After becoming pregnant, the cold-hearted nobles all went mad.

He lost the first game, but Wei Chengrui turned the tide in the second game. In the last game, he lost to Shen Lingyi by a narrow margin.

Shen Lingyi shot down the feather a second faster than him.

Everyone was incredulous, but Wei Chengrui accepted it calmly. "You won. Now you can order me to do anything."

After saying that, he gave a mocking smirk.

But with a forced smile, Shen Lingyi hadn't decided what she wanted yet, so she said, "I haven't thought of anything yet. I'll come back for it later. Don't renege on your promise."

"When has this young master ever renege on a debt?"

Wei Chengrui's lips curled into a sarcastic smile, a deep meaning flashing in his eyes. "I'm different from some treacherous liar."

Once Wei Chengrui left, the people he brought with him naturally followed.

"Impressive!" Xie Chichun exclaimed, as if he were getting to know her all over again. "I've never heard of you learning this before. Who did you learn from?"

Shen Lingyi paused, then replied nonchalantly, "An old friend may have already become an enemy."

Xie Chichun, who immediately understood, fell silent.

The academy holds monthly assessments, and as the month draws to a close, the students are so busy memorizing that they've developed dark circles under their eyes.

Xie Chichun would break off several strands of hair every day.

"Why can't I remember it even after copying it twenty times...?"

"Pfft!"

A clear, melodious laugh came from beside the bookshelf. Shen Lingyi cleared her throat. "Ahem, I have a shorthand method here. I wonder if any elementary school students would like to hear it?"

"I'm willing! Please teach me, Grandma! My dad said he'd whip me if I got the lowest score!"

Everyone has different talents, and Xie Chichun was the kind of student who could make his parents cry and his teachers sigh.

This only applies to written exams; the martial arts exams are held every two weeks, and she has already taken them.

Undoubtedly number one.

However... with Wei Chengrui's arrival, she'll probably be ranked second. Xie Chichun doesn't care about being first or second; her father, General Xie, doesn't care about the martial arts exam results at all, since these are basic skills for military officers.

On the contrary, the civil officials and members of the imperial family ostracized the military generals, calling them "reckless country bumpkins" and "barbaric and rude."

General Xie had been scolded for years. He couldn't win the verbal battle, and he was afraid of killing her if he punched her. So he could only place his hopes on his only daughter, which led to Xie Chichun losing his appetite and not being able to eat or drink for the past few days.

"Alright, alright, I'll help you." Shen Lingyi was being shaken, a helpless smile on her face.

"Very good!"

The two studied diligently, their voices carrying outside the door, and they even secretly studied by lamplight at night.

Su Yuheng, who shared a dorm room with them, rolled her eyes as she lay on her bed: "Now you're thinking about being diligent? Where were you before?"

"Xie Chichun couldn't have found someone better to help him. Look at Shen Lingyi, who barely knew any characters before being admitted to the hospital. How could she have such a dramatic change in just half a month?"

"That's enough, Yuheng," Shen Ting said softly, trying to dissuade her from continuing, and glanced inside fearfully.

Su Yuheng couldn't bear to see her so timid. "Jiaojiao, why are you putting up with this? Xie Chichun was originally your friend, but now Shen Lingyi has even stolen your friend away. She's clearly doing this on purpose to disgust you! If you keep tolerating it, be careful that bitch will become even more ruthless!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than Shen Lingyi pushed open the door to the inner room.

"I think I heard a slut talking."

Su Yuheng was caught red-handed talking badly, and before he could even blush, he was already furious.

"Damn Shen Lingyi, who are you calling a bitch!"

Shen Lingyi looked around in confusion and asked Xie Chichun, who was standing next to her, "Xiaochun, did you hear someone talking? I keep hearing some jerk babbling in my ear."

"Koharu..."

Shen Tingjiao murmured the title repeatedly, her eyes brimming with tears, her whole being filled with a pitiful feeling, as if she had been abandoned.

Xie Chichun's eyes flickered, and he pursed his lips without saying a word.

Shen Lingyi laughed happily, "Yes, sister, I just realized that Xiaochun is two years younger than me. I always thought she was older than me. Why didn't you tell me before? You always told me how reckless Chichun was. I'm so tired of hearing it."

Xie Chichun's expression changed.

Shen Tingjiao, whose identity had been exposed, also turned pale. Her body trembled slightly as a wave of panic overwhelmed her, and disbelief filled her eyes.

"How could you slander me like that, little sister? I just want you and Chi Chun to get along well."

"Now that your wish has come true, you should be happy, not crying. It makes it seem like I'm bullying you." Shen Lingyi glanced meaningfully at the door.

"Fortunately, no one will come here due to the curfew."

Shen Tingjiao liked to use this trick; whenever the two had a dispute, she would secretly call someone over.

Shen Lingyi is an impatient person, and she was caught red-handed after uttering a few curses. Now, she can never wash away the stain on her reputation.

"I don't understand what my sister is talking about." A hint of guilt flashed in Shen Tingjiao's eyes, and she subconsciously gripped the blankets tighter.

Xie Chichun shook his head and pulled Shen Lingyi back. "Let's go, stop talking."

It was pitch black outside, but the candlelight from the Master's inspection could be faintly seen through the door.

Nobody wanted to be caught staying up all night, so they all quietly climbed into bed, covered themselves with blankets, and gradually, the sound of even breathing could be heard from the side.

Xie Chichun stared wide-eyed, his mind churning with intense and uneasy emotions, unable to fall asleep no matter what he did.

She was born into a family of military officers.

As the only daughter in her family, she naturally attracted a lot of attention from a young age. However, when people saw that she was a girl and was wielding weapons, those gazes gradually turned into judgmental scrutiny. In the eyes of men, she was a shrew and a shrew, and in the eyes of women, she was unsociable.

Xie Chichun hates nothing more than people calling her "reckless".

She thought Shen Tingjiao was different, and she risked everything to protect her several times, even fighting to the death with Shen Lingyi for it.

In the end, in Shen Tingjiao's eyes, she was nothing more than a country bumpkin.

The next day.

Xie Chichun applied to the teacher for a change of dormitories, and the teacher agreed. Shen Lingyi also moved out with him.

In fact, she had wanted to move for a long time, but she didn't want to leave Xie Chichun alone in the dormitory, spending day and night with Shen Tingjiao. She was afraid that he would be fooled again.

"Why does Miss Xie suddenly want to change dormitories?" Shen Lingyi could only describe the current situation as unexpected, and she was very curious about what Xie Chichun was thinking.

Xie Chichun spread out the quilt, his eyes burning with an upward flame, "I want to study, I want to get into the top ten, and I can't let anyone disturb me."

Shen Lingyi: "..."

The exams are not separated from classroom sessions, meaning that hundreds of students from the entire college participate in the exams.

If the martial arts exam score is taken into account, it might be possible, but if only the literary exam score is considered, given Xie Chichun's current level of skill, even Confucius would probably shake his head in disapproval.

"You, you have lofty ambitions."