CH 50

Villainous Poor Student (15)

After about six months, Song Xu Yi felt that He Siyu’s state had finally recovered.

He Siyu’s return to a better state was reflected in her grades.

Even though He Siyu was usually quiet, Song Xu Yi knew that she was extremely concerned about her academic performance, and she had a strong desire to win the first place. However, perhaps because she had a crush in mind, He Siyu’s grades only hovered in the top ten of the school in the first semester of her senior year, and the highest was only the fifth place in the school.

However, in the second semester of her senior year, He Siyu’s overall ranking had improved to the top of the school, and she was at the top of all the monthly exams.

Song Xu Yi originally thought that He Siyu would maintain this status until her senior year, and as long as she maintained this performance, she would be able to choose from almost every university in China.

No one would have thought that He Siyu would want to skip a grade.

High school is a crucial time in a person’s life and most people tend to play it safe at this stage, so skipping a grade is a very risky move at this time.

But He Siyu was so determined that Officer He and Auntie Wang spent a long time trying to persuade her to change her mind.

When they ran out of ideas, they contacted Song Xu Yi, thinking that He Siyu had always listened to Song Xu Yi and hoping that Song Xu Yi could help persuade her.

When Song Xu Yi arrived at Huacheng, it was time for He Siyu to start school.

The gatekeeper of the No. 1 Middle School already knew Song Xu Yi and let her into the school after she signed a letter, and not long after she walked in, she heard an excited announcement coming from the loud speaker: “Warmly celebrate! We have just received news that our student He Siyu has won the first prize in the National Physics Competition and has been guaranteed a place in a number of prestigious universities! According to the news, He Siyu has a number of patents in hand and has been involved in inventions since junior high school…”

The broadcast was played three times and became almost like a recital of He Siyu’s personal file, and only at the end was the name of the rest of the students who had won prizes in the city read out.

The fact that He Siyu won the first prize in the National Physics Competition meant that she had made it to at least the top three in the country and had gotten a ticket to the World Physics Competition.

Regardless of whether she win the World Physics Competition or not, He Siyu’s achievement is already a highly sought-after talent by major universities…

Song Xu Yi was suddenly at a bit of a loss.

Under such circumstances, He Siyu was already a sure bet to get into a prestigious university, and it seemed that she had made this trip… for nothing.

But she was already here.

Song Xu Yi was in no hurry to find He Siyu, so she called Officer He and Auntie Wang to report the good news, and then followed the students of the No. 1 Middle School to attend the flag-raising ceremony for the opening of the school.

During the ceremony, the headmaster mentioned He Siyu, who was called up to speak on the podium.

As the soft daylight fell from the sky, He Siyu’s long, silky black hair was tied into a ponytail. The young girl stood on the podium, her limbs slender and long, her back straight, her face looking particularly delicate and glowing in the sunlight.

“My cub Siyu is so beautiful!”

Song Xu Yi only hated that she didn’t have a camera with her, so that she could have captured such a beautiful He Siyu on camera——

The system in her head said “huh” twice.

Recently, Song Xu Yi had always felt that the system was a bit strange, so she ignored it and started to listen to He Siyu’s speech on the podium.

Song Xu Yi had once thought about letting go of the gloom of the past and turning He Siyu into a sunny, lovely and lively girl, but this idea was obviously too vain, as the past can always leave traces on people’s bodies, and even though He Siyu was now willing to reach out to people, perhaps because she was too beautiful and outstanding, she always carried a faint sense of detachment and looked a little cold.

Because of this quality, even when she was suddenly called up to speak at the podium, He Siyu did not seem nervous at all.

She first thanked the school leaders and teachers, thanked her parents for their nurturing, explained some of her learning experiences and tips, and at the end, when everyone thought she was about to finish her speech, as if she had suddenly realised something, He Siyu’s eyes lit up and she suddenly smiled.

With this smile, she lost her cool aura and became gentle and supple, with a little bit of shyness.

“I have one last person to thank,” He Siyu curled her eyes, “she took me out of the mountain village, at that time I couldn’t even add or subtract within ten, and I didn’t even know what a physics competition was. She made me who I am now and taught me to be persistent in my work. She is my beacon of light and has helped me tremendously both in life and in my mind…”

“Meeting her was the greatest blessing in my life. I hope everyone will have the same luck as me in the future that is yours.”

“Thank you all!”

It was only here that He Siyu finished her speech and stepped down from the podium.

Immediately afterwards, thunderous applause rang out from the stage and did not stop for a long time.

In every student’s youth, there is such a category of people, who have top grades and outstanding looks, and who are the old dream of many people, and the existence of He Siyu is the top of this category.

Song Xu Yi thought to herself in a trance: even if He Siyu had only gone on stage and said ‘hello’, she would probably have received the same warm applause.

