A pampered young lady from a wealthy family is reborn, choosing a rich wife over a rich man.

Meng Zhixue naturally thought it was better to avoid trouble.

But then she thought, if Gu Huai really had no interest in studying, could she still concentrate on repeating a year of high school?

To put it bluntly, all the current learning resources are mainly for Gu Huai; she's just someone who "piggybacks" on those resources.

Furthermore, apart from learning resources, Mrs. Gu is now taking care of all her food, clothing, and daily necessities.

She receives the emperor's salary, so it is only right that she be loyal to him.

Meng Zhixue's eyes turned serious: "I understand, Mrs. Gu. I will talk to him as soon as possible and make sure he rekindles his passion for learning!"

He practically swore it on his chest.

Mrs. Gu smiled, picked up her teacup, took a sip, and waved her hand kindly: "Go ahead."

……

After leaving the meeting room, Meng Zhixue made a phone call to Gu Huai.

After finding out that Gu Huai was in her room, she immediately decided to go find him.

The sooner the better, there's no time to lose.

Gu Huai's room was at the end of the corridor on the second floor. The door was ajar, and you could vaguely hear loud, explosive rock music coming from inside.

Meng Zhixue knocked twice at the door, thinking that Gu Huai might not be able to hear her, and pushed the door open before he could respond.

...Anyway, we had already talked about it on the phone beforehand, and the door was open, so he must have been prepared.

When Meng Zhixue entered the room, Gu Huai was leaning against the headboard, listening to music with headphones on.

He was wearing loose sportswear, one long leg bent and draped over the edge of the bed, twirling his phone in his hand, his expression blank yet with a hint of youthful boredom.

Seeing Meng Zhixue enter, he sat bolt upright, ripped off his headphones, and exclaimed with delight, "You got here so quickly?"

Meng Zhixue didn't say anything, but walked over, grabbed his wrist, and pulled him off the bed: "Let's go."

"Where to?" Gu Huai asked, puzzled.

Meng Zhixue said, "Let's go to your room's bathroom."

Gu Huai's mind went blank for a moment, and he stared in disbelief.

As Meng Zhixue led him toward the bathroom, every step he took felt like stepping on his own heartbeat.

He felt incredibly pathetic; how could he... how could he get so easily agitated?

Even though nothing had happened yet, he started thinking about random things just because he was told he was going to the bathroom.

The bathroom light snapped on, casting a warm white glow.

The mirror in front of the sink reflected the images of two people.

Gu Huai glanced at himself and Meng Zhixue in the mirror, then turned to look at her, blushing as he asked, "Should we take off our clothes?"

"...???" Meng Zhixue wanted to slap him, and said irritably, "Of course not!"

She added, "I called you here not for anything else, but because I wanted to have a proper talk with you!"

"I'm not sure if there are surveillance cameras elsewhere, but here... there definitely aren't, right?"

Gu Huai was both embarrassed and ashamed, and quickly shook his head: "No, there definitely aren't any here!"

"Actually, there aren't many security cameras outside. There are only cameras in the living room and my study. Other public areas, such as the dining room, the flower room, and the gym, don't have security cameras."

"The surveillance cameras in the study aren't meant to keep us out of trouble. We've had them since I was in elementary school..."

Fearing that Meng Zhixue might be unhappy about this, Gu Huai explained in great detail.

Meng Zhixue smiled and looked at him.

The clean-cut and refreshing young man was tall, more than a head taller than her, and she had to tilt her head slightly to meet his gaze.

Although she was only a year older than him, because she had lived through several lifetimes, she always felt like she was looking at a child when she saw him.

Of course, that's also why his youthful and vibrant energy really attracted her.

Being with him made her feel like her own life force was being activated.

"Gu Huai," Meng Zhixue began, "I feel you haven't been very motivated in your studies lately, you seem a bit listless. Have you encountered any difficulties?"

Gu Huai instinctively wanted to defend himself: "I didn't..."

"You have," Meng Zhixue interrupted him. "You haven't been concentrating well lately, and your attitude towards studying isn't as proactive as before."

Gu Huai pursed his lips, and the tips of his ears began to turn red.

He wanted to say it was because he could see her every day but couldn't touch her. Even when talking, they had to keep a distance of several tens of centimeters, which made him feel very restricted. He couldn't even get close to her when the opportunity arose, and he felt incredibly stifled.

But the words stuck in his throat, and he was too embarrassed to say them.

Seeing his hesitant expression, Meng Zhixue understood.

really……

Mrs. Gu really knows her son.

Her advice was not a case of "seeking treatment in desperation," but rather a case of "prescribing the right medicine for the illness."

Perhaps, a hot-blooded young man like Gu Huai really needs a little temptation to guide him?

Thinking of this, Meng Zhixue took half a step forward.

Although the bathroom was spacious, it wasn't very big. Meng Zhixue moved forward, and Gu Huai, due to nervousness, subconsciously stepped back, his lower back bumping directly against the edge of the sink.

Her already flushed cheeks turned red all the way down to the roots of her neck.

His embarrassed look made Meng Zhixue want to laugh, her almond-shaped eyes curving into crescents.

She looked up at him, her voice seductive, and asked, "Gu Huai, to improve your motivation in your studies... how about I set up some periodic rewards for you?"

Gu Huai's eyes suddenly lit up, but he still forced a smile and asked, "How... how do I set it up?"

Meng Zhixue tilted her head and said with a smile, "For example, if you improve your ranking or score by a certain number in the next monthly exam, I will..."

She paused deliberately.

Gu Huai held his breath, looking at her with a mixture of anticipation and nervousness.

Looking at his flushed earlobes and tightly pursed lips, Meng Zhixue smiled sweetly and said the rest of her sentence: "How about I hold your hand?"

"The reward after holding hands can be a hug."

"The reward after a hug could be a kiss..."

She deliberately asked, "Gu Huai, do you want to kiss me? Have you been wanting to for a long time?"

After Meng Zhixue finished speaking, the bathroom suddenly fell silent.

Gu Huai was burning up.

He was like a computer stuck in a rut, its CPU overheating and about to crash. His dark eyes stared straight at her, his lips moved, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Meng Zhixue tapped his chest with her finger: "So, are you going to agree?"

In an instant, his breathing became rapid, and his chest heaved violently.

Meng Zhixue: "..."

It seems her suggestion was a bit too radical and frightened the child.

After thinking for a moment, she took a half step back, creating some distance between them, and regained her calm and rational demeanor: "Um, think about it first. If you don't want to..."

Meng Zhixue had just finished speaking when her wrist was suddenly grabbed by a burning hot hand.

Gu Huai looked down at her, his voice hoarse and urgent, typical of a young man: "I agree! I promise!"

Meng Zhixue met his intense gaze and laughed, "...Okay."

"Then starting today, if you study hard and try to improve your ranking by 5 places or your score by 50 points in the next monthly exam, I'll hold your hand, okay?"

Gu Huai looked at her intently, and nodded without hesitation, "Okay!"

50 points is a lot; it gets harder to go higher.

But fortunately, there's still a lot of room for improvement in our ranking.

But he also had a condition: "Holding hands can't be a one-time thing. As long as I meet your requirements in this monthly exam, you have to let me hold your hand every day I want to, okay?"

Meng Zhixue: "...???"

To my utter surprise, this guy actually made this request: to plug the loophole.

The boy in front of me isn't a cute puppy, he's a big bad wolf!

As expected of a domineering CEO, even in his childhood form, he was already very shrewd, knowing what it meant to fight for every inch of land when he was just a teenager.