The Reborn CEO Jiang Is Also Acting Coquettishly Today - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

As the saying goes, returning home in wealth and honor and not showing it off is like wearing embroidered silk and walking in the night.

There is another saying: “Never show off, or you’ll get struck by lightning.”

After two days of sorting things out, Jiang Zhixia finally confirmed one fact:

She had been reborn into her high school days—the era when she was a wild force of nature who specialized in curing all kinds of defiance. And it was freaking eleventh grade!! What did that mean?

It meant ten years of hard work had vanished instantly, returning her to pre-liberation days. The countless assets in the bank, the endless figurines lying on her bookshelves, the luxurious and soft king-size bed, the long-planned trip around the world…

All of it! All of it! Gone like bubbles. What remained for her were endless exercise booklets, “Five-Year College Entrance Exam, Three-Year Simulation” prep books, and countless nights of bitter struggle fueled by coffee.

Jiang Zhixia, who had already squeezed through the thousands of troops and horses of the exam system once with great difficulty.

Waaah!!

What a pitiful and tragic encounter!!

Jiang Zhixia chose death.

The only consolation was that her own father was still alive, healthy and energetic, able to strive for the career and future he loved. Watching her father bouncing around in front of her full of life, she felt quite relieved, all things considered.

She would temporarily treat this as the meaning of her rebirth.

However, thinking of her lost fortune, CEO Jiang Zhixia still felt immense heartache.

Sigh…

Her hundredth sigh of the lesson attracted her desk-mate, Fangfang.

“Zhixia, don’t be angry anymore. It was just a tiny, tiny, tiny loss of face during the flag-raising ceremony. You’ll find that everyone will forget it very quickly,” Fangfang whispered, leaning in. Actually, they hadn’t. The school forums were discussing it quite happily. Everyone felt that Jiang Zhixia, who could leave the Dean of Students speechless, was truly a master of stirring up trouble. After all, Dean Jia usually managed things so strictly—even the principal didn’t interfere as much as he did.

“And everyone admires you very much,” Fangfang added. “It won’t lose you your face as a campus ‘Big Boss’.” Besides, as both the class bully and the school bully, Jiang Zhixia should have been used to it long ago. For instance, Fangfang would get scolded one day and be lively as ever the next.

Jiang Zhixia looked at her oblivious childhood friend, her eyes full of sorrow.

“You think what I lost was just the face of a Big Boss? Actually, what I lost was ten billion! Ten billion!!”

Fangfang: “…”

“What are you two whispering about down there? If you want to talk, come up here and talk. Jiang Zhixia, come answer this question.” The math teacher, who had been watching them for a long time, threw a piece of chalk.

Jiang Zhixia resisted passively: “I don’t know how.”

“You don’t know how?! You don’t know how and yet you don’t listen carefully. I’m telling you, for some students, it’s not just a problem with learning, it’s a problem with attitude. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re doing down there. I can see everything clearly from up here. It’s one thing to not learn well, but you’re not even trying to learn. No matter how you’re doing, straighten up your attitude.” The little old man’s lips trembled with anger as he began his daily life-mentor lecture.

Jiang Zhixia: “I miss being surrounded by followers and having everyone respond to my call. Ah, that truly is my youth that has vanished like the setting sun, never to return.”

Regardless, until she found a time machine, Jiang Zhixia figured she couldn’t go back. Giving up on struggling, Jiang Zhixia felt that life was utterly meaningless and slumped on her desk, reminiscing about her youth.

Then she heard a student at the door call out timidly: “Um… Jiang Zhixia, someone is looking for you…”

“Not here.” Jiang Zhixia didn’t even lift her head; in her grief, she had no strength to see anyone.

“Um… Jiang Zhixia said she… she’s not here…” The student caught to deliver the message wanted to cry but had no tears. Why did they have to go to the bathroom during this period? They couldn’t afford to offend either person.

The girl in front of them, with wine-red dyed hair and a tyrannical expression, walked directly into the classroom and rushed to Jiang Zhixia’s side: “You’re pretty arrogant, huh? Daring to tell me you’re ‘not here’.”

Two lackeys followed close behind.

Jiang Zhixia didn’t lift her head: “I’m alright, I guess I’m okay.”

The wine-red-haired Big Sister felt her dignity had been insulted, but she didn’t forget her purpose: “I heard you’re very badass. Want to run with me?”

“Not interested.” Jiang Zhixia was mourning her lost youth. She had no time for them.

“Our Boss recruiting you is an honor. Do you want to do this the easy way or the hard way?” the two girls threatened.

“Little fatty, get out.” Fangfang, who was eating bread, looked up. She remained unmoved. Next to Jiang Zhixia, Fangfang had never feared delinquents.

The Big Sister, whose provocations were ignored again and again, was very angry—and the consequences were serious. “Looking for you is giving you face. Don’t fucking take yourself too seriously.”

How many years had it been since she heard such chuunibyou lines? Is this how I used to roll when I was young? Jiang Zhixia lifted her head and glanced, instantly stunned by the three “Smart” hairstyles in front of her, unable to help but let out a bit of a smile.

“Is your ‘face’ also rainbow-colored? Then I certainly don’t want it.”

“You fucker!” The wine-red-haired girl instinctively swung a slap. Jiang Zhixia reached out, gave the other’s hand a certain twist, and a crack was heard.

Fangfang: “Wow, that looks painful.”

The students watching the drama: Quiet as mice.

The wine-red-haired girl’s face turned beet red, though whether from anger or pain was unclear. The two lackeys were about to step forward to reclaim their honor when another crack was heard.

