Chapter 26 (Part 1)

Only on Wednesday did Zhao Yuning receive the news that Zhao Mingxi came in 17th place in the October monthly exam, and that she had a higher ranking than Zhao Yuan.

He felt both suspicious and surprised.

He waited anxiously until it was lunch time. Then, he immediately ran over to the Year 3 side of the cafeteria.

It has been a whole month since Zhao Yuning has had the chance to eat a meal cooked by Zhao Mingxi. He hadnt been dragged back to school by Zhao Mingxi whenever he skipped school to go to the cyber cafe as well.

He still did not believe the words that Zhao Mingxi said to him. He refused to think that she was truly able to sever all ties with their family.

He placed all his hope on his eldest brother. However, his eldest brother hasnt been coming home recently, and he always appeared as if he didnt know how to explain the reason for this occurrence to him.

Zhao Yuning knew then that his eldest brother did not manage to coax Mingxi home.

Zhao Yuning originally thought that without Zhao Mingxi, him and his family will only return to how they were two years ago.

But what he didnt expect was to be even more disappointed and fearful than he thought when he was about to truly lose Zhao Mingxi.

Zhao Mingxi hasnt appeared in his life for a month.

Only then did he realize that he didnt hate this elder sister as much, nor was Zhao Mingxi as unimportant as he thought she was.

I saw on the forum that the host for this years Annual School Celebration is Zhao Mingxi, is that true?

The first thing Zhao Yuning did when he came over was to ask about Zhao Mingxi.

The fingers that Zhao Yuan had wrapped around the chopsticks clenched tighter unconsciously.

Pu Shuang said, Those are only rumors on the forum. The teacher from the Literature Department did look for her, but ultimately the host has yet to be decided. Besides, it has always been Zhao Yuan for the past few years, so its impossible for them to change the host this year!

Oh. Zhao Yuning was a little disappointed. That spot always belonged to Zhao Yuan. If they were to change to Zhao Mingxi this year, it would be quite good.

Pu Shuang couldnt help but to say, Zhao Yuning, they are both your elder sisters, so why dont you ask about Yuanyuan? She didnt do well this time so imagine how she feels

She didnt do well? Zhao Yuning took a spoonful of rice and looked at her with wide eyes. He asked Zhao Yuan, Didnt you get in 22nd place this time? Youve always had such results, so why didnt you do well?

Zhao Yuan,

Zhao Yuning was still thinking about Zhao Mingxi. He said in contemplation, By the way, how did Zhao Mingxis results improve so quickly? If I tell our family about this, Mom will be so happy

Zhao Yuan knew that with the existence of this loudspeaker in the form of Zhao Yuning, there was no way that she could hide the fact that she lost to Zhao Mingxi in this monthly exam.

Since she lost in the monthly exam, she will have to win against her in the Hundred School Tournament and the Annual School Celebration.

She remained silent for a while. Then, she said through gritted teeth, If you want to see Mingxi be the host so badly, I will go to the Literature Department this afternoon and recommend Mingxi to the teacher.

If it was Zhao Zhanhuai or any other guy, they would have noticed the sorrow in Zhao Yuans voice. However, Zhao Yuning had a one-track mind. He immediately stood up and exclaimed, Really?!

Zhao Yuan,

Zhao Yuan clenched her chopsticks tightly. Nowadays, she has been hoping for Zhao Mingxi to hurry home.

The more days that Zhao Mingxi wasnt home, the more attention their family would place on her.

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As the weather turned cold, during the afternoon Music class in the lecture room, some girls had put on their scarves. The fuzzy material looped on top of their sweaters made them look even prettier and warm.

Because Zhao Mingxi had grown up in the North, she was less susceptible to the cold. Her pale neck was exposed. She did not wear anything around it, but she did not feel chilly at all.

However, when Fu Yangxi observed her while lying down on his table with his noise-cancelling headphones on, he immediately furrowed his brows.

Is Little Masks family okay? Do they not even have the money to buy her a scarf?

But why then did he see Zhao Yuan* who was from the class downstairs dressed so warmly?

* Fu Yangxi used the wrong word for her name.