After reincarnation, attack as a female imp!

Qin Zhixin's eyes drifted upwards, and no one knew what she was thinking.

"My classmates at the Affiliated High School of the Normal University received the rankings via text message at noon, but that was only their school's ranking; the overall ranking of the nine schools hadn't been released yet."

Qin Zhifeng looked at Qin Zhixin, feeling somewhat gloating.

"That's probably until tomorrow. The joint entrance exam rankings for Normal University Affiliated High School will be released at least a day in advance. It was like that when I was in the affiliated high school. The principal was a senior leader in the bureau, so it's not surprising to know in advance."

Chapter 194: Put Yourself in Others' Shoes

When Qin Zhixin heard the results, she felt a tingling sensation on her back and couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.

It would be fine if she got high scores on exams, but Qin Zhixin felt that the possibility of her doing well was probably not very high.

She still didn't know her own results, while other schools that took the unified entrance exam had already released them. This feeling of having a pot of shit hanging over her head, with bad luck hanging over her head, was the most torturous. She looked at Ma Lisheng, who was happily eating shrimp. This guy had always ranked in the middle or lower ranks in the class on several exams, and now, after hearing the news of the results, he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

Qin Zhixin didn't even finish the shrimp on her chopsticks and asked Ma Lisheng directly.

"How do you feel about your test this time?"

"What can I do? My grades are very stable. I've been ranked in the 20s or 30s in several exams."

"Tsk, you're like a dead pig that's not afraid of boiling water."

Qin Zhixin was taunting Ma Lisheng while glancing upwards, looking rather unsure. Qin Zhifeng knew this girl well, and judging by her expression, he knew she probably hadn't done well on the test. His back teeth were showing in his laughter.

"Don't talk about others, just talk about you. Did you fail the exam?"

Qin Zhixin looked a little worried. "How would I know? I didn't even dare to check my answers after the test."

Qin Zhifeng felt relieved instantly after hearing this. He had no intention of comforting Qin Zhixin at all. He kept eating the fried cauliflower and picked out all the cauliflower from the dry-pot shrimp before speaking.

"You deserved it for failing the test. Your profile picture on Penguin has never been dark. I can't even imagine you doing anything else at school. When I was in high school, I only had a Nokia 6630. It took me ages to press the nine-square grid to send a message to someone."

Qin Zhixin kicked Qin Zhifeng under the table with her little feet, but she was weak and Qin Zhifeng didn't feel any pain at all.

"You had a high-end phone back then, okay? My mom bought this for you."

"Hey, Auntie is so nice. Isn't that a reward for getting into a good high school? That phone has a camera! It can take pictures. Back then, teachers' phones didn't have that feature. There weren't many people in the class who had pagers back then. Being able to take pictures was a luxury."

Qin Zhifeng was laughing foolishly again. His smile made his originally handsome facial features look even more unruly and vulgar. Qin Zhixin rolled her eyes at his filthy look.

"Just show off, you idiot, you think you're rich just by taking a picture, you're rich as hell, don't tell me you're using a camera phone to trick girls."

Qin Zhifeng's expression became serious, he put away his silly smile, and spoke very seriously.

"You know what? When I was in high school, a girl with a cell phone that could take pictures actually came to you."

Qin Zhixin was extremely disgusted.

"Then you trick her into bed and let her see how bright her phone screen is."

Ma Lisheng was busy eating and felt something was wrong when he heard the conversation between the brother and sister, but he couldn't tell why, so he simply changed the topic back to the exam.

"Sister Xin, do you feel that your exam was not ideal?"

"I don't feel anything... well, I'm just nervous. Didn't you get nervous when you finished your exam and were waiting for your results?"

"Grades? I'm just okay with it. There will always be people who are better than you, but there will always be people who are worse than you. I don't force the ranking, as long as it meets my expectations."

Qin Zhixin was surprised to hear this.

In her stereotype, those who managed to get into the key classes at Nanshi High School were all top scorers on the exam. Even if they didn't express their desire for a good ranking, they rarely said that enough was enough. Zhang Wanbai, for example, was the epitome of a good student. She listened attentively in class and took notes. After class, she would immediately start memorizing after organizing her notes. Even during physical education class, Zhang Wanbai would carry a notebook for memorizing vocabulary in her coat pocket.

