Rebirth of an Idle Noblewoman

Chapter 8: Curiosity

Fang Ziyi looked at Gu Xijin adoringly before picking up a meatball with her chopsticks and putting it in her bowl, jokingly berating her as she did, which got a pout from Gu Xijin in return.

As a nice atmosphere emanated from one end of the dinner table, Gu Xiqiao continued to eat her dinner at the other end of the table without reacting at all.

Everyone that was at the table had refined table mannersNo slouching, no wolfing down food, back ramrod straight, but only the girl at the corner had none of these. She seemed like she was stuck to the table as she propped her chin with an arm, feeding herself slowly with another. She didn't care about her image in the least, but it seemed as if she was supposed to be that way, and she looked quite comfortable with her current position.

Xia Zijun couldn't help but send a few glances in her direction.

He was one of the most outstanding young people of N City, and Gu Xiqiao remembered seeing a poster with his picture on it posted on the bulletin board at school. As the first-place student of all the high school students in N City, and with his background, he had already been mythicized by the students in the school he had graduated from.

"Brother Zijun, is university fun?" Gu Xijin had continued to converse with Xia Zijun, and even though there were a lot of rules in upper society on not talking during eating and bedtime, the same rules didn't quite apply to Gu Xijin. Who wouldn't be tolerant of such an innocent and cute girl even when she broke a few measly rules?

"It's better than high school, naturally. Work hard on studying okay, Ah Jin?" Xia Zijun smiled gently and encouraged.

"I'm going to study well and try to get into the university that Brother Zijun is in!" Gu Xijin smiled brightly and looked over to the other end of the table. "You're going to study for the exams with me right, little sis?"

With this question, the merry atmosphere over the dinner table seemed to freeze in place. As Su Wan'er glared over at the girl that ruined this beautiful scene, the grudge in her gaze grew even more.

Gu Xiqiao felt a bunch of gazes like knives, but it didn't affect her in the slightest. She put down her fork and smiled, saying, "I saw a certain photo on Weibo the other day"

"Little sis!" Gu Xijin suddenly raised her voice, and upon feeling the gazes shift to her again, she smiled. "Eat more ribs and stop spending all your time on the internet. Study well and read more books, and if you have any questions you can come ask me. Let's go to B University together!"

Who wanted to go with her? Could she even get into that university with her pitifully low IQ?

Gu Xiqiao lowered her head and didn't reply, hiding her mocking gaze.

In their past life, Gu Xijin could only get into B City, but her test scores weren't enough to get into B University. She managed to get into the university after one of Gu Xiqiao's oil paintings that she released in her name was seen by one of the fellows of the university. Gu Xiqiao was quite curious about how she planned on getting into that university this time around with her help.

Because Gu Xiqiao didn't reply, the atmosphere around the dinner table grew even colder.

Xia Zijun was the one that resolved this situation.

"Here, have a chicken drumstick." Xia Zijun smiled and placed one drumstick in Gu Xijin's bowl and turned over to Gu Zuhui. "My grandfather told me that the higher-ups were trying to build a national base in N City, has Uncle Gu heard any rumors about it?"

The topic of the national base was a great chance to profit, and also a classified secret that even Gu Zuhui didn't have any intel on. When he heard this he was quite surprised too and started conversing with Xia Zijun, and so the main topic on the dinner table was changed easily.