Chapter 63

In everyone's eyes, Su Yuxi had a transcendent image. Apart from showing the respect she should to her elders, she treated everyone else equally, without the slightest difference. But everyone felt that her attitude was completely justified.

Moreover, everyone knew that Su Yuxi disliked uneducated and arrogant young men.

Su Hongwen still remembered last summer, when Su Yuxi came to Beijing to participate in a piano competition and stayed at the old house for over a month. Apart from Jiubao Mountain, this hutong was another gathering place for China's elite. Su Yuxi's appearance caused a sensation among the young red descendants.

That was also the most glorious period for Su Hongwen. Every day, someone invited him to dinner, asking about his sister.

However, after half a month, no one could get any closer to Su Yuxi. By then, Su Yuxi's reputation had spread through several young red circles, and everyone knew about the beautiful and extraordinary girl from the Su family, who was not only proud but also cold.

During that time, some people even opened a betting pool, wagering on how long it would take for someone to get Su Yuxi to go out with them.

Actually, opening the betting pool just gave these high-ranking young men a legitimate excuse to approach Su Yuxi.

From that day on, the Su family's quadrangle was in constant turmoil, with people coming up with all sorts of excuses to visit. Some came to borrow soy sauce, some waited for rainy days to come in and borrow umbrellas, and some deliberately threw things into the yard to come in and pick them up. However, the most common were various notes and letters, which made the cleaning auntie's job extremely difficult.

The above were just some low-level tactics. Later, there were more sophisticated and elegant versions. Some, relying on their connections with the Su family, came to admire the old man's calligraphy and paintings, some came to borrow books, some came to freeload, and some who could play the piano came to exchange skills with Su Yuxi. It was said that after their exchange, the boy never played the piano again.

However, until the end of the summer, no one successfully got Su Yuxi to go out with them.

This made Su Yuxi a queen in the hearts of the red descendants, an unapproachable ice mountain.

Of course, it couldn't be said that no one had ever succeeded. At least the current Premier's grandson, Gu Xueren, had succeeded, though it was through cheating, which made him proud for several days. Since Gu Xueren and Su Hongwen's families belonged to the same faction and had a good relationship, he shamelessly asked his mother to invite Su Hongwen's mother to dinner, and then, under the pretext of making connections with the younger generation, asked Su Hongwen's mother to bring all the young Su family members, especially Su Yuxi. Thus, Su Yuxi met Gu Xueren without knowing it.

Actually, Gu Xueren had never met Su Yuxi before. It was just that the girl was talked about a lot in the circle, and as the leader of the circle, he wanted to save face against the military compound's circle, so he went to great lengths to get Su Yuxi to go out with him. Before that, he didn't think Su Yuxi would attract him.

After that, he deeply reflected on his mistake. Unfortunately, no matter how he tried to get closer to her, he made no progress. Gu Xueren got Su Yuxi's number from Su Hongwen and sent countless text messages, but Su Yuxi never replied. Gu Xueren visited the Su family compound countless times but rarely saw her, as she was always practicing the piano behind closed doors. Gu Xueren even deliberately befriended Su Hongwen, but Su Yuxi didn't give Su Hongwen much face, and Su Hongwen couldn't help him with anything.

This made Gu Xueren, who had always been academically and morally excellent, tall, handsome, and proud, completely fall in love. He once thought no one was worthy of him and that his marriage should serve politics. Now, he felt that no one but Su Yuxi was worthy of him. This changed his worldview, making him extremely infatuated.

He reported to the Su family every day, read books, practiced calligraphy, and even sat outside the piano room to listen to Su Yuxi play, though she didn't care.

Su Yuxi had the habit of morning runs, and to get closer to her, Gu Xueren ran behind her every day, just to say hello.

One morning, Lin Yihua, the youngest son of the chairman of China National Petroleum Corporation, drove his Lamborghini with a dozen supercars from his supercar club, blocking Su Yuxi. The dozen supercars surrounded Su Yuxi in the middle of the road, causing many passersby to gather and watch.

Su Yuxi had no choice but to stop. Lin Yihua opened the scissor door, got out of the car, and held a string of heart-shaped balloons. Someone opened the trunk, revealing a sound system, and played romantic music. Then, the supercars opened their doors, and with the touching music, countless colorful balloons flew into the sky, blocking the rising sun.

The well-dressed Lin Yihua, holding the balloons, walked to Su Yuxi, but before he could speak, Su Yuxi threw him to the ground with a shoulder throw. After throwing him, she patted her hands and coolly said to the fallen Lin Yihua, "I hate you arrogant and purposeless rich kids the most." Then she continued running gracefully.

