Chapter 4 (1/2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Give up on myself?”
Shen Zhe’s eyelids twitched.
“Should I sleep every day, inherit billions of dollars and marry dozens of wives, or should I die of exhaustion while I’m studying hard for nothing?”
“It’s such a dilemma… I wonder whether I should choose the former or abandon the latter.”
“But why am I smiling while I hesitate?”
“It’s true that you may inherit your family properties if you return to your family, but you must know that money is meaningless in this world, without the power of the Mages and the Martial Artists! Your family’s enterprise in Green Abyss is based on Shen Yun, a level-three Mage, isn’t it?”
Putting her food on Shen Zhe’s opposite side, Ling Xueru sat down and said solemnly, “You must not abandon yourself!”
Holding his chest, Shen Zhe felt that he had suffered a critical strike.
If it were in his previous life, few people would’ve rejected the opportunity…
“You’re Ling Xueru from Class Three?”
“Xueru, I’m your idol—No, you’re my idol. I adore you…”
“Can you autograph my clothes? It’s fine. I was going to throw them away anyway…”
…
Zhao Chen and the rest of them were excited to see the famous genius in school who had gone there to see Shen Zhe.
Ling Xueru’s excellent grades were well known in the whole school.
However, according to Shen Zhe’s observation… she could be quite enthusiastic, or nosy, if you will, about things where she wasn’t involved.
Otherwise, as the monitor, she wouldn’t have secretly given a hint to Shen Zhe.
Ling Xueru smiled at her crazy fans but didn’t reply to them. She simply looked at Shen Zhe and asked about the thing that puzzled her.
“How did you get the answer?”
As the monitor, it was her responsibility to help the less smart guys. Also, they were both from Green Abyss and had known each other since childhood. So, she didn’t give him a hint because they were in any kind of relationship.
After calculating and recalculating, she couldn’t figure out the reasoning behind ‘four hours and forty-four minutes’. That was why she had gone there to ask him.
Otherwise, there would’ve been barely any interaction between two students whose grades differed that greatly.
“I calculated the same way everybody else did…” said Shen Zhe.
“If I say that your four fingers were construed as four hours, would you believe that?”
“What did you use? The Moya Formula? The Wuxiang Theorem? Or the Fujiang Function?”
Ling Xueru’s eyes glittered.
Moya, Wuxiang and Fujiang were all famous Mages who had found unquestionable principles.
“None…” Shen Zhe shook his head. He was wondering how he should reply, when another person approached them and said unhappily, “Xueru, what are you doing here?”
It was a tall young man. He looked at Shen Zhe and his pals and frowned. “What can you possibly discuss with them?”
He was Lu Zihan, a genius and the monitor of Class Two.
He was also the rightful heir of the Lu family, which was one of the four greatest families of Green Abyss.
The other three greatest families were Ling, Wu and Shen.
Ling Xueru was from the Ling family, whereas Shen Zhe was from the Shen family.
Zhao Chen and the rest of them were from less notable families, but they were still among the wealthiest in the city.
“They’re just a bunch of unintelligent people who make no effort to seek progress! Let’s eat over there…” Lu Zihan continued.
“What’s the meaning of this?” Zhao Chen was the first to stand up under his obvious mockery.
“Nothing. I just don’t want Xueru to be affected by you,” said Lu Zihan proudly.
“Affected? By whom? It was Ling Xueru who came to Shen Zhe, not the other way around!” Zhao Chen was angry.
Lu Zihan chuckled condescendingly, “She did? You think he’s worth it?”
“Do you think you’re the only worthy person?”
Shen Zhe had decided to keep a low profile before he figured everything out, but he couldn’t stand the humiliation anymore.
Was someone with good grades entitled to despise other people?
“Xueru and I are top ten of our grade in every exam. With any luck, we will both pass the Mage test and reach the upper class. For someone as silly as you, could you get the answer even if you were given the method? Could you train yourself with it?”
With his hands behind him, Lu Zihan snorted, “Don’t pester Xueru if you can’t achieve that. She and you are not in the same world.”
“Of course!”
Before Shen Zhe spoke, Ling Xueru was already frowning. “Lu Zihan, there’s nothing between us, and we’re not in the same world, either. It’s not up to you whom I talk to!”
“Xueru, why are you defending them?”
Lu Zihan frowned.
“I can defend whomever I want. I don’t need to explain it to you!”
Knowing that it was impossible to ask that day, Ling Xueru looked at Shen Zhe and apologized, “I’m sorry for the trouble…”
Then, she left the cafeteria.
“Xueru…”
Lu Zihan chased the girl gloomily, but she stopped and said, “Don’t follow me, or I will teach you a lesson!”