Be Quiet, This Scumbag Alpha Has The Gaokao - Chapter 6

Su Jiu’s people waited for five days, confirmed that her mother was indeed going to undergo surgery, and then contacted the attending physician—thanks to her advance arrangements, this attending physician happened to be the very doctor she had spent great effort building connections with.

“That day, Chairman Xu asked whether there was a suitable kidney source. We did indeed have one still in the queue. Chairman Xu said the surgery had to be done immediately, and I was just feeling troubled about it when I heard him say the surgical patient was Chen Feng. I was quite surprised too. As it happens, this one can be used for your mother. Everything is such a coincidence,” the doctor said happily.

Su Jiu smiled like a spring breeze. “Thank you for going to so much trouble.”

“Miss Su, don’t worry. Since Chairman Xu gave instructions, everything will be handled according to the highest standards. Safety and sanitation will both follow the top level of our hospital.”

The doctor’s words confirmed Su Jiu’s thoughts. Something the Xu family had personally instructed would, of course, have a better surgical outcome than the operation arranged by her private team.

Without showing anything on her face, Su Jiu made her preparations. Only after Chen Feng’s surgery succeeded, the observation period showed no problems, and she was transferred to an ordinary ward to continue recovering did Su Jiu confirm, after observation, that Xu Wei truly was no longer stretching those demonic claws of his—claws that only knew how to do evil—toward her and her mother.

Perhaps it really was as he had said. He had already let her and her mother go.

Ever since Xu Ancheng started clamoring that she wanted to marry Su Jiu, Xu Wei had arranged for Chen Feng to receive “special attention” in the ward. Whether it was dialysis or the kidney transplant surgery, the power had all been held in his hands.

After being reborn, Su Jiu had worked so hard, seized the short-drama market, pushed herself into the eye of the storm in an instant to earn some quick money, and for the sake of treating her mother’s illness, drained all the funds she had on hand while still owing debts. Now, to ask her to thank this original culprit who had suddenly “let her go”?

Xu Wei’s actions only proved one thing: with a mere movement of his and Xu Ancheng’s fingers, all her efforts could be turned into nothing.

Naturally, Su Jiu hated the Xu family even more.

On a sunny, breezy day, Su Jiu handled her mother’s discharge from the hospital and brought her back to the two-bedroom apartment she was renting.

“You’re exhausted and thinner now.” Chen Feng looked at her daughter with heartache. “Mom is getting better now. I won’t drag you along every day for dialysis anymore. I’ll definitely exercise properly and stop adding trouble for you.”

Then she added, “Even thinner, you’re still beautiful. How is my daughter so beautiful?”

This time, Su Jiu’s smile finally came from the heart. She took a wooden comb and carefully combed Chen Feng’s hair, which looked dry and brittle from malnutrition, combing her short hair until it was clean and neat.

“I’ll give you a better life,” Su Jiu said.

“Don’t do anything foolish, child.” Chen Feng patted her hand. “Everyone has their own fate.”

Su Jiu did not believe in fate at all.

If she believed in fate, it would have been impossible for her to live all over again. This was Heaven giving her a chance.

The next day, she arrived at the café ten minutes earlier than the agreed time, but those two had arrived even earlier than she had.

The director waved. Su Jiu walked over, and Zheng Yanshen, who had been sitting with her back facing her, happened to turn around.

Her long hair fell loosely around her neck. Her features were deep-set and refined. She was a beauty recognized by the industry, with looks excellent enough to be an actress herself.

“This is Zheng Yanshen, an up-and-coming director,” the director introduced. “She’s an Alpha.”

Zheng Yanshen was twenty-five this year. The short films she had shot while in school had won quite a few newcomer awards. After graduating from film academy, she had been planning to shoot an arthouse film, but it still had not been made.

So Zheng Yanshen remained very embarrassed. “I wouldn’t dare accept that, I wouldn’t dare. Right now, I can only count as an enthusiast. After all, I haven’t made a single proper work yet. No one is investing, the script is a little obscure, and actors are even harder to find.”

