134 Money Laundering (1/2)

Walking around the campus, looking at the familiar grass and trees, Chen Fan could not help but sigh and shake his head. Chen Fan led Yun Meng through a road of bluestones, pine trees, and green bamboo bushes to the Octagonal Building.

Knock Knock...

Chen Fan tapped on the door of the principal's office.

”The door is unlocked. Come in!” As the banging on the door continued, a loud voice came from the room, issuing an invitation for Chen Fan to enter. Pushing open the door, Chen Fan stepped into the room.

”You are?” The voice of inquiry came from behind a pile of documents on the table, where a man in his forties with a square face was peering out at him.

”Principal Huang, my name is Chen Fan,” Chen Fan waved at Yun Meng, who stood outside the door. ”It's Uncle Zhang, the one who asked me to come to you…”

”Oh, I see!” Principal Huang rose from his chair with a smile. ”Mr.Chen is very young! When Zhang Aiguo spoke of you to me, he said that you were his business partner. You are so young to have reached such success!”

”Not at all,” Chen Fan smiled, answering him humbly. He felt awkward in his heart. It turned out that this guy was Huang Guangyu! He used to quarrel with him at the school assemblies! Chen Fan could tell that he did not recognize him.

”Mr Chen, which grade will she be joining?” Principal Huang drew an application form from the desk and handed it to Chen Fan.

”Grade 12!”

”Ok, then, if it's grade 12…..” Principal Huang knocked on the table in front of him. ”I shall assign her to Class One, which is the key class for the third year. The teacher for this class has three teachers, who have all won the title of 'Senior teacher.'”

”Thank you, Principal Huang.” Chen Fan was a former student of this school, so he knew that he was telling the truth.

”As for the fees, the book expenses for half a semester, plus other expenses, come to a total of five thousand and eight hundred!” Principal Huang drew out a receipt and wrote a note. ”Take the note to get the book first, and I will introduce you to the teacher in Class One.”

”Ah…” Yun Meng, who was standing behind Chen Fan, was stunned, her little face full of surprise.

Pulling out a stack of cash from the chest pocket of his jacket, Chen Fan passed some to Principal Huang. He then took the note, ready to go to the Academic Affairs Office to get the books.

”Chen Fan, you have been cheated by that man! Five thousand eight hundred is too much!”

As soon as they were out of the principal's office, Yun Meng refused to hold back her comments, as he hurried forward to pull Chen Fan's arm. Just now, in the principal's office, she had even tried to interrupt Chen Fan several times, but she knew in her heart that it would only have made the situation awkward, so she had waited to approach Chen Fan with her concerns.

”This guy didn't lie to me,” Chen Fan grinned. ”When I was in school, it was only a few hundred dollars cheaper than this fee. In fact, the fees here are all like this.”

”After six years of school, that would be more than 60,000….” Yun Meng was completely stunned.

...

The number of books assigned in grade 12 was more than 20, before even counting the review material texts!

”Go to class first, then I will buy you a satchel and wait for you at the school gate,” Chen Fan instructed, while walking in the corridor of the white teaching building. ”According to my experience, most of the grade 12 courses are to consolidate your knowledge from before, so as long as you take your time, you should be able to catch up gradually.”

”Okay…” Yun Meng replied absent-mindedly. This would be the first time that she had entered a classroom in three years. Obviously, she was pretty nervous.

The door of the classroom was ajar, and the students could be heard being given a mathematics equation that gave even Chen Fan a headache! Chen Fan carried the books to the green door.

He coughed twice and interrupted the female teacher mid-speech. Hearing someone coughing outside her door, the old woman turned her face and shot Chen Fan a suspicious look.

This….This….

Isn't he too old?

He seems to be in his twenties, so surely he can't be entering a grade 12 class?!

Although the teacher was surprised at how old this person was, this arrangement had been made by the principal, so she did not have any right to refuse it.

”Class, let's welcome our new student with a big round of applause.” The female teacher smiled at Chen Fan. ”New student, would you please introduce yourself at the podium?”

Clap...clap...

There were more than 40 pairs of curious eyes, staring up at Chen Fan.

”What!?”

Chen Fan quickly turned his head to look for Yun Meng, only to find that she was shrinking into the corner of a wall at the back of the classroom, staring nervously at him. The expression on her face was the same as that of Chen Fan's, when he had first started kindergarten!

”Go!” Chen Fan encouraged her.

Hiss...

”Okay...”

As Yun Meng timidly walked to the front of the classroom, the whole class, including the teacher, issued a jointly amazed gasp.

”Hello, everyone….” Yun Meng started, still very nervous, ”My name...is….Yun Meng….”

Clap clap clap...

Under the invisible pressure, Chen Fan put a thick pile of books in the empty seat, completely ignoring Yun Meng's helpless signals to him. He then left the classroom quickly.

”This is not a nice place to stay,” Chen Fan mumbled to himself, while walking out of the classroom and ruthlessly loosening his collar.

At that time, the mindset of Yun Meng was no better than Chen Fan's, as she sat there alone in a vacant seat. The contents of the teacher's lecture, for her, was no less than the scripture from the wizards. She didn't understand a thing!

Fortunately, after five minutes, there was a nice chiming sound that came from outside the window, which caused the female teacher to stop teaching and walk out of the classroom with her lesson plan.

”The class is over?” Yun Meng looked around in confusion.

”Where are you from, young lady? How old are you?”