"You really sound like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water."

"No, it's not that I don't fight. It's that I don't fight for something that's useless and has no meaning."

Ma Lisheng looked straight at Qin Zhixin with a firm look, which made Qin Zhixin feel a little guilty.

"When I was in elementary school, there were only three junior high schools in our district. The best junior high school had a much higher chance of getting into a good high school than the other two. At the time, students were assigned to schools based on their elementary school entrance exam scores. My elementary school grades weren't great, but they weren't bad either. After the exam, I was so anxious I couldn't sleep. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to get into the best junior high school, and then a good high school. I thought it was a huge deal, that if I slowed down one step, every step would be slowed down."

Ma Lisheng paused for a moment, as if recalling something.

"But that year, three junior high schools merged, and everyone went to the best one. I'd been so anxious I couldn't sleep all night, but with this, everyone was sent to the same school, regardless of their grades. I understood then and there that things don't happen on your own will. Instead of worrying about the future, it's better to just sit on the street and let your mind wander."

Qin Zhixin sipped her soda without saying a word. Small bubbles burst in her mouth, and the slight stimulation of the carbonation relaxed her tense nerves a little. Qin Zhifeng was quite surprised. He felt that his sister's classmate had a touch of philosophy, a kind of clarity with a hint of lifelessness.

"Okay! You thought of these things when you were in elementary school? What's your name, brother? My name is Qin Zhifeng, Qin Zhixin's cousin."

"Ma Lisheng. This isn't something I thought of when I was in elementary school. I just think of the past from time to time. This might sound unlucky, like a returning lantern before death."

Ma Lisheng laughed at his own words, and after a few seconds he continued. "It's my habit. The more urgent things are, the more I want to be alone. I guess you all don't remember that you were promoted from elementary school to junior high school, but I do. It's a small thing, but I just keep thinking about it."

"Qin Zhixin definitely didn't do that. Every time I mention what she did, she almost wants to bite me."

She glared at Qin Zhifeng fiercely. Qin Zhifeng drank the tea in the quilt and took the soda from Qin Zhixin's hand and poured it for himself.

"Don't just drink soda, eat more vegetables."

Qin Zhifeng smiled playfully at the angry little beast and didn't care at all.

Qin Zhixin rolled her eyes at him and retorted unhappily.

"If you can't speak, just pretend to be dumb!"

Ma Lisheng looked at the brother and sister, and couldn't help but feel a little envious.

"Brother, what happened to you later? I thought Qin Zhixin was a special case. When she was in elementary school, she never wrote tests and often handed in blank papers. Her aunt was so anxious that she kept crying. Later, she wrote tests and got full marks on every exam in elementary school. I thought at the time, this damn girl knows how to do it, but just doesn't bother to write. Your experience is much more normal than hers. What decent person would know how to do something but just doesn't do it?"

This was the first time Ma Lisheng heard about Qin Zhixin's previous events, and he secretly glanced at someone who was eating shrimp.

"Even if Qin Zhixin doesn't study, she can still make a living. But it's different for me. I've grown up like this, and my family is broke. There aren't many options left, so I have no choice but to study."

"Transparent!"

Qin Zhifeng gave a thumbs up and Ma Lisheng waved his hand.

"Later, when I was in the first grade of junior high, I took a test and ranked last in the class. I didn't write the wrong answer on purpose; I really didn't know how to do it. I listened carefully in every class, but this was the result on the test. With this grade, there was no way I could get into a regular high school. At that time, grades wouldn't be texted, but teachers would call the homes of students with particularly poor grades, and he called my dad."

Qin Zhixin twitched her ears. This experience had truly occurred to her. In elementary school, every time the teacher finished a phone call, Tang Yuyu would rush over, no matter what else she was busy with, bowing and apologizing to the teacher, then dragging herself into the room and giving her a beating.

But Qin Zhixin wouldn't be angry with her mother. Tang Yuyu used to beat her while she cried, and even someone as heartless as Qin Zhixin would feel bad.

"Did your father beat you?"

"He didn't hit me. My dad is a rough man, and none of the family members are good at studying, so there's no expectation that he'll succeed. He didn't even come home from out of town. He just told me on the phone that my grades weren't good this time. If I couldn't get into a good high school, I'd just have to work as a truck driver with him."