Su Jiu went straight to the point. “What do you think of me?”

Zheng Yanshen’s slender fingers touched the handle of her coffee cup. With her eyes half-lowered, she said, “Actually, I was the one who talked to Director Li about you first. I’ve watched the short dramas you acted in, and I really wanted to talk with you. It’s just that I never quite dared, because I can’t afford your acting fee.”

Director Li added from the side, “She thinks that compared with filming this movie of hers, which has no prospects at all, filming short dramas would make you more money, so she planned to go pull in some sponsorship first. It just so happened that you came to audition for the TV drama, and I felt this was an opportunity, so I mentioned it to you. Let me emphasize again: Yanshen really has no money for this film.”

Su Jiu said, “If Director Zheng thinks I’m suitable, then how about we sign an in-depth cooperation contract? I won’t take any acting fee for this film, but apart from this one, I want to work with Director Zheng on two more projects. I don’t necessarily have to be the lead. Director Zheng can decide the specific roles. But for those two, I will be taking an acting fee.”

Director Li was stunned too. She said to Zheng Yanshen, “Although I don’t dare guarantee that my drama will become a huge hit, I do consider the script solid, the funding sufficient, and the actors not people who came to coast through the days. You saw her acting with your own eyes. But you haven’t seen her play a villain. That is what you’d call stunning. What I mean is, once my drama airs, her market value is going to rise.”

Zheng Yanshen was stunned for a long while. “May I ask the reason?”

Su Jiu said, “What other reason could there be? I’m betting that the movie you make will become popular. To translate that—”

She lightly curved her lips, looking at this face that had once been so familiar to her. “I’ve taken a fancy to you.”

Zheng Yanshen’s ears reddened. Just like in her previous life, she did not resemble an Alpha at all.

“Zheng Yanshen? Don’t know her.”

At a family banquet she had no choice but to attend, Xu Ancheng finally came out of the house to have a meal and appeared in front of the Xu family relatives.

A large round table seated more than thirty people, each one earning an annual salary in the millions. Xu Ancheng looked around and saw that among the younger generation, there was no one especially stunning. Of course, the weakest among them was still her.

She meant spiritually, not in appearance.

If one had to speak of someone outstanding among these people, it would still have to be her older male cousin, the son of Xu Ancheng’s second uncle. He was a male top-tier Beta and currently served as the general manager of an important department in Kunpeng Group. He also held no small amount of shares in the group.

Among the Xu family, only she and this cousin were top-tier.

This older cousin looked average, but he had already been thoroughly marinated in the aura of a successful person. His shirt was tucked into his waistband, a Huawei watch sat on his wrist, and the moment he opened his mouth, it was all national affairs and economic trends, making Xu Ancheng, who only knew how to bury her head and eat, look even more like a beautiful waste.

Her cousin talked about the development trends of major domestic groups and mentioned Huake Group several times. Once Xu Ancheng was full, she asked her first question of the night. “Cousin, have you heard of Zheng Yanshen?”

“What does she do? What gender is she? Is she from Huake Group?”

“Seems like she’s their Alpha daughter. She’s not in the group. Seems like she wants to be a director.”

“Then I know her even less. Isn’t that just neglecting proper work? The most prominent one in Huake’s next generation is Zheng Jianxing, also a female Alpha. She’s the one attending many large-scale meetings. So, for a family to develop well, it still has to make important use of the talents within the family…”

Her cousin was preparing to begin a fresh round of long-winded speech.

Xu Ancheng said, “I’m full. I’m going back to do homework.”

Everyone fell silent in astonishment. They had already heard some rumors that, for some unknown reason, Xu Ancheng had suddenly wanted to take the gaokao. The matter of studying had simply never had the slightest connection to Xu Ancheng.

Yun Ruo said, “Hey, at least toast the elders.”

Xu Ancheng picked up a can of Coke. “Dear elders, as you all know, my IQ isn’t enough, my level is poor, my foundation is weak, and there’s something seriously wrong with my brain, yet I want to take the gaokao next year. At the very least, the time I spend making an effort has to be shown to other people. Everyone, eat and drink well.”

