City: I Started As A Rich Second Generation Villain - Chapter 41: Midterm Exam
Li Xixue noticed that Murong Wan and Luo Ningyu had also arrived and turned to speak to them in a sarcastic tone. She found it more amusing to interact with them than to vent her frustrations at Gu Junqing.
Watching them fool around, Gu Junqing felt a sense of reflection. At this moment, he was filled with ambition and confidence. What did the protagonist matter? He, the sovereign, would lead the entire Gu Family to conquer a vast harem.
“Junqing swept through the six states—how majestic his tiger-like gaze!”
Over the past few days, Su Chen had been trying to provoke Gu Junqing into taking action. But clearly, Gu Junqing saw him as nothing more than a clown and paid him no mind.
It wasn’t that Gu Junqing was afraid; the timing simply wasn’t right. Defeating him now would serve no purpose. In fact, it might even provide Su Chen with an opportunity to break through, turning danger into advantage and gaining further progress.
Gu Junqing had no intention of being an “experience baby,” supplying the protagonist with resources for growth.
For now, the more effective approach was to undermine the male lead’s confidence, win over the female leads, and push the male lead toward extreme actions—or even drive him into darkness.
In the midterm exam hall, this test was quite important. It was one of the last major exams before the college entrance examinations, with only one city-wide exam in Luodu remaining afterward.
Su Chen had always possessed strong learning ability. He could quickly grasp the meaning of the many study materials his teachers provided, as if aided by heaven. Moreover, his memory was excellent. After days of systematic learning at Tianlin High School, he found that both his learning ability and study methods had improved compared to before.
Thus, he planned to make a stunning impression this time, transforming his previously unnoticed status and embarking on his path to rise.
He might even attempt to surpass Gu Junqing and become the top student in the entire school.
If he succeeded, he would shatter the myth of Gu Junqing’s six-year reign as the undisputed first place—after all, Gu Junqing had never ranked second since middle school.
By then, Su Chen could become as sought-after as Gu Junqing, or even more so. His future development would attract widespread attention, as anyone capable of defeating Gu Junqing was no ordinary person.
Merely catching up to Gu Junqing was already a distant dream for most, let alone surpassing him.
After all, Su Chen was still in the early stages of his journey. He had not yet experienced the harsh realities of society.
As the saying goes, “Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers”—that described Su Chen perfectly.
All those who had attempted to challenge Gu Junqing had already met with failure.
Tianlin High School had a tradition: before exams, students would write down their target rankings.
When everyone saw that Su Chen’s target was first place, they burst into laughter. They all thought he was overestimating himself.
“If you’ve never seen my abilities, why mock me?” Su Chen said calmly.
A classmate kindly enlightened him.
“In seventh grade, there were 500 competitors aiming for first place against Gu Junqing. By eighth grade, only ten remained. In ninth grade, just a handful still dared to dream of the top spot, while everyone else fought for second place.”
“By high school, only one person still set first place as their goal—our classmate Murong Wan, since she’s been perennially second and has no choice but to aim for first.”
“Don’t you see how ridiculous it is for you to target first place?”
The classmate explained while mocking his audacity.
Murong Wan, suddenly referenced, turned and glared at the classmate. “Hmph, this is clearly my inglorious history! How many years has it been—how many years—and I’ve never surpassed that big pervert even once. I’m not willing to accept it.”
Murong Wan secretly complained. After all, it had been many years. Although she was now devoted to him, this was about academics and unrelated to feelings.
But perhaps this was another kind of romance—the male lead first, the female lead second.
Their relationship was just like their names, only two centimeters apart.
Although, in reality, their relationship was almost negative…
Murong Wan suddenly blushed again, her thoughts wandering wildly.
Su Chen saw Murong Wan’s flushed face and felt a surge of excitement. He thought it was because she saw how courageous he was in challenging Gu Junqing and was considering giving him a chance.
For some reason, from the moment he first saw Murong Wan, he felt she belonged to him—a strange sense of connection.
He did not realize it was the female lead’s halo automatically attracting the Protagonist Halo. That was why, whenever he saw Murong Wan constantly hovering around Gu Junqing, he felt his mindset shifting, becoming more prone to impulsiveness.
Moreover, his fiancée Li Xixue was also often around Gu Junqing, which fueled his anger and led to conflicts with him.
He always felt Gu Junqing was not as upright and honorable as he appeared, often giving off the vibe of a sly old fox.
That was why he thought it might be better to simply cripple Gu Junqing. If Gu Junqing became a eunuch, he would no longer pose a threat.
It was just a pity that after so many days, he still had not found a suitable opportunity.
Su Chen secretly lamented.
But he soon straightened his chest, wearing his signature simple and honest smile.
He walked up to Murong Wan and said, “Classmate Murong, if I can beat Gu Junqing in this exam, will you agree to spend a day with me?”
Murong Wan, lost in thoughts about how she and Gu Junqing might achieve a negative distance in the future, was suddenly interrupted by Su Chen. Hearing his words, she was momentarily stunned.
“First of all, don’t be a toad trying to seduce a swan—ugly but full of tricks, okay? Go look in the mirror. Do you think you’re worthy of calling me ‘Classmate Murong’?”
“What, wasn’t scolding you last time enough?”
“Besides, how do you have the confidence to think you can surpass Gu Junqing? How dare you!”
Murong Wan’s extremely sarcastic and mocking words made Su Chen’s face flush red, then pale white in turns.
But this was exactly what Murong Wan truly thought. To be honest, having grown accustomed to looking at Gu Junqing, she found other men utterly uninteresting.
Gu Junqing had probably spoiled her aesthetic standards.
And surpassing Gu Junqing? What a joke! She had been trying to surpass him for six years and still had not succeeded.
Su Chen walked away with a gloomy expression, feeling despised, called a toad, and ridiculed for overestimating himself.
He was now even more determined to defeat Gu Junqing and make those who had mocked and scorned him eat their words.
To be honest, if the person he wanted to surpass were not Gu Junqing, he might very well have succeeded.
After all, this was the classic trope of the protagonist—showing off and slapping faces.
Meanwhile, Gu Junqing stood nearby, pondering how to deal with Su Chen more safely.
Hearing Su Chen’s words, Gu Junqing curled his lip. To be honest, Su Chen might actually succeed in showing off and slapping faces. Even if he could not surpass Gu Junqing, he might still achieve a top ranking. Such results would be sufficient to enter the best university in the entire Dragon Country.
Of course, Gu Junqing would definitely not let him succeed, as it would not only boost the protagonist’s confidence but might even directly enhance the protagonist’s Luck.