It wasn’t just that loud crash, there was also a sharp scream.
Besides Xia Xiaoman and Lin Tingwan, the other students getting food in the cafeteria heard it too.
Following the sound, they saw students scrambling to back away, afraid of getting caught up in it.
An empty aisle opened up in the middle, and at the very end of it lay a student.
It turned out Jiang Suizhou had lost his temper just now, throwing that student straight over his shoulder in a full body slam, that was what had caused such a huge commotion.
This was also the first time Lin Tingwan had seen the school god get this angry, his sculpted, handsome face was now clouded over with a dark aura.
No wonder, Jiang Suizhou’s grades were outstanding, but aside from Lu Wei, his die-hard follower, he didn’t seem to have any other friends.
God Jiang with a dark face was honestly quite frightening.
And right at that instant, could it be called some kind of telepathy between them?
Jiang Suizhou suddenly looked up, and also caught sight of the little fat girl’s gaze on him from outside the crowd.
Once again, Jiang Suizhou was filled with confusion.
This Lin Tingwan person really was mysterious, her gaze didn’t match her appearance at all.
The eye contact lasted only an instant, and aside from Lu Wei, probably no one else even noticed.
Only Lu Wei noticed, quietly keeping his discovery to himself.
Truly worthy of being his Brother Jiang, look, look, even that little fat girl who never seemed to have any presence had fallen for their Brother Jiang.
The teacher in charge of keeping order in the cafeteria arrived quickly, the male student Jiang Suizhou had knocked to the ground, along with a few of his accomplices apparently, were escorted…for a little “tea” [1]escorted…for a little “tea” (he cha, 喝茶) Slang, euphemism for being hauled in by school/office authorities for a reprimand or questioning jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3293113_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3293113_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });.
Xia Xiaoman, meanwhile, was much better than Lin Tingwan at this, she was, after all, Chengguang High School’s famous gossip queen.
In just that brief moment, she’d already found out the full story.
Knowing Lin Tingwan was interested in the matter concerning Jiang Suizhou, she launched into a rambling account of what had happened.
That male student was an admirer of the school beauty, said to come from a well-off family and be rather arrogant, basically a rich second-generation type.
He’d taken a fancy to the school beauty of all people, hopelessly devoted, and had tried every method to pursue her.
But the school beauty didn’t like him, the one she liked was the school god, Jiang Suizhou.
So, that male student held a grudge against God Jiang and said some nasty things.
Lin Tingwan felt a bit dazed, weren’t they all just high schoolers, only in their first year now, and yet already so openly playing out this kind of chase-and-be-chased love story on campus?
Mostly because this was Chengguang High School, if it were No. 1 or No. 2 High School, this kind of thing wouldn’t have happened.
After all, Chengguang High School was the best private aristocratic school in Jiang City, aside from the rocket class students who genuinely loved studying,
many students in the other classes would inherit their family businesses after graduating, or go study abroad.
So, when it came to academics, they didn’t need to put in that much effort.
Lin Tingwan felt resentful, these people didn’t know how blessed they were, when so many others lost the chance to study while still in their teens.
Then, dazedly, she recalled, the current school beauty of Chengguang High School seemed to be Lin Yuexuan?
So, was this a love-and-hate conflict sparked by her stepsister?
Why was Xia Xiaoman called the gossip queen?
Because she was skilled, and knew a lot of inside information.
Only in their first year, and yet many students already knew Jiang Suizhou was formidable, sleeping through class every day, yet still coming first in every exam.
But only Xia Xiaoman also told Lin Tingwan that the Jiang family was in complete chaos right now.
Jiang’s father was seriously ill, and suddenly it had come out that an illegitimate son was contesting the family inheritance with Jiang Suizhou.
And this illegitimate son turned out to be three years older than Jiang Suizhou, already an adult, legally and morally, he had a reasonable claim to a share of the Jiang family’s estate.
The Jiang mother, a rich wife pampered her whole life, of course wouldn’t stand for it, and immediately threw a fit and went back to her parents’ home.
