Chapter 14

Qiao Sang looked at Dai Shushu for two seconds and smiled. "Yeah, do you have anything else?"

Dai Shushu's eyes narrowed slightly, and she shook her head. "No."

Qiao Sang turned and returned to the classroom.

Just as she sat down, Fang Sisi leaned over. "What did Dai Shushu say to you? Your expression is so bad."

"Is my expression bad?" Qiao Sang asked.

"Yeah, you had such a stern face, you scared me to death," Fang Sisi teased.

If there were a mirror, Qiao Sang would want to take a look.

Fang Sisi immediately asked, "What on earth did Dai Shushu want with you?"

"Nothing." Qiao Sang picked up her book and started reading again.

Fang Sisi wanted to ask more, but seeing Qiao Sang's look of not wanting to talk about it, she closed her mouth.

When the morning classes ended, Qiao Sang packed her things and went to the third-year office.

"Teacher, I need to ask for leave." Qiao Sang stared at the head teacher's thick hair.

The head teacher stood up abruptly.

There was another female teacher in the office, and her gaze immediately locked onto them.

The head teacher restrained herself. "Do you know what you're saying? There are only a few days left until the high school entrance exam, and you're still asking for leave. I haven't even asked you to write a self-reflection letter for skipping class last time."

Qiao Sang said earnestly, "Teacher, if you don't give me leave, I'll have to skip class. I'll make up the self-reflection letter."

Veins popped up on the head teacher's temples. "Does your family know about asking for leave?"

Qiao Sang didn't answer.

The head teacher took a deep breath, sat down, and said earnestly, "If you don't want your mom to come to school again, just go back to class properly. The teacher wronged you last time, but even if you autonomously awakened, you can't neglect your studies. There are only a few days left until the high school entrance exam."

Qiao Sang smiled. "Teacher, you were there last Friday when my mom came to school."

The head teacher was stunned for a moment and replied, "I asked your mom to come to school to explain the skipping class situation."

Qiao Sang tilted her head and asked, "Why did you drive my mom out?"

The head teacher was stunned, her expression complex. She thought it was Qiao Sang's mother who told her, and for a moment, she didn't know how to answer.

She shared an office with the head teacher of Class 9.

That day, Dai Shushu from Class 9 and her mother came to school, just happening to bump into Qiao Sang's mother at the same time.

Dai Shushu had just been recommended to Shengshui Junior High, and the dean also came to congratulate her.

The office's attention was naturally focused on Class 9.

At that time, Qiao Sang's mother explained that her daughter had autonomously awakened and gone to contract a pet beast, and she had forgotten to ask for leave in her excitement.

Children might lie, but adults wouldn't be so ignorant, so she naturally believed it.

This was originally a happy thing, but she didn't expect everyone in the office to pay attention. With one question and one answer, all of Qiao Sang's background was spilled out.

Dai Shushu's mother made a few sarcastic remarks, and Qiao Sang's mother started arguing with her.

Dai Shushu cried on the side.

As the school's darling, she naturally couldn't be made to feel wronged, so the dean spoke up and told Qiao Sang's mother to leave.

The head teacher considered herself a qualified teacher.

She didn't know how to handle interpersonal relationships, worked diligently, and only became a head teacher after more than 20 years.

After all this time, her original high spirits were gone, and she didn't dare to stand up and speak for the parents of students in her own class who were treated differently.

But she also felt she hadn't done anything wrong; she was just a bystander, and there was no need to explain the process to a child.

The head teacher paused and said, "It wasn't driving out, it was asking; I just wanted your mom to calm down."

Qiao Sang smiled. "I see. But this 'asking' made my mom sick. Teacher, you also know my family situation; only I can take care of my mom."

Upon hearing this, the head teacher's momentum withered. "How long do you need leave for?"

Qiao Sang replied, "Until my mom is better."

The head teacher hesitated and said, "You need to come back early; there are only a few days left until the high school entrance exam."

Qiao Sang nodded and turned to leave.

Watching Qiao Sang's back, the head teacher couldn't help but add another instruction, "Review well at home too; there isn't much time left until the high school entrance exam. Come back as soon as your mom is better."

Qiao Sang turned her head to look at the head teacher and smiled. "Teacher, your wig is crooked."

The head teacher: "..."

The female teacher: "..."

Hanggang Xiangzhen Beast Taming Battle Club.

"How much does your club charge for a beginner sparring partner per day?"

"Hello, our sparring partners charge by the hour. A beginner sparring partner is 1,000 Alliance coins per hour. If you book for a full day, we can give you a 2% discount," the receptionist lady said with a smile.

Beast Taming Battle Clubs can provide different sparring personnel according to customer requirements. As a popular industry in today's society, it has covered streets and alleys large and small.

In some listed Beast Taming Battle Clubs, if you can afford it, you can even find an S-rank Beast Tamer as a sparring partner, though there aren't many such clubs.

Xiangzhen Beast Taming Battle Club was already the fifth club Qiao Sang had visited.

The reason for visiting so many Beast Taming Battle Clubs was simple.

She didn't have enough money...

Qiao Sang touched all her belongings in her pocket and walked out silently, holding the Fire Tooth Dog.

Qiao Sang felt somewhat lost, not knowing where to go for a moment.

Originally, she had a "let it be" attitude toward Shengshui Junior High; if she could pass the special recruitment, that would be great, but if not, she had the Sixth Beast Taming Junior High as a backup, which wasn't a big deal.

But now, she wanted to attend this school.

The special recruitment exam for Shengshui Junior High is in 10 days. With her level, it's not certain if she can pass the minimum score for the high school entrance exam.

The second to fifth places need to be 50 points higher than the minimum score to be admitted; Qiao Sang wasn't confident.

Since that's the case, she can only obtain the privilege of the minimum high school entrance exam score by achieving first place in the special recruitment exam.

Having made this decision, the training of the Fire Tooth Dog must be brought forward.

Although the Fire Tooth Dog is a fire-type pet beast with strong attack power, it is ultimately a cub with no battle experience. Winning so easily last time was entirely due to the 2v1 advantage and the opponent's slow reaction.

If she really went to take the special recruitment exam like this, she could forget about first place.

There are only 10 days left; staying at school would be a waste of time. She could self-study while training the Fire Tooth Dog.

She has a cheat; through battles, she can completely improve the Fire Tooth Dog's combat power in a short time.

Qiao Sang thought it through well, but she was dumbfounded once she came out.

Nowadays, there are many pet beast battle competitions and venues of all sizes, but there are also many requirements. Some competitions require the Beast Tamer's rank.

Beast taming competitions also need to make money from ratings and ticket sales. New Beast Tamers basically have only one beginner pet beast, and they fight back and forth with just a few moves—where is the excitement in that?

If the audience doesn't like to watch, naturally no organizer will lose money to hold them.

Qiao Sang checked, and the nearest competition in Hanggang City that allows F-rank Beast Tamers to participate is on June 30th.

The organizer timed it well; by then, third-year students will have finished the high school entrance exam, and those who should contract pet beasts will have already done so.

There is a large group of people who have just become new Beast Tamers, so there will certainly be no shortage of sign-ups.

Plus their parents, school teachers, and various relatives and friends as a mass base, the ratings won't be low.