Ch. 271..280
Chapter 271 Acting Pitiful
Since she had nothing to do, Tan Rou flipped through the money in her account. The money from her medical treatment, the money from the stock market, and the money from selling incense pills added up to a few million. She planned to use some of this money to improve her family’s life.
However, she still had a sum of money that she had not decided on how to use. It was compensation for the incident that had previously caused a stir-up on the internet. At that time, Tan Rou had sued many people. It was not practical to send them all to prison. Moreover, she did not have time to go to court one by one. In the end, she simply chose to accept the apology and compensation.
Looking at a large amount of compensation, Tan Rou sighed. “People are really rich these days. Just the compensation alone has reached seven figures. I guess they’re afraid of Zhuang Liu.”
Zhuang Liu was the one who handled these issues for her. Presumably, those people were afraid of Zhuang Liu. She did not know if Tan Jing had told them that the other protagonist was Zhuang Liu when she looked for those people. She probably didn’t do so.
Tan Rou didn’t want to use the money. She hadn’t thought of how to deal with it yet.
Tan Rou’s high school was very close to Tao Qi’s primary school. After school at noon, Tao Qi waited for Tan Rou to finish school together. He even bought snacks for Tan Rou as compensation for the past.
The last lesson was physics. After the physics teacher finished the lesson, he explained another physics competition question. Tan Rou had already learned it long ago, so she buried her head and wrote the physics question herself. As she wrote, she was engrossed in it and looked at one more question. When school ended, she was only halfway through the second question.
“Xiao Rou, aren’t you going to leave?” Li Li packed her bag.
Tan Rou buried her head in her questions. “I’ll leave after I finish this question.”
Li Li was in a hurry to go home for dinner. “I’ll be leaving first, then.”
Tan Jing was in a bad mood today and left right after school. When she reached the gates, she saw a familiar figure under the tree.
Isn’t that Tao Qi? Who was he waiting for? Was he waiting for her?
Tan Jing actually regretted what happened last time. She could have used Tao Qi. Although he couldn’t cause too much harm to Tan Rou, he could still make her feel disgusted from time to time.
It was all Tan Song’s fault for insisting that she make a decision quickly. She had said the wrong thing at that time. Now that Tao Qi has come to look for her, she has decided to give him a second chance.
“Xiao Qi, why didn’t you go home after school?” When most of the students had left, Tan Jing smiled warmly and went over. “I’ll send you back. You can take my car.”
When Tao Qi saw her, he had a look of disdain on his face and completely ignored her.
Tan Jing was embarrassed. Although many people had left, there were still some classmates who knew her. This kid actually embarrassed her in public. She couldn’t take it.
“Xiao Qi, I’m talking to you. Why are you ignoring me?” Tan Jing had a smile on her face. “Is this for your sister? You’re such a good boy! You even remembered to bring a snack.”
“You wish.” Tao Qi placed his hands behind his back. “This isn’t for you. This is for my sister. You bad woman, stop talking to me!”
When the surrounding students heard this, they were no longer in a hurry to go home. They carried their bags and stopped to watch the show.
Tan Jing had been badly embarrassed the entire day. She was surrounded everywhere she went and was extremely annoyed. Now that this child had given her a hard time, she couldn’t keep her face and became angry. Hence, she vented her anger on the Tao family.
“Xiao Qi, how can you say that?” Tan Jing said in a hurt tone, “‘Although I’m not your biological sister, I’ve treated you like a younger brother. I even bought you toys and a lot of food. Have you forgotten all those? Things came back when your biological sister went home. Back then, we used to be close.”
Tao Qi was indeed a little relaxed. Just as he was hesitating, Tan Rou came out.
“Tan Jing, what are you doing? You’ve hurt Xiao Qi once. Do you want to hurt him again?” Tan Rou chided.
Hearing Tan Rou’s voice, Tao Qi reacted and distanced himself from Tan Jing. “You bad woman!”
Tan Jing’s anger was indescribable. It was Tan Rou again. Why was she everywhere? She must have said something to Tao Qi that night. Otherwise, Tao Qi wouldn’t have called her a bad woman the moment they met.
“Xiao Rou, how could you do this?” Tan Jing’s eyes reddened. “Although we’re not related by blood, I still treated Xiao Qi as my younger brother. He may be your younger brother but he’s also my younger brother!”
Chapter 272 Pay Back The Debt
Pay Back the Money
“I’m not your brother. We have had nothing to do with you since a long time ago!” Tao Qi said angrily.
Tan Jing seized the opportunity. “Rourou, quickly tell Xiao Qi that I sincerely treat him as my younger brother. Although you two are blood-related siblings, I also sincerely love him.”
Tan Rou protected Tao Qi behind her. She couldn’t help but sigh at how Tan Jing was really good at talking. With just a few words, she had messed up the relationship between the two families. Everyone present probably felt that she had slandered Tan Jing in front of Tao Qi.
“You’re lying!” Tao Qi walked in front of Tan Rou. “You were the one who said you didn’t see me as a brother, yet I still annoyed you to death. You only like your rich family and don’t like our family at all.”
“How could that be?” Tan Jing was heartbroken. “Haven’t I bought you a lot of things too? Although I’ve returned to the Tan family now, I haven’t forgotten about you!”
“Aren’t you afraid that your biological parents will see you acting here?” Tan Rou asked.
Tan Jing was stunned. She had not thought of this. Tan Song had just asked her to cut ties with these poor people. It would not be good if he found out.
