Gold Medal Mediator [Quick Transmigration] 33p1

Chapter 33: Being the Boss’s Woman (7-1)

In the bedroom.

Two desks were placed side by side.

However, the two girls sitting behind them were separated by a clear and distinct boundary. If their eye shapes allowed, they would have surely given each other a pair of dead fish eyes.

Hua Baihe and Yun Yeman leaned back in their respective chairs, each holding a report card.

One had a failing grade in math. The other had a failing grade in everything but math.

It was six of one and half a dozen of the other. Neither had the right to look down on the other.

It was Hua Baihe who broke the silence first. She held up the A4 paper with Yun Yeman’s grades between her index and middle fingers, a natural look of mockery in her eyes, and said lightly:

“Out of 150 points, besides 150 in math, you got 89 in Chinese and 89 in English. Out of 100 points, you got 59 in physics, 59 in chemistry, 59 in biology, 59 in politics, 59 in geography, and 59 in history—this score-capping is truly breathtaking. Have you considered buying a lottery ticket?”

The meaning was clear. She thought Yun Yeman’s luck was one of a kind.

Yun Yeman glanced at her with a blank expression, didn’t speak, but casually picked up a physics Five-Year College Entrance Exam, Three-Year Simulation from the desk, found a set of this year’s college entrance exam questions from her province, and buried her head in it.

Hua Baihe slowly took the orange juice the maid had poured for her. She thought she had once again insulted her dignity and that she was now furiously working on problems. She paid her no mind and took out the homework the teacher had assigned for the day.

An hour later.

A Five-Three was slapped down in front of Hua Baihe. She didn’t hurry to look at the problems on it but instead rolled up the exercise book, leaned back in her chair so that only one leg was on the ground and the rest were in the air, and leisurely crossed her legs.

“What? You want me to tutor you in physics? You can beg me.”

Even though Yin Xiao had said before that the two little classmates should complement each other and care for each other, classmate Yin Zhi was clearly still in her rebellious phase. The moment the big boss left, she started to lord it over in the room.

Yun Yeman suppressed the urge to hit her, snorted, a hint of disdain in her eyes, and replied, “I suggest you check my answers first.”

Hua Baihe sensed something was wrong. She opened the Five-Three in her hand and looked at the answers inside. “System-boo?”

The System only glanced at it and told her the result. “All calculations are correct. All answers are correct. She didn’t even miss any scoring points.”

Hua Baihe: “…”

She didn’t believe it. She took out the answer booklet and seriously started to check from the multiple-choice questions.

Ten minutes later—

Hua Baihe closed the exercise book with a blank expression, looked at the still-blank-faced Yun Yeman waiting for her, and asked calmly, “So? How long did you memorize the answers to this set of questions?”

She refused to believe that a first-year high school student like Yun Yeman could do all the third-year physics problems.

If she had that kind of ability, would she have ended up in that situation later?

A hint of mockery also appeared in Yun Yeman’s eyes as she retorted, “Not only did I memorize the physics, but I also memorized the Chinese, English, chemistry, biology, geography, and history. Do you want to continue checking?”

Hua Baihe met her gaze and cursed in her heart to the System, “This little brat. She’s the youngest of all the Childs of Destiny so far, but she’s also the least cute.”

She ignored Yun Yeman’s provocation, also chose a math Five-Year College Entrance Exam, Three-Year Simulation from the sea of problems beside her, and started working. Yun Yeman didn’t pay her any mind at first, but later, seeing her mark the question numbers on her draft paper and neatly write out the calculation steps, she glanced over a few times.

First question, second question, fifth question… all the way to the twelfth question.

All multiple-choice questions were correct.

Hua Baihe was not as honest as her. She stopped after finishing the multiple-choice questions and raised her chin at her. “Do I need to continue?”

Yun Yeman just looked at her with her dark, expressionless eyes.

