Chapter 138 - 137: Lost the Backbone (Extra)

Lu Mian watched Little Baldy huffing and puffing, looking very determined, and she gave in.

“If you insist,” she said helplessly, snatching Sui Yuan’s planner and stuffing it into her school uniform pocket.

“Back to class, Little Baldy!”

Lu Mian smiled and waved goodbye, taking the chance to ruffle Little Baldy’s head again before walking away with a mischievous gait.

—-

Su Luo had been in a bad mood when she got home these past few days. Su Jue noticed and knocked on her room door to express his concern.

Su Luo pushed against the desk, the chair sliding back half a meter, and she asked, “Brother, what do you think about Lu Mian?”

Su Jue’s hand, pinching the cola bottle, paused, and the can made a clicking sound.

“Aloof, arrogant, venomous tongue…” He paused, then added, “Unfathomable.”

“Pfft. With that last comment, you’re giving her too much credit.” Su Jue shook his head: “I admit she has some skill, but not enough to be looked upon differently by Grandpa. I’m rather curious, how many more secrets she’s hiding that we don’t know about!”

“…” Su Jue wanted to say something to dissuade her, but seeing Su Luo’s determined expression, he swallowed his words.

His sister had always been competitive from a young age, never resting until she won against her chosen rival. Thinking about how Grandpa had scolded him several times because of Lu Mian, he figured it might be good to let Luoluo dent Lu Mian’s edge.

“By the way, brother, how are your stocks doing? Every time Dad video chats with us, he always praises your foresight, and Mom and I are proud of you when we’re away,” Su Luo’s mood, initially not so great, brightened with the mention of this.

However, Su Jue was feeling pretty stressed.

He was holding onto stocks worth five million, waiting for the perfect opportunity to sell. But he couldn’t decide when the best time to sell was, and had been dragging it out.

Without that chat group, he felt like he had lost his spine.

But seeing the admiring and approving look in his sister’s eyes, of course, he wouldn’t show any weakness: “Just wait for the good news from me! When I make money, I’ll buy you a new car!”

“My brother is awesome! Now I won’t have to worry about your twenty million anymore… To tell you the truth, you could’ve just thrown them a few hundred thousand back then, and it would’ve been a fortune to them…”

Who could say otherwise?

Su Jue regretted it too. After all, he said it in the heat of the moment.

If he hadn’t made such a high bet, Lu Mian probably wouldn’t have agreed to compete.

But now that Lu Mian had taken the twenty million and cut ties with the Lu Family, he felt incredibly frustrated. Especially when he thought about the last thing Lu Mian said to him, “Do you deserve this money?”, it made him irritable.

—-

Today was the class meeting.

Ding Cai was, as always, emphasizing old issues like discipline and studies.

“As for discipline, our class is pretty good, ranking first in the grade; even I didn’t see that coming, haha…” Ding Cai’s good mood was written all over his face, “Keep it up. If our studies aren’t up to par, at least we can excel in discipline!”

The classmates were puzzled: their class discipline… first?

Shouhao muttered, “Do you think Principal Qi got it wrong?”

Shouhao shook his head: “My guess is, it’s definitely because of… us three!”

“Why?”

“After all, we three at least donated money to the school and had that encounter with Principal Qi. A little bit of face is still something, right?”

“Makes sense.” Shouhao gave him a thumbs up.

When the brothers looked up again, Ding Cai had already moved on to another topic.

“Next, I want to emphasize studies. For the upcoming monthly exam, I’m planning to implement a buddy system within the class,” Ding Cai solemnly announced.

“Buddy system?”