Yun Hua could not find a way to describe the looks but she had a bad feeling!

In her past life, she experienced the same thing when Han Luo Luo spreaded the nude pictures of her to the whole school.

In this life... Such a thing would not happen.

So why is everyone looking at her like this?

Yun Hua thought about it and confirmed that none of her enemies could blackmail her so she stopped caring and headed to the track to run.

Training her endurance and expanding her lung volume was the basis for all her exercise.

Yun Hua read out the words softly as she ran

By the end, Yun Hua had finished 10 laps around the track!

Yun Hua slowed down and started walking, sticking to her usual practice of running 10 laps then walking slowly for another 2.

Drinking some water, Yun Hua gave her legs muscles the chance to relax.

"Hua Hua, I brought you breakfast. Mom made pancakes in the morning and there's also freshly made soy milk with dates and fruits." Xiao Ru Yue smiled at Yun Hua with breakfast in her hands.

Yun Hua stopped and stood still.

She gave a weird look Xiao Ru Yue a weird look. She did not understand why Xiao Ru Yue was showing her goodwill.

Did she think that they can keep their relationship the same as before?

"Hua Hua, we are... We are sisters." Xiao Ru Yue bit her lips and looked at her with eyes full of innocence and pity as if she was a puppy abandoned by Yun Hua.

It was a hilarious situation.

"Thank you for the goodwill but I'm not your sister." Yun Hua smiled, "Nothing will change the fact that you're the illegitimate daughter of my dad, destroying my family with your mom!"

Finishing, Yun Hua sped up a little and left Xiao Ru Yue behind.

"Hi. Are you here to run too?" He Yu Xiang, who was in a basketball attire, walked over full of sweat, "Preparing for the sports meet? I see Yun Hua running here daily."

Xiao Ru Yue bit her lips and looked even more wronged. She shook her head and left unhappy with her head held low.

He Yu Xiang heart jolted for a moment and he raced to catch up, "Is something wrong? Are you in a bad mood?"

Xiao Ru Yue shook her head and forced a smile, "It's nothing, Hua Hua misunderstood me and I might be losing her as a friend."

Xiao Ru Yue's eyes were red as she spoke but she still held back her tears.

He Yu Xiang's heart ached, "You're so nice to her, what did she misunderstand?! The entire class left her alone and you're the only one who gave her any attention. When she doesn't finish her homework, you'd lend her yours to copy and defend her in front of the teachers. She sure is ungrateful!"

"Don't say that, Hua Hua is very nice..."

"Yue Yue you're too kind! A person like her doesn't deserve you as a friend! Don't be sad."

"It's fine but thank you, Hua Hua might just be in a bad mood so it's fine, I understand."

Yun Hua did not know about something like that happening behind her back as she headed to the canteen.

She washed her face, bought a bun, a tea egg and milk, eating them as she headed to the classroom.

Along the way...

Everyone was looking at her.

Yun Hua was feeling uneasy, having no idea of what was happening.

When she opened her classroom door, the entire class turned to look at her with expressions of... Excitement!

Yun Hua was shocked by the number of people looking at her, almost crushing her carton of milk by accident!

She returned to her seat with a confused expression.

She had just sat down when Ling Xiao Xiao rushed over and bent over to lie on her table, asking with a look of excitement, "Yun Hua did you settle things with Qi senpai that day?"

Yun Hua was at a loss, "Discuss what?"

"About the engagement!" Ling Xiao Xiao's eyes lit up with the flames of gossip, "Qi senpai's reaction proved the existence of the engagement! Gosh, if Su He senpai is like what they say, then she would very very scary to deal with once someone is fighting with her for Qi senpai!"

The corner of Yun Hua's mouth twitched for a moment.

On the other hand, Ling Xiao Xiao was bursting with excitement, "Tell me! What did you guys decide on afterwards? You have an engagement with Qi senpai, Su He senpai... didn't hit you, right?"

Yun Hua rubbed her eyebrows and shook her head, "No. Furthermore, my engagement with Qi senpai has been cancelled. Ling Xiao Xiao, don't go around spreading it, Qi senpai would be angry if he found out about it. Moreover, the angriest person would probably be Su He senpai. If Su He senpai found out that you were the one spreading news about the engagement... What do you think she'll do to you?"