She felt extremely happy at that moment: her chest was warm, like the sun shining on her in the dead of winter, and her body felt indescribably good.

Song Xu Yi had guessed that He Siyu had seen her, but she had never imagined that He Siyu would express her gratitude so frankly on such an occasion.

Song Xu Yi’s eyes could not help but feel a little moist, feeling that she suddenly understood how He Siyu felt every time she was being sugar-coated: her heart felt like she was drinking a pot of honey, indescribably sweet, and even the corners of her lips would involuntarily turn upwards…

The real queen of sugar-coated words is He Siyu, who usually doesn’t open her mouth, but when she does, she speaks to people’s hearts and makes them give her their hearts.

The matter of He Siyu skipping a grade was decided.

Song Xu Yi did not see He Siyu again for a long time after that, and only saw news of her on the news.

He Siyu took a leave of absence from school and then went to the capital to participate in the World Physics Competition.

The World Physics Competition is a group competition.

A month later, the news came back that He Siyu and the rest of the team had won the World Physics Competition team, and the picture of He Siyu holding the trophy stood out in the crowd. The local newspaper praised He Siyu as “a rare genius and beautiful girl in the past hundred years”, while geniuses are rare but not uncommon, and there are many beautiful girls, only He Siyu can combine the two perfectly!

Overnight, He Siyu became the most famous “other people’s child” in the city. Even Song father deliberately walked around Song Xu Yi with a newspaper, sighing at Song Xu Yi: he always thought that it was better for the child to follow a disciplined path of study, and although Song Xu Yi’s OSN was now growing even better than Song father’s company, it meant that if anything happened to Song Xu Yi’s company in the future, Song father would not even be able to help her. This makes Song Xu Yi feel a bit frustrated…

The company’s trademark has reached a stage of rapid development.

Soon after He Siyu returned to Huacheng, she celebrated her eighteenth birthday.

During this time He Siyu was once again engaged in intensive studying.

She was already pretty much a shoo-in to get into the best school in the country, yet He Siyu worked harder than everyone else when she returned. As she had skipped a grade and missed the first month or so of her senior year, she was no match for the rest of the senior students who had already gone through the first round of revision.

This was already a very good result, but He Siyu was not satisfied and worked harder and harder: it was like she was putting her life on the line to study, and she had lost a whole lot of weight, which made Auntie Wang feel very distressed, so she called Song Xu Yi and begged her to take He Siyu out on her birthday to release some stress.

Auntie Wang helped He Siyu to take a leave of absence on her birthday.

When she saw He Siyu again, Song Xu Yi realised that He Siyu’s whole aura had changed again, she had become thinner, her eyes were dark and dull, and she looked more cold. However, when she saw Song Xu Yi, her eyes would, as always, show a slight glimmer of light.

The two had lunch at Officer He’s house, after which Auntie Wang ‘kicked’ them out, telling them not to come back until the evening.

This season was the best time for skiing, so Song Xu Yi decided to take He Siyu on a ski trip.

He Siyu was an excellent learner, and with her martial arts background, she learnt to ski in no time, and even learned a few difficult moves in just one afternoon, causing the people next to her to tsk-tsk.

However, after playing all afternoon, the sullenness in He Siyu’s eyes did not diminish at all.

Song Xu Yi frowned: she had thought that Auntie Wang was too worried, but now it seemed that He Siyu was really under a lot of pressure.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Song Xu Yi took He Siyu out of the ski resort, intending to take her to a barbecue, so that when she had enough to drink and eat, she might be able to open up and release her stress…

Song Xu Yi said what she had arranged, and He Siyu did not comment, but took Song Xu Yi’s hand on the way out——

“Xu Yi,” He Siyu looked at Song Xu Yi steadily, a little pleading in her eyes: “Can you do one thing with me before dinner?”

Song Xu Yi didn’t know how she had the guts to get on the back of He Siyu’s motorbike.

It was probably because He Siyu, who was wearing jeans and had black hair and red lips, had a sultry air about her that was different from her age, and she herself was bewitched by beauty, so she got on He Siyu’s bike.

He Siyu’s bike was initially travelling extremely fast, and she was in a state of emancipation, as the bike sped forward, emitting a loud roar all the way… Song Xu Yi felt as if her heart was being tossed up and down by a wire, and her heart was so panicked that she could only hold tightly to He Siyu’s waist.

Probably sensing Song Xu Yi’s fear, He Siyu’s speed gradually slowed down.

When He Siyu brought the vehicle to a halt, Song Xu Yi let out a long breath. Fortunately, He Siyu was quick to grab her waist, preventing Song Xu Yi from falling to the ground.

