“No……” Su Xi lowered her head guiltily.

She was preoccupied with what was going on here that she completely forgot about her homework.

“I’ll do it once we get home.” Su Xi assured Su Jingcheng in a low voice.

Hearing this, Su Jingcheng looked down at Su Xi for a while. He suddenly felt a bit of a headache—— The most important thing Su Xi should do at this age was to study hard, but wasn’t this girl too concerned about other things recently?

“Do it as soon as we get back, I’ll watch over you.” Su Jingcheng felt that he should be stricter.

Su Xi: “Oh, okay……”

———

Back home, Su Jingcheng really did what he said. He watched over Su Xi as she did her homework.

“Look at the workbook, what are you looking at me for?” Seeing Su Xi looking up at him from time to time, Su Jingcheng raised his hand and gently tapped Su Xi’s head.

“Do your homework seriously.”

Facing his younger sister, Su Jingcheng rarely showed a serious attitude.

“Keep your head up a little bit, your eyes will be nearsighted if you get too close.”

“Sit still and don’t shake your feet while writing.”

Su Xi: “……Oh.”

Su Jingcheng: “Have you finished?”

Su Xi: “Mmm , I’m done with math. I still need to do Chinese and English.”

Su Jingcheng: “Show me what you’ve written.”

“Oh.” She wanted to take back what she said before about Su Jingcheng being nice, she now felt that this person wasn’t nice at all.

Su Xi handed the finished math homework to Su Jingcheng.

He opened the workbook and what first caught his eye was the handwriting.

Su Xi’s handwriting was very delicate and it could be seen that she was earnest in writing every stroke.

Then Su Jingcheng’s eyes fell on Su Xi’s answer.

These middle school level questions were very easy to Su Jingcheng, and he could figure out the answers with just a quick glance, however, Su Jingcheng still carefully checked all of Su Xi’s answers.

There was nothing wrong with the homework, but Su Jingcheng found that at the bottom part where the parents had to sign, the words ‘Completed, parents have read’ was written and it was even dated today.

“That’s signed by Uncle Fu.” Su Xi explained to Su Jingcheng.

Because Su Jingcheng was very busy and often comes back very late at night, Su Xi’s homework had always been signed by Uncle Fu.

This was something Su Jingcheng knew.

The problem was that Uncle Fu didn’t even check Xixi’s homework and just signed? Forget about the previous ones. Today, it was clear that she hadn’t done it, yet Uncle Fu wrote ‘Completed’ at the end.

Su Jingcheng noticed that the workbook Su Xi was currently doing was also already signed by Uncle Fu.

Uncle Fu really felt sorry for Su Xi in his heart. He was afraid that Su Xi wouldn’t be able to do her homework if she came back late with the young master, thus he thought that he would sign it for Su Xi first, and if Xiao Xi really came back late, she could go to bed first and make up for it when she went to school tomorrow.

As a result, it was discovered by Su Jingcheng.

Seeing Su Jingcheng’s furrowed brows, Su Xi shrank her neck. “I will definitely finish this today.”

Seeing his sister’s little cowardly action, Su Jingcheng tried very hard to control his facial expression so he wouldn’t laugh.

At the same time, Su Jingcheng also reflected in his heart that he still didn’t care enough for his sister.

“I’ll sign your homework from now on.” Su Jingcheng said.

He’ll do it today.

Su Jingcheng took the pen and with a few swishes, wrote his name next to Uncle Fu’s.

Su Xi watched from the side, unable to resist grumbling.

It was just signing homework but this guy actually signed it like it was a billion dollar contract.

“Is Xixi’s monthly exam coming soon?” Su Jingcheng seemed to have overheard the chairman of a certain partner company, whose child was also studying in Shangming Middle School, mentioned this.

Su Jingcheng felt that he should pay more attention to Su Xi’s study.

“Hmm.” Su Xi nodded. “The exam is on next Thursday.”

“Study hard. When your monthly exam is finish, Brother will take you to a place.”

“Eh? Where are we going?”

“I’ll tell you after you the exam.” Su Jingcheng smiled and rubbed Su Xi’s head.

