Top-notch Master Masquerading As Cannon Fodder Female Companion

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"We all saw the published list. You got full marks and ranked first!" Guan Ruyue exclaimed excitedly.

"As your senior, it's embarrassing, really." Despite what Wang Yuemu said, there definitely weren't any serious hard feelings between them.

Tan Mo heaved a sigh of relief. "Thank God you all ranked in the top ten. That means that I won't have to suffer from any scoldings."

If even one person hadn't made it, Professor Guo would've lost face.

Guan Ruyue echoed the sentiment. "Definitely. We all worked really hard this time round since none of us wanted to anger Professor Guo."

It indeed was scary when the professor got angry. Just thinking about it sent shivers up Tan Mo's spine.

Around them, everyone was turning off their computers as they eavesdropped on this conversation.

They couldn't really understand that much about the scoldings and the pressure, but they could tell that the relationship between the three ran deep.

Those from the first-year Finance class were all aware of the story about how Wang Yuemu, who represented Professor Guo, had come to look for Tan Mo. But after that, Wang Yuemu had never appeared again, which was why this deep bond between them was unexpected. It was clear that this wasn't a relationship that had been built in a day or two. They'd even brought up Professor Guo by name.

Could it be that Tan Mo had been in contact with Professor Guo this entire time?

Looking back, Guan Ruyue had said the words, "Professor Guo'll be extremely happy with your grade this time."

Their voices got quieter and quieter as the distance between themselves and the classroom gradually grew larger and larger.

Everyone in the classroom had turned their computers off. And finally they started the long-awaited discussion about the elephant in the room.

"Since when has she had any relation with Professor Guo?"

"I thought Tan Mo hadn't switched majors?" Someone from the first-year Finance class piped up.

No one could really answer that question, so they just shook their heads.

"Yuelin, don't you know anything about that? Aren't you in the same dorm room as she is?" someone asked.

Meanwhile, Lin Fuxi was wallowing in emotional turmoil. Upon hearing this question, she turned toward Jin Yuelin and she snapped out of her morose thoughts.

"I'm not too sure either." Jin Yuelin laughed. "We have different schedules anyway, so we're not always together."

"Class president, do you not know either?" Someone asked Lin Fuxi.

Lin Fuxi put on a face that looked as if she had been seriously wronged and said, "Even though we're in the same dormitory, Tan Mo avoids me at all costs. If Yuelin and Yuxi don't know, how would I know?"

She herself had definitely been left out in their dorm. If this had been before, everyone would've pitied her, surely. Everyone leaving her out? That was just wrong. There were only four people in their dorm rooms. With the other three heading out together every now and then, just imagine how awful it'd be for the one remaining.

But today Lin Fuxi had slipped up by showing a small part of her true colors. Most people now probably thought they could understand just why she had been left out.

If you put yourselves in this situation, and had a Sister Lin around you every day, that would've been annoying enough. But to be with someone who made themselves look as if they'd been so badly wronged and bullied and then gossip behind your back as well...