At 8 a.m., the Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped at the front entrance of S-Elite High School. The moment the car door opened, Gu Jiuci climbed out hurriedly. And just as her other foot cleared the door, she suddenly doubled back.

With a smile, she stared at Huo Mingche.

"What's wrong?"

Huo Mingche watched her calmly. His pretty eyes flashed with confusion.

"Give me your cell phone."

Gu Jiuci stretched her hand toward Huo Mingche and he trustingly handed his phone to her.

The girl accepted the phone and found that it was password protected. She tried entering her own birthday and, as expected, it immediately unlocked.

"I'll change my phone password to your birthday later."

Gu Jiuci paused then dialed in her new number as she continued her muttering. Straightforwardly and without shame, she added her name as "the super-cute baby of my heart Xiao Jiu'er" before she handed the phone back 

Although it was a grade-wide major exam, only language, mathematics, and English were tested. Furthermore, the school produced an entire set of exams, so the exam only took one morning.

At noon, Gu Jiuci lay dizzily on her desk to rest. It was not because her mind was tired, but because her hand was sore...

She had wanted to rest a little during lunch, but some people annoyed others to feel alive.

"Jiuci!"

Once again, Xu Yun'er came to her classroom like a ghost haunting her. Seeing her lying on the table, she immediately put on a concerned expression and asked, "Are you all right? Are you feeling unwell? I knew that the devil must have bullied you yesterday!

"Jiuci, if something is the matter, don't hold it in. You'll feel better if you talk to me about it."

Xu Yun'er appeared outwardly sympathetic, but inside she was feeling very smug. It seemed that Gu Jiuci had been beaten heavily by Huo Mingche last night! She was eager to find out what had happened.

Gu Jiuci mentally rolled her eyes. "You're overthinking it. Nothing happened last night. Didn't I already tell you that?"

"But you look so tired right now..."

Xu Yun'er spoke hesitantly, purposely leaving the sentence for Gu Jiuci to finish.

"The exam this morning was tiring. I want to rest for a while."

"Exam??? You??"

Xu Yun'er lost control of her emotions for a moment and her voice rose sharply as she stared in surprise at Gu Jiuci.

"What? Is it so strange that I took an exam? Do you not want me to take the exam?"

Gu Jiuci stared at Xu Yun'er meaningfully. Her tone was not very friendly.

"No, no, no... It's not strange."

Panic flashed across Xu Yun'er's face, but she recovered quickly and replied calmly.

"It's just that you've never cared about exams before. I'm just very surprised."

"Ah... I'm about to be expelled. For the sake of my pocket money, I can't hand in another blank exam."

Gu Jiuci purposely let out a long sigh, making Xu Yun'er believe that she was truly worried about her pocket money.

"Oh, you don't have to worry. You're my uncle's daughter, how could he not take care of you?"

Xu Yun'er superficially offered some ingratiating words, but she was still slightly confused.

"That's true. After all, I am a proper daughter of the Gu Family. I don't need to worry about these things."

Gu Jiuci purposely played along with what Xu Yun'er said.

Xu Yun'er frowned imperceptibly. These words struck her deeply.

Why did she have to work so hard despite being a paragon of virtue and learning, yet Gu Jiuci, this idiot, could live the luxurious upper-society life regardless of what she did just because she had a lucky birth?

The glimmer of a cold smile rose on Gu Jiuci's face. "Be jealous, there will be plenty of things for you to be jealous of in the future!"

She suddenly had a flash of inspiration and purposely revealed a cunning expression. Cheerfully, she said, "However, I still want to work hard once. After this exam, I will surprise everyone and move into the A-class and be classmates with you!"

"Classmates with me?! You??"

Xu Yun'er's mouth fell open in shock. "What joke was Gu Jiuci making? How could the last-ranked person in the entire grade get into the A-class? Unless... she cheated?!"

Gu Jiuci didn't miss the marvelous expressions on Xu Yun'er's face and she laughed coldly to herself. With an appearance of not having noticed anything, she asked with confusion, "Don't you want me to be in the same class as you?"

"I do want that! Of course, I do. This way, I won't have to run over to find you. However, I felt that the exam was pretty difficult this time, did you not think so?"

Xu Yun'er hurriedly hid her true emotions and recovered her perfect smile. Purposely, she probed with hidden implications in her words.

"I didn't think so. I, ah... In any case, you'll know when it happens!"

Gu Jiuci purposely left her words hanging to make Xu Yun'er further believe that she cheated this time.

"All right, if we could be classmates that would be great..."

Xu Yun'er replied half-heartedly, her mind distracted. She was already calculating how to find an opportunity to check Gu Jiuci's paper.