If there were a third person here at this moment, they would have definitely recorded a video of these two fake slackers, with a title like:

#Shocking! Why are two super-geniuses hiding their strength and tutoring each other?#

#The world is going downhill, people are not what they used to be. A new way for top students to play with exams appears. Is it the degeneration of humanity, or a collapse of morals?#

After staring at each other for ten seconds, the two people who could have gotten first place in the entire grade turned away in disdain and went back to their own homework.

The ‘Yin Xiao big boss forced mutual help’ study group was disbanded an hour and twenty minutes after its establishment.

The two girls sitting at either side of the desks made a decision in their hearts at the same time:

See you at the placement test.

**

Qi Ran had signed a one-year employment contract with the Yin family. But even so, while she could maintain her daily living expenses and even occasionally send money to Yun Jin, it was still a bit of a struggle to afford her daughter’s tuition at Yun Ding.

So she went to the butler, Uncle Bo, and, using the old method, asked if he could let her daughter work as a helper at the Yin family in her spare time, for a lower wage. This way, over a semester, Yun Yeman could at least cover half of her own tuition.

For the other half, she could have Yun Yeman work hard and try to apply for a scholarship. If that didn’t work, there was still the student loan from the bank, which her child could pay back herself when she grew up.

Uncle Bo was a little surprised to hear this. After all, the Yin family was not short on servants now, so there was no need for a high school student to help out. Just then, Yin Xiao came over to give him some instructions.

Hearing Qi Ran’s plea, this man, who had already made a name for himself in his thirties, smiled. “No need to be so troublesome. I’ve seen her grades. Her math is excellent, and it just so happens that Zhizhi’s worst subject is math—”

“How about this? After she finishes her studies every day, she can tutor Zhizhi for an hour. I will pay her a monthly salary according to the market rate for private tutors. If Zhizhi’s grades improve, I will give her a bonus.”

“At this age, it’s more useful for children to study more. Anyone can do those chores. We don’t need to delay the little one’s studies.”

Yin Xiao settled the matter in a few sentences, earning Qi Ran’s gratitude.

After all, the price of a private tutor was not in the same league as theirs. They were paid by the hour, and one hour was more than she earned in a day.

Qi Ran knew this was her employer’s kindness and secretly swore to work a hundred times harder.

As for Yin Xiao, he wasn’t just being kind for no reason. It was mainly because this was the first time his child had brought a classmate home from school. He was not stingy in helping his daughter make more good connections. And this classmate’s mother, Qi Ran, seemed to be an honest and dutiful person, although her family’s financial situation was quite poor—

Even with a hoodlum like Yun Jin as a husband, he really didn’t think it was a big problem.

Besides, with Yin Xiao’s eye for people, that girl named Yun Yeman had eyes like a little wolf cub he had seen when he went hunting in the mountains. When she was quiet, she was no different from a domestic dog. But if you really provoked her, she would bite harder than anyone.

He thought, A-Dong and the others are all my followers. I live my life on the edge of a knife. No one can say for sure that they will live to a ripe old age.

If something were to happen, the people under him would either die or scatter. Who would still remember his precious daughter then?

Only the seeds of kindness sown by Yin Zhi’s own hand could bear fruit for her.

This conversation was very short and not loud enough for the two children in the bedroom upstairs to hear. Yun Yeman did not know that her life had been rewritten from this point on. From now on, for her, after school, she could stay in a comfortable room and study and do her homework in peace.

Hua Baihe also did not know that she would have to share a room with this mutually disliked female lead for many years.

The two of them were both fired up. After finishing their homework, they reviewed until after 11 PM, preparing for the Thursday and Friday placement test. It wasn’t until Hua Baihe was about to wash up and go to bed that a maid came in to tidy up for her, and Yun Yeman tactfully took her books and left her room.

As Hua Baihe was about to watch a pre-bed cartoon to relax, Yun Yeman heard Yin Xiao’s decision from her mother and was stunned for a moment.

Qi Ran patted her on the shoulder and instructed, “You have to take good care of Miss Yin at school, you know?”

