Drama Queen Reborn as a Top Student!

Chapter 450 - 182 First Encounter_3

"What are you thinking? Our An’an doesn’t just add strangers casually."

Cheng Xuyuan scratched his head and obediently responded with an "Oh."

Gao Yuyue’s eyes shifted slightly as she glanced at the slanted rear of the boy. A graceful figure in purple had taken a seat.

Gao Yuyue pointed her chin in its direction. "The one in purple clothes—do you know her?"

Cheng Xuyuan turned his head for a look. In that instant, his clear eyes seemed stabbed by a pin, shrinking abruptly.

Gao Yuyue didn’t miss the change in Cheng Xuyuan’s expression and squinted her eyes slightly.

Cheng Xuyuan quickly turned back and lowered his voice. "She... she’s surnamed Yu."

Gao Yuyue raised an eyebrow. "Yu, as in Yu Meiren?"

Yan Lu, who was playing on her phone beside them, suddenly raised her head.

Cheng Xuyuan pressed his lips together. "Yes, she’s the eldest daughter of the Yu family, Yu Ruohuan."

The dazzling theater lights illuminated the space overhead, but shadows still lurked where no light reached.

Shen You’an sat silently in the shadows, dressed in all black, exuding understated composure.

Meanwhile, the girl in purple seated in the crowd’s center radiated an air of nobility and poise. She drew every gaze in the room, the focal point of attention, admired like the moon surrounded by stars, bold and conspicuous.

Even though Gao Yuyue lived far away in Qingzhou, she understood that the surname Yu held unparalleled power and status within Hua Country.

The eldest daughter of the Yu family certainly had cause for pride.

But... Gao Yuyue glanced aside, curling her lips. "When the tiger’s away from the mountain, the monkey dares claim kinghood."

Cheng Xuyuan immediately tensed up and exclaimed, "You absolutely cannot say something like that! The Yu family’s network is terrifying. If they hear you, you’ll be in trouble."

Gao Yuyue scoffed. "What, are they going to confront me openly in broad daylight?"

Yan Lu tugged her sleeve, shaking her head solemnly.

At precisely nine o’clock, the opening ceremony officially began.

What followed was a half-hour-long leadership speech that left Gao Yuyue sleepy. She peeked up to find Shen You’an using a notebook on his lap, one hand holding a pen as he played Sudoku.

His pen moved at lightning speed—whenever Gao Yuyue started calculating, Shen You’an would already be done and moving on to the next puzzle.

The speed—it was inhuman.

From the first to the fifth difficulty levels, Shen You’an took less than thirty minutes. For the hardest, fifth-level puzzles requiring forethought about a dozen digits, Gao Yuyue’s mind faltered by the sixth while Shen You’an penned precise answers.

This was yet another moment when Gao Yuyue witnessed Shen You’an’s terrifying capability.

Her brain must be an extremely refined computer, perfectly calculated.

Shen You’an finished the Sudoku book in a blink, then pulled an advanced eight-level Rubik’s Cube from his backpack. With slender fingers flying at breakneck speed, the cube’s colors swapped rapidly as Gao Yuyue watched in dizzy amazement.

Without pause, seamlessly, effortlessly.

Gao Yuyue couldn’t help but marvel, "At this speed, you could compete in tournaments. No one could beat you—you’d walk away with prizes nonstop!"

Shen You’an tossed the Rubik’s Cube to Gao Yuyue, who scrambled the pieces again. She discovered she had no grasp of any technique. Despite growing up pretty sharp, even when comparing herself to Liu Runxi or Gu Bichen, she’d never felt inferior.

But right now, Gao Yuyue deeply believed she was nothing short of a fool.

"Start with the five-six reduction method," Shen You’an suggested.

Gao Yuyue recalled playing with five- or six-level cubes before, restoring centers first—each face had its center composed of thirty-six pieces, totaling two hundred sixteen across six faces.

Gao Yuyue’s brain spun rapidly as her hands got to work.

Next came the twelve edges, made up of six pieces each, totaling seventy-two.

At this point, the 8x8x8 had transformed into the 3x3x3 state, which she completed to restore the 8x8x8 cube.

"Done!" Gao Yuyue beamed at the neatly restored uniform faces of her completed Rubik’s Cube.

Yan Lu couldn’t resist trying. "Let me give it a shot!"

Gao Yuyue scrambled it anew and handed it over to Yan Lu.

Meanwhile, onstage, the leader’s tiresome speech droned on, inducing boredom in the audience.

Yan Lu moved faster than Gao Yuyue but far slower than Shen You’an.

Gao Yuyue nudged Shen You’an’s arm and eyed his backpack. "Got more games to kill time?"

Shen You’an reached into the backpack to rummage around.

Gao Yuyue stared with anticipation.

Then Shen You’an pulled out a test paper—yes, an actual test paper—along with a pen and handed them to Gao Yuyue. "You can finish this right as the ceremony ends."

Gao Yuyue: ...

Thank you very much.

Resigned, Gao Yuyue took it. She glanced over to see Shen You’an pulling out a matching test paper and starting to answer it.