Ling Xiao Xiao's eyes widened and she shook her head vigorously but she was still interested in the gossip, "But why would you call off the engagement? Don't you like Qi senpai? If there's the engagement, is there a need to fear Su He senpai?"

Yun Hua smiled, "Ling Xiao Xiao, do you think that Qi senpai and I are a good match? I know very clearly that we are people from two different worlds. Only Su He senpai is fit for Qi senpai so I called off my engagement. I know myself well."

Ling Xiao Xiao believed it and pouted before standing up, "Where's your courage? You've already had the engagement but you'd still back down. Then again, it's good to be self-aware and know that you aren't fit for him."

In her heart, Ling Xiao Xiao was still very happy. After all, Qi senpai was a god in her eyes. It was alright for him to be taken by Su He since Su He was fit to be a goddess.

What did Yun Hua have? Ling Xiao Xiao felt disgusted by the possibility of Qi senpai ending up with Yun Hua the barbarian from the rural village!

After obtaining her answer, Ling Xiao Xiao returned to her seat satisfied and started gossiping again!

As for Yun Hua, she was finally started to understand that the reason for why everyone was focusing on her was because Ling Xiao Xiao had leaked the existence of the engagement between her and Qi senpai to the whole school!

No wonder people were staring at her!

Qi Zi Heng might have gone to Jiang Xi University, but he still has significant impact on Nan Xi Middle School!

Yun Hua was a little worried but she believed that given Ling Xiao Xiao's ability at gossiping, there was a good chance that the whole school would know about her calling off the engagement before school ended.

It was pretty nice since she did not have to go around explaining. When the power of gossip is harnessed correctly, it can be surprisingly helpful.

Yun Hua finished all her homework and practice questions in the last session of self-study.

She planned to keep academics in school. She had to practice swimming, write her novel and draw after school... She was too busy!

A person appeared outside the classroom a few minutes before the lesson ended.

At first, everyone thought that it was the dean, Han Jun Dong, who goes around patrolling the school. However, a closer look revealed that the guy was too handsome to be Han Jun Dong!

The person was clearly Qi senpai!

Within a minute or two, the entire class was looking outside!

The eye-catching guy had maroon coloured hair and wore a white coloured tailored shirt with black skinny jeans.

His handsome face was smiling warmly.

It really was Qi senpai!

It was the most handsome guy in Nan Xi Middle School's history! The Qi Zi Heng who entered Jiang Xi University with spectacular results!

In the eyes of the girls, he was a prince charming that could play the piano and had great grades, great looks and a great personality!

In the eyes of the boy, he was responsible for leading the school's basketball team to victory as champions in the male high school students category of Jiang Xi province's basketball competition!

He was popular with both the boys and the girls.

When Qi Zi Heng was still in high school, he was rarely in school as he was always out of school for various competitions like math olympiad, piano and basketball.

Now that he has gone to Jiang Xi University, there would be even less of a chance to see him.

This is why everyone was excited to see him!

However, once the excitement passed, people started questioning why he came back to school.

Was he here to look for someone?

If he was here to find someone, why not just go into the classroom? Surely the school would not fault him for disrupting the lesson!

Yet, he just remained in the hallway, checking his watch every now and then as if he was waiting for someone!

Ling Xiao Xiao's eyes widened as she found gossip material. Xiao Ru Yue, on the other hand, glanced at Qi Zi Heng for a moment before returning to her books, standing out from the crowd of students who were desperately trying to catch a glance of Qi Zi Heng.

After a few minutes, the bell rang.

Weirdly, the normally rowdy students who would be rushing to the canteen were now sitting patiently. No one was in a rush to go to eat!

Obviously, everyone wanted to find out what Qi senpai wanted.

The students from the neighbouring classes rushed out from their classes only to see Qi senpai standing there. Those students came to a halt instantly. They lost their urgency and move away, pretending to be admiring the scenery while sneaking glances at Qi senpai.

Yun Hua packed her bag and left through the back door.

Just as she left the classroom, Qi senpai walked towards her.

Yun Hua cursed in her mind. What is this guy doing? Does he not know that everyone was watching?

