Chapter 125 ABO Results Changed (3)
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The next morning.
Zhu Qingchen took a car to the Shen family manor just like yesterday.
Shen Xiuping, Shi Ran and the housekeeper, were waiting at the door to greet them.
Seeing Zhu Qingchen's car coming, Shen Xiuping took two steps forward.
When the car stopped, he walked over and opened the door: "Teacher Zhu."
Zhu Qingchen got out of the car and shook his hand briefly: "General Shen."
Exactly the same scene as yesterday.
But this time, Shen Xiuping smiled and said, “Yesterday on the first day of class, Xiao Ran caused trouble for Teacher Zhu. I heard that Teacher Zhu left after lunch. I’m really sorry.”
"Young Master Shi does have a strong personality." Zhu Qingchen responded and looked at Shi Ran who was standing behind him.
Shi Ran is not as energetic as yesterday.
He seemed to have not slept well. Two big dark circles appeared on his face. He lowered his head, said nothing, and looked lifeless.
Chen Xiuping followed his gaze and said with a smile, "Xiao Ran talked back to the teacher yesterday. I have already punished him. He regrets it very much. I hope Teacher Zhu doesn't mind."
Zhu Qingchen looked at Shi Ran thoughtfully.
If it was yesterday, Shi Ran would have jumped up to refute, but now, he still stood there, motionless.
What happened to him? What happened?
Seeing that he didn’t speak, Shen Xiuping lowered his tone slightly: “Xiao Ran, call someone quickly.”
Shi Ran finally responded and shouted in a muffled voice: "Teacher."
Zhu Qingchen smiled and replied, "Morning."
After a few simple words, Shen Xiuping was about to go to work and asked the housekeeper to take them to the glass flower house from yesterday.
Zhu Qingchen sent the housekeeper and servants outside and then sat down at the table.
Shi Ran also sat down obediently in front of him, took a vase and placed it in front of himself.
He didn't say anything and Zhu Qingchen didn't ask either. He just picked some flowers and trimmed them with scissors.
Shi Ran watched his movements and followed him.
But he was always absent-minded, and his scissors didn't cut in the right place. Either he cut the branches too short, or he left the branches and threw away the flowers.
Zhu Qingchen looked at his actions, couldn't help but sigh, and put down the flowers in his hand.
Two "dong dong" sounds brought Shi Ran back to his senses.
He raised his head and saw Zhu Qingchen's hand on the table. He bent his fingers and there were two more "dong dong" sounds.
Shi Ran suddenly felt a little aggrieved: "Am I not already learning? I'm not making a fuss."
Zhu Qingchen didn't say anything, but pointed to the table in front of him.
There was a vase on the table and a blank space in the middle.
Surrounded by flowers, a photo of a page from the mecha book was projected onto the table, with the title -
[Chapter 5 Introduction to the Mecha Division (Part 1)]
Shi Ran's eyes lit up and he quickly raised his head: "Teacher Zhu!"
Zhu Qingchen hushed him and said, "Don't make any noise."
"Oh, okay." Shi Ran quickly covered his mouth to block out his own voice.
"Continue arranging flowers."
"yes!"
Just seeing the pictures of mechas in the book could make Shi Ran excited for a long time.
While pretending to arrange flowers seriously, he stared at the picture on the table.
Zhu Qingchen reminded him to be careful and not to be too obvious.
So Shi Ran straightened his back and blocked the projection.
Zhu Qingchen sighed, sat up straighter, and helped him keep watch. When the butler or bodyguard was about to come over, he reminded him.
Shi Ran raised his head and whispered, "Thank you, Teacher Zhu."
He didn't expect that Zhu Qingchen would actually help him take pictures of the books, bring the pictures to him to see, and even help him keep track of the situation.
The contents of the book pages were photographed very clearly, and in case he couldn't see clearly, the illustrations in the book were also photographed separately.
I wish the teacher is really dedicated.
Even if Teacher Zhu was lying to him, he couldn't help but start to believe Teacher Zhu.
*
Half an hour later, Shi Ran raised his head, his eyes sparkling with satisfaction.
"Thank you, teacher."
Zhu Qingchen asked softly, "Have you finished reading it?"
“Yes.” Shi Ran nodded vigorously. “Thank you very much. I…”
As Shi Ran said this, he was about to stand up and bow.
Zhu Qingchen quickly stopped him: "Don't, if people outside see us, it will be hard to explain. You shouldn't be so polite to me now."
Shi Ran still can’t act, he just does whatever he thinks of.
