Yu He's support votes surged.
In just one day, she was eighteen streets ahead of Pei Shiyi, leading the pack and ranking first among all female students.
Pei Shiyi watched herself trail Yu He by over a thousand votes. As school ended, she saw Lan Jiaojiao still campaigning for Yu He, and a surge of jealousy and frustration welled up inside her.
She wouldn't deny that Yu He was indeed beautiful. But her abilities were far inferior. Even if Lan Jiaojiao helped Yu He break into the top ten, could she help Yu He in the final speech competition?
Yu He was just a decorative vase with a beautiful exterior, no match for Pei Shiyi!
The school flower representative at the school celebration would definitely be Pei Shiyi!
...
That evening, Chu Ying opened the forum and saw that Yu He's votes were in first place!
Damn it, there are people trying to harm the boss!
She stayed up all night, loudly appealing on the forum: Don't vote for Yu He! Don't vote for Yu He! Don't vote for Yu He!
The large title was exceptionally eye-catching among the many campaign posts.
The result was the opposite. Those who hadn't intended to vote for Yu He clicked on her photo. Wow, she was like a celestial being. So, they inexplicably cast a vote.
The next morning, Chu Ying, with panda eyes, opened the rankings and saw that Yu He's ranking had not decreased, and her votes had even increased.
Chu Ying: "..."
Boss, your deadly beauty.
Class 1, Senior 3.
Gu Ze arrived at the classroom and immediately opened the school forum to check the voting results.
In the past, he had never cared about this matter, because the school hunk was always him or Lu Chenyu.
From middle school to senior year, he and Lu Chenyu's rankings were always neck and neck. In the end, who became the school hunk depended on who had just one more fangirl at the crucial voting juncture.
Their relationship had always been good, and they couldn't let the honor of being school hunk ruin their brotherhood. Therefore, they didn't care too much about who became school hunk.
But today, Gu Ze heard many classmates discussing the voting along the way. The name Yu He was frequently mentioned.
He wanted to see what was going on.
Opening the school flower and school hunk special column voting rankings, he saw the first place for girls: Yu He.
The photo used for the vote was one that someone had secretly taken.
The girl was sitting on her desk, resting her chin on her hand, her eyes lowered as she played with her phone. Her features were exquisite, her profile beautiful, and her skin like congealed fat, breathtakingly beautiful.
Looking at Yu He's photo, Gu Ze's first thought was that Yu He must have participated in the school flower competition specifically to perform with him on stage at the school celebration!
Falling in love with someone wasn't something you could easily give up. He understood this feeling the best.
Just like his feelings for Ye Zisu, although he was very angry that she had deceived him, after being apart for so long, he still thought of her from time to time.
Therefore, he felt that even though Yu He had hooked up with Chen Dong, she still liked him in her heart.
Thinking this, Gu Ze felt a hint of smugness.
He even thought that Yu He's seduction of Chen Dong was to attract his attention.
Looking further, the first place for boys: Lu Chenyu.
His votes were fifty short!
Why should that country bumpkin Yu He, who had no education, be in first place? He, the young master of the Gu family, the little prince of piano, virtuous and accomplished, was only second place?!
In a fit of anger, he voted for himself.
The voting rules were one vote per person for males and females.
After voting for himself, Gu Ze turned and asked Lu Chenyu, who was sitting behind him.
"Chenyu, have you voted in the preliminary round of the school flower and school hunk voting on the forum?"
Lu Chenyu was engrossed in doing practice papers and didn't even look up. "No. Wasting time on such things is not as good as doing a few more problems."
"Then can I have your account to vote?" Gu Ze said.
Lu Chenyu's hand paused in his writing. He looked up. "Didn't you always say these competitions were boring?"
"Yes, but I saw that country bumpkin Yu He could actually be first, and I'm second. I'm not convinced," Gu Ze said.
"Xue... Yu He is also participating?" Lu Chenyu immediately put down his pen and opened his phone forum.
On the girls' voting page, he saw Yu He in first place, far ahead of the second.
Then he looked at the boys. He was first, Gu Ze was second, and the two were only forty-nine votes apart.
If the top student was participating, he had to participate too!
He wanted to perform on the same stage as the top student!
Lu Chenyu immediately voted for himself.
"Wait..." Gu Ze tried to stop him but saw the notification of a successful vote pop up on his phone screen.
After voting for himself, Lu Chenyu casually shared the voting page to the class group and his朋友圈 to solicit votes.
Gu Ze was shocked. "... Didn't you say it was a waste of time?"
Why was he campaigning for himself now?!
"This is an event organized by the institution. As a member of the institution and the young master of the Lu family, I should actively cooperate and participate," Lu Chenyu said with a serious face.
Gu Ze: "..."
You didn't say that just now!
He saw Lu Chenyu finish forwarding and then return to the voting page and cast a vote for Yu He!
Gu Ze: "How could you still give her..."
"Did you cast your female vote? If not, vote for Yu He," Lu Chenyu interrupted him.
Gu Ze refused. "That country bumpkin doesn't deserve my recommendation vote!"
Lu Chenyu was a little displeased with his nickname for Yu He, and his brow furrowed slightly. He said, "Aze, don't talk about Yu He like that."
Seeing him defend Yu He so much, Gu Ze felt an indescribable feeling.
"Did I say something wrong? She really came from the mountains. Now that she's been voted in, she'll still be eliminated in the speech competition. Why occupy public resources?"
"She won't be!" Lu Chenyu said with firm conviction.
Regarding the plagiarism incident during the entrance exam, he had only mentioned it on the forum. The matter was a misunderstanding, and the school had not taken any action, so it was dropped.
So, to this day, everyone thought the academy was being merciful and not pursuing it, and Yu He was just a country bumpkin who got in through the back door.
But in fact, Yu He was the true top student. If it weren't for him, for the Lu family's reputation, and his father's plea for Yu He to let it go, how would people be judging Yu He now...
Thinking this, Lu Chenyu felt a pang of guilt and vowed to treat Yu He well in the future and to study harder.
"You'll see her true colors during the speech competition!"
Seeing his firm belief, Gu Ze couldn't help but suspect if Yu He had also seduced Lu Chenyu?
This country bumpkin, apart from a good face, her inner self was utterly filthy!
He absolutely couldn't let his good brother be deceived!
When the speech competition day came, he would expose her!
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The school flower and school hunk voting was in full swing for a week. On Friday evening, the top ten for each gender would be selected.
Meanwhile, Yu He was busy in the laboratory, separating the Black Spirit Pearl and developing medicines, completely unconcerned.
On Friday noon, she was eating in the school cafeteria, glancing at her phone from time to time.
A week had passed since the auction. Qin Beiting hadn't contacted her...
Did he not need her to treat him anymore?
Or had he heard that the Black Spirit Pearl had fallen into someone else's hands and given up on treatment?