Chapter 62: Chapter 62: Turning into a WastrelThis time Cheng Lie handed in a blank paper as usual during the exam.

    Yun Shifei felt a bit worried.

    As a future leader, even though his future was bright, he couldn’t truly ignore cultural knowledge, right?

    Reading more books always does no harm.

    Before, when she didn’t know Cheng Lie well, he could do whatever he wanted, but now, she was at least friends with him.

    She had to do what she could to help him.

    Thinking of this, Yun Shifei enthusiastically lent her notes to Cheng Lie.

    "These are my notes, very detailed. Have a look and return them to me next week."

    Because her foundation was weak, her notes began with middle school knowledge, simple and easy to understand.

    She heard that Cheng Lie’s grades used to be pretty good, even if it was in elementary school, which showed he was smart. Starting from middle school knowledge shouldn’t be hard for him, right?

    Cheng Lie originally wanted to refuse, but facing the girl’s expectant eyes, he still took the notes.

    Returning home, he organized the books beside him.

    Seeing Yun Shifei’s light blue notebook, he couldn’t help but open it. The girl’s handwriting was particularly neat and tidy, just like her - obedient and pretty.

    Her notes were very detailed, from the first exam to all the wrong questions up until now.

    She even had the problem-solving methods clearly written.

    From this notebook, one could see how much effort the note-taker had put in.

    And her efforts had not been in vain.

    Cheng Lie thought of her recent monthly exam results, and a rare softness surfaced in his cold eyes.

    Unfortunately, he was different from her; it wasn’t that he couldn’t do well in exams, he just wasn’t allowed to do well.

    Cheng Lie closed the notebook and set it aside in a corner.

    This notebook also couldn’t be discovered by others.

    ...

    Yun Shifei had already anticipated that Yun Sisi would definitely compare their exam results.

    "Mom, I didn’t do well this time, only got fifth place, just two points away from fourth. I could have worked harder."

    Yun Sisi, just after returning home, rushed to Xu Ya with a very aggrieved expression.

    Yun Shifei returned home a bit earlier, just pouring a freshly squeezed juice from the fridge.

    She was shocked by Yun Sisi’s exaggerated acting.

    She watched Yun Sisi cry heartbreakingly in Xu Ya’s arms, as if this result had brought her great shame.

    Since rebirth, for a long time, Yun Sisi and Yun Shifei lived together peacefully, and Yun Shifei found her acting somewhat amusing.

    Clearly getting such good results, yet pretending she did badly.

    Just to make Yun Shifei look worse in comparison.

    Sure enough, through tears, Yun Sisi’s gaze finally landed on her.

    "How about sister? How did sister do this time?"

    Yun Shifei, just finishing the last of her juice, saw the two pairs of eyes staring straight at her.

    Without a word, Yun Shifei took out her report card.

    Xu Ya took it, paused, and looked at Yun Shifei, "Shifei, you’ve improved a lot, you passed."

    Yun Sisi looked at Yun Shifei’s report card in disbelief.

    It was true!

    Although Yun Shifei only passed, compared to her previous chaotic results, it was a significant improvement.

    Xu Ya and Yun Tiancheng didn’t have high expectations for Yun Shifei, as long as she could graduate smoothly from Xinhua Middle School.

    Yun Sisi, who initially wanted to act pitiful and gain Xu Ya’s sympathy, now truly felt pitiful.

    She saw Xu Ya holding Yun Shifei’s hand, asking her about exam details, and whether studying had been tough recently. Sear?h the Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    She didn’t even notice Yun Sisi’s tears.

    Tears shed unnoticed were shed in vain.

    Yun Sisi could no longer cry.

    She stared hard at Yun Shifei.

    At that moment, Yun Shifei had a light smile on her face, indifferent, seemingly undisturbed by honor or disgrace.

    Yun Sisi suddenly thought about her own behavior, feeling like a jumping clown.

    How could it be like this?

    Their roles should clearly be reversed.

    She recalled what happened in that abandoned house previously.

    Things shouldn’t have gone like this; Yun Shifei should have been expelled, her future ruined.

    Huh, where did it go wrong?

    Should she go find Cheng Huai?

    But in her heart, Cheng Huai was already super unreliable. Last time during their outing, Cheng Huai said he’d keep an eye on Cheng Lie and there’d be a drama.

    But what happened? Everything was calm and nothing occurred.

    It made her very angry!

    After coming out from the shower, Cheng Lie found that someone had touched his books.

    The notebook he had set aside in the corner was taken out by Cheng Huai.

    At the moment, Cheng Huai was seriously reading that notebook.

    Cheng Lie’s eyes instantly turned cold, but soon, he concealed all his emotions.

    "Is this notebook from that friend of yours?" Cheng Huai saw Yun Shifei’s name, flipping through the notebook. After a while, he looked up at Cheng Lie, "Do you want to study?"

    Cheng Lie also looked at him.

    The young boy’s eyes were dark and empty, like a night sky, vast and endless.

    "Xiao Lie, dear, studying isn’t for you."

    Cheng Huai said this as he took the notebook away.

    "I’ll take care of this notebook for you."

    The door closed in front of him.

    In that moment, Cheng Lie’s gaze turned piercingly cold.

    But he still restrained his emotions.

    Right now, he couldn’t contend with the Cheng Family.

    Even with the help of others, the Cheng Family was much more powerful than he had imagined.

    He had to wait a few more years.

    Therefore, even if Cheng Huai took the notebook away, Cheng Lie couldn’t say a word.

    If he exposed himself, he would be in deep trouble.

    He lowered his eyes, memories of his youth surfacing in his mind.

    Those memories lingering in the dark were ones he didn’t want to recall.

    He had just arrived at the Cheng Family a few days, shocked and fearful.

    But what scared him more lay ahead.

    That woman treated him well on the surface, but whenever Cheng Guomin was absent, she would pinch his arm, whip him with a slender whip, and withhold food.

    Initially, he resisted with all his might.

    But it only brought more severe beatings.

    Even the servants joined in.

    She never hit his face, only targeting unseen areas harshly.

    No one would have guessed that the apparently clean and handsome boy was covered in wounds.

    Later, he learned to behave.

    He became a waste as they desired.

    In doing so, he successfully made them lower their guard.

    Otherwise, he might not have survived to this day.

    Hence, from young to now, his world has always been black and white.

    He hadn’t experienced the feeling of being cared for in a long time until that girl’s appearance.

    The next day, Cheng Lie woke up early, heading out for school.

    However, as he passed by the garbage bin next to the neighborhood, he asked Uncle Liu to stop.

    He got off the car, walking over to the garbage bin.

    In Uncle Liu’s shocked gaze, he reached in and rummaged through the trash.

    He retrieved the notebook from the bin.

    Cheng Lie looked at the notebook.

    After spending a night in the trash, food scraps from someone’s meals stuck to it.

    There was also wet garbage.

    Yet, he seemed unbothered by the dirt, cleaning off the trash.

    Even so, the cover remained dirty, with oil stains.

    Cheng Lie pursed his lips, silently placing it into his backpack.