This bold move instantly silenced the entire class.
Everyone stared in disbelief at the scene before them, jaws hanging open.
Someone let out a sigh.
The whole class erupted.
But mindful not to wake Xie Chengsheng, they could only whisper among themselves.
“Who is she?! Why is the Big Demon so nice to her? He even lent her his textbook?”
“Usually, if you ask to borrow a pen from him, he’ll glare at you for ages!”
“Does she have some kind of status? Otherwise, why would the Big Demon treat her so well?”
Surrounded by a group of girls, a long-haired little girl with an adorable face and big eyes stared at Lu Yinghan.
In her innocent gaze, hostility toward Lu Yinghan burst forth instantly.
But it was quickly concealed.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, she stood up and walked over to Lu Yinghan, flashing what she believed to be a friendly smile.
“Hi, my name is Zhu Xiyue. I’m seven years old. My family owns a big shopping mall—the biggest one in the capital. My dad is the boss. What does your family do?”
Trouble was brewing.
Lu Yinghan glanced at her, planning to brush her off.
“Oh, we just run an ordinary company.”
The Lu Group was indeed a massive corporation—it just happened to have several hundred subsidiary companies under it.
Lu Yinghan wasn’t lying.
Zhu Xiyue’s expression turned puzzled.
An ordinary company?
She had thought this might be the Lu family her father always talked about.
But judging by her outfit and her description of her family’s business.
She began to feel uncertain.
Glancing at Xie Chengsheng sleeping at the front, Zhu Xiyue decided to ask another question.
“Oh, right, when did you buy the clothes you’re wearing? I have a piece from the same collection, but my mom said that collection is a bit outdated, so she bought me new ones. Doesn’t your mom buy you new clothes?”
…
Little girl, having green-tea mentality at such a young age.
A promising future ahead.
But that had nothing to do with Lu Yinghan.
She smiled at Zhu Xiyue and replied “amiably.”
“You mean this outfit? Someone in my family didn’t want it anymore, so they gave it to me. As for what collection you’re talking about, I wouldn’t know.”
The moment those words left her mouth, the class erupted again.
Xie Chengsheng, “sleeping” at the front, twitched his fingers.
Zhu Xiyue’s face lit up with excitement.
Any lingering suspicion that Lu Yinghan might be from the Lu family vanished completely.
“Oh~ I see. Thank you.”
A joyful smile spread across her small face as she returned to her circle.
Surrounded by her group.
Mocking and contemptuous gazes turned toward Lu Yinghan in unison.
The other students merely glanced over before returning to their books and homework.
They had no interest in Lu Yinghan’s background at all.
Hmph.
Lu Yinghan sneered inwardly.
Little brats, not learning anything good at such a young age, picking up all this nonsense.
If it weren’t for their parents backing them up, with personalities like theirs, they’d be the ones getting tormented if they met someone tougher.
But right now, their family backgrounds were indeed solid.
Damn.
She was actually a bit envious.
Even though she was born into the Lu family, it felt fake.
There was a period when she wondered if she’d been adopted.
She curled the corner of her mouth indifferently.
She glanced at the math textbook Xie Chengsheng had given her and tried to read it seriously.
After lasting three minutes, she gave up.
“Hey, is your family really just running an ordinary company?”
Xie Chengsheng, who had “woken up” at some point, turned to face Lu Yinghan.
“Yeah, we just run a company.”
Lu Yinghan nodded earnestly in confirmation.
Xie Chengsheng narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing her.
“Hmph.”
Huh??
What’s with the hmph?
She wasn’t wrong—they did run a company.
It was just a bit on the larger side.
Lu Yinghan didn’t feel guilty in the slightest.
Xie Chengsheng lay back down to sleep, but before doing so, he handed Lu Yinghan another textbook.
It was for etiquette class.
“Read through this textbook for now. That one doesn’t seem suitable for you.”
He snatched away the math book she’d been struggling with, ignoring her stunned expression.
And went back to sleep.
…
Fine. He was the boss; whatever he said went.
Lu Yinghan shot a glare at Xie Chengsheng’s back.
Then chose to look down at her book.
Completely missing the jealous, angry expressions on the girls around Zhu Xiyue.
“Yueyue, she’s not from the Lu family. You can give her a proper warning.”
“Exactly! You should tell her not to set her sights on the Big Demon!”
“Yeah! Look how much attention the Big Demon is giving her now. If you don’t say something, she might fall for him and steal him away.”
Zhu Xiyue’s classmates chimed in one after another.
Her expression grew uglier by the second.
“Enough!”
She snapped at her little group of followers.
Zhu Xiyue’s gaze locked onto Lu Yinghan.
She carefully examined Lu Yinghan—her clothes, her overall upkeep.
The more she observed, the more confident Zhu Xiyue became.
Anxin turned her head back around and continued accepting the praise from her followers.
By the end of the day, Lu Yinghan could barely keep up with the class’s pace.
These children, before starting elementary school, were all sent to a specialized institution to study the school’s curriculum in advance.
So the current lessons were a piece of cake for them.
But for Lu Yinghan, it was still somewhat unfamiliar…
Is this what nine-year compulsory education covers?
And this is only first grade?
If she hadn’t attended middle school before, she’d be practically illiterate!
It wasn’t until school let out in the afternoon that Lu Yinghan’s tense body finally got a moment of relief.
The school gate was packed with luxury cars picking up students.
Lu Yinghan didn’t see her family’s car.
Only three people at home knew she was attending school now: Lu Xiong, Lu Jiansen, and Butler Liu.
Butler Liu couldn’t order the driver around, so Lu Xiong and Lu Jiansen had completely forgotten about picking her up from school.
Ha.
How ironic.
She stood at the school gate and spotted the bus stop not far away.
She pulled out the coins she had stashed in her pocket beforehand and strode over.
“Hey, Yueyue, she’s going home by herself.”
Some classmates at the gate had been keeping an eye on Lu Yinghan, watching to see what car she’d take home.
And then they saw her take the bus by herself?
Watching Lu Yinghan squeeze onto the bus with the commuters heading home from work, the classmates who noticed stared wide-eyed.
What’s it like riding the bus?
“Miss/Master, you can get in now.”
The drivers holding doors open for their own little masters exchanged confused glances with the other drivers.
Is there something over there?
Why is almost everyone looking that way?
Isn’t it just an ordinary bus?
Xie Chengsheng glanced at Lu Yinghan as she boarded, then gripped his backpack straps and got into the car.
“Home.”
“Tsk, what kind of tone is that? Speak properly.”
In the luxury car picking up Xie Chengsheng sat a flamboyantly dressed man in his early twenties.
Xie Chengsheng shot him a disdainful glare.
“Why you? Aren’t you supposed to be at the military base?”
“What? I can’t take a break?”
The man took off his sunglasses, glanced at the rearview mirror, and rolled his eyes at his cousin who was looking at him with disgust from the back seat.
Xie Hongyang clicked his tongue impatiently.
Tch! Knew nothing good would come of this!
Why did his leave just happen to fall on today?
Turns out it was to pick up this brat!