Kong Lian just smiled faintly.
After class, the news that Kong Lian had won the math olympiad championship spread quickly across the campus, as if it had grown wings.
"It was said that Ren Ran would get the admission ticket before, how did it become Kong Lian."
"Not only did Ren Ran not win the championship, she was also eliminated directly."
"Who was it that said she was great before? This is obviously a lie."
"Those who posted to boast about Ren Ran were probably bought dogs of Ren Ran. Haha."
...
Kong Lian, Ji Qing, Hu Xiyue, and Tan Jia walked on the road, listening to the discussions around them.
Kong Lian, who had been holding back her anger, finally experienced what it felt like to be smug.
The smile on her face was a little more sincere.
The higher Ren Ran had been praised before, the harder she fell now.
Ren Ran, Zhao Yi, Guo Tongwen, and Lin Xiaoyi walked in the direction of the cafeteria, and naturally heard the discussions around them.
"Ranran, don't take it to heart. Failure is the mother of success."
"That's right, we'll work harder next time."
"Nobody's perfect, there are always times when we slip up." The three took turns comforting her.
Ren Ran smiled indifferently, "Don't worry, I'm not bothered by this little thing."
Hearing her words, Kong Lian and the others walking ahead couldn't help but sneer.
Suddenly, Kong Lian stopped and turned to look at Ren Ran.
"It's good that you can think like this Ren Ran. I was really afraid you couldn't accept it. Just keep working hard in the future, I believe you can definitely do it, jiayou!" Her voice was gentle, with a sweet smile on her face.
Although she was smiling, it made Zhao Yi and the others want to hit her.
"Hehe." Ren Ran meaningfully responded twice.
Seeing her reaction, Kong Lian thought she had angered Ren Ran, and walked away happily with the others after swaying her waist.
"This green tea!"
"Choked to death by tea."
"I thought Tongwen was sly enough, didn't expect there's another expert here." Lin Xiaoyi clicked her tongue twice.
"What are you talking about!" Guo Tongwen glared at her, dissatisfied, and lightly kicked her.
In the afternoon, Zhao Yi hurried into the classroom and whispered in Ren Ran's ear.
"I just heard the news from the teacher counselor. At next week's school anniversary celebration, Kong Lian will give a speech as the student representative."
School anniversary celebration, these five words were like a switch that triggered her memories.
Ren Ran thought of her past life.
In her past life, at the school anniversary celebration, some students in 11th grade performed a skit adapted from her chasing after Pei Heng. This performance directly tore open her barely healed wound and rubbed salt in it mercilessly.
She later looked for those people to settle scores, but they were extremely arrogant.
At that time, Kong Lian stood up to condemn them, and the two sides almost got into a fight before the teachers intervened and stopped them.
But within half a month, the families of the students who performed the skit encountered problems one after another. One set of parents even died in a car accident. Everyone spread rumors that it was Ren Ran's parents getting back at them by using connections to cause trouble for their families.
At that time, rumors also spread that Ren Ran's family had triad backgrounds. Because of this incident, Ren Ran was increasingly ostracized. They didn't dare provoke her again, but isolation, ostracism, and being ignored were invisible mental harm.
That was like an invisible knife that made her depression increasingly severe.
Later, after the falling out with Kong Lian, Ren Ran realized that the skit was specially prepared for her by Kong Lian.
It allowed her to be socially dead again, while also causing her condition to relapse and become more severe. Finally it could also deepen everyone's hatred and isolation towards her, and force her to get close to Kong Lian to curry favor.
The ringing of her phone brought Ren Ran's thoughts back. She looked at it, got up and walked to a deserted corner to call Gao Ying back.
"Miss, it's done and ready to be revealed at any time."
Gao Ying had been keeping an eye on developments at the school, and knew Miss's situation wasn't great at the moment.
"No rush, wait a little longer." Ren Ran's voice was calm and cold. "What do you think about giving it to her at the anniversary celebration?"
Gao Ying's lips curled up. "This gift will definitely surprise her."
