Chapter 37: medical malpractice

Qiao Sang felt a sense of crisis, and the joy of just getting first place in the special recruitment dissipated quite a bit.

Zheng Yining then said, “Qiao Dalao, do you want to go celebrate together later? I know a delicious snack shop just opened on Rongchang Street, and their signature dish, Cloud Ham Pancake, is made by a Magnetic Doll.”

Qiao Sang was shocked, “They actually use a Magnetic Doll to make Cloud Ham Pancake? Is that allowed?!”

It’s not like there aren’t cases of using extraordinary creatures as ingredients in this society, but they’re all done secretly and covertly. How can they so blatantly promote it as a signature dish?

Besides, isn’t a Magnetic Doll entirely made of magnets? Can it even be eaten?

Zheng Yining was stunned for a moment, “A Magnetic Doll is the chef at this snack shop. You… did you misunderstand something?”

Qiao Sang looked up at the sky and laughed awkwardly twice: “Haha, the weather seems really nice today. Let’s just go home early.”

Zheng Yining: “…”

She didn’t misunderstand what this Dalao was thinking just now, did she?

Rejecting Zheng Yining and Li Yang’s requests to carpool with their Black-billed Magpie, Qiao Sang immediately pulled out her phone as soon as she parted ways with them.

To focus on the exam, Qiao Sang had turned off her phone when she entered Saint Water Middle School.

As soon as it turned on, the screen showed two missed calls from her mother.

Qiao Sang didn’t call back immediately. She took a deep breath and opened the Interstellar Betting Network with slightly trembling hands.

“I won!!”

The next second, Fire Fang Dog heard her Yu Beast Master’s excited voice.

“Ya!”

Fire Fang Dog wagged its tail, also happy.

Qiao Sang did some calculations.

She lost 5,000 alliance coins the time she bet on Baodelei. This time, excluding the principal, she won 1,200 alliance coins, so she still lost a total of 38…

Never mind the calculations.

Qiao Sang self-hypnotized, no longer thinking about it. She called her mother back, who didn’t ask about the exam results, only when she would be home.

Since her mother didn’t ask, Qiao Sang didn’t say anything, as the middle school exam results hadn’t been confirmed yet, to avoid being happy too early for nothing.

… …

That evening, at the desk in her room.

Qiao Sang was holding a few recently completed test papers, checking the answers. These were last year’s middle school exam papers from Handan City.

Handan City and Hanggang City both belong to Zhehai Province, and while the papers have some different focuses, they are mostly similar.

After checking, Qiao Sang sighed.

Although she had made significant progress, there were still many mistakes. With only one week left until the middle school exam, it seemed she had to go back to school tomorrow. After all, asking others for the correct approach to wrong questions was faster.

“Ya Ya.”

“Dove, dove dove.”

The sounds of Fire Fang Dog and Fat Home Dove arguing came from the living room.

Qiao Sang listened to the sounds from the living room with a smile in her eyes. These two little guys were playing quite well.

Half an hour later, Qiao Sang finished correcting all the problems and opened a shopping website.

She remembered the Vice Principal said three Vitality Grass, two catties of Soothing Heat Powder, seven liang of Fire Incineration Saltpeter, and six liang of Red Honey.

[Vitality Grass]

Qiao Sang typed these three words.

Soon, the purchase page for Vitality Grass popped up.

Qiao Sang was stunned.

She didn’t give up and scrolled down a few pages, all showing the same price.

There’s no price difference for this stuff?!

Qiao Sang found the option to sort by price from low to high and clicked it.

At the top of the page, the price of 38 alliance coins was prominently displayed.

With such a huge price difference, dared she buy it?!

Qiao Sang struggled for a moment, then, holding onto a glimmer of hope, she clicked on it.

Looking at the reviews, they were all negative.

[Has the merchant’s conscience been eaten by a dog? Is this Vitality Grass?!]

[I fed it to my Cotton Shy Rabbit, and it had diarrhea for a week and became emaciated (picture)]

[This isn’t Vitality Grass at all, it’s just some weed!]

[Fake! Fake! Fake! Fake! Fake!!!! Bad review! Bad review! Bad review! Bad review! Bad review!!!!]

