Chapter 632 Little Jingkong is here! (Second update)

Since the approach with Manager Liao didn't work out, Gu Jiao decided to try another method.

The first person she thought of was Mu Qingchen. From what Mu Qingchen had said to her that day, she could deduce that Mu Qingchen himself was not allowed to enter the Imperial Preceptor's Hall, but that did not mean he did not know how to enter the Imperial Preceptor's Hall.

Gu Jiao lay on the bed, one hand behind her head, and looked up at the top of the tent: "Okay, you're the one."

The next day, Gu Jiao got up very early and went to see Gu Yan first. Then she went to Tianqiong Academy with Gu Xiaoshun.

Gu Jiao became famous in the battle on the grassland yesterday. Today, as soon as she entered the academy, she felt the gaze from all directions. The people from Mingyue Hall and Mingxin Hall had seen her before. As for the students of the other ten schools, although they had not seen her in person, the birthmark on her face was too easy to recognize.

"There's a red birthmark on the left side of my cheek!"

These words spread throughout the entire academy within a day.

As a result, all the teachers and students in the college knew her.

Among this group were those who were wary, those who were simply curious, and of course, those who didn't believe she was so capable and just thought she had gotten lucky.

Gu Jiao didn't pay any attention and went to her respective classroom with Gu Xiaoshun.

The classroom seating is basically fixed, but if you change seats without permission, the teacher won't say anything.

Mu Qingchen hasn't arrived yet.

Gu Jiao didn't know where he would sit. Zhong Ding waved to her from his original seat and patted the stool next to him, indicating that he had saved a seat for her.

Gu Jiao did not sit with Zhong Ding, but instead chose a seat in the last row.

The seat next to me is empty; Mu Qingchen will probably sit here.

Gu Jiao put her book bag away, took out her writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and pointed at her classmate in the front row with her fingertip.

The classmate turned around and looked at Gu Jiao nervously: "Brother Xiao, is something the matter?"

Gu Jiao said, "Let me copy your homework."

Classmate: "..."

The classmate gave his homework to Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao took leave yesterday afternoon. I don't know what Teacher Gao and Teacher Jiang taught, but she still made up her homework. She is a good student who follows the rules.

After copying the homework, Gu Jiao returned it to the classmate in front of her: "Thanks."

"No, you're welcome!" the classmate stammered.

Gu Jiao glanced at her and said, "Why are you so nervous? I'm not going to eat you."

"Oh, I'm not nervous! I'm not nervous!" The classmate carefully put away the homework that Gu Jiao had returned, dipped a brush in ink, and tucked it directly into the homework.

Gu Jiao: "..."

Many people in the class used to ignore and look down on her, but after witnessing her taming the horse king, they seemed to start to be a little afraid of her.

Zhong Ding was alright, perhaps because he had known Gu Jiao for a long time and shared a dormitory with Gu Jiao's brother-in-law. Although Gu Xiaoshun didn't share a dormitory at all, their relationship was closer than that of ordinary classmates.

Zhong Ding walked over, leaned on Gu Jiao's desk, and whispered to her, "Xiao Liulang, how did you figure out that the answer to yesterday's question was nineteen?"

He didn't believe it at first, but after checking the answers with Master Gao in class, he realized that Xiao Liulang had calculated it correctly.

No, Xiao Liulang didn't count it.

Zhong Ding asked in a low voice, "You...did you peek at Master Gao's answers?"

Gu Jiao glanced at him indifferently: "Yes, I've seen the answer."

Zhong Ding breathed a sigh of relief: "I knew it! Such a difficult question, not a single person in the class got it right, how come you guessed it correctly? Okay, that's all, I'm going to sit down now."

"Wait a minute," Gu Jiao called out to him.

"What's wrong?" Zhong Ding asked, turning around.

"Why hasn't Mu Qingchen arrived yet?"

"You still don't know?"

"Know what?"

"He probably won't be coming today. Old Master Meng is playing chess with the Dean at the Immortal Phoenix Pavilion, and Young Master Qingchen went to observe."

"Which Mr. Meng?"

"That's the chess master of the six states! Don't tell me you've never even heard of him! He's from our Zhao state! Because he was so good at chess, the Yan ruler made an exception and invited him to settle in Shengdu."

Oh, this Mr. Meng.

Gu Jiao had heard of it.

"Master Meng rarely leaves the inner city, and even when he does, almost no one is qualified to play chess with him. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, no wonder Young Master Qingchen went to observe and learn. I also want to go, but I dare not skip class, because skipping class will result in a demerit."

If you're going to give me a demerit, then forget it.

She had originally planned to go to the Immortal Phoenix Pavilion to find Mu Qingchen.

