Chapter 405-406

Chapter 405: Only by Humiliating Them Severely Would He Alleviate His Resentment ... Since Zhou Chengzhe had come looking for trouble, she wouldn’t hold back. With his arrogant personality, he couldn’t believe, nor would he admit, that they were more academically capable than him. He simply dismissed it as good luck instead of them being more academically capable. Having enjoyed the envy of his classmates and being the teacher’s pet for so many years, his pride had long been corrupted by vanity and arrogance. In his eyes, he was number one, and he was extremely smug about it. 　 　 Yet now people less capable than him dared to seize the opportunity to make trouble, humiliate, and slander him. With a huge ego, he was used to being envied and admired by others, so how could he bear this humiliation from people who he thought were inferior to him? So she decided she would teach him a good lesson and show him what being academically crushed felt like and what real humiliation was. This was the perfect opportunity to clear her and Zhao Yumo’s names, so they wouldn’t have to purposely score lower on exams just out of consideration for him. It would also let their classmates see clearly that they really had been holding back out of consideration for him. People like him couldn’t appreciate their kindness and could only think that they were treating him as their charity case. If this was the case, why should they be the bigger people? “Our school’s teachers are all biased toward you two. If they used the school’s exam questions, couldn’t you two have cheated?” He knew clearly that the school’s teachers wouldn’t let them cause trouble at this time and affect everyone’s motivation. They would definitely use a compromise solution to resolve the situation peacefully. But this way, nobody would know the truth of the situation. He just wanted everyone to know that it was impossible for them to keep winning through luck. Only by humiliating them severely could he alleviate his resentment. 　 　 Yun Xi glanced at Zhou Chengzhe and tugged at the corners of her mouth mockingly. “Although your thoughts might be despicable, don’t think that everyone else’s thoughts are just as despicable.” She glanced at Li Sinuo, who was looking on, and said calmly, “The biology competition and the English competition are starting soon. At that time, the competition will be broadcast live, and the participants will be students from various high schools across the country. There will be a big screen outside to broadcast the competition live. The entire third year will watch it. The truth will be there for all to see.” Yun Xi’s proposal was just what Zhou Chengzhe had wanted. He didn’t even consider it. He nodded right away. “Okay! We will see who can win the school glory! If you lose, you will have to apologize to me in front of all our senior classmates.” “Okay! If you lose, then you will have to accept the reality. You will know your place, and we won’t be charitable anymore.” “Don’t be so smug. We don’t even know if you have that ability.” “Then we’ll wait and see.” Yun Xi narrowed her eyes and smirked. She caught a glimpse of Li Sinuo’s triumphant smile, and a cold expression flashed through her eyes. As soon as school ended at noon, Zhao Yumo came to look for her. She immediately started lambasting the outrageous Zhou Chengzhe. “I have officially accepted his challenge. The truth will come out during the biology competition and the English competition.” “Well done! This sort of person needs to be taught a lesson. With everyone kissing up to him, you would really think that he was number one in the world.” Yun Xi chuckled. People like Zhou Chengzhe had a deeply ingrained inferiority complex. Some of their beliefs were deeply rooted and couldn’t be changed. 　 　 It was like the saying that “it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one’s character”. One’s natural disposition was difficult to change. “Yumo, you have to work harder. Don’t lose! If we lose, we have to apologize to that ungrateful jerk in front of the entire grade.” “I know! I never should’ve been sympathetic toward him from the beginning. This sort of person isn’t worthy of sympathy. If you pity him, he’ll just think you’re humiliating him.” Jing High School usually rewarded the top student in the grade with a lot of scholarship money, just to encourage students to study hard and elevate the school’s prestige. Zhao Yumo’s family background was better than that of most ordinary people, so she didn’t need the scholarship money, nor did she need to use her grades to bring pride to her parents. Because for people of her family background, even if their children had poor grades, they would be able to send their children to study abroad. There was no fear that they wouldn’t be able to go to university because of poor grades. But Zhou Chengzhe was different. His impoverished background meant that he had to work harder than others in order to achieve success in life. It was also precisely his impoverished background that caused his extremely low self-esteem. Along