Chapter 47

On the way to school, Zhai Da held his hands out in front of him, pinching a deck of [Joker Poker] with one hand, his thumb flicking rapidly to push the cards one by one through the air to his right hand.

If he were fast enough, it would look like a bridge had been built in mid-air.

But he couldn't get fast; after all, his nickname before his rebirth was the Oriental Slow Rocket.

Compared to ordinary playing cards, [Joker Poker] is tougher and wear-resistant due to its special tin-alloy material, but it is also heavier and more strenuous, and some minor issues with the feel are far from what the books describe.

Proficiency is the only antidote for a rookie, so if you want to be fast, practice more.

Until he passed a certain bus stop and paused slightly.

The bus stop sign read "Sunmazhuang," and Zhai Da couldn't help but think of Lu Wei's notebooks, which were suspected to be "special items"...

Wu Yue, that guy has watched so much Detective Conan, shouldn't he put it into practice?

You raise Wu Yue for a thousand days to use him for a single moment.

While he was in a daze, a bus pulled up.

Lin Shuyao walked off it.

As she looked up, her eyes met Zhai Da's.

Zhai Da thought to himself, "How unlucky!" and turned to leave.

The previously sleepy Lin Shuyao was instantly wide awake; she hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes subconsciously to check herself.

After all, even a beauty wakes up with corn mush in the corners of her eyes.

On the bus, a tall boy who had gotten off with Lin Shuyao asked in confusion, "Shuyao, what's wrong?"

Lin Shuyao didn't reply, just silently followed behind Zhai Da.

Wang Feng followed her gaze and squinted his eyes.

He had heard some rumors recently that Lin Shuyao had confessed to a boy in their class and been rejected, but he naturally didn't believe it.

Wang Feng, 188cm tall, a starter on the school basketball team and also a sports student; every school has athletic assessments, and Maofang Middle School is no exception, with the basketball team being their most presentable asset, capable of placing in the top few in city competitions.

Although this achievement is ten Black Mambas away from being a professional athlete, and not even worth writing down when applying for a fitness coach job in the future, for the present moment...

He is a little celebrity in school.

So... what a joke! If Lin Shuyao didn't even fancy him, how could she fancy someone else?

Wang Feng deliberately raised his volume a bit and said, "Is this the guy from the rumors? How pathetic."

Lin Shuyao was terrified; she was already afraid Zhai Da would look back: "You! Shh!!"

Zhai Da yawned; he could actually hear them, but he couldn't be bothered to respond.

It's truly boring, boring to death...

Lin Shuyao's management of her "simps" is really poor; if it doesn't work out, just send her to the Panhong Industrial Park...

At the intersection, a Mercedes S350 stopped in front of him, and Lu Siwen hopped out of the car: "Classmate Zhai! Good morning! Have you seen the news!"

Inside the driver's seat, eyes were still sizing Zhai Da up, but the dark glass made it hard to see clearly.

Zhai Da rubbed the corner of his eye: "News? What news?"

Lu Siwen immediately took out her phone.

Behind them, Lin Shuyao watched that girl fluttering around Zhai Da like a butterfly, her hand gripping her backpack strap tightening involuntarily.

Because she knew that girl.

Lu Siwen from the experimental class; many people compared her and Lu Siwen together.

They were considered the two best-looking girls in this grade, and the other girl even had a cute nickname among the students: "Little Deer."

But in Lin Shuyao's eyes, Lu Siwen was nothing more than someone with better popularity among girls, better grades, a better family background, more hobbies, who could play instruments and write, and wore designer brands.

Other than that... how could she compare to her!

It would be a lie to say she wasn't jealous; after all, the car that picked her up had a logo that, if pried off, would be enough for her to ride the bus from high school until menopause...

For some girls, beauty is the greatest opportunity to change their destiny; for others, beauty is just an embellishment gifted by fate.

But... why was Lu Siwen surrounding Zhai Da!

Lin Shuyao suddenly thought of a question... if Zhai Da, who was so close to Lu Siwen... ended up liking her.

Wouldn't that prove that she was even more outstanding than Lu Siwen...

The more she thought about it, the more it made sense...

Anyway, the whole school was already spreading rumors that she liked Zhai Da and had been rejected.

It was already impossible to wash clean, so she might as well go all the way!

She turned her head and said to Wang Feng, "Wang Feng, let's not go to school together anymore..."

"Shuyao! Why?"

"I'm afraid Zhai Da will misunderstand..."

Wang Feng stood frozen on the spot... feeling like the sky had collapsed.

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"What the hell! The homepage?"

Lu Siwen held her phone up to Zhai Da: "Yes! The homepage! And there are so many comments! I can't see the backend traffic, but this definitely counts as hot news."

Although the blog didn't have a mobile version, the Xinglang News homepage could be opened on a phone.

Zhai Da looked at the photo of his back on the screen and thought to himself, is this "Micro-fiction Contest" really such a high-spec event?

He looked at the headline: The buried genius of the Han Han style...

Good grief, no wonder; media people can really make up stories...

A short line of text, gathering satire on education, the curiosity of ordinary people, and also hitching a ride on the traffic of Han Han, the writer currently popular and regarded as an idol by countless teenagers.

That Li Tiantian from yesterday is really something...

It would have been better if the headline was directly "Shocking! A high school boy actually has this kind of relationship with Han Han."

He flipped through the comments and messages; almost all of them were echoing the sentiment, talking about how education has big problems, or why our education can't produce Nobel Prize winners.

This is currently the period when the "uselessness of studying" theory is most prevalent, which is how Han Han climbed to the peak; this news piece could be said to have hit the itch of netizens just right, and the discussion was exceptionally heated.

Zhai Da irritably tugged at the hair on his forehead... it felt like a lot of trouble, but it shouldn't have any impact, right?

There was no name, no address, and he hadn't said a word about his school name or family situation last night.

"Listen, don't spread this news everywhere; there are still two months until the college entrance exam, and I don't want to be distracted."

He was telling the truth; it was just a piece of trash news, he'd finish it once he got the prize money; was there any benefit to being an object of discussion?

It would only make him exhausted from dealing with it.

After all, there was no money to be made, and being famous was useless; he would only be consumed as gossip by a bunch of high school students.

If he could make 208 a day, he would be willing.

Zhai Da's reason was extremely legitimate, and Lu Siwen immediately patted her small chest: "Don't worry, I will never tell anyone else; this is our little secret."

Zhai Da's gaze lingered slightly.

Hmm, this question should be C.

Can't tell.

The two parted ways again at the senior year building, and Zhai Da walked into the classroom.

And then he felt the sky collapse...

He didn't even react when Lin Shuyao, who had followed him the whole way, bumped into him.

Wu Yue stood on the podium, loudly recounting the secret he had discovered.

"I'm telling you guys! Zhai Da is on Xinglang News!"

"Holy crap! For real! What did he do!"

"Bullshit, Dazi is famous! First place in the Micro-fiction Contest! His achievements surpass Han Han!"

Even Fan Junwei, who usually lay on his desk as if he could never get enough sleep, raised his head.

"I don't believe it, let me see."

Wu Yue proudly took out his phone; wasn't this walking right into the line of fire? He was waiting for this:

"I saved the evidence yesterday, I'll read it to you~"

Zhai Da went up and gave him a kick: "Ah ah ah, ah your head!"