“Rourou, I know that you’re not used to the situation at home. The Tao family and the Tan family are very different. It’s normal that you’re not used to it. If you need anything, just let me know. I’ll help you. Weren’t you going to participate in the physics competition soon? Do you want me to help you get some practice questions?”
Tan Rou rejected him immediately. “There’s no need for that. I have nothing to do with the Tan family anymore. From now on, your family is yours, and mine is mine. My brother doesn’t like you, so stop pestering us.”
“You’ve already cut ties so quickly?” Tan Jing crossed her arms.
“You’ve lived in the Tan family for 17 years. What kind of life have you been living? Who gave you the money you used to spend once you messed up? Spending hundreds of thousands in a casino overnight, do you think the Tao family can give it to you?”
Tan Rou’s heart turned cold. In the past, she had indeed been tricked by Zhou Wu and the others into sending money to the casino. Now that she had returned to her home, that sum of money had been left unsettled. Now that Tan Jing was digging up old scores, it was obvious that the Tan family wanted it back.
“You can’t be an ingrate, can you, Tan Rou?” Tan Jing laughed sinisterly.
“Daddy and Mommy also gave you a lot of pocket money…” Tao Qi shouted.
“Don’t say anymore, Little Qi.” Tan Rou stopped him. “Let’s head home.”
“Are you leaving already?” Tan Jing asked.
“What am I supposed to do then? Stay here and listen to Miss Tan belittle us poor people?”
There were more and more people around them. Tan Jing did not want to be surrounded, so she found the driver and left first.
Tan Rou left with Tao Qi. Tao Qi felt that he had said something wrong and apologized to her. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have bothered with her.”
“No, you did very well because you’re no longer bewitched by her.” Tan Rou smiled.
“Moreover …”
“What?” Tao Qi asked.
“Well, today’s incident also reminded me that I did spend the Tan family’s money in the past. Although there’s no record of it, I can roughly calculate how much it was. Since Tan Jing feels that I owe the Tan family, I’ll return it first.” Tan Rou said. She didn’t want to bring this matter up again when she settled the accounts in the future.
However, she did not intend to transfer this sum of money to Tan Song’s account. Wouldn’t that be letting him off easy? Even if she had to ‘pay back the money’, he did not want a single cent to fall into the hands of the Tan family.
Tan Rou found five good charity organizations and donated all the money she had earned over the past few days along with the compensation she received. After deducting the small change, she still had five million yuan left. She had left behind Tan Song’s identity information. After being in the Tan family for so many years, she knew Tan Song’s information like the back of her hand. Now, it seemed that it would be useful.
After the donation, Tan Rou specially requested a few charity organizations to publicly publish thank-you letters and send the banner to Tan Song’s company.
After doing all this, Tan Rou kept the bank transfer records so that she could have an account book to rely on in the future.
Five million was not a small amount, so the charity would naturally be happy to write a thank-you letter. Moreover, the thank-you letter written by the charity was so sincere and touching that it made the readers tear.
“I shall show you how powerful the internet is.” Tan Rou smiled coldly.
Chapter 273 Overwhelming News
Tan Rou didn’t hide the donation from her parents. They were a family, and they couldn’t hide anything.
“Sister, did you really donate all your money?” Tao Qi was very regretful. If he had known earlier, he wouldn’t have quarreled with that bad woman, Tan Jing. His sister had worked so hard for so long, and it was all gone in an instant.
“Yeah, Rourou, why didn’t you leave some?” Mother Tao’s heart ached. “You earned all that with your hard work.”
“If I don’t have enough money, I can still earn more.” Tan Rou consoled them. “I’m investing with my friend, Mr. Zhuang, whom you saw last time. He has helped me earn quite a large amount of money. These million dollars will come back very soon.”
Mrs. Tao looked troubled. “This is all our fault.”
“No, it isn’t. I was planning on transferring the money to you, but I’ll have to wait a while.” Tan Rou said.
“I still have some money left from the last time you gave us.” Mrs. Tao took the opportunity to say, “Besides, I’ve found a job to lighten your father’s burden. It’ll be an easy job. I even have two days off every week.”
Tan Rou said, “Mom, you really shouldn’t tire yourself. You’ve just recovered. You should rest more.”
“No need. I’m feeling much better. Besides, I want to go out to work too. Staying at home all the time feels uncomfortable.” Mrs. Tao said with a smile. Previously, she did not have enough rest and her health was poor. She rarely went out to work. However, she was now in good health. Even if she didn’t have to work, she still felt bored being at home all the time.
Therefore, she took the opportunity to work while renovating the house and said that she had found a job. It would be easier for her with their finances improving.
“Alright then.” Tan Rou hugged her. “If you ever feel tired, just stay home. I will earn more money. You don’t have to worry.”
“I don’t need you to take care of us financially.” Mrs. Tao was telling the truth. Their family didn’t have much, but they were loaded with money. If they took it out, they would probably scare the children.
Tan Song, who had been busy all day, was about to go home. As soon as he arrived downstairs, he was surrounded by reporters who had gathered. The flashes and cameras were all aimed at him, shocking Tan Song to the point that he immediately perked up.
“President Tan, there was a rumor online that you donated one million yuan to five different charity organizations. Is that true?” The reporter at the front rushed up and asked.
Tan Song was dumbfounded. One million and five million? Why can’t he understand anything that they were saying?
“I heard that you will donate another five million in the future. Is this true?”
Tan Song felt that this person was crazy. When did he donate five million? How could he donate another five million? Five million was not a small amount.