[I bought a real Vitality Grass for comparison. Don’t tell me, the fake one is quite similar (picture) (picture)]

It really was a knockoff…

Qiao Sang then searched for Soothing Heat Powder, Fire Incineration Saltpeter, and Red Honey.

Soothing Heat Powder was 2600, Fire Incineration Saltpeter was 6889, and Red Honey was the cheapest at 1999 per catty.

This meant that Fire Fang Dog’s bath would cost over ten thousand alliance coins!

Qiao Sang quietly closed the computer.

Actually, the middle school exam was more important right now. Fire Fang Dog’s matter could wait for now. Besides, Fire Fang Dog disliked water and didn’t like taking baths…

10:32 PM.

Fire Fang Dog was already tired from playing and had fallen asleep.

Qiao Sang habitually entered the yu beast codex before bed.

[Name: Fire Fang Dog]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Level: Beginner (136/1000) +]

[Skills: Bite (Beginner 74/100) +, Ram (Proficient 204/500) +, Fire Fang (Proficient 188/500) +, Spark (Proficient 256/500) +, Shadow Clone (Beginner 5/100)]

[Points: 109]

Last time, Fire Fang Dog gained 55 Points from 3 battles at Hang Gang No. 37 Beast Taming High School, but this time it only gained 54 Points from 4 battles.

The Points gained from battling each Pet were different. It seemed the Point bonus was indeed based on the strength of the Pet.

Qiao Sang, having made her guess, lay down and slept soundly.

She was too tired today…

… …

… …

The next day.

Wencheng Middle School.

When Qiao Sang appeared in Class 3-7 with her backpack, the classroom erupted.

“Holy crap, Qiao Sang, you actually came back!”

“Where have you been playing all this time, not coming to class?”

“Go away, how can you talk like that? Can’t it be that she had something going on at home?”

“How can you talk like that? What do you mean ‘something going on at home’? Can’t it be that a relative had something going on?”

“Everyone really missed you. Without you, Lao Ban only scolds me and Fang Sisi during class.” The speaker was Guo Linze, who was consistently the second-to-last in the class.

Lao Ban had basically given up on the last-place student.

After the classmates expressed their thoughts and dispersed, Fang Sisi said earnestly, “Qiao Sang, you’ve changed.”

Qiao Sang was startled and asked, “How have I changed?”

“Before, when you found a good reason to ask for leave, you’d always tell me. Now you’ve learned to secretly ask for leave by yourself, without taking me along,” Fang Sisi complained.

Qiao Sang: “…”

“Next time, I’ll take you with me.”

Fang Sisi shook her head, “How can there be a next time? We only have a few days left in school. If I asked for leave, my mom would surely break my leg.”

“Oh, right.” Fang Sisi lowered her voice and leaned in, “Let me tell you something, but don’t tell anyone else.”

Seeing her serious expression, Qiao Sang nodded, “Tell me.”

“Lao Ban, last week, I don’t know what stimulated him, but he went to get a hair transplant. The result… haha.” Fang Sisi couldn’t help but laugh twice, “It turned out the anesthetic was replaced with hair removal cream.”

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment and said, “How could that be mistaken? The colors of the two medications should be different, right?”

“The one who applied the anesthetic to Lao Ban was a Gigi Eye, a Pet newly contracted by the chief physician of the dermatology department. It’s not too familiar with these things yet,” Fang Sisi explained.

Qiao Sang asked, “How do you know?”

“Did you forget? My mom is a nurse there. She attended my parent-teacher conference and met Lao Ban,” Fang Sisi replied.

Qiao Sang’s expression was strange. Could it be that what she said about Lao Ban’s wig last time made Lao Ban go for a hair transplant?

No wonder he didn’t answer his phone later and even turned it off…

This medical accident was a bit serious.

One must know that for middle-aged men, hair is their life, especially for middle-aged men who need to wear wigs.

“Tell me honestly, how many other people have you told about this?” Qiao Sang looked at Fang Sisi suspiciously.

Fang Sisi was slightly stunned and started counting on her fingers, “Lyu Siya, Chen Jinjin, Wu Huanjun, Guo Linze, Xie Jiayi, Chen Yu…”

Qiao Sang: “…”