Sorry if the words don't match, because I'm still learning English

sorry because I dropped this novel, when I read this original novel I knew that I was going the wrong way, so I dropped this novel and made another if I had the chance.

English is not my first or second language. I am still learning since 2010...

After much deliberation, Le Anqi decided not to copy from Su Cha. Pulling a long face, Le Anqi submitted to fate and started attempting the questions.
After the test papers were collected, the class broke out in a heated discussion.
"That's too fucking difficult! I could not understand a single question!"
"How can such an inhumane subject, like Mathematics, exist in the world!"
"May I not have to learn Mathematics in my next life!"
...
It had always been like that. The majority of students in the class had a natural fear of Mathematics.
Su Cha had a calm expression that was vastly different from her usual behavior. In the past, she would rest her head on the table for a long time after the examinations.
When Le Anqi saw that, she did not find it strange. Judging from Su Cha's behavior over the past two days, this was completely normal.
Cai Ziya walked over to Le Anqi and Su Cha, she asked, "Did you manage to finish the Mathematics test?"
Le Anqi rolled her eyes, "Hmm, considering our friendship, I can't believe you did not let me copy your answer! You finally revealed your true colors!"
Cai Ziya lightly tapped Le Anqi, "It's not that I did not want to show it to you. If you copied from me now, who will you copy from during the college entrance examinations? When the teacher returns our paper, listen to the explanations carefully! Let's go eat at the cafeteria. We have an English paper later in the afternoon."
They did not harp on this matter for long, and Cai Ziya did not ask Su Cha how she fared on the test. Like Le Anqi, Cai Ziya was aware of Su Cha's academic capabilities.
Su Cha felt a little pressure about the English test that afternoon. Although she had revised it over the past few days, she did not feel confident about it.
Su Cha believed that a good English test score was not equivalent to having good English. In the past few days, she had been listening to standard American English radio programs online which were slightly different from the English tapes used in school.
She also worked hard to learn new vocabulary. With her excellent memory, Su Cha managed to remember approximately 200 new words every day. She had easily memorized most of the English vocabulary in the English textbook.
Her efforts would definitely be revealed in her test results.
After the English examinations, the school bell rang. All the students heaved a sigh of relief.
The student population was divided into two groups, those who lived on-campus and those who did not. Su Cha did not live on campus. After the freak accident that occurred last semester, students who did not live on campus did not have to attend the night self-study sessions. Hence, Su Cha could go home right after school every day.
After a day of examinations, Su Cha was still tense. She returned home to pick up the t-shirt and mailed it via the fastest courier as promised.
She returned home after having dinner outside. It was already at 6 o'clock in the evening.
As soon as she walked up the stairs, she saw a tall man standing right outside her door.
The man was dressed in a simple plaid shirt and tailored pants. Under the dim corridor lights, his handsome face appeared tense, and he exuded a strange, cold aura.
When Su Cha saw him, she immediately felt relaxed and exclaimed in surprise, "Bo Muyi, why didn't you call me?"
On hearing those words, the man turned his head. His cold, uptight expression immediately turned warm and gentle as soon as he saw Su Cha.
"Cha Cha, I have missed you."
His clear voice was like a gentle, flowing stream that brought a wonderful sense of comfort.
Su Cha smiled delightfully. As she could not control her emotions, she trotted over and jumped right into Bo Muyi's embrace.


The famous actress Su Cha was involved in a scandal! The leaked video had left the fans flabbergasted. 
Fans, "They look so cute together! Her boyfriend looks like an adorable puppy!"
However, the public, who had witnessed his muscular physique in the video clip, had a different opinion. 
"How is he a f*cking puppy! He's more like a ferocious hound!"
In Su Cha's eyes, Bo Muyi was a lovable man who was always demanding kisses and hugs. 
In the public's eyes, Bo Muyi was merely a loathsome and overbearing tyrant. 
Before her rebirth, the naive and innocent Su Cha departed that life in sorrow. 
After her rebirth, Su Cha turned into an absurdly talented, but violent and deviant woman. 
Not only that, she mollycoddled her husband dearly! 
(This is a story of a brutal and aberrant heroine who met a ruthless yet overly-affectionate hero.)
Side note: This is a story of the heroine's three, but not one, lifetimes.