“Oh.” Shi Ran finally calmed down, clasped his hands together, and thanked him sincerely in a place where no one outside could see, “Thank you so much, I will definitely repay you in the future.”
"No need to repay me. Do you still want to read tomorrow?"
"Yeah." Shi Ran nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
"Then I'll come back tomorrow."
"That's great, thank you teacher."
"Just do some flower arranging first. You have to let the people outside and Shen Xiuping see that you have made something, so that I won't be fired."
"Okay." Shi Ran looked back subconsciously.
The housekeeper and the bodyguards had been guarding outside the door. It should be Shen Xiuping's request to keep an eye on him at all times.
Fortunately, the glass greenhouse is soundproof, otherwise he would not even have the freedom to speak.
Shi Ran turned around and was finally able to pull himself together and deal with the flower arranging assignment. He finally started talking more.
He whispered, "Teacher Zhu, I didn't mean to not greet you this morning. I was a little distracted at the time. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude."
"Oh?" Zhu Qingchen had almost forgotten about this matter. When he heard him bring it up, he asked casually, "Why were you distracted?"
"I..." Shi Ran was a little embarrassed to speak, and after hesitating for a while, he finally decided to be honest, "Last night, I was about to escape by climbing out of the window, but I was caught by the bodyguard."
Zhu Qingchen was surprised: "But your room is on the third floor."
"I climbed down from the window." Shi Ran lowered his head, "But when I was halfway up, I was discovered. I couldn't go up or down, and finally fell on the grass and was caught."
Compared to Zhu Qingchen, he believes in himself more.
He never gave up and wanted to escape with his own strength.
Unfortunately it failed.
Shi Ran felt a little disappointed: "I have escaped many times before, but I failed every time. I was discovered every time."
Zhu Qingchen asked, "Did Shen Xiuping do anything to you?"
“He told me to reflect in my room.”
"He didn't do anything else to you?"
"No." Shi Ran shook his head, "He is usually very nice to me."
"Nonsense!" Zhu Qingchen suddenly raised his voice.
Shi Ran raised his head in confusion: "What?"
"How can this be called 'good for you'?" Zhu Qingchen lowered his voice, "This is just nonsense."
Shi Ran paused: "But everyone says that he treats me very well."
Zhu Qingchen asked: "Who is everyone? Who is everyone?"
"The housekeeper, servants, and bodyguards at home all said that Shen Xiuping was very kind to me and indulged me. Even though I always wanted to run away from home, Shen Xiuping was reluctant to be mean to me, let alone punish me."
"This time I climbed down from the third floor and almost fell, but he didn't punish me. He just asked me to go back to my room and reflect on it. He also asked the housekeeper to persuade me, and the housekeeper told me the same thing."
"He said that the Admiral treated me very well, and I shouldn't take advantage of him anymore and stop making trouble. If I keep making trouble like this, the bodyguards and servants will have to work overtime, and it will hurt my brother's heart..."
As Shi Ran spoke, his voice became smaller and smaller.
He felt guilty when he said these words.
Would Teacher Zhu also think that... he is a bad boy who doesn’t know how to be considerate of others?
But at this moment, he heard Teacher Zhu's serious voice: "These 'everyone' does not include me."
Shi Ran raised his head, a little confused: "Huh?"
"Let me ask you -" Zhu Qingchen looked at him seriously, "Who forced you not to go to school and to climb through the window?"
“Yes…” Shi Ran paused, “It’s Shen Xiuping.”
"Since he was the one who forced you to climb the window, he is the instigator and the culprit. What is the meaning of his subsequent compensation and kindness to you?"
Shi Ran did not answer.
But from his expression, you can tell that he listened.
Zhu Qingchen continued, "It was he who locked you in the room first and prevented you from going to school, which is why you had to climb through the window and make the so-called mistake. He didn't use this mistake to punish you, not because he is a good person, but because the person who made the mistake in the first place -"
"It's him."
"Similarly, why do the butler and bodyguards have to work overtime? It's not because of you. It's because Shen Xiuping wants to lock you up, so he ordered the bodyguards to work overtime to keep an eye on you."
"As long as he lets you go to school and doesn't restrict your personal freedom, no one has to work overtime, I don't have to come here, and you don't have to climb the window, but why doesn't he do this?"
Shi Ran opened his mouth, feeling touched but not knowing how to say it.
Zhu Qingchen continued: "He broke your leg and didn't let you see a doctor. Then he gave you a pair of crutches and told you that he was your 'savior' and that you could only rely on him from now on."
