Shen Zhao didn't sleep well. Her dreams were full of bizarre scenes. There was a scene of her being drowned in a pond, and a scene of Shen Zhao being pushed into the water by several people. There were many people standing on the shore laughing, but no one was willing to jump into the water to save her...

Then the scene changed to the scene when she was driving away from the institute. Xiao Yi stood beside her car, slightly bent his back and told her to drive carefully. Then he said that he had booked a restaurant and asked her to come back to have dinner with him after she finished her business...

Then she was in the water, and the painful feeling of suffocation was so real that her eyes suddenly opened and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

Shen Zhao breathed in the fresh air in the room vigorously, as if to fill up her chest, and then exhaled heavily, her eyes staring at the dark ceiling. After a long time, she slowly sat up from the bed, put on her slippers, opened the door and walked out.

She subconsciously walked to the kitchen, but forgot that she was now Shen Zhao, not Sheng Baiyi. She had already checked the kitchen and found that there was almost nothing in the refrigerator, and there was no boiled water prepared on the table. She suddenly realized this when she opened the refrigerator, laughed at herself, turned on the light, and boiled hot water.

She gulped down a few gulps, then went to the bathroom and splashed her face with cold water. In the mirror was her wheat-colored face at this moment, with big and dark bags under her eyes. When she was not smiling, the corners of her mouth were pulled downwards, making her look bitter and resentful. The more she looked at him, the more unpleasant it was. She pulled the corners of her mouth and tried to be more tolerant, and then the self in the mirror felt a little warmer.

She stretched out her hand and the self in the mirror became distorted and blurred. With a new identity, she didn't have to follow the original path. Shen Zhaoyuan lived a more unrestrained life than her. He didn't laugh when he didn't want to laugh, and he didn't have to force a smile in front of others.

After figuring this out, Shen Zhao lay back on the bed and quickly fell asleep again, but this time she slept very deeply and did not dream again.

The morning of late autumn was a little chilly. The dry cold wind blew in from the open window. The morning without sunlight was even colder. Shen Zhao felt that his hands and feet were almost stiff from the cold. He quickly found some thick clothes from the closet and put them on, not caring whether they matched or were fashionable.

The schoolbag that had been packed last night was now lying on the chair. Shen Zhao picked up the mobile phone that had been charged overnight and pressed and held the power button.

The phone was the latest smartphone. Shen Zhao knew without even thinking that it was probably sponsored by that sponsor. He swiped the screen and clicked on the message column. There were hundreds of unread messages. Shen Zhao curiously clicked on one, which was about the payment of water and electricity bills. He clicked on another one, which was about the payment of rent...

There was no moment that made her more suspicious that Shen Zhao was originally kept by someone, but these payment records could not prove it. In any case, this situation made her feel relieved. At least she did not need to worry about money. She had thought about going back to her original residence to get some property while no one knew about Sheng Baiyi's death, but Sheng Baiyi's death was shrouded in mystery, and no one was watching her all the time. If she went back rashly, it would only arouse suspicion. It would be better for her to slowly find out the news like she is doing now. Now she just needs to change the passwords of those accounts, which is not difficult. She can use her ID card, cancel it and then rebuild it.

She picked up her ID card, cell phone and schoolbag and rushed to school.

Because it was quite early, there were only a few students on the road. Shen Zhao didn't care. To her, it was just a revisit of her high school life. Besides, it was only her last year of senior year. She didn't care much about the friendship between classmates and didn't plan to have any connection with her classmates in school.

After all, Deyan Middle School is also her alma mater, so it is easy for her to find her class. It's just that she hasn't been back for many years, and Class 6 of Grade 3 has moved to another floor. It took her some time to find it. Fortunately, she came back early, otherwise her behavior of looking at the seating chart would definitely arouse suspicion. In addition to knowing her seat, she also had to remember the names on the seating chart as soon as possible, otherwise it would be unreasonable for her not to remember the names of her classmates after three years of studying together.

She stood on the podium for a while, then found her seat according to the seating chart, hung her schoolbag casually on the chair, took out a textbook from it and began to read it. She was so focused that even when more people entered the classroom, Shen Zhao didn't notice it at all.

It was not until someone approached her desk that she looked up as if she had sensed something. It was a girl with her hair combed meticulously. Her facial features were not outstanding, but she had an excellent temperament. She was also gentle and refined, which added a bit of spirituality to her.

"Is something wrong?"

Shen Zhao had no idea who was in front of him, so he simply didn't address him.

When Xu Ke heard Shen Zhao's cold words, he pursed his lips, his eyes immediately turned red, and he couldn't say anything for a while.

Someone called out "Xu Ke" and appeared next to Xu Ke. He glanced at Shen Zhao unhappily and said to Xu Ke, "Why do you care so much about her? She hasn't been back to school for such a long time, and she didn't come to see you the first time she came back, yet you just go up to her!"

"No... I just copied the notes before, and when I saw she came back... I brought them to her."

Xu Ke spoke hesitantly, and as he spoke, his grip on the notebook in his arms tightened, and it was obvious that he was a little nervous.

