Chapter 42 The Unlucky Guy

Secondly, he didn’t participate in the City Exam, so he had to draw a red or black lot, and he couldn’t retake it.

To prevent anyone from exploiting loopholes, the Old Federation’s retake mechanism was extremely strict. Only those who achieved high scores in the City Exam but were dissatisfied with their current schools could apply for a retake; absence from the exam was not covered by the retake mechanism.

Even if Zhang Tai’s family had connections, there was nothing they could do to fix it.

“Don’t worry, son, I know what to do!”

Su Yuan replied confidently.

“Alright!”

Su Ming said no more.

The two walked towards Wang Qiang. Wang Qiang watched Su Ming approaching, his heart pounding, instinctively somewhat afraid of Su Ming.

At this moment, Su Ming, in his eyes, was no longer a harmless fatty, but a meticulous and ruthless character.

“Have you thought about it? Is it you who dies, or him?”

Su Ming squatted down, reached into Wang Qiang’s pocket, pulled out his phone, and handed it to him.

Wang Qiang gritted his teeth, took the phone, and dialed Zhang Tai’s number.

Soon, the call connected.

“How did it go?”

An arrogant voice came from the phone.

“It’s been thoroughly dealt with.”

Wang Qiang replied to Zhang Tai.

“Good, go hide for a few days.”

Zhang Tai hung up the phone after speaking.

Wang Qiang looked at the disconnected call, feeling as if all his strength had been drained, and he slumped to the ground.

“Hu Jia, take them all away!”

Su Yuan waved his hand and said to his subordinates.

“Yes!”

Hu Jia and the others stepped forward, roughly pulled up Wang Qiang and the others, and led them away.

Su Yuan then said to Su Ming with a smile,

“Son, let’s go home.”

“Okay.”

Su Ming then followed Su Yuan towards the street.

Along the way, Su Yuan looked at Su Ming as if he had something to say but hesitated.

Su Ming glanced at Su Yuan’s expression and then spoke,

“Father, is there something on your mind?”

“Uh, son, how did you suddenly become so smart?”

Su Yuan asked hesitantly. In his impression, his son wasn’t very smart. But now, Su Ming was not only diligent and eager to learn but also very intelligent. Although he knew it was probably stimulated by the Lin Chuyu incident, and he might not have given up, wanting to strive hard, which is why he changed so much. However, in his opinion, this wasn’t good because being too persistent, if things didn’t go his way in the future, might lead him to another extreme.

Upon hearing this, Su Ming replied very naturally,

“That’s because Teacher Jiang Yu taught me well.”

“Uh, Jiang Yu! Son, you must learn from him diligently! Teacher Jiang Yu is very good. Your father, I, wasn’t focused on studying back then, which is why I didn’t achieve anything.”

Su Yuan said to Su Ming with a smile.

“Oh, come on, you never studied properly back then, and you didn’t want to either, always dozing off. One time, to skip class, you even ran and hid in the old man’s study, and clumsily broke the old man’s beloved vase. In the end, the old man hung you up and beat you half to death.”

Su Ming replied with a sigh.

“Ah, how do you know about that?”

Su Yuan looked at Su Ming in disbelief.

“On the old man’s birthday, he specifically called me aside and lectured me about this incident, telling me not to be like you. Father, look at the mess you made, even I got dragged into it.”

Su Ming said to Su Yuan with a look of disdain.

“Uh, son, let’s not mention that, especially in front of your mother. I’ll buy you a model later.”

“We’ll see.”

“How about two?”

“I’ll consider it.”

“Three, no more.”

Under the setting sun, two figures gradually faded into the afterglow of the sunset.

— —

old era 4618, June 5th.

The day before the City Exam · Old Federation Thirteenth District · Mient Intermediate Academy.

Su Ming walked towards the school gate with a light backpack slung over one shoulder. The path was filled with returning students, making it very lively.

“Su Ming!”

Just then, Su Ming heard a familiar shout from behind him.

Su Ming immediately stopped, turned his head to look back, and saw Mink waving and running towards him.

Once Mink ran up to him, panting, Su Ming greeted him.

“Class Monitor, good morning. Why are you so late today? It’s not like you.”

According to Mink’s habits, he should have arrived much earlier.

Mink smiled bitterly and said to Su Ming,

“I studied until 3 AM yesterday, so I had a bit of trouble getting up this morning.”

“How are your preparations?”

“To be honest, not good. I have no confidence at all.”

“It’s okay, don’t think too much at this point, just relax.”

Su Ming and Mink chatted as they walked towards the school.

When the two reached the school gate, they saw many students standing there. And by the school gate, there were several honor display boards.

These display boards showed the names and photos of all the teachers, security guards, and students who bravely fought in the Kirami invasion incident.

Of course, the most striking among them were Lin Chuyu and an enlarged photo.

This photo was precisely the one of Principal Roken with Su Ming and the other two.

Many returning students looked at the photo and discussed amongst themselves,

“Isn’t that Class Monitor Mink and Chen Tong from Mecha Class 3?”

“It’s them, they’re on the honor roll.”

“Who’s the one in the middle, with only their forehead showing? You can’t see them at all.”

“I don’t know which unlucky guy.”

At this moment, not far away, Principal Roken was gazing at his photo from a distance. The more he looked, the more satisfied he became.

“Lord Roken, how is the enlarged size?”

Xiao Gao, the photographer, asked fawningly.

“Just right. And I’m very satisfied with this photo you took; it perfectly captures my majestic physique.”

Principal Roken truly loved this photo.

“Lord Roken, it’s not that I took it well, but that you yourself are grand and distinguished!”

Xiao Gao praised him very skillfully.

“Well said, here’s your bonus!”

Principal Roken took out a very thick envelope and handed it to Xiao Gao.

“Thank you, Lord Roken!”

Xiao Gao’s face wrinkled with a smile as he quickly took it with both hands.

On the other side, Su Ming and Mink glanced at the enlarged photo. Seeing Principal Roken occupying more than half of the photo, they instantly lost interest in joining the crowd.

They then walked towards their classroom.

Soon after, Su Ming and Mink arrived at their classroom.

As soon as the two stepped into the classroom, they saw Huang Mao and the others excitedly 圍上來, shouting and jeering,

“Oh, our heroes are here!”

“Stop making noise.”

Mink coughed and said.

“Class Monitor, we’re not talking about you, we’re talking about Su Ming.”

Huang Mao and the others replied with a laugh.

“Me? Isn’t my face blocked and invisible?”

Su Ming replied with some confusion.

“Hehe, what does that matter? It’s all just for show. We’re telling you, your spring has come.”

Huang Mao and a few others said, winking.

“Sorry, I don’t understand what you’re talking about?”

Su Ming was also confused, but looking at their mischievous smiles, it definitely seemed like something was up.