The classroom, last row, by the window.
Shen Qinghan stared blankly at the empty seat next to her, inexplicably lost in thought, wondering about something.
He didn't come?
Shen Qinghan frowned, feeling an inexplicable sense of irritation.
Ring, ring, ring!
The class bell rang. The teacher on the podium clapped his hands, calling the somewhat chaotic students to order.
"Class, it's time to begin!"
"Now, let's take roll..."
Taking roll didn't mean calling out names and having students stand up or answer. They just had to sit in their seats, and a single glance was enough to tell if everyone was present.
Absences were obvious. For example, right now... one could immediately see that of the two seats in the last row by the window, one was empty.
"Mm, very good, everyone is here. Let's start the class."
The middle-aged teacher nodded, automatically ignoring the fact that Ye Cheng hadn't shown up for class.
It was true that Ye Cheng had no background and was a good student specially recruited from outside by the school, but that didn't mean he was ordinary. Recently, his affairs had caused quite a stir on campus.
Let alone the students, even the teachers were among the countless gossip-hungry onlookers.
Simply put... this kid was terrifyingly formidable!
Who knew what Ye Cheng did in his past life to be so incredible. There were only two top-tier young ladies from the leading families of Dahai City in the school, and Ye Cheng had provoked both of them. Posts about him had dominated the school's confession wall for who knows how long.
Out of the top ten posts, nine were about him. It was hard not to see them even if you tried. As for a troublemaker like Ye Cheng, the school naturally chose to... turn a blind eye.
Yep... turn a blind eye.
Nonsense, what could they do even if they saw it?
The principal was from the Shen family, and the student council was in Dongfang Zhixia's grip. It was truly a case of turning a blind eye. Not to mention Ye Cheng being dishonest and causing trouble all over the school.
Even if Ye Cheng ran around the school naked wearing only a pair of boxers, no one would say anything. On the contrary, quite a few wealthy young ladies would secretly take out their phones to snap a couple of nice pictures...
If they really punished Ye Cheng, they would end up offending both sides.
It was no exaggeration to say that Ye Cheng could go to the cafeteria now and eat without paying. After finishing, he could just say, "Put it on my boss's tab," and stroll away leisurely with a toothpick in his mouth.
At that point, the cashier would face a problem: whose tab should Ye Cheng's meal be put on? The eldest miss or the student council president?
Pick the wrong one, and they might get fired the next day for putting two extra grains of salt in a dish... There was simply no way to decide, so it became a bad debt.
The most ridiculous part was that you wouldn't even dare ask for the money... Ye Cheng had proven with facts that being a lackey also had a future. In any industry, as long as you reached the top, you could feast!
What is wrong with being a lackey?
What is wrong with it?! (Hands on hips, self-righteous, super loud)!!!
Fortunately, there was no need to worry about this problem at the current stage, because at school, Ye Cheng and Shen Qinghan were inseparable. If you saw Ye Cheng leaning out a window with his butt sticking out, you could usually spot the calm-faced eldest miss waiting not far away.
Naturally, the eldest miss was the one paying...
The middle-aged teacher on the podium continued his lecture. As for why Ye Cheng didn't come to class, it didn't matter. It was probably related to the two young ladies, and that was beyond what a middle-aged guy like him could manage.
There was nothing he could do. The school's benefits were simply too good: free meals, housing, sky-high provident funds, normal holidays off, and five times the pay for overtime...
Being a teacher at this school was pure enjoyment!
You might lack other skills, but you absolutely had to know how to read the room!
This blackboard is truly a blackboard!
The classroom, back row.
Shen Qinghan withdrew her gaze and continued reading the all-English philosophy book in her hands.
One minute passed...
Two minutes passed...
Three minutes...
Silently, the young lady set her book aside, took out her phone, tapped on Ye Cheng's profile picture, and sent a question mark.
Shen Qinghan: "?"
Shen Qinghan: "Where are you?"
This morning, they had been chatting normally. It was she who had cut the conversation short because of a certain naturally evil old hag. At the time, she was looking for a suitable meme to elbow strike Ye Cheng.
Unfortunately, she didn't find one.
However, the young lady wasn't angry or depressed now, because that naturally evil old hag had already paid the price for her actions!
It was just a pity... unlike usual, Ye Cheng didn't reply instantly. Shen Qinghan stared at her phone for a few minutes, but her message to Ye Cheng remained unread.
Silently, Shen Qinghan put her phone away, planning to go find Dongfang Zhixia after class.
If he wasn't with her, he could only be with Dongfang Zhixia.
Solving problems by process of elimination is always fast. The young lady instantly locked onto her suspect... The answer was right, but the timing was off.
What Shen Qinghan didn't know was that she wasn't the only one looking for Ye Cheng right now. Dongfang Zhixia was also looking for him, and she was even more anxious. The reason, of course, was that perfect score college entrance exam essay Ye Cheng had left behind...
Dongfang Zhixia saw it when she came down to pack her things. After reading the whole text, she realized the severity of the problem...
As for Ye Cheng...
Nigerundayo!!!
At the school gate.
A police car parked by the road, and Wang Fugui stepped out.
"Uncle Wang, you are here! We already called an ambulance for Wang Defa, it should be here any minute!" a wealthy young master hastily said when he saw him approaching, handing Wang Defa's phone to Wang Fugui in passing.
Wang Fugui nodded and saw his son lying on the ground with a large, red, swollen bump on his head.
Wang Fugui: "..."
"He got this from falling?" Wang Fugui had a strange expression on his face. Why did it look like he had been smacked with something?
The crowd: "..."
To reach his current position, Wang Fugui was no fool. His investigative skills were formidable. Although he had gained some weight, his abilities hadn't diminished at all; if anything, they had become even more polished.
Seeing the silence of the people around him, Wang Fugui pretty much figured it out... He definitely didn't fall. That bastard son of his had probably pulled some crazy stunt again.
"Alright, thank you for your trouble, students. I will take it from here," Wang Fugui said with a smile.
"Okay, Uncle Wang, we are heading to school now..."
Although Wang Fugui seemed approachable and easy to talk to, he was, after all, an elder with a very high position. The group of wealthy young masters still felt intimidated and quickly smoothed things over, ready to grease their soles and slip away.
Suddenly, a figure dashed over from a distance, shouting loudly, "Make way, everyone make way!"
You could hear his voice before you even saw him!
Wang Fugui and the surrounding young masters all looked over with puzzled expressions. Wearing the same confused look was the head maid, who was comforting Xia Tongxin not far away.
This voice... why does it sound somewhat familiar?
A question mark popped up in the head maid's mind as she turned her head to look.
Just in time, she saw a giant "grey rabbit" charging toward the school gate like a runaway truck at a terrifying speed of around twenty meters per second, bobbing up and down.
Because the speed was so fast, the rabbit ears were pulled straight back behind its head!
Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, Ye Cheng took a massive leap, vaulted over the school fence, and sprinted away in a certain direction outside the school, leaving the on-duty staff and the student council inspectors looking completely bewildered.
Head Maid: "???"
Wang Fugui: "???"
The Crowd: "???"
After snapping back to reality, the on-duty staff in the security room let out a sharp shriek, holding the walkie-talkie and yelling frantically.
"Calling for backup, calling for backup, a rabbit has escaped from prison... Wait, no, a student has run away!!!" His words were filled with disbelief, still immersed in the fear of being dominated by Ye Cheng's terrifying speed just moments ago.
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
