CHAPTER 265: CHAPTER 264: HOW ABOUT A BET?

Bai Xue quickly found out who the leading girl was that tripped Zhen Yu.

Unsurprisingly, it was the class monitor, Shen Qi! Only she had the leadership ability to unite the girls in the class against a common target.

During the physical education class, while all the girls were watching the boys play soccer, Zhen Yu took Shen Qi aside where they were slightly away from the crowd.

Zhen Yu didn’t beat around the bush and directly said: "Shen Qi, let’s not annoy each other back and forth! How about we decide the winner in one game?!"

Shen Qi asked calmly, "What do you mean?"

Zhen Yu, not caring a bit about her feigned indifference, clarified: "I know it’s you who rallied everyone against me! How about we make a bet?"

Shen Qi couldn’t keep up her act any longer and simply laid it out!

"How to bet? Bet on what?"

"If you agree, then from now on, everyone will stop! You choose the venue, and I’ll accept the challenge! Whoever loses must stay three meters away from the other outside of class hours!"

Shen Qi’s eyes flickered, she barely suppressed a smile.

"Deal! That’s settled! As for how to bet... you wait until we discuss it and then we’ll tell you!"

"No problem!" Zhen Yu said nonchalantly, and turned to leave.

No matter who ended up avoiding whom, as long as the other party agreed to make this bet, her goal was achieved.

She just wanted these people to stop bothering her! After a year and a half, who would remember anyone!

Besides, as an adult with system support, she couldn’t possibly lose!

Of course, even if Zhen Yu really lost, she wouldn’t care. She would love to avoid this group of ’goddesses’ by walking three meters away!

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Watching Zhen Yu getting farther, Shen Qi’s smile grew wider and her tone carried heavy sarcasm as she muttered low, "Ah! Doing good deeds anonymously?!"

Now it seems, Han Mingyue was actually seeking her out behind Zhen Yu’s back!

But that’s even better! This way she has a chance to turn the tables on Zhen Yu!

She was going to gather everyone now to come up with a plan! She didn’t believe so many people couldn’t win against one Zhen Yu!

Therefore, while the girls of class 9-1 were busy discussing the bet, Zhen Yu’s school life finally returned to calm.

Zhen Yu waited for three days, and the weekend passed, but there was still no news from Shen Qi.

Just as Zhen Yu thought this matter might come to nothing, Teacher Jiang suddenly announced a big news during Monday morning self-study.

"To enrich the students’ extracurricular cultural life, promote holistic development in morality, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor skills! This year, the school has decided to organize a children’s day cultural performance! The format of the show is not limited, as long as it passes the preliminary selection, it can be staged!"

"Wow..." Teacher Jiang’s words were like cold water in hot oil, and the class erupted!

While the classmates were all chattering nonstop, Li Lingling suddenly tapped on Shen Qi’s shoulder.

Shen Qi: "?"

"This is an opportunity! We could do this..."

"Uh-huh! Hmm hmm..." Shen Qi thought Li Lingling’s suggestion was brilliant!

Considering there were many people in the classroom, Shen Qi gave Li Lingling a look and whispered, "Let’s discuss this after class."

"Okay!"

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On the other side of the classroom, Bai Xue was excitedly shaking Zhen Yu’s hand!

"Xiao Yu! Xiao Yu! The cultural performance! Ah... That’s great! I want to sing!"

"Then sing, I’m looking forward to it." Zhen Yu responded indifferently, completely uninterested.

Because there was a cultural performance, it meant she had to host again!

She doesn’t hate hosting, but she hates the person she has to host with!

After Han Mingyue stepped down, Teacher Jiang adopted a democratic election method and selected Wang Meng to take over Han Mingyue’s role as the study committee member. Then this guy Wang Meng, always makes a point to show up in front of Han Mingyue, trying to seek validation!

This made Zhen Yu, who already didn’t like Wang Meng, dislike him even more!

These two people, who never even spoke a word to each other in class, now had to cooperate as hosts. You can imagine how awkward the practice sessions must have been!

Zhen Yu, feeling frustrated, raised her hand to her temple. She should have never listened to Hei Lao Cao and run for this damn host position!

More frustrating events were yet to come!

During the break of the third class, Shen Qi seemingly casually walked past Zhen Yu’s desk and sneakily passed her a note!

Zhen Yu unfolded it and saw:

"Damn..."

The Bet: Participate in the cultural performance! Whoever places higher, wins!!!

God knows! Hosting is already exhausting enough! Where would she find the extra energy to perform?!

What if it turns out like the last English poetry reading competition? But this time, the bet’s outcome depended on her ranking!

If Zhen Yu lost the bet due to lack of ability, she wouldn’t mind much, but if she lost due to external factors when she could have won, that would be really frustrating!

No way!! She must pull some strings and get her act scheduled first!

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"What’s up?" Bai Xue, hearing Zhen Yu swear, leaned over to look at the note.

"Ah! You, this, me,"

"Stop with the ’you me’!" Zhen Yu crumpled the note into a ball and threw it into her backpack.

"You go first! What song are you planning to sing? Then I’ll think about which one I’ll sing!"

"Are you really participating? And you’re going to sing? Solo?!" Bai Xue was extremely surprised.

In Bai Xue’s Memory, Zhen Yu always had thin skin ever since they were young and never sang alone in front of others! Therefore, Bai Xue didn’t know whether Zhen Yu was tone-deaf like her brother?

Zhen Yu listlessly rested her head on the desk, "If I don’t sing, what do I perform? It’s not like I can do a skit or something, right?"

"That... if you, if you are like Zhen Yan, then doing a skit could work too!" Bai Xue hesitated then finally managed to say this.

Zhen Yu’s eyes darted around, and it took her several seconds to grasp what Bai Xue meant.

"I’m nothing like him! He takes after my dad! I take after my mom!"

"Hehe... that’s good! That’s good! I want to sing ’Sunshine Always Follows the Rain’! How about you? Need me to help you choose one?"

"No need." Zhen Yu said, shaking her head, then she complimented, "The song you picked is really nice! Sing it well!"

"Mm!" Receiving praise made Bai Xue happy! She revelled in it for a bit before remembering to console Zhen Yu, "You choose carefully too! Make sure to tell me once you’ve decided!"

"Mmmm, this time we can go to the preliminaries together."

"Hehehe..."

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Zhen Yu spent the whole afternoon pondering which song to choose for the cultural performance.

She didn’t want to plagiarize future musical works or increase the risk of exposing her rebirth secret.

It was really hard picking a song that wasn’t about love from the existing ones that had been released!

Finally, Zhen Yu settled on "Time Story." After deciding, she informed Bai Xue immediately. Bai Xue also thought it was a good choice but was a bit worried if Zhen Yu could sing it well.

Zhen Yu responded with a smile.