89 Still Not Suspended?

Tuesday!

Lan Xiang woke up in the middle of the day. After such an exhausting day, he ended up slumbering for more than twelve hours.

"...After what happened yesterday, there shouldn't be any school today, right?"

He grabbed his phone. After such a long time, only now was he checking Class D's group chat.

"Classes are not suspended? Will be held at noon??" Lan Xiang sprang up and got ready. For some weird reason, classes were still not suspended!

While taking a shower, he contemplated. "Weird, shouldn't the school be completely wrecked? Where will the classes be held? Fortunately, it only starts at noon. Otherwise, I would be four hours late."

Soon enough, he was ready. Right before leaving, he checked in on Xie Jian's room. "She isn't here...? Nevermind then."

.....

After a few minutes, Lan Xiang arrived at GeSun High. He scratched his head in awe. "How in the world did they repair the damage so quickly?"

"Master, it was me."

Lan Xiang flinched. "You...! Don't talk so suddenly."

"What, were you surprised? Teehee~"

Lan Xiang continued walking. 'So it turns out it was her, haizz. No wonder the school could get repaired so quickly.'

He arrived in his classroom. Aside from him and a few classmates, most of the students skipped school for the day.

There was an explosion just the other day, and you're telling me to attend? No way! This was the mentality adopted by most of the students in the school.

However, in his friend group, aside from Lu Xifa, everyone was here.

"Hey? Why did you guys come to school today?"

"Why did you come then?" Ye Qingle rolled her eyes.

"Eh, I'm fine. But you... You look anemic." Lan Xiang scratched his hair as he sat down.

"What, don't tell me you've completely recovered from yesterday?" Ye Qingle raised her eyebrow. "You're the one who spent the most energy!"

"Uhm..." Lan Xiang kept his mouth shut and avoided her gaze.

"H, how?" Ye Qingle was left with one feeling: bewilderment.

Ren Weiwei and Zhang Xiaoqin, as persons who did not participate in the expedition yesterday, felt that they were not qualified to speak about the topic. They also ignored the conversation, leaving Ye Qingle frustrated.

Eventually, as they waited, both of the clock's hands pointed upwards. The teacher arrived soon after.

"Good morning, students." Ning Fan smiled at the confused students. "I hope you aren't all too surprised by my being here. Your adviser, Mr. Luo Zi Da, is absent today. In fact, I don't really know where he is right now, so I'm substituting for him for the time being."

Half the class groaned. No! Anyone but him!

Of course, considering that there were only eight students in the room, Lan Xiang's group made up half of the class. They didn't care whether it was Ning Fan or somebody else. It was all the same to them anyway.

Seeing the class unenthusiastic about his appearance, Ning Fan sighed. It was understandable for him. After all, the students just had a near-death experience at this very spot, and yet the principal was so stubborn that he held the classes anyway!

He shook his head with pity.

"Actually, I've just a few announcements for you all. After that, you can go home."

There was a change of plans with the schedule before Ning Fan arrived. In the teacher's room, only he and a couple of others had gone to school. The others went on strike.

And so, the principal had no choice but to cancel classes for the day.

The students widened their eyes. There were some joyful, some indignant, but most could not care less.

"The first announcement: the tournament will be held tomorrow, for the whole day. Students from all levels will battle each other. And don't worry, the results will have no bearing on your grades. You can even choose not to participate! Of course, there will be prizes for those who place high in the end."

Amidst the students' mutterings, Ning Fan continued. "Second, for those of you who failed to pass one or more tests, you can still take the makeup exams starting the day after tomorrow until Friday. Take note that you won't receive as high a grade as those that passed the first time."

Lan Xiang nodded earnestly. He planned on taking care of both the tests in one day.

"I should have Jian'er teach me later. Hm... I guess I should buy a hot teacher suit as well."

With his priorities straight, he spared no time thinking about the tournament of this countryside school. He was sure that if he entered, he was going to win.

After these two announcements, Ning Fan had a few more to talk about, but they were insignificant to Lan Xiang, so they didn't register in his brain.

"Alright, that's all the announcements I have for today, we can go home now... I mean, you can go home now, I still have to work..." Ning Fan's back looked very pitiful as he walked away.

"...Well, that was a waste of time." Ye Qingle stood up and sighed. "These bunch of stuffs should have just been circulated through the class reps."

Zhang Xiaoqin smiled. "Look on the bright side, we can all hang out now!"

Ren Weiwei pursed her lips. "Uh, I'm sorry... My mom told me to go straight home today since my brother came home."

"That's a pity... then it's just the three of us--" While Zhang Xiaoqin was talking, her phone rang. She chatted with the person on the call, her expression darkening as time went on.

After she hung up, Zhang Xiaoqin sighed. "I'm not available as well. Haah~"

The four exited the school building, Ye Qingle and Lan Xiang seeing their two friends off.

"Well, since neither of them can come, I guess we should just go home." Ye Qingle looked dispirited.

She never looked forward to returning home, especially now that she had just been scolded for getting herself into trouble and almost draining her qi.

Lan Xiang picked up on this and let out a sigh. "Where do you wanna hang out."

"Huh?? But it's just the two of us."

"You looked reluctant to go home."

'He noticed?' Ye Qingle felt a warm sensation. "Then... let's go karaoke!"

Lan Xiang also felt excited. It would be the first time he went to karaoke since his other self was in school.

In this world, Lan Xiang never had any friends to bring to karaoke, so he never had any reason to go.

"Hm, let's go then!"

.....

Meanwhile, at a certain restaurant.

Xie Jian's gaze were like icicles, cold and piercing. Her entire stature emanated dominance; her legs were crossed, her arms were on top of each other, and her expression was distant.

Meanwhile, Lu Xifa on the other side of the table was sweating bullets. She dared not look at her cousin in the eye for fear of instantly freezing to death.

And so, her eyes were stuck on the table.

There, two cups of water stood silently, not making any waves. In the middle was a brown, leather item.

It was her wallet.

Lu Xifa wracked her brains. How did her cousin get hold of her wallet??