Chapter 363: Principal Of No.1 High School, Ouyang Feng
At the principal office of No.1 High School in Yu City.
There were countless bullet comments in the live-streaming room from different institutions expressing their desire to take Fu Zhi in.
Director Liu had been following this matter, and he heaved out a sigh of relief when he heard the explanation from the chief director.
He pulled two test papers from his pocket and said to the man sitting in the main seat, “Fu Zhi indeed is an all-rounder! You’ve been out of town, so you don’t know about it. Here I have with me two test papers: Physics and Mathematics. Generally, it would take a student at least 2 hours to finish each paper, but Fu Zhi got both papers done in under half an hour.”
The principal looked at the two test papers, and his eyes glowed.
Director Liu knew he had been looking for students who excelled in Physics and Mathematics.
Ouyang Feng knew how tough the test papers in his hands were. When he was still teaching in the capital two years ago, even though Ouyang Ya was the best student he had taught, she was a hardworking genius at most. Other than showing promising talent in firearms designing, her performance was far from perfect when compared to Fu Zhi.
He had heard a lot about Fu Zhi. She had gotten first prize at the international Physics competition, but more often than not, good grades did not mean everything.
Ouyang Feng was transferred from the capital to Yu City. He had seen many geniuses in his life. He was first fascinated by them, but after he got to know them, he realized that they could not even take care of themselves.
When he heard about Fu Zhi, his first impression of her was that she was a good student.
The first impression he had of Fu Zhi from what he heard was that she was a good student, and it was not until today after he watched the live-streaming session that his thoughts began to change.
He glanced at the test papers on his table once again. The writing was clean and neat. He picked up one of the test papers and flipped through it.
“It’s a blessing that No.1 High School could have a good student like Fu Zhi, but...”
Director Liu paused for a moment before continuing exasperatedly, “She’s erratic. She got into a fight with one of our students after a few days she joined our school, and she also refused to take part in the exchange meeting this time. If you look at her profile, you would find that she isn’t better than other students.”
Ouyang Feng tapped his finger on the table, falling into deep thought. After a while, he lifted his head to face Director Liu and asked, “So did she win the fight?”
Director Liu was stunned. “Yea... Yeah.”
“That’s good to know.”
Director Liu was speechless.
Ouyang Feng smiled. The eyes behind his pair of gold-rimmed spectacles were sharp as an eagle’s. He looked at Fu Zhi’s profile, and he could not peel his eyes away from her picture.
*
At the same time, Bai Yao was watching the press conference in the Lu Household as well.
She was so fumed with rage that she threw the tablet on the floor when she saw that the chief director did not reprimand Fu Zhi and that so many bigshots from the medical industry stepped forward to support her.
She pulled her phone out and tried to call Lu Yu’an, but she could not get through to him.
Bai Yao was helpless, and she had no other choice but to put her expectation on Lu Yu’an once again.
After all, no matter how one looked at it, be it morally or ethically, a murderer always had a crooked mind.
At this moment, outside Yu City’s police station.
A police officer was walking beside Lu Yu’an. “We assure you we will investigate further according to the evidence that you provided. If we find out that Lu Chuwan indeed has instigated other people to switch Ms. Fu Zhi’s journal out, then we will reconsider reducing her sentence, despite her good behavior in the reformatory.”
“Thank you,” Lu Yu’an nodded.
He dusted his coat and shook hands with the police officer. Then, after he turned around, he pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and meticulously wiped his hand.
The maid glanced at him. Even though there was a warm smile on the teenager’s face, it could not chase away the gloominess that rooted deeply in his eyes.
The maid winced coldly, and she could not come around to her senses for a long time. After Lu Yu’an went into the car, it was only then she felt a shiver down her spine.
They were here to visit Lu Chuwan, but why...
Instead of going to see Lu Chuwan, he thwarted her chance of getting a commutation.
The driver gave the maid a honk on his horn, causing the latter to snap back to reality, and hastily went into the car.
On the back seat of the car, Lu Yu’an opened up his phone to watch the live-streaming session of the press conference.
The maid couldn’t help herself and looked at him several times.
“Is there anything you want to say?” Lu Yu’an asked.
The dusky afterglow fell through the car window on the teenager’s face. The maid had taken care of Lu Yu’an for a few years.
She really didn’t understand. As such, despite being so nervous that her back was drenched with sweat, she couldn’t help but ask, “Is there any misunderstanding between you and Ms. Lu Chuwan? I remember you are very close to her, but why...”
She did not ask the question explicitly, and she did not watch the live-streaming session.
Lu Yu’an had only known her for a few days, and he was not as close to her as to his friends and teachers in his school. Besides, Fu Zhi had never helped Lu Yu’an with anything.
