"Hello, old friend?"

The invigilator had just collected the papers, and Su Yifan's head had already turned.

I really don't understand why he has so much time to spare. We had the math exam this afternoon. Everyone was either busy going home to review or busy arranging their rest. Yet he has the leisure to come and talk to me.

I didn't want to pay attention to him. I hurriedly packed up my stationery and walked out. Taking advantage of the spiral design of the senior high school building, I easily shook him off and only then did I see Qi Mingxi had already gotten on the car and left.

I raised my eyebrow. I was about to call a taxi when I remembered that I had no money and had forgotten to bring my phone. Just as I was about to bite the bullet and walk back, Su Yifan appeared out of nowhere and said, "Let me take you home?"

...

Little did I expect that when Su Yifan said he would take me home, he meant on an electric scooter.

I frowned and said, "Aren't there new traffic rules now? It's illegal for you to ride an e-bike without a helmet and carry passengers, right?"

He turned his head stylishly and tousled his bangs. "You really are an old friend. Why do you care so much about me?"

"No, you're overthinking it," I replied expressionlessly. "I'm just worried that the traffic police will fine me too. I don't have the money to pay the fine."

He was speechless and sneered, "You can rest assured. When the time comes, I'll push all the responsibility onto you."

I was also speechless. Su Yifan had already turned the key, "Get on."

...

As soon as I entered the house, Yu Wan had already started with her sarcastic tone, "Xiao An, who was that male classmate you just got a ride from?"

I glanced at Qi Jun and saw that his face had turned as dark as ink, so I obediently smiled and said, "My younger brother didn't wait for me today, so I hitched a ride."

"You're lying!" Qi Mingxi suddenly yelled. "The one who brought you back was clearly Su Yifan!"

"What?" As soon as Qi Mingxi spoke, Qi Jun immediately put down his chopsticks and sternly said, "Qi An, what's wrong with you?!"

I looked at my biological father in front of me until his suspicion rose. Then, I pretended to be panic-stricken and smiled, "Dad, are you so anxious to label me with a crime?"

Whether it was the college entrance examination in my previous life, being forced to get pregnant, or this small matter in my present life, Qi Jun seemed to never believe me even a bit.

When I asked this question, Qi Jun's straight back gradually relaxed. Yu Wan quickly intervened, "Alright, alright, why must a father and daughter fight like this? Xiao An just finished the exam and wasn't confident, so she must be in a bad mood. Why do you have to scold her?"

Saying that, she turned to me, "Xiao An, quickly apologize to your dad, and let's forget about this matter."

Apologize? I almost wanted to laugh. Yu Wan was always good at playing these word games, like an antelope hanging its horns, easily diverting the topic. Just like the previous life, it was clearly her intentional arrangement, yet she was able to say that I and Yan Yi were "in agreement."

It really makes me sick.

Apologizing was naturally impossible. I also wanted to play word games like Yu Wan, "Auntie Yu, don't worry. I did well in the exam and I'm in a good mood. And..." I looked at Qi Mingxi, "I will do even better in the future, better than my little brother."

Qi Jun just looked at me incredulously, and Qi Mingxi "sprang" up, his face reddening, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm in the top hundred before the class! How can a little country bumpkin like you possibly surpass me?"

I looked at his chubby, red face and smiled lightly, "So what if you're in the top hundred before the class? Even if you're number one in the class, when you meet me, you can only be second."

Qi Jun couldn't help but speak up, his tone much kinder, "Alright, Xiao An, what are you saying as a family?" He looked at me, "Having ambition is a good thing, but girls shouldn't be too impulsive. You're different from your brother."

Indeed, we are different. Otherwise, he wouldn't have divorced my mother. In Qi Jun's eyes, my greatest value and resources are probably all in marriage.

I looked at Qi Mingxi again. Although his complexion had improved after Qi Jun's words, he still couldn't hide his uneasiness.

This was Qi Mingxi's weakness that I discovered in my previous life. He deeply feared that I would surpass him.

Before the college entrance examination, he could still deceive himself and say that the outcome was uncertain. But when the decisive moment came, he panicked.

He knew in his heart that he couldn't surpass me on the exam. So he could only resort to some underhanded methods.

But this time, it's impossible.