He Siyu took off her helmet and pursed her lips, her eyes were a little red, but the depressed aura of her body had finally dissipated a little.

Song Xu Yi was relieved, so she took He Siyu out for a barbecue as originally arranged.

It took some time before the barbecue came up, so Song Xu Yi ordered two fruit salads to fill her stomach.

In order to set the mood, Song Xu Yi deliberately ordered some beer, originally planning to comfort He Siyu after the alcohol had gone to her head, but underestimated her own body’s ability to withstand it, and after a glass of beer, He Siyu was as good as new, but the He Siyu in front of Song Xu Yi’s eyes turned into two——

“You…” Song Xu Yi felt her brain become extremely sluggish, she vaguely remembered her purpose, she herself did not know what she was talking about, approached He Siyu with tears in her eyes and took her hand: “Sister Siyu, you should not stress so much, you are already especially Excellent, good looking, smart…”

“No,” He Siyu hung her head and curled her lips in self-deprecation, “I’m not good at all, I have the dirtiest blood in me…”

He Siyu seemed to be smiling, but Song Xu Yi felt that at this moment, He Siyu’s smile was worse than crying.

“Dirty? Where’s dirty?”

Song Xu Yi’s sluggish brain didn’t react at all.

She puffed up her cheeks, huffed and hugged He Siyu and rubbed her neck haphazardly, then pressed He Siyu’s shoulders heavily and looked solemnly at He Siyu’s fair face: “Sister Siyu smells good, is clean and dry, smells good and clean——”

“Xu Yi, you’re drunk.”

“I’m not drunk!” Song Xu Yi replied loudly, looking at He Siyu, who was close at hand, and her gaze fell on He Siyu’s lips——a little salad dressing from the salad was on the corner of He Siyu’s lips.

Was it because of this that Siyu felt that she was dirty?

Then just wipe it off!

In response to the system’s screams of “Xu Yi, you’re playing with fire” and He Siyu’s wide-eyed stare, Song Xu Yi moved over and carefully licked the salad dressing from He Siyu’s lips…

He Siyu’s lips twitched and her eyes instantly became unbearably bleak.

“I’ve already licked the dirt off!” The little drunk didn’t even notice what a dangerously ambiguous move she had made in her drunken state, her eyes misting over with watery light as she looked happily at He Siyu: “You’re clean, Sister Siyu. Be happy from now on, don’t be unhappy, okay?”

He Siyu closed her eyes, as if she was trying her best to suppress something, and hung her head to hug Song Xu Yi. She hugged Song Xu Yi with great force, and the veins on the back of her hands were tense, as if she wanted to rub Song Xu Yi into the marrow of her bones. She waited until Song Xu Yi wailed uncomfortably before she heard He Siyu’s voice ringing softly in her ears——

“Okay!”

The barbecue stall was not far from He Siyu’s house, so He Siyu carried the drunken Song Xu Yi on her back and walked home step by step.

The road was very quiet, and as He Siyu listened to her footsteps, many things involuntarily came to her mind:

She thought of the sponsor she had met in the capital before the competition, the chairman of the nationally renowned machinery group called Xu Hongjiang, and of his son, the general manager, who was two years older than her…

Because of his good maintenance, Xu Hongjiang did not look very different from the man in the photo his mother had hidden…

Mother has suffered all her life for Xu Hongjiang, imagining that he would come back to her in the mountains, yet the man already has a wife and son outside the mountains——

How ironic!

Xu Hongjiang’s affair has resulted in a miserable life for her and her mother…

Why was he able to live happily outside the village while her and her mother suffered humiliation, and even earned the title of good husband?

The countless sufferings piled up in her heart almost drove her mad, hatred grew in her heart, and He Siyu could only focus on her studies, but she still couldn’t stop her mad thoughts of revenge.

He Siyu thought that she would only have revenge in her life, and that she would spend the rest of her life trying to get revenge, and she even had a plan to bring down Xu Hongjiang’s company…

But she never expected Xu Yi to show up.

Xu Yi is like a destined reins, with a hug, a kiss that is not really a kiss, she easily pulls He Siyu, who wants to step into the abyss of revenge…

If Xu Yi, who was so good, knew that she had sacrificed the rest of her life for revenge, how sad would she be?

Her life was saved by Xu Yi, and she wanted to stay by Xu Yi’s side for the rest of her life…

The future with Xu Yi is a future that He Siyu cannot refuse.

It is like the only light in a dark swamp.

……

“Song Xu Yi, it was you who said before that you would never abandon me for the rest of your life, you absolutely cannot go back on your words!”

Xu Hongjiang was already old, and she had a lifetime to mediate and fight against him openly and honestly, to make him lose all his wealth and status little by little, to expose his ugly face to people completely…