The next day, Lin Muci woke up and went to take her exam.
Because many media outlets knew she had an exam, they were waiting at the entrance.
After finishing the exam, she was the first to hand in her paper and the first to leave.
The media blocked the entrance, eagerly asking about her exam, wanting to know how she performed.
"How was it?"
"Are your scores good?"
"Did you find the exam difficult? I heard you bet with your classmates that you could get into Tsinghua University. Is that true or just bragging? The entire nation is paying close attention to your results. It wouldn't be good if you were bragging, right?"
Lin Muci listened to the clamorous voices, then looked up and answered without hesitation.
"The exam was not difficult."
"I can get into Tsinghua University."
"Thank you, media friends, for your attention. I'm going home now!"
...
That evening, every entertainment channel was filled with interviews with Lin Muci. Fan groups, trending topics, and various entertainment forums exploded with activity.
[Isn't Lin Muci being a bit too boastful? Who does she think she is!]
[How can she possibly get into Tsinghua? Only a few thousand people nationwide get in each year. And isn't she always filming and appearing on variety shows? When did she have time to retreat and study.]
[Exactly, as everyone knows, there are no true scholars in the entertainment industry; they're all just fish that slipped through the net of compulsory education.]
[What does she think she is? The threshold for Tsinghua is very high!]
However, Lin Muci's fans were very confident.
[Others might not be able to do it, but Xiao Ci definitely can! Did you forget she ranked first in every monthly exam? Did you forget how amazing she was when she explained famous literary works to us live? And last time she explained math problems live, wow, for a 150-point math exam, she finished it in an hour, got every question right, 150 points.]
[You guys gave her interactive questions, and she answered every single one.]
[You actually want to see Xiao Ci be embarrassed?]
[I think it's more likely that you'll be the ones embarrassed!]
Lin Muci's fans were extremely proud.
Indeed, when the idol is capable, the fans naturally have confidence.
[Xiao Ci is simply top-notch! She can do anything! If one person is powerful, they must be powerful in every aspect!]
[You guys wait to be proven wrong. Don't bother waiting, just go to bed. You won't get your wish.]
As Lin Muci returned home and browsed the comments, a wretched-looking man was sneakily standing outside the Lin family villa.
Uncle Li grabbed him by the head, and he cried out repeatedly.
"No, no, no... I'm really here to see Xiao Ci!"
It was Lu Yuanhang, the scumbag!
Lin Muci was about to tear apart this scumbag in her next script, and unexpectedly, this old scumbag actually delivered himself to her doorstep.
Lin Muci was so angry she almost laughed.
She walked out, her gaze sweeping over Lu Yuanhang. Lu Yuanhang reached out and clutched his chest, sighing.
"Xiao Ci, I've come... to tell you that for Lu Miaoyu and Lu Yangbin's exams this time, I asked them, and they both said they did very well."
"I know you're resentful. It's normal. I did some absurd things back then."
"Miaoyu and Yangbin did indeed bully you at school. But their future is extremely bright, and they might attend top universities. I don't want you to affect their future prospects."
"I think our relationship can be severed completely!"
Lin Muci's eyes widened. She found the man in front of her ridiculously self-important. What was he even saying?
"Severed completely?"
"What are you talking about?"
Lin Muci looked into the man's eyes. A cold, slight smile flickered across her lips, and then Lin Muci sneered.
"You think those two are about to become successful?"
"Bring glory to the ancestors, so you've come to threaten me?"
Lu Yuanhang coughed awkwardly.
He had aged and become haggard, losing his former slick, oily appearance. He was wearing a tattered, greasy, and smelly shirt. As he looked up at Lin Muci, pride welled up in his eyes.
"Yangbin is going to continue the family line for our Lu family!"
"He's a boy!"
"I won't let you ruin him. If others know he has an older sister like you, it will be a disgrace to him!"
Lin Muci felt that Lu Yuanhang might have hit his head.
"Wait a moment. What good universities do you think they can get into?"
"Lu Miaoyu dropped out of high school. Has no one told you that she's no longer eligible to take the exam?"
"As for Lu Yangbin, that's even more laughable. Do you know he's consistently ranked outside the top thousand in his grade? Lu Yangbin's scores are only slightly better than Zhou Yuan'an's... that's the difference between Zhou Yuan'an scoring ten points and him scoring twenty."
"But Zhou Yuan'an is a sports specialty student, he's received national awards, and even broken world records."
"What does he have? A mouth that can brag?"
"Or the boy you keep mentioning to continue the family line?"
Lin Muci gave him no quarter.
Lu Yuanhang's face turned green with anger!
"You're talking utter nonsense—Lu Yangbin will definitely get into a good university, you just wait and see! Don't slander or defame him. He's so smart; he just wasn't focused before. Now that he's working hard, he'll definitely get into a good university!"