Not even sparing a thought for her seriously ill husband, let alone remembering her son at school.
The male student earlier had actually cursed God Jiang as a bastard, unloved by either father or mother, no wonder Jiang Suizhou had lost his temper so badly.
Lin Tingwan sighed, no wonder the system had temporarily added that random task for her, she didn’t expect the good-looking, academically excellent boy to have such a background.
After finishing lunch and returning to the classroom for the midday break, Jiang Suizhou’s seat was still empty, and Lu Wei didn’t seem to have come back either.
Lin Tingwan even saw a hint of worry on the face of her ever-arrogant stepsister, her eyes even slightly reddened.
It seemed she really did like Jiang Suizhou, was that why the Top Student System had listed Jiang Suizhou as a person connected to the original owner?
When in doubt, ask the system. From the outside, Lin Tingwan looked like she’d fallen asleep at her desk.
In reality, her brainwaves were extremely active, she took the opportunity to get some questions sorted out.
【Xiaobai, you’re not really a Top Student System, why would you still give the host a task like saving the fate of the villain? Also, why does your system classify Jiang Suizhou as a villain in the first place?】
Too many questions to explain all at once, and there were some things the host didn’t have the right to know yet, because of this, the Top Student System, for a moment, forgot to object:
I’m not Xiaobai!
【This is a task arranged by the main system. The host has no need to question it, just accept it peacefully. In any case, as long as the host understands, there are many rewards to be gained from completing this task too.】
It seemed there was no way the system would reveal any more than that.
Lin Tingwan didn’t mind either, she couldn’t sleep anyway, so she kept thinking about how to complete her daily study task.
It had really only been for show, the Best Actress in her past life had never had the habit of napping at noon, since she never really had fixed working hours to begin with.
When there was no filming to do, Lin Tingwan might just lounge around at home picking at her toes.
When busy, going without sleep for several days and nights straight to shoot night scenes was common too, especially since Lin Tingwan was extremely dedicated and never used stunt doubles.
Whether it was a dramatic scene or an action scene, she did it all herself, which meant she needed to put in more time and energy than others.
Just as she was thinking about whether to go complete today’s training task on the sports field so she could exchange for Marrow-Cleansing Water, out of the corner of her eye Lin Tingwan spotted Jiang Suizhou’s figure appear at the stairwell corner.
Watching him about to walk into Class 6’s classroom, Lin Tingwan suddenly stood up.
Moving at a speed that didn’t match her body shape at all, she walked toward the classroom door, running straight into Jiang Suizhou and Lu Wei coming down the hallway.
Not to mention the suspicious look on Xia Xiaoman’s face inside the classroom, Lu Wei, more than anyone, was absolutely certain now:
The little fat girl really had fallen for Brother Jiang.
Although Lu Wei still didn’t like the little fat girl, right now, looking at Lin Tingwan, he actually found her far more tolerable.
Mostly because of what had happened at noon, calling it Brother Jiang “fighting” with someone would be an overstatement, it was really a one-sided beating.
Liang Zihao’s mouth really was vicious, and it was true he had no real ability either, Brother Jiang had settled things with a single move.
At the Moral Education Office, Lu Wei had vouched forcefully for Brother Jiang, saying the whole thing was started by Liang Zihao, and it was his fault.
He didn’t expect, his goddess.
That is, Lin Yuexuan, had actually gone to the Moral Education Office too, saying she was there to beg the director not to punish Brother Jiang.
Lin Yuexuan had said quite a lot to that old man, her eyes even reddening slightly as if she were crying.
But those words, why did they sound so off, as if pleading for Brother Jiang on the surface but actually admitting fault on his behalf?
Why should Brother Jiang have done anything wrong at all!
Lu Wei, though he acted rashly on a daily basis, had gotten into Chengguang High School’s rocket class, he wasn’t the type of person without a brain.
By some strange twist of fate, he suddenly found himself connecting this to the way the school beauty usually handled matters related to the little fat girl.
Comparing the two, he suddenly realized, maybe, from start to finish, he’d been the only big fool in the whole thing!
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