Chapter 222: The Principal's Son-in-Law

lution!In Venerable Spirit Martial’s position, sending a letter to the Seventh Layer of Heaven and offering half of the Sky Mountain Sect's accumulated spiritual herbs would surely salvage their reput...Chapter 222: The Daughter-in-law of the Principal

Erzheng Hao Ren bit into his bun without saying a word. Su Han, however, couldn't hold back and nudged Hao Ren with her elbow, urging him, "React."

In the eyes of the male and female students in the cafeteria, such behavior was seen as Su Han initiating an interaction with a boy. The students who witnessed this scene had their mouths wide open, almost big enough to fit a bun inside.

Hao Ren continued to eat his remaining bun silently, refusing to fall into Su Han's trap.

"I have a way to enter the Nine Dragons Palace, but I need you to lead me there. The three-hour time limit for opening the Nine Dragon characters by the combined effort of the Four Seas' dragon palaces can be bypassed if one infiltrates secretly. Whatever we obtain at that time will be shared equally between us."

Seeing Hao Ren's indifferent attitude, Su Han decided to make her intentions clear.

No time limit The spoils shared equally After biting into half his bun, Hao Ren finally looked up.

"I'll give you a week to think about it. Anyway, the Nine Dragons Palace isn't exclusive to the East Sea, and whatever you obtain won’t be at your expense." Su Han stood up, carrying her plate towards the door of the cafeteria before gracefully stepping out.

Sitting afar, Hao Ren thought over whether this deal was worth considering. Providing information while she offers her abilities—splitting all the pills, treasures, and cultivation methods equally in return does sound quite appealing.

After some contemplation, Hao Ren also stood up, placed his plate at the door, and left the cafeteria.

Heading back to the dormitory to retrieve his belongings, he found that Zhou Liren and others had already gone off to class. He hadn't realized how much time would be lost from running late in the morning and then having a meal in the cafeteria. Holding his textbooks, Hao Ren rushed to the teaching building only to find it was already class time.

Standing outside the classroom door, Hao Ren hesitated whether or not to enter. Zhou Liren sitting at the back of the classroom waved at him through the classroom doorway when he saw Hao Ren arrive, pointing to his own mouth and an empty seat next to him indicating that Professor White Tiger was taking attendance.

Hao Ren gritted his teeth, bent over, and tried to sneak past the teacher's line of sight to get to Zhou Liren's row at the back of the classroom.

"That student, your tardiness is suspicious!" The notoriously strict "White Tiger" suddenly raised an arm, pointing at Hao Ren from behind, bellowing loudly.

Hao Ren had no choice but to awkwardly turn around and stand up straight from his hunched position.

"Ah Ren, you're in trouble. You were 'White Tiger's call-out and I forgot to tell you earlier; during the previous class session when he called out names, you weren't there either. Seems like you won’t be passing this semester," Yu Rong, seated near the aisle behind Hao Ren, whispered.

Hearing his tone, it sounded a bit schadenfreude

Xie Yujia, who was sitting in the front row, turned her head slightly and looked at Hao Ren with some concern.

"What's your name" The teacher wearing white suit and holding a ballpoint pen, slid it across the list on his hand, staring directly at Hao Ren.

"Uh..." Standing awkwardly in the aisle, Hao Ren gritted his teeth and answered.

Engineering Principles was a large lecture class where two classes were combined. Besides their 2nd class, there was also another one. Now, both sets of students, whether familiar or not, were looking at Hao Ren.

"Hao Ren," the teacher used his ballpoint pen to search through the list and asked simultaneously, "It seems like you didn't attend last time too"

"Last time..." I had something come up,” Hao Ren answered. Standing in the back aisle of the classroom now, he couldn’t sit down, it was as if he were a model on stage for everyone to look at.

The teacher’s pen finally reached Hao Ren's name; suddenly, he noticed that there was a golden star marked right before Hao Ren’s name. It seemed like something had clicked in his mind and the stern expression vanished immediately, replaced by a warm smile, "Oh, so you're Student Hao! Come on in and take your seat. It's alright to be slightly late."

This made all the students from both classes stunned.

After more than a year of interactions with this 'White Tiger', who wouldn't know his temper If not for him being as fierce as a tiger, taking no prisoners, how would he have earned such an alias

Hao Ren was also at a loss and remained standing in place.

"What are you still doing there Find yourself a seat and pay attention to the class," the teacher said. Though his words had a hint of urgency, the gentle tone certainly didn't sound like it came from 'White Tiger'!

"Oh..." Hao Ren squeezed past Yu Rong into an available seat.

"Alright! Continue with roll call! Yu Rong!" Seeing that the students were still in a daze, White Tiger barked loudly.

This shout snapped everyone out of their stupor. "Here, here, here!" Yu Rong raised his hand and called out three times. Looking at Hao Ren again, there was a different kind of respect in his eyes: This kid isn't ordinary; he's managed to get the favor even from the subject teacher after dating the principal’s granddaughter. When can I be half as powerful as him Even if it's just Linlin or Lily...