Yun Hua quickened her pace, wanting to escape, pretending that she did not see Qi Zi Heng.

However... Qi Zi Heng had already spoken.

"Hua Hua, hold on, I'm waiting for you." Qi Zi Heng's voice rang clearly.

However, Yun Hua prefered a voice like Bao Si Qing's, low yet still alluring, cold and mysterious!

Yun Hua gritted her teeth and quickened her steps, pretending that she did not hear him.

Bao Si Qing stretched his long legs with a face of helplessness.

The 18-year-old Qi Zi Heng with a height of 1.83m had long legs and he caught up quickly Yun Hua who was barely over 1.5m

Then...

He grabbed her by her wrist!

Yun Hua froze!

She could almost hear the screams in the hearts of the surrounding students!

She wanted to tell those students, "Hey, what's with that blank look? Is he that scary?"

In reality, Yun Hua shook her hand desperately after she recovered as if trying to get rid of some disgusting thing, trying desperately to shake Qi Zi Heng's hand from her wrist!

"Qi Zi Heng, let go of me!"

"Let go of me!"

Yun Hua was pissed, not knowing what Qi Zi Heng was trying to do.

"Promise to go for lunch with me and I'll let go. How does that sound?" Qi Zi Heng smiled brightly at her, speaking with a warm voice, appearing extremely attractive.

"And if I don't?" Yun Hua gritted her teeth and glared angrily at him.

Qi Zi Heng blinked helplessly and rubbed her head, "If you don't then I won't let go."

The crowd that had gathered was growing, each of them looked excited from the scene.

Yun Hua took a deep breath and nodded, "Alright, let go, I promise you."

Qi Zi Heng's smile turned brighter and he let go of her.

And Yun Hua took off, slipping into the crowd!

She felt sick at the thought of having lunch with Qi Zi Heng.

Qi Zi Heng was stunned, not expecting such an outcome.

However, he was even more curious as to why Yun Hua hated him so much.

Before him and Su He, she swore such an oath, convincing even Su He who was extremely possessive...

This proved that she really did not have the slightest bit of feelings for him, even going to the point of hatred.

To Qi Zi Heng, this was interesting, very much so.

Qi Zi Heng always knew the appeal that he had and has always made use of it.

Up till now, no girl could resist him!

Yun Hua's reaction sparked Qi Zi Heng's curiosity and desire for dominance.

How dare some immature brat hate him and look down on him!

Yun Hua ran down the stairs and went to wash her hands.

She wanted to rub off the skin where she had contact with Qi Zi Heng

Originally, she was pretty hungry and planned to have lunch before mailing the contract.

Now, she had no appetite at all. Yun Hua left school and purposely went to a printing shop far away from school.

The contract was in her QQ email and did not require a thumb drive, so she could just log into her QQ account and print it from there.

She took extra care to permanently delete the downloaded document after printing.

"Hey, little girl, what revision material is this? Oh, it's a contract, online publishing agreement..." The old lady running the shop seemed to be interested.

Yun Hua quickly received the documents and smiled, "I'm just doing some research. Aunty, could I trouble you to photocopy my mom's identity card?"

Coming out of the printing shop, Yun Hua let out a long sigh. It seems like she does have to get a printer, after all, confidential stuff like a contract should not be printed in a printing shop.

Yun Hua signed the contract with a black pen and headed to the post office. Tao Bao was still lacking in services and express delivery companies where also rare so agencies were the norm.

As for contracts, the post office was the way to go.

Yun Hua only felt at ease after mailing the contract.

She found a shop nearby grab a bite. It just so happens that she was close to the library so she decided to go to the library instead of heading back to school.

She wanted to do a bit of research on the Qing Dynasty. Even though it was a web novel, but she did not want to get basic facts wrong. Sure there was no way that it would be free of errors, but she could do her best to reduce them.

Furthermore, she had her mother's identity card so she could register for a library card.

Stepping into the library she was greeted by a familiar face.

Chen Shi Ying!

"Hey, it's you." Yun Hua felt a slight sense of pity as she looked at Chen Shi Ying who looked much frailer since the last time they met.

