As soon as I came out of Teacher He's office, Chen Siyue stopped me with a group of people.

　　Since she had money, she had bought a group of followers and was very popular at school.

　　A group of people surrounded me and walked to the back door of the school.

　　I frowned and asked, 'What do you want, Chen Siyue?' She sneered, and her henchmen held me down while she slowly took out a pair of scissors from her pocket and gestured on my face, a malicious smile on her lips.

　　'Lin Chuyi, even though Sheng Ge doesn't like you, you keep hanging around him, and it makes me uncomfortable.' 'Aren't you supposed to be focused on studying? Who are you trying to seduce with long hair?' 'Let me help you trim it - ' Before I could react, the scissors came towards my face, just a few centimeters away from my eyes.

　　Seeing me flinch back, she smirked triumphantly and grabbed my hair unexpectedly, snip snip, cutting it haphazardly.

　　I didn't struggle, quietly watching the black strands falling in front of my eyes.

　　'Done!' Chen Siyue breathed a sigh of relief, admiring her handiwork.

　　Laughter echoed from the side, saying I now looked like a frog.

　　Teacher He ran over and shouted, 'What are you doing?' The followers dispersed, but Chen Siyue unabashedly put away the scissors and glanced at Teacher He, 'We were just fooling around, teacher, you scared us with your loud voice.' Teacher He pointed at my head and yelled, 'Is this your idea of fooling around? Go call your parents!' 'Parents?' Chen Siyue laughed uncontrollably, coughing repeatedly, 'Teacher He, why don't you ask Lin Chuyi if she dares to call her parents?' She turned away contemptuously, leaving behind a remark, 'Even if she does, I'm not sure who she'll be helping.' 'You - ' I lightly tugged on Teacher He's sleeve and shook my head, 'It's fine.' Facing Teacher He's sympathetic gaze, I smiled and said, 'Today, you brought me good news, so this small matter doesn't count.' This is just the starting point of my life.

　　And for some others as well.

　　I touched the wound on my head, it hurt, but at the same time, it felt good.

　　To see someone else taking my place and going crazy in the mud, what is a little pain? Every moment in the last year of high school is precious.

　　Chen Siyue isn't worth my effort.

　　Hair can still grow, but Chen Siyue will soon lose her glory.

　　'Chuyi, hardships will always pass.

　　Hold on a little longer, and you'll be free.' Teacher He sympathetically touched my head.

　　I held the stray hairs in my hand tightly and suddenly said, 'Teacher, can you keep the matter of my recommendation a secret?"

　　"With the incident of Chen Siyue causing trouble for me just now, he promised to help me discuss with the school leaders.

　　I endured a few days of being the center of attention at school, and the school leaders agreed to my request and made an exception for me.

　　However, my name was not included in the final list of students recommended for admission.

　　Chen Siyue let out a sigh of relief in the crowd, a hint of calculation flashing in her eyes.

　　Xiaomanqing disappointingly pulled me out and suddenly asked, 'Chuyi, when Chen Siyue bullied you that day, why did you stop me from calling someone?' I smiled lightly and replied, 'She's just a kid with a temper tantrum.

　　It'll blow over and she won't really harm me.' 'Hmph, you still treat her like a sister!' I put my arm around her shoulder and said, 'Enough about her, lately I feel like Aunt Jiang has become much more beautiful.' Xiaomanqing suddenly became hesitant and scratched her head, 'No...not really.' I didn't press her for an answer and the two of us playfully walked towards the classroom.

　　In the hallway, Chen Siyue held Chen Dongsheng's arm intimately, whispering something to each other.

　　Chen Dongsheng's hand occasionally touched her waist, and their words and actions were extremely ambiguous.

　　Xiaomanqing sighed and whispered, 'Many people in the school say they are dating, but Chen Dongsheng is also pursuing the class flower in the next class.' 'Anyway, I don't think they look like siblings.' Looking at how well they get along, there must be some unequal agreement that Chen Siyue made.

　　She probably thought that she was just allowing Chen Dongsheng to enjoy certain husband privileges early.

　　But to become part of the Chen family, beauty and obedience are far from enough.

　　Once Chen Dongsheng truly succeeds, Chen Siyue's value will be gone.

　　The next challenge cannot be solved just by taking advantage of others."