Be Quiet, This Scumbag Alpha Has The Gaokao - Chapter 11

The day Old Madam Yuan of Huncheng’s long-established Yuan family celebrated her eightieth birthday happened to fall on December 31st, New Year’s Eve. This birthday banquet therefore became a grand event in Huncheng’s business world. As early as a month before, all the prominent figures across Huncheng’s various industries had received invitations. The Yuan family had booked the best hotel in Huncheng, and that night, luxury cars gathered in crowds. It was no different from the red carpet of some televised entertainment gala.

Xu Wei wore a well-tailored suit. After straightening his lapels, he raised his arm and waited for quite a while, yet Yun Ruo still did not come over to take it. When he looked over, he saw that Yun Ruo had spotted her friends and was greeting them with great enthusiasm.

Xu Wei coughed, displeasure showing in his eyes.

Yun Ruo said they would chat later, then casually took Xu Wei’s arm and walked inside.

Yun Ruo had maintained herself well and had a healthy state of mind. After putting on an evening gown, both her aura and appearance still ranked among the best in Huncheng’s circle of wealthy madams. This awareness soothed Xu Wei’s mood considerably. He asked, “Is Xiao Cheng coming today?”

“She isn’t feeling very well,” Yun Ruo said quietly. “I told you already. She’s made a very firm decision this time. She isn’t dating or looking for girlfriends, so her rut period is very hard to get through. Today is the fifth day.”

Xu Wei frowned. “How can she not know what matters more and what matters less? On an occasion like this, as my only daughter, she doesn’t even come. Other people really will think Kunpeng has no successor. This might even affect the stock price.”

Yun Ruo said, “All you care about is your stock price. I said she’s having a very hard time, and you didn’t hear a single word. No wonder your daughter won’t come. What use is a father like you?”

Xu Wei shut his mouth.

During this period, he had eaten enough losses to be full. After cooperating with the Zhou family, he had stumbled badly. Both projects and stock prices had suffered considerable losses. On top of that, the group itself also had operational problems. Every day, he had to spend all his energy frowning and controlling the downward trend. How could he still have the time to think about Xu Ancheng’s affairs? Besides, wasn’t she preparing for an exam? As long as she did not stir up any trouble, giving her a little more spending money would do. How could he have time to care about his daughter’s rut period? This small matter had never been a problem before.

Xu Wei muttered under his breath, unable to refute Yun Ruo’s words.

Rong Cuo stepped out of the car in a privately tailored white suit. Her slicked-back hair was neat and sharp, and she wore a full set of Cartier high jewelry. Popularity nourished people, and stepping on the low while praising the high had always been the skill capitalists in the business world mastered most expertly.

She reached out and took the hand of Rong Zhi, who wore a white gown. Rong Zhi had just turned eighteen, and the moment she appeared, the eyes of the whole room gathered on her. Gasps of amazement rose one after another. Rong Zhi was a child many people had watched grow up, but girls changed greatly as they matured. After being carefully dressed up, she was even more bright and moving. Voices asking who she was could be heard everywhere.

Lu Zhao followed behind her parents. As soon as she entered, she went to look for familiar faces. Several second- and third-generation heirs gathered together, chatting about what new big toys they had recently bought, what projects they were playing with, where they had gone on vacation, what interesting fresh things they had encountered, what new and entertaining places there were, gossip about other people in the circle, and whether anyone was dating someone new.

As Lu Zhao listened, she saw Rong Cuo bringing Rong Zhi to meet the helmsmen of various groups and companies, clearly drawing a line between themselves and this group. Suddenly, everything became boring. Even when they were talking about how Zhou Guangyao would not come tonight because he was far too embarrassing, she did not find it interesting.

She suddenly said, “I miss Xu Ancheng.”

This sentence created a brief silence, then drew a burst of loud laughter.

“Why miss her? She’s been hiding for several months. If we didn’t know she was an Alpha, we’d think she got pregnant and didn’t dare come out to see people.”

“Didn’t they say she wants to take the gaokao? Who knows how someone who ranked near the bottom in middle school exams and didn’t finish high school is studying now.”

“I think she probably committed some kind of offense and doesn’t dare see anyone. Otherwise, how could she make up such a ridiculous excuse? Before, wasn’t it because we teased her too much, saying she could sleep with any Omega but just couldn’t sleep with Su Jiu? Her temper flared, and she insisted on marrying her. Miss Xu has been bad-tempered and simple-minded for more than a day or two. But who knows why the marriage fell through, and she’s hiding away and not seeing anyone now. If she hasn’t gotten into some huge trouble, then maybe her face was ruined? She’s quite careful with that face of hers.”

“Isn’t that face the only reason she could keep changing Omegas? Has she had a hundred exes yet?”