At this moment, the people from the charity organization came out. Everyone held a banner in their hands and thanked Tan Song as soon as they saw him.
“Thank you, President Tan. The children in the welfare institute all have new clothes.”
“President Tan, thank you so much. Those elderly and children with physical disabilities can finally get good help.”
Tan Song had no idea what they were talking about, but since the pennant was already in his hands, he had to accept it. “It’s my pleasure, it’s my pleasure. It’s my honor to contribute to society. ”
Wave after wave of reporters rushed to interview him. Tan Song was also an expert in the business world for many years. He calmly entertained the reporters while instructing his secretary to find out what was going on.
After a while, the secretary showed him the news. The internet was filled with news of him donating to charity. All the big blue V’s went out to forward the charity’s thank-you letter. Many media outlets also participated in it. This news even made it onto the trending list!
“President Tan, someone used your name to donate money to a few charity organizations. They even said that you would donate more in the future.” The secretary said fearfully. He could tell that Tan Song was in a bad mood.
“Who was it?” Tan Song was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
“It’s…. It’s Miss Tan Rou!”
The secretary was interrupted before he could finish. Tan Song’s hair stood on end as he gritted his teeth and said, “Tan Rou! That damned girl, where did she get the five million?”
The secretary had no idea.
“Tell the driver not to go home yet. Tell him to send me to Tan Rou’s school!” Tan Song had to find Tan Rou and get her to explain where she got so much money.
At the same time, Tan Jing, who was studying at night in school, felt as if she had eaten a fly. When did Tan Song donate five million to a charity? She could have bought more clothes with these money!
Chapter 274 Those are my money!
“Jingjing, your father is so kind. He actually donated so much money to charity.”
“Five million yuan. As expected of a rich family. Your father is so nice!”
“Thank you, but I’m not sure about it as well.” Tan Jing smiled politely. ” I usually don’t ask about Dad’s money. ”
Tan Rou had just been watching the news on the Internet. In the age of the Internet, news spreads really fast. With just a little guidance, it would immediately spread throughout the entire Internet. Five million yuan was not a lot, but it was enough for it to be big news.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw Tan Jing’s face, that looked like she had swallowed a fly. It was indeed interesting.
Tan Jing stared at Tan Rou. She finally understood why Tan Song had made the donation. Someone had used his name. She had just asked Tan Jing to return the money, and the donation incident happened right after that. She didn’t even have to guess who was behind the entire incident.
Tan Rou glared back confidently. ‘Aren’t you satisfied with the money?’ There was nothing Tan Jing could do if she was not happy with it. Anyway, Tan Rou had already returned it.
‘Damn Tan Rou!’ Tan Jing gritted her teeth.
Tan Rou had yet to sit down when she heard the class monitor, Xu Yan, say, “Someone is looking for you at the school gate. It seems to be your former foster father.” He had just gone to the office. The form teacher had asked him to pass on the message.
Tan Rou raised her eyebrows. He came so quickly.
She stood up again. “Thank you.”
Xu Yan said, “It’s too late. Don’t go alone. I’m the class monitor. I’ll go with you.”
“I’ll go with Xiao Rou.” Li Li answered instead. “There are so many people at the gate. He wouldn’t dare to hurt Rourou.”
Tan Rou declined Xu Yan’s kindness and went with Li Li. She would avoid contact with Xu Yan if possible to avoid any misunderstandings.
Xu Yan was a little disappointed. “Okay, be careful.”
Li Li happily held Tan Rou’s hand and asked with a smile, “Rourou, do you think Tan Jing’s father really donated five million?”
Tan Rou also smiled. “Wasn’t it already all over the internet?”
“I don’t believe her father donated five million yuan,” Li Li shook her head and said disdainfully.
Tan Rou nodded slightly. “I don’t know about that.”
When Tan Song saw Tan Rou, he rushed in from the main entrance. The bodyguards did not stop him.
“Tan Rou, you’re quite bold!” At this moment, Tan Song was like an angry wild boar, charging forward.
Tan Rou stood there calmly. “Mr. Tan, why did you come to school so late at night?”
Tan Song rushed forward. “You actually donated my money! ” When Tan Rou left, he had indeed taken back all her cards and cancelled all of her bank accounts. He did not expect to miss out on five million dollars. This was not a small amount!
“What do you mean by that?” Tan Rou played dumb. “When did I donate your money?”
“Five million! The five million mentioned on the Internet. It was you, right?!” Tan Song pointed his finger. “I didn’t expect you to be so scheming. When you left, you even took an extra amount with you!”
“Scheming?” Li Li finally understood what Tan song meant. She felt that she had to help Tan Rou. “MrTan, you just donated five million to a charity organization. That’s not a small amount. You are indeed a kind man. It’s not even the end of the year and you’re already doing so much charity work. That’s great! I heard that you still want to donate. How much do you plan to donate?”
Tan Rou couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “Great Samaritan Tan, why did you come to our school to denounce us? Could it be that you’ve regretted doing that?”
Tan Song’s face was livid. The money had already been donated, and it was impossible for him to get it back, but he could not swallow this anger.
“How much money did you bring with you when you left the Tan family?” He couldn’t get back the money he donated, but he couldn’t let Tan Rou take any of the remaining money.
“Not a single cent.” Tan Rou sneered. “The Tan family didn’t even let me take a single piece of the clothes I used to wear. How could I have any money left with me?”
