11 11. What is your name_1

When Ren He was going downstairs, he was still wondering why so many teachers and students were spectating. He dialed a phone number that he had always kept stored in his phone, and after 3 seconds, the person on the other line picked up, "Hello, Ren He, looking for your dad? Secretary Ren is in a meeting right now."

"Oh," Ren He nodded his head, "I'm not looking for him, I'm looking for you, Uncle Huang. I got into a bit of trouble at school, could you maybe give them a heads-up for me?"

On the other side of the phone, the Uncle Huang that Ren He mentioned seemed very surprised, "What kind of trouble did you get into? You never used to cause trouble in the past."

"Small matter, small matter, didn't hit anyone, didn't break the law, just need to talk to the school, you don't even have to come over, it's nothing that violates any rules," Ren He explained.

"Alright then, but just so you know, I have to report this to Secretary Ren exactly as it is, you little rascal better not think I'll help cover it up for you. Of course, as for school matters, you don't have to worry about anything."

"Alright, no problem, you go ahead," Ren He hung up the call. In this life reborn, it seemed his identity was still somewhat useful. His parents were still the same as in his previous life, unchanged in appearance and name, so Ren He didn't feel any aversion to this kinship, these were his parents.

And, just like in his previous life, both parents were ex-military, so they always had extremely high expectations for Ren He's conduct and firmly believed that being without money would prevent him from going bad, thus they controlled his finances tightly...

Back in the day, Ren He could only spend two hours in the internet café occasionally, why? Because he didn't have the money for more...

However, in this lifetime, he didn't plan on using his parents' status for anything, because he wanted to walk a different path.

As he hung up the phone, the teachers who had run up there encountered him head-on, one of them saw him and was so angry they couldn't speak, "Ren He, have you gone mad?! Do you have a death wish?!""

"Not at all, that's not possible, I was practicing my run-up for the long jump!"

"You need to practice that on the rooftop? Are you sick in the head?! Come with us to the Academic Affairs Office, you're going to get a call home!"

"Yeah, yeah, the teacher is right!" Ren He agreed, knowing that this was not the time to contradict the teachers, otherwise what wasn't a big deal could turn into a huge issue.

However, what he considered not a big deal was almost making the teachers feel like the sky was falling—how could they have ended up with such a student? If he died at school, that would be huge news!

As he just entered the doors of the Academic Affairs Office, Ren He saw the girl he had just been watching from the sky, accompanied by an imposing middle-aged man. Ren He took a good look at the man: hair meticulously combed, it being early autumn, his suit was well-fitted, shoes shined to perfection, he looked well-groomed suggesting regular maintenance, what could his occupation be?

A boss? No, bosses nowadays didn't look like this.

A white-collar worker? An ordinary one wouldn't have this kind of demeanor.

A corporate executive? Possibly.

Of course, there were other possibilities, but Ren He couldn't confirm any further, as Director Liu of the Academic Affairs Office was already leading the father and daughter out the door, "Please, let me take you to the principal's office."

Huh, to the principal's office? Using the respectful 'you'? Then he couldn't be a corporate executive, could he be someone from within the system?

As the girl walked past Ren He, he whispered, "What's your name?"

Even though he lowered his voice as much as he could, the Academic Affairs Office was only so big, and everyone heard him. The girl's father turned his head and looked at Ren He, Ren He smiled openly at him, the man's surprised expression flashed by and he didn't say much before continuing to walk away.

The teachers in the Academic Affairs Office were looking at Ren He with expressions as if they had gone mad, "Ren He, are you ever going to stop?!"

Yet Ren He wasn't really listening.

The girl looked at Ren He calmly, "Are you the one who just jumped off the building?"

"It was a long jump with a running start, not jumping off a building. My name is Ren He, and what's yours?"

"Yang Xi," she said, and then followed her father away.

A few teachers were so angry they nearly wanted to beat Ren He up, yet at the same time, they thought this kid really had guts! If it were them during their school days, who would dare do such a thing?

"You just wait and see how the principal decides to deal with you!"

"A disciplinary record is definitely in the cards for you!"

Ren He didn't take these to heart. Before university, all the so-called records and probations weren't included in the file, only those from university onwards were. Moreover, it was not necessarily going to be a big deal for him.

As expected, it wasn't long before Director Liu of the Academic Affairs Office came back and gave Ren He a serious look, "Can you explain why you did what you did today?"

"Practicing the long jump…"

The atmosphere in the Academic Affairs Office grew complex as the director said earnestly, "In the future, you can just practice on the sports field, don't treat your life so recklessly… The field is so big, isn't it enough for you to practice? Am I right?"

Ren He quickly nodded, "Right right right, Director Liu is right!"

"All right, go back to the classroom," Director Liu patted Ren He on the shoulder, signaling him to go back and study.

All the teachers in the Academic Affairs Office were bewildered. That was it? Was this the same Director Liu of the Academic Affairs Office who was known to stop children's tears?

However, Ren He knew that Huang must have made a phone call.

Otherwise, this matter would definitely not have been dealt with so lightly, and he must keep a low profile, or else he would become an exemplar of getting into trouble. What he really feared now was a Divine Punishment Mission suddenly giving him a task to shock everyone on campus, which would be quite embarrassing.

It was just as Ren He stepped out of the Academic Affairs Office that the voice of the Divine Punishment System suddenly echoed in his mind: Congratulations on completing the Leap Teaching Building mission, hereby rewarding you with knowledge of music theory.

That's it? Just this? Ren He was stunned for a moment. All that effort for just a simple sentence as a reward? However, at the next moment, Ren He felt as if something had suddenly been added to his subconscious mind…

No way, is it really knowledge of music theory?! Just like that, had he become skilled in music theory? You should know, in his previous life, Ren He could sing alright, but he had absolutely no idea how to write a staff notation. Now, in this life, he had learned it all in one go.

Ren He pondered why he would be rewarded with this skill. He had always felt that the Divine Punishment System didn't just erase him for disrupting the normal historical trajectory; in fact, its rules seemed to allow, even encourage such behavior. Why else would there be rewards after completing a mission?

It was just unwilling to let outsiders act like bugs, adding some restrictions instead! This restriction was the mortal mission!

The reward of music theory knowledge certainly wasn't without reason. Did it want him to plagiarize songs?

But Ren He never considered following a musical path because literature alone was enough to provide for him. So, for the time being, this music theory knowledge seemed pretty useless to him, not knowing what rewards the future might hold.

Now, Ren He was actually looking forward to the next mission, and the rewards.