"Thud!"
The dull sound of a book hitting the floor startled the students who were diligently working on their exercises. It also jolted Shi Li back from her hazy consciousness.
The balding male teacher tapped the podium. "Eyes on your own work, keep focusing on the questions."
Shi Li looked at the man at the front of the classroom in disbelief. This was her high school math teacher.
Had she transmigrated into a book again, only to be reborn once more?
Looking at the test paper before her, Shi Li confirmed the exact point in time she had returned to.
She had been reborn to the day she first transmigrated in her previous life.
Shi Li had entered a romance novel featuring a domineering CEO. She wasn't the pure, constantly tormented female lead.
Instead, she was the vicious female rival, obsessively in love with the male lead. The original owner of this body had caused a lot of trouble for the main couple, naturally ending up with a tragic fate.
Shi Li wasn't the original owner. She didn't like the male lead, nor did she want to meet the same miserable end as her predecessor.
So Shi Li had kept her distance from the main couple, but without her interference, they ended up with other people.
The novel's world had collapsed, and before losing consciousness, she was told that she needed to ensure the main couple got together. Otherwise, she would be trapped in an endless loop, tasked with saving the timeline.
Getting the main couple together?
That wasn't such a difficult proposition.
As long as everything followed the original plot, the main couple would naturally end up together.
As for her, well, she just needed to play the role of the vicious female rival, just like the original owner had.
But playing the vicious rival was a concern for later. Right now, the pressing matter was finishing the math test in front of her.
Whether in her previous life or as the original owner of this body, she had always been an excellent student.
Completing the math test before her wasn't much of a challenge.
Though not difficult, it still took some time to finish the test paper.
Seeing Shi Li seriously answering the questions, the math teacher at the podium shifted his gaze to other students.
Shi Li was a top student who took all tests, big or small, equally seriously. The teacher had only intervened because she had fallen asleep at the start of the exam. Now that she was awake, he turned his attention elsewhere.
After handing in their papers, students were free to do as they pleased. Some chose to review the day's lessons, others did homework, and some read extracurricular books.
Shi Li, however, pulled out her phone from her bag and started browsing social media.
Checking the trending news was always the quickest way to understand what was happening in the world.
The math teacher noticed Shi Li's actions and frowned, but didn't stop her.
The class was full of second-generation rich kids, all of whom were untouchable to the teachers. Managing them required careful consideration.
Behaviors like Shi Li's, which didn't disrupt others' studies, were usually ignored by the teachers.
Moreover, Shi Li was a top student. The teacher had glanced at her test paper earlier and expected she would score full marks.
Teachers tended to be more lenient with high-performing students.
Shi Li opened the trending topics and saw several celebrity gossip stories at the top.
Having lived two lifetimes, she felt rather indifferent to the gossip.
After all, in the future, these celebrities would perform even more shocking stunts that would shatter people's worldviews. Compared to those, these were just drops in the ocean!
She noticed a topic ranked around fifteenth: #Ziyuan Real Estate CEO Wei Yongsheng discusses family#
Ziyuan Real Estate had been the largest real estate company in the country for the past decade.
Of course, for the students in Class 1, Ziyuan Real Estate had another significance.
Their classmate Wei Yi was the only daughter of Ziyuan Real Estate's CEO.
Thanks to her experience of living twice, Shi Li had a good understanding of future developments.
Wei Yi was her classmate, and being from the same social circle, Shi Li knew quite a bit about her family situation.
To outsiders, Wei Yongsheng appeared to be an excellent husband and father.
He not only cultivated this image in the media but even relatives and friends believed it.
Rumors said that Wei Yongsheng never drank at business dinners because his wife and daughter disliked it.
Wei Yongsheng's image as a good man had earned him considerable public favor and many opportunities.
Among the second-generation rich kids, harmonious families were rare.
Wei Yi had once been envied by many classmates and friends for having a father like Wei Yongsheng.
Until Wei Yongsheng suddenly died in a car accident.
Shi Li looked at recent events and thought to herself, [No wonder they're buying trending topics, Ziyuan Western-style Houses go on sale today.]
The classroom had been exceptionally quiet during the exam, with only the sound of pens scratching on paper.
Suddenly, Shi Li's internal comment startled all the studious students in Class 1.
Everyone except Shi Li, who was engrossed in her phone, looked up in unison, searching for the source of the voice.
The math teacher was grading papers for those who had finished, when he sensed the students' gazes.
He saw the students looking around and cleared his throat, "There are fifteen minutes left until the end of the exam. Please focus on your work and stop looking around."
The math teacher's words had no effect. The students below continued what they were doing, completely ignoring him.
Qianpu Middle School's tuition fees were exorbitant, and correspondingly, the teachers' salaries were enormous, with monthly incomes that could dwarf the annual salaries of teachers at ordinary schools.
In this relationship, students were not just students, but also supporters of the teachers' wages.
As for the notion of not receiving respect from students, as long as the money was right, respect didn't matter.
Despite his reminder going unheeded, the math teacher remained unfazed and continued grading papers.
The math teacher's words had interrupted Shi Li's internal monologue.
She glanced up briefly before returning to her phone.
Among the Class 1 students, Wei Yi had the strongest reaction.
Who was talking? Ziyuan Western-style Houses was her family's business.
What did those words mean?
Moreover, the math teacher had just told them not to look around during the exam, rather than not to talk randomly.
Had someone actually spoken just now?
There must have been, given how the other students had looked around, trying to find the source of the voice.
This proved that someone had indeed spoken.
The math teacher's reaction could only mean two things: either he couldn't hear the voice, or he was the one behind it.
Wei Yi wasn't alone in thinking this way.
[If I remember correctly,] came the second internal comment, confirming for Wei Yi the source of the earlier voice.
It was Shi Li's voice.
[Wei Yongsheng might die from a car accident three days from now.]
Wei Yi: !!