A few days later, Wood, who had basically adapted to his new body, was introduced to the high-ranking officials of the Republic of Northwest as Easter by Sui Xiong.
That name was from the online game that Sui Xiong had designed before his space-travel. There had been a very powerful spell in the game that could resurrect the dead, named Easter.
Of course, because of his poor English, Sui Xiong did not know that the word was actually used to describe the resurrection of Jesus.
Fortunately, no one in this world would care about it. Even Wood had no objections to this new name.
Thus, from now on, Wood, once the ace spy of the Mifata Federation, no longer existed in this world. Only Mr. Easter, a teacher of the intelligence personnel training class of the Republic of Northwest, was alive.
"Easter is a very good spy," Sui Xiong introduced. "Of course I won't let our only spy talent work abroad. He will be a teacher to train our spies. He will give lessons to our intelligence personnel about how to be qualified intelligence officers and teach them how to find out, analyze and solve problems."
As he spoke, he looked at Clito who was looking around carelessly and said, "Hey! Clito, that's you! You are the one that should learn from him specially!"
Criticized by name, Clito blushed and explained in a hurry, "I didn't know how to do the intelligence work before. I'll learn from him and study very hard. Even if I can't be good at that, at least I can follow his instructions. It's not bad to have a legendary fighter like me."
Sui Xiong was so angry that he rolled his eyes. This guy! He thinks he can't do it even before he starts. 
Of course, Sui Xiong would not allow Clito to be lazy in learning. Although he did not say it directly, he secretly asked Easter to add a little extra burden to Clito in class and to make sure he worked hard in class.
"It won't be easy to play tricks with a Legendary Master," Easter said with a bitter smile. "I'm afraid I can't do that."
"You can't look at things with your old standard. Now you are stronger than him. Don't be scared of him!"
Easter was confused at first. Then he realized that he was no longer a spy who had just become a high-level paladin, but a powerful legendary creature.
As they all knew, legendary creatures were powerful. If legendary creatures could master some professional abilities, it would not a problem for them to defeat several others of the same level.
If this was in an online game, an average Legendary Master would have the power between level 20-40, while a legendary creature would be equal to level 40 or higher.
In other words, a legendary creature, even at the level of a junior adventurer, was already as powerful as a normal Legendary Master.
The reason why Legendary Masters tended to be more powerful than legendary creatures was that most legendary creatures had no professional abilities at all.
Although Easter had not fully adapted to his new body yet, he was at least at the level of a mid-level paladin, and that meant he was roughly equivalent to the mid-legendary level. Thus, he naturally had great advantages over Clito who was from the junior-legendary level.
More importantly, after Easter became thoroughly familiar with his new body, he would completely recover his high-level paladin and spellcasting skills, and his power would reach the level of the advanced legendary, maybe even close to the Legendary Peak.
By that time, a junior legendary paladin would be just like a monkey in the hand of a Buddha. No matter how hard the monkey tried, it would never be able to escape that hand!
Easter became confident when he thought about that. He said he would work hard to train a group of decent intelligence personnel as soon as possible.
"Don't stress too much." Instead, Sui Xiong was a little uneasy, and he kept telling him, "Our country is strong, very strong, so there is no need to make our intelligence personnel too tired. Forget about those rigorous training programs."
Easter was confused and asked, "What exactly do you mean?"
Sui Xiong laughed embarrassedly. "Well, for example, tricks that may cause body damage or even death to the spy. There's no need to teach them that."
Sui Xiong found that Easter disapproved with what he had said, and he immediately realized that he might have said something silly. Sui Xiong grinned bitterly and said, "Essentially, you have to control the standard. I set up this country to have everybody live a good life, not to play a game of hegemony. So the people of this country, whether they are ordinary workers, farmers, special soldiers or intelligence personnel, I hope they can live a comfortable life without working too hard. Anyway, with me here, the sky won't fall."
Easter remained silent for a long time, and then sighed with a smile.
"I suddenly feel very assured at that."
"Ha-ha, you can be at ease. Anyway, we're safe here. If there are people planning evil things against us, I'll clutch them like tiny bugs one by one! So you don't have to work too hard or shoulder too heavy a burden. I'm here." Sui Xiong laughed and patted him on the shoulder. "Do you understand what I mean?"
"Yes, I do. Please rest assured!"
Sui Xiong nodded and said nothing more.
Easter was a smart man. Since Sui Xiong had put everything clear in that way, he surely understood his meaning.
Sui Xiong could rest assured by having someone like Easter work for him, someone that was smart in talking and action.
Naturally, it was not a good idea to let Easter be in charge of all the intelligence work. Easter had his own bottom line and would not do anything against the Mifata Federation. Therefore, it was in the interest of the Republic of Northwest to let him train intelligence personnel and then let those trainees further grow up in practice.
As for Easter himself, being a teacher, he would never have the chance to go against the Mifata Federation. Even if there was a war between the Republic of Northwest and the Mifata Federation in the future, instead of going to the front line of the battle, he could just stay in the country for backup. That would naturally not violate his principles.
If anyone said that backup was also a support for the war or something like that, Sui Xiong would kill that person with one slap.
Sui Xiong couldn't win against others in talking, but he could win in fighting. So he laughed very happily when he left. But he became unhappy soon because he seemed unable to find his own body.
In the past few days, within this sea area where his space-travel had started, he had traced back to the time when the Big Circulation came into being, the so-called restart of heaven and earth. At that time, the Main Plane had just formed, and the sea had been full of storms and waves. Countless burning stones had fallen from the sky, the earth had been erupting into flames, and the wind had been raging with great poison. In such an environment, it was impossible to find a space-traveler's body.
In fact, Sui Xiong did not think that his body could remain intact under such circumstances. Even a piece of meat was not expected to be found.
He stood over the sea he had crossed and stopped his time tracing spell.
"Maybe I traveled here only with my soul." He sighed and shook his head.


