When Mu Wanwan returned from school after herst exam, she found her mother in the garden. She wanted to ask her another why she wasn’t dropping her at school. She liked when Yang Zi dropped her at school as it made her feel like a celebrity child.


    She liked throwing off her status as a celebrity kid.


    “Wanwan, how was your exam?” Yang Zi asked as soon as she saw Mu Wanwaning her way.


    “Good, “Mu Wanwan smiled as she hugged her. “I think if merit doesn’t get too high, I will be able to stay in ss Eleven A. Mom, did I tell you how everyone is super intelligent there. I can at least leave Lu Xuan behind me this time. Moreover, Gu Shangyan helped me with chemistry. He is very nice.”


    Actually, Mu Wanwan’s opinion of Lu Xuan was poor. He got entangled with that boy from ss K and then he would always disturb Gu Shangyan in the ss. Like many students, she didn’t like a gangster being their ss representative but what could she do. He was very scary. Her dislike for him came from her fear for him and she didn’t understand this simple concept.


    Yang Zi smiled as she patted her head.“Oh, my baby likes someone in the ss?”


    Mu Wanwan blushed as she hid her face with her palms like a teenage girl that she was. “Mom, that’s not true. It’s just that Genius Gu is very smart. He is the topper of our ss. Li Sicheng is the second boy topper in the ss but he is just a poor boy on schrship.But Genius Gu is different. He is perfect and very nice to me. He shared his chemistry notes with me.”


    Little did Mu Wanwan know that Gu Shangyan helped her because he was told by the chemistry teacher to help the new student settling in the ss. At first the teacher wanted to ask Lu Xuan, the ss representative but then he decided to ask Gu Shangyan as his cold face was more approachable than Lu Xuan’s scary one.


    “That’s good, “Yang Zi said.


    “Everything about Genius Gu is good except for his sister, “Mu Wanwan grumbled as she took a seat on the chair ced in the garden. “Oh, she is not even his sister. I found out that his uncle married that girl’s mom. They are most probably only step cousins. So, I need not worry about it.”


    “Yeah, she is not his sister, “Yang Zi said with a nod. “But she can be if he sees her as his sister. You know not all rtionships need to be biological.”


    Mu Wanwan nodded her head. “I know, mom.” Her tone turned mean as she went on, “But she is not a nice girl. She always takes advantage of him. She always makes him write her notes and teach her simr things. Like, she wants him to help with basic things.Can’t she see that he needs to study too? Hmph! I don’t like her. She is so fake. She always distributes sweets in ss as if we are beggars. I always score double than her in exams but teachers loved her the most.”


    “Who is this student?” Yang Zi asked with furrowed brows. She didn’t think she liked this girl that her daughter was talking about. Should she talk to teachers about the clearly visible favouritism in the school. She added,“And why are your teachers partial to her? That’s not nice at all.”


    “Oh mom, you know her, “Mu Wanwan grumbled. “She has her big poster outside the school gate and one in the administrative block too. An Xin.”


    、 Yang Zi paused and turned to look at her daughter. “She is not a good girl?”


    Maybe it was a coincidence that her daughter began talking about this girl. Mu Wanwan didn’t have a habit of talking bad about her ssmates. It meant that this girl must have done something wrong to be disliked by Mu Wanwan.


    “Not at all, “Mu Wanwan huffed. “I told Song Xueyun, the second topper of our ss about the real face of An Xin and she even began avoiding her too. If she was really a good girl, why would Song Xueyun stop hanging out with An Xin? There is a girl in ss B, Zhou Liling. She said that An Xin is a bully who once beat him with a steel pipe. Peng Cheng, another topper, also doesn’t like An Xin. Then, there is the school president who absolutely hates her.”


    She finally found the list of people who disliked An Xin and her buddies. What surprised her the most was how Song Xueyun didn’t leave the ssroom these days and meet An Xin. She would say it out aloud but she liked how Song Xueyun was staying away from An Xin.


    “What about her friends?” Yang Zi asked in concern. She was now scared about her little Zixin. He shouldn’t be with such a girl. It was so bad for his future. He was a shining star and that girl was stopping him from shining brightly. She had to do something about this or a star like Han Zixin would


    “All her friends are bullies, “Mu Wanwan said hatefully.“They are an undisciplined bunch of kids who know nothing but curses and fights. She doesn’t have real friends. Except for that elephant that ss A threw out because she bullied Zhou Liling. Poor Liling, she was forced tomit suicide.”


    Mu Wanwan’s opinion of ss K was poor. When she could not find many friends in ss A, she got approached by the sweet and friendly girls of ss B. Zhou Liling was one of them. They hit off quickly and now they were friends.


    Once she shared with Zhou Liling how she didn’t like An Xin who looked too fake. Her friend began crying and shared the grievances that she had to face because of An Xin and her friends.


    Her opinion of An Xin became even more negative. Zhou Liling knew that Mu Wanwan liked Gu Shangyan and she shared about her ‘engagement’ with Lu Xuan. Both the girls had a real agenda to be friends now.


    Yang Zi grew tense with each passing moment. She wanted to protect Han Zixin from An Xin, the bad girl at any cost now. She began racking her brain about how she should help Han Zixin.


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    Soon the exams ended and it was time for normal sses to beginonce again. Not only this, the results of exams will be posted on the notice board today. Of course, there was enthusiasm among students for the result but there was a tiredness in the air too. Not all were ready for sses and results.


    Han Zixin and An Xin were there to check their results too. However, the queue was too long and they couldn’t see it. They decided to wait while the crowd of people would lessen.


    Looking at the students, they had mixed feelings. Some students were happy seeing their result. Some were crying because of dissatisfaction. Somewhere frustrated because their scores could not increase. Oh yeah, there was one variety of students who almost scored perfect marks ording to their ss standards but were still crying and running after teachers for rechecking and revaluation.


    “Bosss!” Orange, Han Zixin’s buddy shouted as he looked at the big boss standing outside of the crowd. He had sneakily entered the crowd to see his result. He just wanted to know if his ass would be belted by his father today or not. He grinned at his buddy and said,“Let me see your result. Hello Xin Ge’sBarbie doll.”


    They still called An Xin as Xin Ge’s Barbie doll except with her name. An Xin never stopped them because she loved being called like this. In her opinion, Barbie dolls were beautiful and she was too. She had this little vanity that she couldn’t peel off. It was being a little difficult for her to learn humility.


    Li Yu, another buddy saluted as he nced at Han Zixin. He looked at Orange and said. “Look from the bottom. Xin Ge’s name will be there.”


    Orange huffed as he said in an offended tone. “Xin Ge has started studying.”


    It looked as if he was more offended than Han Zixin himself.


    Li Yu rolled his eyes. “Xin Ge can read a thousand books a day but his score will be the same.It is his superpower. That’s our bro!”


    Orange looked at the list and then at Li Yu. “Fuck! You are right. Boss is stillpeting against Lu Xuan even though thepetition ended a long time ago. Our boss still dominates thest spot of the ranking list!”


    There used to bepetition between Lu Xuan and Han Zixin about who would dominate thest spot of the ranking list. Those old golden days!


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    A/N: I’m missing their gangster days. HAHAHA!