Liming High School was Gu Xi's previous school.
There seemed to be only one reason why Gu Shao wanted to bring her to Liming High School.
"Are we going to apply for a transfer?" Gu Xi asked. She was a little excited.
"Yes," Gu Shao responded and said, "So, go to sleep now."
"Okay!" Knowing that they had to get up early tomorrow to apply for a transfer, Gu Xi did not dawdle in the living room. She obediently ran back to her room to sleep.
—
The next day, Gu Shao brought Gu Xi to Liming High School.
Looking at the familiar campus, Gu Xi felt as if she had been separated from them for a lifetime.
It happened to be class time, so the entire campus was very quiet.
A teacher came out of the school to welcome the two of them to the principal's office.
In the office, the principal of Liming High School was holding Gu Xi's transfer application form. He looked at the father and daughter in front of him, and his heart was in turmoil. Previously, this "Lin Xi" was still a child of the Lin family. How did she become Gu Shao's child in just a few days?
Although he was shocked, he knew that he could not casually ask about this kind of thing, so the principal restrained himself and did not ask. He looked at Gu Shao and Gu Xi calmly.
"So, Mr. Gu, you're here to apply for a transfer for Lin, uh, Gu Xi, right?" the principal asked.
"Yes."
Upon receiving Gu Shao's affirmative answer, the principal nodded and said, "I understand."
The documents were complete, and the transfer procedures were not complicated.
However, when he thought of such a good student transferring to another school, the principal felt a little regretful. Although they were a private school, they still attached great importance to education.
The existence of a good student could bring a lot of glory and influence to the school.
Not to mention that Gu Xi had won quite a number of awards on behalf of the school, even in the Quanjin City Unified Examination, Gu Xi's results were comparable to those of other schools.
"Actually, if it's just a change of guardian … Ahem, I mean a change of living environment, it doesn't necessarily mean a change of school. After all, this child has been studying in our school for more than a year. He has adapted well to all aspects of the school. His grades are also very stable. If we change to a new school, he might not be able to adapt. "
After pausing for a while, the principal continued. "If you want to change the initials, it's fine. The school's student files, past results, and rewards can also be changed."
The principal tried to let Gu Xi continue to study in Liming.
Gu Shao's eyes darkened.
Gu Shao asked Gu Xi to wait outside while he looked at the principal coldly.
"Transferring her to another school isn't just because of a change in her guardian's life."
Gu Shao looked at the principal coldly and said in a deep voice, "When my daughter was studying in your school, she was hurt by rumors. It had a serious impact on her interpersonal relationships and personal reputation."
"However, the school didn't give a reasonable response to this matter. Because of this, her situation in the school became even more embarrassing and she was exposed to the violence of the school's public opinion for a long time."
"Because of this, I don't think there's a need for my daughter to continue studying in your school," Gu Shao's voice was not loud, but every word he said carried a coldness that no one could refute.
When he heard Gu Shao's words, the principal's expression froze. However, he understood Gu Shao's attitude and his expression instantly turned even uglier.
— — He admitted that with regards to Gu Xi's incident in school, as the head of the school, they had indeed not done their duty.
However, they also had their own difficulties.
When they found out that the person who deliberately spread the rumors was Lin Anxin, they were prepared to deal with this matter seriously.
However, before they could announce the results of their investigation, the Lin family came to the school. They did not come to seek justice for Lin Xi, but for Lin Anxin. The Lin family hoped that the school could suppress this matter and not continue to deal with it.
'Lin Xi' and 'Lin Anxin' were both children of the Lin family. Their parents had already come to request for them to turn this matter into a small one. What else could their school do?
However, who would have thought that Gu Xi was not a child of the Lin family?
The principal looked at Gu Shao with an awkward expression. Finally, he stood up and bowed to Gu Shao and said, "Mr. Gu, this matter was indeed our school's negligence. I'm very sorry. If Gu Xi wants to transfer to another school, our school will do our best to cooperate."
Gu Shao's expression was still cold and hard. "Then I'll have to trouble you."
