Chapter 126: 123 The top student of the whole school is about to change [1 more update]

Hearing this, Ying Zijin slightly lifted her eyelids, though her eyes remained half-closed.

Being half asleep, she didn’t notice the striking beauty before her.

She seemed to seriously consider the possibility of his statement for a moment before deciding that this way, she wouldn’t have to move.

So, Ying Zijin reluctantly made a gesture, raising her hand.

With a tone weary and perfunctory, flat and monotonous, as if discussing the weather for the day.

“Oh, then you carry me.”

“…”

Fu Yunshen’s expression paused, and he slowly lowered his head.

He hadn’t expected this response at all.

Talking like this, he assumed the kid would definitely get up and then go upstairs to sleep.

After all, he was just joking.

Even though he saw the girl as a kid, she was almost an adult, and there should still be a distance maintained between men and women.

But who knew she would actually agree, just to avoid walking.

Well, it’s also possible that the kid didn’t regard him as a man at all.

That’s why she was so at ease letting him carry her.

Fu Yunshen looked at the girl nestled in the front passenger seat, feeling a mix of amusement and annoyance for the first time.

“Yaoyao, be good,” he said as he bent down to pull her out, “Get up, go to sleep upstairs; it’s just a few steps. How can you sleep in a car?”

“I think it’s quite nice.”

“…”

Another failed communication.

Fu Yunshen lowered his voice, speaking more slowly, “You want to sleep here? What if you catch a cold?”

Ying Zijin didn’t speak.

She wore an expression that read “don’t disturb my sleep.”

“…”

Fine, he no longer even had the right to communicate.

Fu Yunshen said nothing further, bending down to lift the girl out of the car, then placed her on his back.

To preserve the young friend’s reputation, carrying her in his arms wouldn’t do, but a piggyback ride was still acceptable.

It was his own doing, spoiling her, so he had to endure the consequences.

It was indeed tiring.

Thankfully, there was just this one kid.

To prevent Ying Zijin from falling, Fu Yunshen lightly gripped her small legs with his hands, his eyelashes casting downwards.

She was a bit light.

He wondered where all the food he fed her had gone, as it didn’t seem to add to her weight.

After locking the car, Fu Yunshen carried the girl upstairs.

This was a six-story residential building without elevators, given its older construction.

However, to make it convenient for Wen Fengmian to come and go, Ying Zijin had purchased a third-floor apartment.

The stairwell was very quiet, so silent that one could hear a steady heartbeat.

Fu Yunshen turned his head slightly.

The girl’s chin rested on his shoulder, and whenever she tilted her head, her cheek brushed against his neck.

A softness that belonged solely to the girl.

Fu Yunshen diverted his gaze, releasing one of the hands supporting her to straighten her head.

But it wouldn’t be long before it would slump over again.

A hazy breath enveloped him, akin to an elusive fragrance wafting through the air.

Just a few floors up, Fu Yunshen deeply felt that this was more arduous than navigating bullet storms in a no-man’s land.

Fortunately, with only three floors, the ordeal was over.

Fu Yunshen then set Ying Zijin down from his back, steadying her with one hand to prevent her from falling.

With his other hand, he knocked on the door.

The person who came to open the door, Wen Tinglan, saw this scene and hesitated, “What happened to my sister?”

“She was too tired and fell asleep,” Fu Yunshen nodded, “I’ll take her to the bedroom.”

**

Although Zhong Corporation won the bet this time and recovered the Ten Directions Realm, the storm had not passed yet.

Taking advantage of the situation, Old Master Zhong cleaned up Zhong Corporation’s internal affairs with an iron fist.

All shareholders who had other intentions or even planned to collude with outsiders to seize Zhong Corporation’s shares were ousted.

Naturally, the process wouldn’t have been so swift, as these shareholders normally hid their intentions very well.

However, with DK Corporation’s overwhelming approach, they all believed Zhong Corporation would definitely lose, which is when they revealed their true colors.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Corporation not only emerged unscathed from this impact but even rose to a higher level.

The remorseful shareholders went as far as kneeling to beg for Old Master Zhong’s forgiveness, to no avail.

After intimidating Zhong Corporation, Old Master Zhong personally visited the Yi Character Team’s facility where Zhong Tianyun was detained.

Having been there for less than ten days, Zhong Tianyun had already lost his former grandeur.

His complexion was wan and his eyes lifeless.

The Yi Character Team certainly didn’t mistreat him; his daily meals included chicken legs and fish fillets.

But Zhong Tianyun himself was too aggrieved to eat and could only manage to drink water.

Upon seeing Elder Zhong, Zhong Tianyun’s complexion changed.

He stood up excitedly, wanting to rush over, but two members of the Yi Character Team firmly restrained him.

Elder Zhong looked at him, “Tianyun, I really hadn’t expected that you would collude with DK Corporation.”

For DK Corporation to come up with such a plan, there must be collusion from high-level executives within Zhong Corporation.

Elder Zhong told himself that he had never treated Tianyun unfairly, which is why he hadn’t initially suspected his younger brother’s only son.

