Yi Lianfan had left a gold-embossed invitation on Huo Yao’s desk. She glanced at him before she picked it up.

  “It’s Grandpa’s birthday tomorrow, and he wants to invite you to dinner,” said Yi Lianfan as he explained why he was here.

  Huo Yao did not expect Old Mr. Yi to invite her since they had only met twice.

  She went quiet before she put down the invitation and said, “I need to talk to my parents about it.”


  She neither agreed nor refused him.

  Yi Lianfan nodded. “Okay.” He paused before he said, “Grandpa really wants you to come.”


  Yi Lianfan left through the back door after he had completed his mission.

  Meng Ying put down her pen. She went closer to Huo Yao and looked at the gold embossed invite. “Are you so close to Yi Lianfan that you know his family?”


  It sounded strange that his grandfather would want to invite Huo Yao to his birthday party.

  Huo Yao tilted her head and looked at Meng Ying. “Are you trying to say something?”


  Meng Ying coughed. “I’m just curious about why his grandfather invited you to his birthday.”


  “It’s probably because I am very talented.” Huo Yao shrugged and looked smug.

  Meng Ying glanced at her quietly and stopped saying anything further.

  Huo Yao picked up the test papers and went through them cursorily. She handed them to Meng Ying. “You can try doing these Math League questions.”


  Meng Ying had yet to recover from the earlier shock of the test papers that Huo Yao forced down her throat. She shook her head quickly and turned her down. “Nope. Since Yifan gave them to you, I can’t accept them.”


  Her hands trembled at the sight of test papers now.

  “These questions are useless to me. They suit you more,” said Huo Yao nonchalantly.

  She paused for two seconds before she added. “You want to get into S University, don’t you? For that, you have to work hard now!”


  Meng Ying went quiet.

  Was Huo Yao not passing them to her because she didn’t want to do them?

  Huo Yao patted Meng Ying’s shoulder before turning back to pick up her pen and continued writing in her notebook.

  Meng Ying lay prone on her desk miserably like a deflated balloon when she saw five new Math test papers on her desk.

  How could she have such a merciless desk buddy?

  Meng Ying inhaled deeply. She resigned herself to her fate and continued working on her revision. After doing two questions, she recalled something important. She put down her pen and retrieved her phone.

  “I want to introduce someone to you.”


  Meng Ying swiped through her photo album for the photo she had a hard time getting her hands on and showed it to Huo Yao.

  Huo Yao raised her head and glanced at the phone screen.

  It was a man’s profile. He had well-chiseled features and seemed to be quite good-looking. He was dressed in a black casual outfit and had a mature and extraordinary aura.

  Meng Ying spoke with anticipation. “What do you think? Doesn’t look half bad, right?”


  “So?” asked Huo Yao lazily.

  “He is my cousin. He is 24 this year and doesn’t have a girlfriend.” Meng Ying blinked as she stressed that he was single.

  Huo Yao glanced at Meng Ying and exposed her right away. “Are you trying to match me?”