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Chapter 158 Ah, Prisoner

"Ah, because Teacher Fu was initially very fierce towards all of us. But after An Yingxue spoke to him a few times, he seemed to start taking extra care of her," Zhao Wuyin said softly.

"Ah, that's easy to explain. How are An Yingxue's grades?" Lu Renkui asked.

“An Yingxue’s grades were similar to ours at first, but they improved later,” Zhao Wuyin replied after thinking for a moment.

"So, are there very few students who dare to ask Professor Fu questions?" Lu Renkui continued to mislead Zhao Wuyin.

"Yeah, that's right. Teacher Fu looks really fierce. If you're not paying attention, you'll get a real scolding." Zhao Wuyin remembered the last time he went to Teacher Fu for help with a problem, and he got a real scolding for not paying attention.

“That’s right. An Yingxue often goes to talk to Teacher Fu. Could it be that she’s going to ask Teacher Fu questions?” Lu Renkui continued to guide her.

"Sigh, it seems so." Zhao Wuyin was successfully led by Lu Renkui to think about the typical teacher-student relationship.

"That's right. An Yingxue often goes to Teacher Fu to ask questions. Teacher Fu is definitely happy—teachers all like eager-to-learn students."

"Oh, I see." Zhao Wuyin suddenly realized.

“Okay, next let’s talk about how Teacher Fu took care of An Yingxue,” Lu Renkui said. “What aspects of Teacher Fu’s special care for An Yingxue are you referring to? Did he give her test questions in advance?”

"Um, I don't know either..." Zhao Wuyin's voice was a little weak, sounding somewhat guilty. "I just heard it from someone else."

“Maybe it’s just someone spreading rumors. Spreading rumors without knowing the facts is also spreading rumors,” Lu Renkui said. “Spreading rumors is very bad. We shouldn’t say things we don’t know in the future.”

"Oh, okay." Zhao Wuyin nodded.

The two chatted backstage for a while longer, then the male host on stage announced loudly, "Now let's welcome the last contestant—"

"An Yingxue!"

A burst of enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience, louder than before—after all, with the four kings of the school, including the bully and the heartthrob, leading the applause, who would dare not applaud louder?

Amidst the thunderous applause, Lu Renkui finally saw An Yingxue, the female protagonist who had been praised to the skies in the novel.

The text states, "An Yingxue has an astonishingly beautiful face; everyone who sees her is unconsciously drawn to it."

However, Lu Renkui didn't look at her face because it was a bit far away and she couldn't see it clearly, but she could see An Yingxue's multicolored hair very clearly.

The key point is that the hair looks like it's been dyed, with the colors arranged horizontally and transitioning extremely naturally.

An Yingxue was wearing a long, simple white dress—completely unharmed.

Lu Renkui compared the plot with the original text, and found it to be different. The original text described An Yingxue as wearing a gorgeous dress that perfectly matched her beauty.

And now it's just a white dress.

In the original story, this white dress was cut up by the villain Su Hanshuang; otherwise, the fourth male lead, the fashion designer, wouldn't have been introduced.

This plot point likely didn't occur because the villain Su Hanshuang's body housed the host of System 1143.

But this did not prevent the beauty pageant from becoming a highlight for An Yingxue.

An Yingxue, wearing pearl-embellished high heels, her earrings swaying slightly with her steps, walked to the center of the stage and performed a dance for the audience.

As the music played, An Yingxue's dance received wave after wave of applause from the audience.

As the dance ended, An Yingxue waved her hand, bowed to the audience below the stage, and said with tears in her eyes, "Thank you everyone for your love."

Then, as set in the original text, cherry blossom petals slowly drifted down from the sky above the auditorium.

Lu Renkui did not go to see An Yingxue again—the cherry blossom petals flying around were obviously more worthy of study.

But after looking at it for a long time, Lu Renkui still couldn't figure out where these cherry blossom petals came from.