Ma Lisheng's eyes were calm.

Qin Zhixin was stunned by these words, and a wave of inexplicable sadness filled her heart. She had originally thought that Ma Lisheng would be beaten by his parents, which in her mind was the most severe punishment at this stage. But after Ma Lisheng said this, she felt that being beaten was acceptable.

Qin Zhifeng is a little bit stupid and not as emotionally delicate as Qin Zhixin. He is still laughing all the time.

"As long as I get into high school, that's all I need. I don't care about these things. I have to live in the present. As long as I have fun now, I won't worry about the past."

"So you don't care even if a little girl gets killed?"

Qin Zhixin retorted in annoyance.

"Fuck, don't hit someone in the face! Sister, let me tell you, when you have a feeling you're going to fail a test, you most likely will."

"Get out of here!"

Qin Zhixin was so angry that she wanted to punch Qin Zhifeng, but she didn't want to reward this old pervert.

Chapter 195 Fitness Business

Nanshi High School’s monthly holiday is a full two and a half days.

This isn't sarcastic; any happiness comes from comparison. Two and a half days might not sound long, but it's considered quite long in Nanling City's high schools. For example, the No. 1 Middle School next door only has a day and a half off. Ningjiang Middle School is a bit better, but still only two days.

No. 1 Middle School had previously rioted over the short vacation, with some students even reporting it to the Education Bureau, but Kong Yucheng forcefully suppressed the situation. In Kong Yucheng's own words, No. 1 Middle School's students were already academically inferior, and if they were still slacking off instead of focusing on catching up, they would never catch up.

In addition, Kong Yucheng also arrested the two students who took the lead in reporting, and found a reason to give them a serious punishment that was recorded in their files.

Kong Yucheng always spoke with the pretense of "for your own good." Any further, and he'd bring up the value of life and parents' expectations. Even students desperately wanting more time off would give up after hearing him a few times. But only Kong Yucheng knew his true intentions.

Qin Zhixin played games until past three in the morning last night, and this morning she set an alarm for seven-thirty. Regardless of her fatigue, she got out of bed the moment the alarm rang, drank a mug of coffee, and then started playing games again.

She had a strange feeling that if she didn't seize the opportunity now, she wouldn't have it later. Especially since Kong Yucheng had become the de facto principal of Nanshi High School, the school was only updating some equipment for the time being. As for when they would introduce the "advanced" teaching methods of No. 1 Middle School, Qin Zhixin had no idea. But she was certain it would happen sooner or later; it was only a matter of time.

But before she had played for long, Qin Zhifeng called her. He was already at her door and told Qin Zhixin to come out quickly. Qin Zhifeng sounded very excited on the phone, saying that there was something fun going on.

Qin Zhixin hadn't even sat down yet, and didn't know what this guy was doing here. She went to open the door suspiciously.

Qin Zhifeng wore a thickened nylon outerwear, a navy blue work uniform with reflective strips sewn in. It wasn't brand new; the fabric was still quite dusty. He wore a high-weave cashmere sweater underneath, looking rather out of place. When he saw Qin Zhixin and noticed the slightly dark circles under her eyes, Qin Zhifeng let out a gloating expression.

"The results are out? Did you fail the test?"

Qin Zhixin glared at Qin Zhifeng with a cold face.

"If you have to fart, come on! You're still acting mysterious on the phone. You're an adult."

"Have the results come out yet? If not, I'll take you out to play."

"No, I'm just trying to make the most of my time. What can you take me to do? Fishing? I might as well go play games. My mom's still sleeping, so be quiet when you come in."

"I'm not going in. Do you want to go break the glass for fun?"

Qin Zhixin was stunned for a moment when she heard this, but soon showed an excited expression.

"That's not good. I was a minor when I was arrested, but you are an adult."

Obviously, this little bastard had the wrong idea. When she was a child, she and Qin Zhifeng had smashed the windows of an abandoned factory. They went in clean in the afternoon, and were dragged out by the gatekeeper in the evening, covered in dust and dirt. They both received a beating from their family.

"What are you thinking? Seriously, there's money to be made."

"Oh my god, Gouzi, you've made it big, haven't you? You're involved in gangs, right?"