Yun Yeman was very cold. She thought, in the whole of Yun Ding, this Miss Yin probably needs no one’s care.

After all, everyone she came across was at her beck and call. She lacked nothing, especially not people to order around.

Qi Ran didn’t care much. After speaking to her, she shook out the bedsheets and made the bed while chattering away.

“If it weren’t for Miss Yin, we mother and daughter would still be drinking the wind on the street. It’s really a blessing from heaven to have met such a good family…”

Yun Yeman thought blankly of the rumors about Yin Xiao outside and felt that Qi Ran’s definition of ‘good’ was probably different from hers.

But then she remembered Hua Baihe’s mocking words, ‘Can your abilities be as strong as your self-esteem,’ and in the end, she didn’t say anything to refute her.

Indeed, she and Qi Ran were dirt poor. A child of heaven, in response to the national policy, had just carried out a little targeted poverty alleviation. What was she being so gloomy about?

She and Qi Ran had nothing to be coveted.

Thinking of this, she gave an uncharacteristically agreeable “Mm…”

**

In the high school division of Yun Ding Noble Academy, after Hua Baihe’s quick and ruthless rectification, and the constraints from top to bottom, the students had indeed been well-behaved for a few days.

It was not clear how things were outside the school, but at least on campus, especially right in front of Hua Baihe, they were so well-behaved they could have received a model student award.

Of course, the upcoming placement test played a significant role in this.

Here, a little piece of gossip that had shocked Year 1, Class 1 must be mentioned:

“I heard that Wild Grass has latched onto the big thigh of school bully Yin Zhi. The students on duty this morning personally saw her get out of a Lincoln with Yin Zhi!”

From that day on, the students looked at the last row with reverence.

And Xi Hui and Li Mengmeng, who had followed Lin Yiran before and had caused Yun Yeman’s mother to be fired by the Lin family, would grit their teeth in anger every time they looked back at the last row.

But what could they do? They could only hold it in.

After all, now that Yun Yeman was no longer under the control of the Lin family, not only would she not take any more losses from them, but they should also be grateful to heaven and their ancestors if she didn’t team up with Yin Zhi to take revenge on them.

The classroom of Class 1, in this subtle atmosphere, reluctantly welcomed the Thursday placement test.

The exam was divided into classes based on the previous final exam results. Because Hua Baihe was a transfer student, her previous school’s grades were used as a reference. She was in Class 1, and Yun Yeman was in Class 10.

When the first subject began, the two of them, from across the long corridor on the same floor of the academic building, exchanged a look of mutual enmity before entering their respective classrooms.

**

Friday afternoon.

Hua Baihe walked out of the exam room, stretched, and said to the System, “I might lose a few points on the Chinese and English essays, but the other subjects should be fine, right?”

“I don’t believe it. With my three lifetimes of college entrance exam experience, I can’t beat a little brat.”

The System had been watching her and the Child of Destiny compete for several days now and asked very numbly, “Do you still remember what you’re here for?”

Isn’t this getting a little too into character?

Hua Baihe suddenly remembered that there was still a Meng Qitian. She couldn’t help but clear her throat into her fist. “I remember.”

The System tapped on a blackboard in her mind. “【Have the Child of Destiny meet Meng Qitian (0/1)】 This mission has been issued for three days now. I don’t see you in any hurry.”

Hua Baihe refused to admit that she had been provoked into a competitive spirit by Yun Yeman’s arrogant attitude. She just calmly straightened the cuff of her pure white school uniform and walked towards Meng Qitian’s Class 2.

Seeing her figure appear outside the classroom, the students of Class 2, who had been checking their answers, folding paper airplanes, and chatting with their deskmates as they moved their desks back to their original positions after the exam, all stopped in unison.

Once the atmosphere in the classroom suddenly fell silent, even those who had been chatting happily would shut their mouths. For a moment, the entire classroom was as quiet as if the homeroom teacher had come to inspect.

