Chapter 12: Got it all

Silence and darkness enveloped the surroundings, filled with an eerie quiet.

A black figure suddenly approached, letting out a cackling laugh.

It had no limbs, only a body the size of a human head floating in the air, its dark red eyes staring at the white-clad girl like prey.

The next moment, a hand with only two fingers suddenly grew from its limbless body and reached for the girl’s heart.

The hand passed through the girl’s body, finding nothing.

The black figure’s eyes widened in disbelief.

The girl raised her head, and a face with no features slowly appeared in the picture…

Ya!

Fire Fang Dog pounced into Qiao Sang’s arms.

It didn’t want to watch anymore!

Qiao Sang stroked its head, feeling a little regretful…

…

…

The next two days were the weekend, and Qiao Sang declined Fang Sisi’s invitation to go out, choosing to study alone at home.

Aside from taking time to register her Yu Beast Master identity and Fire Fang Dog’s household registration at the Yu Beast Center, almost all her remaining time was spent immersed in books.

Perhaps it was due to her brain region awakening, but her memory was much better than in her previous life; she only needed to read a book once to roughly remember everything.

Soon, it was time to go back to school.

“Fire Fang Dog, be good, I’ll let you out after school,” Qiao Sang coaxed Fire Fang Dog.

Ever since Fire Fang Dog got tired of playing the game of entering and exiting the yu beast codex, it had never gone back in.

This time, Qiao Sang wanted it to go back in, but it seemed a bit resistant.

It preferred staying outside to being in the yu beast codex.

“Ya.”

Fire Fang Dog shook its head, indicating it didn’t want to go in.

Qiao Sang felt a bit helpless. The school didn’t explicitly forbid bringing Pets, but with everyone else not having contracted Pets yet, having Fire Fang Dog outside would attract too much attention.

Qiao Sang didn’t want to be stared at.

“If you come in, I’ll buy you hongfan fruit to eat when we get back,” Qiao Sang tempted.

Fire Fang Dog, acting aloof, turned its head away.

It didn’t want it.

Qiao Sang’s mouth twitched.

Mother had bought six hongfan fruit last time; she fed four to Fire Fang Dog on the first day, and one each on the following two days.

Had it gotten tired of them already?

“If you don’t come in, I can only go by myself.”

“I’m leaving.”

“I’m really leaving.”

Qiao Sang went to the entryway, squatted down, put on her shoes, and made to leave.

“Ya!”

Fire Fang Dog pounced into Qiao Sang’s arms, looking at her pitifully with wet eyes.

“If you want to come with me, you have to go in first. I promise I’ll let you out as soon as school is over,” Qiao Sang said.

“Ya.” Fire Fang Dog drooped its head and responded weakly.

Qiao Sang’s heart melted.

Still a child, after all.

Qingcheng Jiayuan was a school district property for Wencheng Middle School, only about 9 kilometers away. It could be reached directly by bus routes 23, 36, and 57, as well as subway lines 5 and 7.

Qiao Sang didn’t choose to take the subway as usual.

On bus route 36.

Fire Fang Dog happily poked its head out the window in Qiao Sang’s arms, the wind blowing across its face and ruffling its fur.

It excitedly watched the world outside.

“When we get to school, you need to be good and come inside, okay?” Qiao Sang said with a smile.

“Ya!”

Fire Fang Dog responded energetically.

Qiao Sang couldn’t help but pat its head.

After getting off at the stop, Fire Fang Dog obediently allowed Qiao Sang to put it into the yu beast codex, even wagging its tail happily.

…

Wencheng Middle School, Class 7.

“Have you finished your homework? Let me copy it.”

“Can’t you see I’m still copying?”

“…”

“Did you watch the Lianpo region competition yesterday?”

“Of course! I was waiting in front of the TV from 7 PM. Lin Jinyang’s Blood Dragon was so cool!”

“Yeah, yeah, and that Scaled Ant, it was golden! I’ve never seen a golden Scaled Ant! It almost blinded me!”

“…”

“I heard Dai Shushu from Class 9 was recommended to Saint Water Middle School.”

“Last time, wasn’t it rumored to be Li Tan Royal Pet High School?”

“It seems her spot was cut.”

“As expected of our province’s ace high school; even Dai Shushu couldn’t get in.”

“You try getting into Saint Water Middle School and show me.”

“…”

A slender figure appeared at the classroom door.

As the figure walked in, the discussions suddenly quieted down.

Qiao Sang sat down at her desk and noticed some classmates secretly glancing at her.

Feeling the strange atmosphere in the classroom, Qiao Sang touched her nose and quietly asked Fang Sisi, “Did you tell the class about my spontaneous awakening?”

Fang Sisi was still diligently copying her homework when she heard someone next to her speak, realizing Qiao Sang had arrived.

“My liege, you’re finally here.” Fang Sisi’s eyes lit up as she leaned over. “How could I say anything without your permission? Do you need me to promote it in class for you?”

“Absolutely not.” Qiao Sang quickly shook her head, then asked, puzzled, “Then why are they all staring at me?”

“Didn’t your mom come to school twice, and then you took a day off and skipped a day of class? Everyone’s guessing if something happened to you,” Fang Sisi explained.

Qiao Sang froze. “Skipped a day of class?”

“Yes.”

Although she had guessed her mother might have forgotten to ask for leave, Qiao Sang still felt a bit disheartened when her guess was confirmed.

Lao Ban wouldn’t call her to the office again for a lecture, would he…

At this moment, Fang Sisi added, “Also, everyone knows you got a zero on the last mock exam.”

Lao Ban hadn’t directly criticized Qiao Sang by name in class to save her face, but afterwards, he had the study representative call Qiao Sang to the office, and later even called her parents to school.

Originally, if it had stopped there, no one would have been interested, after all, Qiao Sang’s grades were poor, and being called to the office for criticism was not uncommon.

But having parents called made the situation serious.

One should know that usually, aside from fighting, Lao Ban rarely notified parents.

At that time, after school, if Qiao Sang didn’t say anything, the study representative didn’t say anything, and Lao Ban didn’t say anything, hardly anyone would have known.

However, Qiao Sang took leave the next day and skipped class directly on the third day.

Taking leave and skipping class at this critical juncture already explained a lot. Everyone’s gossip flames burned fiercely, and soon they knew the whole story.

Qiao Sang was exasperated, but she didn’t feel anything in particular.

In this small world of the school, anything that happened spread incredibly fast.

Her getting a zero and having her parents called wasn’t a distortion of facts. Children of this age might feel ashamed if others knew, but Qiao Sang didn’t have that kind of psychological pressure.

“Oh, by the way, have you done the Spiritual Plant Analysis homework? Let me copy it,” Fang Sisi nudged Qiao Sang’s arm with her hand.

“How would I know what homework there is when I wasn’t even here? Besides, isn’t it embarrassing for you, who’s fourth from the bottom in class, to copy from me, who’s third from the bottom?” Qiao Sang was a bit speechless.

“My liege, I forbid you from talking about yourself like that,” Fang Sisi reprimanded, then made a mournful expression. “I just thought your mom came to school on Friday and brought your homework with her, didn’t I? I really envy you people who don’t have to do homework.”

Qiao Sang: “…”

Ignoring Fang Sisi’s antics, Qiao Sang fell into thought.

She still didn’t seem to know why her mother had come to school last time.