with an extreme arrogance brought about by his excellent grades, when inferiority and arrogance collide, there is always the danger that if something goes wrong, he could lose his rationality. *** Chapter 406: Trouble Protecting Even Himself .. All sorts of speculation and discussions triggered by the rankings of the English and biology quizzes were heard by each class’s homeroom teachers and the biology and English teachers. They especially heard a lot regarding Zhou Chengzhe challenging Yun Xi and Zhao Yumo directly. As the third class’s homeroom teacher, Teacher Xu had been paying close attention to Yun Xi’s grades. She had been taking leaves of absence quite frequently recently, so he was worried that her grades would suffer, but she then unexpectedly had won first place in both subjects. Her outstanding grades made him feel proud in front of other homeroom teachers. 　 　 “Yun Xi, how confident are you in winning this competition?” When her homeroom teacher asked her this, both the English teacher and the biology teacher looked at her nervously. After all, she’d won first place in these quizzes. If she felt stage fright and wasn’t confident, then they would have to tutor her during this time. Yun Xi glanced at the nervous English teacher and biology teacher and said a little awkwardly, “English isn’t a big problem, but I might need to review biology’s basics a little more.” The biology teacher nodded. “Then you can come to me to get what materials you need, and if you don’t understand anything, just ask.” “Okay, thank you, teacher.” “As for the first class’s Zhou Chengzhe...” Teacher Xu also felt that Zhou Chengzhe had been in the wrong this time. He knew his own student, and he knew that her first place definitely hadn’t been achieved by cheating. There were envious people in every class. Gossip easily leads to misunderstandings. It was really too inappropriate to aggressively challenge her without evidence. “Teacher Xu, don’t worry. This won’t affect my performance in the competition. Everyone participates on behalf of the school, so no matter who wins, it’s for the school’s glory.” As long as she wins, Zhou Chengzhe will suffer shame and stay in third place in the future. 　 　 As for who spread the rumors this time, she would know after testing the waters with Li Sinuo. Teacher Xu said with a relieved expression, “I’m glad that you think so!” ... Ever since that kidnapping incident, Han Yaotian hadn’t shown up anywhere near Yun Xi. Mu Feichi had said that he was being protected by bodyguards when he traveled now, in case his nemesis turned up. After getting home from school one day, Yun Xi had just gotten off the bus when she saw a black car driving up the mountain from a distance. Yun Xi glanced at the back seat, and the figure sitting inside could be vaguely seen through the black car window. As she took a closer look, even though the car passed by quickly, she could see clearly that it was Han Hongbin. Going up the mountain at such a time, he probably wanted to see Mu Feichi, didn’t he? Mu Feichi had intervened in this matter. As long as the Crocodile ran free, the Han family wouldn’t be at peace. Coupled with Han Yaotian’s kidnapping, Han Hongbin had lost the list of a batch of goods worth hundreds of millions. Crocodile’s underlings would definitely seek him out again. Because the account book hadn’t fallen into Crocodile’s hands, Crocodile’s people would naturally seek out people from the Han family again to settle accounts. 　 　 No wonder Han Yaotian hadn’t dared approach her lately. He had trouble protecting even himself at this moment. Standing on the roadside at the entrance of the villa complex, Yun Xi called Mu Feichi. Soon, Mu Feichi picked up. He said in a mellow voice with a teasing tone, “School should have ended for you by now. Come up to eat. We have crabs today.” Upon hearing this, Yun Xi couldn’t help rolling her eyes. “Young Marshal Mu, don’t feed me like a pet.” She wasn’t a foodie, so Mu Feichi’s trick to lure her up the mountain didn’t work. “Well, it’s getting cold. Li Zilan and Qi Yuan plan to come up the mountain to eat roasted lamb. Want to come up and eat with us all?” If crabs weren’t tempting enough, then he’d change the bait. Yun Xi ignored him and took the opportunity to change the subject. “I just saw Han Hongbin at the sentry post in his car. I guess he went up to see you. We snatched his goods and list, so he’s probably trying to rob Peter to pay Paul, but he has to have his guard up against Crocodile’s vengeance. Things probably aren’t easy for him right now.” “Why are you worrying about whether or not things are easy for him? You should worry about how I’m doing.” “If you’re not doing well, the butler will worry about it, so you don’t need me worrying! Han Hongbin wanted to see you, probably for information about Crocodile. Are you going to meet him?” “Do I look like a person with that much free time? No! Let them fret about it first.” “...” He had the time to roast an entire lamb, but no time to meet someone. All right, Young Marshal Mu was indeed really busy!