Drama Queen Reborn as a Top Student!-Chapter 811 - 362

After the birthday party ended, Yan Lu and Shi Qingqing went to a nearby café together. After ordering two cups of coffee and some desserts, they put on their headphones and got ready to watch the livestream.

"It’s starting—it’s starting!" Shi Qingqing shouted.

Yan Lu quickly put down the half-eaten tiramisu and leaned in.

The moment the livestream camera turned on, it focused on a girl sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window, head lowered, reading a book.

Outside the window, neon lights sparkled in the bustling city. The soft, warm glow from the lamp cast a gentle halo around the girl, making her look like she was part of a high-end magazine spread.

"It’s An’an!" Yan Lu exclaimed excitedly.

Amidst the barrage of comments flooding the chat with "Happy Birthday Rong Xianning," one stood out: "This girl really knows how to put on a show. This is a livestream, sis, can you actually focus on reading?"

Soon after, the chat was filled with mocking comments: "She’s reading an English original? Seriously? Does she even understand it? Trying way too hard, sis."

——"If I’m not embarrassed, the embarrassing one is someone else. But dear sisters, I’m dying of second-hand embarrassment here."

——"I just curled my toes into a four-bedroom apartment. Insane, way too insane."

——"Isn’t there a staff member to remind her? This is over the top. Setting up as an academic star during our Brother Rong’s birthday livestream—trying to make our Brother Rong look up to her, huh?"

——"Does she think Brother Rong is a nerd who’ll fall for girls who love studying? Sis, you miscalculated big time."

Shi Qingqing voiced her own confusion: "What is she doing?"

Seeing the barrage of mocking and critical comments targeting An’an, Yan Lu couldn’t hold back her anger and reported every single one of them.

Her fingers flew across the keyboard as she typed and sent her response to the chat: ——"A bunch of academic losers can’t possibly comprehend the world of a genius. Open your eyes and read the title on the cover: *Spacetime Physics.* Spacetime physics! Of course, your brain cells wouldn’t understand it. But she’s a prodigy, a true academic goddess. What do you expect her to do with fragmented time—take selfies and scroll through her phone like you all? This is the difference between you ordinary folks and a genius!"

Yan Lu copied and posted her statement multiple times, completely drowning out the hate comments. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Shi Qingqing asked, puzzled, "A prodigy? An academic goddess?"

Yan Lu retorted irritably, "Of course! Do you know who won the gold medal and ranked first in last year’s CMO? It’s An’an! Even the academic stars groomed by De Ren couldn’t outperform her. She’s been number one her entire life, never once second place. When I’m with her, she never plays with her phone during free time—there’s always a book in her hand. You all don’t understand, fine, but attacking and mocking her? What’s the point?"

Shi Qingqing gasped in surprise. "So she’s the gold medalist from last year’s CMO?"

Her cousin participated in last year’s CMO but, unfortunately, didn’t rank. According to her cousin, the CMO questions were extraordinarily difficult. The gold medalists who make it into De Ren’s Young Talent Class are groomed for careers in scientific research and are considered the backbone of the nation. When her cousin mentioned it, there was obvious envy in her tone—and she noted that the gold medalist that year was a girl from a small town who outperformed even De Ren’s students.

Shi Qingqing never would’ve guessed that the gold medalist her cousin admired turned out to be the girl in black sitting beside her earlier. She regretted not chatting with her more—flirting with a mind like that might add a touch of brilliance to her own life.

Perhaps the wait was too long, as the girl eventually closed her book and stood up.

At that moment, Rong Xianning walked into the camera frame.

The entire chat exploded with gushing admiration for Rong Xianning’s looks, completely burying all of Yan Lu’s comments. Not that anyone was likely to take her messages seriously.

"An’an, it’s been a while." Rong Xianning greeted.

Yan Lu was stunned, exchanging bewildered glances with Shi Qingqing.

Shi Qingqing murmured in disbelief, "She knows Rong Xianning?"

Yan Lu stared in confusion, "I don’t know! An’an never told me anything."