Chapter 129 ABO Results Changed (7)
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Everything is so natural and cannot be refused.
Shen Xiuping had no time to refuse, and no reason to refuse.
Chen Xiuping immediately asked the housekeeper to notify Shi Ran, asking him to get ready, bring flower arrangement tools, and go out for class today.
He personally sent Shi Ran to the car and reminded him: "Teacher Zhu said that you will only be taught for one hour. Come back immediately after the class and don't stay outside."
Shi Ran replied sullenly, "I know." He deliberately muttered, "It's OK if you don't go. I thought I could have a day off today."
Chen Xiuping said: "Marshal is back. Teacher Zhu originally didn't want to teach you, but for my sake, the teacher was willing to teach you for an hour. Follow the teacher and study hard, and don't make trouble."
Shen Xiuping originally wanted to let the housekeeper go with him, but then he changed his mind and thought that if he let the housekeeper go, it might anger Gu Yan and Zhu Qingchen.
Besides, at the celebration banquet last night, everyone's impression of Shi Ran had changed. If he sent people to follow him closely again and was seen by others, his reputation would probably be ruined.
Besides, it's only an hour, there's no need.
Due to various concerns, he finally gave up the idea of letting the butler follow him.
Chen Xiuping finally told the driver: "Just wait outside and pick Xiao Ran up in an hour."
"yes."
The driver started the car, Shen Xiuping watched the car leave, and the housekeeper reminded him: “Admiral, you are already half an hour late.”
"Got it. Send the aircraft over. I'm going to work."
Shen Xiuping looked down at his watch and suddenly felt a little regretful.
There was nothing to do in the first place and the housekeeper could handle it, but he dragged it out for half an hour.
He has never been late before.
He didn't know what had happened in the past two days, but things were getting worse and worse for him, as if an invisible hand was manipulating his plans from behind.
Just at this moment, the aircraft stopped in front of him, and his colleagues from the military called again, asking him why he had not arrived yet.
Shen Xiuping didn't have time to think about it and could only go to work in a hurry.
On the other side, Shi Ran sat in the back seat of the car, looking at the scenery outside the window.
He is not stupid. His teacher promised him that he would be able to come into contact with military mechas in three days.
It seems that the time is now.
He suppressed his excitement and tried to put on a serious face as if he had to go to class.
The car drove along yesterday's route and stopped in front of the banquet hall.
The waiter arranged by Zhu Qingchen stepped forward and opened the car door: "Excuse me, is this Master Shi?"
Shi Ran got out of the car carrying the flower arrangement tools: "It's me."
"Mr. Zhu is waiting for you in the garden inside. Please follow me."
"OK, thanks."
Another waiter walked towards the driver and said, "Hello, the car is parked here, please follow me. Mr. Zhu has specially arranged a lounge for you, you can wait in the lounge."
Shi Ran followed the waiter, walked through the long corridor, and came to the rose garden.
Zhu Qingchen sat in the pavilion, shaded by flowers, gently pinching a rose and cutting off the tiny thorns on the stem with a pair of scissors.
Gu Yan stood in front of him, also holding a flower, and pinched off the thorns with his bare hands, with strange and cruel movements.
Gu Yan placed the thornless rose in front of Zhu Qingchen, sat down in front of him, and asked in a low voice: "Do we have to go to class today? Can't we go to class in a few days? I want to go on a date."
Zhu Qingchen picked up the flower branch and checked it: "No, you can go out for a date in the afternoon."
The waiter and Shi Ran looked at each other.
The waiter smiled and said, "The Marshal and Mr. Zhu have a good relationship."
Shi Ran scratched his head, a little dazed: "Well, it looks pretty good."
At this time, Zhu Qingchen turned around and saw Shi Ran: "Are you here? Come here quickly."
Shi Ran stepped forward quickly and said, "Teacher." He looked at Gu Yan and called out politely, "Marshal."
"Yeah." Gu Yan looked up at him, then lowered his head and continued picking thorns.
It seemed that if he picked them faster, Zhu Qingchen would be able to finish his class faster so that they could go out and play together.
Zhu Qingchen said to the waiter: "Thank you for your hard work, go and have a rest."
"Yes." The waiter turned and left.
Zhu Qingchen looked behind Shi Ran and asked, "Didn't Chen Xiuping send anyone to follow you?"
Shi Ran shook his head: "No."
Zhu Qingchen thought Shen Xiuping would send a butler to follow him, and he was ready to send that person away.
Of course it’s better not to come.
Zhu Qingchen asked again: "When you went back last night, did Shen Xiuping ask you anything?"
