Chapter 43: She forgot about this

“Then how did you think of contracting a Cotton Section Worm later?” Qiao Sang asked.

“I want to evolve it into a Ba Xue Butterfly, it’s super beautiful.” Fang Sisi said, then took out her phone, wanting to search for a picture of a Ba Xue Butterfly to show Qiao Sang.

“I know, but to evolve it into a Ba Xue Butterfly, you’d have to take it to the Beilun region, right?” Qiao Sang said.

The Beilun region was not just ordinarily far from their Yuhua region.

The Cotton Section Worm currently had five known evolutionary forms, and the Ba Xue Butterfly among them required a specific environment to evolve.

The Beilun region was that required environment.

“No need, I specifically asked a Trainer, it just needs to stay in an environment of minus 40 degrees Celsius for an hour. When the time comes, I’ll hire an Ice Pet to create the environment,” Fang Sisi explained.

Seeing that Fang Sisi had considered everything thoroughly, Qiao Sang nodded and asked the inevitable question after the high school entrance exam: “How did you do on the exam this time?”

Fang Sisi shrugged and said helplessly, “304 points, I can only go to a vocational high school.”

Before Qiao Sang could figure out how to comfort her, she heard Fang Sisi ask in return, “What about you?”

“359 points,” Qiao Sang replied.

“Really? No way?” Fang Sisi’s eyes widened.

“I’ll show you when the report card comes out,” Qiao Sang said with a smile.

Before Fang Sisi could say anything, a sudden commotion broke out in the classroom.

It turned out that Qin Shou had come in with his La Osi.

When Qiao Sang came in with her Fire Fang Dog, everyone still chose to keep their distance, after all, everyone knew that Fire Pets generally had bad tempers, and it wasn’t good to be too close.

But everyone was unfamiliar with La Osi’s temperament; just knowing it was a rare foreign Pet was enough to get them excited.

Qiao Sang looked over and saw Qin Shou surrounded by a dense crowd of classmates, so much so that not to mention La Osi, even Qin Shou himself was completely blocked from view.

Guo Linze, who had spoken sourly last time, also ran over, “Brother Shou! Brother Shou! Let me see!”

This commotion lasted for more than ten minutes, and it wasn’t until Lao Ban came in that everyone quieted down and returned to their seats.

It was then that Qiao Sang finally got a clear look at La Osi.

It was about 80 centimeters tall, with two bull horns on its head, and fin-like markings around its light red eyes that looked like eyeshadow. It was trembling slightly, huddled in Qin Shou’s arms, looking as if it had just been startled by everyone.

Lao Ban was distributing report cards.

“Where’s Xie Jiayi?” Qiao Sang asked.

Xie Jiayi was Fang Sisi’s deskmate; last time, she wanted everyone to apply to Haomu Yu Beast Middle School together.

Fang Sisi looked at the empty seat in front of her, turned her head, and whispered, “You weren’t here the day of the brain domain awakening last time, so you don’t know, Xie Jiayi failed her brain domain awakening.”

Qiao Sang froze for a moment and said nothing.

Every year, only 73% of candidates successfully awakened their brain domain in the high school entrance examination, with 27% unable to awaken. If this proportion was spread across various schools, it wasn’t surprising that a few students in their class didn’t successfully awaken.

Xie Jiayi’s parents were both Yu Beast Masters, so logically, her chances of awakening should not have been small. Her failure to awaken this time was probably a significant blow to her.

But reality can sometimes be so unpredictable; for instance, Dai Shushu, as a child of ordinary people, could awaken successfully on her own, while Xie Jiayi, as a child of a Yu Beast Master, failed her brain domain awakening.

Soon, Lao Ban called Qiao Sang.

When she went up to get her report card, she pulled with force but couldn’t get the report card.

Qiao Sang looked up, puzzled, at Lao Ban.

Lao Ban was smiling like a chrysanthemum, his wig jiggling with his laughter. He then straightened her body to face her classmates and loudly announced, “I have news for everyone! Our classmate, Qiao Sang, has studied diligently and worked hard! She has lived up to all expectations! She has been admitted to Saint Water Middle School!”

