Chapter 166 Results Released

Shen Qing was hardly surprised. She pressed a single finger against Gu Ting’s shoulder and pushed him away.

"Since you already know, why bother asking?" Shen Qing glanced sideways at the man.

Gu Ting smiled, got up, and walked into the kitchen. "Let me go make you some congee first."

Shen Qing remained silent. She stood up, walked into the bedroom, opened the bedside computer, logged into a website, clicked on the chat dialog with Dragon King, and sent a document over.

The posts on the website had been updated extensively. Dragon King had not been active recently, and netizens prayed every day for Dragon King to appear and bring rain.

[I am drying up.]

[Dragon King, where are you?]

[Searching for a missing person—Dragon King!]

Shen Qing skimmed through a few posts without much interest. Suddenly remembering that she hadn't logged into her Dragon-Slaying God account for a long time, she exited the website and entered Tian Gou's internal software.

Qi Lin had sent her numerous messages, averaging about one every two days, asking if she was coming out of seclusion to take on orders.

Shen Qing cleared all her messages with a single click and noticed that Xia Mang had also sent her a message, though it was from two months ago, complete with a pitiful-looking photo.

[Qi Lin: Beep beep beep, you're finally online today.]

[Dragon-Slaying God: Mn.]

[Qi Lin: RT Technology is looking for you. They want a comprehensive intelligent system upgrade and have been sending orders my way over the past few days.]

[Dragon-Slaying God: Not taking it.]

[Qi Lin: Alright then, I'll turn it down.]

[Qi Lin: A lot of people in Continent S have been looking for Li Goudan lately. If you have time, help out a bit. We're family after all, connected by the same roots.]

[Dragon-Slaying God: Goodbye.]

Shen Qing logged off. Hearing Gu Ting calling her from outside, she shut down the computer and went out.

"The congee is ready. Have a taste." Gu Ting brought the congee to the table.

Shen Qing glanced at it. A few pieces of onion and diced radish were floating on top, and visually, it didn't look particularly appetizing. Shen Qing sat down at the table and took a small bite. It was fragrant, savory, and the taste was actually quite decent.

"How is it?" Gu Ting sat down opposite Shen Qing, resting his chin on one hand, looking at her with an expression begging for praise.

"Not bad."

"Huh? Just 'not bad'?" Gu Ting sighed, opening his eyes wide and looking at Shen Qing with a wronged expression.

"Delicious." Resisting the urge to throw punches, Shen Qing numbly offered a perfunctory compliment.

Gu Ting's eyes lit up, and he smiled happily. "Of course, I thought it was delicious when I tasted-tested it."

"There's only this one bowl?" Shen Qing paused, looking in astonishment at the congee of which more than half was already gone.

"Mn." Gu Ting nodded with a beaming smile.

"Get lost!"

"My mistake, I was just joking, don't hit me..."

Two days after the joint examinations, the results were already out.

Early in the morning on this day, Xie Mingming was summoned to the conference room.

"Principal, you're here too?" As soon as Xie Mingming walked through the door, the gazes in the conference room all fell on him simultaneously.

"Mn." The principal nodded as he looked at him.

"What is it this time?" Xie Mingming muttered softly, finding a seat and sitting down.

Director Yan sat next to the principal and spoke first, "Teacher Xie, take a guess at who got first place in this joint exam?"

"Lin瑞阳 (Lin Ruiyang), obviously." Xie Mingming said without even thinking. He also taught biology to Class Eight. Although Lin Ruiyang wore an expression carved of ice every day, he put more effort into his studies than anyone else, and Xie Mingming had never seen Lin Ruiyang take a break from practicing problems.

"Not him, guess again." Director Yan smiled.

Xie Mingming paused. Could it be a student from his own class?

"Chen Bin?" That was the perennial top student of Class Three.

Director Yan shook his head. "Shen Qing."

Xie Mingming suddenly came to a realization. "Oh... What? It's Shen Qing?"

Another teacher couldn't watch any longer. "Teacher Xie, your acting skills are way too good. Didn't you already know Shen Qing got first place? It's a good thing we didn't submit her name back then, otherwise just the cheating scandal alone would have given our school a massive headache."

"No wait, are you suspecting that I leaked the exam questions to Shen Qing?" Xie Mingming stood up and pointed at the teacher who had just spoken.

"I didn't mean that, but several proctors said that Shen Qing wrote her exam papers at lightning speed, especially for math and the comprehensive science section, without even making a rough draft. Look at Lin Ruiyang's scratch paper, it's filled to the brim. For someone who once scored zero, even with a sudden surge in progress, it's impossible for her to score first place out of nowhere."