The fake heiress loves to act? The max-level boss isn't interested in playing along.

Fu Songchuan saluted respectfully: "Deputy Commander Xie, I'm taking my younger siblings to Tsinghua University to participate in a math competition... What are you doing here?!"

"I just came back from the military region. My son went home to buy something, and now I have to go to the staff area near Tsinghua University to deliver some documents."

Xie Ci's gaze fell on Fu Hua, and he said naturally, "I'm going that way anyway, can I give you a ride?"

Fu Songchuan looked at him, then at Fu Hua.

Her eyes flickered slightly: "Wouldn't that be too much trouble for you? Let me deliver it."

Fu Youchuan glanced at Xie Ci and Fu Hua, then snorted coldly, "Big brother, I'll ride in your car."

After saying that, he walked straight toward his Jeep.

Fu Songchuan looked embarrassed: "Deputy Division Commander Xie, please don't take offense. My second brother is just a bit short-tempered, he didn't mean anything by it."

"Then I'll deliver it to Fu Hua."

Xie Ci opened the passenger door directly, saying, "I have something I want to discuss with her."

Fu Hua nodded to Fu Songchuan.

Fu Songchuan added, "Go ahead, be careful."

The car drove out of the compound.

The streets were quiet in the early morning, and the bare branches of the plane trees rushed past the car window.

Are you nervous?

He declined the question.

Fu Hua shook her head: "I'm not nervous."

Xie Ci chuckled lightly: "That's true, it's probably similar to doing homework for you."

He paused for a moment, then added, "However, competitions are different from regular exams; the pace is fast and the pressure is high. If you encounter a difficult problem, don't get stuck on it; do the ones you know first."

"Um."

Fu Hua responded softly, surprised that he would say such things.

"After your exam tonight, shall I take you to eat wontons? The one I mentioned the first time."

Fu Hua wanted to refuse, but Xie Ci didn't give her a chance: "It's settled then. If you do well on the exam, it'll be a celebration; if you don't, it'll be a consolation prize. You'll have to eat anyway."

"You've already made up your mind, what else can I say?"

A slight smile appeared on Fu Hua's lips.

As Xie Ci caught a glimpse of that rare smile out of the corner of his eye, his heart melted.

I subconsciously remarked, "It's rare to see you smile, it looks really good. You should smile more often."

Fu Hua smiled and said, "You get wrinkles from laughing too much, and you age faster, don't you know that?"

"Yeah?"

Xie Ci smiled slightly: "It's okay, we'll all get old sooner or later anyway."

The two exchanged a smile, and the atmosphere in the car became much more relaxed.

The competition was held in the building of the Municipal Education Examination Authority.

Fu Hua arrived early and found a window seat in the waiting area.

I took my notebook out of my bag and flipped through a few formulas one last time.

"Sister Fu?"

She looked up and saw the 12-year-old twins, Zhou Ming and Zhou Liang, standing in front of her at the research station.

The two were wearing matching blue coats, looking like two exquisite porcelain dolls.

"You're here to compete too?"

Fu Hua was somewhat surprised.

"Professor Yan, let us give it a try."

Zhou Ming pushed up his glasses. "He said he'd come to broaden his horizons."

Zhou Liang grinned and leaned closer: "Sister Fu, if you have any questions you don't know how to answer later, can you pass us notes?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Zhou Ming patted his younger brother on the back of the head.

Fu Hua smiled, a rare occurrence for her: "Study hard."

Just then, another person walked over.

It was Lin Bei. He was wearing a light gray sweater today, which made him look very energetic.

Upon seeing Fu Hua, his eyes lit up: "You're here quite early. Have you had breakfast yet? I have some bags here..."

"I ate it, thank you."

"I also brought some chocolate, would you like some?"

Lin Bei took out two coins from his pocket. "The exam is long, so I'll replenish my energy in between."

Fu Hua felt too embarrassed to refuse again, so she accepted one, saying, "Thank you."

The two chatted for a few more minutes about the competition; Lin Bei seemed a little nervous.

His fingers unconsciously traced the examination admission ticket.

Fu Hua remained as calm as ever.

When Lin Bei mentioned a past exam question,

Fu Hua briefly and quickly explained several solutions.

The number of people in the waiting area gradually increased.

Fu Hua's gaze inadvertently swept across the doorway, then suddenly stopped.

A girl, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with her hair in a ponytail, just walked in.

Wearing a plain blue and white school uniform, but that face...

Fu Hua narrowed her eyes slightly.

The girl looked remarkably similar to him, about six or seven points.

Especially the contours of the eyebrows, eyes, and chin.

If you didn't know them well, you would definitely think they were sisters.

They just have very different temperaments.

The girl in the distance looked more lively, with bright eyes and a confident, assertive demeanor.

She was clearly spoiled by her family when she was young.

The girl seemed to notice Fu Hua's gaze as well.

He was clearly taken aback when he saw Fu Hua, his face showing confusion, and he casually found a corner to sit down.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Bei followed her gaze and asked, "Someone you know?"

"I don't know him."

Fu Hua withdrew her gaze, a hint of doubt rising in her heart.

My older brother said that she looks similar to the people from my maternal grandmother's family.

It's said that daughters resemble their aunts, so could this girl be her cousin?

However, haven't the Su family always lived in the south?

The entire book never mentions that they ever returned to Beijing.

How could they suddenly appear?

The butterfly effect has already manifested.

The competition starts at nine o'clock.

After getting her hair curled, Fu Hua quickly glanced through the questions.

The difficulty was indeed higher than usual exams, but it wasn't beyond the syllabus for her.

She habitually does the algebra part first.

The pen tip moved smoothly across the draft paper, calculating.

The thought process is clear, like a straight road.

A nearby examinee was already sweating profusely from nervousness.

Fu Hua kept her head down and her expression remained unchanged.

She finished all the questions in an hour and a half.

I spent twenty minutes checking it, then raised my hand to hand in my paper.

The proctor glanced at his watch with some surprise.

There's still more than an hour left before the exam ends.

When I walked out of the examination room, the corridor was empty.

Fu Hua found a bench in the rest area and sat down.

He took out some spring water from his bag and drank a few mouthfuls.

The water went down my throat, relieving the fatigue from concentrating for so long, and I felt relaxed all over.

She remembered the girl who looked similar from earlier.

The girl sat diagonally behind her, and she looked very composed while answering the questions.

The Su family are all involved in scientific research; none of them are mentally challenged.

Blood ties are truly wondrous things.

Even though they were complete strangers, they could see their own reflection in each other's faces.

The afternoon exams start at 2 PM.

At noon, Fu Hua, Lin Bei, Zhou Ming, and Zhou Liang ate a bowl of clear soup noodles and ordered a few dishes at a small noodle shop near the Examination Yuan.

As they finished eating and went outside, they happened to see the girl in the blue and white school uniform.

I sat next to a middle-aged man wearing glasses.

The man was around forty years old, dressed in a well-tailored dark gray suit and wearing gold-rimmed glasses; he had a refined and scholarly air.

He was speaking softly to the girl, his eyes gentle.

The girl ate her noodles in small bites, nodding occasionally.

Fu Hua felt that the man's features looked somewhat familiar.

But she was certain that she had never seen it before.

The afternoon exams focused more on geometry and number theory.

Fu Hua still worked very quickly.

The last combinatorial math problem was cleverly designed.

She spent a little more time, but still finished twenty minutes ahead of schedule.

As she handed in her paper, she saw that the girl who looked similar had also finished her exam and was walking towards the podium.

The girl gave Fu Hua a polite smile.

He then asked her, "What's your name?"