“About that,” Lu Yu’an tapped on the screen, the light from the phone further accentuated the fairness of his skin.
He said, “She made a mistake, and I was just doing her a favor.”
‘Doing her a favor? By sending to the Reformatory?’
The maid fell silent.
It went without saying how devastating the effect was for a high school student, or a daughter of a wealthy family, to sit in reformatory and defer the duration of her education.
“Then... Then how about Ms. Fu?” She remembered that Lu Yu’an looked like he was going to kill Fu Zhi when he received the phone call from Bai Yao.
“You mean my cousin? She’s a good girl.”
‘A good girl? How? She’s suspected of plagiarism!’
The maid felt Lu Yu’an had gone mad. Or else, why would he rather help someone that was not related to him than his own family?
Lu Yu’an did not say anything anymore after he had finished speaking. He lowered his head and opened up the video.
He ran his finger across the word “Fu Zhi” that appeared on the subtitle as he said, “You see, I’ve been so good to you.”
‘It’s fine if you’re not Z God. It’s fine if you’re not the one that saved me. Even if I can’t force the identity of Z God onto you and ensnarl you with the kindness that you’ve shown me. I will always find other reasons to make you keep liking me. So, you have to be a good and obedient girl.’
*
Even though the plagiarism incident was just a small issue, when Fu Zhi logged into her Weibo to follow Su Xing and Song Fang’s Weibo page, she realized that the system had recommended her a few Weibo pages.
She glanced at the names of the pages and she was stunned.
“Fu Zhi’s Global Fanclub”, “Fu Zhi’s Anti-Hater Club”
Dumbfounded, she clicked on the Weibo page with the name “Fu Zhi’s Global Fanclub”.
The avatar of the global fan club was a high-resolution picture of her caught by a certain reporter at an exchange match with Country R.
Fu Zhi thought only celebrities like Ye Shiyun would have either a fan club or an anti-hater club, so she found it hard to believe when she found out that she had both a fan club and an anti-hater club.
She squinted her eyes and looked through the fan club. The Fanclub had only a few followers and there was not much content as well.
On the other hand, it was more lively in the anti-hater club.
Since the plagiarism incident had just passed not long ago, a few netizens claimed that there was no way Fu Zhi would know Z God. She and her family must have paid off the chief director of the National Education Bureau to help her tell lies.
The anti-hater club immediately reported those posts.
Well, it was fine to throw shade on an ordinary person, but it was not cool when the person was the chief director.
Very soon, the group of people deleted their posts and came forward to apologize.
Fu Zhi did not know what to say.
It seemed to her that she still had a lot to learn when it came to Weibo.
Originally, she wanted Xi Man to send a lawyer’s letter to warn them, but it was going to be a tedious process that would waste a lot of time. Apparently, the anti-hater club did a better job in this.
After following Su Xing and some of her friend’s Weibo pages, she asked Xi Man to get her a few books. Then, she began to search on Weibo for some famous directors who directed war movies.
She did get a few popular directors, but they were too old.
Even if Fu Zhi could afford them, she worried that their body would not be able to take it.
The Fu Corporation did not invest in the film and television industry.
Fu Zhi thought that she had to keep looking for other directors, as well as the casting of male and female leads.
*
The next day, the language class.
Even though the language teacher had finished talking about the test paper, the students were still talking to each other.
After the bell rang, the language teacher knocked on the table with his ruler. After everyone had fallen silent, only then he said, “Don’t forget to buy the book “Red Sun”. Some of the teachers in the capital had already started to teach about this book. Also, for those who are interested or can afford it, you guys can read the science fiction novel written by Pure Feather. Don’t keep loafing and wandering about doing nothing. After you guys step into society...”
The language teacher began his preaching again.
Pure Feather had a strange style of writing, which was very rare in the literature industry. There was no romance between the male and female protagonists in “Red Sun”, yet readers would still be riveted by her style of writing.
According to rumors, the former president of Country R had also read Pure Feather’s works and recommended them on social platforms.
After the language teacher had finished talking, cries of discontent started to rise in the students.
“It’s not that we don’t want to buy it. It’s just that we can’t buy it!”
“Yeah. The scalpers had bought them all, and they’re re-selling one for 800 yuan!”
“I thought there were 10,000 copies on sale on the official website. Are they all sold out? None of you get a copy?” The language teacher did not expect that the book would be so hard to buy.
Su Xing had one on her hands, but it was another work of Pure Feather.
The students in the class looked at each other.
The language teacher got angry. “I thought you guys are very good at playing games, huh? Especially you, Fu Zhi! You guys should have good reflexes, so why do none of you get a single copy?”