Kong Lian just smiled faintly.
After class, the news that Kong Lian had won the math olympiad championship spread quickly across the campus, as if it had grown wings.
"It was said that Ren Ran would get the admission ticket before, how did it become Kong Lian."
"Not only did Ren Ran not win the championship, she was also eliminated directly."
"Who was it that said she was great before? This is obviously a lie."
"Those who posted to boast about Ren Ran were probably bought dogs of Ren Ran. Haha."
...
Kong Lian, Ji Qing, Hu Xiyue, and Tan Jia walked on the road, listening to the discussions around them.
Kong Lian, who had been holding back her anger, finally experienced what it felt like to be smug.
The smile on her face was a little more sincere.
The higher Ren Ran had been praised before, the harder she fell now.
Ren Ran, Zhao Yi, Guo Tongwen, and Lin Xiaoyi walked in the direction of the cafeteria, and naturally heard the discussions around them.
"Ranran, don't take it to heart. Failure is the mother of success."
"That's right, we'll work harder next time."
"Nobody's perfect, there are always times when we slip up." The three took turns comforting her.
Ren Ran smiled indifferently, "Don't worry, I'm not bothered by this little thing."
Hearing her words, Kong Lian and the others walking ahead couldn't help but sneer.
Suddenly, Kong Lian stopped and turned to look at Ren Ran.
"It's good that you can think like this Ren Ran. I was really afraid you couldn't accept it. Just keep working hard in the future, I believe you can definitely do it, jiayou!" Her voice was gentle, with a sweet smile on her face.
Although she was smiling, it made Zhao Yi and the others want to hit her.
"Hehe." Ren Ran meaningfully responded twice.
Seeing her reaction, Kong Lian thought she had angered Ren Ran, and walked away happily with the others after swaying her waist.
"This green tea!"
"Choked to death by tea."
"I thought Tongwen was sly enough, didn't expect there's another expert here." Lin Xiaoyi clicked her tongue twice.
"What are you talking about!" Guo Tongwen glared at her, dissatisfied, and lightly kicked her.
In the afternoon, Zhao Yi hurried into the classroom and whispered in Ren Ran's ear.
"I just heard the news from the teacher counselor. At next week's school anniversary celebration, Kong Lian will give a speech as the student representative."
School anniversary celebration, these five words were like a switch that triggered her memories.
Ren Ran thought of her past life.
In her past life, at the school anniversary celebration, some students in 11th grade performed a skit adapted from her chasing after Pei Heng. This performance directly tore open her barely healed wound and rubbed salt in it mercilessly.
She later looked for those people to settle scores, but they were extremely arrogant.
At that time, Kong Lian stood up to condemn them, and the two sides almost got into a fight before the teachers intervened and stopped them.
But within half a month, the families of the students who performed the skit encountered problems one after another. One set of parents even died in a car accident. Everyone spread rumors that it was Ren Ran's parents getting back at them by using connections to cause trouble for their families.
At that time, rumors also spread that Ren Ran's family had triad backgrounds. Because of this incident, Ren Ran was increasingly ostracized. They didn't dare provoke her again, but isolation, ostracism, and being ignored were invisible mental harm.
That was like an invisible knife that made her depression increasingly severe.
Later, after the falling out with Kong Lian, Ren Ran realized that the skit was specially prepared for her by Kong Lian.
It allowed her to be socially dead again, while also causing her condition to relapse and become more severe. Finally it could also deepen everyone's hatred and isolation towards her, and force her to get close to Kong Lian to curry favor.
The ringing of her phone brought Ren Ran's thoughts back. She looked at it, got up and walked to a deserted corner to call Gao Ying back.
"Miss, it's done and ready to be revealed at any time."
Gao Ying had been keeping an eye on developments at the school, and knew Miss's situation wasn't great at the moment.
"No rush, wait a little longer." Ren Ran's voice was calm and cold. "What do you think about giving it to her at the anniversary celebration?"
Gao Ying's lips curled up. "This gift will definitely surprise her."