"Everyone around you told you, wow, he was so good to you, he even gave you a pair of pure gold crutches. If it weren't for him, you wouldn't be able to walk now. The butler and bodyguards said it was because of your broken leg that they had to work overtime to take care of you."
"But who broke your leg?"
"You can walk anyway, why do you have to rely on him?"
Shi Ran raised his head and looked at Zhu Qingchen in a daze.
Zhu Qingchen looked at his changing expression and understood.
In the original book, Shi Ran went from being a young boy full of dreams to a canary kept in captivity in a manor. The biggest influence on him was the wrong ideas instilled in him by the people around him since he was a child.
The Shen family treated him well on the surface, but in reality they only provided him with food and clothing, and did not teach him any principles of life.
As a result, Shi Ran still believes whatever others say and does whatever he thinks of.
Shen Xiuping treated him well on the surface, but in fact he only regarded him as his own property. He controlled him completely while pretending to be nice to others.
This made Shi Ran feel unpopular everywhere. Although he was clearly the victim, he was always accused of not being considerate enough to the perpetrator.
In the end, Shi Ran was completely tamed because no one told him—
You are right, Shen Xiuping is wrong.
Now, Zhu Qingchen has pierced through this hypocritical veil and presented the truth to Shi Ran.
He did not feel panicked, but just felt enlightened.
It was like when he was a child, he hid in a suitcase and it was dark all around him. He waited for a long time before someone finally opened the suitcase.
A ray of light breaks out from the cocoon.
It turns out that Shen Xiuping is not nice to him at all!
Zhu Qingchen finally said: "You shouldn't feel guilty about Shen Xiuping's 'goodness', and you shouldn't force yourself to accept his arrangements just because of these 'goodness'."
"This is just a trap, set by Shen Xiuping and the people around you to force you to submit."
Shi Ran was dazed and repeated Zhu Qingchen's words several times in a low voice.
——This is not good for him, it's a trap.
——This is just a trap to force him into submission.
——That’s right, this is a trap, it’s all a trap!
With a bang, Shi Ran stood up suddenly, his knees hit the table, and he almost overturned the table.
He looked at Zhu Qingchen, his lips trembling, and couldn't help but reddening his eyes: "Teacher... I..."
No one had ever taught him this, and he...
Before he knew it, Shi Ran shed two lines of tears.
Before he could ask the teacher anything else, the housekeeper and bodyguard outside heard the noise and immediately pushed open the door and came in.
"Master Shi, what's wrong with you?"
Although the butler used a respectful title, his tone was full of blame, and the meaning was also very clear -
Are you making trouble again? Please stop making trouble, you are making everyone work overtime with you.
If it was last night, Shi Ran would definitely feel guilty for what he said and start to reflect on himself.
But now...
Shi Ran turned around and wanted to refute him: "It's not me..."
It wasn't me who asked you to work overtime! It was Shen Xiuping! He asked you to work overtime!
Why blame me? Why blame me?!
But before he could finish his words, Zhu Qingchen hit him hard on the head, interrupting him.
Shi Ran was beaten back to his original form. He covered his head and turned back aggrievedly: "Teacher, why did you hit me?"
Zhu Qingchen said sternly, "It's fine if you can't arrange the flowers properly, but you just overturned the table and you still have the nerve to ask me why I hit you? Master Shi is too precious, I can't teach him, I'm leaving now!"
When the housekeeper heard Zhu Qingchen was leaving, he quickly attracted his attention and stepped forward to stop him: "Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu, I'm really sorry, Master Shi didn't mean it. You see, you and our general have already agreed. If you leave now, we will have a hard time explaining it."
He looked at Shi Ran, his tone threatening: "Master Shi, come and apologize to the teacher. Isn't the trouble you caused enough?"
Although Shi Ran didn't know what was going on, he knew the teacher was angry, so he stepped forward and apologized: "Teacher, I'm sorry."
Zhu Qingchen pursed his lips, controlled his heartbeat, turned around, and said to the housekeeper and bodyguard: "You all go out first."
"This..." The butler hesitated.
Zhu Qingchen raised his voice and opened his eyes wide: "I want to teach my students a lesson, do you still want to stand here and watch me make a fool of myself?!"
"I dare not, I dare not."
The butler was scolded by him and had no time to think about anything else. He quickly left with his bodyguards.
Zhu Qingchen watched them close the door of the glass greenhouse again, then raised his hand again and hit Shi Ran hard on the back.
Zhu Qingchen asked in a low voice: "You think you are not dying fast enough, right?"
Shi Ran’s eyes were red: “Teacher…”
"What I just said to you was for you to know, not for you to confront these people! I just finished talking to you, and you told them what I said. They turned around and reported to Shen Xiuping. Do you think Shen Xiuping will doubt you?"
