyone, my name is Lu Yinghan. I’m seven years old. Starting today, I’ll be studying with all of you at this school. Please take care of me.”
The moment she finished speaking—
A child deliberately shouted loudly from below,
“Teacher! I don’t want to sit with her!”
“Teacher! Me neither!”
“I don’t want to either!”
Once one person shouted, the rest followed suit, raising their hands to indicate they didn’t want to sit with Lu Yinghan.
The classroom was quite large, with some empty seats in the back.
Without even glancing at the students who raised their hands to refuse sitting with her, Lu Yinghan walked alone toward those empty seats.
No one around, plenty of space.
She had peace and quiet to herself.
Lu Yinghan was quite satisfied.
Little did she know, the children who had raised their hands were now looking at her with extremely hostile eyes.
Lu Yinghan’s indifferent attitude—even outright ignoring them—made them feel like clowns.
Had they ever been so disregarded in their entire lives?
They all glared at her, as fiercely as they could.
“Alright, alright, it’s class time now. Let’s have a good lesson.”
Only then did the classroom atmosphere gradually ease.
The children who had mocked Lu Yinghan reluctantly took out their textbooks and notebooks, forcing themselves to listen to Teacher Zhao’s lesson.
Since it was her first day, Lu Yinghan didn’t have textbooks.
She had assumed that first-grade material couldn’t be that difficult.
But what was this?
Middle school Chinese and history?
First-graders learning classical Chinese? Studying ancient texts?
Understanding the meaning?
In her previous life, she had only studied until the second semester of first year in middle school before being kicked out and never attending school again.
She didn’t fully understand classical Chinese texts or how to interpret them.
She could only half-follow the lesson.
Just as Lu Yinghan was feeling a bit troubled—
A brand-new Chinese textbook appeared in front of her.
“Here you go.”
The young boy’s voice carried a hint of seriousness and sincerity.
Lu Yinghan looked up at the boy who had given her the book.
His soft black hair was fluffy, bouncing slightly in the air with his movements.
His fair, delicate skin glowed under the sunlight, tinged with a hint of adorable pink.
A pair of peach blossom eyes looked coldly at Lu Yinghan, his small, attractive lips pressed together.
This kid was definitely going to be a heartthrob when he grew up!
Lu Yinghan widened her eyes and blinked a few times.
She took his textbook and thanked him.
“Thank you.”
“Mhm, you’re welcome.”
The little boy looked at Lu Yinghan for a while longer—long enough that she started to feel a bit awkward—before he turned back around.
“Phew…”
Finally turned away.
Lu Yinghan shifted her attention to the textbook on the desk, flipping to the first page, where three bold, powerful characters appeared: “Xie Chengsheng.”
The body she had just relaxed instantly stiffened again.
Xie Chengsheng.
The young master of the Xie family in the capital.
The Xie family’s status was on par with the Lu family.
But if one had to be precise, the Xie family actually held more power than the Lu family.
Elder Xie of the Xie family was a true general.
His achievements and honors were unmatched by anyone.
His sons were also accomplished—
Some went into business, standing shoulder to shoulder with the Lu family, while others joined the military to protect the nation.
Xie Chengsheng was the child of Elder Xie’s fourth son.
He was Elder Xie’s youngest grandson.
Growing up in such a household, young Xie Chengsheng had been nurtured from an early age.
He developed excellent habits in both daily life and study.
Even Lu Yinghan, who hadn’t paid much attention to the news in her previous life, had heard about his success.
At the time, she was still working part-time at a bubble tea shop, and her coworker was even daydreaming aloud, saying how wonderful it would be if she could become Xie Chengsheng’s girlfriend.
Lu Yinghan’s mind felt a bit hazy.
She barely managed to sit through Teacher Zhao’s entire lecture, and the bell rang right on schedule.
The kids immediately put down their books.
Teacher Zhao also quickly gathered her lesson plans and walked out of the classroom.
The students’ gazes all turned directly to Lu Yinghan.
Their eyes were filled with teasing.
Lu Yinghan poked expressionlessly at the back of Xie Chengsheng, who was sitting in front of her.
He was sleeping like the dead.
The classroom’s previously playful atmosphere suddenly turned cold.
The smiles on their faces vanished instantly as they stared in shock at Lu Yinghan poking the back of this big demon.
“What is she doing?”
“Doesn’t she know that after this big demon falls asleep, he hates being disturbed?”
“…I’m scared, but I want to see how she handles the big demon.”
As for Xie Chengsheng’s background, the parents of these kids in the class had warned them repeatedly at home.
Don’t provoke him! Don’t provoke him! Don’t provoke him!
Previously, there was a girl who fancied his looks and poked Xie Chengsheng awake after class.
As a result, he gave her a harsh scolding, saying some pretty nasty things.
After that, no one ever dared to disturb him while he was sleeping again.
Now this newly transferred Lu Yinghan is stepping on a landmine right at the start of the semester?
What a spectacular scene.
Everyone was both scared and eager to watch!
They held their breath as they watched her poke Xie Chengsheng awake.
The boy in front irritably ruffled his own hair.
He turned his head with a cold, dark look in his eyes toward Lu Yinghan.
“What?”
“Your book…”
She silently handed back the Chinese textbook he had lent her.
The anger that was about to overflow in Xie Chengsheng’s heart slowly began to subside.
He looked at Lu Yinghan for a moment, took the Chinese book from her hand without a word, then pulled out the textbook for the next class from his bag and tossed it in front of her.
His head dropped back down, and he went right back to snoring.
…
Huh??