CHAPTER 70: CHAPTER 61: PHOTOS

With thunderous speed, they were so fast that Elder Tang and Yu Quan were left speechless.

After some discussion, they ultimately determined that the only one who might be able to intervene was Mr. Yi, who was behind Elder De.

Since the trade association was headed by Elder De, it was quite possible that Mr. Yi had a stake in it, so his involvement would be normal.

"Yi Chilian... That person is indeed extraordinary, maybe I should repay that favor sooner rather than later."

Thinking of the Xiezhi Dagger she had left at the villa, Sui Yi raised her eyebrows. Although the dagger was not ordinary, deep down she didn’t like such weapons...

If she didn’t like it, then she didn’t like it. There was no forcing it.

The students in the classroom were very friendly to Sui Yi. Ye Anan and others crowded around, asking Sui Yi what she did over the weekend, if she had finished her homework, and so on...

"Sui Yi, I have a few mock exam papers here, do you want to take a look... The monthly test is in twenty days, you know~~"

"I have some too... Do you want them?"

Monthly test? Sui Yi remembered, it seemed that there were indeed many tests during the senior year. If it was not for the fact that she had already taken many exams during the summer tutoring, the school might have already started diagnostic testing from the beginning.

However, Sui Yi did not participate in the summer tutoring, so the tests were still somewhat unfamiliar to her.

"Um... Thank you," Sui Yi smiled as she accepted the exam papers, relieving the somewhat anxious students.

Hey, it seemed that Sui Yi wasn’t so hard to talk to after all~~

"I just don’t get it, she just got a little closer to Yu Hang and the rest, why are some people so anxious about it..." Qian Fengling spoke in a snarky tone from the seat in front.

Ye Anan and others were embarrassed and angry, ready to argue with her, but fortunately, the class monitor came to mediate...

But soon after, Qian Fengling went to find the class advisor, Huang Yan, and said something and, before the morning self-study began, she had switched seats.

Such capability left many in the class feeling resentful, but Yhan Qingwu simply smiled and reminded Sui Yi, "Her grandfather is a well-known local businessman..."

A local businessman named Qian?

Sui Yi immediately thought of Boss Qian, from whom she had won a million yuan, and couldn’t help but smile. If Qian Fengling, who didn’t seem to like her to begin with, knew that she had won a million yuan from her grandfather, she would probably be so angry that she’d spit blood.

Her new neighbor was a foodie from her class, chubby and with squinting, smiling eyes. He excitedly turned around to greet Sui Yi and Yhan Qingwu as soon as he got to his seat. "Hi, you two, I’m Zhou Pang. You can call me Little Fatty Zhou!"

Sui Yi and Yhan Qingwu paused, and Sui Yi looked at him, "I think that self-introduction is meant for Classmate Yhan who has just transferred here recently."

They had been classmates for two years. Was this way of greeting meant to make her feel awkward?

"Uh... Well, okay, actually I’m afraid you wouldn’t recognize me," laughed Zhou Pang, and although Yhan Qingwu was usually aloof, she was still very polite to her classmates, always modest and courteous.

As for Sui Yi... Zhou Pang figured his conspicuous figure probably hadn’t caught her attention in the slightest.

"Hehe, Sui Yi, it seems you really need to take a good look at yourself," Yhan Qingwu laughed at the comment, her laughter ringing like a bell.

Many people turned their heads to look.

Yhan Qingwu could laugh?

Sui Yi exhaled, took out the textbooks she had brought home to study, and placed them in her drawer. Looking up at Zhou Pang, she slightly smiled and said, "Zhou Pang, right? I’ve always remembered you. During the sports meeting in our first year, you competed in weightlifting.."

It wasn’t that she didn’t care for others; she just wasn’t much for talking.

Up close, Sui Yi’s flawless, delicate, and snow-white skin was within arm’s reach, reflecting his chubby face in her eyes.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Pang’s chubby, white face turned red and he swiftly turned his head away...

His deskmate, Wang Xian, looked down at Zhou Pang who was furiously typing in the QQ group chat on his phone.

--I’m just a chub: Damn! Who’s the bastard that said our class’s Sui Yi was so aloof? I just moved in front of her, and she’s actually very amiable. She just said she remembers me, as approachable as can be... Damn, now I really find her too beautiful~~ That skin, beyond reproach, not inferior to Yhan Qingwu at all...~~ My eyes must have been filled with dog shit before!

--Helmet-free Dwarf: What? Class Sui Yi? You’re sitting in front of her?

--Don’t Drag Me to the Alley: For real? Well, she is indeed beautiful, especially after school started, she seems to have gotten even more beautiful, but as beautiful as Goddess Yhan? That’s a bit of a stretch, isn’t it!

--Superman Flies: No wonder Yu Hang likes her... I’ve always thought she had a great presence, unlike those girls whining all the time~~ Hey, Fatty Zhou, since you sit in front of her, send some photos our way later. And I heard she sits next to Yhan Qingwu, right? Man, your seat has got seriously good feng shui, I need pictures!

A flurry of replies flooded the chat, scrolling swiftly across the screen.