"Can you think of something nice for me? Here, look."

Qin Zhifeng took out his mobile phone from his pocket, searched in the phone album for a while, and found a JPG file of a poster.

Qin Zhixin took Qin Zhifeng's phone and looked at it. The entire poster was a dazzling display of color, with the single most prominent character being "luan". In the center were eight large Song-style Chinese characters: "Beautiful life, one health, one love". Below them were a row of smaller characters: "Say NO to excess fat, to obesity! Perfect expression, all in Boqi!"

The surrounding patterns were all of some strange, burly male figures. Qin Zhixin found them familiar, inexplicably like Billy King. They were so crude that they were simply mental pollution, making Qin Zhixin frown.

"This poster is so ugly! Are you going to smash the windows of this place? This Boqi Gym, what a ridiculous name."

"Could you please stop trying to sabotage things? This poster took me ages to make. This is a gym I opened with a few classmates. And doesn't Boqi sound good?"

"Read it a few more times and see what it sounds like."

Qin Zhifeng smiled silently, his expression very wanton. "I need this homophone, otherwise who would come?"

"Huh~" She wiped her body with her little hands after returning the phone to Qin Zhifeng, as if she had just touched something dirty.

"You still run a gym? Can you afford the equipment?"

"I'm a full-time pharmaceutical agent and haven't even started school yet, so I'm just sitting around doing nothing. My classmate's family is rich, but he's the son of a demolition worker. His family lost a lot of money running a factory, but when housing prices went up, his factory was demolished, and the government compensation is more than he can spend in three lifetimes. He's just here to get a degree. I'm doing an internship at school now, and I only go occasionally, but he never goes. He just gets someone to sign his name in the department and considers himself out of the department. Now he's on a whim, planning to open a gym and get all of us to invest."

"You sound like you're on internship. I see you fooling around every day."

"Hey, there's nothing you can do even if you go there, right?"

"Where is this gym?"

"It's two districts away, and it only takes half an hour by e-donkey."

"E-Donkey? Didn't you just buy a car?"

"It's crashed, we're repairing it."

Qin Zhifeng showed his signature silly smile, and Qin Zhixin felt that this cousin was completely out of character.

Qin Zhifeng flipped through the album for a while and found a few photos.

"This is it. It's an old office building. My classmate bought the fifth floor at a low price. It has commercial water and electricity, but you can connect it to the residential building upstairs, so it's still at the residential cost."

Qin Zhixin looked at the screen.

The first photo was taken from the outside of the building. It's a 10-story building that looks quite old. Surrounding it is a residential complex, all with high-rise buildings starting from the 20th floor. The lowest floor of the office building houses a local bank and a small supermarket. There's also a sign for a movie theater outside, apparently on the third or fourth floor.

Qin Zhixin swiped back.

The following is a shot of the interior of the "gym." Construction on the fifth floor hasn't even begun yet, so you can still see what it looked like before. Previously, this was a law firm, with frosted glass partitions and tiled floors, making it quite bright. If Qin Zhifeng is telling the truth, then this seems pretty plausible.

"Why isn't your classmate doing this in Gusu? You're attending university in Gusu, shouldn't Gusu be more profitable?"

Qin Zhifeng touched his head.

"The housing prices there are outrageous. They doubled last year. My brother decided to go there just to test the waters. It's like finding something to do for himself. There's no need to invest too much. With a similar size and location, and the same price as in Suzhou, he could buy three apartments here."

Qin Zhixin was amazed when she heard this. She didn't usually pay much attention to this kind of news. She had always been under the impression that Nanling's housing prices were the most expensive in all of Jiangsu Province, but she had never expected that Gusu would actually surpass Nanling.

"Is it really that exaggerated? I thought the housing prices in Nanling were already sky-high."

"My classmate is my roommate, and he's also from Nanling, which is the main reason. If it's really because of housing prices, wouldn't it be cheaper to just go to a prefecture-level city? Housing prices are secondary. Don't you see how poor Nanling's urban planning is? Gusu is much better than Nanling in this regard. Besides, doesn't Nanling's influence only cover cities in Anhui Province? It's almost becoming the capital of Anhui Province. Although Gusu is called Shanghai's back garden, its influence covers cities in Jiangsu Province."