Life Is Like a Game of Chess (2)

Qiying City Academy was one of the most popular schools in Qiying City. Many young masters and young misses from wealthy families, as well as children of officials, attended the said school as QCA's teachers and teaching methods were reputable in public.

Being Yun Qingrong's daughter, Su Xiaofei obviously studied here. On the other side, Xi Qian was able to attend the academy with a full scholarship that waived her tuition fee as long as she could keep her grades high.

The academy offered three levels of education, the basic education, middle school and high school. While Su Xiaofei and Xi Qian were in their final year in high school, Lu Qingfeng was in his third year of middle school. However, his name was already popular among the students of the academy. It was a normal scene to spot him walking towards the high school department to see Su Xiaofei to have lunch with her and Xi Qian.

Su Xiaofei and Xi Qian were on their way to school when a strong breeze passed, ruining the hairstyles of some female students who were also on their way to classes. Su Xiaofei and Xi Qian were both spared from it as Su Xiaofei's thick and wavy hair was securely tied in a low ponytail, while Xi Qian had recently cut her hair above shoulders as she believed having long hair would require high maintenance, something she couldn't afford right now.

"Feifei, you don't think the teacher would give us a quiz on our first day, right?"

Su Xiaofei scoffed and shook her head.

"Don't jinx our first day, Qian. She might really do it if you keep thinking about it." She replied.

Ah, for some people, Su Xiaofei was dumb, but actually, she just disliked studying as she'd rather spent her time playing or sleeping. When she and Lu Qingfeng were younger, she always found him reading books that were difficult to understand and wondered why he was reading them in the first place.

Because both of her parents were rarely at home, Lu Qingfeng used to drag her with him to his tutoring lessons, forcing her to study with him, much to her annoyance. She couldn't understand why she needed to take the same lessons she had already taken years ago and study with him.

However, what Su Xiaofei failed to realize was that Lu Qingfeng had tricked her to accompany him to those lessons, for her to be able to quickly catch up with her recent lessons.

Still in her past life, Su Xiaofei was criticized by others because of her stupidity. Compared to the gentle mannered and smart Ye Mingyu who had recently transferred to Qiying Academy back then, everyone insulted her for being stupid and foolish at the same time. Ye Mingyu had made a 'slip' and revealed to everyone that she and Su Xiaofei were sisters during her first day at the academy.

Naturally, being compared to Su Xiaofei, Ye Mingyu would look better than her half-sister.

"Aren't they sisters from the same father? How come the older one is smart while the younger one is stupid?" Feng Xue'er said, not knowing that the two women were not blood related at all.

"Xue'er, it isn't like that…" Ye Mingyu shook her head, pretending to defend Su Xiaofei from everyone.

Feng Xue'er had the same status as Su Xiaofei, hence, she was arrogant enough to be head to head in an argument with her. In Su Xiaofei's past life, Feng Xue'er was Ye Mingyu's best friend, her wing woman who helped her set coincident encounters with Mo Yuchen to gain his favor.

The two instantly clicked during their first encounter and people who saw them would often think that Ye Mingyu and Feng Xue'er had been friends for a long time, given how close they were with each other.

Feng Xue'er would become a popular fashion designer five years from now and with Ye Mingyu as her exclusive muse, the two were able to gain mutual advantages by using each other. The more Ye Mingyu became popular in showbiz, the more she made money for Feng Xue'er by promoting the latter's brand.

Every dress that Feng Xue'er made for Ye MIngyu would become a hit and would set trends not only within the upper circle, but also in the masses. This way, Ye Mingyu was able to expand her influence and set a distance between her and Su Xiaofei.

Su Xiaofei had once sought Feng Xue'er if she could buy one of her dresses to wear for an award ceremony she was to attend with Ye Mingyu, but Feng Xue'er chased her away after insulting her.

"Someone who doesn't know shame isn't welcomed in my store." Feng Xue'er gave her a head to toe look and sneered in disgust. "Not only do you dare to scheme against Mingyu, but you also try to seduce her man? I really can't allow someone like you to wear my creations."

Back in the current reality, Su Xiaofei's eyes darkened when she remembered Feng Xue'er. The incidents and the hurtful words Feng Xue'er said to her in the past, she was eager to return the pain a hundredfold. No—a thousandfold!

Wait… if she wasn't mistaken, Feng Xue'er was engaged to the second master of the Cai family, Cai Lin. Since Feng Xue'er had accused her of stealing Ye Mingyu's man, Su Xiaofei supposed that it wouldn't hurt if Feng Xue'er experienced having her man being stolen by her own best friend.

'Heh, this is going to be very interesting.' Su Xiaofei thought as she allowed Xi Qian to drag her towards their classroom. 'Feng Xue'er, I'd like to see how you'll be able to befriend Ye Mingyu this time once she seduces the man you claim to love.'

Friends forever, they said, but when it comes to the issues of the heart, it would be nothing.