"Dear classmates, Master Jiang has gone to the Immortal Phoenix Pavilion! Master Wu will be teaching again this morning!"

A cheer erupted from Mingxin Hall.

Gu Jiao roughly understood that Master Wu's class was roughly equivalent to her physical education class in her previous life, and everyone loved Master Wu's class.

Master Wu was a kind and understanding teacher. Even after breaking his arm, he still filled in for the teacher who was unable to teach.

"Master Wu, can we ask for leave?" a student said. "We have food poisoning."

Master Wu waved his hand: "Go."

Before long, several more students came over: "Master Wu, we also have food poisoning."

Master Wu nodded: "Yes, approved."

Master Wu was a rare man of sound mind. He was spouting nonsense and getting an upset stomach, but all he wanted to do was watch the chess masters of the six kingdoms play chess.

Zhong Ding tugged at Gu Jiao's sleeve: "Brother Xiao, they've all gone, shall we go too?"

"Will I get a demerit?" Gu Jiao asked.

Zhong Ding hurriedly said, "No, no! Master Wu has already agreed to the leave, so there won't be any demerit!"

Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow: "That's feasible."

Zhong Ding and Gu Jiao walked over. Before Zhong Ding could speak, Wu Fuzi said, "You got an upset stomach too? I know, go on!"

Zhong Ding chuckled and went to Xianluan Pavilion with Gu Jiao through the back gate of the academy.

Xianluan Pavilion is not far away. After exiting the back door, turn left and walk east for about a kilometer. Cross the street and go through an alley, and you will see the sign for Xianluan Pavilion.

Only the Sky Dome Academy knew about the chess game between Mr. Meng and the Dean, so all the people who came to watch were the academy's teachers and students. Most of the teachers went upstairs, while the students crowded downstairs in a huge crowd.

Suddenly, a boastful shout came from the alley: "Are you blind? You're trying to run into me!"

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry!"

"Yes, yes, you old man! Can't you speak properly? Are you a stutterer?!"

"I...I...I..."

"Hahaha, he really is a stutterer!"

Zhong Ding stopped and said to Gu Jiao, "It's Zhou Tong and the others! Those are students from the Five Mountains Academy!"

Gu Jiao didn't know any of the students from Wuyue Academy, but she did know Zhou Tong, who was her classmate sitting in front of her and had just lent her his homework to copy this morning.

He was the one whose forehead was pointed at by the students of Wuyue Academy, who called him a stutterer.

Zhou Tong doesn't stutter; he only does it when he's nervous.

Zhong Ding said anxiously, "The predecessor of Wuyue Academy was a martial arts school. They mainly focused on the martial arts examinations, and their students were all troublemakers, arrogant and domineering. People from our academy are afraid of facing them!"

The leading student from the Five Mountains Academy grabbed Zhou Tong by the hair with one hand, lifted him up, pointed to his shoes, and said, "Lick them clean for me!"

"Don't go too far!"

"That's what Zhou Tong's companion said."

A student from Wuyue Academy kicked his classmate who was speaking!

With a cry of pain, the student from Wuyue Academy was kicked away by a figure that appeared out of nowhere!

The four students from Tianqiong Academy were shocked: "Xiao Liulang!"

Gu Jiao looked coldly at the Wuyue Academy student who was holding Zhou Tong: "Let him go, don't make me say it a second time."

The other person looked Gu Jiao up and down, his gaze settling on her left cheek: "Where did this ugly brat come from? You think I'll just let you go because you tell me to? Who's going to lick your boots?"

"You want to lick it? Fine, I'll grant your wish." Gu Jiao said coldly, then raised her hand and chopped down with a chop, instantly hitting the nerve in the other person's arm.

The other person's arm went numb, and Zhou Tong fell down. Gu Jiao grabbed Zhou Tong and pulled him behind her, then kicked him hard in the chest!

Seeing this, the remaining members of the Five Mountains Academy attacked Gu Jiao fiercely. Gu Jiao took them down one by one with each move. In the blink of an eye, the seven of them lay on the ground, screaming in agony.

The students of Wuyue Academy, who called themselves "young masters," finally felt a sense of apprehension.

He clutched his chest as he scrambled to his feet, glaring fiercely at Gu Jiao, his body involuntarily taking a step back: "Who are you!"

"Damn it!" Gu Jiao grabbed his hair and slammed her knee into his stomach. He was in so much pain that he curled up like a shrimp in a steamer.

His shoes fell to the ground, and Gu Jiao tossed them aside, throwing him next to them: "If you want to lick them, lick them yourself!"

After saying that, she turned to Zhou Tong and the others behind her and said, "What are you standing there for? Aren't you coming up?"