Hao Ren was also a bit puzzled. He had been absent from class for two consecutive days, so he rushed over today in a hurry. However, all it took was saying his name, "Hao Ren," and everything went smoothly.

He didn't know that Lu Qing's note had led to every teacher teaching Hao Ren’s class marking Hao Ren's name with their own special symbol on the attendance sheet, meaning: Special Student.

This wasn’t just for Hao Ren; Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 also received similar treatment. However, instead of being marked in a book, they were noted in the hearts of their teachers at the Film Academy!

Lu 琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 are Vice President Lu Qing’s granddaughters – this was an open secret! Everyone could see that Lu Qing doted on them very much. Not only did he often inquire about their studies from other teachers, but he also arranged for them to live in comfortable graduate student apartments!

As the class began, Bai Laohu lectured enthusiastically at the front of the room. Hao Ren felt odd because Bai Laohu was paying special attention to him. In the past, he could do his own thing casually, but now he often felt that Bai Laohu's gaze would fall on him, so he had to lean his head against his hand and listen attentively.

"Ren, are you really Vice President’s grandson-in-law Even Bai Laohu is treating you this kindly" Cao Ronghua quietly approached and asked softly.

They couldn’t think of any other reason for Bai Laohu to treat Hao Ren so gently. Students arriving late wasn't unheard of; the previous week, a male student from another class was just two minutes late but got thoroughly berated by Bai Laohu in front of everyone after entering the classroom during class time. There couldn’t be such a sudden change in his attitude without reason.

"Maybe he's in a good mood today; you guys keep quiet, or else he might scold us!" Hao Ren said.

Cao Ronghua quickly shut up because he saw Bai Laohu’s gaze turn towards them. He wasn’t Vice President's grandson-in-law and dared not provoke Bai Laohu.

Hao Ren was thinking about what Su Han had mentioned in the cafeteria today; indeed, after just coming out of Jiulong Palace, it would be quite motivating to go back inside again.

Given Su Han’s personality, even if she kept some things from him, she wouldn't be someone who burned her bridges. But there must certainly be big secrets in this Jiulong Palace. However, whether assisting with an ‘Assistant Inspector’ identity was justified for such exploration, Hao Ren couldn’t judge.

With a slight sense of unease and seeing that Bai Laohu's gaze wasn't fixed on them, Hao Ren took out his phone to log in.

The number online wasn't large, but Zhao Yanzǐ’s was very noticeable.

Hao Ren thought for a moment before opening a chat with her: "It's class time, and you're still logged on!"

After a long few minutes, his phone lit up; Zhao Yanzǐ had replied: You’re the same too!

"How am I the same I’m sleeping in my dorm room." Hao Ren couldn’t admit that he was also distracted during class.

Zhao Yanzǐ didn't respond, but Hao Ren felt like his heart was being clawed at by a cat. He couldn't resist sending another message: "How are you today"

"You're not bored, huh I'm in my tech labor class!" Zhao Yanzǐ replied promptly.

The tech labor class must be the kind where they saw metal plates and make small model stools, Hao Ren thought. He didn't have the nerve to keep pestering her though.

"Brother Ren, who are you messaging with A pretty girl" Zhou Liren leaned over.

"Get lost!" Hao Ren waved him off as his phone lit up again.

"My head feels a bit dizzy today. You don't have to come over and tutor me tonight," Zhao Yanzǐ messaged back.

"If you're not feeling well, just go home for some rest," Hao Ren replied immediately.

"I'm fine. Stop nagging." Zhao Yanzǐ fired off another message, effectively shutting down any chance of further conversation.

That brat is just making up an excuse to avoid her lessons, Hao Ren thought helplessly as he put away his tutoring materials on the table.

Xie Yujia who was sitting at the front seemed to notice something and suddenly turned around to glance back.

Zhou Liren who had been pestering Hao Ren looked up from where they were seated, then said to him, "Have you noticed Xie Yujia looks even prettier these days. Has she started using cosmetics"

"How should I know!" Hao Ren gave him a glare.

But upon thinking it over, he did notice that there was something special about her demeanor when she turned around.

"I've noticed Xie Yujia has been getting prettier recently too. But I don't see any change in the way she dresses," Yu Rong who was a few seats away interjected.

Hearing them, Hao Ren concentrated his spiritual energy to cast a glance at Xie Yujia's figure but didn't notice anything special about her aura.

This is strange. Without any cultivation, how did she manage to elevate her demeanor in just a few days She was already naturally beautiful; if it wasn't for the duties of being class monitor that made her seem bossy, she would be quite an elegant young lady. If her character continued to improve like this, wouldn’t she end up sweeping people off their feete late-stage cultivators, please stand in front and I’ll carefully select."The chaotic scene at the entrance suddenly quieted down.Twelve elders who had once been Nascent Soul-stage late-stage stood u...