"In addition, I hope that you can completely clean up the false rumors that my daughter was maliciously slandered while she was studying at your school." Gu Shao said, "If your school doesn't have the ability to clean it up completely, I don't mind doing it on your behalf."
The first half of Gu Shao's sentence was a request, but the second half was a complete threat.
When he heard Gu Shao's words, the principal's expression changed. He became nervous and hurriedly said, "No, no, there's no need to trouble Mr. Gu. Let the school handle this matter."
If Gu Shao was the one handling it, this matter would not be resolved so easily. The school might even get into trouble because of this.
"Please don't worry, Mr. Gu. I promise you that this matter will be cleaned up and will not have any impact on Gu Xi's future."
The school had already dealt with the previous rumors and posted an announcement. However, if they wanted to completely clean up this time, they would probably have to shut down the entire forum for a long time.
If necessary, they might even have to post the identity of the person who started the rumors.
However, this was their last resort.
Although the Lin Family had a big business, compared to the Xiang Family, Gu Shao had more influence on the school due to his identity as the professor of A University and NTN's CEO.
If he had to make a choice, he would naturally choose to give face to the latter.
…
Outside the office.
Gu Xi leaned against the wall. She did not know what Gu Shao and the principal were talking about. She was a little bored.
At this moment, it happened to be the end of class. Not far away, two students who were helping the teacher to deliver something to the office building walked over.
Gu Xi noticed the other party, and the other party also noticed Gu Xi. There was a look of surprise on his face, as if he had recognized her.
Gu Xi's heart skipped a beat and she instinctively wanted to hide.
The next second, Gu Xi stopped. No, why should she hide? She did not do anything wrong and she was not a person who could not be seen in public. Why should she hide?
With that thought in mind, Gu Xi stood in front of the principal's office. She straightened her back and maintained a calm expression on her face. Even when the two people looked at her curiously, she did not show any signs of avoidance.
— —
The two students walked past Gu Xi and headed towards the principal's office.
They only looked at each other when they were a distance away. Then, they quickened their pace and walked further away before they began to whisper to each other.
"Am I seeing things? Is that Lin Xi from Grade Two Class A?"
She was the top student in the grade. Although she was ostracized and avoided by everyone later, she still left a deep impression on many people.
"I think so."
"That's strange. I haven't seen her in a while."
"I heard that she's preparing to go abroad or something." The person said and then shook his head. "I'm not sure. Some say that she went to recuperate because she was sick."
"So she came to the principal's office today to complete the procedures and prepare to go abroad? Or is she coming back to cancel her leave and continue with her classes? "
"That's hard to say."
…
The two gradually walked away. Gu Xi retracted her attention and continued to stare at her toes while waiting for Gu Shao at the door.
She stood alone in the corridor, looking a little lonely.
Finally, Gu Shao came out.
"Let's go."
"Huh?" Gu Xi came back to her senses. "Are you done?"
"Yes." Gu Shao nodded.
Gu Xi noticed that he was holding a document in his hand and was a little curious.
"What's that?"
"Some things that you didn't put in your file in school," Gu Shao explained. The principal had asked a teacher to find the document for Gu Shao. It contained copies of some awards that Gu Xi had won while representing the school in school, as well as some outstanding works and essays that were used by the school for display.
Gu Shao didn't have time to take a look.
Gu Xi couldn't think of anything that hadn't been put in her file in school. She nodded in a daze and followed Gu Shao.
— —
However, Lin Xi didn't know that the two students who had passed by earlier had returned to the teaching room and told the rest of the class about what had happened.
Originally, it wasn't a big deal, but because of Lin Xi's' famous person 'effect, this matter caused a lot of discussion among the students.
It happened to be the end of class. Seeing Gu Shao and Gu Xi leave, many people poked their heads out of the teaching room to take a look.
"Hey, it's really Lin Xi."
"Is she leaving again?"
"Is she going to transfer schools?"
Everyone was talking about it.