Riiiing— The class bell rang at the perfect moment.

Jiang Zhixia pursed her lips: “Classmate, go back to class quickly. If the teacher sees you later, writing self-criticisms with your left hand is very tiring.” Her words were full of apparent concern for the other party.

The three stomped their feet but left the classroom before the teacher appeared.

The whole class: “She truly is a master of showing off.”

Fangfang swallowed her bread and gave a thumbs up. As expected of a Big Boss.

“So why did they come looking for me?” Jiang Zhixia frowned.

“Ah, same as last semester. They saw you got famous on the forum again and decided to take you under their wing. They’re all delinquent seniors from the twelfth grade. Apparently, they even beat a girl so badly last semester she was hospitalized.”

Jiang Zhixia picked through her memories but couldn’t for the life of her remember this.

In her past life, Jiang Zhixia was extremely dissatisfied that Jiang Qin had unilaterally put her in Jinjiang No. 1 Middle School. During tenth grade, she was completely wild, doing whatever she pleased. Because of this, many strongmen wanted to recruit her as a lackey or challenge her for her reputation. However, a person as proud as our CEO Jiang considered herself above such low-level interests and found it troublesome. She dealt with almost every single one who came her way. Her reputation as the hidden Big Boss of the tenth grade was firmly established.

“Speaking of which, Xiaxia, you could just be a campus Big Boss. I’ll be the first general under your command. How cool would it be to walk around like that?” Fangfang tried her best to egg her on. Aside from being quiet as a mouse in front of teachers, this chubby little girl never thought any trouble was too big.

“Fangfang,” Jiang Zhixia said earnestly, “What’s the point of being a campus Big Boss? I’m going to be the ‘President Daddy’ to hundreds of millions of netizens.”

Fangfang: “??”

Jiang Zhixia sensitively noticed the girl sitting in front, who was listening carefully to the lesson, curl her lips into a smile. She smugly gave herself a wink.

Daddy is indeed such a cool kid.

Students eavesdropping nearby: “Please, have a heart. Is there any point in speaking such nonsense all day long?”

But regardless of what others thought, Jiang Zhixia sat in the back and let her mind wander.

There was a meme on the internet in her past life: if you’ve already been screwed by life, the urgent priority is to think about what to do. Jiang Zhixia felt these crude words were quite true. The person is back. What else can be done? Go pick a fight to vent? You have to think of a way out.

Jiang Zhixia had a bit of a headache. Right now, the urgent priority was surely the College Entrance Examination?

In her past life, she clashed with Jiang Qin for three years and had no intention of studying. In the end, she relied on a last-year sprint to get into a decent Tier 2 university, catching the trend of the times to study Computer Science, which became very popular later.

During her second year of university, Jiang Zhixia went to participate in a national programming competition and took an immediate interest in a little brother who won third place—not that kind of interest. CEO Jiang, a Perennial Virgin, always had the superpower of turning anyone into a little brother. The other party’s programming ability was outstanding, but he didn’t talk much—the social anxiety type.

Perhaps Great Gods all like to communicate in their own worlds.

Jiang Zhixia didn’t care about that. At the time, she was bent on creating a social platform for students. With a keen eye for talent, she immediately spotted the two who would become her future partners and besties. After pestering them for a long time, she finally dragged them onto her pirate ship—though the press releases all said three young people with shared ideals were drawn together by a calling, that was fake.

But at that time, her Tier 2 degree also caused her quite a few obstacles. After all, the other two in the team were Top 1 elites. In many processes, Jiang Zhixia still felt it was quite troublesome.

Sigh— although everything has to start over, it’s not without benefits. Thinking about the current domestic internet environment, Jiang Zhixia felt that with her prophetic vision of the next ten-plus years, she was practically using a massive cheat code.

The current problem was to get into a good university, at least top ten in the country. Jiang Zhixia, who didn’t feel there was any problem with setting this goal, began to think about how to entice good talent to work with her after entering university. Where were those two guys from her team now and what were they doing? She had to find a way to contact them.

Sigh, there was also a small trouble. What on earth was this physics lecture talking about? Jiang Zhixia felt a headache, this was the area she was worst at. In her past life, she was often teased by her two besties for this. Thinking that she still had to take the Gaokao, Jiang Zhixia’s face darkened.

Fangfang, watching her expression change frequently while staring at Cheng Xi’s back: “…Xiaxia, what are you doing?”

“Nothing,” Jiang Zhixia replied lazily, resting her chin on her hand.

Then why do you keep staring at Cheng Xi… Given Jiang Zhixia’s own nature for stirring up trouble, Fangfang felt these words had zero credibility.

As if sensing their gazes, Cheng Xi in front slightly turned her head.

“Hey!” Jiang Zhixia’s eyes lit up, and she rested her hand on Cheng Xi’s shoulder: “Xixi—” In her past life, Cheng Xi was the city’s top scorer in the science stream for the Gaokao. Her physics was insanely good.

“Jiang Zhixia, what are you doing pulling your classmate during class?” The physics teacher roared, followed by a flying piece of chalk.

Whoosh— The eyes of the whole class turned around instantly.

“Sorry, teacher, I just wasn’t paying attention for a moment.” Jiang Zhixia used a smile to gloss it over.

“Student Jiang Zhixia was borrowing something from me.” Cheng Xi, with a crimson face and trembling eyelashes, whispered a small explanation.

The collective thought of the whole class: Wow, so shameless. She actually looks for trouble with Cheng Xi even during class.

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