In the world, there were gods who obeyed the rules, whether good or evil. But there were also evil gods who defied the rules. 
When a traverser was confronted by the rules that he could never conform to, the resulting collision marks the beginning of the story of an evil god…
This is the story of a good man who transformed into a great jellyfish, then traversed his world to arrive at a world of swords and magic. His journey of searching and exploring eventually led to him remaking nature and changing the world. 

Because of Iris Long's involvement in the international business conference, it unexpectedly gained huge attention from the general public. Most of the general folks usually didn't care about business events like this, but now they wanted to know more about it.

It pleased the Ministry of Commerce greatly, prompting them to use Iris Long's image more in promoting the international business conference across the country. Of course, Bright Summit was more than happy to cooperate.

Iris also didn't mind. In fact, she welcomed it. This opportunity would be helpful for the development of her own businesses later on.

Due to the increased attention, all the delegates became extra careful in how they conducted themselves. The Chinese delegates also went all out during their presentations, wanting to impress everyone. It wasn't only them who were feeling the pressure to perform their best. The foreign delegates also gave their A-game. Everyone suddenly became more enthusiastic in attracting the best deals and partnerships during this international business conference.

Iris Long was also now known throughout the nation as a talented polyglot. 

On the first day of the international business conference, she demonstrated her English and French language skills. On the second day, her Malay and Japanese skills. 

Now people were looking forward to what other languages she would interpret next during this five-day long business event. There were even betting pools set up across the country. They wagered on which other languages she would most likely interpret next or if the languages she demonstrated on the first and second days were already the limit to her skills.

They weren't disappointed.

On the third day, she interpreted in Greek and Korean. On the fourth day, Dutch and Hausa (an African language). And on the last day, Thai and Spanish.

So far, they now confirmed that she was skilled in ten languages in addition to Mandarin. Eleven languages in total. Make that twelve because some also remembered when she spoke Italian with Maestro Ludovico De Luca during her interview with Feng Jiu. So they knew that she could also speak in Italian.

However, there were many people who believed that she must know more than these twelve. Most of the Black Stars felt this way. But some were saying that any more than these twelve were already too much and quite impossible to believe.

Then some former classmates of Iris Long began voicing out their doubts. They were even interviewed and featured on several TV programs and newspapers.

"I'm finding it hard to believe that Iris Long suddenly became so smart. Although she didn't have the worst grades at school, she wasn't a good student either. She was frequently absent because of her showbiz work, but whenever she attended school, she almost always flunked our tests. It became normal for her to redo everything."

Then her previous school transcripts from middle school to high school were leaked by the media. All of her grades, except for Music, were ludicrously low.

It came to a point that her former school teachers and even principal were sought out for interviews.

"I'm retired now, so I think I'm free to say this. Miss Long was one of the most problematic students that I've ever experienced teaching in my entire career as a teacher. She never listened to me and had poor comprehension of our lessons. It also didn't help that she rarely went to school. I was so relieved when she graduated, although I'm still very confused as to how she managed to do that," her former Math teacher revealed.

"Miss Long had passable English when I taught her. Coming from a privileged family, she could speak English but nothing very impressive. Her grammar was also horrendous. She certainly didn't have the British accent she demonstrated during this year's international business conference. When I watched her interpreting in English at the conference on TV, I was so shocked. But I think that this is a good thing. Maybe my teachings from before finally sank in and she improved her English," her former English teacher said.

"As a principal, I am immensely proud to watch such a talented former student of my school become so successful. Although I admit that she got into trouble quite a few times—alright, many times—it's because I'm positive that she was in her rebellious phase that time. It's very typical for teenagers to rebel at her age back then," her former principal said.

These interviews plus Iris' unimpressive school transcripts puzzled a lot of people. They wondered why Iris suddenly changed so much. Many also remembered her previous notorious bratty, bitchy and diva-like attitude as a teenage pop singer.

Netizens widely discussed this matter online.

"She changed so much when she made her first comeback. Maybe she hit her head so hard during the car crash, went into coma, and then became a genius all of a sudden after waking up." 