Chen Shi Ying raised her head to find that it was Yun Hua and felt embarrassed.

She pursed up her lips and said softly, "I'm really grateful to you for saving me the other time. I really shouldn't have lost my temper back then..."

Yun Hua smiled and shook her head, "It's fine, you were in a bad mood back then. Are you here to read books too?"

"Mm." Chen Shi Ying nodded slightly, "I don't want to hang around in school after dismissal."

Yun Hua paused for a moment, remembering that after the previous Chen Shi Ying became famous, she talked about being bullied in school. That was also the root cause of her depression that led to her killing herself.

Yun Hua had always admired Chen Shi Ying.

Chen Shi Ying's path had always been rough. Such a description would be a major understatement given one of her quotes, "There was a period of time where it seemed that even breathing was a sin."

Even so, she fought it, pulled through and showed the world her brilliance.

Yun Hua felt that Chen Shi Ying was strong for being able to handle the worship and slander of the keyboard warriors.

In the end, Chen Shi Ying still succumbed to her depression. Even then, no one knew about her depression before that!

Psychology believed that a person's youth has a serious impact on a person's psychological behaviour.

Chen Shi Ying was currently 16, in the middle of her youth.

If she was bullied at this age... It would be obvious that she would be affected greatly, so much so that even after she reached the top of the world, those wounds would still be there to cause pain...

Yun Hua could not help but ask, "What school do you study in?"

Chen Shi Ying paused for a moment, "Wu Zhong."

Yun Hua's eyebrows perked up, "Wu Zhong?"

Chen Shi Ying nodded, "Mm, I was originally studying in a junior high school in Yi Xi but I managed to enter Wu Zhong. It just so happened that my dad was sent here to Jiang Xi city last year..."

Mentioning her dad, Chen Shi Ying's mood fell all of a sudden.

Yun Hua hesitated for a moment but she continued with another question, "Pardon my rudeness but how did uncle Chen pass away?"

She just did not believe that she could have such a large impact, turning Chen Shi Ying's dad form a hero into a villain and cause him to die so many years in advance!

It just did not make sense!

Chen Shi Ying's face turned pale in an instant. Yun Hua guessed that she would not answer but she could understand why, after all, it was a sensitive question.

"It's alright, you don't have to tell me, I was just asking out of curiosity..."

However, with a barely audible voice, Chen Shi Ying spoke before Yun Hua could finish.

"My dad... They discovered that he had ties to drug dealers, accepted bribes, gave drug dealers tip-offs and even let a kingpin who was being chased by the police escape. Not only that... He even killed a police officer..." Chen Shi Ying forced her story through tears of pain.

Yun Hua was stunned.

Her mind became blank.

How did it turn out to be like this?

No no no, this was not right!

Yun Hua took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down, trying to recall information in her last life regarding Chen Shi Ying's dad.

Chen Shi Ying's father was a hero. In an interview, Chen Shi Ying mentioned that she had not seen her dad for ten years due to his work...

Yun Hua's eyes widened all of a sudden.

Accepting bribes, leaking information, letting a kingpin go, killing a police officer and even disappearing...

But ten years later, he turned out to be a hero due to public service.

Then... There could only be one possibility!

He had to be an undercover agent!

Yeah, there was a high chance that Chen Shi Ying's dad was an undercover agent working for the police.

His criminal actions were to gain the trust of the kingpin. His case must have remained confidential for over 10 years since he had been dead while Chen Shi Ying believed that he was away working.

However, Chen Shi Ying only got to learn about the truth 10 years later and then the news of her father's death followed closely.

An anti-drug hero who died at his post!

Due to Chen Shi Ying's identity, the media made a great deal out of it until it became viral throughout the nation.

Everyone respected Chen Shi Ying father but who knew how much pain Chen Shi Ying had gone through?

Living through high school, university and even the adult world with the identity of a criminal's daughter!

At that moment, Yun Hua realised a problem, could the bullying that Chen Shi Ying faced in school be related to her father's identity of a "criminal"?

Being such an important undercover agent, there was no way that he could reveal anything. In fact, keeping his family in the dark was the best protection for them.

Hence, both Chen Shi Ying and her mother would have believed that he was a criminal.