“Ugh, don’t interfere with my homework!” Su Xi took Su Jingcheng’s hand away.

Although Su Jingcheng didn’t say anything, Su Xi seemed to have guessed where the other party was taking her.

“Do your homework obediently.”

Su Xi: “……”

How was she going to tell this person that his presence here was seriously affecting her productivity?

Normally, she would have been halfway through.

———

On the other hand, although Su Jingcheng had already made up his mind to be a strict older brother and supervise Su Xi’s studies, he couldn’t bear looking at Su Xi who was still persisting even though her eyes were already closing.

Su Xi started nodding off. In the next second, she almost hit the table, but fortunately, Su Jingcheng’s palm caught her head.

“Go to sleep.”

“No, I’m not done yet.”

“Go to sleep first. I’ll call your teacher to explain the situation.”

“No.”

“Then get up early and do it tomorrow.”

“I’m almost there.” Su Xi seemed particularly insistent.

Su Jingcheng sighed. He pinched Su Xi’s face.

“How can you continue when you’re this sleepy? Go take a shower. Clear your head and come back. You can go to sleep when you’re done.”

Su Xi felt that Su Jingcheng’s words were reasonable, so she nodded and dragged her slippers to the bathroom. When she entered, she didn’t forget to say to Su Jingcheng, “I must finish it today.”

———

Half an hour later, when Su Xi came out of the shower, she was definitely more awake.

The Chinese homework was the translation of several ancient texts. Su Xi sat down at the desk again, only to find that several pages of content had been densely copied in her workbook.

Eh, so she’s already copied this much in her previous dazedness?

———

Although most of the students in Shangming Middle School do not need any exams to change their lives, they still attached great importance to things related to face-saving such as monthly exam results.

Even Dong Wenqi, a top student, became nervous, writing and drawing all morning to come up with a super review plan before the exam.

Dong Wenqi and Su Xi made an appointment to review their homework in the library. Seeing that Dong Wenqi hadn’t arrived yet, Su Xi found a place to sit down and started to do homework.

Ever since she wrote her homework under Su Jingcheng’s ‘watchful eye’, Su Xi didn’t really want to save it until after school.

That night, Su Xi was too sleepy to pay attention. Only when she arrived at school the next morning completely awake did she realized that a large section of notes in the workbook was completely different from her own. Although the other party had imitated it well, if one looked closely, one could tell the difference.

Naturally, the language teacher noticed this difference and called Su Xi to the office to give her a lecture and also called her parents.

Later on, Su Xi didn’t know what Su Jingcheng told their language teacher. In short, the language teacher didn’t bother Su Xi anymore and in the next few days, even their daily homework decreased a lot by a significantly visible amount.

———

Su Xi was doing her math homework and didn’t notice when someone came next to her.

“Is what you’re writing the same as Pythagorean Theorem?”

Su Xi was startled by the sudden voice beside her. She turned her head and found that it was Wei Shaoyuan.

In the novel, Su Jingcheng was the biggest villain and Wei Dongzhou wasn’t a good person either. However, due to the change in her understanding of her brother, Su Xi’s attitude towards the Wei family also changed.

——Wei Dongzhou and Su Jingcheng were good friends, so he was definitely not bad person. Grandpa Wei was also kind, and so was Wei Shaoyuan.

Su Xi didn’t even know how thick her filter was on Su Jingcheng right now.

“Wei Shaoyuan, why are you here?” Su Xi asked, smiling at the other party.

“You’re over here, so I came.” Wei Shaoyuan explained.

He actually went to Class 7 before but he couldn’t find Su Xi. He heard that she came to the library, so he headed here.

Su Xi thought Wei Shaoyuan had seen her in the library and came over.

“What a coincidence.”

“En, yes. Continue writing. I’ll just take a look.” Wei Shaoyuan found that the solution methods Su Xi used to do math problems were different from those used in books, so he was immediately interested.

“All right, then I’ll continue. If you have anything you’re curious about, feel free to ask me.” Su Xi said proudly.

“Okay.”

……

In a corner of the library, one person was quietly doing homework, while the person next to her was copying it carefully in a small notebook. From time to time, Wei Shaoyuan would also give Su Xi some tips to solve the problem, and the entire scene was very harmonious.