More and more people noticed Hua Baihe entering from the back door. After all, the entire Class 2 was in dark red school uniforms. The sudden entry of this beam of white was like a dazzling ray of sunlight, descending into this space with an unstoppable momentum, undeniably.

It made everyone’s eyes light up.

Meng Qitian had been in the first few rows during the exam. He was the top student in Class 2, consistently leaving the second place far behind. It was just that he had had a high fever during the middle school entrance exam and had underperformed, otherwise he would have definitely been in Class 1 with his abilities.

In addition, he was also the face of the boys in Class 2. He had a good temper, was sunny and cheerful, and had a hobby of playing basketball. He was the standard male god in the hearts of many girls.

Usually, countless people would line up at his desk under the pretext of asking for help with their studies, just to see his serious profile as he solved problems for them.

And when he stood on the basketball court, there would be a bunch of girls around with towels and water, screaming ‘ahhh.’

At this moment, Meng Qitian saw the legendary school bully walk towards him, a little confused, until she stood in front of him, her shadow falling over him.

Meng Qitian: “…?”

“Classmate Yin Zhi, may I ask what you need?”

Hua Baihe looked down at him for a few seconds, her gaze critical, as if she were inspecting a son-in-law.

She had to admit, he and Yun Yeman were quite a match.

With classmate Wild Grass’s silent and annoying personality, she really needed an extroverted and sunny person to complement her.

Having made up her mind, she leaned on his desk with one hand, her waist slightly bent, and gave him a smile she thought was very friendly. “Excuse me, classmate Meng, are you free this weekend?”

The line of girls around them were all stunned.

They had never expected their male god to one day be hit on by the school bully. The problem was, not only was this school bully a bully, but she also had a certain air about her, fair, tall, and good-looking. They could only scream in their hearts:

Say you’re not free! Reject her! You are the face of our Class 2. How can you be so easily seduced by someone from Class 1!

But Meng Qitian, whether he was intimidated by Hua Baihe’s aura, or stunned by her close-up beauty, actually nodded subconsciously. It took him a while to add dryly:

“Classmate Yin… what do you need?”

Hua Baihe, who believed she was about to get first place in the entire grade, said without a blush, “Oh, I just transferred, and I feel I haven’t quite grasped the lessons from the past few days. How about we go to the city library to do homework together this weekend?”

The girls of Class 2 were almost separated from their cell walls by jealousy. They spat in their hearts:

Ptooey!

Doesn’t your Class 1 have a first place too! What are you doing digging up our wall!

The treasure of Class 2 is for internal sharing only, not for loan. Thank you.

However, the treasure of Class 2, classmate Meng Qitian, had no sense of collective honor at this moment. He didn’t think for long before nodding at Hua Baihe. The two of them even exchanged phone numbers and other chat IDs in front of everyone.

Only then did Hua Baihe leave the classroom, satisfied.

The System now knew what Hua Baihe was up to—

She was planning to simply and crudely ask Meng Qitian out, and then call Yun Yeman out on the weekend to directly facilitate their meeting.

It thought for a moment and asked seriously, “Aren’t you afraid of flipping the car?”

Hua Baihe’s answer was very direct. “No matter from family background, or my own software and hardware facilities, this lock and he are not a match.”

System: “…Were you a high-speed train in your past life?”

Even rejecting someone can be said so crudely.

Hua Baihe giggled, tacitly admitting this fact.

**

At night.

Hua Baihe and Yun Yeman had just returned to the Yin family when she impatiently sat down in front of the TV, her butt as if glued to the sofa, and took the remote control to start playing Pokémon, as if she were going to watch until the end of time.

Yin Xiao had other things to do that night. After having dinner with her, he instructed Uncle Bo to make sure she went to bed early, and then hurried out.

Naturally—

Uncle Bo couldn’t control her at all. She watched all night with great arrogance, so much so that Yun Yeman, who had woken up early to memorize her books, was startled.