Tan Song’s face turned red. He did not look good. “Then where did you get the money? ”
“What money? I don’t know what you’re talking about. Class is about to start now. Mr Tan, please don’t disturb our class.” Tan Rou did not want to answer him.
Li Li also said, “Mr Tan, please don’t regret donating the money. Even if you regret it, don’t make a fuss in public. It’s not good to be seen by others!” With that, she pulled Tan Rou by the hand and ran back to class.
The security guards came forward and asked him to leave the school so that the students would not be disturbed. Tan Song had nowhere to vent his anger, he had no other choice but to leave.
Chapter 275 Tan Family's Bad Luck
“Did you take a clear picture of it?” Zhuang Liu leaned back in his chair elegantly, not in a good mood.
“I got it clearly.” Xiao Mo showed him the video and photos. “Our people have been waiting for a long time. We specially switched to night vision cameras to take photos. I guarantee that we can capture Tan Song’s face and expression clearly.”
Zhuang Liu was not very satisfied. “Why was Rourou also photographed? ”
“They were standing too close. It’s hard to cut Miss Tan Rou out of the picture with that distance.” Xiao Mo replied.
“Tsk!” Zhuang Liu frowned. “Alright. Find a few inconspicuous accounts and spread it. Then, find some big VIPs to repost it.”
“Alright, I’ll do it now.” Xiao Mo left with his phone.
Zhuang Liu’s heart ached for Tan Rou. Why didn’t she tell him? If he hadn’t asked Xiao Mo to pay more attention to the news online, he wouldn’t have known about this. Tan Song would never donate money. After checking, it was indeed Tan Rou who did it.
She would have probably lost all of her hard-earned money. Zhuang Liu felt that it was time to introduce a new business to Tan Rou.
“Oh my god, isn’t this expression too ferocious?”
“Five million yuan is nothing to the Tan family, right? After all, they are one of the top families in the city. It can’t be that they couldn’t even fork out five million yuan, right?”
“I heard that this donation was not by the Tan family. It was by the fake daughter of Tan Song who caused a commotion earlier. It was said that it was to repay the Tan family for raising her.”
“I know the truth. I work at Tan Corporation and know some insider information. The big boss was furious at the company today because of this. The five million yuan was not donated by the big boss, but by his adopted daughter.”
“Huh? He earned so much money, but he couldn’t even bear to part with five million. Moreover, it’s not his money, so why is he so angry about it?”
The comments on the internet were one-sided. Everyone automatically ignored why Tan Rou had so much money and only pointed the finger at the Tan family.
Before the first wave subsided, another wave rose. The Tan family’s clothes were exposed to be of poor quality and expensive.
The Tan family wanted to make a big brand in fashion which will help them build more connections with the Tan family. However, before making any achievements, there were so many other troubles instead.
“Look, this is the dress I bought from the Tan Corporation for 1,8 yuan. The thread isn’t even cut clean.” The attached picture was of a shirt with a tag that had not been removed. It was a long-sleeved shirt that was very thin and had rough workmanship.
“Please, underwear bought for 8 yuan can actually fade. Don’t be ridiculous. Tan Corporation! Return my hard-earned money!”
“I’ve long advised my best friend not to buy clothes from the Tan family, but she said that the quality of the clothes must be good since they’re an old company. In the end, all of them broke within three days. She went to return it but they told her that the piece of garment shouldn’t be worn over another shirt and that she couldn’t return a dress that cost a few thousand yuan.”
For a moment, the news made Tan Song anxious. He didn’t expect that just because of a donation, there would be such a big problem. Their sales have reduced by 5% and the remaining of it only managed to keep up because of their old customers. However, even their old customers had called him to ask what was going on in the past two days.
Tan Song could only hope that those from the capital would not pursue the matter. Otherwise, he would very likely fall very badly this time.
“If I were Tan Song, I would use the donation as an opportunity to promote myself and make my reputation better. I wouldn’t take the initiative to hand a knife to my competitors.” Xiao Mo almost laughed to death. “How can there be such a stupid person?”
Zhuang Liu was also paying attention to this news. He understood what was going on. “Tan Song is not a smart man. All these years, he had been digging his own grave. He would have already exhausted all of the wealth that his father had left for him. He may be ambitious but he has no balls nor brains. He could only do whatever others told him to.”
“The Tan family is probably finished.” Xiao Mo gloated.
Zhuang Liu said, “A starving camel is still bigger than a horse. As long as they survive this, they will still be able to move on from it. However, the capital…”
Xiao Mo continued, “Third Young Master, you’re talking about the Tao family’s business, right? As you’ve expected, there’s something strange about that. I’m sure Tan Song will be scammed badly but I don’t understand. Why would the Tao family in the Capital deal with a small, unknown company?”
Although the Tan family had a reputation in this city, it was not even worth their attention.
“You don’t have to worry about that.” Zhuang Liu already had a guess. “As long as we wait patiently, the truth will come out sooner or later.”
Xiao Mo didn’t ask any more questions. He just had to do what he was told.
Chapter 276 Physics Competition Selection
There was a mess on the internet and Tan Jing was also having a headache. The selection test for the physics competition was tomorrow. After the test, it will be the monthly test. At such a critical time, there were still so many blind people asking her all these ridiculous questions. It was really annoying.
“Jingjing, what are you nervous about? Are you worried about the physics competition?” Wei Ling asked. “Or are you worried about the comments online?”
Wei Ling was deliberately trying to disrupt the morale of her enemy. She deliberately said these to make Tan Jing frustrated and make a mistake in the exam.
