novelraw Chapter 1143: Incoming Call
Chapter 1143: Incoming Call
Academic Affairs Office.
Principal Hong and Director Wang sat separately on a sofa, one sipping tea, the other savoring wine.
After Mu Jianling’s call ended, Director Wang poured himself another cup of tea. Then, he glanced at Principal Hong, who looked constipated following the call’s abrupt end, smacked his lips twice, and said, "See, Old Hong, wasn’t I right? When you said you’re going to deduct her students’ rewards, she was bound to find a way to retrieve them."
"Ahem..." Principal Hong cleared his throat, took a sip of wine, and said, "Her protective nature over her students is something that can’t be changed. I anticipated this; otherwise... did you think you could casually withdraw 5 sugar pills from me?"
Director Wang’s smile froze, and he said, "Then I, Old Wang, also put up a solid 10 Candy Beans." When it comes to being sly, Hong Jiang is indeed the master! Director Wang regretted being persuaded back then.
He shouldn’t have listened to Hong Jiang’s prompting, saying that even if Ji You isn’t given a full month’s free access, only 10 days, once her appetite is whetted, she would have more motivation to spend her points.
Ji You still has a few points on hand but is now reluctant to spend them. They need to find a way to get her to use up some of her points...
Encouraging students to spend money and points is Director Wang’s job and his favorite thing to do... Listening to this, Director Wang immediately became interested.
Look at this—
Ji You was only given ten days of access.
But—
While deducting on this side, they have to find a way to compensate Ji You on the other, otherwise Ji You is naive and easily fooled, but her mentor is not...
Therefore.
Director Wang requested some sugar pills from Principal Hong as a backup plan, just in case. Unexpectedly, they really came in handy, and he even had to use 10 Candy Beans.
So frustrating.
Director Wang blew his beard and glared, "Let’s hope this cheeky kid, after having so many good things, strives a bit and doesn’t get KO’d by people from other schools, otherwise my Candy Beans will be wasted."
Actually, deducting Ji You’s free days and compensating with Candy Beans and sugar pills wasn’t a hasty decision by Principal Hong and Director Wang. They changed their minds after observing Ji You’s training and study over this period. Due to Ji You’s constitution being inherently weak, her training progress couldn’t accelerate or improve quickly. A solid foundation for her physical strength had to be established first.
Both Candy Beans and sugar pills are the best materials for strengthening physique. Especially after extensive exercise, sugar pills help supplement energy, heal body damages, restore the body, and enhance physical limits...
In short, Ji You didn’t lose out, it was Principal Hong and Director Wang who took the hit.
However, for these cunning old foxes, this loss is insignificant compared to the students’ development.
...
Candy Beans, 5 sugar pills, let’s set aside Candy Beans for now. Talking about sugar pills, the cost is so high. They’re made using ginseng and Butterfly Honey or bee honey... The price of ginseng varies depending on the years it’s grown, the older it is, the higher the medicinal value and price. Just estimating the cost of these 5 sugar pills with the poorest quality ginseng, it’s at least 3 million credit points, meaning these 5 sugar pills alone are worth 15 million!
"Hiss~"
"What a grand gesture." Ji You stared at the sugar pills for several times, confirmed they weren’t fake, and couldn’t help but marvel repeatedly... Did Director Wang, that Old Miser, really do this voluntarily?
Ji You didn’t care about this and threw herself back into rigorous training.
...
Elsewhere.
With furrowed brows, staring at the holographic screen, Mu Jianling engrossedly watched the soap opera "I’m the Queen," frowning more and more intensely...
The plot developed to the point where the male lead fell into an unknown wormhole and upon emerging, lost his memory. With amnesia, he completely forgot everything about the female lead and fell for the female supporting character, his lifesaver. The two were sweetly in love, passionately involved, while the female lead was piloting a spaceship, searching the world for the male lead.
After countless days and nights of searching, just when the female lead was disheartened, believing her lover had vanished from this world, she accidentally stumbled upon the male lead and the female supporting character on a planet.
More dramatic still, when the female lead found the male lead and female supporter, they were hosting a wedding.
A wedding...
The female lead, portrayed by the Alliance Flower Ye Lu, upon seeing this scene, began to stagger...
The storm is about to break!
The female lead, played by Ye Lu, is a powerful and aggressive character, watching helplessly as her love partner and female supporter walk into the marriage hall...
The female lead gritted her teeth tightly...
Outside the screen, Mu Jianling also gritted her teeth:
[Garbage plot!]
[Are they idiots?]
[Pass a knife to the screenwriter!]
[Does the screenwriter want to survive my thunder cannon attack?]
[If this garbage plot isn’t changed, I’ll blow up your TV station!]
Typing these words, Mu Jianling glared at the screenwriter’s inbox. After reading her cordial ’greetings’ several times, she still felt they weren’t harsh enough. So, she picked up her pen and began to write:
Just as she was outlining a letter, barely finishing a character, her communicator suddenly emitted a signal.
Mu Jianling initially didn’t plan to respond, but the caller persisted. As she was about to instruct the communication system to disconnect and blacklist the caller, she glimpsed the incoming call notification, and her fingers paused.
——Munong City.
Just three simple words.
Mu Jianling instinctively wanted to hang up but, after brief consideration, she decided to answer.
Once connected, the holographic screen flickered, and on the screen appeared an elderly man seated in a wheelchair, his head slightly drooped to the left against the headrest, looking a bit listless. Upon connection, he didn’t react, seemingly prepared to be rejected...
Connected... connected?
The old man’s eyes darted slightly, as if unbelieving.
Then—
The old man heard a cool voice from the other side of the screen: "Speak! What do you want to say to me?"
The old man stretched out a hand, trying to reach for the screen beside him...
Mu Jianling swiftly stepped back.
Although separated by a screen and vast galaxies, Mu Jianling and the elderly man distanced themselves considerably. Seeing this, the old man, Alliance Research Institute’s current director, Mr. Munong City, had his eyes dim slightly.
Immediately.
Munong City said, "Jianling..."