This scene was recorded by many onlookers and uploaded to various forums. During that time, the video was very popular, always at the top of the forums, and even the major websites reprinted it as news. The video of Su Yuxi, wearing hot pants, a short-sleeved T-shirt, and sports shoes, throwing Lin Yihua to the ground, was made into a GIF animation, accompanied by the classic line, "I hate you arrogant and purposeless rich kids the most," becoming a popular phrase and expression in 2008.

Su Yuxi was even called the supercar goddess by the public.

After that, Su Yuxi signed a contract to become a dedicated model for "Rui Xin," mainly because the editor-in-chief was a long-time friend of her mother, and the price offered was too good to refuse. She had a strong sense of economic independence from a young age.

However, no one knew what happened afterward. Gu Xueren, who was following behind, grabbed a folding chair from a nearby breakfast vendor and rushed to smash Lin Yihua's Lamborghini LP-670 to pieces. Since Lin Yihua had a bad reputation in Beijing, being wealthy, sweet-talking, and good at creating romance, he had played with many girls. Although Gu Xueren and Lin Yihua were not on the same path, they still knew each other. To be fair, China National Petroleum Corporation was under his grandfather's jurisdiction.

Lin Yihua, who had just gotten up from the ground, could only watch. Even if Gu Xueren had scrapped his car, he could only swallow his anger. Fortunately, only the front windshield, headlights, and some dents on the body were damaged, costing less than one million yuan to repair.

This incident became a laughing matter in the high-ranking circles, making almost everyone realize that the usually proud and self-important Gu Xueren was serious this time.

After that, Su Yuxi never encountered any high-ranking young men who tried to bother her until the end of the summer when she returned to Shanghai.

In the new semester, Lin Yihua was sent abroad by his father to study.

If Su Yuxi were not in high school and Gu Xueren were not in college, Gu Xueren felt he would definitely transfer schools. He had already planned that wherever Su Yuxi would go to university, he would go to the same university for his master's degree.

In their view, Cheng Xiaoyu was even more detestable than Lin Yihua. At least Lin Yihua looked good, though his reputation was bad, he hadn't run over anyone or caused trouble. But Cheng Xiaoyu? Poor grades, troublemaker, and driving a luxury car arrogantly.

In their understanding, Su Yuxi would not treat someone specially just because they were her brother. This made everyone think that in Su Yuxi's eyes, who was cold, principled, and intolerant of flaws, Cheng Xiaoyu should be someone she extremely disliked.

Of course, their understanding of Su Yuxi was not wrong, but their view of Cheng Xiaoyu and Su Yuxi's view of Cheng Xiaoyu were completely different.

Cheng Xiaoyu's repeated displays of talent made Su Yuxi increasingly feel that this sudden brother was full of mystery.

Before Cheng Xiaoyu, no one of her age liked classical music or could discuss philosophy with her in German.

Cheng Xiaoyu's symphonic transformation of pop music completely changed Su Yuxi's perception of pop music. His self-composed and self-performed "Dragon Inn" amazed Su Yuxi.

The beautiful poems Cheng Xiaoyu wrote made her, who had no interest in poetry, appreciate the beauty of words. She especially liked the line, "The night gave me black eyes, but I use them to seek light."

Cheng Xiaoyu gradually peeled away the image of a worthless person in her heart, revealing a dazzling inner self. For the first time, she felt less lonely because of his existence. She once thought she was a lonely being no one understood, but God suddenly gave her someone on the same wavelength. Philosophy, German, and music bridged the gap between two completely different worlds.

All of this made Su Yuxi want to understand Cheng Xiaoyu. She even suspected it might be the psychological phenomenon known as "genetic sexual attraction" (GSA), where family members who have not grown up together may feel attracted to each other, even strongly, after meeting. Of course, Cheng Xiaoyu's attraction to Su Yuxi was not romantic but rather the feeling of a lonely and barren planet suddenly finding a kindred spirit, making her want to observe and communicate with him closely.

Therefore, when Su Yuxi offered to take a taxi with Cheng Xiaoyu, everyone was stunned. Even Su Weilan wondered if this was still the same Su Yuxi who had no human touch.

Later, they thought Su Yuxi was just pitying Cheng Xiaoyu, but they didn't know that Su Yuxi recognized him as a kindred spirit.

A sense of recognition as a kindred spirit.