"If that's really what happened, then maybe I should hit my head too. Will I become a genius too if I do that? I want to speak many languages like Iris Long too. So cool, man!"

"I've watched some documentaries before about comatose people waking up and then suddenly gaining the ability to speak many foreign languages. I don't know if that's what happened to Iris. But if so, then it's a medical miracle!"

TV programs became very interested in this topic. They even invited "experts" to discuss Iris' situation. There were psychologists, neurologists and a lot of other -ists who shared their "expert" opinions.

"Based on what we publicly know about Iris Long, she has a rather strong personality and had quite a turbulent childhood. It's well-known that her parents divorced when she was just a small child. She had also mentioned before that her parents weren't in good terms with each other. It's highly likely that Iris Long was already a born genius but because of her family situation and her own selfish attitude, she began rebelling to gain more attention and love from her parents. In this case, her rebellion was her form of defence mechanism in dealing with her family situation. Her rebellion masked her genius," a guest psychologist analyzed.

"So what you're saying is that Iris Long deliberately failed at school and pretended to be an idiot—please excuse my language—when she's really a genius just to get the attention of her parents? Isn't that too extreme?" the host asked.

"Yes, it is indeed extreme but it's actually very common among children of divorced parents. And we also need to take into account that the Longs are a wealthy family. Her father is the head of both the family and their business. I don't personally know Iris Long's parents, but I'm guessing that they were too busy with their own matters and careers to pay close attention to their daughter Iris Long. I'm guessing that even they had no idea that their own daughter is actually a born genius. I think it's quite sad, really."

The host nodded. "Then what could've prompted Iris Long to finally reveal that she's a genius all along? Can you explain it to us?"

"We all know that she got involved in that serious car accident—well, we shouldn't really call it an accident anymore because it had been already confirmed that it was attempted murder. That incident almost killed her, sending her into coma. Near-death experiences like that can really change people. After waking up from coma, I'm certain that she realized that life is precious so she began changing for the better. She stopped her rebellious attitude and behaviour, and is now finally beginning to embrace her real genius."

A world-famous hacker and daughter of the most powerful criminal family who ruled the international Underworld for many generations is killed when their organization is annihilated in a single night.

She is reborn into the body of Iris Long, a teenage pop singer, wild party girl, and spoiled brat. For the former princess of the Underworld who lived an overprotected and shackled life, this new life is a chance to finally live the life of freedom and independence that she always wanted.

Jin Liwei is the most powerful man in the country's business world. Cold and ruthless, he is someone only a few dare offend. When the infamous Iris Long, who used to chase his younger brother, wakes up from a year-long coma, his unfeeling heart moves for the first time and he falls hard for this unexpected genius girl.

She wants to fly freely and soar high beyond the sky. He wants her everything, to tie her to himself and to never let her go.

This is her journey to super stardom. This is his journey in accompanying her. Together, they will rock the world while facing many challenges.

But what will happen when she discovers that she can never escape from the shadows of her previous life? Will she still be able to live her dream life of freedom and independence? Will he be able to protect her from the dangers?

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WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!

This novel is rated 18+ (no one 17 and under allowed). It contains mature adult themes, coarse language, explicit sexual content, and occasional graphic violence. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Please do NOT read if you are under 18 or if you feel uncomfortable with any of these elements. 

And despite of what some of the negative reviews are claiming, there is NO rape in this novel. Many scenes are deliberately made uncomfortable (clear 18+ warning), but there is NO rape.

Also please remember that this is a work of "fiction". Thank you!