"All right, I look forward to it too~"

Gu Jiuci stared at Xu Yun'er and spoke meaningfully.

At this moment, Xu Yun'er's phone suddenly rang. Right when she pulled it out, her eyes suddenly lit up before she put it back in her pocket.

Although it was only for a brief moment, Gu Jiuci still caught Xu Yun'er's change in emotion. The matter seemed very urgent.

As expected, Xu Yun'er immediately stood up and said, "Jiuci, the student committee needs me for something. I won't be having lunch with you."

Without waiting for Gu Jiuci to reply, she immediately rushed out of the classroom.

The moment she left, the smile on Gu Jiuci's face grew icy.

"Xu Yun'er, I've given you such a good opportunity. You'd better put on a good show."

It was close to noon and Gu Jiuci was no longer in the mood to take a nap. Instead, she took out her phone and got ready to go eat in the cafeteria.

She had just stood up when she abruptly remembered an important matter!

"Crap!"

She forgot that Gu Qingyuan had frozen all of her cards. She was now broke!

"Damn!"

Gu Jiuci cursed in her mind. Anxiously, she unconsciously touched her chest, and this time, she actually felt the pendant on the necklace.

Wait, when had this pendant been returned to her?

Gu Jiuci glanced down and suddenly remembered that she had slept in the same bed as the devil last night.

She had a sudden thought and called the devil's number.

Gu Jiuci felt regret the moment the dialing tone rang out through the phone.

"Gu Jiuci, are you crazy? Why would you voluntarily call him?"

She was just about to hang up, but after a short moment, the call was quickly picked up.

"Xiao Jiu'er."

The man's deep and magnetic voice came through the phone. The voice carried hormones and arrogance particular to Huo Mingche. Gu Jiuci felt an invisible current run through her that brought shivers to her body.

"Ah... Are you busy at the moment?"

"No."

In the high-level, large meeting room in the Huo Group, Huo Mingche raised his hand to pause the meeting before turning around to take a call.

All of the senior management was dumbfounded. Today was the group's quarterly meeting. All of the senior management was present and no one dared to make a sound.

"Something good happened? The workaholic chairman is actually asking everyone to pause at such an important meeting?"

"Just to take a personal phone call?"

"Furthermore, this tone..." Everyone suspected they were experiencing auditory hallucinations. Such a gentle tone, was this still the lofty and cold king, Huo Mingche?!

To the side, Zhan Ying particularly wanted to cover his face with his hands. "Master, you are a foolish man!"

Of course, Gu Jiuci was not aware of this situation at all.

"My dad froze my cards. I don't have any money to eat lunch. You have to take care of your wife, right?"

Gu Jiuci dragged out her voice and spoke coquettishly.

Huo Mingche started slightly. His deep eyes widened in shock. It took a few seconds for him to regain control and respond.

Standing outside the front gates of the Phoenix Lodge, Xu Yun'er, who had been stopped by cold-faced security guards, held her phone in a death grip and was gnashing her teeth in fury!

"This idiot, Gu Jiuci. Why is she always so lucky?!"

She had clearly seen Huo Mingche head angrily toward the school to take her away!

Why had an entire night gone by yet nothing had happened?

Which part had she miscalculated?

"Young lady, go away. Don't stand here. If you don't leave, we'll have to take action!"

At this moment, the black-clothed security guard in the guardroom to the side came out again to chase her away.

"I'm leaving now."

Xu Yun'er hurriedly stood on her toes and glanced at the Phoenix Lodge again.

The extravagant sight blinded her completely. She clenched her fists tightly and silently made a vow.

"Just wait. I will eventually be the mistress here!"

Inside the master bedroom

At 8 a.m., the Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped at the front entrance of S-Elite High School. The moment the car door opened, Gu Jiuci climbed out hurriedly. And just as her other foot cleared the door, she suddenly doubled back.

With a smile, she stared at Huo Mingche.

"What's wrong?"

Huo Mingche watched her calmly. His pretty eyes flashed with confusion.

"Give me your cell phone."

Gu Jiuci stretched her hand toward Huo Mingche and he trustingly handed his phone to her.

The girl accepted the phone and found that it was password protected. She tried entering her own birthday and, as expected, it immediately unlocked.

"I'll change my phone password to your birthday later."

Gu Jiuci paused then dialed in her new number as she continued her muttering. Straightforwardly and without shame, she added her name as "the super-cute baby of my heart Xiao Jiu'er" before she handed the phone back to Huo Mingche.

"I will put your number as the first person in my contacts. In the future, if there

Chapter 16