Fu Zhi did not know what to say.
‘Yes, yes, yes. You’re right.’
The language teacher asked a few teachers from other classes, and the answer he got was the same.
None of the students were able to get their hand on a single copy of “Red Sun”, save for Mu Chenxi.
She had ten copies in her hands.
After some discussion, the teachers decided to borrow a few from Mu Chenxi.
Very soon, Mu Chenxi arrived at Class 21.
She was holding a copy of “Red Sun” in her hand right now. The book was wrapped up in a special cover, and one could see that she cherished the book very much. She gave the book to the language teacher in Class 21 and said, “I didn’t buy it from the official website. It’s given to my family by the Fu Corporation. You can take it first if you need it.”
The moment she had finished speaking, the entire classroom fell silent.
Even Fu Zhi, who was playing games on her phone, lifted her head and looked at her. There was a faint smile on her face.
“My family is going to cooperate with Pure Feather on the movie adaptation of “Red Sun”. We will be meeting Master Pure Feather soon, so if you really get your hands on one, you can wait for me. I’ll find a way to get the Fu Corporation to donate a thousand copies to our school.
Mu Chenxi was talking very slowly. There was more than one reason why she wanted to donate the book to the school. Besides currying favor with Ouyang Feng, the principal of No.1 High School, she also wanted to...
Mu Chenxi looked towards Fu Zhi with a strange smile playing on her lips.
“The Mu Family is the greatest! If I can get into Tsinghua University by accident, I will certainly come back and return the favor!”
“That means we don’t have to compete with others anymore? That’s great! After all, considering my reflexes, there’s no way I will be able to get my hands on one copy!”
Mu Chenxi nodded. “Don’t worry. The Mu Family will do our best.”
After hearing what Mu Chenxi had said, Su Xing frowned and pouted.
Fu Zhi glanced at her and asked, “Why? Are you not happy about it?”
Su Xing remembered the last time Mu Chenxi badmouthed Fu Zhi in the corridor. She forcibly peeled her gaze away from the book in Mu Chenxi’s hand and said, “I would rather jump from here or fail my test than to read the book given by her!”
Chapter 364: Class 21 Standing Up For Bossy Zhi
Su Xing sounded resolute and firm.
Fu Zhi glanced out of the window.
‘Hmm, very good. It’s not the first floor. She could probably end up being a vegetable if she jumped from up here.’
“I have a book written by Pure Feather. Do you want to read it?”
“No!” Su Xing replied without any hesitation, although she was nodding profusely.
Fu Zhi did not know what to say.
‘Girl, your body is much more honest than your mouth.’
After getting Fu Zhi’s attention, Su Xing said, “Lu Chuwan has a bestie, so of course, you need to have one! I said I don’t want to read it, which means I don’t want to read it. Even if I fail the exam, my family can support me until I die!”
Once again, Fu Zhi was speechless.
Then, Su Xing, a.k.a “the real descendant born with a silver spoon in her mouth”, turned to Mu Chenxi and rolled her eyes at her.
As if she’d suddenly remembered something, her fingers, which were dancing on the screen of her phone, stopped moving. “Pure Feather will be coming to No.1 High School this week. Other than choosing a suitable movie director to direct the movie, she also has roughly 1,000 copies of autographed books in her hands.”
Su Xing was stunned. Her eyes were wide, and she clutched Fu Zhi’s arm. “Are... Are you serious?”
‘Pure Feather is coming to No.1 High School? Oh God, am I dreaming? If yes, don’t ever wake me up from my dream!’
“That means I will have a chance to see her in person? Ahh! I love her so much!
“You don’t know how literate she is... Well, you know what? Forget it. Zhizhi, you really don’t know this.”
For the third time, Fu Zhi was left speechless.
Su Xing scratched her head in embarrassment. Well, it was not that she was looking down on Fu Zhi, but considering the fact that Fu Zhi did not even know how to write an essay, how was there any possibility she would know or understand a serious literary work like this?
Hold on a second!
If Fu Zhi did not know how to write an essay, then how did she know her favorite author was coming to Yu City?
After all, Pure Feather did not even have a Weibo page!
Su Xing then looked hesitantly at Fu Zhi. After a long while, she smacked her leg as understanding suddenly dawned upon her. “Do you like Pure Feather as well? Zhizhi, could you be Pure Feather’s maniacal fan?”
‘Otherwise, how would you know something like that?’
Fu Zhi then replied, “I heard it from my family. You just need to know that she’s coming and that you will certainly be able to get a book from her.”
‘Oh well, she’s not a maniacal fan. Well, that’s good to hear...’
