Chapter 64: Diamond
After sending the message, Yu Xin thought she would be bombarded with another wave of Xia He’s words and was fumbling to find the “recall” button, but unexpectedly, Xia He’s next sentence was actually rather friendly.
Xia He: [Good. Remember this way of fighting back and use it on your enemies in the future.]
The term “enemies” seemed a bit exaggerated, but Yu Xin couldn’t think of a way to deny it.
She hugged Sesame and lay down on the bed. Sesame, as if by instinct, found a space beside her waist and lay down.
Yu Xin: [He probably won’t consider me as an heir, and I don’t have the ability to inherit the Yu family.]
Not to mention anything else—up until now, she wasn’t even listed in Yu Wenli or Cui Wanning’s household registration.
Xia He: [That’s why you need to first show more advantages, so that those pieces of trash truly acknowledge your identity.]
Bringing up Qinghuan was actually quite effective. Although Xia He was still cursing people, his tone had become much calmer, and he was no longer directly targeting Yu Xin.
Thinking about it this way, Yu Xin felt some resistance in her heart again.
The Yu family had never properly raised her. Even though after recognizing her, they did give her what would be considered a large amount of money by normal standards, she still couldn’t feel even a shred of gratitude.
Yu Xin: [Show my advantages… is that really necessary?]
Xia He: [Childish.]
“Xia He” recalled a message.
Xia He: [You think this is pleasing them? That you don’t want to waste time on people you hate?]
Xia He: [Do you know how many people curse their bosses and leaders on social media every day?]
Xia He: [You’re a high school student—how else are you going to slap faces? Keep relying on Jiang Chuchu’s power? You know yourself that’s only a temporary solution, right?]
Yu Xin felt as if she were being pelted by a barrage of question marks, wanting to cover her head and run away—and besides, she had already seen the recalled message!
Xia He: [Stop caring about that pitiful pride of yours. The only thing you have right now that’s worth showing off is your academic ability.]
Xia He: [The more you improve, the more those pieces of trash will look at you differently, and the more you’ll be able to get everything you want.]
Xia He: [Don’t think of it as pleasing them—you don’t need to bow and scrape to the trash. Just normally display your abilities.]
Xia He: [That group of trash won’t let go of a piece of fat meat.]
Being compared to “fat meat” left Yu Xin feeling a bit awkward.
But after hearing Xia He’s words, that bit of resistance in her heart really did vanish completely.
Yes—don’t think of this as pleasing them. No matter how the Yu family viewed her, she would study hard and achieve excellent results.
She was doing this to take responsibility for her own future, and also to fight for the rights she deserved.
Yu Xin: [I understand. Thank you for your guidance.]
Xia He sent over a satisfied smiling emoji.
Relaxing, Yu Xin casually asked: [Senior Xia, how did you do in this month’s exam?]
Xia He: [Top 100—not bad, I guess.]
Yu Xin was a little surprised—she thought Xia He’s ranking would be much higher?
At the end of the first year, Mingde High would implement subject selection. Chinese, math, and English would still be taught in the original class, but the other subjects would switch to a “moving between classrooms” system—after all, Mingde High had plenty of classrooms and few students.
As for exams, although the school would still keep the monthly, midterm, and final exam system, they would also follow higher-level directives and organize important regional exams.
If the schedule conflicted, the smaller internal exams would make way for the important ones.
After subject selection, the internal exam process would be basically the same as the college entrance exam, so Xia He’s current grades could, to some extent, be seen as her entrance exam level.
However, Yu Xin didn’t dare ask more—Xia He clearly didn’t want to talk about it, and the topic ended awkwardly.
Yu Xin put her phone aside. Seeing that she was free, Sesame happily pounced on her, kneading her arm with its paws.
She tapped the little black spot on Sesame’s forehead. Sesame’s head tilted from the poke, dazed for a few seconds, then perked up again and went back to kneading.
Yu Xin stopped teasing it, lay there for a while, then took a deep breath, got up, and sat at her desk to start doing homework.
For the sake of everything she deserved, she would sharpen herself well.
Rather than being a piece of fat meat, she wanted to be a sparkling, hard diamond.
The next day after school, Su Lin’s “study god tutoring class” officially began.
This was also the first time Su Lin came to the student council office building, surprising everyone.
She had heard some things about the student council from other students’ conversations before, but seeing it with her own eyes was a different matter entirely.
Especially when she learned that Gu Qinghuan’s office was for her use alone—she was even more surprised.
“The place I live in probably isn’t as big as your office,” Su Lin said directly.
The two rich kids, Jiang Chuchu and Qin Yue, didn’t know how to respond to that. They both turned to look at Gu Qinghuan in unison, their expressions practically saying: Say something!
Gu Qinghuan didn’t notice their faces at all and just curiously asked, “Is it a rental?”
Su Lin nodded. “Yes. The old place was too far from the school, so my mom sold it and rented somewhere closer.”
She added, “Luckily she sold it—otherwise there wouldn’t have been money in the account, and when my mom had her car accident, we wouldn’t have been able to pay the hospital fees. I wouldn’t have even known how to sell a house on my own.”
Jiang Chuchu and Qin Yue: Isn’t this conversation just stepping on landmines?! How are we supposed to keep talking?!
“How far is the rent paid up for your current place?” Gu Qinghuan asked.
“To be honest, we’re thinking about moving. My mom’s condition now means she needs a few months of rest. She wants to find a cheaper rental so we can save some money,” Su Lin said frankly. “We haven’t paid October’s rent yet—we’re planning to use the deposit to cover it.”
Jiang Chuchu and Qin Yue: Ahhhh! What a deathly awkward topic!
“Then you need to find a place suitable for recovery,” Gu Qinghuan said. “This isn’t the time to be saving money—otherwise the recovery will be even slower. You’re so good at math; you should know how to solve a problem like this.”
Full-mark math student Su Lin froze for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully. “You have a point. I’ll think about how to persuade my mom.”
After a short chat, Gu Qinghuan dragged the whiteboard over and handed her a marker. “Shall we start the lesson?”
“Alright.” Su Lin took the pen, opened Yu Xin’s notebook of wrong answers, and said, “Let’s start with Yu Xin’s—first is question seven of the English multiple choice…”
The tutoring began smoothly, and the atmosphere was harmonious.
Out in the hallway, Xia He leaned against the wall with the window, quietly listening for a while, and nodded in satisfaction.
Alright—this Su Lin was pretty good at teaching, just not very good at talking.
Or rather, she spoke too directly, without considering other people’s feelings at all.
Whether it was sympathy or pity, disdain or rejection—she didn’t have any of it.
So having an ordinary conversation was actually better—just like Gu Qinghuan did.
Xia He looked down at her arm. The last scab had fallen off during the National Day holiday, and now it looked cleaner than ever.
She was busy now—he’d go find his sister tomorrow at noon to collect his reward.
