Chapter 30: You've Been Corrupted by Us~

Perhaps realizing he had lost his composure, Gong Lü’s expression suddenly grew stern. His thin lips pressed together in a tight line; he neither looked at Ye Luo nor spared another glance at the pot of snake plant. Instead, he strode out of the room with long steps.

Ye Luo didn’t care what expression Gong Lü wore as he left her room. The moment he walked out, she closed the door behind him and locked it.

Turning back, she sat once more at her computer desk, fingers flying over the keyboard as she busied herself with her translation software.

As long as she finished this project, she would have the money to settle all accounts with Gong Lü and move out.

The school bully wouldn’t return from abroad for another ten days or so, and her ancestor wouldn’t be bullied during that time. It hardly mattered if she went to school or not these days, so Ye Luo decided she wouldn’t go tomorrow or the day after. She would stay home to work on her software and finish it as quickly as possible to start making money.

The day after that was Friday—a small exam was scheduled. To rid herself of the nickname “Egg Sister,” she would certainly go to school then.

…

The next day, Wednesday, at eleven in the morning. While Ye Luo was absorbed at her computer, her phone suddenly chimed—a message from an unfamiliar number.

Ye Luo paused her typing, picked up her phone, and opened the message.

It read:

[I’m Qiao Qingyang. Even if you’re skipping class, study hard. Please let me have the bottom rank in the class, thank you.]

Ye Luo: “…”

…

On Friday morning, just after seven, Ye Luo stepped out of her car at the gates of No. 7 High School and immediately saw Gong Ran arriving as well.

Today, Gong Ran wore a princess dress and walked into school with a group of girls. She spotted Ye Luo and stopped, turning around.

As if afraid others might not hear, she called out loudly with a laugh, “He Luo, it’s exam day—are you going to lay another egg?”

One of the girls with her immediately covered her mouth, giggling, “She’s not even a hen—how could she be laying eggs?”

The rest of the girls burst into laughter, all eyes on Ye Luo.

Ye Luo couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge them and simply walked into the school.

But Gong Ran continued behind her, saying, “She may not be a hen, but she’s famous at No. 9 High as Egg Sister—the one who always scores zero. Just wait, she’ll get another zero on this test for sure.”

A girl asked curiously, “Ranran, how do you know someone like her?”

Gong Ran replied, “She’s too notorious—not knowing her is impossible. Who else could be so hopeless, failing so many subjects and always earning so many zeros?”

Laughter erupted again among the girls.

Ye Luo acted as if she couldn’t hear Gong Ran and her friends, turning a corner and heading toward the teaching building where her classroom was located.

Today, she was the first to arrive in Class 19.

She walked straight to her seat and sat down, finally glancing up to sweep her gaze over the empty classroom.

There were nearly forty desks, each student sitting alone without a seatmate.

Aisles separated every desk.

She had no desire for a desk partner, and actually found this arrangement quite satisfactory.

Ten minutes later, Ye Wuqi, Yan Baba, Lei Xingxing, and Qiao Qingyang arrived together.

Seeing her already there, Ye Wuqi grinned and called out, “Egg Sister, you’ve only been in our class a few days and you’re already corrupted—skipping school for two days in a row! Did you know? Because you weren’t here, our beauty hasn’t slept well these past two days.”

He burst out laughing, grabbing Qiao Qingyang and pointing at the dark circles under his eyes. “Just look at these panda eyes! I can’t—this is killing me!”