"Why did you bring her here?" Qin Yue frowned, barely restraining herself from saying "Did you bring someone else to see how miserable I am?"
Qin Sui's lips moved, but before he could speak.
Xiao Ya spoke first: "I'm transferring to study here. I don't know anyone, so Qin Sui brought me to meet you."
Qin Yue's expression softened: "Oh, I see. But I don't have time to help you adjust to life here. You should hire a study companion."
Xiao Ya nodded: "Alright."
Qin Sui felt helpless but didn't want to upset Qin Yue further. He had no choice but to take Xiao Ya out.
"It's troublesome, isn't it? Rest for a night, and I'll send you back tomorrow," Qin Sui said.
Xiao Ya looked up at him: "Can you arrange a temporary two-day enrollment for me?"
Qin Sui paused, the light returning to his eyes.
He said: "Of course I can. Then what? What's your plan?"
This clever child with her delicate mind might be their only hope in this desperate situation.
"Let Qin Yue return to school. I'll experience her life there, and then I'll understand the reason."
Xiao Ya thought for a moment and said: "Let's be optimistic, maybe it'll be resolved in three or four days."
She couldn't take too much time off in Hua Country, although academic concerns weren't a major issue anymore.
Qin Sui nodded, increasingly convinced that bringing Xiao Ya here was the right decision.
He then went back to inform Qin Yue that she could return to school.
Qin Yue's mood immediately improved dramatically; even with her cast and wheelchair, she wanted to leave right away.
"She doesn't live at school but in an apartment. Should I arrange an apartment for you too?" Qin Sui asked.
But as soon as he said it, Qin Sui rejected his own idea: "No, she'll be suspicious."
Xiao Ya asked: "Is that apartment building close to school?"
"It's the closest one." After all, the Qin family wasn't short on money, and they'd do whatever was convenient for Qin Yue.
"Then wouldn't it be normal for me to live in the apartment closest to school too?"
"Well... yes." Qin Sui finally showed a hint of anxiety clouding his judgment.
Xiao Ya's English was now very good, so attending classes at this school wouldn't be too difficult for her.
But to experience Qin Yue's life...
Should she try to match Qin Yue's personality?
Should she act more arrogant?
But that would be difficult for someone who had never been arrogant before.
Remembering how others described Sheng Yuxiao, Xiao Ya decided to revisit "Life Exchange" to get a sense of Sheng Yuxiao's character.
She sat in the apartment building, accompanied by two of Ke Muning's subordinates, and watched it again.
Hmm.
Xiao Ya wrinkled her nose.
Still no clue.
She thought Sheng Yuxiao had a great temperament! Neither imperious nor overbearing.
"This... sir watches often too," one of the subordinates spoke up.
This subordinate was from Nacherjo, and his English wasn't very good, stumbling with a rolled accent.
Xiao Ya turned her head, surprised: "Ke Muning watches it too?"
"Yes," the subordinate nodded, "Many times."
And it wasn't just Ke Muning.
Actually, Old Mr. Zhang, Wei Wenjun, Wei Wenyi... they all watched it repeatedly.
But Xiao Ya didn't know this.
She was just curious: "Why watch it repeatedly?"
The subordinate couldn't answer.
The other subordinate thought for a moment and said: "Because, cannot, always meet, right?"
Xiao Ya sighed quietly.
If only she could split herself into several parts, then she could give a piece of herself to each of them.
Xiao Ya turned off the TV projection and got up to wash her face and brush her teeth, ready for school the next day.
She didn't know how to be arrogant, so she decided to bring her new bodyguards – at least that would make her look a bit more imposing.
Qin Yue attended an elite school abroad.
Asian faces were relatively rare here, and Xiao Ya attracted countless stares as soon as she arrived.
"Is your father the richest man in Hua Country?" a classmate asked curiously.
It seemed not much different from the elite private schools back home.
Everyone's first question was always about who your father was.
Then an Irish student came over and asked even more: "Are your grandparents nobility in Hua Country?"
Xiao Ya: ?
Hua Country's nobility had long ceased to exist.
But from his question, Xiao Ya deduced that his country probably still had "nobility," and they greatly valued such status.
So she couldn't tell the truth.
But she wasn't good at lying either.
So...
Xiao Ya said rather awkwardly: "None of your business."
The student was taken aback.
Other classmates leaned in and said: "Hey new student, do you know who his parents are?"
Xiao Ya paused for a moment, then replied: "The Prime Minister and the Queen?"
"Uh, no."
"Then it's none of my business," Xiao Ya said, growing more comfortable with the attitude.
These remarks shocked the entire classroom.
After two classes, Qin Yue had already heard about her "notorious" reputation.
During break, someone approached Qin Yue and asked: "Do you know that new student? She's from Hua Country too."
Qin Yue avoided their gaze: "Yes, I know her."
The person warmly put an arm around her: "Then bring her to hang out with us. With you, her, and Gui Wenxin, we must have lots in common. Our circle will become even stronger..."
Qin Yue reluctantly nodded.
The person bent down to touch her cast: "I heard a car hit you and you fell into a ditch, that's how you broke your leg... Be more careful next time."
Qin Yue's lips tightened.
The person smiled: "Why that expression? You don't think I had someone do that, do you? I only do that to others, how could I do that to you? You're different from them."
Qin Yue squeezed out: "Yes, I know it wasn't you."
"Tell your brother to leave soon. We'll take good care of you," the person added.
Qin Yue nodded slightly.
At noon, Qin Yue wheeled over to find Xiao Ya.
"Hey, didn't you need my help adjusting here? Let me introduce you to some friends first."
Xiao Ya nodded and arranged a time and place with Qin Yue.
After Qin Yue left, she immediately called Qin Sui.
The first call didn't go through.
It took five minutes before he answered.
"I was just talking to Qin Yue. She's urging me to leave. How are things? Anything unusual at school?" Qin Sui asked.
"Qin Yue wants to introduce me to some friends."
"She changed her attitude so quickly?" Qin Sui was surprised. Although he knew Xiao Ya was clever and perceptive, and might be able to break through the situation, he hadn't expected it so soon...
Xiao Ya thought to herself, maybe it's because I'm acting too arrogant?
Qin Sui continued: "No one visited her in the hospital either, so..."
"The problem lies with these friends," Xiao Ya interjected. "You should leave Atlanta."
"Hmm?" Qin Sui paused, "You think the urging for me to leave isn't her own wish, but her 'friends'' intention."
"Yes."
"But you alone..."
"I'm not alone, I'm three people, and I can call in more people anytime."
Qin Sui suddenly remembered, yes, that's right, she was the Gui family's treasure.
Here, it would be all too easy for the Gui family to mobilize people.