"Yes." Shi Ran said, "He asked me why I suddenly got it. I guess my performance at the banquet aroused his suspicion."
"So what did you say?"
“I said, ‘Isn’t this what you want me to be like? You’re not happy when I don’t perform well, and you’re still not happy when I perform well. What do you want me to do?’” Shi Ran spread his hands, “Then he was speechless and stopped asking me.”
Zhu Qingchen laughed out loud: "That's right, answer him like this."
Shi Ran asked expectantly: "Teacher, should I read a book today, or..."
"I promised you before." Zhu Qingchen took out a mecha operation manual from the bookcase and threw it to him, "Read it within ten minutes, and then I will take you to operate the mecha."
"Okay! Thank you, teacher!" Shi Ran reached out to take the book, sat down on the seat at the edge of the pavilion, and read it carefully.
The manual is not thick, only about ten pages, so ten minutes is definitely enough for him.
Zhu Qingchen was serious about arranging flowers, and Gu Yan was serious about removing thorns.
Less than ten minutes later, Shi Ran raised his head and said, "Teacher, I have finished reading it and I remember everything."
Zhu Qingchen picked up the vase on the stone table and said, "Let's go."
Shi Ran quickly stood next to the teacher: "Okay."
Gu Yan glanced at Zhu Qingchen, then stood up and said in a long voice: "Okay, let's go. Teacher Zhu says we'll go. I'll listen to you."
Zhu Qingchen smiled, holding the vase in one hand and holding his hand with the other: "Let's go."
Shi Ran followed them and felt like he was glowing.
The banquet hall is very close to the Marshal's Palace, or rather, the banquet hall is in the Marshal's Palace.
Gu Yan took them to a basement.
He used fingerprints, irises, and various secret commands to open the three doors of the basement. The moment his military boots stepped into the darkness, two rows of lights in front suddenly lit up.
The light was a bit dazzling, and Shi Ran couldn't help but cover his eyes.
But soon, he adjusted to the light and looked up.
This cannot be called a basement, it should be called an underground kingdom.
It is vast and boundless, and the lights spread out all the way, with almost no end in sight.
On both sides are some simulation machines for conventional mecha training, and further forward are real military mechas.
Shi Ran had seen civilian mechas at an exhibition before, and he had to look up to see them at that time.
When he saw the military mecha today, he almost broke his neck.
Shi Ran recognized these mechas at a glance and exclaimed: "They are all the Marshal's personal mechas!"
Shi Ran looked at the rows of mechas with his eyes shining. He couldn't even walk anymore. He wished he could stay here forever. "This is the EA230 model from five years ago. It is known for its lightness and flexibility. The Marshal once drove it and led a team of five people to launch a surprise attack on the Zerg!"
"And this one, this is the WE180 developed by the Imperial Research Institute two years ago. As soon as it was developed, the marshal drove it into the battlefield, and the TV station even had a special column introducing it!"
"And last year's EA280 continued the light and agile characteristics of five years ago. The marshal drove it and once again completed a miraculous sneak attack in the history of the empire."
"This is……"
Shi Ran raised his head, looked forward, and was stunned.
At the end of the basement, there is a huge platform, and the mecha on the platform is even larger.
Under the light, the huge monster glows with the black and gold luster of special metal, like a sleeping giant, lying quietly in the dark basement.
"This is..." Shi Ran couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and subconsciously introduced, "This is... the hidden mecha that the marshal drove on the battlefield this time. The research institute has never announced it before."
"Current mechas generally have a fatal flaw, which is that it is difficult to unify offensiveness and tactics."
"If you pursue strong offensive power, you must increase firepower and install more offensive weapons, which makes it difficult to achieve tactical changes; if you pursue tactical power, you must achieve surprise attacks or hide under the tentacles of the Zerg, which makes it difficult to achieve devastating attacks."
"The latest hidden mecha launched by the Research Institute has perfectly solved this problem. At a certain angle, it can be completely concealed and avoid detection by the Zerg's tentacles."
"But after this mecha was developed, even the research team that developed it was unable to perform the difficult operations that they had expected. As a result, the Research Institute concluded that no one in the entire empire could control it, and they were almost ready to give up on it."
"But a few days ago, the Marshal was driving this mecha, relying on his powerful mental strength and incomparably superior operation, and deeply destroyed the Zerg nest, changing the situation of the battle."
"The celebration banquet last night was held to celebrate the Marshal's efforts to turn the tide."
Shi Ran looked at the mecha in front of him, his eyes shining.
