Chapter 12

At seven in the morning, Li Mu was woken up by his parents from bed.

Yesterday, he had worked hard until five in the afternoon, completing a little over 50% of the Stone Age Overlord.

After having dinner at home, he slept soundly through the night.

However, being young and in good health, he was far from the sub-health state of his previous life, and Li Mu woke up fully refreshed.

At 8:50 in the morning, Li Mu took the bus to Hai Zhou City No. 1 High School. The mountain bike Chen Wan had given him was too conspicuous, so he didn't want to ride it to school.

The teacher had previously notified that the score estimation would start at nine o'clock, and by this time, most of the classmates in the class had already arrived.

Li Mu's appearance caused quite a stir in Class 7 of Grade 3, for no other reason than that this guy, after a few days, had completely transformed into a cool and handsome guy, making the boys jealous and the girls scream.

When Li Mu entered the classroom, he ignored the surprised gazes around him and instinctively looked for a figure.

In his three years of high school, the person Li Mu remembered most vividly was the class beauty, Su Yingxue. Almost all of his adolescent fantasies were寄托 on this extraordinary girl.

Throughout high school, the number of boys pursuing Su Yingxue was countless, from those in the same class, the same grade, other grades in the same school, other schools, and even from society. They were almost innumerable.

This girl, like her name, was as pure and clean as snow. She never paid attention to anyone's pursuit. If it weren't for her father being the deputy director of the Hai Zhou Public Security Bureau, she would have been harassed by many people during her high school years.

In his previous life, Li Mu had always had a crush on Su Yingxue, writing her at least seven or eight love letters, but the cowardly him never sent any of them. After writing one, he would put it in his backpack, hesitate for a week or so, and then find a secluded place to tear it into pieces.

Reborn, Li Mu no longer had the same obsession with Su Yingxue as he did back then. He just wanted to see what the keeper of his adolescent infatuation looked like now.

After looking around, Li Mu finally saw Su Yingxue in the middle of the classroom.

With a ponytail and a dress, she was dressed in the most innocent way a girl of eighteen could be. When Li Mu saw the side of Su Yingxue's face as she lowered her head, he knew that his eyesight back then was indeed not to be underestimated. Even with the eyes of a middle-aged man fifteen years later, Su Yingxue still looked perfect and flawless.

At this age, Su Yingxue seemed to have a natural aura of purity. Whether fashion or old-fashioned, it had nothing to do with her. She had a unique charm of her own. Li Mu stood there for a long time, and the words "sacred and pure" popped into his mind.

Perhaps it was because in his previous life, he had seen too many so-called beauties created by the beauty industry and too many fake highbrow people with a white lotus exterior. That's why, at the moment of seeing Su Yingxue again, the words "sacred and pure" were etched into his mind.

No eighteen-year-old boy dared to stare at a girl with such a direct and intense gaze. Perhaps only the hooligans in society would, but their intensity was more out of instinct. Li Mu, on the other hand, was out of admiration.

Feeling this unusual gaze, Su Yingxue suddenly looked up, her eyes meeting Li Mu's, and she was taken aback for about a second.

After a second, Li Mu did not, as he had always done in high school, immediately avoid her gaze when their eyes met. Instead, he continued to look at her with that intense gaze.

After being classmates for three years, this was the first time Su Yingxue had lost in a gaze contest.

She noticed the unusual look in Li Mu's eyes and, feeling his intensity, involuntarily lowered her eyelids.

Li Mu pursed his lips. This elf-like girl still made his heart race in this life.

Truly, she was a peach in full bloom, radiant and beautiful!

In his previous life, Li Mu performed poorly in the college entrance exam and was admitted to a second-tier university in the province, while Su Yingxue was admitted to Renmin University in Yanjing to study finance. After graduating from university, Li Mu decisively packed his bags and went to Yanjing to look for a job, partly because of the booming internet industry in Yanjing and partly because he hoped to be closer to Su Yingxue.

However, he had just found a job in Yanjing when he learned that Su Yingxue had already been admitted to the Wharton School of Business to pursue an MBA and had gone to study in the United States.