Moreover, Su Xi was pleasantly surprised with his knowledge. Wei Shaoyuan’s steps were much straightforward than what she’s previously using, and many of them were even simpler than the methods in books.

———

Not long after, Dong Wenqi came and saw that someone else was sitting in the seat Su Xi had reserved for her. Thus, when she got near, she reminded the other person, “Schoolmate, that seat is mine.”

As a result, Dong Wenqi’s whole body froze when she found out who it was.

“Wei- W-wei……” Wei Shen?!

“You’re here, Dong Xiao Qi. You can sit on this side.” Seeing that Dong Wenqi had arrived, Su Xi said to the other party.

Dong Wenqi: “T-that-, he-“

“This is Wei Shaoyuan.” Su Xi introduced while wondering in her heart. Wasn’t it Dong Wenqi who told her before that Wei Shaoyuan was very well-known in school? Why did it appear like she didn’t know Wei Shaoyuan?

“I-I know, but-” Of course she knew this was Wei Shen. She had heard from Su Xi that Brother Su and Wei Shen’s cousin were good friends, so it was normal for the two to know each other.

However, Dong Wenqi didn’t expect that she would actually meet the elusive Wei Shen in such a situation.

And Wei Shen actually came to the library?!

Who was Dong Wenqi? She frequented the school library. She’s extremely certain that she had never seen Wei Shen appear in here before.

OMG, it’s an honor to be able to study at the same table with Wei Shen even once in her lifetime.

Dong Wenqi looked at Wei Shaoyuan with starry eyes.

On the other hand, being looked at by Dong Wenqi with a ‘I want to rob your notes’ look in her eyes, Wei Shaoyuan suddenly became a little uncomfortable.

“This is for you.” Wei Shaoyuan took a notebook from his schoolbag and handed it over to Su Xi.

“What’s this?” Su Xi asked.

“It’s the review materials I’ve complied.” Wei Shaoyuan said, and after a pause, he added, “I just sorted them out casually, you can have a look.”

Sorted out casually?

Receiving the at least 200 pages of review materials from Wei Shaoyuan, Su Xi squeezed its thickness and instantly felt the depth of middle school culture.

Dong Wenqi, who was on the side, was also dumbfounded as she looked at the thick notes.

W-was this truly a review material? Not a research data? Wei Shen could publish a book at this rate. The most crucial part, however, was that this was all handwritten.

It turns out that behind that effortlessness, there’s hard work, right?

As a top student, Dong Wenqi finally felt the gap between her and the genius.

“And this, Grandpa asked me to give this to you.” Wei Shaoyuan whispered as he pushed a box in front of Su Xi before quickly withdrawing from the library.

He didn’t really want to discuss the next topic with Su Xi.

“Why is Wei Shen running away?” Dong Wenqi asked in confusion. She stared at the exquisite gift box in front of Su Xi and suddenly put on a gossipy expression. “What kind of gift did Wei Shen give you? A necklace or something alike?” Or was it any of the recently popular Qixi^[1]Chinese Valentine ’s Day confession items?

“No.” With that said, Su Xi calmly opened the lid of the gift box.

Caterpillar fungus, ganoderma lingzi, ginseng……

It was exactly as she guessed.

After Su Xi became the Tai Chi master of Old Master Wei and the others, she was dragged into their elderly care and wellness group called ‘Happy Elders’. They discuss health preservation topics with Su Xi from time to time and would stuff Su Xi with piles of tonic herbs.

Wei Shaoyuan ran so fast just now because he knew that if he was slow, Su Xi would definitely transfer all the herbs to him so that he could strengthen his body properly.

———

Facing a pile of precious medicinal herbs without a ‘home’, Su Xi felt worried for a while.

At this moment, an annoying voice suddenly came from behind.

“Hey, so many precious herbs. You must’ve spent a lot of money. What? Afraid that you won’t pass the monthly exam so you’re planning to give the principal a gift to go through the back door?”

Looking at Ye Zexing, who was sitting next to her, Su Xi rolled her eyes. “You think I’m like you?”

