Quick Wear: Why did the male protagonist fall in love with the vicious villain again?

Xie Shubo sat in a seat near the back of the window.

This position is right behind Bai Chao.

Throughout the day, people would frequently turn around to look at him or try to strike up a conversation with Xie Shubo.

Bai Chao kept a straight face as he read, never turning around to look.

After a day of classes, Xie Shubo declined dinner invitations from several enthusiastic students and left the classroom first.

Surprisingly, the students didn't leave as soon as get out of class ended; instead, they started discussing among themselves.

"Is Xie's surname that Xie?"

"I also think it's him..."

"It's the Xie family from Beicheng. Otherwise, why would Mr. Wen personally come to escort him to the classroom?"

Bai Chao suddenly spoke up.

"Is there anything special about the Xie family?"

The students around him were all surprised.

"Xu, don't you know?"

"Looking around, the most illustrious family is the Xie family of Beicheng. They are a true century-old family with deep roots that no one can shake."

"Xie's father is now an authoritative figure in Beicheng, wielding great power. If he stomped his foot, Beicheng would tremble."

"And his mother, a rising industrialist with thousands of shops under her control..."

Everyone took turns revealing Xie Shubai's family background.

Bai Chao gripped his pen tightly: "How do you all know so much?"

The classmate said in a strange tone, "Everyone should know, right?"

"Yes, you'll know once you're at home."

"I just didn't expect him to actually come to the etiquette class. He hadn't come for so many days, I thought he wasn't coming anymore."

Then someone changed the subject: "By the way, Xu, what does your family do?"

"Yes, we don't know much about Xu yet."

Bai Chao froze, his words vague: "It's...it's just doing some business."

"what business?"

"Perhaps they've had business dealings with our family before?"

Everyone stared at Bai Chao, as if it were just casual conversation among classmates.

Bai Chao felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, but he couldn't just turn around and leave. He wasn't a real young master and had no real financial backing.

"It's a business that costs money..."

"..."

Some people around looked dissatisfied.

Clearly, this is not the answer they are looking for.

Ambiguous statements, or things that are kept secret, might simply indicate a family background that is not something to be proud of.

At this moment, Qi Yongning suddenly clapped his hands, his face showing a sudden realization.

"I see. Does your family own a bank, Xu?"

"bank?"

Some people's eyes changed.

"I seem to remember that the general manager of one of the banks was surnamed Xu..."

"Then it must be, right?"

"Student Xu?"

"..."

Bai Chao gritted his teeth and admitted it.

"Yes."

Actually, no, the Xu family owns a textile factory.

The people around immediately regained their enthusiasm.

"Great, Xu, do you know how to buy stocks?"

"Does Xu have any inside information? I heard that a new stock exchange is about to be established. Is that true?"

"My family is also thinking about making an investment recently..."

Bai Chao felt dizzy and confused, so he quickly packed up his textbooks and stood up.

"I have something else to do, so I'll go back first."

"Huh? Well..."

Bai Chao, clutching his collection of poems, left the classroom with his head down.

However, instead of returning to his dormitory, he went in another direction and went to the reading room.

Bai Chao borrowed several books on finance.

001 floated onto the thick finance book in Bai Chao's arms: "Host, I feel like Qi Yongning is acting a little strange."

Bai Chao raised an eyebrow slightly: "You're only just realizing that?"

001 was stunned: "Huh?"

Bai Chao strolled back slowly: "Didn't you notice that Qi Yongning has been observing me the whole time?"

001: "What? Could it be that the Nightmare Worms taught it... No, wait, the Nightmare Worms have never been able to detect anything amiss when the host plays the villain..."

The host is flawless in playing the villain, with a perfect persona that makes it impossible for him to be discovered.

Bai Chao said calmly, "Qi Yongning has a problem."

Although he still looks like that sunny and enthusiastic little sun.

But Bai Chao is certain that Qi Yongning has deviated from his original character design.

001 pondered: "No wonder the host maintains his persona when no one is around."

"Last time, when the host was practicing his spoken English alone on the rooftop, Qi Yongning suddenly came over to borrow his notes. Was that intentional?"

Bai Chao hummed in agreement: "You've become smarter."

001 was praised and happily shook its antennae.

"Did Qi Yongning discover that the host is here to substitute for a teacher?"

"No, he probably thinks I'm not the original Xu Chusheng."

001 was startled: "!!!"

"Could it be that Qi Yongning was also reborn?"

But the original storyline doesn't include the rebirth part.

A faint blue light flashed in Bai Chao's eyes.

"It's possible, but not necessarily."

001 was a little worried: "Then the host..."

"There's no need to worry." Bai Chao stepped steadily up the stairs.

"It's just that the plot has changed and the characters' paths have shifted, but their character designs will remain the same."

"I want to be Xu Chusheng, and I also want to be 'Xu Zhexuan'."

Bai Chao said casually, "I don't want anyone to notice that I'm 'fake'."