Su Xing heaved a sigh of relief inwardly. Then, she pulled her Physics textbook out and stopped listening to what Mu Chenxi was talking about.
It was very hard to get a book personally autographed by Pure Feather. Out of the 10,000 books, only 100 were autographed by her. It was completely out of pure luck that Su Xing had gotten one last time.
Even if Mu Chenxi managed to talk the Fu Corporation into it, the books donated by them would be the normal edition. Besides, getting the book from Mu Chenxi and receiving the book personally from Pure Feather were two completely different experiences.
Fu Zhi was Su Xing’s favorite friend. After a while, she turned around and told Fu Zhi, “I have a science fiction novel written by Pure Feather in my house. I will bring it to you tomorrow. You can go through it when you’re free. This way, you won’t get a zero score for your essay.”
Fu Zhi replied expressionlessly, “Thank you for your kindness.” Meanwhile, she was thinking, ‘You don’t understand me at all.’
Su Xing nodded.
Mu Chenxi had not peeled her gaze away from Fu Zhi from the moment she’d stepped into Class 21. Most of the students and teachers were praising her save for Fu Zhi. Not only did Fu Zhi not appreciate her kindness, but she also treated her as if she was invisible. She did not know why Fu Zhi would treat her like this, but she was not happy about it.
‘She’s enjoying my privilege, yet she refuses to show gratitude to me? Just how rude can she be? And all the bigshots from the medical industry are standing up for her? Are they blind?’
She gave the book in her hand to the language teacher and then said in a loud voice, “By the way, my father has invited Pure Feather to attend an Angel Foundation event that is going to be held in Yu City. Are any of you her fans? I can help you guys get her autograph.”
“Holy... She can get her autograph? But I remember that Pure Feather is not very fond of giving out autographs, right?”
Mu Chenxi smiled. “Of course I can get it. We will pay her.”
She spoke with such a resolute attitude that it was as if she was certain that Pure Feather would do everything she said as long as she gave her money.
Su Xing frowned.
“Isn’t the Angel Foundation a place where rich people can invest in some projects? My parents will also go this week. I wonder if I can meet Master Pure Feather.”
“She and my dad have something to talk about. She won’t simply see anyone.” Mu Chenxi looked at Fu Zhi again.
“Well, there’s nothing we can do about it. Even if we can’t see Pure Feather, at least we can still watch the online training session conducted by the hacker alliance!”
“Oh yeah, Chenxi, since you’re going to meet Pure Feather, does that mean that you can’t watch the training session anymore?”
“It’s fine. My dad has hired Siren to be my teacher.”
The students in the class exclaimed again, and Mu Chenxi felt satisfied and joyful.
They found it normal that Pure Feather would strike a deal with the Mu Corporation, as the Mu Corporation was considered a corporation with a good reputation. However, they were truly surprised when they heard that her father had hired Siren to be her teacher.
After all, even the government could only hire a normal member of the hacker alliance to give them an hour-long online training session, but Mu Chenxi... Her teacher was the famous Siren.
All of them felt jealous of her.
“Chenxi, do you know when Siren will start taking in apprentices again? I want to learn from her as well!”
“Well, honestly, I don’t know. My master is busy, and I rarely talk to her about this.” Mu Chenxi had gotten her slot out of pure luck, so it went without saying that she knew nothing about it.
Besides, Siren would not say anything to her anymore after their initial conversation. Even if she tried to talk to her, she would still not respond.
“By the way, I heard that no representative from the Lu Family will attend the Angel Foundation this time. Is that right? Well, I can bring a friend with me,” Mu Chenxi suddenly said as she turned to Fu Zhi. “Why don’t you go with me? I can introduce Pure Feather to you. Of course, if you want, I can introduce Siren to you as well.”
It went without saying that Mu Chenxi was just bluffing. She only wanted to make Fu Zhi the crowd’s target. She wanted to make her friends jealous of her, and then she would make her a laughing stock when they were at the Angel Foundation.
‘Please don’t blame me, Fu Zhi. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself. You should know when to stop.’
The students in the class turned their heads in unison to look at Fu Zhi.
Song Fang poked her back and said, “I think it’s a good idea. If you get into the Mu Family, don’t forget to help me get an autograph from Ye Shiyun.”
Most of the girls in the class were Ye Shiyun’s fans. It was just that they were not very close to Mu Chenxi, so they did not dare ask her for anything.
Even though they were looking at Fu Zhi now, there was no jealousy in their eyes.
Nobody was causing trouble, and the atmosphere in the classroom was quite peaceful now that both Zhou Tingting and Tian Nuo were gone.
Mu Chenxi was kind of disappointed that the fighting scene in her head had not come true.