Tang Xi just sat down on her seat as if not hearing her. She then took out the English textbook that Little Five prepared for her yesterday, and prepared for the next class. Seeing Tang Xi ignore her, Peng Yu snatched her English textbook, stood up and looked down at Tang Xi, saying coldly, "Are you deaf? Go sit in the last row! I don't want to sit with you."
Tang Xi raised her eyebrows and took a look at the book grabbed by Peng Yu. Her eyes had a cold gleam and she gave a cold smile. She then clasped her arms against her chest, crossed her legs, and leaned backward as she said calmly, "I'm not deaf, but I can only understand human language. Who do you think you are?"
Hearing this, the students who was holding their breath and listening to them, all gasped, and Peng Yu turned pale in anger. She shouted, "How dare you!"
"Yes, so what?" Tang Xi interrupted her, and looked up at her with a straight face, saying, "Let's make it clear, since Mr. Pu asked me to sit here, I'll sit here. If you don't want to sit with me, you can find another seat to sit, or shut up." With that, Tang Xi smiled, and reached out to take back her book from Peng Yu's hand
Peng Yu took a deep breath and glared at Tang Xi, saying threateningly, "Do you know who I am? Even your uncle won't dare mess up with me, let alone you!"
"Oh, sorry, I don't know who you are." Tang Xi said and casually put the book on the desk, laughing. "I never turn to my uncle for help when I'm bullied." She usually turned to her brothers for help. Her father was too busy to deal with this trivial matters. And it was better to ask her brothers for help… As for her uncles… they were either big-shots, or… well, forgot it. It was simply impossible for them to pay attention to these trivia. 
Peng Yu squinted at Tang Xi. "We'll see. You'd better not cry when I revenge on you!"
Tang Xi stretched herself and looked lazily at Peng Yu. "Okay, I wait for you. But remember to take revenge on me after next Wednesday. I'll go to Paris tomorrow." She then opened the textbook, and at this time the bell rang. 
Seeing this, Ning Ke sitting in the first row touched his trouser pocket, and then took out his English textbook.
In the English class, Tang Xi performed excellently. Her proficiency in English greatly impressed the English teacher. In the end, the teacher only spoke English. Every time she asked a question, she would pick Tang Xi to answer. Therefore, only a few students understood what the teacher lectured. Tang Xi stood up and sat down so frequently in the class that even her thigh hurt. 
After the class, the English teacher walked up to Tang Xi and said with appreciation, "I had heard your old class master said you were very talented at foreign languages. Now I know what he said was true. I have also learned Russian. I think we can discuss about the experiences on learning foreign languages." 
Tang Xi stood up with a smile and said modestly, "Mr. Wu, I'm flattered. It's just that I'm interested on foreign languages, so I watch more foreign language programs than others. If there is a chance, I'd love to discuss the learning experiences with you." 
Mr. Wu nodded with appreciation, and turned to look at the other students, saying, "Hand your dictation papers to the commissary in charge of studies, and I'll check them later." With that, he looked at Tang Xi with a gentle smile, saying, "Let me see yours." 
Tang Xi nodded and handed her test paper to Mr. Wu. The latter took a look at it and smiled as she said, "No wonder they said you were a genius. Your answer is all correct."
Tang Xi smiled. "I previewed the classes last night, and memorized the vocabulary."
"Very good." Mr. Wu said and left. Ning Ke, the commissary in charge of studies, drawing a long face, began to collect the students' test papers. Suddenly he frowned, and asked out loud, "Who is the representative of English class?"
"Me." A boy with glasses stood up and asked, "What's up?"
Although this Ning Ke was several years younger than him, he was a bit scared of him for some reason… 
Ning Ke took a look at the representative of English class and asked impatiently, "Isn't it the English representative's duty to collect the English test papers?" With that, he put the test papers in his hand to the representative of English class and said, "Give your test papers to him in future. I'll not be in charge of this. Don't bother me unless there is something exciting."
The students looked at each other with doubt. Then why did you accept to be the commissary in charge of studies? 
Ning Ke raised his eyebrows, looked at the stunned students and sat down. He accepted to be the commissary in charge of studies not to do this stupid jobs, but to give Xiao Rou a face.
When they were in Grade One, the monitor would keep notes for Xiao Rou. Now it seemed that he needed to do this for her. Otherwise, she would miss a lot of classes when she came back from Paris.
Tang Xi was unaware of Ning Ke's thoughts. She left her seat and walked towards her former classroom. She had something to ask Chen Ziyan.
Chen Ziyan was very excited to see Tang Xi and ran excitedly out of the classroom. The other students were also excited to see her and greeted her in succession. Tang Xi warmly responded and then took Chen Ziyan's arm to beckon her to go to a corner. She then asked Chen Ziyan in a low voice, "Have you asked your mother to find that couple for me? Has she got any clue?" 
She asked Chen Ziyan to asked her mother to search for Lin Ru's biological parents. Ms. Lin was familiar with Lin Jiao, so she might know something private about Lin Jiao. It would be easier for her to find Lin Ru's parents. She had also turned to Qiao Liang for help, but he had got no clue… Although Mother didn't mention her biological parents anymore, she could tell she was eager to find her real parents.
Chen Ziyan shook her head and said, "Sorry, Rourou, my mom had asked my dad to search for the couple you mentioned, but he got no clue. The only thing we know is that the Lin Family moved to City W over forty years ago, so if we want to get more information, we may have to find the people who were the Lin Family's neighbors forty years ago. My mom had asked her men to find those people, but there were very few of them still living there. They either moved or… had died." 
Tang Xi's eyes lit up when she heard this. She asked, "Some of them have moved? Do you have their contact information? I can search for them myself."