Soon, these people's attention shifted from Gu Xi to Gu Shao.
"Is the person next to Lin Xi her tutor?" Someone pointed at Gu Shao's tutor and asked in surprise.
From the start of school until now, Lin Xi's tutor had never shown up. Even during the tutor conference, Lin Xi's tutor had never shown up.
Therefore, this tutor who ranked first in the cohort had become a legendary existence.
At this moment, seeing that there was an adult next to Lin Xi, everyone couldn't help but be curious.
"It seems like it," someone muttered.
"That's amazing … I almost thought that Lin Xi didn't have parents."
"How is that possible? Maybe they're overseas or something. But then again, I feel that Lin Xi's tutor has a strong background."
Regardless of whether it was in terms of aura or posture, Gu Shao didn't look like an ordinary person.
"That car is a custom-made version, right? It's definitely not a mass-market model. Also, look at that license plate. Ordinary people can't get it."
The few people who were talking looked at each other.
"Damn, Lin Xi's tutor can't be a big shot, right?"
"You don't say, I can't see clearly. But I really think that person looks a little familiar. I think I've seen him on some news before."
Someone next to him nodded. "Obviously. Otherwise, look, the principal personally sent him off."
…
The few of them gradually quieted down as they discussed.
Everyone thought of the same thing at the same time. Back then, there was a rumor on the school forum.
Lin Xi's family background wasn't good. Now that they looked at it, wasn't that just a rumor?
There was also a rumor that Lin Xi had an improper relationship with the owner of the printing shop, and that she had obtained high scores by cheating. That was even more nonsense.
Seeing how the principal was so polite to Lin Xi's tutor, nodding and bowing to him, it was likely that if Lin Xi really wanted to do the test paper, she could just show her background and ask the principal for it. Why would she need to use such a ridiculous method?
What's more, in the countless exams, tests, and competitions that followed, Lin Xi used facts to prove that she was a straight-A student and didn't need to cheat.
"Sigh, it's all because of that rumor." Someone sighed.
"Yeah, I don't know what happened. Later on, the school didn't find the person who started the rumor, so I thought that the rumor was true."
"…" The few of them were all talking at once.
In fact, the truth was already out. It was just that at different times and in different positions, the choice of whether to believe or not to believe was different.
…
Lin Anxin was also in the crowd.
At this moment, the classmates who were with her were also talking about Gu Xi, but the content of their discussion had already moved on to other things.
"That should be Lin Xi's tutor, right? Anxin, do you know her?" Someone turned around and asked Lin Anxin.
Lin Anxin shook her head.
She had actually seen that person before. It was that day, at her house, but she didn't want to say it.
Seeing this, the person next to her nodded. Then, she thought of something and suddenly laughed. "I knew it. Previously, someone actually said that you and Lin Xi were relatives. It was so funny."
Another person also agreed, "That's right, I was scared to death when I saw him."
Lin Anxin's face was still dark. She didn't say anything.
— — Although Lin Xi came out of the same place with her every day and went to school the same time, Lin Anxin didn't want others to know that Lin Xi was her sister.
Therefore, every day when they arrived at school, Lin Anxin would ask the driver to stop at a place far away from the school in advance. She would let Lin Xi get off first. Then, the driver would drive to the school gate and she would get off.
Her family members didn't object to this.
Later, after the rumor that Lin Xi's reputation wasn't good, Xu Jiaofeng and the others agreed with Lin Anxin's approach.
They even deliberately let the two of them go to school separately.
The reason was that they were afraid that Lin Xi's bad reputation would affect Lin Anxin.
— —
People guessed that the two of them were relatives because Lin Anxin took Lin Xi's big homework in the first year of junior high school to hand in. However, someone discovered that she had missed out a place and didn't change the name of the place.
After that, people saw her and Lin Xi coming from the same place.
Thus, people made such a guess.
At that time, the rumor about Lin Xi was at its fiercest and she was ostracized by the whole school.
After knowing about this, Lin Anxin denied the relationship between the two of them without hesitation.
