When Lu Qiqi heard that, she immediately laughed to herself.

She casually flashed the Gold Ring on her finger and the gold bracelet on her wrist: "Seriously? Then he must’ve given you tons of gifts, right?"

Even though Zhang Zhaodi was a bit scheming, she still quietly pulled her hand back, not wanting to show the silver ring on it.

Lu Qiqi: "Is he really tall?"

"One seventy‑four."

Lu Qiqi exaggerated it: "Oh my god, girl, are you doing poverty alleviation?"

At that moment, Xiao Shaoxiong, who was also 174 cm, felt personally attacked. Hearing Lu Qiqi’s tone, he was instantly pissed.

Just like a lot of guys getting punched in the face by reality for the first time, he was triggered on the spot.

He snapped, "What’s wrong with 174? Zhang Zhaodi is 167, 174 goes great with that, doesn’t it?"

Lu Qiqi flicked her nails: "174 is kind of short, okay? And from a visual standpoint, guys look shorter than girls."

Xiao Shaoxiong: "How tall are you?"

Lu Qiqi: "One sixty‑five."

Xiao Shaoxiong let out a cold laugh and sneered, "You’re not even as tall as my dog when it stands up!"

Lu Qiqi wasn’t scared at all. She covered her mouth and said, "Then go date your dog, why don’t you?"

Xiao Shaoxiong was suffocating with frustration, and in that sudden moment he couldn’t think of any comeback.

Lu Qiqi looked at him and casually dropped, "I just love how you’re so average yet so confident."

Xiao Shaoxiong was so upset he wanted to hit someone.

Lu Qiqi went on outputting to Zhang Zhaodi: "He hardly spends money on you, does he?"

...

In the middle of the classroom.

Jiang Yanan kept going: "How come you guys aren’t sitting together?"

As she spoke, she glanced back diagonally at Jianxi, who was wearing glasses.

Across the "river" in the other row, Cui Yu was launching a harassment attempt at her.

Yin Yu’s face was gentle: "I’m not sure either, maybe she’s not familiar with us." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"How about I call her over?" Yin Yu turned around, sounding warm: "Jianxi, wanna come sit with me?"

Jianxi took a look at Yin Yu’s face and spotted the coldness in her eyes. She said softly, "No need, I’ll sit by myself."

Cui Yu raised his eyebrows, full of energy: "Yo, English girl, feeling lonely, empty, and cold? Wanna sit between the two of us bros? Guaranteed to be blazing hot!"

Even Yin Yu rarely ran into someone this low‑class.

Guo Kunnan knew that Cui Yu and Meng Gui liked watching porn; that shit was blazing hot all right.

Guo Kunnan played the good guy: "Yin Yu, don’t you dare believe him!"

Yin Yu looked at Cui Yu in surprise: "Oh? You really mean it?"

Cui Yu patted the stool: "Why the hell not?"

"But someone in my family works at the court, you know."

When Cui Yu heard that, he immediately backed off awkwardly: "Hahaha, just kidding, just kidding."

...

After class, Gong Jin had just escaped the cage when she ran right into Yin Yu.

Gong Jin greeted her awkwardly: "Xiao Yu, good evening!"

Yin Yu blinked: "Do you really like war games that much?"

Gong Jin forced himself to follow up: "Call of Duty, CF, that kind of stuff—I dabble a bit."

Yin Yu suddenly understood, then praised him: "No wonder you love hiding behind cover so much."

Gong Jin strongly agreed and made a speech: "You really are sharp. According to my assessment, if I set up a heavy machine gun at that spot, with just two soldiers I could lock down this entire classroom!"

Wang Yong eyed Gong Jin. If he didn’t know Gong Jin was from Class 8, he might really think the guy had a point.

"Nobody knows this stuff, only I’m into this kind of research." Gong Jin kept trying to save face.

Yin Yu: "But I think driving a tank is even cooler."

Gong Jin waved his hand: "No way, can’t drive, can’t drive."

Yin Yu chuckled: "Lin Zida seems to like studying military stuff too."

Gong Jin’s expression changed. He lowered his voice: "Wanna talk in private?"

The two of them walked off.

After dumping the trash, Chen Siyu came back to the front row and said, "Someone in the back was talking about Tank Battle just now."

Tongtong lifted her little head: "Someone wants to play Tank Battle with me?"

No one answered.

Tongtong got ready to go back to sleep.