Zhu Qingchen poked his head and said angrily: "Can you use your brain? Is this the time to show off your eloquence? Even if you win the argument with them, what good will it do? What good will it do you if Chen Xiuping suspects you and strengthens his supervision of you?"
"I..." Shi Ran wiped his eyes, "I'm sorry, teacher, I was impulsive."
The whole thing almost collapsed, and Zhu Qingchen was almost pissed off and scared to death by him.
He originally hoped that Shi Ran would wake up and not be deceived again.
Who knew that this brat almost overturned the table when he got so excited.
"Think about it carefully here. What is your top priority? Is it to win the argument with them, or something else? Come back to me when you have made up your mind. I won't teach you anything until you have made up your mind."
Zhu Qingchen said this, turned around and walked out of the greenhouse.
Shi Ran lowered his head and replied sullenly, "Yes."
The butler outside the door saw Zhu Qingchen coming out and thought he was going to leave again, so he hurriedly stopped him: "Mr. Zhu, the admiral has specially prepared a lounge for you next to the greenhouse. How about you take a rest for a while before I teach you? You can also take your time?"
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen looked back at Shi Ran and followed the butler to the lounge without hesitation.
Shi Ran stood in the greenhouse, wiped his eyes vigorously, and quickly adjusted himself. He picked up the overturned table and put away the vases and flowers that had fallen on the ground.
The system asked: "Chenchen, are you too harsh? The students are crying."
Zhu Qingchen said seriously: "This kind of thing can't be let go lightly. No one in the Shen family taught him, so he is like a three-year-old child. His brain can't turn around at all. I just exposed Shen Xiuping's true face, and he was so excited that he overturned the table."
"If I don't teach him a lesson this time, he will continue to act without thinking and on impulse when he encounters more dangerous things in the future, which will ruin things at the critical moment. If he can't even figure this out, it's useless for me to teach him."
"That's right." The system agreed, "Then let him think about it on his own for a while."
*
The Shen family's housekeeper took Zhu Qingchen to the lounge next to the greenhouse, brought him tea and snacks, and comforted him, asking him not to be angry and not to bother with Shi Ran.
The housekeeper was simply worried that if the incident got out of hand, he would be blamed by Shen Xiuping.
Zhu Qingchen leaned on the sofa, listened casually, and waved his hand to let the butler leave. "This is a matter between Master Shi and me, so you don't have to worry about it. Go prepare lunch, I'm a little hungry."
"Yes." Seeing that he was not moved by any persuasion, the butler had no choice but to retreat.
Zhu Qingchen was the only one left in the lounge.
He leaned on the rattan sofa, hugged the pillow, and looked around.
The lounge that the Shen family prepared for him was pretty good. It was a smaller glass greenhouse. The sunlight shone through the glass and sprinkled on the rattan furniture, making it bright and warm.
Soon, the housekeeper brought lunch.
"Sir, grilled veal chop, bouillabaisse, and fruit salad."
"Thank you." Zhu Qingchen sat down at the table.
The housekeeper looked at his face and said, "Master Shi also regrets talking back to the teacher. He has already cleaned up the greenhouse and is about to come over to apologize to the teacher."
Zhu Qingchen didn't even raise his head: "That's his own business. Once he figures it out, he'll come over naturally. There's no need for others to pass on the message."
"Yes." The housekeeper retreated awkwardly, "Then I'll come over to collect the dishes later."
"Um."
After lunch, Zhu Qingchen curled up on the sofa and read a book on flower arrangement.
There are not many books that Omegas can read in this world, and the Shen family only provided him with this kind of books.
Zhu Qingchen felt sleepy after eating, and after reading two or three pages, he couldn't help yawning.
The system said: "If you want to sleep, take a nap. I will keep watch for you."
"No, this is the Shen family after all—" Zhu Qingchen yawned, "No matter how sleepy I am, I can't sleep. What if something happens?"
Although Zhu Qingchen said this, not long after, he still supported his head and closed his eyes.
Half asleep and half awake, Zhu Qingchen vaguely heard someone calling him.
"Teacher? Teacher?"
The system also shouted: "Minister, minister, your student is here."
"Huh? Where?" Zhu Qingchen rubbed his eyes and looked around.
Shi Ran stood at the door, with traces of tears on his face and his eyes red. Through the glass door, he looked extremely aggrieved.
Zhu Qingchen came back to his senses, frowned, waved at him and asked him to come in.