It was just a rumor. Since Lin Anxin denied it, no one continued to spread the rumor.
"But I don't think the rumor can be trusted. I think Lin Xi's family seems to be doing quite well."
"That's right. I think her family looks very powerful."
The two people next to them discussed and didn't notice that Lin Anxin's expression was extremely ugly at this moment.
Lin Anxin watched the car drive away without saying anything. Her hands tightly gripped the corner of her school uniform and her eyes were filled with hatred.
— — She had hated Lin Xi since she was young. At home, Lin Anxin was better than Lin Xi in every aspect. Thus, she couldn't accept that Lin Xi was better than her in every aspect.
However, Lin Xi's grades were better than hers. Although they weren't in the same grade, Lin Xi always got first place every time. On the other hand, she tried all kinds of methods to tutor her, but she could only get an above average ranking.
This made Lin Anxin hate Lin Xi even more.
After finding out that Lin Xi wasn't the biological child of the Lin family, Lin Anxin was indeed happy for a moment. However, she soon couldn't feel happy anymore. The man who claimed to be Lin Xi's biological father seemed to be a good person. Even her father seemed to be wary of him.
How could this be? Lin Xi was born to be her foil and be trampled under her feet. She wouldn't allow Lin Xi to be better than her in any aspect. Even if it was her family background, she couldn't be better than her!
As she thought about this, Lin Anxin's expression gradually became more and more twisted.
— —
At this moment, Gu Xi didn't know what kind of influence she had on others.
Anyway, everything in this school had nothing to do with her.
Sitting in the car, Gu Xi watched as the school gate gradually disappeared from her sight. She heaved a sigh of relief and the corners of her lips curled up.
After leaving the school, the air became fresher.
At the side, Gu Shao looked at Gu Xiyi as if she had escaped from the cage and was relieved of a heavy burden. He silently commented, "Coward." However, the expression on his face inadvertently became gentler.
— —
Back to the Zhang family's house.
At night, Gu Xi lay in bed and suddenly couldn't fall asleep.
After staring blankly at the ceiling for a long time, Gu Xi finally jumped out of bed, walked out of the room, and began to wander around the living room.
At this moment, Gu Shao was working overtime in the study to deal with several research and development proposals submitted to him.
In the past few days, Gu Shao had gone to Zhang Jia Village to register Gu Xi's household registration and to complete the school transfer procedures. Since Gu Shao didn't go to the university center, he had some work to do.
Hearing the trivial movements outside the study, Gu Shao stopped writing and looked up.
Then, he saw Gu Xi in her pajamas, wandering by the door of the study like a ghost.
Gu Shao frowned and called out to Gu Xi.
Gu Xi was startled when she was called. She whispered, "Dad."
"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Gu Shao asked in a deep voice.
"Uh, I'm thirsty, so I came out to get a glass of water." Gu Xi pointed to the kitchen and explained.
She couldn't possibly tell Gu Shao that she couldn't fall asleep because she was thinking about going to the new school tomorrow.
Seeing that Gu Shao kept a straight face and didn't say anything, Gu Xi felt a little guilty and asked softly, "Dad, do you want some water?"
Before Gu Shao could answer, Gu Xi had already run into the kitchen and poured herself a glass of water. Then, she poured a glass of water for Gu Shao.
Gu Xi carried the water and carefully moved into the study.
Seeing Gu Xi dilly-dallying, Gu Shao's temples throbbed. Was there a landmine on the floor?
Gu Xi carefully placed the glass of water beside Gu Shao's hand and said, "Good night, Dad." Then, she turned around and was about to leave.
At this moment, Gu Shao called out to Gu Xi.
"Sit there." Gu Shao pointed to a chair in the study.
"Okay." Gu Xi obediently moved to the chair.
"Why aren't you sleeping at this hour?" Gu Shao asked.
"Just …" She was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.
Before Gu Xi could say anything, Gu Shao asked again, "Are you afraid because you're going to the new school?"
Gu Xi was stunned. "…"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
