Chapter 49: Why Don't You and Yu Shixue Go Home to Farm Together

Meanwhile, on the Academy forum.

Xie Qingge posted a thread under their real name, with a title designed to be particularly sensational: #Explosive! The unknown side of the Academy's top-ranked student; their grades were actually obtained through improper means.

A large crowd of onlookers flooded in instantly.

Clicking into the video, the location was clearly the Class F exam hall. The camera was aimed at Wei Ranxu and Ling Wu in the front row. Ling Wu never turned their head from start to finish, while Wei Ranxu threw several paper balls at Ling Wu, one of which happened to land on the desk.

This seemingly confirmed the suspicion that the two were passing notes to cheat.

1L: "Let me come and eat some melon."

3L: "I already said that Ling Wu usually skips class and plays truant, so how could they suddenly stun everyone by getting full marks on three subjects? Sure enough, there's something fishy!"

10L: "To the person above, being good at studying doesn't mean you love studying. You have to admit that in this world, besides fools like you, there are also geniuses like my wife Ling Wu!"

15L: "So what are you trying to express with this video? The student ranked last passing a note to the student ranked first?"

20L: "Seeing that the one passing the note is Young Master Wei, I knew this matter could be dismissed. Our Young Master Wei doesn't bother with cheating at all; he really doesn't know anything."

113L: "Oh, it's Young Master Wei, then it's nothing."

446L: "Doesn't this video express that Wei Ranxu is harassing my Ling Wu? Or perhaps the two have a grudge because of Jing Du's affair. Last time, someone even bumped into Ling Wu coming out of the office all wet; it looks like they were being troubled by Wei Ranxu."

582L: "I was in the Class F exam, and Young Master Wei's three test papers were cleaner than my face after I just finished a spa."

Immediately followed by a high-definition, uncensored picture.

662L: "The thread starter is Xie Qingge? The one who has been getting quite close to Young Master Yin lately?"

689L: "I can tell you really hate Ling Wu. Young Master Wei is an active member of the forum; you'd better be careful pushing him into the limelight."

Jingwan.

Yu Shixue forwarded the news from the forum to Yin Huaiyu: "Your person, aren't you going to manage them?"

Yin Huaiyu glanced at it casually, his androgynous face showing no ripples: "We broke up long ago."

"It's incredibly boring."

He said nonchalantly, took out his phone, clicked into the chat box with Ling Wu, and edited a message: First place in the test, congratulations.

The message did not go through.

A red exclamation mark appeared.

Yin Huaiyu was clearly somewhat incredulous; he pressed his tongue against his back molars and was so angry he laughed. Ling Wu actually dared to delete him unilaterally.

Got some backbone.

Yu Shixue glanced at his darkened expression: "I told you earlier not to push people into a corner."

"I pushed them?" Yin Huaiyu was furious: "I gave them a chance once in the private room, and later in the third-floor cafeteria, they insisted on protecting that Special Student, and I let them go too."

"You tell me how I pushed them?"

Jing Du spoke up abruptly: "Huaiyu, your taste in boyfriends is truly poor."

Yin Huaiyu realized he was alluding to Xie Qingge and said flatly: "They were the one who threw themselves at me."

At the time, he was angry at Ling Wu's attitude and, in a moment of heat, accepted Xie Qingge's confession, mostly because of that face which was two parts similar to Ling Wu's...

Who knew Xie Qingge wasn't a simple character.

"A word of advice." Jing Du sat on the sofa, his long legs crossed, one hand resting on the armrest: "The elder is returning to Beidu, don't stir up a mess."

"Your uncle has already rushed back from Diya."

Yin Huaiyu's uncle, Yin Cilan, sincerely practiced Buddhism and traveled between various Buddhist holy sites; Diya was one of them. He hadn't expected Yin Cilan to return suddenly.

Yin Huaiyu: "What is my uncle coming back for?"

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have thought he had become a monk."

Jing Du shook his head: "I don't know much about your uncle's affairs, I just happened to see him in an international interview a few days ago."

"The elder is likely returning because of that batch of munitions for your family."

Yu Shixue stubbed out his cigarette: "That batch of munitions hasn't been resolved yet?"

"Do I look like such a loser?" Yin Huaiyu's peach-blossom eyes were deep and unfathomable, his tone solemn: "It's impossible for a large batch of munitions to be moved without leaving a trace. Both land and water routes were blocked immediately. I followed the clues and sent people to destroy several Imperial Army strongholds. I know their leader is called Huo Xi, but those remnants have hard bones; they wouldn't say where they were going even to the death."

"Truly a good dog raised by the Emperor."

Jing Du: "Huo Xi General?"

Yin Huaiyu: "What, have you heard of him?"

Jing Du: "The youngest general in the Empire's history, a legend of the military, who hasn't heard of him?"

"I also heard my father mention it. This Huo Xi is decisive and has brilliant methods. If you want to find him, there is one person who could actually do it."

Yin Huaiyu: "Who?"

Yu Shixue and Jing Du looked at each other and said the same name: "Magician."

Jin Shaoyu remained silent, just silently deleting the post.

His fingers slid across the screen, and without even raising his head, his tone was sharp and pressing: "Your Yin Family's munitions were intercepted by remnants of the previous dynasty in the Yu Family's territorial waters. If you ask me, you two families should just pack up and go home to farm; develop the Empire's agriculture and stop messing with munitions. Farming is more practical than anything else; we don't have that talent."

Yu Shixue: "........"

Yin Huaiyu sat up straight and raised his hand, moving his fingers: "Hey, Shao Yu, I can tell now, your brother has been bullied."

"Are you using us as punching bags?"

Jin Shaoyu banned several accounts on the forum and popped a grapefruit candy into his mouth: "What does that have to do with him?"

He looked up at Yin Huaiyu's peach-blossom eyes and said gleefully: "If you haven't handled this properly by the time the elder returns, the scolding will only be worse than what I'm saying."

"Prepare to handle the aftermath."

Jin Shaoyu slid his finger over the forum news, and a new post refreshed at the top. The user's ID was 'Pool Water', and they were still using the default avatar, but their level was a rare lv. 5.

Pool Water: @Xie Qingge, do you know you've infringed on my portrait rights? Wait to receive a lawyer's letter.

Below it was a stream of: Young Master Wei is awesome.

Wei Ranxu?

Jin Shaoyu did not delete his post, tossing his phone to the side.

Yin Huaiyu stared at the pomelo candies in his hand and did not stand on ceremony: "Shao Yu, give me two."

"......?" Jin Shaoyu tucked the candies into his pocket, the corners of his mouth lifting, acting very protective: "Can't afford to buy your own?"

He then stood up and walked away.

Yin Huaiyu pointed at his retreating back: "I should have force-fed you two bottles of mute medicine when we were kids!"

When they were kids?

Only then did Yin Huaiyu recall that he had never met Jin Shaoyu when they were very young; at that time, the fathers of the Four Great Families interacted closely, mostly regarding business and political matters, and they did not deliberately bring their children along, not until ten years ago, when the families suddenly became of one mind and inseparable.

After that, Yin Huaiyu, who was being groomed as an heir, gradually got to know Jing Du, Jin Shaoyu, and Yu Shixue, growing up together and maintaining their brotherhood as they entered Sike Academy.