Chapter 49

Qinghe Bay

Kong Lian lowered her head and stood to the side, not daring to look at her mother.

Ruan Fengru casually arranged the flowers, silent, with a suppressed atmosphere filling the air.

"Sit down."

Kong Lian carefully sat down across from her mother, watching as she mercilessly snipped the blossoming flower. Her body involuntarily shivered.

"Have you decided what to do next?"

"I've decided."

"Speak."

The first attempt at cultivating a white rich beautiful persona had capsized. The second time helping a classmate to build good reputation had not only failed, but capsized again. The third time digging a pit for the opponent and falling into it herself. The fourth time wanting to salvage her reputation and gain good favor, she again made things worse.

Making move after move, each ending fruitlessly, and letting her reputation develop in an unfavorable direction.

The people surrounding her were all there to gain benefit from her.

She could take advantage of such people, and so could others, so their value was not high, far less than the word of mouth and value of the general public.

"I plan to surpass her in studying."

She had neglected much study time recently in order to cultivate her image and trample Ren Ran underfoot.

Relying on her own grades, she would surely be able to crush Ren Ran.

"Yes mother. I will go do practice questions."

"Go on then."

Sitting at her desk, Kong Lian took Olympiad practice questions from the bookshelf, gaze firm.

"Ren Ran, this time I will definitely trample you under my feet."

Collecting her mind, she started engrossing herself in the practice questions.

In a villa halfway up the hill, Ren Ran got out of the car and received a call from Xu Zhaoyin.

"Miss Ren, we've arrived in Southeast Guizhou."

"Did you find the person?"

Xu Zhaoyin hesitated. "I have good news and bad news, which do you want to hear first?"

Ren Ran's footsteps halted. "What's the bad news?"

"When we arrived at the Daoist temple, Grand Master Taixu went wandering again half a month ago."

Ren Ran: "......"

Somewhat speechless!

The corners of her mouth twitched.

"What's the good news?"