After the universally disliked young master is reborn, the older sisters panic.

"It's okay, I'm used to wearing it, and I don't want to take it off for now. Let them say what they want," Nan Yan said nonchalantly.

She's been ridiculed since childhood, and she's long been used to it.

She doesn't care what others say if they're not people she cares about.

Otherwise, if you always care about what others say, how tiring would that be?

Seeing that she had no objections, Chen Hao stopped trying to persuade her.

Do whatever makes you comfortable; there's no need to care about what others think.

After that day, rumors began to circulate: "The Nan family's daughter is not an ugly monster."

The news spread through Licheng's upper-class circles, with some believing it and others questioning it.

Most people didn't believe it, especially since they saw Nan Yan still wearing a mask.

The next day.

When Chen Hao arrived at Boda College, he found his classmates pointing and whispering about him.

He looked down at his clothes and saw nothing wrong with them. He had no idea what the group of people were looking at.

He touched his face again, and there was nothing dirty.

"Brother Hao, wait for me."

Chen Hao turned to look at Gu Xingzhou, who was running towards him, and asked, "Don't you feel those people looking at me?"

Gu Xingzhou circled around him, jokingly saying, "Brother Hao, you've become narcissistic after just one day?"

Why would they be watching you for no reason...?

At the end, he stopped talking, his face cold as he looked in one direction. A classmate quickly looked away and lowered his head in fear.

The onlookers forgot that there was someone they couldn't afford to offend by the side of the main character.

Seeing this, Chen Hao laughed and asked, "What do you think is going on?"

After his adoptive parents caused a scene last time, he faded from the students' sight, but unexpectedly he has become the focus of attention again this time.

He wasn't afraid of being stared at; he just didn't want to become the subject of gossip!

Gu Xingzhou frowned slightly and said softly, "Brother Hao, wait for me."

I'll go ask."

After saying this, he walked towards the crowd.

Chen Hao didn't have to wait long before Gu Xingzhou arrived, looking furious.

"Brother Hao, they're spreading rumors that you're getting married into the Nan family."

Chen Hao looked at him strangely, "Isn't this the truth?"

The marriage alliance between the Chen and Nan families is no secret in Licheng's high society circles, so what's so surprising about it?

Are Boda's students that free?

"They said..."

"Brother, you can't just say Miss Nan is beautiful to save face," Chen Qian's mocking voice interrupted Gu Xingzhou before he could finish speaking.

Ever since his adopted son's identity was revealed, he has been trying to get close to Chen Hao in every way.

No matter how cold Chen Hao's face was, he remained unmoved.

Outsiders, seeing Chen Hao's indifference towards Chen Qian, secretly gossiped that Chen Hao was cold-blooded and ruthless.

Many students sympathized with Chen Qian and even supported him in kicking Chen Hao out of the Chen family.

Chen Hao looked up at Chen Qian and sneered, "Miss Nan is a beauty, do I need to make things up?"

“Brother, it’s not a bad thing that you admit Miss Nan is ugly,” Chen Qian said, feigning concern.

He would never believe that Nan Yan was a beauty.

When he was a child, he had seen firsthand how ugly Nan Yan's face looked under her mask, especially the time when Nan Yan took off her mask at the Chen family's house, which he remembered vividly.

He gagged twice.

He mustn't recall it, or he won't get any food today.

Chen Hao rolled his eyes. "Miss Nan isn't ugly, I can't say someone is ugly against my conscience."

These days, nobody believes you if you tell the truth?

Gu Xingzhou, who was standing to the side, came to his senses and loudly clarified, "Miss Nan is not ugly at all. I saw her yesterday. She is a beauty."

Chen Qian hesitated for a moment, then finally mustered his courage and said, "Young Master Gu, you and my brother are good friends, of course you'll speak up for him."

But you can't just lie through your teeth.

The two are so close they're practically inseparable; who would believe what Gu Xingzhou says?

This statement was unanimously agreed upon by the onlookers; friends and family cannot testify on one's behalf.

Gu Xingzhou shouted angrily, "You're the one who's lying through your teeth! I'm telling the truth."

"Okay, okay, you're telling the truth, alright?" Chen Qian replied cautiously.

The Gu family was not someone he could afford to offend. Whatever Gu Xingzhou said went, and he dared not contradict him.

Seeing his perfunctory attitude, Gu Xingzhou became furious, "It's the truth!"

"Xingzhou, stop talking," Chen Hao comforted Gu Xingzhou. "We are innocent, there's no need to bother with this kind of person."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qian's smile froze, and he replied in a gruff voice, "Brother, don't be stubborn."

Marrying an ugly woman isn't your fault, so why lie about it?

"Heh." Chen Hao sneered, "If Miss Nan weren't ugly, what would you do?"

"Shall we make a bet?"

If someone is eager to be abused, he won't hold back.

"A bet?" Chen Qian hesitated.

He glanced at the relaxed Chen Hao, then at Gu Xingzhou beside him with a mischievous grin.

Having experienced the previous bets, he dared not be careless when making a bet with Chen Hao.

However, this morning someone spread a message saying that Nan Yan was still wearing a mask when she went out.

If she were truly a beautiful woman, it's impossible for her to still be wearing a mask when going out after her face has been revealed.

Is Chen Hao bluffing?

Seeing Chen Qian's hesitation, Gu Xingzhou mocked, "What? Scared? Don't dare to gamble?"

"You're the one who's scared! Let's gamble!" Chen Qian shouted.

He concluded that Chen Hao was all show and no substance, and that Nan Yan could never be a beauty.

He's definitely going to win this bet!

"Hehe." Chen Hao chuckled. "So, what shall we bet on?"

"I bet you have eight percent of the shares!" Chen Qian said with a look of jealousy.

He was extremely jealous when he heard yesterday that Chen Hao had acquired eight percent of the shares.

He tried to please Chen's parents and sisters for over a decade, but only managed to get five percent of the shares.

But Chen Hao got eight percent of the shares in just over a month after returning to the Chen family. How could he be willing to accept that!

Chen Hao narrowed his eyes and chuckled, "Fine, I'll take the loss and bet five percent of your shares."

My luck with money has been good lately; I've gotten another 5% of the shares for free.

Seeing Chen Hao's expression of being the one who had been wronged, Chen Qian felt like he was spitting blood inside. He gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement, "Okay."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hao took out his phone and called his father, "Father, have Chen Qian's five percent ready..."

"You didn't even win, so why are you preparing my shares?!" Chen Qian interrupted Chen Hao.

Chen Hao covered the phone and replied to Chen Qian without hesitation, "I'm worried you might change your mind, so of course I need to find a witness."

Of course, my shares will also be prepared.

He signed the contract immediately after the bet was placed.

After hearing Chen Hao's explanation, Chen Qian felt a vague unease.

Is he going to lose?

At this moment, Chen Hao had also explained things to his father and was about to hang up when Chen Qian called out again, "Wait a minute."

Chen Hao looked at Chen Qian, whose eyes were darting around, and sneered, "What, regretting it now?"

Since you can't afford to gamble, then don't gamble.

Upon hearing this, Gu Xingzhou loudly mocked, "What a coward, too scared to even make a bet!"