He didn't expect that he would be able to see so many mechas with his own eyes, including some top-secret hidden models.
Zhu Qingchen patted his arm to bring him back to his senses: "Alright, alright, stop sighing. Time is almost up. Pick one and try it yourself."
“Can I pick one myself?” Shi Ran was completely stunned.
The teacher asked him to pick one himself! Could he still pick one?
Shi Ran came back to his senses and quickly restrained his expression, saying seriously: "Teacher and Marshal, just make the arrangements for me. I can handle anything."
Zhu Qingchen and Gu Yan looked at each other and pointed at the largest one on the stage.
"Then this one."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Yan lowered the cockpit.
Shi Ran opened his eyes wide and waved his hands repeatedly: “No, no, no, I, I, I…”
He was so nervous that he stuttered: "I've never touched a mecha before. I can't drive this right away. I'm afraid I'll break it."
Gu Yan said calmly: "This is not difficult, go up and give it a try."
The cockpit opened in front of Shi Ran. Shi Ran was frightened and stepped back repeatedly, trying to escape.
“No, no, no…” Shi Ran turned around and saw an old-model mecha. He quickly stepped forward and said, “I’ll just use this one first. This one is great.”
"Okay." Gu Yan raised his hand and lowered the cockpit of the mecha, "Go up and try it."
Shi Ran looked at Zhu Qingchen hesitantly and asked in a low voice: "Teacher, can I go up alone?"
Even if it is a civilian mecha, there will be volunteers accompanying it.
This is a military mecha, and he was afraid that he would accidentally blow up the basement.
Zhu Qingchen turned to look at Gu Yan: "How about Marshal..."
Gu Yan took Zhu Qingchen's shoulder and walked with him forward: "Okay, I'll teach him."
Zhu Qingchen tried to struggle: "No, you taught him, why did you arrest me?"
Gu Yan walked to the cockpit and looked at Shi Ran: "Go up."
Shi Ran took a deep breath and whispered the formula for entering the cockpit: "Right foot first, then left foot."
Gu Yan frowned: "Just sit in, who cares if you have left foot or right foot? It won't eject you just because your left foot is in first."
"Oh." Shi Ran carefully sat down and continued reading, "Seat belts and protective shields."
While he was muttering, Gu Yan also hugged Zhu Qingchen and was about to sit in the deputy seat.
Zhu Qingchen turned his head and looked at Gu Yan expressionlessly: "Do you think this seat can accommodate the two of us?"
Gu Yan nodded and said seriously: "I think there is room for it."
Zhu Qingchen hit him secretly, and Gu Yan covered his chest and let out a cry.
Shi Ran made all the preparations, raised his head, blinked his eyes, and looked at the teacher and the marshal seriously. Then what?
Gu Yan said seriously: "Then try those buttons and levers yourself."
Shi Ran tried to touch the start button: "Is this it?"
"It's all written in the book. You can figure it out by thinking about it for a while."
Since he couldn't get on the mecha with Zhu Qingqing, he wouldn't go up either.
Gu Yan stretched out his hand and pressed the start button.
In an instant, the cockpit closed, locking Shi Ran inside alone: "Teacher! Marshal!"
Gu Yan didn't say anything, just waved his hand at him and said, "It's okay, don't worry about breaking it, just play with it."
Zhu Qingchen stretched out his hand and waved at him: "Bye, try it yourself."
"Teacher..." Shi Ran was trapped in the cockpit, watching the teacher and the marshal on the ground moving farther and farther away from him.
Woohoo...the teacher doesn't care about him anymore...
With no one to help him, he could only figure it out on his own.
Fortunately, he had memorized the mecha operating manual by heart and had imagined and simulated it before. Shi Ran took a deep breath, tried to reach out and press the button.
Zhu Qingchen and Gu Yan stood on the ground and watched. Soon, the mecha started to move.
Gu Yan said: "He has learned it, let's go."
Zhu Qingchen asked: "Is this how you teach him?"
"I've taught you." Gu Yan said confidently, putting his arm around Zhu Qingchen's shoulders and taking him to the largest mecha nearby. "I'm going to show off to Teacher Zhu now."
Zhu Qingchen tilted his head: "Hmm?"
Gu Yan changed his tone: "Take a look."
*
Half an hour later.
Gu Yan brought Zhu Qingchen out of the cockpit of the hidden mecha.
Zhu Qingchen grabbed Gu Yan's left hand, lifted his sleeve, glanced at his watch, and then waved to Shi Ran.
It's almost time to go back.
