Chapter 962.1: Beautiful Girl (7)

"I think you should know when to stop with your game."

Chang Zhan spoke calmly, analyzing the situation with unusual seriousness.

"Up to now, the amount of time you've spent on that girl adds up to more than a month. She hasn't accepted a single gift from either of you. That alone proves that she's a girl with good character."

"Not every girl is as vain as you imagine."

"Whoa!"

Wei Liang looked genuinely surprised.

"Chang Zhan, this is the first time I've heard you speak so much."

"And you've been observing her that carefully."

His eyes widened mischievously.

"Tell me, have you fallen for Tang Guo too? Chang Zhan, just say the word. If you like her, then she's yours. Wei Liang and I won't have any thoughts about her ever again. How about it?"

Chang Zhan lowered his head and returned to his workbook, refusing to entertain these bored idiots any longer.

As his eyes landed on the solved problems, the corners of his lips unconsciously lifted.

He had been fond of mathematics since birth. A day without solving problems left him restless.

Perhaps it all began the first time he came into contact with mathematics.

That very night, he had a strange dream.

In the dream was a vague figure.

He couldn't see who she was.

But he could clearly tell that every time she appeared, she was solving mathematics problems.

"Forget it, forget it."

Wei Liang shook his head as he watched Chang Zhan smiling foolishly with his head lowered.

"There he goes again. He's probably thinking about meeting his math goddess in his dreams tonight."

"This guy only has eyes for his math goddess. How could he possibly be interested in real girls?"

The other two nodded in agreement.

When they were younger, Chang Zhan hadn't yet become so quiet and composed. Back then, they had been especially close, and he often shared things with them.

One day, he told them that every night he dreamed of a beautiful girl doing math problems.

At first, none of them believed him.

But Chang Zhan spoke with such conviction that eventually, they had no choice but to believe him.

The three ignored Chang Zhan and huddled together, whispering and discussing how to proceed with their game.

The next day, the moment Tang Guo entered the classroom, she sensed something unusual.

The gazes directed toward her were strange.

Most of them were filled with contempt.

Carrying her schoolbag, she walked to her seat and expressionlessly laid out her books.

When she bent over to pick up a pen she had accidentally dropped, she lightly brushed against her deskmate.

Her deskmate, a girl, immediately jumped to her feet and glared at Tang Guo angrily.

"What are you doing? Don't touch me!"

The girl spoke with obvious irritation.

"Stay away from me."

Tang Guo picked up the pen and sat upright, her gaze settling on the girl.

The girl sneered.

"What are you looking at?"

"I really didn't expect my deskmate to be this kind of person."

"You denied everything before, but yesterday someone personally saw you getting picked up by an old man in a luxury car."

"She's so pretty and dresses well. Even her bracelet is a designer brand. I heard she's from a single-parent family. If she wasn't being kept, how could she live this well?"

"Exactly. She never hangs out with us on weekends. The moment school ends, she disappears. She's probably busy entertaining her clients."

"And although she doesn't wear makeup to school, her eyebrows are groomed and she wears earrings. One day I even saw her wearing heavy makeup. Who knows what she was doing."

Whispers spread throughout the classroom.

Because someone had reported that Tang Guo had been picked up by an old man in a luxury car yesterday, everyone had already concluded that she was being kept.

This was "solid evidence."

And considering the rumors that had already surrounded her—

No one doubted it anymore.

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Translator's Note:

Next chap number is also gonna be 962... sigh there are a lot of numbering issues in the raws I found, So if you see repeated chapter, its not a duplicate, its the continuation (look at the arc chapter number, I guess😅). But if you DO see any missing chapters, please do tell!