Chen Siyu said bitterly, "Tongtong, you slept through a whole period. Don’t you feel guilty about wasting time?"

Tongtong’s little face was innocent: "No need to feel guilty about sleeping. It’s not like I’d create any value if I were awake."

After hearing that, Chen Siyu pondered for a while and actually found it kind of true.

By then Tongtong was already asleep again, so Chen Siyu turned to lecture the diligent scholar Chen Qian: "The sea of learning has no shore; turn back before it’s too late!"

Chen Qian gave her a sidelong glance: "You were born with wings—why crawl on your belly?"

Then he sank right back into his own world.

Chen Siyu’s brain circuitry wasn’t like normal people’s. The moment she heard "wings," her eyes lit up and she blurted, "Jiang Ning, Yuxia, I’ve been learning dance lately, it’s like I grew a pair of wings!"

As she spoke, Chen Siyu did a short bit of dance moves in the open space between the podium and the front door.

She might be clumsy, but she’d practiced plenty of routines with Bai Yuxia before. Plus she’d seen a lot of performances. She didn’t have seductive bones, but she did have a rubbery body.

The girl’s dancing was graceful and elegant, and the way she boldly showed it off was like a beam of youthful light.

Skinny Han Wen Nuan, eyes bright, didn’t hold back her praise: "Your street dance looks really good, better than the ones at our school gala."

Chen Siyu was delighted: "Thanks for the compliment, but I was doing classical dance."

Han Wen Nuan: "..."

Bai Yuxia said, "Not bad at all. No wonder Ai Man recruited you into the dance troupe."

Han Wen Nuan was shocked: "Your school even has a dance troupe?"

Chen Siyu: "Yeah, the dance studio is super pretty, and the school just approved a bunch of new props! Have you heard about our sports meet next month? I’ll be performing then!"

Han Wen Nuan came from a township middle school and had never seen anything like this. She could only sigh, "That’s so nice."

"Too bad I don’t have any special skills."

Chen Siyu: "You can learn one."

Han Wen Nuan humbly asked for advice: "I don’t have much time, I still have to do part‑time jobs. Any special skills you recommend? No money, no time, and easy?"

Chen Siyu thought for a bit and said, "Beating a tactical retreat."

Han Wen Nuan: ?

...

Second period of evening self‑study.

Wang Longlong swaggered up onto the podium. As Yu Wen gradually delegated more and more, Class 8 was slowly becoming a place where everyone knew Wang Longlong but not Yu Wen.

Wang Longlong cleared his throat twice: "Got an announcement!"

The class was still a little chaotic—some people laughing, some howling—but to Wang Longlong it was just noisy.

If this were the old him, he would’ve just taken it.

But thinking it over, he wasn’t the same anymore. He held two kinds of power now: one was Yu Wen, and the other... was also Yu Wen.

Wang Longlong’s attitude finally turned cold as he openly called people out: "Lu Qiqi, take off your headphones. Wang Yan Yan, stop talking. Liu Chuandao, put your legs down. Cui Yu, let go of that girl!"

Tang Jing: "Tch, Wang Longlong, can you stop looking down your nose at people when you talk?"

Wang Longlong snapped, "Shut up! Do you even know who the class monitor is?"

Tang Jing: "Yu Wen, obviously!"

Yu Wen was busy chasing Huang Zhongfei. She squeezed in a line: "Wang Longlong’s acting in my place."

Wang Longlong: "Hear that? If you’re not convinced, you can confront Team Leader Yu in front of the homeroom teacher!"

Tang Jing backed down. As an ordinary student, she ultimately couldn’t stand up to the mighty class monitor.

The class quieted down a bit.

New student Zhong Huai thought to himself, "The power structure in this class is kind of weird."

Chen Siyu turned around and quietly asked, "Why is it that once people get power, they never listen to others anymore?"

She remembered that Wang Longlong used to be really mild in class, the honest, easy‑going type.

Bai Yuxia said, "Because as power grows, your ego swells with it..."

Freshly awakened Tongtong said, "Honestly, people never listen to others in the first place. Getting power just means they’re too lazy to pretend anymore."

"Uh?" Bai Yuxia was momentarily stunned.

On the podium, Wang Longlong could hear their whispering.

He thought to himself, "You guys slandering me right to my face now?"

Forget it. Who told them to be on the same side as Xue Yuantong? All he could do was sigh in his heart.