When Shi Ran saw the teacher, he put down the operating lever, slowly lowered the cockpit, and then opened the cabin door.
He walked out of the cockpit, looking like he had been fished out of the water. Not only was he sweating, but he had also spent a lot of energy.
"Come on, we have to go back."
"Yeah." Shi Ran turned around, took a lingering look at the mecha, then reluctantly looked away.
Zhu Qingchen asked, "How's the training going?"
Shi Ran clenched his fists and made up his mind: "It should be fine." Such opportunities don't come often. He had just tried his best and practiced according to the standard of "the first and last time."
Zhu Qingchen nodded and felt relieved.
Shi Ran is naturally very talented. In the original book, he has never touched a mecha, yet he was able to pass the unified exam.
I will definitely do better if I practice before this exam.
The group returned along the same route and when they got back to the pavilion, it was exactly one hour.
Zhu Qingchen asked Shi Ran to wipe the sweat off his face, tidy up, and gave him the vase he had prepared.
"According to your flower arrangement level, you can take it home and say you made it during class."
"Okay, thank you, teacher." Shi Ran took the vase and hesitated, "Teacher, I am confident in the exam, and the registration will be in these few days. But... I am only sixteen years old this year. If I register, I need a guardian's signature. I don't know how to ask the Shen family to help me register. Does the teacher have any solution? Or..."
Shi Ran raised his head: "Teacher, can you be my guardian?"
Zhu Qingchen said helplessly: "You have been adopted by the Shen family for more than ten years. Even if you go through the formalities now, it's too late."
Shi Ran made a bitter face: "What should I do then?"
"Use your brain." Zhu Qingchen said seriously, "Teacher taught you before that when you want to do something, don't let yourself be anxious, but let..."
"Make the other party anxious." Shi Ran lowered his eyes and pondered, "But how can we make Shen Xiuping anxious?"
He walked out while thinking.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. He clapped his hands and raised his head: "Teacher, I know!"
Zhu Qingchen looked at him: "You say."
"If Chen Xiuping is worried, he must be worried that I won't give up the idea of taking the exam, and that I won't marry him. From this point of view, he will definitely not sign me up for the exam."
"But what if he thinks I'm going to do poorly on the test?"
"If you change your mindset, what he's anxious about can also become - he wishes I could take the exam right away and get a bad score so that he can give up and marry him."
"I just need to think of a way to change the thing that he's anxious about!"
Zhu Qingchen nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, you have learned it quite well."
Shi Ran felt suddenly enlightened and became happy.
Zhu Qingchen sent him to the car, and Shi Ran waved to them: "Goodbye, teacher, goodbye, Marshal." "Yes." Zhu Qingchen also waved to him, "Goodbye."
After watching the students leave, Zhu Qingchen turned around and met Gu Yan's eager gaze.
Gu Yan looked at him seriously: "Teacher Zhu, can we have a date now?"
He still remembers this incident!
*
On the way back, Shi Ran said to the driver, "Let's go to the bookstore in front."
The driver concentrated on driving: "Master Shi, Admiral Shen has instructed that after leaving the marshal's place, you must go directly home and not go anywhere else."
"I asked you to go to the bookstore! I'm going to buy two flower arrangement books that Teacher Zhu wanted!"
“You can send the title of the book to Admiral Shen and ask him to bring the book back when he gets off work.”
"I want to buy it myself!" Shi Ran shouted, "I don't want to embarrass you. If you put me down in the bookstore now, I won't bother with you."
Shi Ran kept making a fuss and the driver had no choice but to call the housekeeper.
Of course, the housekeeper couldn't decide, so he contacted Shen Xiuping.
Shen Xiuping was just getting irritated about being late in the morning when the housekeeper called and it just hit him right in the face.
"Go! Let him go!" Shen Xiuping shouted, causing other colleagues to look at him with doubtful eyes.
This is quite different from his previous gentle behavior.
Shen Xiuping lowered his voice and gritted his teeth, “Let the driver accompany him and come back after buying a book. What flower arrangement book? Does he think I’m a fool? I’ll settle accounts with him when I get back!”
The housekeeper hung up the phone in a hurry and conveyed Shen Xiuping's meaning to the driver.
Shi Ran went to the bookstore as he wished. In addition to the flower arrangement book, he also bought two elementary mecha books and hid them inside.
Of course, he didn't buy the book to read it, but to show it to Shen Xiuping.
At night, Shen Xiuping returned home and went straight to Shi Ran's room.
Sure enough, as soon as he pushed open the door, Shi Ran hurriedly hid the mecha book into the drawer.
