Chapter 68

Everything...

As usual.

"I'll join!"

Xu Zi'an suddenly spoke up.

Hai Tang was stunned for a moment: "Are you sure? I thought I'd have to keep persuading you for a long time; you seemed like the type who would be stubborn to the end."

Xu Zi'an smiled slightly: "Actually..."

"I've said it before, the Federal Imperial Capital Starship Academy has been my dream academy since I was a child."

"Although it was the academy I wanted to join most before this, now that its lofty image in my heart has shattered, that obsession is naturally gone."

"In fact, because of their shortsightedness, I'm actually very glad—glad that I didn't join them."

"And as for Shenzhou Academy, although it's only at the bottom of the top ten, it's still one of the top ten!"

"Shenzhou Academy is the tenth-ranked, top-tier academy among the hundreds of millions of higher education institutions in the entire Earth Federation!"

"The actual gap between it and the first is very, very small; I've always been very clear about that."

These words were all from the bottom of Xu Zi'an's heart.

After He He Shuangcang uttered those cold-blooded remarks, and the school's top management made that decision.

It all made Xu Zi'an very glad that he hadn't joined an academy so shortsighted and lacking in inclusivity.

Is Shenzhou Academy... really that bad?

If you tell people you're a student at Shenzhou Academy, there's no telling how many people would be twisted with envy!

Hai Tang's expression immediately became quite satisfied, and she nodded: "Not bad, not bad. It seems you are still very rational."

"Alright then, since you've joined our Shenzhou Academy now, pick a time, and I'll take you back to school!"

Who would have thought, Xu Zi'an suddenly shook his head.

"No!"

"Actually, I know that over these past few days, you must have done a lot of work with the school, right?"

"After all, I'm no longer a first-time binder. Shenzhou Academy is inclusive, but that doesn't mean it has no bottom line."

"For a student like me who is no longer a first-time binder, how could I possibly still enjoy the treatment reserved for special recruits?"

"So I think you must have done a great deal of work with the school over these past few days to preserve my special recruit status."

"But I don't want that. First of all, I don't want you to be put in a difficult position because of my affairs."

"Secondly, and most importantly."

"The treatment obtained in this way makes me feel like it's a form of charity."

"And I would rather scavenge for trash than accept charity from anyone. In fact, I've been doing exactly that since I was a child."

"Therefore!"

Xu Zi'an grinned, his momentary confidence and radiance seemingly dazzling the two women's eyes.

"Therefore!"

"I have decided, in a month and a half."

"To take the college entrance exam myself!"

"To get into Shenzhou University through the college entrance exam on my own!"

"Using my own strength and ability."

"To obtain what I want!"

"Instead of..."

"Relying on this method, which is equivalent to charity!"

The two women.

Stared blankly.

Without blinking.

At this moment.

In their hearts.

Xu Zi'an was so dazzlingly brilliant.

[One extra chapter! Just to thank everyone for all your support! I'm so moved!]

Hai Tang smiled.

She, who was cold all year round, looked like a crystal-clear iceberg melting when she smiled.

Beautiful to the point of being breathtaking.

"I really didn't misjudge you; it wasn't in vain that I've been pestering the school's top management these past few days."

Hai Tang laughed softly: "I respect your decision!"

"And I will, by the way, wait for your good news!"

"However... this matter of you wanting to take the college entrance exam might be a bit difficult right now."

Xu Zi'an was startled: "How so?"

"The school won't accept me, so they won't even allow me to take the college entrance exam?"

Hai Tang shook her head and said: "That's not it."

"Do you remember the first person you eliminated, that classmate of yours?"

Xu Zi'an frowned: "Chang Chang Shaokong? Him? What about him?"

"His father is a school board member at your school; you should know that."

Hai Tang said slowly: "During the few days you were unconscious."

"His father used the excuse that you eliminated your own classmate during the assessment to settle a personal vendetta."

"Then, in collusion with your school's principal, just this morning, they directly expelled you from Hucheng No. 3 High School!"

"Yes, not only can you no longer take the college entrance exam, you aren't even a student of Hucheng No. 3 High School anymore."

Xu Zi'an was stunned.

He was dazed for a long time, let out a "What the hell," and then said: "Is it that ridiculous???"

"I performed quite well in the assessment this time, didn't I?"

"They just expel me whenever they feel like it?"

"Doesn't anyone oversee this???"

"Furthermore, they can even believe such a reason?"

"Are you kidding me???"

Hearing this, Hai Tang nodded and said: "Of course there are people who oversee it."

"And the media has already blasted them to pieces!"

"But what can be done?"

"After all, your Hucheng No. 3 High School is a private academy!"

"It's not a public federal academy!"

"The people above don't have much authority to manage their actions."

"Besides the media blasting them to pieces, and many parents stating they won't let their children attend this school next semester..."

"What else can be done to them?"

"To put it bluntly, Hucheng No. 3 High School is like a business. Aside from these inconsequential things, there's simply no way to impose further sanctions on them."

"So... you'd better think carefully about how you're going to take the college entrance exam now!"

Xu Zi'an was speechless.

Hucheng No. 3 High School... is a private school?

Fine.

Actually, as a student, he only found out today too.

But thinking about it, that makes sense; under normal circumstances, how would a public school have a school board?

Only private schools have school boards.