However, what made her feel even more disappointed and shocked was that Fu Zhi had not even spared her a single glance this entire time. She was just focused on playing the game on her phone as she said, “Not interested. I’m busy. No.”
The students in the class were speechless.
Well, they had more or less anticipated such a reaction from Fu Zhi, but they had not expected her to reject Mu Chenxi so decisively. It was as if she did not even need to think about it at all.
The girl sitting in front of her turned her head and looked at her with puppy eyes. “Zhizhi, you’re going to meet Siren, Pure Feather, and Ye Shiyun. Can you make time and mmm...”
Covering her mouth with one hand while grabbing her neck with the other, Fu Zhi turned the girl’s head back.
Mu Chenxi thought Fu Zhi would not be able to resist such a huge temptation, but...
Her face sank, and she said in a mocking voice, “Since you don’t want to go and meet Master Pure Feather, forget it. After all, given your intellect, maybe you will become an even greater writer than Master Pure Feather and come up with a great piece of literature for your friends to enjoy. I guess you don’t need the book either, right?”
After hearing what she said, Song Fang put down the textbook. His gaze turned cold as he said, “What do you mean by that, huh? Why do you have to be so mean to Zhizhi?”
“What do I mean by that? I’m the one who’s mean to her?”
Mu Chenxi kicked the podium. “I invited her out of kindness because no one from the Lu Family is going to attend the Angel Foundation event. Do you know that I usually wouldn’t give this chance to another person even if they begged me? Look at her attitude. She’s just a worthless loser!”
The language teacher tried to calm them down, but to no avail.
“Loser? Do you think you’re really great? If it weren’t for the Mu Family, do you think you, a high school student, would have the chance to earn a living by taking part in a few dramas?”
A few students hurriedly came forward to stop Song Fang.
“Calm down, dude. There’s no need to get all hot and bothered.”
“It was just a slip of the tongue. I’m sure Chenxi didn’t mean that.”
Song Fang stared at Mu Chenxi and warned her. “You’d better watch your mouth.”
Song Fang was good-looking and rich, so he was popular amongst the girls in their school.
Chen Muxi had always been the center of attention. She was pretty, and it was always her who ordered the boys around. She had never had a boy shout at her before.
She just wanted to teach Fu Zhi a lesson. What did this have to do with Song Fang?
“Or what? Or else what? Don’t stop him, guys, let him speak. It’s no wonder all of you are Fu Zhi’s classmates. Not only are you not good at studying, but you are all as rude as Fu Zhi!”
Mu Chenxi said everything that was on her mind. “You all are a bunch of ingrates. You are using my book, yet you still don’t appreciate my kindness. If you guys are so great, why don’t you just stop using the books I donated?”
“Do you really think I want your book? I’d rather throw it in the trash can than use the book that you donated!”
The air went silent for a moment.
The language teacher tried to chime in again. “Well, Fu Zhi is not interested in literature, so I think you shouldn’t force it upon her if she really doesn’t want it.”
Fu Zhi looked at the language teacher and then looked at Song Fang.
Just as she opened her mouth to say something, Mu Chenxi said, “I don’t care if she likes it or not. She should be grateful that people are willing to help her. And Song Fang, even if you want to be Mr. Knight, you should watch who you’re protecting right now. You two don’t need the book, but that doesn’t mean that your friends don’t need it. If I’m not happy, I won’t donate any books to you guys!”
‘Well. No wonder she became Lu Chuwan’s bestie. They are the same kind of people,’ Fu Zhi thought.
Just as she was about to say something again, a loud thud erupted.
Zhou Zihuai put the textbook down and said, “I don’t want your book either.”
There was no expression on his face. He pulled another textbook out of his drawer and put it on his desk.
The moment he finished speaking, several boys sitting behind Song Fang added, “We’re sorry, but we’re not interested either.”
They were not good at studying, but that did not mean that they had a bad attitude. Besides, Fu Zhi and Song Fang had done nothing wrong.
More and more students began to stand up and say they did not want her book.
There were only three girls left.
Mu Chenxi’s face was red with anger as she shouted, “Suit yourself! Since you guys don’t want the book, I will negotiate with the Fu Corporation and ask them to forbid you guys from buying the book online!”
At first, the remaining girls were still quite hesitant. After all, they’d seldom interacted with Fu Zhi or Song Fang until they heard what Mu Chenxi said.
They gritted their teeth and decided not to take the book either.
The weather in the morning was cold. Fu Zhi did not care about Mu Chenxi at all.
In fact, she was going to donate the book to them, but she had not expected something like this to happen at all.
She remembered their attitude when they’d learned that they were going to get the book.