At these words, the entire class was shocked.

Diligently studied and worked hard?

Qiao Sang, who usually slept in class, failed exams, and had recently been taking leave from school?

They had never had any expectations for Qiao Sang.

And, Saint Water Middle School?

Who?

The one who was consistently third from the bottom of the class?!

Qiao Sang: “???”

…

Qingcheng Jiayuan.

Qiao Sang returned home, physically and mentally exhausted.

Her mother was humming a song in her own room.

Qiao Sang pushed open her mother’s bedroom door and saw clothes, bags, and shoes of all kinds spread across the bed and floor.

“You’re back! Perfect, quickly help Mom see which dress looks good,” her mother said with a smile.

“Mom, is something going on with you?” Qiao Sang looked at the scene in the room and momentarily forgot what she had come to do.

“Go, go, go, what nonsense. Didn’t you get into Saint Water Middle School? I’ve invited some people to a banquet at Yujing Hotel the day after tomorrow. Tell me, which dress should I wear then?” her mother explained.

Qiao Sang: “…”

“Mom, it’s not that big of a deal.”

“Why isn’t it a big deal? It’s not easy to have a day like this where I can hold my head high, so of course, I have to throw a banquet to celebrate. Oh, right, I also want to hang a banner. What do you think would be good to write on it?” her mother asked while trying on clothes in front of the mirror.

Qiao Sang was helpless. Seeing this, she had an answer in her heart but still reconfirmed, “Did you tell my homeroom teacher about me getting into Saint Water Middle School?”

“Of course! I had to call and thank your homeroom teacher for improving your grades in the final stage. I even invited him to the banquet the day after tomorrow,” her mother admitted.

What could Qiao Sang say? Of course, as long as her mother was happy.

But the efficiency was really fast; it felt like she had called everyone she knew…

For the rest of the time, Qiao Sang stayed to help her mother choose clothes. After half a day of matching, she finally picked a dress similar in color to Fire Fang Dog’s fur, with Fire Fang Dog’s definitive paw.

In the afternoon, her mother went for a beauty treatment, and Qiao Sang took her report card and rode the subway to Saint Water Middle School to confirm her enrollment.

The matter of attending Saint Water Middle School was now officially settled.

…

…

June 26th.

Yujing Hotel.

“Qiao Sang, come, this is your Aunt Pingping. She even held you when you were little,” her mother, dressed in a red dress with her hair elegantly styled, called Qiao Sang over.

“Hello, Auntie,” Qiao Sang said politely.

Qiao Sang’s attire was no different from usual, but the Fire Fang Dog in her arms was dressed up.

Its flame-like fur was carefully combed, a black bow tie was绅士般套在颈部 like a gentleman around its neck, and matching black triangular sunglasses were worn on its face, giving it a very handsome appearance.

“Qiao Sang has grown so big,” Aunt Pingping said to Qiao Sang, but her eyes couldn’t help but constantly look at the Fire Fang Dog.

Before they could chat much more, her mother had already pulled Qiao Sang to another table, where there were some familiar faces for Qiao Sang.

“Hello, teacher,” Qiao Sang said with a smile.

“Ah, Qiao Sang, from the moment I first met you, I knew you had the makings of a scholar. I’ve taught so many generations of students, and you’re the only one who awakened independently. As expected, you didn’t disappoint your teacher; you got into the best high school in our Hanggang,” Lao Ban stood up and said with a beaming smile.

Before Qiao Sang could speak, her mother beside her had already interjected, “Oh, no, it’s all thanks to your excellent teaching, homeroom teacher. She even scored zero points a while ago. If you hadn’t given up on her and diligently guided her, how could she have done so well in the high school entrance exam?”

“Oh, no, no, it’s all because she studied hard herself that her grades improved.”

“Homeroom teacher, don’t be modest. If you hadn’t pushed her so hard, how could she have improved?”

“Please don’t say that. She took leave for almost two weeks later, how could I have pushed her studies?”

The air suddenly fell silent.

After a few seconds, her mother looked at Qiao Sang and asked, “Leave… two weeks?”

Qiao Sang: “…!”.

Holy cow, she forgot about that!