After being reborn, the school beauty's entire family knelt down to repent.

When Zhao Rou sent the message, she deliberately acted pitiful, which immediately made Yu Chuang feel sorry for her.

He had something to do at home today and didn't come to school, so he didn't know what happened to Zhao Rou.

Seeing Zhao Rou looking so aggrieved, Yu Chuang worried that she had been bullied by Chen Ming again, so he asked.

"What's wrong, Xiaorou? Did Chen Ming bully you again?"

"I don't know why, he's always targeting me, even though I've already apologized to him..."

“He accused me of cheating before, and now he’s sabotaging me again in the midterm exam, making me fail again. How am I going to explain this to my parents when I get home?”

Zhao Rou became more and more aggrieved as she spoke, and Yu Chuang felt very sorry for her and quickly comforted her.

"Don't be sad, Xiaorou. I will definitely avenge you. I will not let anyone who bullied you get away with it!"

"Yu Chuang, you're so good to me."

After confiding her grievances to Yu Chuang, Zhao Rou felt much better.

When Zhao Rou got home and saw Kong Chunhua, the bitterness that had been suppressed resurfaced, and her eyes reddened.

"Mom, Chen Ming is really too much. He made me fail my midterm exam again..."

"What have I done to wrong him? Why is he treating me like this? Mom, you have to stand up for me!"

Zhao Rou couldn't help but confide her grievances to Kong Chunhua, thinking that Kong Chunhua would definitely stand up for her after hearing it. But to her surprise, Kong Chunhua didn't take it to heart at all.

"It's okay, it's just a midterm exam, it's nothing. As long as you don't have any problems with the final exam, it's fine."

"Chen Ming is only upset that you're getting too close to Yu Chuang, that's why he's been targeting you. Just keep your distance from Yu Chuang in public."

Zhao Rou was stunned when she heard Kong Chunhua's words.

She never expected that Kong Chunhua would not only fail to comfort her, but would instead speak up for Chen Ming.

What's wrong with Kong Chunhua?

"Mom, what's wrong with you? Chen Ming treated me like that, why are you still speaking up for him?"

"Hey, why are you so petty? It's just an exam."

“You did make some mistakes before, so it’s okay to let Chen Ming vent. Once he’s vented his anger, he’ll naturally treat you better.”

Zhao Rou felt increasingly uncomfortable as he listened. He hadn't expected that Kong Chunhua would also side with Chen Ming.

What did she do? She just wanted to be with her true love.

"I don't need him to treat me well, I only need Yu Chuang."

"You brat, don't talk nonsense. The Yu family isn't so easy to climb up to."

"I went to the Yu family today, but they didn't recognize me at all and kicked me out."

"I think you should give up on Yu Chuang. The Yu family would never agree to you becoming their daughter-in-law. You'd be better off holding onto Chen Ming."

“At least the Chen family is relatively honest, and Chen Ming can make decisions. As long as he is willing to be with you, Chen Yi will absolutely not object.”

"Besides, the Chen family is making more and more money now, which is a good match for our family. You won't suffer after you marry into the Chen family."

"Chen Ming was very good to you before. As long as you are willing to humble yourself, I think he will definitely accept you back."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Rou refused without hesitation; she was absolutely unwilling to bow down to Chen Ming.

She had already suffered many losses at Chen Ming's hands. If she were to bow down to him again, wouldn't that be letting him trample on her dignity?

She would never beg for mercy from her former sycophant!

"Mom, please stop talking. I will never marry Chen Ming. The only person I'm willing to marry in this life is Yu Chuang."

Zhao Rou's tone was very firm. In order to persuade Kong Chunhua, she listed many benefits of marrying into the Yu family in the future.

“Daughter, it’s not that I don’t want you to marry into the Yu family, it’s just that the Yu family may not be willing to accept you.”

"Mom, you don't need to worry about that. I have firmly captured Yu Chuang's heart. As long as his heart is with me, Yu's parents will compromise sooner or later."

Seeing Zhao Rou's resolute expression, Kong Chunhua had no choice but to agree.

"Alright, then I won't pressure you anymore, but you can't give up on Chen Ming either."

"You should always be prepared for both possibilities. Go to the Chen family later and apologize to Chen Ming properly."

"Why? I didn't do anything wrong!"

Hearing this, Zhao Rou didn't understand. It was Chen Ming who caused her to fail the midterm exam, so why should she apologize?

“Daughter, I don’t want you to suffer, but our family is running out of food. Before, the Indian took away all our valuables.”

If we can't borrow any more grain, we'll all starve.

Kong Chunhua sighed as she spoke. Today, she went to the Yu family to borrow some grain, but the Yu family refused. Otherwise, she wouldn't have set her sights on Chen Ming.

“Mom, we can borrow from other people in the village, there’s no need to ask Chen Ming.”

Even after learning the reason, Zhao Rou was still unwilling. She would rather ask someone else than ask her former sycophant.

"Do you think I haven't tried? The villagers are unwilling to help our family now. Only the Chen family has surplus food and is willing to help. You'll just have to put up with it."

Hearing this, Zhao Rou was still not very happy.

She simply couldn't let go of her fragile pride.

Seeing Zhao Rou's stubbornness, Kong Chunhua lost her patience.

She had tried to persuade her for so long, but Zhao Rou still refused to compromise. She had really raised this daughter for nothing all these years. Would she be happy if the whole family starved to death?

"I'm telling you, you have to go today whether you like it or not!"

"If you can't borrow the grain today, I will absolutely not approve of you being with Yu Chuang!"

Zhao Rou never expected that Kong Chunhua would threaten her with marriage. She felt wronged because Kong Chunhua had never treated her like that before.

"Mom, how can you force me like this?"

"What can I do? Are we really going to starve?"

Kong Chunhua was also unwilling to lose face, so she could only force Zhao Rou to beg the Chen family for help.

In Kong Chunhua's view, Zhao Rou was just a junior and there was no need for her to take face so seriously.

She was different; as an elder, she simply couldn't bring herself to ask Chen Ming, a junior, for a favor.

Under Kong Chunhua's pressure, Zhao Rou had no choice but to compromise.

Braving the cold wind, Zhao Rou walked slowly and reluctantly towards the Chen family, putting on a pitiful act.

The villagers happened to be passing by and saw Zhao Rou heading straight for the Chen family, looking reluctant. They immediately showed disdain.

"These Zhao family members are shameless. When Chen Jia was fawning over them before, they acted all high and mighty."

"Now that people don't care about them anymore, they're eagerly flocking back, putting on a pitiful act."

"The Zhao family are ungrateful wretches; they only remember the Chen family when they need something from them."

"Kong Chunhua came to our house before, wanting to borrow some grain. But we didn't have enough grain ourselves, so how could we lend it to them?"