“Even if not, it’s close. Aside from her face, she mainly relies on money. Kunpeng is still the top seat in Huncheng, though it’s not very stable now. Tianxiang successfully rose this time, and many companies are watching hungrily, waiting to divide up the Zhou family’s cake. As the only daughter of Kunpeng’s current chairman, if she hadn’t gotten so intoxicated by pheromones that she couldn’t even finish high school and had not a shred of ability, Xu Wei wouldn’t be so worried.”

“Like father, like daughter. Her old man has no fewer Omegas outside than she does.”

“I heard the father and daughter even have pretty similar tastes.”

The obscene laughter that rang out at this moment was naturally not anything pleasant. It dirtied Lu Zhao’s ears.

Before Xu Ancheng stopped appearing, Lu Zhao had not looked up to Xu Ancheng at all.

Lu Zhao’s family counted as a scholarly household. She had never played with second-generation heirs whose moral character was too poor. She and Xu Ancheng were merely acquaintances who mixed in the same circle. As for how others had flattered Xu Ancheng when she was present, and how they mocked her when she was absent, Lu Zhao had only watched.

Until one of Lu Zhao’s relatives mentioned that a friend of theirs was now working as Xu Ancheng’s private tutor. They said that the Xu family’s little princess really was studying. She studied every day and had not missed a single lesson. Her friend taught with extreme enthusiasm, practically treating Xu Ancheng as a prized disciple. Only then did Lu Zhao suddenly develop interest in Xu Ancheng.

So she often sent Xu Ancheng messages.

Xu Ancheng was always faint and indifferent.

Is that so.

Oh.

Never heard of it.

I need to do papers.

Yawning sound.

So sleepy.

Running.

If I keep doing papers every day and don’t exercise, I’m going to die.

Xu Ancheng always said things like that, that she was going to die.

Lu Zhao therefore felt that this person had a faint, calm sense of death about her. Quite interesting.

Moreover, this person seemed to have changed her nature a little too thoroughly. Lu Zhao had not heard that she was dating anyone, though that might only be because Lu Zhao did not pay attention to such things. But a few days ago, Xu Ancheng had specifically asked her how she got through her rut period. If Xu Ancheng was not putting on a persona in front of her, then she truly did not plan to solve her rut period by finding a partner.

Someone whose mind had previously been filled only with this kind of thing had suddenly stopped looking for anyone at all.

Did the gaokao have such great power?

Lu Zhao did not know. She herself had properly attended university and graduate school, and her grades counted as decent among this group of second-generation heirs. Among Huncheng’s second generation, there were of course many outstanding people. For example, Rong Cuo had graduated in finance from Tsinghua or Peking University, and her younger sister’s studies were also very good. Many of those who went abroad to study had genuinely earned degrees before returning.

These people had always mocked Xu Ancheng from the heart. Only those useless second-generation heirs who did absurd things always gathered around Xu Ancheng to flatter her. With just a few words, they could make her make some baffling decisions. Because of Kunpeng, those people did not dare truly deceive her too much. Otherwise, she really would have been easy to cheat until not even the bottom was left.

Lu Zhao suddenly remembered that after Xu Ancheng abruptly changed that bar, Unread, which she had only opened after being egged on by others, into a bar with gender-restricted entry, the second-generation heirs stopped treating it as a free base.

Although Lu Zhao did not know why Xu Ancheng had suddenly made this decision, it had reduced many foul and chaotic matters in the bar, made it even more popular among Omegas, and also reduced harassment from this group of second-generation freeloaders. She heard that Unread was packed every night now, and it probably earned quite a bit more money than before.

However, this person probably would not come today.

Lu Zhao really had not seen her for a very long time. She truly wanted to see what this long-absent person had become now. Would she still be like before, wishing she could hang every famous brand on her body, dressed up in a gaudy, attention-seeking way like a peacock displaying its feathers anytime and anywhere? Or would there be dark circles hanging beneath her eyes as she faintly said to Lu Zhao, Hello, so sleepy, want to leave?

There were already many people standing in the banquet hall. Formally dressed waiters carried wine glasses as they moved through the crowd.

The chairman of the Zhou family arrived with his partner. Zhou Guangyao indeed did not come, which earned another round of ridicule from this group.

Lu Zhao was just feeling bored when a woman entered through the doorway, instantly stunning the entire room into stillness.

The woman wore a dark qipao. Her thick, beautiful hair was pinned up, and a silver hairpin hung with ruby tassels. Her earlobes were adorned with matching rubies, just like her red lips, like treasures refined from the fires of hell.

Everyone who saw her stared.

Some people asked those beside them. Some did not even have time to ask.

Her name spread outward like a plague from the first person who recognized her. Before long, everyone in the entire hall knew.

Su Jiu had come.