Tan Jing cursed her in her heart, but she still had a smile on her face. “I’m indeed a little worried about the exam.”
Wei Ling changed the topic to the storm on the internet. “Did those negative comments affect your performance?”
Wei Ling was indeed bringing up topics that no one wanted to talk about. Tan Jing lowered her head as her palms almost bled. She kept cursing Wei Ling in her heart. Did Wei Ling think that she hadn’t been mocked enough? Little slut! She would teach her a lesson sooner or later!
“Xiao Rou, tell me more about this question. I think my brain has been working very well these past two days.” Li Li followed Tan Rou around with a physics competition question book in her hand.
Her voice interrupted Tan Jing. Looking at the competition questions in Li Li’s hands, Tan Jing suddenly had a plan in her heart.
She glanced at Wei Ling and felt that Wei Ling was now a bad lackey. Recently, Wei Ling had been going against her and so she might not do whatever she wanted. Zhao Ru and He Ling, these two idiots, probably wouldn’t even dare to do it. Damn it, there wasn’t a single usable chestpiece in the class. Did she have to do everything on her own?
Just as she was thinking, Song Lin came into the classroom. Tan Jing smiled. She found her next pick.
Wei Ling looked at her mischievous expression and knew that Tan Jing was up to something again, so she secretly stared at Tan Jing.
After school, Tan Jing deliberately left a little late. Song Lin was also waiting for her today. When she and the others were almost done, she took out something that looked like a delivery box and placed it on the table.
“Jing Jing, what’s in there?” Song Lin asked curiously. “Is it a gift for me?”
“You misunderstood.” Tan Jing said embarrassedly, “This is for my younger brother. He’s the younger brother of my adoptive parents. Recently, he has distanced himself from me since his biological sister has returned home. I don’t know if he was bewitched by Tan Rou. We used to be very close. ”
It was Tan Rou again. Song Lin felt that this woman was really sinister. Not only did she bully Jingjing, but she also spoke ill of Jingjing behind her back. Jingjing was really wrong.
“Is this a gift for him?” Song Lin picked up the box that was already packed. He couldn’t open it, so he decided not to look at it.
“It’s the study materials for him. Although there’s some misunderstanding between us, I still hope that he can study hard. It’s just that he’s unwilling to accept it from me now…” A sad expression appeared on her face.
“He doesn’t want to see me anymore. I planned to have it delivered to him, but he said he didn’t want my things.”
“Let me help you.” Song Lin couldn’t bear to see Tan Jing sad. “If I send it under my name, he won’t know who sent it. He’ll definitely accept it.”
Tan Jing felt troubled, “But …. I would have to trouble you again.”
“It’s nothing. It’s just a parcel. We can mail it now together.” Song Lin reassured her about it.
Tan Jing smiled politely. “Thank you, Song Lin.” She didn’t forget to remind Song Lin, “Just write Tan Rou as the recipient. My brother doesn’t have a cell phone, and I don’t know the cell phone numbers of the others in the Tao family. Just write Tan Rou’s name. When she opens it and sees the anonymous letter I left inside, she will definitely give it to my brother.”
“Jingjing, you’re too kind.” Song Lin liked Tan Jing even more after this.
Wei Ling, who had been eavesdropping outside the window, also sent the news to Tan Rou at the same time.
“Thank you, I got it. Let them send it over.”
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The next day was the selection for the physics competition. Most of the students would be participating in it, especially the second-year students. They’ve now understood more physics knowledge than the first-year students and had more time than the third-year students. Therefore, most of the students who took the exam were second-year students.
Tan Jing looked at the selection papers for the physics competition this time. Her mind was in a mess. Why was it so difficult? It was not on the same level as the questions she usually did. If she really did it herself, she would probably only score 6 points.
Fortunately…Tan Jing closed her eyes and recalled the questions her father had given her previously. All the questions were picked from there. Fortunately, she had memorized all the questions. After calming down, she began to answer the questions seriously.
Chapter 277 The Monthly Exam
“Wow, what an experience.” After the test, Li Li was so excited that she couldn’t even sit, “Xiaorou…. you know? I actually knew the answers to those questions. I wouldn’t have imagined doing such difficult physics questions in the past!”
Tan Rou smiled and said, “You are a smart girl. It’s just that your usual problem-solving skills are more stubborn, which is why you can’t write the more flexible topics in the exam.”
“You really are a superb teacher!” Li Li felt grateful to Tan Rou. “I’ll have to learn more from you in the future.”
Conversely, Zhao Ru and He Ling also asked Tan Jing how she did in the exam. Tan Jing answered all the questions perfectly. She just didn’t have enough time to finish writing the last question, but there was still a great possibility of achieving the ranking.
Tan Jing said modestly, “It was a little difficult, but I wrote it all out as best I could, so it should be good.”
“Jingjing, you’re amazing!” A girl came over and joined them. “I gave up when I saw the seventh question, and I really don’t have the brain.”
“That’s right, I saw the test paper and fell asleep. This physics competition is not something we should participate in.”
“Jingjing, this time, you will definitely be first.”
Tan Jing was telling them they should not exaggerate, but deep inside, he was secretly delighted. He could not wait for them to praise her a few more times.
“Deceitful!” Li Li quietly said, “Xiao Rou, let’s not be bothered with her. The first place is definitely yours.”
Why would Tan Rou be bothered by what Tan Jing said? The results were not out yet, so they must wait for it to be released.
“Don’t think about it.” Tan Rou said to Li Li.
