Apart from Lu Youming and Lan Yu, the students of Class A hadn’t seen Lu Sheng for over two months.
So when Lu Sheng walked into the classroom, naturally, she captured everyone’s attention.
Originally thin, Lu Sheng had put on a bit of weight due to being fed by Jiang Ting and her brothers while she recuperated at home; her face looked rounder than before, and instead of coming off as aloof, she was more approachable.
Her skin had also become fairer from not going outside, making her unpowdered face appear as delicate as a peeled eggshell, exuding an understated grandeur in her movements.
She brought about an immediate sense of being a privileged rich girl.
Most of the classmates showed looks of envy, but Tang Yiyi, who was sitting in the front row, clenched her fists in anger the moment she saw Lu Sheng enter the classroom.
Her fingernails were digging deep into her palms, her eyes full of loathing. Seeing how effortlessly beautiful Lu Sheng was, she felt an urge to slash her face to pieces.
More than two months ago, Lu Sheng’s performance at the equestrian center had been stunning.
The video of her jumping hurdles went viral on the school forum, hanging on the hot posts for a long time and even now, it still occasionally sparked discussions with over a thousand comments.
For someone who had never taken an equestrian lesson and learned to jump obstacles on the spot, to then completely overshadow Tang Yiyi—who held an HBBK Level 3 Equestrian certificate—showcased an astonishing talent.
In the video, the exquisite girl sat upright on horseback, dressed in a neat and smart navy blue short-sleeve outfit. Her high ponytail revealed a smooth forehead, her expression and eyes cool and distant.
Not only were her movements in jumping each obstacle technically perfect, as if from a textbook, but her posture was also elegant. She was captivatingly beautiful and unflappably determined, impossible to look away from.
Although Lu Sheng’s birth as an illegitimate child was often criticized, there was no denying among those who had seen the video: she seemed to have more class than those so-called rich missies in the school.
It was as if she was born to dazzle and be the center of attention.
On the day of the competition, Lu Sheng fell off her horse and fractured her lower leg. However, the accident was entirely due to the horse suddenly losing control—not because of any problem with the girl’s skill.
So, after that equestrian lesson, or rather, after that bet with Tang Yiyi, Lu Sheng became the undisputed school beauty of Shengjing, while Tang Yiyi was ridiculed to the point of being unable to hold her head up at school.
Those underhanded things Tang Yiyi did were also hotly debated on the forum for a long time.
Convinced that her HBBK Level 3 Equestrian certification guaranteed she could crush Lu Sheng, who had never taken an equestrian class, Tang Yiyi sought her out for provocation.
More calculatingly, she used Lingxi, the medicine that could improve Lu Youming’s asthma, as a bet, virtually forcing Lu Sheng into competing against her in jumping obstacles.
If Lu Sheng refused the competition, she would seem cowardly, indifferent, and unwilling to take a risk for her own brother’s health.
But if Lu Sheng did compete, she would certainly not win against Tang Yiyi.
Instead, Lu Sheng not only won but won decisively, in a 360-degree, all-round fashion. It was a figurative slap in the face.
Who among the spectators doesn’t love to see someone being metaphorically slapped in the face, especially when it’s as loud and swelling as in this case?
Hence, during the past two months, while Lu Sheng had been recuperating at home, Tang Yiyi’s experience at school had been terribly frustrating, more than she had ever known in her life.
Losing the bet she initiated was one thing, but importantly, she arrogantly claimed that if she lost to Lu Sheng, she’d give the Lingxi to her and would even take Lu Sheng’s surname in Shengjing.
After that day, although no one dared to call her, the Tang Family’s heiress, "Lu Yiyi" to her face at school, anyone who mentioned her on the forum would sarcastically call her Lu Yiyi.
It was infuriating and there was nothing she could do about it.
She attempted to threaten the forum admin to delete the posts, which only backfired when the admin openly posted screenshots of her threats.
As a result, the ridicule towards her inability to accept defeat only intensified within the school.
Contrastingly, in the forums, the sentiment towards Lu Sheng was altogether different.
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