Xiao Rou, a girl growing up in a poor countryside family, found that she was actually the daughter of a wealthy couple, and her mother mistook another girl as her when she gave birth to her in hospital. She thought she would change from an ugly duckling to a noble swan and lived happily ever after with her real family, but the reality gave her a heavy blow. The girl, Xiao Jinning, who took her family, her fiancé and everything else from her, used every possible means to frame her up. She returned to her biological parents only to find her parents despised her but doted on Xiao Jinning. She was framed as a thief and expelled out of home. And then, she was hit by a car and stomped to death by Xiao Jinning. her tragic life was ended.
Tang Xi, a real princess, the heiress of the powerful Empire Group, was murdered by her greedy relatives. When she opened her eyes again, she found she was in another girl’s body. She became Xiao Rou and had a magic system—008 in her body! With the help of 008, she began her journey of revenge. She would avenge poor Xiao Rou, punish the murderers of her, become the most popular star, and….make up with her true love---Qiao Liang. 

Gu Nianzhi quietly looked at the online record from Christie's auctions and kept rubbing her phone's screen. She really wanted to know who the anonymous buyer was. How did this pink diamond crown end up on Tan Guiren's head? Zhao Liangze taught her internet skills and also the regulations for hackers and red hat hackers. They valued national interests above all, so they couldn't disregard the law just because they were skilled hackers. She also couldn't use the knowledge he had taught her to commit crimes for her own interests.
Gu Nianzhi had always been obedient, but this time she couldn't help it. She thought about how badly she wanted to learn the identity of the anonymous buyer, but not because she wanted to harm the interests of Christie's auctions. Gu Nianzhi knew that "anonymous" only applied to public disclosure. There was no way to remain anonymous to the auction house. Also, auction houses greatly valued buyer privacy, so if the buyer was unwilling to disclose their identity, they would never publish it on their behalf. So in order to find out who the anonymous buyer was, she had no choice but to hack into Christie's website and infiltrate their internal system.
Gu Nianzhi didn't have any tools on hand aside from her phone, but that was enough. As long as Christie's website didn't have powerful security like the German Federal Intelligence Service, she could break into the external programs. Sitting alone on the L-shaped couch behind the plants, Gu Nianzhi was completely focused on her phone. In the eyes of the other guests, she looked like a wallflower no one wanted to talk to.
Gu Yanran took the opportunity to come out and take a look when Tan Guiren went inside to change. She saw that He Zhichu was gone, and Gu Nianzhi was sitting alone on an L-shaped couch behind the plants as she played on her phone. Her lonely back was enough to make Gu Yanran beam like a blooming flower. She hadn't seen Gu Nianzhi and Huo Shaoheng's interactions by the lily wall earlier, and no one mentioned anything to her, either, so she didn't have a sliver of a doubt that they had truly broken up.
Of course, Gu Nianzhi didn't have the spare time to think about such silly things. In her heart, she had really broken up with Huo Shaoheng, and now he was in the process of trying to pursue her again. It was up to her whether or not she accepted him, so she didn't care about what other people thought, nor was it any of their business!
Gu Nianzhi's fingers continued to fly over the phone's screen as she entered in strings of commands to bypass one firewall after another. She cracked passwords one by one, and after ten minutes, she had finally cracked into Christie's auction's intranet system and gained access to their backend programs.
After getting inside the backend, it meant she had access to all of Christie's trade secrets. However, Gu Nianzhi remembered what Zhao Liangze told her, so she didn't look into any of Christie's other information. She only wanted to find out who had purchased Catherine the Great's pink diamond crown for the incredibly high price of 70 million US dollars 18 years ago.