“Just prepare for tomorrow’s monthly exam. It has already been dragged on for so long. If we don’t do it now, we’ll have our holidays soon.”
“Of course. I think I can get into the top fifteen in the class this time on the monthly exam.” Li Li spoke excitedly.
Tan Rou raised an eyebrow, “If you improve your physics, you may be in the top ten.”
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Li Li was full of confidence as she majestically walked into the exam hall.
When Tan Jing got the papers, she was dumbfounded. She had been so occupied with all the other errands that she couldn’t study for the exam. There were even a few where she couldn’t answer at all.
For the physics competition, she could find the questions from the workbooks but not for the monthly exams, which the teachers from their school prepared. They couldn’t find the questions ahead of time.
The more nervous Tan Jing was, the more she couldn’t answer them. She couldn’t answer her physics paper properly even though it was one of her best subjects.
“This monthly exam is so difficult!” Zhao Ru complained.
He Ling was also sad, “How could the school make this paper so difficult?” Then, she turned around and asked, “Jing Jing, how did you do in the exam?”
Tan Jing is annoyed. What she hated the most now was others asking her how she did in her exam. After hearing what He Ling asked, Tan Jing got annoyed and answered, “Do not ask that again.”
He Ling was stunned, “Jingjing, did you not do well in the exam?”
Tan Jing stood and said fiercely, “I’m going to the bathroom.”
Zhao Ru and He Ling are also confused. They had just asked a simple question as to whether she did well in her exams. Why was she so mad?
Wei Ling laughed secretly as she thought to herself. Tan Jing had been so busy stirring up drama that she wouldn’t have the time to study. When the results are released, it will definitely be time for Tan Jing to cry.
When Tan Jing went out, she happened to meet Song Lin, who saw that she looked unhappy and thought she was being bullied by Tan Rou again.
“Jingjing, what’s wrong?” Song Lin asked with concern.
When Tan Jing saw that it was Song Lin, the unhappiness on her face was suppressed, she remembered the bet and asked Song Lin: “Song Lin, do you still remember the bet you made with Tan Rou about the competition?”
Of course, he remembered it as he said happily, “Don’t worry, Jingjing! I did well this time. Those questions were so easy, and I even came out from the hall earlier than expected.”
When Tan Jing heard Song Lin say this, she was slightly relieved. If Song Lin did well in the exam and surpassed Tan Rou, she would feel a lot more comfortable even if she didn’t do well in the exam.
“That’s good.” Tan Jing said with a smile. “In fact, I do not necessarily want you to do well in the exam, just that you have bet with Tan Rou. If you lose…”
“Never!” Song Lin was very conceited. “I will not lose; you just wait. I will definitely get Tan Rou to apologize to you.”
Tan Jing blushed slightly and said good-naturedly, “Thank you, Song Lin.”
Song Lin was delighted to see this. “Well, you know who you are to me. Your matters are also mine as well.”
Chapter 278 Full Marks
The questions for the physics competition were issued by the City Hall, and the papers were also collected back to be corrected. So, the results for it would not be released so quickly, but the monthly exams were different. Their monthly exam papers were corrected very quickly by their teachers.
Some of the impatient students in the class had decided to skip lunch and head over to the office to check their results. Although the language papers were the ones that they sat for first, there were essays to be corrected, and so the results would only be released later on. Physics and mathematics were different. It would be easier to correct these papers, and so the results for these would also be released first.
“Congratulations Tan Rou.” Xu Yan came back from the office and went to Tan Rou’s seat, “You got full marks in physics and math again.”
Li Li was excited, “That’s great!”
Tan Rou remained calm. She knew exactly how many points she had scored on the test and was not anxious about it at all. Other than the language and English essays she was uncertain of, the others would not be far away from her expectations.
But she still thanked Xu Yan for telling her the news, “Thank you, class monitor.”
Li Li asked, “Class monitor! How did Lu Qing do on the exam?”
Not far away, Lu Qing heard his name and instantly turned his gaze over. He knew he didn’t do as well as Tan Rou’s exams but he was still looking forward to it.
“Currently ranked second.” Xu Yan looked at quite a few of his classmates’, among them was Lu Qing, “Full marks in math but four points deducted in physics. It was a pity.”
Lu Qing answered with a short ‘Thank you.’ He was already happy with the scores that he got.
“But …” Xu Yan turned his attention to Song Lin, who had just returned from reading the results and was now sitting in his seat in a daze, “Song Lin doesn’t seem to have done too well.”
Everyone knew about the bet between Song Lin and Tan Rou. Even though Xu Yan didn’t like Song Lin, he had also checked Song Lin’s results.
“Physics is not Song Lin’s forte and this time the physics questions were difficult. The math education abroad is not at the same level as the ones we have here. So, I think Song Lin has been carried away by the foreign education in the past six months. He barely got a hundred in math, 17, which is not his normal level.”
Xu Yan said: “According to his previous performance, even if he doesn’t get full marks, he should have scored more than 13 marks.”
“Pfft -” Li Li couldn’t hold back her laugh as she said to Tan Rou.
“I can already imagine him running naked on the playground in his underwear.”
Xu Yan said in a stent tone. “Strictly speaking, wearing his underwear does not mean running naked.”
Li Li slammed the table and laughed, “Class monitor! What you say is actually true!!”
Their voices were not small and fell into Song Lin’s ears. He was embarrassed and annoyed and stood up violently, yelling at Tan Rou and the others, “There are still a few subjects left, what are you excited about? It’s not certain who will win or lose yet!”
