Feng Nanshu's High School (Part One)

October 16, 2005. Light rain. It began like a diary entry.

It had just rained in Jizhou. The sky was still half overcast and half clear, while the damp road looked like a mirror, reflecting the post-rain sky. Whenever rain boots happened to step on it, ripples spread across its surface.

Leaves beaten down by the rain drifted with the current, gradually pushed toward the drains, where they piled together in damp heaps.

At that moment, outside the gates of Chengnan High School, the principal, vice principal, and director of the Academic Affairs Office stood together. Also present were the Grade 10 director and the homeroom teacher of Class One.

The five of them looked toward the right along the long street, where a black Bentley slowly entered their view.

"Here it comes. Is that the Bentley?"

"It has to be. A car worth over three million yuan—not to mention our county, you probably couldn't see many of them even in the city."

"Why did she suddenly transfer here from Shanghai? The educational environment there and in Jizhou must be worlds apart."

"Maybe she's an illegitimate daughter...?"

"That's possible. Otherwise, there's really no way to explain transferring from a first-tier city to a county town."

Amid the whispers, the Bentley slowly drove through the school gates. It splashed a little water in a puddle before gradually stopping in front of the Academic Affairs Office building.

At that moment, the front passenger door opened, and a woman in a champagne-colored suit stepped out.

She first greeted the school leaders in front of her, then walked to the back seat and reached out to open the door.

A young girl stepped out of the car. She wore a houndstooth top paired with a white bow, a student-like pleated skirt, and spotless black