After saying goodbye to Xiaoxuan, Shen Qian glanced out of the corner of his eye as he walked out of the Kyushu Martial Arts Hall and saw a very familiar figure across the street.
"Old Hu?"
Shen Qian was stunned. The limping gait was definitely him, but just as Shen Qian subconsciously wanted to chase after him, he was stopped by a bus that happened to be passing by.
Once the bus disappeared, Old Hu's figure also vanished.
What is Old Hu doing here?
He frowned before sinking in.
I saw "his secret" under Old Hu's bed last time, and I haven't seen him since. I never expected to run into him here today.
If the other party was waiting for me, they wouldn't be making such a fuss, especially since I only saw their back before I went to bed.
...
At Jingcheng No. 7 Middle School, the playground was bustling with people.
Today is the day that all the senior students from No. 7 Middle School who are taking the martial arts college entrance examination set off together. The school specially organized a "send-off ceremony". The students and parents who are taking the martial arts exam were invited to participate, and there were also many No. 7 Middle School students who came uninvited. It was very lively.
Five buses were parked next to the playground.
After the ceremony, Principal Huang Tao will personally lead the students from Jingcheng to the provincial capital, Mingcheng, to participate in the martial arts college entrance examination, which will last for three days.
At this moment, nearly two hundred senior students from Jingcheng No. 7 Middle School who had registered for the martial arts college entrance examination had gathered in the open space in the middle of the playground and lined up in formation.
A platform had been erected in front of them, and under a banner of encouragement, school leaders Huang Tao, Zhao Hanhai, and others sat quietly.
Seeing that the ceremony had not yet begun, the students below couldn't help but start discussing it.
"Teacher Liu, wasn't it supposed to start at nine o'clock? It's almost nine-tenths now, why haven't the principal and the others made a move yet?"
In the small group of Class 109, the class monitor, Lin Xiaojuan, couldn't help but ask a question.
"Perhaps they're still waiting for the education bureau leaders?"
Liu Simin wasn't entirely clear on the situation, but seeing that there were several empty seats next to Huang Tao, she made a guess.
Liu Simin found it strange, as she hadn't received any prior notification that any leaders from the Education Bureau were coming...
Moreover, according to past practice, even if the leaders of the Education Bureau attend the school's departure ceremony, they will only go to No. 1 Middle School.
Liu Simin asked the homeroom teachers of other classes about the situation, but no one knew the inside story.
One of the homeroom teachers was related to a leader in the teaching affairs office. After making a phone call to inquire, he only said that he had received a last-minute notice that a leader was indeed coming.
"Speaking of which, Shen Qian hasn't arrived yet. I remember he signed up, didn't he?"
Zhou Xu looked around. All 21 students from Class 109 who were taking the martial arts college entrance exam were here, except for Chen Qian. "Old Wang, do you know what happened? He gave up?"
"His whereabouts have become increasingly mysterious lately, I don't know anything about him..."
Wang Yangming thought of the mysterious Liu Changqing and the Tower of Babel, opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
"Has Shen Qian really given up on himself?"
Zhang Liangwei frowned and said, "We tagged him so many times that night, but he didn't say anything."
"He worked so hard before, this shouldn't be happening... No matter what, we can't give up so easily. Even if he's not good at martial arts, as long as he does well in humanities, he might have a chance to be admitted through special consideration. After all, some martial arts majors focus more on intelligence."
Lin Xiaoqian sighed, looking very regretful.
As Ding Yi's best friend, and given her recent change in feelings towards Shen Qian, she genuinely hopes the two can have a happy ending.
"Alright, stop talking, a leader is coming."
Liu Simin was also a little upset when the topic of the sinking came up, but she didn't show it. When she saw people coming to the stage, she waved her hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
"Isn't that Director Shao? He actually came in person?"
The students were somewhat bewildered, but the teachers present recognized the newcomer and were all astonished.
They originally thought that even if leaders came to the departure ceremony of No. 7 Middle School, it would be at most a deputy, but Shao Weiyuan was the head of the Jingcheng education system!
"Hey, isn't that Lu Yingfu, the director of the Jingcheng Martial Arts Bureau? Director Lu is here too?"
Another person took the stage, and this time, the students and parents gasped in surprise even earlier.
As the director of the Martial Arts Bureau, Lu Yingfu has appeared on television and in the news quite often. For many ordinary residents who have no idea about the situation, the director of the Martial Arts Bureau is the strongest person besides the city lord.
What's going on?
Not only were the students surprised, but the teachers were also quite shocked.
Let alone the expedition ceremony, the director of the martial arts bureau probably has never set foot in this place since the school was founded.
If we exclude the Marquis of Jingcheng, whose status is extraordinary, most ordinary people's understanding is also correct. From the perspective of power alone, the Director of the Martial Arts Bureau is indeed the number two person in Jingcheng.
Sometimes, even the city lord of Jingcheng cannot order Lu Yingfu around, since the Martial Arts Bureau is directly under his jurisdiction.
But what truly shocked everyone was not the appearance of the Director of the Martial Arts Bureau and the Director of the Education Bureau, but the fact that after the two sat down, there was still an empty seat between them.
This caused a stir not only among the teachers and students on the playground, but also surprised Huang Tao, who was sitting on the podium.
In Jingcheng, the only people who could make these two give up their main positions, besides the Marquis of Jingcheng, are Chai Haotian.
The city lord is actually going to attend in person?
He had just received a notice from the City Lord's Mansion to prepare more seats, but he did not expect that Chai Haotian would also be there.
Sure enough, everyone got excited when the middle-aged man in the gray coat appeared.
No matter how low-key Chai Haotian usually is, the people of Jingcheng still recognize his face.
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