"What is it?" Qin Beiting asked, seeing her holding the medical kit.
"I'll tend to your wound," Yu He walked to the bedside and opened the medical kit.
"What wound?" Qin Beiting casually wiped his wet hair and walked over.
Yu He felt a bit ashamed, her expression cool. She pointed to the bite mark below his collarbone.
Qin Beiting looked down and a smile played on his lips.
He lay on his side on the bed, his head propped on his hand, his deep eyes gazing at Yu He, striking a pose of a handsome man fresh from the water, ready to be plucked.
The little girl finally knew to care about him. Progress. It wasn't a waste of a bite.
Yu He carefully disinfected the bite mark and applied swelling medication.
Seeing Qin Beiting remain silent, she suddenly felt guilty, more convinced it was her who had bitten him.
But since he didn't mention it, she wouldn't dwell on it either, quickly erasing the incident from her mind.
The two returned to Tian Yu at noon. After Yu He took a shower and came out to look for her phone, she discovered she had lost it. In her haste to return, she hadn't brought her camera either.
However, the camera could be mailed back. Her phone, on the other hand, was nowhere to be found.
Yu He didn't dwell on it. She bought a new phone, operated it on her computer, and copied all the data from the old phone to the new one. With a single command, she turned the old phone into a brick.
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The new week arrived, with Wednesday to Friday marking Kaiwei Academy's anniversary celebration.
Each year, the anniversary celebration was highly anticipated not only by the school but also by students in the second and third years, especially the third-year students.
This was because representatives from major international universities would attend the celebration to scout for potential freshmen. To facilitate this, Kaiwei specifically organized a preparatory class examination. Representatives from these prestigious universities would select their preferred potential freshmen through this exam, offering them valuable recommendation spots.
Class Eleven, Grade Two.
"Students who wish to sign up for the preparatory class examination, please come to the office after class," Teacher Zhang announced the school's notice from the podium.
Yu He's game-playing paused, and she looked up.
"Teacher Zhang, do you think anyone from our Class Eleven can pass the exam and secure a recommendation spot?" Chu Ying asked.
"Yes, Teacher. We in Class Eleven are self-aware and won't bother the school," a classmate chimed in.
"Teacher Zhang, you don't need to specially come here to read out such notices. Take care of your pregnancy."
Yu He: "..."
Teacher Zhang recalled the mid-term exam results from not long ago and said, "I'm just asking symbolically. You can just listen."
"Teacher Zhang is finally giving up on lecturing us, hahahaha!" The entire class erupted in laughter.
Teacher Zhang: "..."
Students were unmotivated to study. She was worried.
Holding her waist, she returned to the office and began planning a supplementary lesson schedule for the students.
Not long after the dismissal bell rang, there was a knock on the office door. All the other teachers were in class, leaving her alone.
"Come in," she replied, looking up to find Yu He.
"Student Yu He, are you asking for leave again?" Teacher Zhang habitually asked.
This was because Yu He usually sought her out for leave requests.
"No, I want to register for the preparatory class exam," Yu He stated.
Teacher Zhang blinked, thinking she had misheard.
"Oh my, truly a student of Teacher Zhang. Despite having such ordinary grades, you're so confident."
Teacher Jiang, who had just returned to the office after class, happened to overhear Yu He's words and sneered.
Teacher Zhang had been about to advise Yu He to reconsider. Ever since returning from National Day, Yu He had been absent for most classes, and when she did attend exams, she simply wrote her name and submitted a blank paper.
However, upon hearing Teacher Jiang's remark, Teacher Zhang felt displeased. She could be criticized, but her students could not.
She took out a registration form and gave it to Yu He. "The important thing is to dare to try and participate. Come, Student Yu He, fill out this registration form."
Teacher Jiang scoffed, "I advise you to be more self-aware. Not even a single student from our Class Two, Grade Two, dares to participate. What are you from Class Eleven trying to do? Even if you register, you won't pass the initial review to participate in the exam.
"Instead of wasting your time on such nonsense, why not hurry and memorize the speech for the anniversary opening ceremony? Don't disgrace Kaiwei!"
Yu He ignored her, filled out the registration form, and walked away.
After school.
Lu Chenyu came to rehearse the speech with Yu He, but she refused, citing busyness.
This continued until the day of the anniversary opening ceremony on Wednesday.
The opening ceremony was at ten o'clock. Yu He arrived at school at six-thirty. After a brief review, she memorized the three pages of the speech word-for-word.
"Student Yu He, how did you do it!" Lu Chenyu was shocked.
Yu He calmly uttered two words, "Practice."
"How did you practice?!" Lu Chenyu was curious and wanted to learn.
He had spent a whole day memorizing the speech, while she, after one glance, had it all down like a photocopy.
Truly a top student!
"Forced memorization, like a matching game. You can try it."
Lu Chenyu looked on in admiration. As expected of a top student, even her games were a form of learning!
After the rehearsal, Yu He went to the makeup room with the makeup artist. While being made up, Lan Jiaojiao arrived.
"Yu He, I've come to apologize for what happened before," Lan Jiaojiao said awkwardly, placing a bag on the makeup table. "You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? I brought you some snacks. I hope you won't hold it against me."
Yu He glanced indifferently at the snack bag and lowered her gaze, continuing to let the makeup artist work.
Seeing that Yu He was ignoring her, Lan Jiaojiao became very angry.
However, she consoled herself with the thought that after today, Yu He would be kicked out of Kaiwei, which brought her some relief.
"Then I won't disturb you. Remember to eat breakfast," she said insincerely. As she left, she gave the makeup artist a meaningful look.
The makeup artist nodded. Not long after Lan Jiaojiao left, she clutched her stomach and said, "Excuse me, I suddenly have a stomach ache. I need to go to the restroom."
With that, she put down her things and left, closing the door.
Yu He looked up. After hearing the door close, she heard a faint sound of a lock from outside.
Outside the corridor.
Lan Jiaojiao left the makeup room and hurried away from the backstage area, finding Gu Ze in the campus bamboo grove.
Gu Ze had clearly been waiting for Lan Jiaojiao for a while. Seeing her, he eagerly asked, "How was it? Did she notice? Will anyone else find out?"
"No, that makeup room is the most secluded, and the signal is the worst. I also put sleeping pills in the food," Lan Jiaojiao replied, shaking her head with conviction.
"By the time she wakes up, the anniversary opening ceremony and the Informatics Olympiad will be over. I'll leave the media part to you. Make it as big as possible. That way, even Senior Lu will have a hard time protecting her."
"Okay." Gu Ze's eyes glinted with malice. He turned and made a phone call.
After the call, he returned to his classroom to prepare for the next day's preparatory class exam. He wanted to prevent Lu Chenyu from getting the recommendation spot, so he would have to try and get it through the exam.
At ten o'clock, the anniversary opening ceremony began punctually in the grand hall.
At the venue, representatives from Kaiwei School and various major universities were seated in the front rows, with students and media behind them.
Lan Jiaojiao arrived early, waiting to watch Lu Chenyu's solo performance.
However, after the host's opening remarks, two people walked onto the stage.