Widening her eyes, she concentrated on looking through the records in Christie's online backend. Soon after, she found the unannounced buyer. His English name was Kevin Ku. Gu Nianzhi's hands couldn't stop shaking. Wasn't that the name of her comatose father, Gu Xiangwen?! After carefully checking, there was no other information on the website proving that this Kevin Ku was Gu Xiangwen. The name was so common, after all, and there were bound to be other people with the same name. She continued reading, and she ended up seeing that there was an additional note on the purchase record saying that the buyer asked Christie's auction house to use the best diamond engraver to engrave, "To Cereus, my little darling" inside the pink diamond crown.
When she had gone to Barbados, hadn't those people told her that Cereus was the name of the Gu's youngest daughter, Gu Nianzhi?! As a result, she began using Cereus as her English name after that. If she had only seen Kevin Ku's name earlier, she could have guessed that it might be a duplicate name. But now that she saw someone named Kevin Ku had purchased a pink diamond crown for his daughter, Cereus, she was completely certain. What were the odds that aside from her and Gu Xiangwen, there was another father named Kevin Ku with a daughter also named Cereus?! It was practically impossible. So this pink diamond crown had been purchased by her father, Gu Xiangwen, from Christie's auctions 18 years ago. From the purchase date, it must've been meant for his daughter's first birthday present.
Gu Nianzhi carefully looked at the record and reread each word several times. The unnamed emptiness in her heart seemed to slowly fill. She had no memories of her parents, but in that moment, she suddenly experienced the pure and deep love from her parents. They must've been using all their means to give their beloved daughter the very best things. Gu Nianzhi stroked the words, "To Cereus, my little darling" on her phone's screen, and tears slowly pooled in her eyes. "Dad... Mom..." She called out softly and no longer felt foreign and distant with those names.
Looking up, she took a deep breath and turned around to look back at the giant photo wall. Gu Nianzhi now believed that Gu Xiangwen must be her biological father. There was no other possibility. As to why the comatose "Gu Xiangwen" they had used all that effort to rescue in Barbados… His DNA didn't match with Gu Nianzhi's, but it did match Gu Yanran's, which only proved that he was Gu Yanran's biological father. It didn't prove he was Gu Xiangwen.
Also, Gu Yanran used something that belonged to Gu Nianzhi to curry favor. This was something her parents left for her, and it was easy to prove. As soon as they looked at the serial number inside the pink diamond crown, they could see whether or not there was also the engraving. Gu Nianzhi sat on the couch as she contemplated.
Ma Qiqi came over and asked curiously, "Nianzhi? Are you hungry? Why do you keep playing on your phone?"
Gu Nianzhi looked up to glance at Ma Qiqi and gave a small smile. "I'm not hungry." At that moment, hearty applause erupted from behind them. They both looked back. In the spacious hall, a pathway had been made in the middle of the packed crowd. As Tan Guiren walked down the winding staircase from the second floor, she wore the pink diamond crown and a pink princess gown. She smiled and waved at everyone. Prime Minister Tan wore a black tuxedo and stood energetically behind Tan Guiren. He wore gold-rimmed glasses on his pale face, appearing very gentlemanly. Gu Yanran wore a simple and sleek black Givenchy evening gown. She stood beside Prime Minister Tan and was the portrait of gentleness and elegance. She was very alluring. They stood like parents behind Tan Gurien.
However, Gu Nianzhi's eyes were completely drawn to the pink diamond crown on Tan Guiren's head. She had only seen photos before and was unable to look away, but now that she saw the real thing, her full attention was glued to the pink diamond crown. That was hers... A voice in the deepest recesses of her heart kept screaming, unwilling to let her escape again. She now fully believed that Gu Xiangwen was her biological father. What Gu Yanran said about her being the biological daughter and Gu Nianzhi being adopted was untrue. Gu Nianzhi couldn't think of any reason why a father would spend a jaw dropping amount of money to purchase a rare treasure for his one-year-old adopted daughter. She must be her father's biological daughter, and her father must love her mother very deeply. That's why he also treasured their baby.