Li Mu looked up information about the Wharton School of Business and, upon learning that it had the world's top MBA program, no longer harbored any hopes for Su Yingxue.

After obtaining her master's degree from Wharton, Su Yingxue stayed in the United States to work. In 2012, when she returned to China, she was already a senior director of a major American multinational corporation in the Chinese region, with an annual salary of 800,000 US dollars, according to classmates.

Although they were both in Yanjing, Li Mu decisively gave up the idea of meeting Su Yingxue, and Yanjing was indeed too big, never giving the two of them a chance to meet by chance.

In 2013, Su Yingxue got married in the United States. Li Mu heard that her wedding in the United States was extremely romantic, with the groom being a Chinese-American and a well-known fashion designer in the American upper class. After their marriage, Su Yingxue immediately returned to China to continue working, while the groom stayed in the United States to focus on his brand.

In 2016, during the Spring Festival, Li Mu returned home to attend a high school reunion for the 15th anniversary of graduation. Su Yingxue did not come, but classmates gossiped that she had actually been in a sham marriage. Her husband was a well-known designer in the American upper class and also a well-known homosexual. Su Yingxue knew this before the marriage but was willing to go through with it, seemingly to please her family. After the marriage, she focused entirely on her career, and for her, feelings seemed to be dispensable.

When Li Mu learned all this, he didn't know whether to feel sympathy for Su Yingxue or to give her a thumbs up. From high school, he had felt that this girl was more aware than their peers. He vaguely felt that becoming a successful and strong woman was the path Su Yingxue had planned for herself long ago.

In this life, Su Yingxue would probably still go to Renmin University and then follow the predetermined path to study abroad, right?

Li Mu shrugged his shoulders and thought to himself that he and Su Yingxue were from two different worlds. After the college entrance exam, their lives would become two parallel lines that never intersect.

Standing in the classroom, Li Mu forgot his seat but remembered his high school desk mate. He immediately spotted Hu Guo Ran, his desk mate and friend, and sat down next to him.

As soon as he sat down, Hu Guo Ran nudged Li Mu with his elbow: "You're pretty cool, man. You just finished the exam and did this. Where did you get your hair cut? Introduce me to the place, will you? Oh, and did you use gel on your hair?"

Li Mu chuckled: "Your big donkey face, do you really think this short sides, long top, and standing up hairstyle suits you?"

"Damn, you're right." Hu Guo Ran touched his chin, which was half-tied long like Li Yong, sighed, and then asked, "How did you do on the exam?"

"Pretty good, how about you?"

Hu Guo Ran laughed: "I should be fine for a second-tier university. You should be fine too, right? How about we both go to the provincial industrial university?"

Li Mu didn't say anything, his eyes involuntarily glancing at Su Yingxue in front of him.

Hu Guo Ran had sharp eyes and saw Li Mu's actions clearly. He lowered his voice and said in a cautionary tone: "Don't blame me for not warning you, Su Yingxue is definitely going to apply to Renmin University. She made a grand vow in her first year of high school, and she will definitely get in. We should just aim for a second-tier university in the province."

"Um." Li Mu nodded subconsciously.

Three seconds later, Li Mu realized something was wrong, slapped the table, and asked, "Why not?"

Li Mu's reaction was a bit excessive, and many classmates, including Su Yingxue, instinctively turned to look at him.

Li Mu didn't notice that he was being watched by so many people. He just had a look of sudden realization and said with a hint of excitement, "Damn it, if I can score 130 on the English exam, I might have a chance to get into Renmin University!"

When he said this, the whole class burst into laughter.

They were all classmates, who didn't know each other?

Li Mu was famous for his poor English, and the English teacher and the head teacher had worried a lot about him. This year's English test was known to be difficult, especially the listening and reading comprehension sections, which contained many words and grammar points beyond the textbook. For Li Mu to score 90, in their eyes, would be a miracle.

Li Mu didn't expect to accidentally make the whole class laugh, and at the age of thirty-something, he couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed and stopped talking.

He didn't notice that in the class, only one person didn't laugh when they heard Li Mu's words. That person was Su Yingxue.

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