Now that it had come to this, Tianyun knew he couldn’t escape and let out a contemptuous laugh, “Uncle, there are many things you haven’t expected, just like back then. Did you ever expect you would cause my father’s death?!”

If not for Elder Zhong, his father would never have died so early.

By now, his own share of Zhong Corporation’s stocks would have been at least one-third.

“Is that what your mother told you?” Elder Zhong’s expression was calm, “Did she not tell you that it was she who came in haste and delivered the final blow to your father?”

“I was in a semi-comatose state at the time, unable to move, and couldn’t stop her. That was indeed my fault.”

Zhong Tianyun’s face twisted with shock, “What are you talking about?!”

“What I say no longer matters,” Elder Zhong seemed tired, he waved his hand lightly, “As for the events of that day, I do not pursue them any longer. After all, the punishment you are about to receive is severe enough.”

Zhong Tianyun had embezzled tens of millions of public funds and was suspected of money laundering, which was a grave taboo.

The Yi Character Team would naturally handle it.

Elder Zhong no longer paid attention to Tianyun’s yelling and roaring, sighed, and walked away with his hands behind his back.

**

Verdant No. 1 Middle School.

Class 19.

It was another self-study class, and the younger brothers were happily huddled together playing games.

Xiu Yu had bought new makeup from STAR, and having just received the delivery today, she was ready to try them one after another.

As she opened the eyeshadow palette, she said, “Daddy Ying, the person who sent shoes to Jiang Ran has been found. It’s someone from the capital. Sister Huaping is handling it, I’m just giving you a heads-up.”

Ying Zijin nodded, “Hmm,” and didn’t ask further.

As if she had no interest in the capital whatsoever.

“Daddy Ying, what have you been thinking about all this time?” Xiu Yu was curious, “You’ve been pondering it for half the class.”

“I’m considering—” Ying Zijin began, “which subject’s midterm exam would be less troublesome to take.”

Xiu Yu: “???”

Wait, this needed thought?

To them, wasn’t an exam something Daddy Ying could easily ace in a matter of minutes?

“Won’t you take all the exams, Daddy Ying?”

Ying Zijin pondered for a moment, “It seems there’s no difference.”

It seems the school regulations didn’t state that you couldn’t sleep during the exams.

So taking one or seven exams was all the same.

Xiu Yu: “…”

It was her misunderstanding of the world of an Academic God.

No, Daddy Ying had already gone beyond that domain.

During this period, Xiu Yu had been watching Ying Zijin livestream.

She couldn’t understand, so she read the comments and realized that what Ying Zijin was discussing had never been taught to college students, and even surpassed the level of college professors.

Was this even humanly possible?

Xiu Yu stared at the girl, filled with envy.

If only Daddy Ying could share even one-tenth, no, one-hundredth of her study talent and intelligence, Xiu Yu wouldn’t feel like crying at the sight of a math problem.

“If you take all the exams, Daddy Ying, the rank for first in the whole school might change, right?” Xiu Yu clicked her tongue, “Then we’ll see how Zhong Zhiwan can continue to act so high and mighty.”

Ying Zijin had little interest in Zhong Zhiwan.

As long as she didn’t specifically parade herself in front of Ying Zijin.

“Right.” Xiu Yu suddenly added, “Daddy Ying, you know about Norton University, right? Our school has actually secured an internal interview spot at Norton University. In June, they will send students to O Continent.”

“Hmm?” Ying Zijin looked up, “How is the interview spot allocated?”

“One goes to the top student in the third year of high school, and the rest to the International Class.”

Ying Zijin paused for a moment.

She had never paid attention to who used to be the top student in the third year of high school.

But ever since Wen Tinglan transferred to Verdant, be it the joint school exams or the city’s first mock provincial exam, he had never fallen from the top spot.

Moreover, he would always outpace the second-place by fifteen points.

Fifteen points didn’t seem like much, but the runner-up was a top contender from the Elite Class, whose mock exam scores never fell below 730.

If Wen Tinglan hadn’t arrived, the top national college entrance examination spot would have belonged to him without question.

Therefore, Wen Tinglan’s scores were almost indistinguishable from perfect, except that he particularly disliked writing essays, with all his deducted points coming from that subject.

But it didn’t prevent him from leading by a wide margin.

Thus, the interview spot for Norton University would definitely belong to Wen Tinglan.

Ying Zijin contemplated.

It seemed, she really had to make a trip to O Continent in June.

The current true situation of Norton University couldn’t be found online; one had to see it in person.

As Ying Zijin was considering how to avoid meeting a certain Alchemist Lunatic, a younger brother rushed in from outside, looking panicked.

“Daddy Ying, this is bad. Something terrible has happened!”

Xiu Yu was so startled by this alarming cry, she painted eyeshadow over her eyebrows, “…”

She lifted her head to look at the younger brother, with a gaze sharp enough to kill.

Ying Zijin logged out of the NOK forum, “Don’t rush, speak slowly.”