Chapter 197

From the perspective of Jiang Yunu's growth and personal achievements, this is undoubtedly a good thing.

It was just that the little girl's cry of grief was so contagious that everyone who heard it was immediately carried away by her emotions. Their minds went haywire, and they subconsciously thought: Oh no! How could this happen?

When they come to their senses and then lose their focus again, the audience will react again -

No, for this kind of thing, people usually seem to be looking forward to it happening.

Being able to advance to the "Challenge Cup" district-level competition, which is a college student competition held in the second largest district, no matter what the final result in the district-level competition is, being a qualified contestant means that you are already a strong person in the second largest district's advanced supernatural school and a campus celebrity.

But Joyson felt it was unreal.

Even last semester he already knew that Jiang Yunu was playing in the "Challenge Cup".

For most of the last semester, Jiang Yunu insisted on only sharing good news with the Qiao family, not bad news. She never spoke to the Qiao family mother and son back in Shatt City about the "minor attacks" she'd been facing at school, or the flu-like waves of rumors that had come her way. Whenever she spoke on the phone with Aunt Daisy and Joyson, Jiang Yunu would discuss daily life and the various new discoveries she'd made during the new semester.

She also talked about their "Golden Poor Man Academy". Although it has the nickname of "poor man", in the eyes of her, a poor student from the Seventh District, she only thinks that this "poor man" is made of gold - any equipment in the school that can't keep up with the fashion of the upper three districts can be regarded as a treasure in the Enge Primary School of Supernatural Powers.

She kept talking about good things that were fresh, interesting and full of life.

This has ignited Joyson's ambition and he plans to apply to the upper three districts in a few years to see if he can follow in Jiang Yunu's footsteps and be admitted to Golden Uriel.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yunu has become a famous figure in the school?

Joyson didn't let that strange feeling of unreality lead him to develop suspicion or jealousy. He simply asked worriedly, "Are you really doing well in District 2 this semester?"

Jiang Yunu said, "I'm doing very well, why are you asking?"

The red-haired boy let out a long sigh of indifference across the electronic signal that spanned several star regions.

"Just thinking about your experience as a student at Engel," Joyson said, "it seems like there wasn't a time when you became famous that wasn't accompanied by people talking behind your back and all sorts of controversies."

Aunt Daisy and Joyson answered the inter-district call together, and the call on the other end must have been played on speakerphone.

Aunt Daisy said, "It must have been hard work to get such outstanding results."

Jiang Yunu stopped yelling "verver" and was quiet for a few seconds.

To be honest, she rarely feels tired. She seems to be a typical "high-energy person" who has endless energy from morning to night. Sometimes she even thinks sleeping and resting are too troublesome, as if this "sleep time" forced by human physiology delays her time to do more "real work".

But it was strange that someone like her who was famous for her high energy would actually start to reflect after hearing a simple question from home sent across the communication signal: Maybe she did have a little bit of hardship during the period of constantly exploring combat skills and constantly absorbing a lot of new knowledge?

Just a little bit, not much.

It's the kind of weight that you wouldn't notice on a normal day, but would suddenly surface when your family asks you about it.

"Maybe... a little bit." Jiang Yunu said after a moment of silence.

Joyson immediately became even more worried. "That won't do. Without seeing you in person, Mom and I won't be able to rest assured about your true situation."

Aunt Daisy, the head of the household who held the financial purview, said, "When summer vacation officially begins, during the 'window period' when you don't need to stay at the competition base, Joyson and I will come to the Second District to visit you."

In this family, Qiao Daisi's words are like imperial decrees, and once she speaks, it must be implemented.

As for the transportation and accommodation expenses for the two from the seventh district to the second district, Aunt Dai Si made it clear that this was not something that student Jiang Yunu should worry about.

After all, she is an adult, and an adult who can raise Joyson and pick up a Jiang Yunu along the way. She is not so poor that she cannot afford to come to the second largest district to take care of her child.

Jiang Yunu felt that if she continued to discuss the financial expenses, she might touch Aunt Daisy's "reverse scale" and be criticized remotely for no reason. She knew the time was right and kept her mouth shut. She decided to go back and look through her own small treasury to see how much of her subsidy was left for this semester. Then she could ask Pei Ya to see if there were any entertainment and recreational places in the second largest area that were not expensive and had good value for money.

After reporting to his family in detail why he couldn't go back during the summer vacation, Jiang Yunu made several more phone calls.

She called Zhou Jinxue, Teacher Lei, and Xie Shi, who was mentioned by Qiao Yisen as someone who had agreed to come and welcome her.

Even after coming to Golden Uriel Academy, Jiang Yunu has met many new senior students, but to her, Zhou Jinxue will always be the most special senior student.

As soon as Zhou Jinxue picked up the phone, he received a series of greetings from Jiang Yunu. The enthusiasm seemed to be transmitted along the signal network, rushing into his ears and then filling his heart.

After not seeing each other for half a year, Zhou Jinxue glanced at Jiang Yunu in the video window and her first words were, "You've grown taller again this semester."

“That’s right!”