Sure enough, just as Shen Xiuping expected, Shi Ran had not given up the idea of applying to the military academy.
Shen Xiuping was so angry that he threw the book out of the window, and Shi Ran had another fierce argument with him.
"What qualifications do you have to throw my book? I am a human being, not your fiancée. Even if I were your fiancée, you have no right to restrict my personal actions!"
"If you don't let me take the exam, I will tell everyone else! I will go on TV! Unless you poison me and make me mute, I will tell everyone that you have restricted my personal freedom!"
Even the housekeeper didn't dare to go up and persuade them to stop fighting, and could only close the door.
Shi Ran cursed for half an hour and overturned the desk and bookshelves, making a loud noise.
Shen Xiuping was so angry that he was shaking all over, but there was no other way.
He clenched his fists and thought about the elementary mecha book he had just thrown away.
Chen Xiuping took a deep breath: "Shi Ran, I have reminded you many times that you are just a Beta, you can't beat Alpha, and you have no choice, but you just don't believe it, right? You insist on taking the exam, right?"
Shi Ran opened his eyes wide: "Yes, I must take the exam! Whether I do well or not is my own business, no matter what, I will take the exam!"
"Okay, then I'll let you take the exam. I'll also tell everyone that you're going to take the exam. No matter what score you get, I'll hold a celebration party for you and invite all the dignitaries to come."
Shen Xiuping gritted his teeth and bit the words "all the rich and powerful" very hard.
Yes, he did it on purpose.
He had no doubt that Shi Ran was just a child throwing a tantrum and there was no way he would do well in the exam.
He deliberately wanted Shi Ran to give up and to embarrass Shi Ran in front of everyone.
Shi Ran said quickly: "Okay, then it's settled, sign up for me right now!"
"OK."
Shi Ran stared at Shen Xiuping, watching him sign up for him and sign the guardian's consent form.
Shi Ran heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the words "Congratulations, your registration is successful" appear on the page.
Shen Xiuping said, "You're on your own," and slammed the door and left.
The housekeeper wanted to come in and persuade Shi Ran to stop making trouble.
But Shi Ran ignored him and simply locked the door, drew the curtains, and did not allow anyone to come in.
He picked up the overturned bookshelves and desks and tidied up the room.
When there was no sound outside, he took out his communicator, hid in his bed, and sent a message to the teacher: [Teacher, I've signed up!]
At this time, Zhu Qingchen and Gu Yan were dating in the empire's highest sky restaurant.
The floors were towering into the sky, candles were lit on the table, and two people were sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window, eating dinner and chatting casually.
Then Zhu Qingchen’s communicator rang.
Zhu Qingchen simply replied: [Very good]
Shi Ran sent two more sentences: [I have completely understood the meaning of what the teacher said! ]
[But I didn’t expect Chen Xiuping to be so easy to deceive. He signed me up directly. I thought it would take at least two or three days.]
[Teacher, why didn't he doubt it? ]
That's of course because, even if he had doubts, he had no other choice.
This morning, he had no choice but to send a car to bring Shi Ran over.
He couldn't afford to offend Zhu Qingchen and Gu Yan.
Tonight, he had no other choice but to register Shi Ran for the exam and let him give up.
Shi Ran has a big mouth, and whenever he finds a chance, he will go out and tell others and make trouble. Once the news of not letting his brother take the exam gets out, his reputation for being gentle will be ruined.
It’s not that Zhu Qingchen’s calculations were accurate, but from the beginning to the end, there was only one path before him.
Even though he had doubts, Shen Xiuping had to move forward step by step according to the path given by Zhu Qingchen.
This is an open conspiracy.
Shi Ran continued to send messages: [Teacher, after learning from you for a few days, I feel like I have become smarter and more advanced]
[Teacher, rest assured, I will review well and will not embarrass you]
【I……】
Suddenly, the communicator in Zhu Qingchen's hand was taken away by Gu Yan.
Gu Yan: [Your teacher is dating me, let’s talk at nine o’clock tomorrow morning]
Shi Ran:? !!!
[I'm sorry, Marshal, I'm sorry, teacher, I didn't mean it]
Gu Yan returned the communicator to Zhu Qingchen, and Zhu Qingchen replied, "It's okay."
Gu Yan said sternly, "Teacher Zhu, once we go on a date, it's your turn to operate the mecha. You have to concentrate so that we can continue to cooperate next time."
"Oh." Zhu Qingchen put the communicator aside, picked up the goblet in front of him, and clinked glasses with him elegantly, "Marshal, cheers."!
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