Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 739 - 740 Freeloading Man 25_1

Chapter 739: Chapter 740 Freeloading Man 25_1

With the guidance of a famous teacher, coupled with the presence of a top student like Xia Yuanji, Song Lei’s grades, of course, improved by leaps and bounds.

During the summer vacation of her second year in high school, her grades entered the top fifty for the first time, and as for Xia Yuanji’s grades, they naturally remained at the very top.

Suddenly, the number of his fan girls skyrocketed, but compared to Chiang Yi’s warm-guy image, Xia Yuanji always maintained a very indifferent attitude.

Regardless of whether they were boys or girls, he seemed reluctant to engage with them. If they had a question that was somewhat challenging, that was fine.

But for those who wanted to strike up a conversation with him by asking simple questions, sorry, he would directly ridicule them for being stupid and suggest they go ask the junior high girls instead.

He played the character of a man with a personality, and also, with that basketball showdown where he completely outplayed Chiang Yi, the nickname Liuchuan Feng was placed upon his head, along with Prince of Basketball.

Chiang Yi was, of course, quite unsettled at the beginning, but he had no choice. If the title had gone to someone else, he would have certainly not accepted it.

But because it was Xia Yuanji who everyone was referring to, he could only swallow his pride, otherwise, he really worried that if the other party challenged him to a showdown, he wouldn’t know whether to accept or refuse.

If he accepted, he would relive the nightmare; if he did not, who would pay attention to him?

Chiang Yi was very resentful, especially when he saw his former fan girls chasing after Xia Yuanji, including those so-called brothers who used to follow him around, now keeping their distance; it was a heavy blow to him.

He was not unaware that his grades were slipping, and with senior year looming, fan girls and the title of Basketball Prince were utterly useless, as he needed to work on improving his grades and strive to get into a university.

Chiang Yi looked at the latest end-of-term exam results, listening to the teacher excitedly announcing the two students who had made it to the top eighty in their grade.

"Xia Yuanji, I won’t mention him. His grades were already good when he transferred here, and it’s normal for him to be ranked first in his grade this time,"

"But Song Lei is different. You all know what her grades were last semester,"

"Now look at her grades." The homeroom teacher was especially excited thinking about how this time the top scorer in the city for the sciences came from their class.

She knew that Song Lei and Xia Yuanji had both requested not to change classes regardless of their end-of-term exam scores.

That meant they would stay here until the college entrance exams, and if Xia Yuanji kept up his hard work, he would undoubtedly become the top scorer in the college entrance exam.

"The private tutoring that Song Lei has, we can’t afford it," someone muttered quietly.

Though the others dared not speak out loud, they all felt the same way.

"You might not be able to afford private tutors, but you can still do more practice problems," blurted out Song Lei. "I have a weak foundation, so of course I need a famous teacher to help improve my grades."

Song Lei knew that deep down they hadn’t given up hope of sharing some study materials with her, but she would definitely not agree.

The original host had been classmates with them for two years, and all they had done was mock her, which could also be considered a form of violence.

Compared to Chiang Yi’s actions, everyone deemed their behavior not excessively extreme.

But in her view, if someone had stood up for her in the beginning, the original host wouldn’t have ended up like this; they were all complicit.

"There are plenty of people who have private tutors, they all just hide that fact," said Song Lei bluntly, making it clear she wasn’t interested in engaging.

Anyway, once high school was over, they wouldn’t have much to do with each other, and she had decided to study abroad right after graduating from high school.

So-called class reunions and the like, she had no interest in attending, but of course, the occasions that called for making a splash couldn’t be missed, such as occasionally making it into the news.

Let them know that there was a significant difference between her and those who were once her classmates.

The head teacher was eagerly anticipating Xia Yuanji and Song Lei to bring glory to the class; why would they care about what the rest of the students had to say? "Stop fixating on other people’s tutoring materials all the time; those are questions tailored to her situation."

"Do you think you can keep up with the difficulty of the problems she’s working on now?"

"You’d be better off selecting some tutoring materials that are suitable for yourselves."

"This summer vacation is your last one in high school and the best opportunity to improve before college entrance exams, so work hard."

The head teacher was sure not to forget about assigning summer homework, though the school, considering that many students would attend tutoring classes, did not assign too much.

Seeing that Chiang Yi looked upset, his friend peeked at his grades. Because of the time constraints, the head teacher only announced the scores of Song Lei and Xia Yuanji. Everyone else had to check their own report cards.

Knowing that Chiang Yi’s recent academic performance wasn’t great, his friend was stunned by the ranking on the page. His class rank had fallen to 30th and his science grade rank was approaching 300th.

Chiang Yi’s friend’s mouth hung open, "Chiang Yi, you, you..."

Chiang Yi was unhappy to find his friend had looked at his report card, "Did I ask you to look?"

Fuming, he shoved his report card into his backpack and stormed out. Right now, he needed peace and quiet to think things through.

Although everyone was eager to leave, they noticed there seemed to be a small conflict between Chiang Yi and his friend, and of course, they asked out of concern what happened.

His close friend didn’t really want to say anything, but then the class monitor spoke up, "What else could it be but poor grades?"

The class monitor bluntly disclosed Chiang Yi’s scores, "I was truly shocked. Everyone thought he would be moved up to the advanced class, but who could have imagined his grades would turn out this poor?"

Everyone was stunned, "His grades dropped that much?"

"That’s really terrifying."

"After breaking up with Song Lei, his grades have been soaring up."

"Right, wasn’t it said that he never really liked Song Lei? If he didn’t like her, then a breakup is just a breakup, but why did his grades plummet so much?"

It was incomprehensible, truly baffling, "I think it must be that Chiang Yi liked Song Lei, and she didn’t like him at all."

Everyone thought that made sense, "Exactly, otherwise why would they break up so easily?"

When Song Lei suggested breaking up, everyone thought it was an act, but seeing her genuinely ignoring him and focusing on her studies, they thought, as expected of a young lady—cold and quick to turn her back.

"Maybe Song Lei liked the way Chiang Yi didn’t pay her much attention from the beginning. Chiang Yi was afraid that once he showed interest, Song Lei would lose interest in him, so he pretended not to care."

"But he went too far, vilifying Song Lei to such an extent that the young lady flipped her lid and cut him off."

"This feels like a plot from a TV drama." Someone thought the explanation seemed a bit far-fetched.

"Life imitates art, don’t you know?"

"Otherwise, how do you explain Song Lei not being sad after the breakup and immediately picking herself up? Her grades improved much by the end of last semester’s finals."

"And then look at Chiang Yi..." The person rambled on.

It’s not just the people who weren’t very close to Chiang Yi, even his good friends, who knew him pretty well, after hearing this interpretation, felt there might be some truth to it.