Shen Zhao watched their interaction with great interest. It was great, the friendship between young people. After listening to these conversations, she roughly guessed the reason. The quiet girl named Xu Ke might have a good relationship with Shen Zhao, otherwise she would not be so selfless, especially at this critical moment before the college entrance examination.

"So, you're here to deliver the notes?"

Xu Ke didn't care about the person next to him. After listening to Shen Zhao's words, he put the notebook on the table and said, "Here."

Shen Zhao flipped open the notebook casually and said, "Then I'll take a look."

Sheng Baiyi has always been a top student. He started taking undergraduate and graduate courses during high school. The awards he won could fill an entire room, and he has countless patents. In his second year of high school, he received an invitation from an overseas university and even skipped the college entrance examination. You can imagine how solid his basic knowledge is.

Shen Zhao read one or two pages, glanced at the slightly nervous Xu Ke, smiled slightly, and pointed at a certain place with his slender green fingers, "Here, take a look, you copied it down according to the teacher's instructions, it's not bad, but it's not the best, do you have a pen?"

Xu Ke felt that Shen Zhao was a little strange at this moment. She still had that healthy face tanned by the sun, but she had a cold and distant aura that made people afraid to approach her. But when people heard what she said, they couldn't help but believe it. Although someone pulled her sleeve, she quickly took a pen from her seat and handed it to Shen Zhao.

After Shen Zhao took it, he started writing and drawing on the notebook. He added three more ideas to the original one solution. Xu Ke, who was standing aside and watching, was secretly shocked, but her eyes lit up. After Shen Zhao finished writing, she looked at Shen Zhao with joy and excitement, and even a little blush appeared on her apple cheeks.

"Shen Zhao, how come you are so amazing? The teacher never told me about this."

Xu Ke took the notebook in his hand and read it carefully.

The man next to him looked at Shen Zhao in disbelief, "Shen Zhao, are you okay? I haven't seen you for three weeks. Have you become a top student?"

Shen Zhao ignored this person, who was really noisy. She looked at Xu Ke and said, "Thank you for taking notes for me all the time. I won't need you to do that in the future."

Xu Ke was a little anxious, "Why? You don't come to class. The college entrance examination is next semester. How can you keep up with the progress without notes?"

Shen Zhao gave a friendly smile, "Because I will come to class from now on."

"What about the swim team?"

Shen Zhao thought back to the night when she woke up next to the swimming pool. There was no need to go there. Besides, she had no intention of pursuing a career in sports, so she had to focus more on her academic studies.

"Aren't we going to take the college entrance exam? We need to prepare well. I won't be going to the swimming team for the time being."

Xu Ke's eyes turned red after hearing this. She couldn't help but reach out and grab Shen Zhao's arm, "It's great that you think this way. I've advised you many times before, but you just wouldn't listen..."

Originally, Shen Zhao did not have much emotion towards the girl in front of him, but when she heard her say that, she was still slightly touched. She knew that Xu Ke was sincere to Shen Zhao. Choosing the path of sports competition was very difficult. If you did not get the first place, everything would be in vain. However, it was different for liberal arts subjects. Even if your grades were a little worse, you could always find a way after getting your degree.

She reached out and patted Xu Ke, "It's okay, I've thought it through."

Xu Ke is usually very quiet, and it is rare for him to show his emotions like this. Even his voice trembled a little. "Then you have to make a promise. You can't go back on your word. I want to apply to the same university as you."

"Oh? Really?" Shen Zhao raised his eyebrows.

"But the university I'm aiming for is of a very high standard. If you want to get into the same university as me, you'll have to work harder."

Xu Ke blushed, "How could that be?"

The students next to him couldn't stand it any longer. "Hey, Shen Zhao, don't be so arrogant. Xu Ke is in the top 50 in the grade anyway. It's too late for you to pursue him now!"

"I'm going to apply to the top medical university in the city."

"Isn't that H University? Although it's a comprehensive university, its medical department is the best in the country."

Xu Ke had obviously done his homework, and Shen Zhao was very pleased to hear that.

"Shen Zhao, why do you suddenly want to study medicine?" Xu Ke was shocked by Shen Zhao's decision. Is there any connection between this swimming team and medicine?

"It was probably just a spur of the moment thing."

When Xu Ke wanted to say something, the bell for morning reading rang, interrupting their conversation. Xu Ke pursed her lips, pulled the classmate next to her and walked forward.

After they all sat down, Shen Zhao recognized the classmate's seat. Oh, it turned out to be Ma Shuyi.

Halfway through the morning reading, Shen Zhao saw a fair-skinned and sunny boy coming towards him in the corridor outside the back door. The boy was born with a pair of passionate peach blossom eyes. When he entered the classroom, due to the activities and shyness, the corners of his eyes were stained with some red, which made him look more charming. However, he was so innocent that his eyes became even more charming, and there was a bit of charm unconsciously in his innocence.

Shen Zhao was dazzled and did not look away for a moment, and their eyes met. It was obvious that the boy was also surprised by her appearance, and his face and neck were flushed like a rose. He looked away first and started to joke with the boy in the front seat, glancing at her from time to time.

