"Yanran, something big happened!"
"Your dad and your brother got into a fight!"
Classroom of Senior Three, Class Two.
Zhou Yu, with his hair styled like an adult, ran up to Shen Yanran's desk.
"Huh?"
"My dad and Shen Yixiao got into a fight??"
Shen Yanran was shocked, her beautiful eyes suddenly widened, and her long eyelashes fluttered twice quickly, like the gentle flapping of butterfly wings.
At the same time, her delicate lips slowly formed an "O" shape, but even in a state of surprise, the two dimples gently appeared on her charming cheeks.
"How did they get into a fight?" After a moment of confusion, Shen Yanran anxiously asked.
"Uh..."
Zhou Yu was still mesmerized by Shen Yanran's extraordinary beauty, momentarily lost in thought.
"Yanran, don't listen to Zhou Yu's nonsense!"
"It was clearly just Uncle Shen and Shen Yixiao having a PK English vocabulary dictation!"
At this time, Luo Yao, who had already gathered some information, came over, rolling her eyes at Zhou Yu, complaining, "It's a pity you don't work for a gossip magazine!"
"Obviously it's a father and son competition, but out of your mouth, it turned into a fight!"
Zhou Yu chuckled, indeed playing a title trick; otherwise, how could he get Shen Yanran to pay attention to him?
"I hadn't finished saying it yet!"
"I was originally planning to explain it to Yanran in detail..."
"Thank you so much!!"
Shen Yanran glared fiercely at Zhou Yu and then pulled Luo Yao to ask, "Tell me, what's going on exactly?"
"According to Zhang Yuting from Class Five, Uncle Shen and Shen Yixiao made a bet to see who had a larger English vocabulary. If Shen Yixiao won, Uncle Shen would quit tutoring and leave the school. If Uncle Shen won, Shen Yixiao would have to memorize 50 essential college entrance exam words every day, and if he didn't finish, he wouldn't be allowed to see me..."
Luo Yao pouted slightly at this point, muttering softly, "Making a bet is one thing, but they somehow included me in the wager."
"Cough, cough, my dad is just concerned about Shen Yixiao's academic performance."
Shen Yanran explained for her father and then asked, "So what happened?"
"Did Shen Yixiao win??"
"Wrong!!"
Zhou Yu suddenly interrupted loudly, then animatedly said, "Yanran, it was Uncle Shen who won!"
"Teacher Chen tested 50 words, Uncle Shen got 45 right, and Shen Yixiao only got 30 right!"
"45:30!"
"Uncle Shen crushed Shen Yixiao to win!"
"Huh?"
Shen Yanran was stunned and turned to Luo Yao with a questioning look, "Really?"
"Yes, it's true!"
Luo Yao nodded, then asked with a puzzled expression, "Yanran, is Uncle Shen really good at English? During lunch, everyone was saying that even Teacher Chen wanted to consult him on English issues."
"This..."
Shen Yanran was completely bewildered, trying hard to recall her father's past experiences.
He worked in a factory, started a business, drove a taxi, delivered takeout...
He changed jobs many times, but it seemed none were related to studying, and it was only recently that he somehow took to reading books all day.
Could this be the legendary 'enlightenment'!
"According to Wu Ruohan, the class president of Class Five, Uncle Shen seemed to have deliberately gotten five words wrong to save Shen Yixiao's face."
"A master indeed!"
"Now that's a real master!"
Zhou Yu marveled, silently cheering in his heart: Father-in-law, you're awesome!!
"This story is getting more and more ridiculous!"
"The wrong words are now considered intentional!"
Shen Yanran lightly furrowed her brows, thinking that at this rate, her dad would be worshiped as a genius within days!
If she's the 'genius's daughter and can't even make it into the top 100 of the grade, wouldn't that be embarrassing?
Shen Yanran never imagined that her father would stir up such a commotion on his first day at school, putting unexpected pressure on her.
"Yanran, maybe you should also memorize some words!"
"What if one day Uncle Shen wants to PK with you?"
"It's one thing for Shen Yixiao to lose, but you can't lose!"
At this moment, Luo Yao suggested.
"Tch~"
"Don't compare me to Shen Yixiao!"
"He's such a loser; it's normal for him to lose!"
"My dad couldn't possibly beat me!"
Shen Yanran scoffed, her little mouth twisting dismissively, clearly inheriting the 'mysterious confidence' that runs in the Shen Family.
However, after Luo Yao and Zhou Yu left, she couldn't help but open her "Essential Words for College Entrance Exams," planning to thoroughly memorize the words she hadn't mastered yet recently.
What if one day her dad gets a wild idea and wants to PK with her?
If she loses, it would be too embarrassing!
After all, Shen Yanran is a girl, and she's a renowned beauty in the entire senior year; she cares about her reputation!
At the entrance of the boys' restroom.
Shen Yixiao was walking out while grumbling, "Damn, they only know how to talk behind my back. Why don't they have the guts to say it to my face? Who are they calling a loser?"
"Have you ever seen a loser who can run 100 meters in 11.15 seconds??"
While squatting, Shen Yixiao decided against confronting the person who bad-mouthed him, finding it too disgusting.
By the time Wang Yunpeng brought him some paper, the person who was bad-mouthing him had already left.
"It's alright, Brother Xiao, everyone in the school knows by now."
"There are plenty of people talking behind your back; those two don't make a difference..."
Wang Yunpeng was apparently good at comforting people.
"What?"
"Everyone in the school knows??"
Shen Yixiao was stunned: "I just took a dump, and already everyone in the school knows??"
"Brother Xiao, it's the age of self-media!"
"Even though my phone was confiscated, that doesn't mean others don't have phones!"
"Now the whole school knows. In a few days, it might even be known across the country..."
Wang Yunpeng continued, "Brother Xiao, you might even become an internet celebrity then!"
"Known across the country..."
Shen Yixiao went numb, thinking that it would be one thing to be embarrassed in high school, but if the entire country knew about it and it haunted him in university, it would become a "dark history" haunting him for life!
"Brother Xiao, don't be too pessimistic."
"Look at it this way: becoming an internet celebrity means you don't have to worry about job issues."
"Though, the 'underachiever' persona doesn't really help with promotions."
"Hmm, let me think what to promote... Oh, got it!"
"Let's promote 'brain-dead fans'!"
"When the time comes, you shout 1, 3, 5, and I'll put up the links for you!"
Wang Yunpeng kept chattering on, planning a grand scheme for promoting products as internet celebrities.
At first, Shen Yixiao ignored him until he heard the words "brain-dead fans," which caused him to snap, "Get lost, you're the brain-dead one!"
"And another thing!"
"People shout 1, 2, 3 to put up the link!"
"Why would I shout 1, 3, 5??"
Wang Yunpeng chuckled, "You can't even count properly; it makes you seem even more brain-dead!"
"That sets the persona right up..."
"Get lost!!"