CHAPTER 1441: CHAPTER 1442 YAN ZISU (18 UPDATES TODAY)

"You’re joking, who in Second Heights doesn’t know Yan Zisu? Since middle school, she’s been the top of her class for five consecutive years, and in our city, she’s undoubtedly an academic star."

"Zisu, that’s a nice name."

"The name sounds nice, but she’s not that good-looking, and her personality is reclusive, hardly talks. I haven’t seen any girls close to her."

You looked at Zong Wangyue beside you and couldn’t help but pat his shoulder and laugh, "I say, Fatty, you still have the same hobby, looks like you’ve checked out all the beauties in Second Heights."

"Of course." Zong Wangyue raised his head high, "Old Shu, the timing is just right, let’s go to the No. 2 Teaching Building, I’ll show you the top ten school beauties of Second Heights!"

Since you had nothing else to do, you nodded, and before leaving, you couldn’t help but glance at Yan Zisu one more time.

Half an hour later, you were leaning on the railing, counting your fingers with utter boredom, "So boring, just a bunch of superficial beauties."

"Old Shu, your standards are way too high, aren’t they? The ones I just mentioned are some of the most popular school beauties in our school; just now, that Chen Susu is even a verified online model!"

You waved slightly at Zong Wangyue, sighed, "It’s not that my standards are high, it’s that you don’t understand what true beauty is. Hmm, how to put this, what you call school beauties, are just those who’ve been hyped up with some agenda, mainly to become famous or noticeable. Since it’s a flower, it should be natural; among those you pointed out, 80% have been processed or enhanced afterwards, I can even tell which brand’s techniques they used. The remaining 20%, well, without talking about their inside, their very presence is already corrupt, better not say more."

In your childhood, Zong Wangyue always looked up to you, and although six years had passed, this habit of his hadn’t changed. He nodded and asked, "Then in your heart, what kind of person can be considered a school beauty?"

You raised your head slightly, looked at the blue sky above, and your lips curled up slightly, "There’s an old saying that goes, ’Spring breeze romances, the fragrance knows itself.’

Zong Wangyue scratched his head, shaking it, "I don’t get it, too profound."

You smiled. Since you were talking facing Zong Wangyue, you didn’t notice that a few meters behind, Yan Zisu in her light purple school uniform was walking by slowly.

"Some things, if said too bluntly, offend people easily. Let me put it this way, an ancient sage wrote a seven-character quatrain: ’Don’t say colors like scarlet, don’t say fragrance outshines orchids. East wind blows open again blows fallen, who will look at today, tomorrow.’

Yan Zisu just passed behind you, and hearing your words, she paused slightly for not even half a second, then continued into the classroom.

Lin Tian knew Zong Wangyue didn’t understand, so he explained, "Modern people like linking beauties with flowers, which is actually wrong. Tell me, how were the four great beauties of ancient times described?"

Zong Wangyue naturally replied, "Fish hiding, birds alighting, moon eclipsing, flowers shaming."

"Exactly. True beauty encompasses inner elements first." You patted Zong Wangyue’s shoulder, smiled, "So, don’t mention those so-called school beauties again, as it will only highlight your superficiality. Moreover, don’t you think true beauty is something appreciated by both refined and vulgar tastes? Whether a girl is beautiful, and where her beauty lies, isn’t important; what’s important is whether everyone’s feelings about her reach consensus in a certain domain. Like if you say this person is a beauty but another disagrees, then you have to add a ’pseudo’ before beauty."

Zong Wangyue furrowed his brows, deep in thought. For someone not overly charming himself, observing beauties from the railing daily was one of his many hobbies, a source of joy. Hearing your words now, he suddenly had an epiphany and began contemplating by himself.

Seeing Zong Wangyue like this, you couldn’t help but smile lightly, then turned and entered the classroom from the front door.

Your position happened to be in the same group as Yan Zisu, which is why from your sitting angle, you couldn’t see her figure.

When you entered the classroom, you saw Yan Zisu was fully immersed in her books and exercises, unaffected by the surrounding noise. Around her seemed to be a unique domain, completely isolated from the outside world.

When you entered, four boys were chatting and laughing with two girls. The two girls, dressed flamboyantly, were laughing incessantly. One of them was the so-called third-ranked school beauty described by Zong Wangyue—Chen Susu.

From a general public’s perspective, Chen Susu’s looks were fairly good, with a graceful figure, decent manners, and occasionally revealing a touch of charm in conversation, making those four boys’ hearts race. However, in your eyes, this woman, yes, woman, lacks much substance, mainly because her self-cultivation is insufficient and she pays too much attention to external appearances.

Not only are you tall, but your appearance is quite handsome too—sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, and even your walking carries a breeze, making you appear nonchalant yet highly attractive to females.

When you came into everyone’s view, Chen Susu glanced at you nonchalantly, to which you just gave a slight smile, and at that moment, passing by Yan Zisu’s desk, you lowered your head slightly, raised an eyebrow, and chuckled lightly, "Goldbach’s conjecture, who would’ve thought after so many years, Old Xu’s article still has readers, nice."

Just after leaving these words, you floated past like the wind, leaving a trailing laugh.

Yan Zisu’s pen paused slightly, but soon resumed moving, never once lifting her head throughout.

As you passed Chen Susu and the others, you furrowed your brows slightly, walked by quickly without glancing sideways.

Not long after you walked away, Chen Susu’s somewhat sickly sweet voice called out from behind, "Student Li, the sports meet is right after this month’s exam. Considering your towering height, why not participate? It’ll be one of the few grand events of our senior year’s life."

With a wave of your hand, you walked toward your seat without looking back, "Not interested."

At this time, you noticed Xiao Feng was using a book to cover while sneakily reading a web novel between two gaps, so you walked up behind him and gently patted his shoulder.

"Oops!"

Xiao Feng jolted, his expression changed completely in a flash. Seeing it was you, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, "I say Brother Yun, you almost scared me to death just now!"