CHAPTER 26: LUCKY STAR

However, before he could even finish his words, Ding Wei who’s didn’t even bother to take his hand out of his pocket lifted one of his leg and kicked the boy hard in the stomach, sending him flying backward and crashing to the ground.

The pain twisted across the boy’s face. He clutched his abdomen with pale expression and trembling.

What the hell? he thought in shock. Wasn’t it said that Young Master Ding hates Rong Xingyu the most?

Ding Wei looked down at him the way one would look at a piece of trash. "Aren’t you going to crawl away yet?"

The boy scrambled up from the floor and ran off without daring to look back.

"Thanks," Rong Xingyu said quietly while pulling back the hand he had half raised earlier.

... Young Master Ding? Ding Wei? That was the same person the original body had secretly admired. If he remembered it correctly he’s the male lead he used to be engaged to?

Rong Xingyu couldn’t help glancing at him a few more times.

Ding Wei who’s feeling the boy’s gaze on him instinctively straightened his back.

Although they had once been engaged, the two of them had never really gotten to know each other.

He had barely spoken to his so-called "former fiancée."

What should he say to avoid the awkward silence?

But just as Ding Wei had finished rehearsing something in his head, he realized that Rong Xingyu and his friend were already walking far away.

Ding Wei: "..."

Meanwhile, Qian Zhijun who is walking beside Rong Xingyu kept sneaking glances at him.

After all, he had heard the gossip that Rong Xingyu had secretly loved Young Master Ding for years. He also heard that he has been chasing after him desperately but never being loved in return.

"Uh... about earlier, that Young Master Ding..."

"Hmm?" Rong Xingyu blinked curiously.

That single blink nearly made Qian Zhijun’s heart skip a beat. He clutched his chest and blurted out quickly, "People like him aren’t someone we can afford to mess with. Let’s just stay away from him in the future!"

Rong Xingyu nodded his head in full agreement. "Mhm. I think he’s really violent."

Qian Zhijun: "..."

For some reason, he suddenly felt like he wanted to lighting a candle for Young Master Ding.

Qian Zhijun silently lit a whole row of imaginary candles for Young Master Ding in his heart.

Then, remembering what that boy had said earlier, he glanced awkwardly at Rong Xingyu and stammered, "Xingyu, I swear I’m not... an illegitimate son. My mom met my dad after he divorced his ex-wife."

Rong Xingyu smiled while looking at his eyes openly and sincerely. "It’s fine. I believe you."

Qian Zhijun had always been treated like an outsider, people like to talk about him as an illegitimate child behind his back and excluding him from their small social circle. So hearing those simple words of trust made his throat tighten and his eyes burn red.

"Xingyu..." His voice cracked a little.

Rong Xingyu reached out and lightly tapped him on the forehead. "Come on. The monthly exams are coming up soon. Did you understand the problems I explained to you earlier? Let’s go back to class and keep reviewing."

Qian Zhijun quickly wiped his eyes and nodded. "Yeah, yeah!"

He quickly chase after Rong Xingyu, feeling lighter than he had in a long time.

Meeting Rong Xingyu was the luckiest thing that had ever happened to Qian Zhijun since the day he was born. He decided right then that he wanted to be Rong Xingyu’s best friend for life!

But Qian Zhijun didn’t expect that this feeling of admiration and gratitude would reach its peak just one week later, that’s during the monthly exam.

Actually, even before the exam, Qian Zhijun had a strange sense of anticipation. But when he finally received his test paper and saw the questions, he was completely stunned.

This was ridiculous!

Wasn’t this exam paper practically made by Rong Xingyu himself?!

The last few big questions were almost exactly the same as the ones Xingyu had explained to him before!

Qian Zhijun quickly covered his mouth to stop himself from laughing out loud in the middle of the test.

When all the exams were finally over, Qian Zhijun spent the next several days in a dazed but overjoyed state.

Rong Xingyu watched him giggle to himself even though the monthly exams had ended days ago. "..."

He immediately put down his book and after thinking for a moment, he said calmly, "The exam paper really wasn’t written by me, and I’m not some kind of lucky star or something. I just understand the material well. Once you grasp the logic and the way teachers think when writing questions, it’s not that hard to predict what will show up."

Qian Zhijun nodded his head repeatedly while grinning wide. "My lucky star Xingyu... hehe... you are really my lucky star... hehe..."

Rong Xingyu: "..."

With a helpless sigh, Rong Xingyu lowered his head and turned another page in his book.

What he didn’t say out loud was that, in his opinion, the exam questions had actually been too easy.

The teachers at this school were still kind, at least they hadn’t deliberately made the questions tricky.

If he were the one writing the test...

Rong Xingyu stopped that thought halfway and chuckled softly to himself. What was he even thinking? He wasn’t a teacher. Why would he be making exams?

Still, when he sat down in the exam hall again after such a long time, he could feel his fingers had trembled slightly.

That feeling... it had been so long.

He used to care more about the knowledge itself rather than the numbers on a score sheet.

But this time... he couldn’t help feeling a little curious about how his results would turn out.

Although Qibao Dwith School didn’t strictly promote test-based education, they still displayed the rankings publicly after every major exam, such as the monthly tests.

The top three hundred students in the grade would have their names posted on a large board for everyone to see.