Shi Ran then dared to push the door open and walked in front of Zhu Qingchen: "I'm sorry, teacher, I know I was wrong, I'm here to apologize to you."
Zhu Qingchen asked: "What's wrong?"
Shi Ran lowered his head and said seriously, "My mistake was being too impulsive and not thinking before doing anything. I didn't think about the consequences before I spoke. I just spoke quickly and forgot the most important thing."
He was not convinced at first. He and Teacher Zhu had only known each other for two days, and Teacher Zhu was so mean to him and even beat him.
He is in a lot of pain.
But later, when the housekeeper came to test him, he belatedly realized that Teacher Zhu's worries were right.
If Teacher Zhu had not stopped him from saying those words at that time, perhaps by now, Shen Xiuping would have rushed back and locked him back in the room.
Shi Ran sincerely admitted his mistake: "I was wrong. I won't be so impulsive next time. I'm sorry."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen was quite satisfied and asked again, "What is the most important thing for you now? Have you thought about it?"
"Yes..." Shi Ran hesitated, "It's the unified exam next month."
"Yes." Zhu Qingchen raised his hand.
Shi Ran thought the teacher was going to hit him again, so he stood there without dodging, but he couldn't help but close his eyes.
It hurts when the teacher hits you!
But this time, Zhu Qingchen did not beat him, but patted his arm.
"I hope you can figure it out."
"Yes." Shi Ran nodded vigorously, "I understand."
Seeing the teacher's expression eased a little, Shi Ran quickly explained: "I just accidentally touched the table at that time. When I stood up, my knee hit the table. I didn't overturn the table on purpose."
"Then the housekeeper came in. What he said was so bullying that I couldn't help but want to refute him. I was impulsive. I knew the teacher was doing it for my own good. If the teacher hadn't stopped me, I would have been finished."
"Yes." Zhu Qingchen nodded, "Now is not the time to tear your face apart. You can't completely leave the Shen family yet. They are still your guardians, and everyone else is on their side, so you should know it in your heart and don't be affected by it."
"You only have one chance, and that is the exam next month. Everything you do now should pave the way for the exam, not just for the sake of momentary pleasure."
"Before the test results come out, you should give in when necessary and act when necessary. Always remember your real goal. When the day comes when you achieve your goal, you can do whatever you want. Do you understand?"
“Understood!” Shi Ran nodded seriously and raised his right hand to swear, “I will never be impulsive again, absolutely not! Otherwise, even if the teacher beats me to death, I will have no complaints!”
Zhu Qingchen saw his right hand and frowned: "How did you do that to your hand?"
There were a few small thorns on his hands.
Shi Ran whispered, "I saw a phrase in the Complete Collection of Idiom Stories called 'carrying a thorn to ask for forgiveness'. I wanted to ask for forgiveness to the teacher by carrying a thorn, but I couldn't find any thorns in the greenhouse, so I found some thorny flowers. Before I could put them on my back, I was pricked several times."
Zhu Qingchen sighed and let go of his hand: "You are not a child anymore. The Shen family deliberately did not teach you these ways of dealing with people and things, just to make you do whatever you want like you did just now. You have no secrets in front of them, so they can control you better."
"Even if they don't teach you, you can't be so stupid anymore. You have to learn these things by yourself. Sometimes it's not a bad thing to control your emotions, act, and lie. It's not a bad thing to look three steps ahead and have plans and strategies."
"Yes." Shi Ran nodded, "I will remember it well."
Seeing his sincerity, Zhu Qingchen knew that he really admitted his mistake, so he patted the sofa beside him and asked him to sit down.
Shi Ran sat down on the sofa and poured tea for the teacher.
Zhu Qingchen said, "I will come here every day to teach you flower arrangement, and take photos of the books you want to read and bring them here. I will also create opportunities to take you to touch the mecha, so that you don't have to take the exam without knowing anything."
"Really?" Speaking of mechas, Shi Ran became energetic and his eyes lit up.
"real."
"But teacher, Omegas and Betas are under the control of the mecha population, and they cannot get close to military mechas." Shi Ran expressed his concerns without hiding his concern. "It's okay for me. The book explains it very clearly, and I can imagine it myself. Teacher, don't take the risk."
Zhu Qingchen was not afraid at all: "Although I don't have a mecha, there is someone who definitely has one."
"who?"
"My lover." Zhu Qingchen showed a confident smile, "I'll take you to see him tomorrow."
The system immediately became alert: ???
"What lover? Which lover? Chenchen, when did you have a lover with someone else? How come I didn't know? Chenchen, say something! Don't pretend to be dead! I know you are at home!"!
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