Dreading that Wen Guofeng would stir up trouble, Chi Yu heeded Chi Xingye's advice and went abroad for over a month during the two-month holiday. She had only returned to this single teacher's apartment a few days ago.
In terms of Wen Guofeng's intention to force Chi Xingye on others, the mother and daughter had the same attitude.
They would avoid him if they could!
After all, there was a huge disparity in their respective standings and power. If it came to head-to-head confrontation, the mother and daughter would undoubtedly suffer. Thus, they planned to hide from Wen Guofeng for a few months. Once his infatuation waned, he would no longer trouble Chi Xingye.
However, unexpectedly, they had totally underestimated the persistence and audacity of the Wen family with regards to this matter!
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In the evening, Chi Yu allowed Chi Xingye to stay in her tiny apartment.
Though a bit crowded, it was warm and cozy.
The mother and daughter hadn't lived together in a long time.
They used to live in a residential apartment in the city center owned by Chi Yu. After Wen Guofeng vandalized it, Chi Yu moved elsewhere.
Chi Xingye didn't tell Chi Yu that she was living in the private castle of the Prince of DK. She didn't want to frighten her mother, simply telling her that she was staying with a female classmate and that it was safe and reliable.
Chi Yu had no suspicion.
She simply admonished her to be polite and avoid creating trouble while living at someone else's place. Once this issue was over, she must properly thank that classmate who had taken her in.....
Chi Xingye nestled against her mother on the sofa while they watched TV and chatted.
"Your phone has been ringing for so long. Why haven't you checked it?"
Chi Xingye's phone on the side table had been vibrating for a while with various message notifications.
Chi Yu picked it up and handed it to her.
"It's just the group chat. Ignore it."
Chi Xingye took the phone, casually tossed it back on the sofa, and didn't pay it any attention. She continued to nestle in her mother's arms, behaving like a sweet little cotton-padded jacket.
Everything was peaceful here.
Meanwhile, the student group on her phone was buzzing.
The admission letters had been delivered in the past few days.
The news of who was admitted where was spreading.
However, the conversations of most people were related to Chi Xingye.
Five students from the prestigious SH School were admitted to the enviable DK Royal Academy.
Everyone was shocked to find out that one of them was the so-called "dummy".
It was unbelievable!
Absolutely incredible!!!
All of them remembered Chi Xingye as a girl who would start dozing whenever a cultural lesson was on. Anytime there was an exam, she would only turn in a blank answer sheet. She was regarded as a hopeless dummy!
How on earth could she have been admitted to the Royal Academy?!
Therefore, everyone in the chat group, gossiping and passionate, analyzed her from all angles.
The conclusion they arrived at left everyone startled: They had all been deceived by her appearance! She wasn't a dummy at all! She was smarter, more cunning, more wise, and even more diabolic and crafty...
She was a complete and total fraud!
Chi Xingye: I've never said that I was a dummy, okay? It was you guys who insisted that I was. What can I do?
Sigh....
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September.
School finally started at the DK Royal Academy.
Stepping into this deeply cultured, beautiful, and sacred campus brought feelings of excitement and anticipation for all the new students. After all, everything was a fresh start.
But, why was it a nightmare for Chi Xingye?
Everything began with the horrendous military training and the unbearably wicked and stern-faced instructor!
On the first day of military training.
"Chi Xingye, step out!"
"Yes, sir!"
Dressed in maroon British-style military attire and wearing a beret hat, Chi Xingye stepped out with high spirits.
"At ease, attention, left turn, left turn, left turn, left turn..."
Chi Xingye followed the commands with precision, constantly spinning in one direction. After 10 minutes of constantly "turning left", she was almost dizzy. The students watching were also astounded.
What is the instructor intending on doing here?
While her head spun from dizziness, Chi Xingye thought as she spun:
Is this guy really an instructor?
Why does he only know one command?
I may not have much education, but don't fool me, is military training really like this?
In the end, after Chi Xingye had been spinning left for 20 minutes, until she was utterly disoriented from the dizziness and the 360-degree sunbathing, she finally heard the command: "Attention! Return to your line!"
Everyone: ...
If it's merely a coincidence that the instructor called on Chi Xingye this time, then how do you explain what happened next?
On the training field, one could hear the instructor, at a moment's notice, repeatedly command "Chi Xingye, step out!"
"At ease, attention, lie down, stand up, lie down, stand up, lie down, stand up..."
Each time she was singled out, the instructor would sadistically make her repeat one action for a full 20 minutes. The day passed, and her squad watched mainly Chi Xingye being trained, all by herself.
It was like she was training a monkey!
After enduring these circumstances for three days.
Chi Xingye already realized something was off.
When Instructor Han was training others, he was normal. Even if someone performed sloppily, he would turn a blind eye. However, he was different with her. If her movement was even slightly off the mark, she would be pulled out and punished.
The forms of punishments were also extremely cruel.
This was clearly him maliciously treating her unjustly, and doing it so shamelessly!
What was his intention to trouble her like this? She had no grudge against him?!
School had just begun and, unfortunately, Chi Xingye had already become a laughing stock among the freshmen.
Everyone was guessing that Chi Xingye must have upset the instructor, that's why he kept picking on her.
The happiest person amidst Chi Xingye's ordeal was undoubtedly Lin Yingying.
She was one of the five students from SH School who had been admitted to the Royal Academy.
She was holding back her laughter at the bottom, basking in schadenfreude as she watched Chi Xingye suffer under the instructos relentless training...
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"Boss, this is today's training content, are you satisfied?"
The person at the end of the phone reported all the details of today's "training" of Chi Xingye in a one-to-one manner.
"Hmm, not bad." Helian Chengyan's thin pink lips curled slightly, revealing a rare playful smile. He continued to give orders: "As of tomorrow, start training her with the super strict military devil's training method."
"...Boss, what did she do to upset you so much that you're treating her this way?"
"She's upset me in too many ways!"
"..."
Everyone knows, you could cross anyone, just don't cross Helian Chengyan. His frighteningly ruthless methods were enough to make anyone tremble with fear!
Helian Chengyan hung up the phone.
Before long, Chi Xingye returned to the castle.
She was still dressed in the maroon British-style uniform from the training field. Her natural chestnut-brown curly long hair was spread freely. She was holding the beret hat in her hand. Against the backlight, she stepped into the hall with the sunset light bathing her, her figure outstandingly beautiful.