True or False Heiress: Becoming a Vicious Supporting Female Character (31)
Chu Xiang was not an ordinary person either. When someone asked her to call her “Mommy,” she immediately addressed her without hesitation, “Hello, Mommy Shao. My name is Chu Xiang, and I sit next to Shao Yan. I’m sorry to disturb you today.”
Chu Xiang smiled sweetly, and Shao Yan couldn’t help but glance at her.
Seeing that her son’s classmate was easy to get along with, Mrs. Shao immediately relaxed and happily greeted her, “Come inside and have a seat. I have prepared some fruits. Please have a little.” As she walked, she continued, “It’s not too late right now. I’m sure you haven’t eaten well at school. Let’s have a good dinner. What does Xiangxiang like to eat?”
Chu Xiang smiled and said, “I’m not picky. Something simple will do. Thank you, Mommy Shao.”
“It’s no trouble at all. I’ve always wanted a beautiful and lovely daughter. When I saw you, I felt a sense of familiarity. You must come here often in the future and consider this place as your own home. Play whatever you and Xiao Yan want to play. I don’t understand what you kids like to play. If you need anything at home, just let me know, and I’ll arrange for it immediately.” Mrs. Shao pulled Chu Xiang to sit down, her smile gentle and without any trace of a strong-willed woman, completely like a loving mother.
Chu Xiang saw a variety of fruits placed in front of her, and the faint fruity fragrance smells delightful. However, there were just too many types of fruits, wasn’t there?
Shao Yan had been thinking about how to entertain his desk mate all the way home, but who knew that he would be intercepted by his own mother as soon as he arrived home? He couldn’t insert a word and could only watch his mother and Chu Xiang being affectionate, serving her fruits and juice, and mentioning all the fun things at home. His mother had taken care of everything. What was he supposed to do?
Most importantly, Chu Xiang’s attention was completely captivated by his mother. She didn’t even look at him or smile at him.
A few minutes later, Shao Yan suddenly stood up. Mrs. Shao looked at him immediately and asked, “Xiao Yan?”
Then Mrs. Shao saw Shao Yan walking around to Chu Xiang’s side, pulling on her sleeve to make her stand up. Next, he picked up their backpacks and headed upstairs.
Mrs. Shao gawked at him in astonishment, forgetting to utter a word.
Chu Xiang followed Shao Yan’s steps and turned around with a smile, saying, “Mommy Shao, Shao Yan probably wants to share something interesting with me or wants me to help with homework. We’ll go upstairs first, and we can chat later.”
Mrs. Shao regained her composure and smiled subconsciously. “Ah, okay. You two study well and have fun.”
She signaled to the maid with her eyes, and the maid quickly came forward to take the two backpacks from Shao Yan’s hands and followed them upstairs.
The Shao residence was a mansion-style building, and the villa where the family lived had three floors. Shao Yan lived on the third floor.
Shao Yan led Chu Xiang into the study and placed their backpacks on the desk. Chu Xiang thought he wanted to do homework, so she automatically sat down and smiled. She said, “Let’s finish our homework quickly so we can play later if there’s still time.”
Shao Yan was taken aback for a moment. He had only put down the backpacks. But seeing that Chu Xiang had already opened her workbook, he sat across from her and silently started working on the questions.
With a lift of his head, he could see her, and he felt a relaxed feeling inside.
He remembered that Chu Xiang had many questions she didn’t understand and would always ask Yang Xueqing for help at school. This troubled him a bit. If Chu Xiang had questions she didn’t understand later, how could he explain them to her? If he remained silent and only wrote out the solution steps, would she think he had a bad personality and not want to interact with him anymore?
Shao Yan pondered over these thoughts, but when he looked up, he saw Chu Xiang writing the answers to the problems at a rapid pace, one after another, as if she didn’t need to think at all. He carefully examined her answers and found that they were all correct, including one problem that she had asked Yang Xueqing before school ended. The point was, Yang Xueqing couldn’t solve it.
It turned out Chu Xiang could solve these problems?
Every time Chu Xiang entered the world where she couldn’t cultivate, she would have the Qiankun Mirror beside her, monitoring the surroundings. Thanks to the reminder from the Qiankun Mirror, she noticed Shao Yan’s intense gaze.
She followed Shao Yan’s gaze and thought for a moment before mischievously saying, “What’s wrong? Do you think I’m a fraud and not what you imagined?”
Shao Yan was indeed puzzled and looked at her as if asking why she pretended to be poor at studying when she was actually excellent with it.
Chu Xiang reached out and touched his eyes. When she saw Shao Yan reflexively blink but not dodge, she smiled and said, “Your eyes are really beautiful. Is it because you don’t talk that they speak for you?”
Shao Yan wanted to go look in the mirror. Could his eyes really speak?
But he wanted to hear Chu Xiang’s answer, so he sat in his chair without moving, still looking at her.
Chu Xiang twirled her pen with her fingers and smiled. She said, “Someone wanted to see me perform poorly, right? So, of course, I had to aim for last place in the exams. After all, I’ve learned everything I need to. Whether my grades are good or not in the regular monthly exams, what does it matter? But that’s all in the past now. I know the Chu family won’t kick me out and will let me continue my education properly, so there’s no need for me to hide anymore. Whether people know that I intentionally performed poorly or see me work hard to improve, it’s up to me.”
She glanced at Shao Yan’s exam paper and said, “You rank in the top three in the class, right? Is it because you never ask others for help with questions you don’t understand? From now on, if you have any doubts, ask me, and I’ll explain. Consider it my gratitude for taking me in today. Now, let’s finish our homework quickly. We’ll have dinner later.”
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