Chapter 28 Silence

Zhao Ning, with red eyes, then said to Su Ming,

“Your father has been summoned for investigation.”

“Why?”

“This Chirami Larva outbreak originated from the garbage dump at home, and it wasn’t reported in time.”

“No way? What about Mother? This incident is so serious.”

Su Ming was speechless; it turned out this disaster originated from his own family’s business.

“It’s alright, my good son, I’ll call the Old Man in a bit.”

Zhao Ning quickly comforted Su Ming.

“The Old Man?”

Su Ming’s body instinctively trembled, and then a furious face appeared in his mind.

For a moment, Su Ming’s expression became a little unnatural. The Old Man was his grandfather, the current head of the Su Family, and his temper and personality were unusually volatile and overbearing.

It could be said that no one in the entire Su Family, from top to bottom, didn’t fear him.

The last time Su Ming saw him was three years ago, when the Old Man celebrated his 200th birthday. At that time, his current body nearly wet itself, leaving a significant psychological shadow.

“That’s right, as long as we tell the Old Man, there shouldn’t be any problems, so you don’t need to worry.”

“Mm.”

Su Ming thought for a moment, then relaxed. If the Old Man was willing to act, there should be no problem.

“Oh, by the way, son, is your school on holiday now?”

Zhao Ning then asked.

“Yes, the school told us to go home and study.”

“That’s great, son. Just stay home. It’s not safe outside right now.”

Zhao Ning also didn’t want Su Ming to go to school. Her husband had already been taken away, and if anything happened to Su Ming, she truly wouldn’t want to live.

“No, I still have the City Exam coming up.”

Su Ming replied, rubbing his head.

“Forget about the City Exam. Just stay home and relax. I’ll make you something delicious to calm your nerves. You must have been scared yesterday, right?”

Zhao Ning pulled Su Ming towards the house.

Three days later, in the early morning.

After intermittently completing one hundred push-ups and one hundred sit-ups, Su Ming took a hot shower, changed into loose clothes, and walked down the spiral staircase.

In the living room, Chen Hui saw Su Ming come down and immediately stepped forward to respectfully ask,

“Young Master, you’re up. Breakfast is ready for you.”

“Mm, where’s my mother?”

Su Ming turned his head and looked around the living room, but he didn’t see Zhao Ning.

“Madam left very early. She specifically instructed me to prepare breakfast for you, saying you’ve been working too hard recently and have gotten thin.”

Su Ming looked at the table full of meat and a plate of small green vegetables, feeling a little touched.

“I understand. You go do your work.”

“Okay, Young Master.”

Chen Hui left after speaking.

Su Ming walked to the dining table and turned on the projection TV.

He picked up his chopsticks, picked up some green vegetables, and ate while watching TV.

At this moment, the news was playing on the TV. A female reporter in a blue professional suit was standing on the street, reporting.

“To all citizens, regarding the Kirami invasion in the Thirteenth District, the Thirteenth District’s guards responded with lightning speed and have now completely cleared all Kirami. It is now safe. All lockdowns have also been officially lifted, and residents can move freely.”

Su Ming watched the report and then fell into thought.

He had dug out all the textbooks and review materials from the past two years these past few days, but his revision was not ideal, and the efficiency was too low.

With the City Exam imminent, time was very tight. It seemed he could only seek help from Teacher Tang Yan.

Thinking of this, Su Ming got up and left.

A moment later, Su Ming walked on the wide road. The road was deserted, with hardly any pedestrians except for teams of patrolling soldiers.

Most of the shops on both sides were closed, with ‘Temporarily Closed’ signs hanging on them. Only a few individual shops were still open.

From this, it could be seen that the situation in the Thirteenth District was still very tense.

However, Su Ming didn’t care. He jogged towards Teacher Tang Yan’s house.

More than an hour later, Su Ming arrived, panting, at the entrance of the residential complex where Teacher Tang Yan lived.

Just as he was about to walk in, he heard a familiar shout from behind.

“Su Ming.”

Su Ming turned his head back in surprise and saw Mink and Chen Tong, asking with equal surprise,

“Why are you here?”

“Don’t look at me. He and I are not on the same path. We just happened to run into each other.”

Chen Tong snorted coldly, distancing himself from Mink with disdain.

Mink didn’t care. He explained with a worried expression,

“We’re here to find Teacher Tang. The City Exam is coming up, and this holiday studying at home won’t work.”

“I think so too. Let’s go find the teacher.”

Su Ming didn’t say much more.

The three walked in together and soon arrived at the teacher’s doorstep. Mink then stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Thump-thump~

The door opened quickly. Su Ming and the other two were about to greet him, but they froze when they saw who opened the door.

“Zhao Ran?”

“Class monitor, you’re here too. Come in quickly.”

Zhao Ran was also a little surprised.

Su Ming and the other two walked into the house and immediately saw more than a dozen classmates sitting in the narrow living room. The three with yellow hair were also there.

It was clear that not everyone in the class had given up; there were still many who were working hard for it.

“You’re here too. Find a place to sit. If you can’t, just make do with sitting on the floor.”

Teacher Tang Yan, with deeply sunken eyes and a dispirited look, came out holding a water glass.

“What’s wrong with Teacher? He looks down again?”

Su Ming whispered to Mink.

Mink lowered his voice and replied to Su Ming with a heavy heart,

“Yesterday, the school held a memorial service specifically to commemorate those who died. Teacher attended as a greeter.”

“How come I didn’t know? And I wasn’t notified?”

“How could you be notified? They only called the families of the deceased students. Do you know how many died in our class?”

“How many?”

“Eleven people died in our class. The casualties throughout the school are countless; the numbers aren’t even dared to be released.”

Upon hearing this, Su Ming’s heart sank. He knew the situation was bad, but he didn’t expect it to be this terrible.

“Make yourselves at home.”

After placing the water on the table, Teacher Tang Yan slumped onto the sofa.

Su Ming and the others didn’t know how to speak, and the atmosphere in the room was very oppressive.

At this moment, Mink took a deep breath and said to Teacher Tang Yan,

“Teacher, the City Exam is imminent. The school has suspended classes and told us to study at home, but we are not prepared at all. Relying on ourselves is completely insufficient, and there’s still a long way to go to Royal Court Academy. Please, Teacher, help us.”

“The class monitor is right, Teacher, please help us.”

Zhao Ran and the others all chimed in.

“Alas, after what happened a few days ago, I’ve come to terms with it. Royal Court Academy, those spots, none of it matters anymore. What matters is being alive, so you don’t need to be so fixated on applying to Royal Court Academy.”

Teacher Tang Yan sighed, raised his head, and said to everyone.

…

Zhao Ran and the others also fell silent.