Jiang Yunu always warmly welcomes the topic of "growing taller". She was originally sitting in her dormitory, but when she heard the words, she stood up, moved the video window further away, and then turned around on the spot to show herself in all directions.

She smiled and said, "When we meet next time, maybe she'll find out that I'm as tall as you, or even taller than you."

Zhou Jinxue's lips curled up. "Hearing you say that, I'd mistakenly believe that even the air in District 2 is teeming with growth hormones. Anyone who breathes there a few times will experience extraordinary growth and development, transforming you from the little girl you left home into an adult in the blink of an eye."

Jiang Yunu laughed along with the senior's words, his attitude relaxed and natural.

But on the surface, he was laughing and joking all the time, and kept telling jokes to make Zhou Jinxue happy. The two of them seemed to be casually discussing each other's summer vacation plans. But secretly, Jiang Yunu was observing Zhou Jinxue silently.

She had an inexplicable intuition: Zhou Jinxue didn't seem as happy as she appeared.

And Jiang Yunu was confident. She was sure that Zhou Jinxue was not unhappy because of talking to her on the phone.

On the contrary, her phone call seemed to temporarily pull Zhou Jinxue out of some more depressed emotions.

Although he was smiling and speaking in a relaxed voice, Zhou Jinxue felt as if something was bothering him.

But Senior Zhou never mentioned her worries. Jiang Yunu tried to probe her twice in a tactful way, but both times she avoided the question. It seemed that she didn't want to talk about it. Jiang Yunu knew that Zhou Jinxue was a person who always had a strong sense of boundaries, so she didn't force any further questions.

When Jiang Yunu called Teacher Lei, he asked the teacher again about the senior student's recent situation.

"Teacher, do you know what happened to Senior Zhou recently?"

"Zhou Jinxue?"

Leis Daniel—or, more formally, Sidani Lei. He received a call from Jiang Yunu. Before he could even consider the timing of the call, which was during finals week, unusual, he first heard the "bad news" that the girl couldn't return to District 7 for summer vacation, then the good news that Jiang Yunu had qualified for the District 2 "Challenge Cup" tournament. He was still processing his sudden and volatile emotions and wanted to compliment the girl on her outstanding performance, but the topic changed so quickly.

Teacher Lei obviously didn't know much about Zhou Jinxue's recent situation. In this school year, Zhou Jinxue was already a fourth-grade student, while Teacher Lei was still teaching first- and second-grade courses. He didn't have much overlap with the fourth-grade students' daily study and life. He only went to help Lu Xixi occasionally and did some "Hou Qin teacher" work for Eng's school team.

"She seems to have always performed well, and her grades are still very good in school," Teacher Lei said fairly. "And you may already know that in this year's junior league that just ended, our Enge took first place."

This year's Engel school team captain, Zhou Jinxue, was worthy of the title and also achieved good results.

When this news reached Jiang Yunu, she was in the fourth round of the "Challenge Cup" competition. She immediately posted an email in the chat window of her senior, saying, "Let me share in the good luck!"

Senior Zhou sent Jiang Yunu an emoticon in response, which was a very standard "pat on the head".

Jiang Yunu didn't notice anything unusual from that conversation.

Teacher Lei hadn't been able to gather any valuable information, but Jiang Yunu herself was caught off guard. The young teacher, whom she hadn't seen in a while, grabbed her and asked her about her recent situation and the details of the "Challenge Cup" competition. Jiang Yunu glossed over the controversial details, avoiding the important points and focusing on her outstanding performance to reassure the teacher.

Teacher Lei is proud but also worried.

"You're rising too fast," the thoughtful teacher said. "In District 7, if you're rising that fast, people will just see you as a rare little genius from a small town. But those 'bigwigs' who are higher up won't pay attention to little geniuses like you."

But the situation is different in the second largest area.

In the second largest area, Jiang Yunu is still moving so fast, so while she is gaining attention, the "standard level" of those who pay attention to her will also improve simultaneously.

"In short, you have to be careful," Teacher Lei warned. "Not everyone would like to see a student with no background leave so quickly."

When Jiang Yunu hung up the phone, he thought of Lynette Nagu again after a long time.

Miss Nagu has not come to school this semester. I heard that she is still receiving steady treatment.

The news released by the Nagu family to the outside world was that the "strange disease" that the heir suddenly contracted was being cured, but only people inside the Nagu family knew the actual progress of the treatment.

It seemed that only a small circle of people knew that it was an alienation, and the Nagu family spread a lot of confusing rumors: one moment, it was said that it was a sudden strange disease, and that the eldest lady Nagu might be a genius who wanted to continue to improve, but accidentally over-trained, damaged her core, and developed a rare "core disease"; the next moment, it was said that this was an internal struggle within the Nagu family, and that someone secretly harmed Lynette Nagu in order to shake the position of the heir, causing the eldest lady to fall ill in public and even her appearance to be damaged.

When all this miscellaneous information is mixed together and true and false are mixed together and released, it becomes increasingly difficult for people to discern the truth, and different people hear different versions of the news.

Jiang Yunu thought about this young lady for a few minutes, then she called the last person on her contact list -

A young master.

"Too slow." This was the first thing Shesh said.