After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

To be fair, Lu Sijian's title as the top socialite was well-deserved.

[Back then, Lu Sijian was the host of the school's annual arts festival every year, and many people criticized her for only knowing how to study and not having any other talents. Look how amazing she is now!]

I've never seen a girl more outstanding or more all-around talented than her. She's beautiful, academically excellent, and excels at everything—she's practically a perfect all-rounder!

There's no one with low intelligence in the Lu family; just look at the eldest and third young masters.

I can't imagine how successful she would be now if she hadn't been in a coma for three years.

Anyway, the school thought she was a shoo-in for the top scorer in the college entrance exam; even if she didn't get the provincial top scorer, she was almost guaranteed to get the city top scorer.

[Strange, why are the people in Class 3 all silent? I remember Class 3 had a very high average score in the college entrance exam, all thanks to Lu Sijian's tutoring.]

After this message was sent, the group was quiet for a few minutes.

Xia Youyou sneered inwardly. Of course, the deputy class monitor and the others from Class 3 wouldn't say anything, since they had been kicked out looking humiliated.

In fact, the school was quite open-minded back then, with a variety of club activities and many talented students. It did not advocate rote learning.

Everyone knows in their hearts that they should study what they need to study and practice what they need to practice. They may work themselves to the bone, but they will not give up their interests and hobbies. It is all about self-discipline.

Class 3 was at the bottom of the entire grade at the time, but Lu Sijian was the top student in the grade, creating a serious gap.

Later, several class officers, led by the vice class monitor, approached Shen Baolin and said that since Lu Sijian was tutoring Shen Baolin, why not help everyone else as well?

We are all part of the same class, sharing both honor and disgrace. It wouldn't sound good if Lu Sijian got first place but the class came in last.

Classmates should help each other and make progress together.

Shen Baolin, with a strong sense of responsibility, persuaded Lu Sijian, and then Lu Sijian started tutoring the whole class, managing to pull Class 3 from last place among dozens of classes to first place.

However, after Lu Sijian's accident, none of the students in Class 3 even went to visit her, saying that they needed to focus on preparing for the college entrance examination.

However, even after he finished the exams and was accepted by his desired university, he never went to visit Lu Sijian.

When Lu Sijian's tutoring was mentioned at the college entrance banquet, the vice class monitor even turned pale on the spot, saying that he got into university entirely by his own efforts and had nothing to do with Lu Sijian.

At the time, Xia Youyou was indignant that she could become friends with Lu Sijian and felt sorry for Lu Sijian.

The group administrator suddenly posted a video in the group. Xia Youyou clicked on it and found that it was the video of the group of people at the banquet making fun of Lu Sijian.

I don't know who recorded the video.

The people in the group were shocked. Seeing Lu Siqian about to have bad luck, they all looked gloating. They didn't seem like classmates at all, but rather like mortal enemies.

This is too much! Shouldn't only close friends and family members be invited to someone else's college celebration?

Several people remained silent, so Xia Youyou kindly tagged them one by one.

But soon she discovered that several people were missing from the group; the people she had tagged had all sheepishly left the group.

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Shen Baolin also saw the message in the group.

After those people left the group, many people tagged her to inquire about the situation, and some even comforted her, telling her not to be sad and to reassure Lu Sijian, just like she had been bitten by a dog.

People didn't seem to confuse her with the vice class monitor and her group, firmly believing that she and Lu Sijian were still best friends.

She watched the video carefully and was relieved to find that the person who filmed it hadn't included her reaction in the editing.

Her phone suddenly rang, and she quickly answered it when she saw it was Lou Xiao calling.

An hour later, Shen Baolin rushed to Lou Xiao's company with a nervous heart. When she was downstairs, someone called her over.

Coincidentally, the people who came were the vice squad leader and his group.

"President Lou has withdrawn the offers he originally sent them," the assistant subtly warned. These people had offended Lou Xiao and wouldn't have an easy time.

Shen Baolin, of course, wouldn't meddle in other people's business, and since she couldn't change her cousin's decision, she could only lower her head and hurry inside.

Seeing that Shen Baolin was not helping, the group became furious.

"Shen Baolin, stop right there!"

"You invited us to your college admission banquet, saying that President Lou would thank us. Now that this has happened, are you trying to distance yourself from it?"

"You think you're so high and mighty? When Lu Siqian was about to fall on hard times, didn't you also kick him when he was down?"

“We don’t have a friendship with Lu Sijian that many years ago. You’re even more vicious than us!”

Shen Baolin's face paled, and she quickly stepped into the elevator and pressed the close button.

Once inside Lou Xiao's office, the assistant gently closed the door and left.

"Cousin," Shen Baolin called out in a strained voice.

Lou Xiao raised his head, his expression calm. "Sit down."

"Cousin, aren't you going to scold me?" Shen Baolin was taken aback.

Lou Xiao: "Why should I scold you? You were just deceived by those few people."

He paused, then his tone softened considerably. "You're the only close friend of similar age that A-Jian has. You two have had disagreements before, but it's normal for friends to bicker occasionally. Don't cause trouble in the future and make A-Jian angry."

Shen Baolin was stunned. Indeed, although Lu Sijian was popular, she was the only truly close friend.

After all, Lu Sijian's goddess aura is too dazzling; how many people would be willing to be her friend?

Only he didn't mind at all, and foolishly followed behind her all day long.

Lou Xiao: "Did you know that A-Jian was in the gifted youth program?"

Shen Baolin shook her head. "But I remember when we were little, A-Jian told me that she might go to study in the capital. I think that was it. Later she didn't go. I asked her why she didn't go, and she said she was afraid she wouldn't be able to keep up."

Actually, she couldn't remember why Lu Sijian didn't go, so she just made up the most likely reason.

It's perfectly normal if you can't keep up; didn't Lu Sijian have to repeat a year later?

There are too many stories of children who are talented in their childhood but not necessarily successful in adulthood. She was a great dancer when she was young, but now she can't even do a simple backbend.

If Lu Sijian is really that talented, she worries that Mu Liangyue will be dragged into the spotlight again and condemned by everyone.

Mu Liangyue clearly didn't do anything wrong!

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Inside the cafe.

Mu Liangyue put down her phone, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

She wanted to see how others would evaluate her and Lu Sijian, but it seemed that no one was paying attention to her.

Instead, they talked more about how amazing Lu Sijian had been, using nothing but praise.

She wasn't too surprised, after all, she used to admire Lu Sijian just as much.

"Zhao Ke, do you think I ruined a genius? Why wasn't I the one who was stabbed and fell from the building back then? If it were me... it wouldn't be so regrettable."

Seeing her downcast, Zhao Ke quickly comforted her, "Liangyue, don't blame yourself! What do you mean by 'it wouldn't be a pity if it were you'? It's you who makes people feel even more sorry, okay?"

"Lu Sijian getting into the gifted youth program is ancient history. Her dropping out means she was rejected. She's not that smart at all."

"But you're different, you're a genius!"