Shen Zhao glanced at his seat. The boy's name was Lu Siming. The name sounded familiar. He was the successor of the Lu Group. Surprisingly, he was still a young boy.

Shen Zhao withdrew her gaze indifferently and continued to read her textbook, but Lu Siming's gaze was on her again, but she pretended he didn't exist.

The first class was chemistry. The time for studying chemistry in the third year of high school was particularly tight because when other courses entered the review stage, chemistry was still learning new content. This meant that students only had one semester to review chemistry before the college entrance examination. But these were not a big deal for Shen Zhao. Chemistry was the most important subject in medicine, so she naturally studied it very carefully.

When the chemistry teacher came in and saw Shen Zhao reading a book in the back row, he was surprised for a moment, but then when he saw that she was holding a textbook for another subject, the veins on his forehead bulged slightly, and he used some strength in his hand as he held the textbook.

The chemistry teacher suppressed his anger for half the class until he saw Shen Zhao take out a book for another subject from his bag, and he could no longer control himself.

"Shen Zhao!"

Shen Zhao didn't react at first, because he had only been using the identity of Shen Zhao for a short time.

It was not until everyone in the classroom held their breath and dared not make a sound, with their eyes glued to Shen Zhao, that Shen Zhao finally reacted.

"Hey? Teacher, you called me?"

"What else? Is there another Shen Zhao in the classroom?"

Shen Zhao didn't answer awkwardly. Any answer now would be wrong. The best thing to do was to wait for the teacher to speak.

The chemistry teacher pointed to the question on the screen and said, "You! Answer this question."

After hearing this, the students in the classroom all breathed a sigh of relief, feeling lucky that they were not called, otherwise they would have been so embarrassed.

The question on the screen was beyond the syllabus. Shen Zhao raised her eyes and twitched the corners of her mouth. Because the smile did not reach her eyes, it seemed more like mockery. This chemistry teacher must have been annoyed with her for a long time.

Seeing that Shen Zhao hadn't answered, the chemistry teacher thought she didn't know the answer. "If you don't know the answer, just stand there!"

"I can. The answer is that when the reaction is carried out for 20 minutes, the reaction rate of C is 0.0168 mol/(L.min)."

Shen Zhao's voice stopped for a while, and the classroom remained so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Most of the students had confused looks in their eyes. They looked at Shen Zhao, then at the chemistry teacher, all seeking an answer.

The chemistry teacher's mouth froze for a moment after he opened it. He controlled himself and closed it before opening it again. "The answer is correct. Shen Zhao, sit down and stop daydreaming!"

Shen Zhao sat down and glanced at the math textbook on the table. She understood the chemistry teacher's mental activities clearly. It was not that she did not want to listen to the chemistry teacher's advice, but the knowledge points were too simple and it would be a waste of time if she did not read other books.

The other students in the class were still shocked by Shen Zhao's performance. They couldn't come back to their senses for a long time. It was the sound of the chemistry teacher knocking on the podium that made them concentrate again. The teacher also reminded them, "Even Shen Zhao can answer this question, so you have to pay extra attention. Next week we will test this week's content."

There was immediate complaints in the classroom.

Although the senior year curriculum is intense, students are still given time to have fun. That is the big break, which lasts for one class period and the entire grade attends it together.

As soon as the get out of class was over, Xu Ke rushed to Shen Zhao's seat, standing straight with a little blush on his face, "Shen Zhao, can you come with me for the break? Many activities can't be done alone."

Shen Zhao raised his eyebrows and glanced at Ma Shuyi who followed behind him. He really didn't know what the relationship between these three people was. Ma Shuyi and Xu Ke were fine, but Xu Ke was actually so close to Shen Zhao, who often skipped classes. Moreover, their relationship seemed to be better than that with Ma Shuyi. It was really rare to see such a thing in my life.

"Okay." Shen Zhao agreed. If she didn't play with Xu Ke, she would have to deal with other people anyway, so it would be better to play with someone she was familiar with.

After hearing Shen Zhao's straightforward answer, the expressions on Ma Shuyi and Xu Ke's faces were completely different. Ma Shuyi even wanted to hit her.

"Xu Ke, I've told you many times that you can't play with Shen Zhao again and again. Have you forgotten that she was picked on by a group of bad guys last time? You almost got tricked!"

Ma Shuyi is a straightforward person and can say such words in front of Shen Zhao.

Maybe it was because Shen Zhao was stupid enough in the past, but when Shen Zhao heard her words now, she suddenly had an idea in her mind. She had always suspected that it was unusual for Shen Zhao's original body to go to the swimming pool at night, but she didn't understand why. After being reminded by Ma Shuyi, she could start from Shen Zhao's original body's network of contacts.

She hadn't thought about it in this direction before because there were not many contacts in Shen Zhao's phone, so she boldly guessed that Shen Zhao's original interpersonal relationships were simple. But after hearing what Ma Shuyi said, she thought there might be an unknown side to him.

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