Tan Rou did not want to talk to him childishly. So, she took out her homework and started working on it but Li Li couldn’t hold it back anymore.
“It is true that there are still a few doors not out, but …” Li Li counted on his fingers, “Xiao Rou has scored two papers with full score. You are already short of 26 on one paper and short of 43 on another. That’s nearly seventy points all together. This is inclusive of a core subject. Since we still have four more results left to be released, if we estimate it according to what you have scored now, there would actually be a different of 2 marks between you and Tan Rou!”
Song Lin’s face turned gloomy. “What nonsense?!” He rushed over and wanted to teach Li Li a lesson.
Tan Rou stood up with a swish, “Song Lin, Li Li was just talking about it. Are you angry because you think you can’t pass the test?”
Song Lin stood still, feeling embarrassed. “The results are not yet out. Don’t be too full of yourself just yet.”
What a coincidence, another one of their classmates, who loves checking their results, came back and shouted, “Tan Rou, you got a perfect score in chemistry again!”
Tan Rou smiled and gestured for Song Lin to go to the office, “Song Lin, it’s time for you to go.”
But, he didn’t have to check his results personally, his ‘good buddy’ came running into the classroom, “Song Lin, I saw it. You did good in chemistry, you got 92 points.”
Song Lin’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot. As their results got released, his results were worse than Tan Rou and the difference between them became even bigger.
“Song Lin,” Tan Rou said provocatively, holding her arms, “You like to stand up for people and be in the limelight, I’ll give you the chance to do so. I hope you’ll wear your favorite bottoms when you come to school tomorrow, don’t wear too childish ones.”
Song Lin scolded angrily: “You are indeed shameless, why do you have to stare at other people’s bottom? Is this some kind of fetish?”
Tan Rou was not annoyed and continued, “It’s okay not to wear bottoms, like the class monitor just said, wearing bottoms does not count as running naked. You can try to go completely naked.”
Xu Yan silently walked away. He had nothing to do with this.
Chapter 279 Month Exam Results
“You are really nasty and shameless. What’s with you being so interested in another man’s underwear?!” Song Lin was completely annoyed, “You even want to watch me go naked! How shameless are you?”
“So, you’re not going to concede the bet?” Tan Rou laughed shamefully, “I thought Song Lin was a man of his word, but I didn’t expect him to break the bet even before the results were released.”
“You also said it yourself that the results have not been completely released yet.” Tan Jing couldn’t bear it anymore and came over to support Song Lin. “You’re being so aggressive, as if you’ve already won?”
She was dying of anger, Song Lin, this stupid person, said something about standing up for her. Well, look at what he has done. With this shitty result, he definitely had to run around the school naked. This was embarrassing!
“I did not say that I won the bet but I never thought of breaking the bet. Only those who think they must have lost will want to break the contract.”
The students next to them who watched the entire scene unfold suddenly spoke up. “Tan Rou definitely won this time. She already has three perfect scores. As for the remaining three, she did not do badly in the previous exams and so her results would be about the same level as well. On the contrary, Song Lin may only be a little better than Tan Rou in english. The best that he could do was get full marks on it.”
Another person added, “Last time Tan Rou scored full for biology and this time, she certainly wouldn’t score anything less than that. As for English and the language paper, the second paper wouldn’t affect much but Tan Rou’s English isn’t necessarily worse than Song Lin.”
The more Tan Jing heard what they said, the angrier she felt. This idiot was not someone that she could rely on. Not only did he put himself in this mess, she was also dragged into this humiliation as well.
“You guys should stop talking about it and only discuss it when the results are
released.” Tan Jing stood in front of Song Lin. She couldn’t lose Song Lin just yet.
“It’s time for class, don’t crowd around here.” Xu Yan, as the class monitor, couldn’t allow them to mess around, “Whatever it is, we shall talk about it after class.”
Tan Rou smiled faintly, “Song Lin, I look forward to you good results.”
The next morning, their last class of the day was one with their homeroom teacher. By this time, most of the efficient teachers had already corrected all the test papers.
The homeroom teacher smilingly took the newly printed out result sheet and entered the door. She then turned the projector on so that the rest of the students could easily see the results.
“First of all, I would like to praise our classmate Tan Rou, who continues to be the first in the class and also the first in the grade. She has continued to score full marks in mathematics and also all three science subjects. There were marks deducted from her language and English papers but these are inevitable.” The class teacher’s smile was almost to the root behind her ears,
“Let’s applaud and congratulate her.”
The class resounded with thunderous applause.
Tan Rou smiled and gently bowed. “Thank you all, I’ll keep up the good work.”
The class teacher was satisfied with her modest attitude, nodded to her and continued, “The second place goes to Lu Qing, the second in the class and the second in the grade. I will not be reading out everyone’s result so have a look at it yourself.”
There weren’t many expressions on Lu Qing’s face. With Tan Rou around, he was already satisfied with getting second.
The class teacher praised several students who had improved and Li Li was among them, the class teacher said her physics score improved greatly.
“Zhang Huan also did well in this exam.” The class teacher praised, “Fifth in the class, thirty-two in the grade, a great improvement made.
Zhang Huan ruffled her hair and was very proud of herself.
After talking about the progress, it’s time to talk about the regression.
“Tan Jing, look at your grade this time, are you satisfied with it?” The class teacher’s face changed.