After a short while, she sighed.
It seemed to her that she had to autograph another thirty or so science fiction books.
*
If only Fu Zhi and Song Fang had not appreciated her good intentions, the matter would have ended there. However, it was obvious that the entire Class 21 was against her.
Mu Chenxi was not happy with their attitude. She suppressed her anger and said, “Very well then. Don’t come and cry in front of me when you receive your college entrance examination results!”
The students in Class 21 were bad at studying. Most of them had been born with a silver spoon in their mouth, and if they failed their college entrance examination, they would face a lot of trouble, such as having to go overseas to continue their studies or being forced to look for tutors to resit the examination.
Either way, this would be devastating for them.
Chapter 365: Looking For A Way To Meet Pure Feather
Mu Chenxi turned around, and just as she was about to leave, the language teacher tugged at her sleeve.
Mu Chenxi sneered coldly, “You don’t have to say anything else. I won’t let this matter slide until they apologize to me!”
“Erm, no,” the language teacher said. Then, he handed her the book in his hand. “I just wanted to remind you to take your book with you.”
He was not going to be the mediator even though he’d had enough of this sh*t. That said, he was not going to fight fire with fire. After all, he was a peace lover.
“Pfft...” Someone laughed.
Then, the entire class broke into laughter.
Mu Chenxi was speechless.
‘Good! Very good!’
Mu Chenxi then stormed away with the language teacher of Class 1.
After both of them had gone away, the language teacher of Class 21 pointed angrily at Song Fang and said through gritted teeth, “See what you’ve done, you r*scal?!”
He paused for a moment before adding, “I have a relative that owns a bookstore in the capital. I will figure something out. As for you guys, just focus on your studies.”
*
Fu Zhi did not say anything and just looked at her phone even after the bell rang.
Initially, Zhou Zihuai wanted to comfort her, but upon seeing the frown on her face, he ended up not saying anything.
He went back to his seat and flipped through his book in annoyance.
The several boys sitting at the back of the classroom went out, while Song Fang was talking to his family.
All of them were looking for a way to buy Pure Feather’s book, but to no avail. All of the copies available had been purchased by both scalpers and high schools in the capital.
On a normal day, Fu Zhi would usually spend her recess playing with her phone. However, today was slightly different. Even after the teacher entered the classroom, Su Xing did not see her playing any games on her phone. Instead, she seemed to be talking to someone on WeChat.
Piqued by curiosity, Su Xing craned her neck to look at her phone, and the first thing that greeted her eyes was the phrase “Donate another 1,000 copies of science fiction novels.”
Su Xing was stunned.
It seemed to her that she had discovered a great secret.
‘Could Zhizhi’s family be operating a printing shop that engages in illegal printing?!’
With that thought in mind, Su Xing asked carefully, “Zhizhi, do you know that you’d get sent to jail for selling pirated books?”
Fu Zhi had lost count of how many times she had been left speechless today. That said, she knew Su Xing could not be blamed since she was not aware of her identity yet.
Thus, she cocked her head, squinted her eyes, and said, “They are all genuine, autographed copies.”
Fu Zhi had formed a rather good relationship with the other students in Class 21 ever since she had joined No.1 High School.
Several times, a few girls had bought her milk tea at the end of the class.
Therefore, Fu Zhi very soon finished arranging the book donation.
Su Xin looked at her and fell into thought. After a short while, she nodded woodenly. “Oh, okay... Then don’t be too harsh on yourself.”
She wanted to say something, but she did not want to trigger Fu Zhi. In the end, she just lowered her head and let out a sigh repeatedly.
It was a self-learning session, so no teacher entered the classroom.
Song Fang came back soon after finishing his phone call. He poked Su Xing’s back, pointed at Fu Zhi, and mouthed a question. “Is she okay? She isn’t even playing with her phone.”
Su Xing thought for a while and then wrote on Song Fang’s book. [She said she’s going to donate 1,000 copies of Red Sun to us.]
Song Fang was speechless.
‘Oh gosh... Another person has gone crazy because of Mu Chenxi.’
Song Fang let out a sigh.
After a short while, the group of boys returned one after another. “My uncle has one copy in his house. You guys can ask around to see if your friends have one in their houses or not. I’d prefer not to receive help from that b*tch Mu Chenxi.”
Other than a few students that had transferred from Class 1 and a few students that had a humble background, most of the students in Class 21 were not performing well academically. Even though they were well aware of this fact, they were not going to let other people look down on them.
Song Fang’s deskmate nudged him and asked, “Are you going to the Angel Foundation this week? How about we go and find Pure Feather?”
*
Mu Chenxi returned to the Mu Residence after school ended.
