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Someone asked in confusion, "You're not angry?"

"What would I be angry about?" Qin Shiyue asked instinctively. Then she caught on and stared at Shen Jiayan. "Shen Jiayan, is something wrong with your head?"

Shen Jiayan: ?

"If it weren't for your sister, my dad and I would still be in the dark about that woman. The Qin Group might really have ended up in someone else's hands. Your sister did my family a huge favor. I can't thank her enough, and you think I'm angry? What's wrong with you?"

Only then did Shen Jiayan realize she was right. Why had he assumed the Qin family would be angry? Why had he assumed Shen Luoluo had caused trouble?

He had known at the hospital that everything Shen Luoluo knew was true. How strange!

The group walked along the

campus

road, chatting happily. News of their arrival spread like wildfire.

Sophomore International Class.

Several girls huddled together over photos on the School Forum, all of them astonished.

"Didn't they say Director Shen and his wife didn't like this illegitimate daughter? Why did they personally bring her to school?"

"Right? I'd always heard she wasn't favored in the Shen Family. Everyone was cold to her, didn't like her, and wouldn't talk to her. But they don't look like they dislike her in these photos. And am I seeing this right? Even Chairman Qin came. What's going on?"

At Jingbei International School, everyone knew Qin Jianming. Jingbei was a privately owned school, and Jingbei International was one of the schools under the Qin Group. Qin Jianming was its largest shareholder and a director. Even the principal had to answer to him.

So who exactly was this illegitimate daughter, that even a school director had come out to welcome her personally?!

And then...

The girl swiped to another picture. "Did you see this?"

The photo on her phone was a candid shot of Shen Anya getting out of a car alone. It stood in stark contrast to the crowd they had just seen surrounding Shen Luoluo.

"I saw it too. What's with the Shen Family? If I didn't know better, I'd think Shen Luoluo was the real daughter, with all those people around her, and Anya was the illegitimate one!"

"Shh, here she comes." Speak of the devil. Another girl quickly cut her off with a pointed look.

The moment Shen Anya entered the classroom, she sensed something was off. Why were all her friends staring at her like they wanted to say something?

One of them couldn't hold back. "Anya, why did your parents come to school with Shen Luoluo? And Chairman Qin..." As she spoke, she showed Shen Anya the photos on her phone.

Shen Anya's expression shifted the instant she saw them. She quickly recovered and smiled. "Oh, that. You know Luoluo just transferred from a small town, and her grades aren't very good. Mom and Dad came because they wanted to get her into a good class. They've worried themselves sick and pulled a lot of strings..."

She didn't finish, but everyone understood. How good could the grades of someone from a small town be? This was an elite school, not an ordinary school for rich kids. Money alone wasn't enough here; grades mattered too. Not just anyone could get in!

Shen Luoluo's grades must be so terrible that the school wouldn't admit her even if the family paid. They wouldn't want her tarnishing its reputation. With no other choice, the Shen Family had pulled strings and asked Chairman Qin to come personally!

"So that's what happened." The girl nodded in sudden understanding, then laughed. "But with grades like hers, even if she gets in, she'll be at the bottom here."

"What do you think? If she comes last in the whole school, will she burst into tears?"

"Of course! She'll probably go crying back to her village to find her mommy!"

"Hahaha!" The group erupted in laughter.

Suddenly, someone pointed out the window. "Isn't that Shen Luoluo? Why is she going to the Rocket Class?!"

Everyone looked up at once. The girl standing outside the Rocket Class was indeed the newly transferred Shen Luoluo.

"Impossible!" Shen Anya was the first to protest.

The Rocket Class was different from the International Class. The International Class was set up for children from wealthy families planning to study abroad. As long as they met the grade requirements, they could get in; the bar wasn't that high. The Rocket Class was another matter. Its students were preparing for the college entrance exam, and only those ranked near the top of the school could join.

How could Shen Luoluo, someone from the countryside, possibly get into the Rocket Class?!

"She went in!" Whether Shen Anya believed it or not, Shen Luoluo walked into the Rocket Class under everyone's gaze.

Wait! Shen Anya remembered something. Sheng Mingzhou, her fiancé in name, was in the Rocket Class!

In truth, Shen Luoluo's placement in the Rocket Class had been a surprise even to her.

A few minutes earlier, their group had arrived at the principal's office. The academic director and several teachers were there.

The first thing Qin Jianming asked was whether she had chosen a class. Shen Luoluo answered honestly, "Not yet."

She had been about to say any class would do, but before she could, Qin Jianming told her to join the Rocket Class with Qin Shiyue.

After the academic director asked her a few simple questions, he had Qin Shiyue take her to the Rocket Class to check in.

"Wait!"

Shen Luoluo and Qin Shiyue had barely entered the classroom when someone stopped them.

A boy blocked their way. "Shen Luoluo, what are you doing in our Rocket Class? You don't belong here!"

He had already received a message from Shen Anya. He never would have imagined Shen Luoluo would come to the Rocket Class!

"Don't think I don't know why you're here. Let me tell you, Anya is the only daughter of the Shen Family I acknowledge! Just because you've returned to the Shen Family doesn't mean you have anything to do with me. Stop daydreaming! I'll never like you! The only person I'll ever like is Anya—"

Just then, a voice rang out, clear and unhurried.

[Who is this guy?]

The boy stopped mid-sentence.

His classmates all looked their way too. Word of what had happened at the banquet the night before had already spread. News traveled fast in their small circle of wealthy families. Apart from a handful of people, almost everyone knew about Shen Luoluo's inner voice.