Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 425: Someone Dared to Hire a Test Taker?!

"What about before? Before coming to Jingdu City?" Su Yijia asked.

Qin Kaize lowered his long eyelashes, thinking for a moment before replying, "When I get back, I’ll call my contacts and find out exactly what’s been going on recently." As for anything related to Wang Fengsong prior to her return to Jingdu City, it was as if she had completely disappeared from the world. Everything they had found out about her past seemed fabricated.

"Alright then, but it looks like we’re going to face off with her soon. Did you see the way she looked at us just now? Definitely not friendly," Su Yijia muttered, pursing her lips. Though she acted nonchalant, internally she was cursing up a storm. Who would have thought that after calculating every possible scenario, she would end up slipping here?

It seemed that even though she had strayed from the original plot, her life would still be as tumultuous as ever until her mission was completed.

"Enough thinking. Let’s get you settled into your dorm first," Qin Kaize comforted her softly.

Whatever was going on, they’d have to wait until they got more answers to understand the full picture.

Su Yijia’s dorm was on the third floor, three rooms away from the shared bathroom at the end of the hall. There were two rooms in front of hers, and overall, the location was pretty good—quiet, and far enough from the bathroom to avoid any unpleasant smells.

When they entered, two girls were already inside.

"Hi, I’m Su Yijia from the Physics Department," Su Yijia greeted them with a smile, then grabbed a couple of candies and placed them on the girls’ desks.

At this time, dorms didn’t have the common layout of an upper bunk for sleeping and a desk below. Instead, each dorm had bunk beds, with a communal desk in the middle of the room. The two girls had already claimed the bottom bunks, and judging by how settled in they were, they must have arrived some time ago.

"Thank you," they accepted the candy, their gazes landing on Su Yijia’s face with a bit of admiration, before shifting to Qin Kaize and the elderly couple, Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin, who had accompanied her.

Most students at the time were quite independent, especially with how expensive train tickets were, so it wasn’t common for anyone to bring along such an entourage. Seeing Su Yijia being accompanied by her family’s senior members and a man was rare. You might only see this a couple of times across the entire dorm building.

"Yijia, are you from Jingdu City?" one of the roommates suddenly asked.

Su Yijia shook her head, "No, I’m from Hu City."

Both roommates were surprised. "Wow, your family must really care about you, for your elders and your... brother to come with you to school."

The roommate who had spoken cast a curious glance at Qin Kaize, and Su Yijia’s expression instantly darkened. She quickly wrapped her arm around Qin Kaize’s, smiling sweetly as she said, "This is my husband."

The roommate’s face immediately flushed with embarrassment, and she quickly averted her gaze. "Oh... I see. You two make a lovely couple," she stammered, her voice full of sincerity as her face burned with shame.

Su Yijia wasn’t offended. She knew Qin Kaize was handsome, so it was only natural that someone might be infatuated at first glance. Besides, judging by her reaction, the girl was quite decent and probably wouldn’t cross any lines. Still, it was clear they wouldn’t be friends now. Su Yijia sighed internally, and then shot a quick glare at Qin Kaize.

It was his fault for being such a heartthrob!

Qin Kaize placed their belongings on the desk, blocking the two roommates’ view, and secretly squeezed Su Yijia’s hand. His silent plea for forgiveness quickly brightened her mood.

After getting everything set up, Su Yijia took a large piece of paper, wrote her name on it, and pinned it to her bed.

"Alright, you two take care. I’ll be heading out now," Su Yijia waved goodbye to her roommates, slinging her small satchel over her shoulder, ready to leave.

"Why are you leaving already? Are you coming back later? Should we wait for you to have dinner together tonight?" one of the roommates called out. Despite the earlier awkwardness, they still wanted to get along with their dorm mates.

"I won’t be back today. I need to accompany my husband to his university registration," Su Yijia replied sweetly.

Her two roommates exchanged glances before one of them exclaimed, "Wait, your husband is starting university too? You two are amazing!"

But just as she finished speaking, the other roommate suddenly gasped, startling the one next to her. "Your husband—is he Qin Kaize? The national college entrance exam top scorer?"

"Yes, that’s him," Su Yijia confirmed, surprised they hadn’t realized earlier.

The girl who had sneaked glances at Qin Kaize turned an even deeper shade of red. This... this was so embarrassing. If only she’d read more newspapers, she wouldn’t be in such an awkward situation now.

"You two are incredible!" They both couldn’t help but marvel, their eyes filled with admiration and envy as they looked at Su Yijia and Qin Kaize.

After bidding them goodbye, Su Yijia accompanied Qin Kaize to his university, the National University of Defense Technology. Since fewer people were admitted to this school, and it required both academic excellence and physical fitness, the process was quicker. After completing registration and checking out his dorm, they finally returned home.

Since their return, Qin Kaize had been making phone calls nonstop. Su Yijia listened for a while before getting busy with her own things, planning to hear the full report when everything was wrapped up. However, by the time she fell asleep, Qin Kaize was still in the living room, phone in hand.

The next day, Su Yijia slept in until past 10 a.m. When she got up, Qin Kaize was still on the phone, his face dark with worry, which startled her. What could have happened to make him stay on the phone for so long? And the phone bill—it must be astronomical!

She sat down beside him, and he immediately took her hand, kissing her fingers before responding to the person on the line. "Alright, continue your investigation. Let me know if anything comes up."

After hanging up, he finally turned to Su Yijia.

"So, what’s going on?" Su Yijia tilted her head, curiosity written all over her face.

"It’s a case of cheating. He hired someone to take the exam for him. To make sure they looked alike for the test, he went through all this disguise—acne medication, glasses, the whole deal. Our people had been watching that doctor for a while, not knowing why. During the National College Entrance Examination, Mu Yanming went to the exam site himself, with his admission ticket. It looks like they swapped tickets, and because their appearances were so similar, no one noticed," Qin Kaize explained everything in detail.