When she walked into the living room, she heard her father talking to someone on the phone.
“Yes, don’t worry. I assure you there won’t be a problem getting the copyright of the movie. Yes, I will do my best to wedge myself into the Fu Corporation.
“Thank you for letting the Mu Family hold the Angel Foundation event, President Jiang. I will certainly do everything I can to communicate with Master Pure Feather.”
Mu Chenxi stopped in her tracks and looked dumbfoundedly at her father.
‘President Jiang? The Jiang Family in the capital?’
Urged by her curiosity, she took a seat at the corner of the sofa. Mr. Mu soon finished the call and hung up the phone.
Mr. Mu was a man in his mid-forties. He had a portly figure, and he looked very gentle.
“Dad!” Mu Chenxi called out to her father. “Were you talking to President Jiang from the capital?”
Mr. Mu nodded, but he did not say anything. He was reluctant to tell his daughter about a company matter, so he quickly changed the topic. “Do you have any homework today? Hurry up and go upstairs to do your homework.”
As he was talking, he began to walk toward the study.
Mu Chenxi then pressed on. “Dad! I had a fight with my schoolmates today. Are you not going to meet Pure Feather this week? Can you bring me along? I’m sure those guys will find a way to sneak into the venue...”
Mu Chenxi did not want Class 21 to get their hands on the book.
She was a little more perceptive than her peers. They were just acting on impulse. After they saw that every student had a copy of “Red Sun” and they did not have any, she was confident that they would blame Fu Zhi for this.
“You had a fight with your friends? Who are they?” Mr. Mu frowned.
“The main culprit is Fu Zhi,” Mu Chenxi said. “The girl adopted by the Lu Family. Her biological parents were normal researchers.”
Due to the ruckus Fu Zhi had caused some time ago, there was no one in Yu City who did not know her, and everyone felt that it was thanks to a stroke of luck that Xu Wei had adopted a daughter like her.
Mr. Mu began weighing the pros and cons.
The wealthiest families in Yu City were the Lu Family and the Zhao Family, followed by the Mu Family.
However, the Mu Family had gotten quite a good result in the film and television industry. As a result, the Mu Family wanted to push the Lu Family away and be the first family in Yu City.
Initially, it had been just a small fight between two students, but to think that the adopted daughter had bullied his daughter...
Mr. Mu’s expression turned grim. “What do you want me to do?”
“Isn’t the Angel Foundation chaired by our family? When the time comes, here’s what you’ll do, Dad...”
*
On Saturday afternoon...
The Angel Foundation event initiated jointly by the Mu Family and the Jiang Family was held in a hotel in Yu City. The atmosphere was warm, the guests were all influential figures in Yu City, and there was a group of security guards outside the hotel.
Chapter 366: Mr. Mu Comes To Pick Her Up
In the Li Mansion in Yu City...
Fu Zhi took a week to familiarize herself with the existence of the Angel Foundation.
It was not a not very formal investment channel. However, the millions or even tens of millions of startup funds needed by the investee companies were nothing for the wealthy and influential families. If the investment was a success, they would earn money; if the investment was a failure, they would still be okay. Thus, the Angel Foundation was becoming more and more popular.
The Angel Foundation had been first organized and operated by the Jiang Family. The initial idea was to expand their network through gatherings. However, in the past two years, as the Angel Foundation had grown, it had gradually become more diversified.
There was an increasing number of scammers and many good-for-nothings who wanted to find themselves a cash cow in the Angel Foundation.
Fu Zhi thought for a moment and decided to go to the Angel Foundation.
Maybe she would be able to find the person she was looking for there.
She put her textbooks in her bag. When she opened the door, the first person she rammed into was Li Nanli. He was holding a cake, and he looked cold.
He was standing by the door, but he did not seem like he was going to enter the room. He stuck one of his hands into his pocket while holding the cake with the other.
The two of them looked at each other, but none of them spoke.
This was the first time Fu Zhi came to the Li Mansion since the last time he had kissed her.
Li Nanli studied her from head to toe with a gloomy gaze.
Fu Zhi had changed into a new set of clothes while she was in the room. It was a black dress with a white jacket that further accentuated her fine figure. She let her hair fall in soft waves like a dark veil against her fair skin.
She looked gorgeous.
Li Nanli’s gaze stopped at the red mole on her collarbone. His throat felt itchy as he asked, “Where are you going?”
“To the Angel Foundation,” Fu Zhi replied, clutching at her collar, as she felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze.
She had no idea why, but the image of him kissing on her collarbone the other day surfaced in her mind, and she seemingly could still feel warmth on that spot.
Taking a step forward, Li Nali grabbed Fu Zhi’s wrist and dragged her into the room. “Which closet did you get the dress from?”