Tan Jing hands gouge the edge of the book page, face red as if scalded by a hot pot, “I’m sorry, teacher …”
“I’m not the one who’s sorry.” The class teacher said sternly: “You should be sorry to yourself, and even to your parents. Look at your grades! Thirteenth in class and seventy-fifth in the entire grade. What happened to you?”
Tan Jing bit her lips, “I will try hard next time…”
The class teacher said: “Next time pay more attention to it. For this exam, I’ll assume that you neglected the monthly exam in preparation for the physics competition. The results of your physics competition will be out soon, and you will know them next Monday at the latest.”
Tan Jing breathed a sigh of relief. Once the results of the physics competition selection came out, she would be able to regain her reputation.
“There is another student…” The class teacher’s gaze turned to Song Lin and she did not look happy.. “Song Lin, what is wrong with you again?”
Chapter 280 You Really Want Him To Run Naked?
“Look at your grades!” The class teacher sternly criticized: “I thought you would gain something after being an exchange student, but what happened? It has all gone to hell! What do you mean? Do you think that education abroad is different from education at home, and you also yearn for the free life abroad?”
Song Lin held his breath and didn’t look up or respond.
“Look at your math paper, then look at this physics and chemistry, what’s going on? Are these not taught abroad? Did they only teach you English? But, your English isn’t the best either. 14, 8 points less than Tan Rou, 6 points less than Lu Qing. Did your time as an exchange student abroad all go to waste?!” The class teacher put down the report card, “Think about it yourself!”
Although Tan Jing’s and Song Lin’s regressions hurt him, the only thing that comforted him was that Tan Rou and Lu Qing still did well. They were still the top two in their class.
As soon as school was over, Song Lin was ready to leave, but he was stopped by Tan Rou.
“Song Lin, are you ready to run naked this afternoon?” Tan Rou asked with a smirk. “You’re the one who placed the bet. Do you remember about it?”
Song Lin’s face was stern as he coldly dropped the sentence, “Don’t worry, I won’t go back on my word!”
“I look forward to your performance.” Tan Rou said with a smile.
The bet has been spread far and wide in school and everyone was waiting for this day with eager anticipation. After hearing that Song Lin had lost, all of the boys and girls from their school ran to the stadium with their phones in hand, wanting to capture the most exciting moment.
In the afternoon, Song Lin came to the stadium according to Tan Rou’s request. Tan Rou didn’t want to waste any of their class time, so she had to ask the loser to come early.
The entire place was surrounded by a lot of students. No one knew where they heard about this news but all of them were so excited as if they had won money.
At this time, almost half of the school’s students came early. The security guard at the door even thought that the school had changed their class time.
Tan Jing came along as well. If she didn’t, this idiot, Song Ling, may start thinking of nonsense.
“Jingjing, I’m sorry …” Song Lin lowered his head and apologized to her: “I didn’t do well in the exam …”
“Don’t say that.” Tan Jing squeezed out a few tears, “You did this all for me. If it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have started the bet with Tan Rou.”
Speaking of Tan Rou, the indignation in Song Lin’s heart gushed out, “I must take revenge for this!”
Tan Jing cursed him all over in her heart. Stupid, trash! He had completely embarrassed her in front of the whole school.
“It’s my fault…” Tan Jing cried even harder, “I should have stopped you …”
Song Lin, who couldn’t bear to see Tan Jing cry, took the tissue to wipe her face.
“This is all on me. I was the one who requested the bet and I was the one who did not do well in the exam. You had nothing to do with it.” He put on a heroic act, “Well, all I have to do is run around the school naked. This is nothing.”
“Song Lin, I’m really sorry …” Tan Jing was still crying.
“Don’t cry. If you cry, I’ll blame myself for it.” Song Lin coaxed her.
Seeing that her goal was achieved, Tan Jing sobbed and said, “Alright. I won’t cry.”
At the same time, Tan Rou finally arrived. In order to watch this clown act, she had to skip her nap and she was now feeling unhappy about it.
When she saw Tan Rou coming, Tan Jing decided to go ahead and put on a first. No matter what, she still had to put on a show of plead for Song Lin and bring their relationship closer.
“Xiao Rou, you’ve already got first place. Let’s just forget about the rest!” Tan Jing ran over and spoke in a sorry tone.
Song Lin didn’t stop her. After all, he didn’t want to run around naked either. In order to get here early, he was even grilled by his old man. He was only allowed to leave his house by giving the excuse that he needed to do some studying.
It was so hard for him to be recognized by the Song family and to get the chance to compete for the inheritance finally. If this matter gets out, his inheritance might not be secured.
Tan Rou felt that this was ridiculous. “He was the one who placed the bet. He should be willing to uphold the terms of his own bet. Why am I at fault?”
Tan Jing’s good sister Zhao Ru said, “You’ve already won first place. Stop being unreasonable about it.”
He Ling added, “If you really got him to run naked, how would he be able to face the other students for the rest of his life?”
“If it was me who lost today, would you say the same thing to him?” Tan Rou asked rhetorically.
“This …” These people didn’t even bother being fake because they knew that they wouldn’t do the same.
“Well, if you have the guts to start this bet, you should willingly finish it
!”Li Li then spoke, “Hurry up and run!”
Song Lin came over and glared at Tan Rou, “Fine I’ll run!”
Tan Jing continued, “Xiao Rou, just let it go. It’s my fault! Just forget about it…” 𝑖𝚗𝐧𝓻𝙚𝘢𝗱. c𝚘m
“Fine!” Tan Rou interrupted her and smiled lightly, “But I have other added conditions.”