Zhou Tong looked incredulously at the Five Mountains Academy students who were beaten to a pulp, his gaze falling on Gu Jiao's cold back. He nodded, "Ah! Okay! They're coming!" He said to his companions, "Hurry, hurry, hurry, keep up!"

The group stepped over the bodies of the students from the Five Mountains Academy and quickly followed Gu Jiao.

Zhong Ding followed.

The way the others looked at Gu Jiao was different from before; they were full of admiration and even a little bit affectionate.

Zhou Tong kept stealing glances at Gu Jiao.

"What is it?" Gu Jiao was getting impatient with his gaze.

When she gave him a quick glance, Zhou Tong's heart nearly jumped out of his throat.

But thinking about what happened in the alley, Zhou Tong felt she shouldn't have been so scared: "Thank you so much! And I'm sorry!"

Gu Jiao said, "Why do you always apologize to people?"

Zhou Tong said awkwardly, "I... I was forced to apologize to them. Actually, I didn't step on them; he deliberately stuck his foot out to trip me—the students from Five Mountains Academy love to bully us." Realizing he had gone off-topic, he quickly got back to the point, "I apologized to you because... I misunderstood you..."

He thought he was just like the group of martial arts students from the Five Mountains Academy—a violent and domineering person—but it turned out he wasn't.

His martial arts skills are not for bullying people.

"You...you actually don't like fighting, right? You fought Ma Wang yesterday to save Miss Su, and you beat them up today to protect us? Brother Xiao, you're a kind-hearted person!"

Gu Jiao, who was suddenly given the "friend card," was speechless.

Do you have some misunderstanding about what a good person is?

After lingering in the alley for a while, by the time Gu Jiao and her group arrived at Xianluan Pavilion, the game of chess had ended, and Old Master Meng had already left by carriage.

Thinking of missing out on meeting Mr. Meng, Zhong Ding couldn't help but burst into tears: "I'm so miserable for not being able to see Mr. Meng! This was the closest I've ever been to Mr. Meng! I'll never have a second chance in my life! Waaah!"

Gu Jiao didn't care about Mr. Meng; she was there to see Mu Qingchen.

Unexpectedly, Mu Qingchen also returned to the inner city.

Gu Jiao suddenly remembered something: "We get demerits for skipping class, why doesn't Mu Qingchen?"

Does this guy have some special skill for skipping class?

Zhong Ding said enviously, "Although he never comes to class, he always gets first place in every exam. And yet, they dare to give him a demerit? Three demerits mean expulsion from the academy. Such a promising talent, do you think they should expel him or not? That's why the dean specially approved his home study."

Gu Jiao asked, "Don't the other students have any objections?"

Zhong Ding sighed, "If you have any objections, go and test Mu Qingchen. So far, no one has outperformed him."

Gu Jiao stroked her chin: "Is she that amazing?"

Zhong Ding wiped away his tears and said, "But I heard that he is not going back to study this time. There is something going on in the family, and he has to leave Shengdu temporarily."

Gu Jiao was shocked: "Does that mean I won't be able to see him for quite a while?"

How will she get into the Imperial Preceptor's Hall?

The night was dark and the wind was high.

In a corner of a girls' academy in the inner city, in a courtyard that was understated yet luxurious, a little black child, almost blending into the night, sneaked out carrying a small bundle.

My bad brother-in-law went to take a shower.

He's going to take this opportunity to slip away!

He's going to find Jiaojiao!

Little Blackie crawled through the dog hole, climbed the tree, scaled the wall, jumped over the tree, and climbed down—all in one smooth motion!

Finally, he graduated from the academy!

He came to the vast sky and stood on the quiet street!

Jiaojiao, your most beloved little man has arrived!

Smack!

The little black boy fell down, landing face down in a big, flat mess.

"Whoa—"

A carriage sped by, and if the driver hadn't seen the bundle, he would have run it over.

He quickly tightened the reins and stopped the horse.

"What's wrong?" the person inside the car asked.

"Sir, there's a child." It took the coachman a while to realize that there was a child under the bundle, mainly because it was so dark.

"Let's go take a look," said the person inside the car.

"yes."

The coachman jumped off the carriage and walked toward the child.

He wondered whether the child was unconscious or dead. Just as he squatted down to check the child's breathing, the child suddenly raised his head!

"Mother!"

The coachman was so frightened that he ran three zhang away!

Hearing the commotion, the person inside the carriage reached out and lifted the curtain: "What's wrong?"

Little Blackie got up from the ground, picked up the small bundle and hugged it to his chest. He looked at Mr. Meng in the car with a cute expression and asked, "Grandpa, can you take me to find Jiaojiao?"

Yes, it's almost the end of the month, so I should remind everyone to vote.

(End of this chapter)