Fu Zhi simply pointed at a closet.
This room had been specially prepared for Fu Zhi by Li Nanli, and all the clothes in the closet had been personally handpicked by him.
While picking her dress, Fu Zhi had looked through the closet. All of the dresses in the closet were either backless or sailor uniforms with short skirts.
Something glinted in Li Nanli’s eyes, and he smiled. “Zhizhi, you can’t wear the dresses in this closet. Their quality... How should I put it... It is questionable.”
Fu Zhi cocked her head in confusion. “Is there a problem? I think it’s fine, though. I’m comfortable in it.”
“You don’t understand. All these clothes have an issue. You can only wear them in the house for me to see them,” Li Nanli said. He put the cake on the table, opened a closet, and picked a white sweatshirt and a pair of blue pants. “Here. Wear these.”
Fu Zhi did not take the clothes. Li Nanli leaned forward and trapped her in his arms. His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down in his throat as he pinched her earlobe. “Be a good girl and listen to your boyfriend, okay?”
‘Boyfriend... Alright then.’
Fu Zhi nodded.
That said, she felt that her boyfriend was a little annoying and wanted to break up with him. However, Li Nanli was oblivious to her thoughts.
Fu Zhi took the sweatshirt and went to the changing room.
Very soon, she changed into the white sweatshirt and hung the black dress on the hanger.
Li Nanli took a baseball cap out of the closet and put it on Fu Zhi’s head. Then, he pulled out a black face mask.
Fu Zhi felt a little itchy and took a step back.
“I’m going to look for someone at the Angel Foundation,” she said. Then, she paused for a moment before adding, “I won’t steal, I won’t rob, I won’t kill anyone, and I won’t light a fire.”
She wanted to pull the face mask down, but Li Nanli stopped her.
With an expressionless face, Li Nanli replied, “I don’t feel comfortable letting you, a girl, go to an event like that. I have to make sure nothing will go wrong.”
Fu Zhi was confused.
‘What are you talking about? It’s not like I’m going to assassinate someone.’
Li Nanli rubbed her head. “Alright, all done. Let’s go. I remember having sunglasses in the car.”
Fu Zhi did not know what to say. She did not know why, but she felt that it would be such a waste if she did not steal anything in her current attire.
‘It’s just a small party... Would this outfit not make me stand out even more?’
Well, Fu Zhi decided not to think too much about it.
‘I will just take off the mask when I’m there.’
*
Before Fu Zhi went to the Angel Foundation, she met up with Su Xing and Song Fang in a cafe not far away from the hotel.
“Zhizhi, here!”
Su Xing recognized Fu Zhi first and waved her arm at her.
Song Fang was sipping a cup of coffee and nearly choked when he saw her.
“Seriously?” Song Fang went up to Fu Zhi. “We’re going to beg Master Pure Feather to give us a chance to read her book. It seems to me that you’re going there to kidnap her.”
Fu Zhi did not say anything. She pulled down her mask and stared coldly at her.
‘Okay. I’m sorry. I will keep my mouth shut from now on,’ Song Fang thought to himself, staying silent.
There were plenty of luxury cars at the hotel not far away.
Since the event was being held jointly by the Jiang Family and the Mu Family, most of the guests were influential and wealthy figures in Yu City.
Song Fang looked at his watch and said, “Pure Feather should be here already, right? Why don’t we go in now?”
Fu Zhi looked in the direction of his fingers. There were fewer people in front of the hotel, and Fu Zhi led both of them to the hotel.
There were two security guards in front of the door. After they checked the photos in their hands, they stopped them from going in.
Song Fang pulled out the invitation that the Jiang Family had given his father.
Since he would be coming here, it went without saying that he had prepared everything. He gave the invitation to the security guards and told them about Fu Zhi and Su Xing.
However, the security guards threw the invitation away without even taking a glance at it. They turned on the electric baton in their hands, releasing a cracking sound into the air.
“You can’t get in because your face doesn’t match the face on the invitation.”
“Of course it doesn’t. This is my dad’s invitation.”
“You’re saying President Song is your father? Do you have proof that he is your father? Without proof, I could sue you for stealing the invitation! The people coming to our hotel today are all nobles citizens of Yu City, so you should give up on the idea of getting in!” the security guard said.
“But we really have an urgent matter to attend to. We’re not lying. Can’t you just let us through?”
The security guard sneered coldly, “Urgent matter? I can see that you are students, so do you think I don’t know what you guys are up to? You guys just want to get in to get an autograph from Pure Feather. You guys are so young, yet you are full of lies. You are really a disgrace to No.1 High School!”