Gu Nianzhi had no idea how to get the aloof and handsome Major General to fall in love with her. 

His eyes were dark and serious. "...Seduce me. If you can do it, I’m yours." 

Gu Nianzhi: "!!!"

Disclaimer: The following stories contains sexual assault, rape, nonconsensual acts, mentally abusive relationships, and violence towards women. Readers are advised to proceed with caution.

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Zou Wenxuan bit nervously on the straw in her cup until it was flattened.
Like Xu Shengnan, Zou Wenxuan was the producer of the entire event and she preferred to stay quietly backstage instead of on stage. 
In this way, Zou Wenxuan did not need to worry that other people would notice that she was biting on the straw, waiting nervously for Lü Yan's latest updates.
"Senior Zou, there are some rumors that Vice President Xu wants Qiao Nan to take the stage and perform." Lü Yan panted, her clothes drenched in perspiration. "Senior Zou, do you think Vice President Xu is too anxious and desperate times call for desperate measures? Qiao Nan is not prepared at all, and she hasn't been on the stage. Could it be Vice President Xu wants Qiao Nan to go on stage and to tell a few jokes so as to extend the performance?"
If this were the case, their methods were neither brilliant nor sincere. 
"It is Qiao Nan again?" Whatever that she feared turned out to be true. Zou Wenxuan sucked in her breath. "D-do you understand Qiao Nan?"
What Zou Wenxuan wanted to ask was whether Qiao Nan had any talents to perform on stage. "I want to know if Qiao Nan is good at singing and dancing. Or does she have other talents?"
Regardless, she was forced to go on stage at the last minute. The whole school knew about the program lists that were handed out long ago. 
By then, even if Qiao Nan's performance was unsatisfactory, nobody would really blame her for being insincere or feel that the new English club did not put in efforts to organize the event.
In Zou Wenxuan's opinion, now that Xu Shengnan made Qiao Nan go on stage at the last minute, she could only be able to perform the few talents that she could think of just now. 
"…" Lü Yan did not feel like answering the question.
Zou Wenxuan was angry at Lü Yan, who grew silent. She slammed her cup on the table, making a loud sound. "You have no answers to my questions. Get out!"
She could only relay to her whatever she heard. She was useless.
Apart from ratting on people, Lü Yan could not provide her with any useful and significant information. Zou Wenxuan was sick and tired of Lü Yan.
"Senior Zou, I…" Lü Yan's eyes turned red. She had done so many things for Senior Zou. How could the senior lose her temper at her? 
Qiao Nan thought deep and considered far, and she hid her real talents. Other than her, Tang Jiayun and Yu Xiaoxiao did not know anything about her as well. How could she be blamed for it?
"Leave!"
"Senior Zou, I will go out first. If there's anything, you can call for me." Zou Wenxuan seemed to be really furious. Even though Lü Yan felt that she was wronged and innocent, she had to leave abidingly. 
She walked to the front of the stage and looked toward the area where the new English club was organizing its events. She snorted. "You won't be smug for long."
She might not know what talents Qiao Nan had.
But in her opinion, if Qiao Nan had the talents, why did she not make use of her position as the secretary of the new English club to earn a chance to perform? In that case, she could be well-known to all the teachers and students at the beginning of the school year.
Qiao Nan could make use of her position for her personal gains, but she did not. It proved that Qiao Nan did not have any talents.
After learning her lessons, Lü Yan had grown smarter. She knew that it was better to keep her speculations to herself, and in particular, not to tell people like Zou Wenxuan.
It would be alright if her guesses were correct. However, if her guesses were wrong, Zou Wenxuan, whom she had to suck up to, would dislike her even more and keep a distance from her.
Lü Yan had no other connections in the school. Up until now, no one was willing to be close to her because of the kept woman scandal.
Lü Yan was very upset at being ostracized by the students.
There was no way that she could be close to other freshmen in the same batch. She had given up hope on them and decided to work on pleasing her seniors.
Perhaps, she would fare better with this new plan.
She had offended every student in the same batch as her. Since Zou Wenxuan was the only senior who could help her, Lü Yan must not do anything to irritate her or be on bad terms with her.
If Qiao Nan performed in Feng Qianqian's stead and failed to put up a good performance, the new English club would flop its events like what happened in the previous years.
In that case, Senior Zou would be elated and would treat her better. She might even take the position of Tang Jiayun to be her able assistant. By the time she was in her second year, she might become a committee member.
Compared to being a committee member of the new English club, she would rather be a committee member of the established English club.
There was a glitter in Lü Yan's eyes. She stopped watching the performances put up by the established English club. Instead, she went over to watch the performances by the new English club.
She wanted to see for herself how Qiao Nan made a fool of herself in front of everyone. If Senior Zou asked her about it, she could then describe the situation vividly to Senior Zou, pleasing her. 
Other than the people from the established English club, those who were watching the performances also heard that something had cropped up with the programs of the new English club.
Everyone thought that the new English club would be given a new lease of life with Qiao Nan's help. The new English club must have been down on its luck for such an incident to happen right now.
Everyone was curious to know how the new English club was going to resolve the crisis. Would Xu Shengnan go on stage to perform and get everything under control?
It was Feng Qianqian's turn to go on stage to perform.
Many people who had the new English club's program list with them stared at Feng Qianqian's name on the list and looked toward the empty stage. They were curious to see who would be performing.
The sound of hurried and heavy footsteps was amplified through the microphone. The sound was piercing. Many students who were watching the show could not help but frown and cover their ears. It was too deafening.
Qiao Nan, who wore a white T-shirt and a pair of straight long pants, appeared hurriedly on stage. A baseball cap was worn slanted on her head.
Qiao Nan smiled at the attention that was focused on her. "Embarrassing, it's so embarrassing. I am being forced on stage. This is dominance, oppression, and ill-treatment! I want democracy and freedom to fight for my own rights!" 
Qiao Nan raised her hands to her chest, adopting the stance of an activist. 
"Hahahaha…"
The audience broke into a big laugh.
Everyone knew that Qiao Nan did not go on stage voluntarily. She was being forced to put a square peg in a round hole. 


Qiao Nan: Crap! I am your biological daughter, yet I am treated as if I was picked up from the streets. In fact, you treat me worse than that!

Mother Qiao: Qiao Nan, you are not as pretty or smart as your elder sister. You are not as blessed as her. You have no right to study, marry, or to have your happiness!

Qiao Nan: Why am I not allowed to study, marry, or to seek my happiness? I will find a man right now and marry him!

Qiao Nan is dumbstruck upon discovering that the man right beside her is a powerful figure in the quad—the person who has the most promising prospects to be the future Chief.

Qiao Nan stares at the well-built man in front of her. He has firm abs and cold, chilling eyes. She swallows the lump in her throat as she says her greetings, "Good Morning, Chief!"

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