Wang Xian felt a bit speechless and involuntarily turned to look at Sui Yi and Yhan Qingwu who were talking, their gentle laughter, soft voices, and the hair tresses catching glints of light...

It seemed, indeed, that the feng shui here was quite good.

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Zhou Pang’s seat was certainly a good one, next to him was Wang Xian, Second High School’s class two’s second top student after Yhan Qingwu, and behind him were the super top student and the up-and-coming Sui Yi...

He had the best of both worlds: beauty and cheat sheets at hand~~

While Second High School’s campus QQ group was being frenziedly spammed, Sui Yi and her companions were bent over, discussing academic problems, and occasionally, Wang Xian joined in the conversation.

Thus, it was Wang Xian who quickly became the object of envy...

But Wang Xian himself was very surprised, because in the discussion with the two, he was completely left behind by their pace of thought.

Those questions were extremely difficult; it’s not just Yhan Qingwu who couldn’t answer—Sui Yi, who could usually respond to every question, also found his cognitive abilities pushed to their limits, frequently crafting analogies that left him speechless.

Gradually, he became a passive listener.

Meanwhile, in the classroom next door—that is, Class Three of the key classes at Second High School—Yu Hang unlocked his phone and started scrolling through the messages in the QQ group, his expression darkening. Damn it, that fatso Zhou Pang!

He actually wanted to take candid photos! Dare to snap those, and I’ll thrash you!

But as Yu Hang was browsing through the chat history, he suddenly noticed a message that floated into the group.

"Why wait for this fatty’s pictures? I have a classmate in Third High School, and they have photos of Sui Yi. They say they bumped into him back in his hometown and even hung out together..."

Yu Hang paused.

Immediately, a flood of comments flowed in. Before people could dismiss it as nonsense, the person remained unresponsive.

Suddenly, one, two, three photos were rapidly uploaded to the group...

At the end, the person also left a message in the group.

"These photos are spreading like wildfire in Third High School... Rumor has it that the person with Sui Yi is some uneducated thug. I’d say, Sui Yi is truly a bi~tch."

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A post was prominently featured on Third High School’s campus network, displaying over a dozen photos.

The first photo showed Sui Yi standing by a creek, her gentle smile turned towards a cool and tall young man standing in the water; the sun was shining just right, the stream burbled, and behind them, a fish leaped out of the water.

In the second photo, Sui Yi walked shoulder-to-shoulder with a guy carrying a bucket on a reed-lined path, the breeze carried whispers, and the green hills stood unchanged.

The third, fourth, fifth... photos captured Sui Yi leaning against a stone, slipping off her sandals, rolling up her pant legs, pushing up her sleeves...

The sixth photo: Her back to the crowd, standing atop a large rock, baring her calves, dressed in a shirt radiant with dazzling sunlight, which seemed to reflect her slender and supple waist. The sunlight clung to her daintily dangling wrists and bright white, slender fingers, through which flowed warm, shimmering water. Her joints were well-defined as she pinched a cellphone to her ear, in conversation...

...

The final photo.

She stood in a slightly shaded, lush green scene, her hair damp, merging with her neck, a jacket draped over her, as she looked aside at the pool, a small furrow marking her brow, her profile beautiful... Beside her, that cool young man gazed at her intently...

His eyes, even more entangled than the green pool water, brimming with concern.

Third High School blew up, and so did Second High School!

The circles of QQ groups were on the verge of exploding!

Rapidly, a post also surged onto the campus network of Second High School!

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In the teahouse, Yi Chilian scrolled through the photos on the screen, narrowing his eyes as he viewed them.

"Teacher, you asked me to investigate Miss Sui Yi. Just so happens, this is the information I found this morning, which I discovered online..."

Yi Chilian pushed himself away from the laptop, his slender fingers drumming on the desk. After the third tap, his fingers grabbed the mouse and swiftly closed the webpage, speaking indifferently, "I don’t want to see any of this again."

"Yes."

"Do we still need to find out who the other person is..."

"No need. If she could let those people take photos and be spoken of in such a manner, then it’s her own lack of caution... She should solve it herself. It has nothing to do with me~"

"Yes."

The person left, and Elder De exchanged a glance with Jiang Yunxiu.

"Actually, I think Sui Yi won’t care about this sort of thing... She wasn’t that fond of the guy called A-A in the first place. It’s just that he helped her with something once, so she..."

Jiang Yunxiu thought it was necessary to explain, so he shifted from his previous sly demeanor to a more solemn one.

Upon hearing this, Yi Chilian turned his face aside, emotionless, "I’ve saved her twice as well."

And he even sent people to fetch her, but in the end, she ran off with that man!

How hard was it for him to take an interest in a little sister? And just like that, his enthusiasm was wasted!

...

So, Mr. Yi, are you feeling imbalanced about this?

Indeed, Elder De pondered Sui Yi’s attitude towards Yi Chilian and the rest. It was certainly quite distant.

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As previously mentioned, due to changes in the education system and the comprehensive development of students’ morality, intelligence, and physical fitness, high school seniors across schools were also required to participate in PE classes. Thus, the high school seniors, who thought physical education had been completely replaced by academic subjects, were now racing to the sports field like mad. (To be continued. If you like this book, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)