“We share the same blood. What’s wrong with being like me?” And Ye Zexing really thought this was a good idea. Why don’t he go back and ask his dad to prepare some famous tea and wine for him too?

Su Xi: “What do you want?” Ever since Ye Zexing replaced his long yellow hair to a black crew cut, he looked much more pleasing to the eye. However, Su Xi still didn’t like this guy very much.

“Can’t I come if there’s nothing? Anyway, we’re half or quarter—”

A look from Su Xi managed to make Ye Zexing shut up.

Su Xi: “Here, take a look at this.”

Ye Zexing: “What’s this?”

Su Xi: “The review materials compiled by Wei Shaoyuan.”

Su Xi brushed through it and it seems to be really useful.

She’s showing it to Ye Zexing as a last-ditch effort.

“I’ll take a look too.” Dong Wenqi also curiously leaned over. She wanted to admire the materials compiled by a genius.

Dong Wenqi: Insightful, comprehensive, and in-depth, indeed a review material made by a genius. It’s awesome.

Ye Zexing: What’s all this?

Moving his eyes away from the review material in disgust, Ye Zexing remembered why he came.

“Say, when did you get involved with that guy surnamed Wei?”

“My brother and his brother are friends.” A friend of his brother was also a friend of hers.

“Do you have a problem with that?”

Su Xi raised an eyebrow and Ye Zexing faltered again. “No, no problem.”

“However, I want to tell you that you’re now a celebrity in school, can you be careful and not add to my workload?” Ye Zexing was seemingly complaining.

“Huh? What’s the matter?”

“There’s some bullsh*t on the forum just now, but I guess you don’t have time to read it.” Ye Zexing told Su Xi what occurred.

【Wei Shen suddenly appeared in the library and even had a ‘great conversation’ with Su Xi】—— This matter was quickly posted on the forum and also attracted a lot of heated discussions.

【Wei Shen and Su Xi know each other? They even went to the library together? I’m shocked.】

【How did these two people get to know each other?】

【So what is the relationship between Wei Shen and the school flower? The two seems quite close.】

……

At first everyone was just surprised, but soon, some unpleasant voices emerged.

【First it’s Ye Zexing, then the school grass voted for her, and now even Wei Shen, did this SX save the galaxy?】

【It’s too much of a stretch.】

【To be honest, I don’t like this at all, it feels so chaotic.】

【I don’t like it either, I feel like SX is a stamp collecting girl.】

【Let me say it first, I’m not jealous. To be honest, I still think An Yajing is better in comparison.】

……

Many of these remarks against Su Xi were made by An Yajing’s supporters.

Although the previous voting was over, the comparison between Su Xi and An Yajing had never been extinguished.

Ye Zexing was already very upset to see those blind comparisons, but unexpectedly, An Yajing came in as if she didn’t think it was lively enough, and said, “I hope everyone can focus on more meaningful things such as studying. It’s almost time for the monthly exam, everyone has to work hard.”

These words disgusted Ye Zexing, a study slacker. Why, was she afraid that people would think she wasn’t high enough? Or was she afraid that others wouldn’t know that she, An Yajing, got good grades?

“But don’t be afraid, I’ve already dealt with this matter for you.” Ye Zexing stepped forward and shut those ignorant guys up in a few seconds. Afterwards, there was another wave of reporting, which successfully made the posts disappear.

Ye Zexing’s ‘seeking praise and gratitude’ expression was successfully ignored by Su Xi.

“That An Yajing’s grades are very good?”

“As well as can be expected, like tenth or twentieth place.” This was what Ye Zexing specifically asked his friends to inquire about.

Anyway, for a person like him whose exam rank was roughly equal to the number of students in their grade, 20-something and 920-something was the same.

“However, why don’t you ask Big Brother to hire you a good tutor for a surprise attack?”

The ranking was like a floating cloud to him, but Su Xi was different. What if the score came down and Su Xi’s ranking was too inferior to that of An Yajing’s? What to do if she couldn’t bear the blow?

Su Xi: “Are you questioning my grades?”

Ye Zexing: “How is that possible?” He didn’t dare to……