Stop pretending, the fake heiress is actually a master of metaphysics.

The original owner, Shen Nian, attended a private high school with high tuition fees.

Although most of the students are not from top-tier wealthy families, they are all quite wealthy, and the teacher appreciation banquet was held at a well-known high-end restaurant in Jinghai.

When Shen Nian arrived, most of the people had already gathered.

She was led by the waiter to a round table and sat down.

The person giving a speech on stage is their grade head, a middle-aged man with a bald head and a beer belly.

When the original owner was in school, he was the one whose grade head was most adept at flattering the children of wealthy families.

Whenever a student from a poor family was bullied, he would not only not stand up for those students, but would also voluntarily delete the camera footage.

It is an exceptionally loyal dog.

Shen Nian glanced at him, then looked away.

Most of the people at this table were their classmates, most of whom the original owner was not familiar with, and Shen Nian was even less familiar with them.

Many people looked away from her when they saw her.

Shen Nian was sitting right next to the class monitor.

The class monitor was inexplicably enthusiastic towards her. As soon as Shen Nian sat down, he asked about her major and school.

There weren't many students from average-income families in their class. The class monitor was one of them. He had good grades and was quite handsome. Because of his high emotional intelligence, he got along well with most of the students in the class, and his three years of high school weren't too difficult.

Most students at this school do not take the national college entrance examination (Gaokao) to get into university. Shen Nian and Wu Qingyu, the class monitor, are among the few who not only took the Gaokao but also got into well-known universities in China.

Wu Qingyu was also admitted to Jinghai University, but his score was not high enough for computer science, so he was admitted to the relatively unpopular humanities and social sciences category.

Perhaps because of this relationship, Wu Qingyu showed great enthusiasm for her, constantly talking to her and using serving chopsticks to pick up food for her.

Even though Shen Nian barely touched his chopsticks, his smile remained unchanged.

Shen Nian simply lowered her head and drank a few sips of tea.

The program for the teacher appreciation banquet was arranged in advance. After the director gave his speech, several other teachers spoke, and outstanding student representatives also gave speeches.

However, the most important part is still the alumni association donation.

It has become a tradition for graduates to donate money to the school every year.

Whether the donated money is ultimately used for the school's construction and development is not their concern.

For most people, it's just pocket money; donating it or throwing it away makes little difference.

"Um... Shen Nian."

Wu Qingyu said, "Actually, the school has done us a great favor by nurturing us. When we donate later, would you be willing to...?"

"I don't want to."

Shen Nian interrupted him before he could finish speaking.

Wu Qingyu's smile, which had been hanging on for so long, almost froze on her face.

"I will not donate a single penny to this garbage school."

Wu Qingyu frowned: "No matter what, if it weren't for the school's support, we wouldn't have been able to get into Jinghai University..."

"Although Shen Leyao did some...bad things to you, the teachers were still very responsible, weren't they?"

Shen Nian said, "You may have misunderstood something."

"Shen Nian could get into the best major at Jinghai University no matter which school she attends."

"But it was only at this school that I suffered inhuman bullying."

"I will not donate a single penny to a school that condones student bullying and covers up the mistakes of good schools."

Shen Nian curved her lips into a smile: "Do you know why I came here today?"

Wu Qingyu: "...Why?"

"Because I want to see with my own eyes how these hypocrites, these scum who don't deserve to be human, are investigated and taken away for interrogation at the height of their power."

"...What do you mean by that?"

People around heard her words and looked up, but immediately looked away when they met Shen Nian's gaze.

They were afraid of being implicated.

After all, the last Shen family member who offended Shen Nian is now either insane, dead, or in jail.

Moreover, although the birthday banquet hosted by Old Master Shen that day was not publicized by reporters, the attendees were all prominent figures from the Jinghai elite family, and naturally, they had their own set of rules for the flow of information.

Therefore, they probably knew that Shen Nian was someone they absolutely could not afford to offend.

Wu Qingyu knew this, of course.

There's a reason why he was able to get along so well with the rich and powerful when he was in high school.

Now he's trying to win Shen Nian's favor again, and of course he has his own plans.

He thought that perhaps after he and Shen Nian entered the same university, they would be away from these powerful and domineering second-generation rich kids and could quietly accompany each other.

After four years of getting to know each other, feelings had grown over time, and he was confident that he could make Shen Nian fall for him.

After spending three years together in high school, he roughly knew what kind of girl Shen Nian was.

She is kind and soft-hearted; if you treat her well, she will want to treat you ten times better.

Although she has suddenly become a true heiress, Wu Qingyu believes that she is still the same soft-hearted girl, and that will not change.

Given the Shen family's vast wealth, if Shen Nian, a young woman, were to marry out of the family in the future, she wouldn't be able to protect her share of the inheritance.

Why not find a husband with a less prestigious background to marry into her family, and then manage the business together with her in the future?

That's what Wu Qingyu thought.

He felt that his gesture of goodwill today should be enough for Shen Nian, even if she was a blockhead, to realize that he was interested in her.

If she also has feelings for him, she should be able to understand what he means and might even add his name to her donation.

That way everyone would know their relationship was special.

But to Wu Qingyu's surprise, Shen Nian seemed to have become a completely different person.

When the police stormed in and arrested the grade director and others on charges of abusing their power and accepting bribes, Wu Qingyu was still in shock.

A perfectly good teacher appreciation banquet turned into a scene of tears falling behind bars.

His throat went dry, and he stared at Shen Nian in disbelief: "That's our teacher... How can you be so heartless?"

The scene of the grade headmaster crying and begging Shen Nian for forgiveness is still etched in his mind and cannot be erased for a long time.

The entire school may even be investigated for misappropriation of funds by the school board members.

Shen Nian raised an eyebrow: "A bunch of beasts who are unfit to be teachers. I'm just sending them to where they belong."

"Also, stop with those blatant displays of 'who's watching you,' they're disgusting."

"You know that right now, if I wanted to crush you, it would be no different than crushing an ant."

Although, unless he does something stupid and crosses Shen Nian's bottom line.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have acted like a child when she was just an adult.

She put down her teacup, clapped her hands, and said, "Alright, the show's over. Thank you for your hospitality. I'll be going now."

She glanced around at her classmates.

Shen Nian has already dealt with those who actually attacked the original owner.

The rest are mostly bystanders.

"I will not pursue the matter from the past. I hope you will all take care of yourselves from now on. From now on, let's go our separate ways and not bother each other."

After Shen Nian finished speaking, she got up and left her seat.

Wu Qingyu was stunned for a moment before getting up and chasing after him.