She gulped down half a can of Coke, burped, put on her coat, picked up her car keys, greeted Yun Ruo, and left.

The whole room was silent for a moment.

Two younger female cousins pressed their heads together.

“I haven’t seen Sister for a while, but why do I feel like she suddenly became so cool?”

“Her skin is practically glowing. She has no dark circles either, and she isn’t wearing heavy makeup or jewelry. She’s so plain she looks like a normal person, yet her beauty isn’t plain at all.”

“And she can scold herself very cleanly and efficiently.”

“Hahaha.”

After several days of initial testing, the teachers finally figured out where Xu Ancheng’s foundation was and formulated a new study plan. Their teaching enthusiasm increased greatly, especially the Chinese-language teacher.

“Xiao Cheng, do you know? For someone like you, who is making a short-term sprint toward the gaokao, Chinese is the hardest subject to raise scores in. I originally didn’t hold any hope, and I had no pressure either. I truly didn’t expect this.” This special-grade Chinese teacher, who was over fifty, lifted his head and looked at the book wall behind Xu Ancheng, nodding repeatedly. “No wonder, no wonder. When I redid the teaching plan, I didn’t even feel tired. I was full of drive!”

Chinese scores were indeed not easy to raise.

Xu Ancheng twirled her pen and thought that she had merely read a little more than ordinary people, relying on book after book to endure those lonely, drawn-out stretches of time.

Back then, Xu Ancheng had been admitted to a Project 985 university. During university, she had always worked as a tutor. After graduation, she could not find any particularly good job. Whenever she worked at a company for a while, the company would go under, so she could only stay unemployed. On and off, she had also tutored middle-school and high-school children. Within a few years, she had gotten into a car accident.

Thanks to these experiences, quite a lot of her memories of high-school knowledge remained. Besides, studying itself had originally been her comfort zone. Or perhaps it should be said that in Xu Ancheng’s life, she had possessed very few things, and interest in learning and the ability to learn counted as one of them.

More of the teachers were filled with confusion and asked the question of the soul: “Were you deliberately not studying before?”

Xu Ancheng said, “Yes. Before, my brain wasn’t fully developed, and I devoted myself entirely to being an idiot.”

The teachers: …

Never mind all that. In short, a genius! This was a genius!

Auntie Zhou no longer needed to report to Xu Wei now. Kunpeng Group had been very busy recently, and on top of that, Xu Wei held no hope for Xu Ancheng at all, only waiting for the day she would run out again and start playing around.

Yun Ruo, however, had always been thinking about her daughter. After asking Auntie Zhou for who-knew-how-many times, she could not help complaining, “Why is she always studying?”

Auntie Zhou: “…Madam, gaokao students are like this.”

Madam was already a rare person in this family who had proper values. However, Madam had also grown up as the only daughter of a wealthy family since childhood. There were some hardships she had never experienced, so naturally, she could not truly empathize.

“Miss now wakes up at six-thirty every morning, does a morning run, showers, eats breakfast, and begins her first class at eight. She has one hour of lunch break at noon. Classes end at five in the evening. After dinner, she does homework, reviews, and works on exam papers until around ten, then goes to bed to rest. She has already kept this up for a month.”

Oh my, oh my.

“Then let me carefully ask—are the child’s current grades still passable?” Yun Ruo asked.

Auntie Zhou’s calm tone carried an imperceptible pride. “What I’ve heard from the teachers is that they are passable.”

She had learned this from Xu Ancheng. Today, Auntie Zhou had personally heard one of Miss’s old friends call her, asking why she was spending time doing something useless. Xu Ancheng had said it was because there was something wrong with her brain, her moral character was rotten, and her health was bad, so she would do whatever she wanted. Then she hung up.

Auntie Zhou suddenly felt that Xu Ancheng simply possessed great wisdom. What could anyone say to someone who had already criticized herself as utterly worthless?

Besides, hiding the truth felt quite satisfying.