Seeing that she could binge-watch until the end of time, and even ignored Uncle Bo’s reminder to eat breakfast, at 8 AM, Yun Yeman couldn’t help but ask, “Aren’t you going to eat breakfast?”

Hua Baihe still reacted to her voice and waved a hand. “No.”

Yun Yeman thought for a moment and replied with, “Awesome.”

System: “…” This scene is so familiar.

It felt it had the duty to remind its host to complete the mission. It began to beat a gong in Hua Baihe’s mind. “Wake up! Time to do the mission!”

Hua Baihe reluctantly pulled herself away from the cartoon and turned her gaze to Yun Yeman, who was nibbling on a sandwich with one hand and memorizing words with the other.

Yun Yeman’s train of thought was interrupted. She couldn’t help but look at her. “?”

Hua Baihe said slowly, “I suddenly remembered I have a study date with a classmate at the library today. But I need to catch up on sleep. Can you go for me?”

Yun Yeman moved her lips and squeezed out a word, “Who?”

Hua Baihe took out her phone and waved Meng Qitian’s number in front of her. “Here, this one. I have a study date with him at the city library. If you don’t want to stay, you can come back after noon. I’ll reimburse your transportation and meal expenses.”

Yun Yeman glanced at it, memorized the number, and nodded at her.

It just so happened that she wanted to go to the city library to borrow some books and also to look at some reference materials.

As for the boy Hua Baihe had a date with, and what his reaction would be when he found that he had waited for a goddess but got her instead, that was not within Yun Yeman’s concern.

And so the two of them happily reached a PY transaction. Hua Baihe could continue to watch her cartoons, and Yun Yeman could meet her true love.

**

8:30 AM.

In front of the city library, Meng Qitian was a little nervously reviewing his recent class notes, afraid that he wouldn’t be able to answer any questions that Yin Zhi might ask later.

He was so serious, not because Yin Zhi was so charming, although she did indeed have a queenly air about her, but—

Meng Qitian thought of her father and couldn’t help but shiver.

He didn’t have the guts to have any improper thoughts about her.

A short while later, his phone in his pocket rang. He took it out and saw it was an unfamiliar number. He answered with some confusion.

“Hello? Ah… Hello, classmate Yun. Isn’t classmate Yin coming? It’s fine, it’s fine. I was going to study here anyway. You’re coming now? Fine. Then I’ll wait for you at the entrance. I’m wearing a blue sweater, a black backpack, and black sneakers.”

For some reason, after hanging up the phone, he found that he was inexplicably relieved that he didn’t have to face Yin Zhi.

Then he began to recall the name ‘Yun Yeman.’ It sounded a little familiar.

He was not in Class 1 and was usually a person who buried his head in his books. Besides playing basketball in gym class to relax, he usually didn’t have much time to spend with others, so he wasn’t very well-informed about school affairs.

It wasn’t until he saw Yun Yeman walk up to him that Meng Qitian suddenly realized:

Isn’t this the girl who used to be bullied by the students of Class 1?

He still remembered her silent appearance.

Unlike the others who were bullied, there was no fear in her eyes, nor was she numb. She just stared at the people who were bullying her with dark, heavy eyes, as if she were about to fight back in the next second.

But she had never once resisted. On the contrary, because of her stubborn gaze, those who bullied her were even more relentless. Not only Class 1, but many other classes later also took pleasure in bullying her.

He hadn’t expected her to become friends with Yin Zhi…

Meng Qitian was stunned for a moment, but he didn’t say it out loud. After all, that history, no matter how you looked at it, was something she would not want to mention. He never poked at people’s sore spots.

And so, Yun Yeman only saw him give her a very friendly smile. “Let’s go. There should still be seats if we go in now. It’ll be harder to find one later. By the way, have you had breakfast?”

Yun Yeman only nodded and didn’t say much else, following him into the library.

The two of them found seats in the literature section on the third floor, then went to find the books they needed and studied quietly in the library.

**