What Must a Scumbag Do to Avoid Being Stabbed Six Times and Having His Head Sent Sailing Away in a Little Boat?

What did a scumbag have to do to avoid being stabbed six times and having his head sent sailing away in a little boat?

Wang Ge had been pondering this question lately.

It was truly an extraordinarily profound question. Even with Wang Ge's decades of experience and superhuman wisdom, he still hadn't found an answer.

—The main problem was that neither Chen Yanxi nor Gu Panyan was an easily deceived or manipulated girl. Their excellence had made it much harder for Wang Ge to be a scumbag.

Still, it didn't matter.

He had no ambitions in this life. He only wanted to lie flat and waste his days.

But life was so long. He had to find something to do.

He had to do something challenging.

Why not make becoming a successful scumbag his ultimate goal in life?

Although he had set an ambitious goal, life had to go on.

Wang Ge had thought that after being reported, his homeroom teacher would at least come looking for him and tell him to rein himself in.

But when Jiang Xiyu saw him in class, she merely gave him a strange look. She said nothing about it and then continued teaching as usual.

Wang Ge was somewhat baffled, but he didn't pay it much attention.

He had initially tried to find the mastermind who had reported him, but Gu Panyan said that she had already taught that person a lesson, so Wang Ge couldn't be bothered to look into it anymore.

So what if he'd been reported? What was the big deal?

The incident hadn't really affected him much.

He still went to the library every night. Gu Panyan occasionally mocked him over the matter, but as long as Wang Ge shamelessly went over and coaxed her a little, she would still hold his hand and let him take advantage of her a bit.

As for Chen Yanxi, her attitude toward Wang Ge hadn't changed at all. She acted as usual, as though she didn't care about the matter in the slightest.

And so, the days of senior year flowed past like water.

The third mock examination also passed before anyone noticed.

Perhaps to give the students confidence in the college entrance examination, the third mock exam was much easier than the first and second.

—In fact, the actual college entrance examination was easier than the mock exams.

In this third mock exam, Chen Yanxi maintained her score of 740 points and ranked first.

Wang Ge scored 735 points and ranked second.

Gu Panyan, meanwhile, had already reached nearly 500 points, enough to get into a public undergraduate university.

Wang Ge was quite happy for her, but Gu Panyan herself didn't feel much about it.

Ultimately, she wasn't particularly eager to attend college.

She had chosen to work hard only so she wouldn't let down her grandfather, who had patiently taught her, and so her mother could feel at ease leaving her to build her new family.

She hadn't had much hope for the future before, and she still didn't have much hope now.

Ah, no—that wasn't quite right. She had originally held onto a tiny bit of hope.

Unfortunately, that tiny bit of hope had vanished without a trace after she discovered that Wang Ge was a scumbag.

As long as one held no expectations, one could never be disappointed again.

The first vacation after the third mock examination.

Chen Yanxi got off a crowded bus with her bag on her back and entered her residential compound.

"Little Yanxi, back from school?" the security guard at the gate, Grandpa Liu, asked with a smile.

"Mm."

Grandpa Liu suddenly leaned closer and asked in a low voice, "Little Yanxi, tell your grandpa honestly. How far have you and that Wang Ge fellow gotten?"

"We're ordinary friends. Nothing has happened," Chen Yanxi said.

"Heh, you little brat. Did you learn this from Wang Ge?"

Grandpa Liu was dissatisfied that he hadn't gotten the answer he wanted. "It's one thing for that boy Wang Ge not to tell me, but why are you acting the same way?"

"Really, nothing has happened, Grandpa," Chen Yanxi said helplessly.

"Don't think you can fool me." Grandpa Liu looked suspicious. "I saw it with my own eyes. That boy Wang Ge has been disguising himself and sneaking into your house a lot lately. Who would believe nothing has happened between you two?"

Chen Yanxi was silent for two seconds. "We've developed an idol-and-fan relationship. Does that count?"

Grandpa Liu: ?

What did she mean? Were young people these days really playing this intensely?

"All right, Grandpa, I have to go home. I still have a tutoring class later."

"Fine, go on home." Grandpa Liu said that, then seemed to remember something and reminded her, "Oh, right. Your parents had a huge fight in the compound this morning. They might still be arguing at home. Be careful when you go back."

"I understand. Thank you, Grandpa."

Chen Yanxi's expression didn't change. After thanking him, she headed home.

In Chen Yanxi's family, her parents fighting was a common occurrence. They didn't seem like a married couple so much as sworn enemies. They were always clashing over all kinds of things, and the reasons for their arguments were bizarre. Sometimes, they could start fighting simply because one of them had spoken a little too loudly.

She had initially thought this would be an ordinary argument like all the others.

It wasn't until she returned home and saw the overturned coffee table and shattered vase on the floor that she realized this argument might have been more intense than usual.

The next development would probably be her mother returning to her maternal grandparents' home, followed by her father coaxing her back after a few days.

Deep in thought, Chen Yanxi stepped through the door. Her mother was nowhere to be seen, while her father sat on the sofa smoking. The swirling smoke obscured his face.

"You're back?"

Her father's hoarse voice came from within the smoke.

"Mm."

Chen Yanxi nodded lightly and walked straight back to her room without stopping.

When she pushed open the door, she was startled to find her mother lying on her little bed, a trace of anger still visible on her face.

"Why did you come to my room?" she asked with a frown.

"Why can't I?" Mother Chen replied harshly. "I gave birth to even you. What's wrong with me coming to your room?"

Chen Yanxi sighed and didn't argue with her.

But when Chen Yanxi ignored her, Mother Chen became even more agitated.

While Chen Yanxi was tidying her things, Mother Chen suddenly asked, "How many points did you get on the third mock exam?"

"Seven hundred forty."

"How is it still 740? Didn't you already score 740 last time? You haven't improved at all after so long!?"

Mother Chen erupted for no reason and shouted, "What do you even do at school? I worked so hard to raise you, signed you up for so many tutoring classes, and even found you such an excellent tutor. And this is how you repay me!? Do you think you've done right by me with such a score?"

Chen Yanxi didn't argue. She merely said calmly, "I understand. I'll score more next time."

"Next time, next time, always next time! The next time is the college entrance exam! If you don't come first in the entrance exam, then won't I have wasted raising you all these years!?"

The angrier Mother Chen became, the more she ranted. She suddenly bent down, picked up a slipper from the floor, and hurled it viciously at Chen Yanxi, cursing, "Not one of you people named Chen is any good! I must have suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck to marry into your family!"

With a sharp slap, the slipper struck Chen Yanxi and left a dirty footprint on her white clothes.