That evening, Xia Yichu told Lin Xingcheng she was going to school. She also locked the front door of the house, telling him to stay home and study.

"Yichu, I'm here."

Xu Shaoyang waited for her at the school gate, holding a camera in his hand.

"How did it go? Did Chen Shaoping sneak a peek at the exam paper?"

"Yes, I took a picture of it. Let's go tell the teacher now."

Xu Shaoyang was very excited. He was doing a good deed, eliminating a scourge for the school. His parents would definitely praise him if they knew.

"Wait a minute, don't get involved in this. Pretend you don't know anything. I want to wait until Chen Shaoping achieves results before letting him fall from his high position. Give me the camera, I'll take it to develop the photos."

A week ago, Xia Yichu asked Xu Shaoyang to keep an eye on Chen Shaoping. They shared a dormitory to facilitate surveillance. Xu Shaoyang was smart and quick-witted, so Xia Yichu trusted him with this task.

Why not expose him now?

"Chen Shaoping hasn't been exposed yet, so at most he'll be quietly expelled from school. But it'll be different after the exams. Once everyone knows he cheated, I'll ruin his reputation."

Xia Yichu wanted Chen Shaoping to experience the same things as Xiao Cheng in his previous life, to go through all the bad things.

Her eyes fell on Xu Shaoyang, who trembled. Something was wrong; there was murderous intent.

"Don't worry, this is something only heaven, earth, you, and I know, and absolutely no third person will know."

"Okay, I'll treat you to dinner another day."

"Um, Yichu, could I change my terms?"

"explain"

"My parents want me to invite you over for dinner, what do you think..."

"Okay, we'll go after the exam. Just so you know, I'm bringing Xiao Cheng along."

Xia Yichu wanted to try her luck, but she didn't know if Xu's parents knew about Zhou Shuyue's family.

"Really, that's great! Xingcheng will definitely go too. Yichu, how about the last night after the exams?"

"OK"

"Then I'll take you home and tell my parents about it. They'll be very happy."

"Don't tell your parents anything like that when you get back. We're just classmates."

"Okay, okay."

Nothing much happened in the following days, and the exam went smoothly. Today is the last day.

"Yi Chu"

Xia Yichu had just finished handing in her exam paper when Xu Shaoyang called her from the doorway.

"Why did you hand in your paper so quickly? Aren't you afraid of getting a low score?"

The proctor just came out of the exam room and chased people away; it seems he was chasing away Xu Shaoyang.

"It's okay, my parents know my grades and won't have high hopes for them. Let's go! Let's go upstairs and wait for Xingcheng."

"it is good"

Lin Xingcheng came out more than ten minutes later. They went to buy some things and then went to Xu Shaoyang's house by taxi. It was not yet five o'clock when they arrived at his house.

Xu Shaoyang's family lived in a military compound, where all the nearby residents were officials, and the area was heavily guarded.

"We're here. This is my home. Come in! Mom and Dad, I'm home."

"Yichu, Xingcheng, come in quickly."

Mother Xu pulled Xu Shaoyang aside and let them in with a smile. Since her youngest son started living with them, he hadn't caused any trouble, nor did he keep saying he didn't want to study and wanted to go into business.

She hasn't had any worries lately, and she's very grateful to Xia Yichu and Lin Xingcheng.

"Aunt"

"Aunt"

"Please sit wherever you like, don't be shy. Why did you bring things? Don't bring anything next time. Shaoyang..."

"Mom, I don't want them to buy it, but they insist, and there's nothing I can do."

"Then go and get the snacks out of the cabinet. Sister Wang, take out the chicken soup I made and give it to them. They've worked hard on the exams, so this is a good way to nourish them."

"Auntie, no need."

"Yes, yes, Shaoyang told me your cousin always gets first place in his grade in exams. He's amazing. You should all drink more later."

Xu's mother liked Xia Yichu very much. Her daughter had grown up with her grandparents and wasn't close to her. Her daughter was also a very capable child; she had never caused her any worry from childhood to adulthood.

At the time, she was busy with work and couldn't take care of her daughter and eldest son. By the time they were older, the children had become estranged from her.

She insisted on keeping her youngest son by her side, even though everyone in the family said that Shaoyang was spoiled and had no future. What did it matter if her eldest son and daughter were successful? They weren't close to her at all. All she wanted was a child who would be like everyone else, someone who would be affectionate with her and confide in her.

Therefore, she only had one requirement for Xu Shaoyang: he could not go too far from home and could only study and work near home.

"Mom, where's Dad?"

"He has something to do, he'll be home for dinner later. Xingcheng, have another bowl."

"Auntie, I don't want it anymore."

"There's plenty more, don't be shy, make yourself at home."

Xu's mother took the bowl from his hand, scooped out another bowl, and handed it to him. Xu Shaoyang snatched it and drank it all.

"You silly child, why are you stealing Xingcheng's chicken soup?"

"Mom, you made Xingcheng drink so much, he won't be able to eat later. Xingcheng, let's go to the study to read. My older brother and sister have so many books."

This was a task Xia Yichu had given him: to get Xing Cheng away so she could talk to his mother.

"Go on, go on, we'll call you down for dinner later."

"Xiao Cheng, you go with Shao Yang, I'll chat with Auntie for a while."

After the two of them went upstairs, Xia Yichu asked, "Auntie, do you know Song Wanying?"

"I know them. The men in the Song family are quite good, it's just a pity they have a daughter like Song Wanying. She was in love with a married man back then."

They drove the man's first wife to her death, then used threats and inducements against the Zhou family. They got Zhou Xiuguang's family to conspire to force him to marry someone else.

"Didn't Zhou Xiuguang's first wife's family make a scene?"

"No, it's said that the Song family gave her money and a job to suppress the matter. The most pitiful one is her son, who I heard grew up in the countryside with his maternal grandparents."

Song Wanying forbade him from coming here, and also forbade Zhou Xiuguang from going back to see him. She gave him a sum of money every month. But whether she actually gave him the money or not, who knows?

"So Zhou Xiuguang really never went back to see his son."

"Yichu, you're still young and don't understand men. Zhou Xiuguang owes his success to the Song family. Do you think anyone could force him if he really didn't want to marry Song Wanying?"

He might have been involved in his wife's death. One was a country woman he married when he was sent to the countryside as an educated youth, and the other was a woman from a well-off family in the city. Who wouldn't be tempted?

"Auntie, to be honest, Song Wanying's daughter, Zhou Shuyue, likes my cousin, which is why I asked you about her family."

"I haven't heard anything bad about her daughter. I heard she's doing well in school and the Song family dotes on her."

I've met her a few times; she's quite pretty, gives off an air of refinement and politeness, and speaks softly.

Anyway, they look pretty good. The Zhang family are their neighbors. How about I ask around for you?

"Auntie, thank you for your trouble."

"It's nothing. Has Xingcheng taken a liking to her?"

Xia Yichu shook her head and recounted how Zhou Shuyue had relentlessly pursued Lin Xingcheng and tried to scheme against him. Xu's mother remained unsettled for a long time. "These young girls nowadays are too amazing! They dare to do anything!"

"I never expected her to be even bolder than her mother."

Even though she's like this now, I'm afraid she still cares about my cousin.

"No way! She's sleeping with other men and she still has the nerve to go to Xingcheng. You need to keep a close eye on Xingcheng and not let her scheme against you."

"Have Yichu and Xingcheng arrived yet?"

At that moment, Xu's father's voice came in before he even arrived.

"uncle"

"Hey, are you hungry? Huizhen, call Sister Wang to serve dinner."

"it is good"

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