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Her eyes lit up, and she looked at Cheng Mingjiao with a radiant gaze, as if Cheng Mingjiao were her favorite person in the world.

"Right! Ming Jiao is right!" She nodded heavily, saying sincerely, earnestly, and firmly, "I cannot give up on myself. Being able to enter the Experimental Class is my honor!"

Gu Xuejiao, Cheng Mingjiao, and Cheng Mingze all attended Second High School, a nationally renowned high school. The teaching staff in their Experimental Class was absolutely far superior to the school Gu Xuejiao attended in her past life!

In her past life, her estimated score was just about enough for a first-tier university, and with a bit of luck, she might have made it into a 211 university. In this life, Gu Xuejiao had a good family background; she didn't need to work part-time, and she had two extra years to review...

Wouldn't that mean she could set her sights on the university she wanted to attend most?

Thinking of this, the light in her eyes was almost blinding. "Ming Jiao! What you said is truly wonderful!"

"..."

There was a moment of silence at the dining table. Almost everyone opened their mouths slightly, staring at her in a daze.

After a while, Cheng Shuo coughed, "Ahem, right, study hard. Don't worry, Jiao Jiao, everything has already been arranged."

Ten-year-old Cheng Mingyu shoveled a mouthful of rice and said coldly, "The Experimental Class kicks people out every semester. Even if you go and stay for one semester, won't you just get kicked out anyway?"

"Mingyu!" Cheng Kai glared at him. Cheng Mingyu pursed his lips, looking at XueJiao with disdain.

These younger members of the Cheng Family all despised her to the extreme.

The Old Madam also frowned. She had never liked this child who did not share the Cheng Family's bloodline, but since Cheng Shuo protected her, she barely considered her one of their own. However, Gu Xuejiao was simply too unreliable, leaving the Cheng Family completely disappointed.

She glanced at the Old Master, who put down his chopsticks: "XueJiao, we sent you into the Experimental Class because we naturally hope you will study hard. If you don't do well by the end of the semester and get kicked out, we won't care anymore."

As soon as his words fell, Cheng Mingjiao raised her eyebrows and looked at her mockingly, with a gloating attitude.

XueJiao nodded and said seriously, "That is only right."

The dining table went quiet again. During the meal, except for XueJiao, who was eating attentively, everyone else was distracted.

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After the meal, Cheng Shuo, Cheng Kai, and the Old Master went to the study to discuss company business, and the two daughters-in-law accompanied the Old Madam for a walk, leaving the four of them standing in the middle of the living room.

Cheng Mingjiao lifted her chin and pulled Cheng Mingze and Cheng Mingyu to sit on one side. "Brother Ze, Mingyu said he has some questions he wants to ask you. Let's sit here and chat for a while!"

As she spoke, she looked at XueJiao as if to show off. Unlike the explosive anger she had imagined, XueJiao sat down on the sofa on the other side, staring blankly at a corner.

Cheng Mingjiao felt as if her punch had landed on cotton, and she grew sullen instead.

Until everyone came downstairs, XueJiao kept looking in one direction without moving at all. Let alone Cheng Mingjiao and Cheng Mingyu, even Cheng Mingze looked at her several times in surprise.

As soon as Li Sitong saw XueJiao sitting alone, far away from them, her heart skipped a beat, fearing that she was making trouble again.

"Jiao Jiao?"

No response.

She felt even more panicked, afraid that this troublesome child was preparing for another major outburst.

She walked to XueJiao's side and raised her hand, only then hearing a low voice— "...Looking up, I gaze at the vastness of the universe; looking down, I examine the abundance of all things. Thus, I let my eyes roam and my heart expand, enough to..."

Li Sitong: "..."???

"Mom?!" XueJiao looked at the hand on her shoulder, widening her eyes, looking as if she had been startled.

Li Sitong was stunned, her mind dazed for a moment, before she turned around, slightly stiffly, and said, "It's time to get ready to leave..."

"Okay." XueJiao stood up obediently.

The Old Madam glanced at the children sitting distinctly apart and suddenly asked, "What did Jiao Jiao and Ming Jiao quarrel about this morning?"

Upon hearing this, Li Sitong glared at XueJiao, "You haven't apologized to your sister yet!"

XueJiao was very well-behaved and said, "I'm sorry."

Cheng Mingjiao's eyes twitched. This decisive apology not only didn't make her feel satisfied, but instead made her even more furious.

She opened her mouth eagerly, "It's like this, my older female cousin said she likes Brother Ze!"

XueJiao frowned and looked at her. In her memory, the argument in the morning was because Cheng Mingjiao despised her for not studying well and felt it was embarrassing for her to enter the Experimental Class, and also said she was not worthy of liking Cheng Mingze.

When Gu Xuejiao heard this, she flew into a rage and started fighting with her, and then she fell down on purpose to frame the original owner.

With Cheng Mingjiao's scheming, two straightforward Gu Xuejiaos added together wouldn't be a match for her.

The Cheng Family members all looked at XueJiao for a moment. Cheng Mingze furrowed his brows even tighter, a flash of disgust appearing in his eyes.

"What?!" Li Sitong and Cheng Shuo turned their heads in shock to look at XueJiao.

No one would believe her if she denied having said it now; not to mention that Gu Xuejiao did indeed like Cheng Mingze, her current credibility was far inferior to Cheng Mingjiao's.

After thinking about it, she suddenly looked up, blinked her large eyes, and nodded very seriously: "Yes, I did say I like my brother."

Li Sitong raised her finger to point at her, shaking with anger. The faces of the two elders of the Cheng Family also turned cold, their eyes narrowing as they stared straight at her.

Chapter 2: Car Accident

Just when the atmosphere of the family was very strange, XueJiao spoke again.

"Not only do I like my brother, I also like Grandpa, Grandma, and Uncle Cheng!"

She blinked her eyes and said it very seriously.

Cheng Mingze was indeed very outstanding, and Gu Xuejiao did indeed like him, but he had never looked at her properly from beginning to end.

So she dressed herself up to look different, just hoping for a glance from him.

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