Chapter 425 - Chapter 425: Chapter 425: Making Things Difficult (1/2)

Chapter 425: Chapter 425: Making Things Difficult

While Di Ye Lei wallowed in sadness, Zhang Peng on the other side broke into loud laughter.

“Yuner, it’s alright to fail this time. We’ll return home, wait for the snow on the mountain to melt, then I’ll take you hunting. With our combined effort, in just a few years, you can surely become one of the best hunters around…”

“Tss, Tss, Tss…”

Zhang Yun, standing by, suddenly burst out laughing.

His laughter dumbfounded Zhang Peng!

“You little rabbit! What are you laughing at? Are you possessed or something?”

Zhang Yun laughed even more joyously: “Hehehe, Dad! Xuan’er and I both passed the test. Elder Mr. Xu said that we could come back to school on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month.”

“What? You two have passed the test?”

Several people expressed their astonishment simultaneously. While Di Ye Lei and Liu Sisi were excited, Zhang Peng was incredibly annoyed.

“Of course! We all passed the test!”

It was just now that Di Xuan raised his head, and saw his face beaming with joy. Where was there the slightest bit of earlier sadness?

This prank seemed to have stunned Liu Sisi and Di Ye Lei for a while, before Di Ye Lei reacted by extending his hand and giving a sharp knock on Di Xuan’s head.

“What is wrong with you, boy? Who told you to deceive people like this? Don’t you know that your Mom and Dad were worried sick?”

Indeed, Liu Sisi was still recovering from the shock.

Di Xuan looked at Liu Sisi, licked his lips, and then bowed before her.

“Mom, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have played such a prank which worried not only you and Dad, but also everyone else.”

Liu Sisi managed a feeble smile, squinted her eyes, and looked at him: “Don’t worry! Kids should be lively. Moreover, you’ve passed the test conducted by Elder Mr. Xu. Even in Macheng County, there aren’t many fortunate students like you. Let’s go now! We’ll submit the education gift and return home.”

Her words naturally gained a consensus from everyone, and they all briskly headed towards their next destination with laughter and joy.

At this moment, the figure lying at the edge of the flower bed moved, and after a while, Zhang Shixin slowly propped himself up.

His consciousness was still hazy and hadn’t fully recovered from the sudden incident. Just as he was just crawling to his feet, he fell back to the ground, unconscious.

From his original prone posture to now lying on his back, his identity was revealed to all.

“Eh? That person looks familiar. Have I seen him somewhere?”

“I recognize that face, too. Judging from his clothes, he seems to be someone important.”

“Oh, wait! Isn’t that Zhang Shixin, the prominent businessman of the town? His family is really a wealthy one. What is he doing here? Did he come to register his son? But that can’t be. Families like his would typically hire private tutors for their children. There’s no way they’d send their child here to endure hardship.”

“I also think he’s not supposed to be here…”

The crowd chattered, but not a single person offered a hand to help him up.

Zhang Chengping and his houseman rushed in from outside, only to find themselves hindered by the crowd that was pressing in from all directions.

“Make way! Make way, let us through! Old Master Businessman…”

The houseman shouted, flailing his limbs about. They picked him up and carried him straight out of the main entrance to the carriage they had ridden in this morning.

Feeling the rocking motion, Zhang Shixin woke up in a daze, looking out through half-open eyes at the buildings fading into the distance. The clear voice still echoed in his heart.