He was like a madman.
He just kept repeating the same sentence.
Anyone who saw him would have felt pity.
Lin Muci chuckled and then told Lu Yuanhang to get away.
Lu Yuanhang trembled with anger. As Uncle Li drove him away, he was still repeatedly murmuring that Lu Yangbin would definitely get into a good university.
Uncle Li just thought he deserved it and spat heavily.
"This guy, still daydreaming? How can good sprouts come from such bad bamboo? Humph, Xiao Ci, you're nothing like him. You don't have his greed, nor his crookedness. I think the gap between you and him is as vast as the Milky Way!"
Lin Muci looked at Uncle Li with a half-smile.
"Is that so?"
"Perhaps I'm not related to him at all."
Uncle Li nodded repeatedly.
"Of course!"
"You couldn't possibly be his child. Such a cowardly man as him doesn't deserve a daughter as wonderful as you... Xiao Ci's daddy must be a powerful hero, not a scumbag like this."
Lin Muci looked at Uncle Li. The man opposite her seemed to realize he might have let something slip, and instantly covered his mouth with a foolish grin, coughing a couple of times as he prepared to go water the plants.
But Lin Muci called him to stop.
"Wait, Uncle Li. What did you mean by what you just said?"
Uncle Li coughed.
"I just thought, maybe... you're not his child?"
Lin Muci blinked. Her expression seemed calm, but her eyes surged with turbulent waves.
"Then do you know whose child I am?"
Uncle Li looked very troubled.
"I..."
Lin Muci smiled.
"You can't say? Does my mommy know?"
Uncle Li looked at her, his usually honest face filled with bitterness.
"Please don't make things difficult for me!"
Lin Muci thought for a moment, then asked.
"Then what about my mommy?"
She remembered that after her exam, she hadn't seen Ms. Lin Cuiping immediately, which was strange. Given Ms. Lin Cuiping's doting nature, even if it rained knives from the sky, she would have rushed to the exam venue.
...
That evening, Ms. Lin Cuiping returned.
She was radiant, as if bathed in spring breeze, and blooming beautifully. How to describe it, like a rose that had been thoroughly watered, with an infinite spring glow emanating from her eyebrows and corners of her eyes.
This Ms. Lin Cuiping felt both familiar and somewhat strange.
"Where did Mommy go?"
Ms. Lin Cuiping immediately apologized to her.
"Oh dear, it's Mommy's fault for forgetting to pick you up today—it's just... I couldn't get up... Ah,呸呸呸, I was busy with work."
Lin Muci asked the system.
"Am I going to have a younger sibling soon?"
"Did she... spend the night with a man, and that's why she forgot her daughter?"
The system almost choked. After a long pause, it stammered an explanation.
"According to the original character settings, you won't have siblings. Don't worry, Ms. Lin Cuiping loves you the most in the world. She wouldn't have a brother or sister to share the family fortune with you. However, the latter part of your question is true."
Lin Muci nodded.
She wasn't surprised at all.
So, her mother.
Indeed, she had a man.
Who was it?
But the system said.
"You haven't triggered the relevant plot yet, so I can't tell you. But this man is very, very powerful. His power surpasses Old Li and Zhaolong."
"You don't need to worry about your mother, Ms. Lin Cuiping. We've evaluated her luck with romance; it's even stronger than yours..."
"Anyway, the men she gets are all more powerful than the last."
"And this matter is beneficial to you. The more powerful her man, the stronger your network of connections. That's why we haven't reminded you..."
"Anyway, ever since Ms. Lin Cuiping awakened, she has been your most powerful support! Trust me!"
Lin Muci glanced at the radiant and charming Ms. Lin Cuiping, her eyebrows and eyes full of allure, and hugged her.
"Mommy, do whatever you want. I'll support you."
Lin Cuiping blushed instantly.
Did Xiao Ci find out?
But she was clearly wearing a high-necked shirt!
The hickey was completely covered.
Lin Cuiping touched her chin. She looked at her daughter and asked her softly.
"Um, Xiao Ci, can we get first place in the whole school?"
She smiled playfully.
"Mommy, you're too unambitious. What's first place in the school?"
Lin Cuiping was both nervous and excited.
"Can we get first place in the city?"
"How many points would that take..."
Lin Muci hummed. The results weren't out yet, but she knew the system could definitely calculate her current ranking.
The system promptly asked her.
"Do you want to use points to find out your exam ranking in advance?"
"Fifty points."
Lin Muci decisively refused. Then she said to Lin Cuiping.
"Anyway, no one should have a higher score than me."
She stretched languidly.
"Don't worry, I won't disappoint my fans."
She was the one who could do anything and everything!