Chapter 56: 56 chapters: I was planning on taking the exam
"Is Xiao Rao back?" Bai Yushu walked out of the study and was extremely delighted to see Tang Rao.
During the two days Tang Rao was detained, her heart really felt like it was in a scorching oil pan.
"Mom...I'm okay." Tang Rao, seeing the worry on Bai Yushu's face, felt a softness in his heart.
Perhaps he had killed too many bad guys in the Seventy-two Domains of the Nine Realms in his previous life, as he was fortunate to have such a wonderful mother after being reborn.
"It's good that you are fine." Bai Yushu grabbed Tang Rao's hand, "Initially, I wanted your dad to go and pull some strings, but then the Ye Family started pulling their resources, so we could only wait and see."
"Mom, you handled the situation really well!" Tang Rao grinned, this incident should indeed be blamed on the Ye Family.
"What about those idiots?" asked Tang Rao.
He was of course referring to Tang Kejun and his son, whether Tang Rao included Tang Jinmin in that category, only Tang Rao himself knew.
"You little rascal, they are still Tang Family after all." Bai Yushu flicked Tang Rao lightly.
"I'm just not a fan of being family with dimwits." Tang Rao didn't bother holding back.
If he didn't like them, he just didn't, and idiots are idiots, never expect them to realize their own stupidity.
"Hehe, Xiao Rao, I like what you said. How about this, I'll accompany you to the police station, and you change your last name, how about calling yourself Bai Rao? Sounds great, doesn't it?" Bai Xiaotong chimed in.
"Let's forget about it, I guess the Bai Family has its fair share of idiots too." Tang Rao scoffed.
Before this, he had heard from Bai Xiaotong that some people in the Bai Family always gave Bai Yushu a hard time.
"You're probably right…" Bai Xiaotong murmured, pursing her lips.
The larger the clan, the more likely it is to have a few helpless fools.
"Speaking of which, your dad was really ruthless this time." Bai Xiaotong pulled up a chair and sat down, "He actually kicked Tang Kejun out outright. Tang Kejun was holding a manager position, and now he's just a marginal figure."
"Yo, I didn't see that coming." Tang Rao's eyes brightened slightly, it seems his stepfather is not so incompetent after all.
"Your dad, after decades in the business world, knows when to be tough, he's reliable when it matters." Bai Xiaotong snorted, if it weren't for Tang Renwang looking good, she definitely would have been the first to object when her sister was marrying into the Tang Family.
"Alright then." Tang Rao spread his hands, since the Tang Kejun family was disciplined, there was nothing more for him to question.
"By the way, Xiao Rao, isn't your school going on holiday soon?" Bai Xiaotong asked.
"I don't know, I haven't been there in many days." Tang Rao scratched his head, a bit embarrassed.
These days there seemed to be a lot going on, he hadn't been to school.
"You academic underachiever, when the holiday starts, come back with me to the Bai Family." Bai Xiaotong said.
"We'll see, depending on if I have time, I'm really busy."
"Busy my foot, if you don't, I'll make an ad about you becoming a eunuch and have the TV station loop it." Bai Xiaotong bellowed.
Tang Rao: "..."
Knowing Bai Xiaotong's character, she might really do something like that.
"That's settled then, when you go on holiday, your mom and I will take you back." Bai Xiaotong's face lit up with excitement, Tang Rao was truly an anomaly, having just opened his Qi Mansion for a few days, he could already confuse Lu He completely, simply amazing.
Once back at the Bai Family, let's see the faces of those idiots.
Tang Rao shrugged, you're threatening to advertise even if I don't go, how can I not go?
"But just to be clear, no more than a week." Tang Rao said, he still needed to go tomb exploring in the Bo Mountain area, as he had promised Guan Zhenkong.
"Deal." Bai Xiaotong nodded, a week was already quite long.
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The next morning at 8:30, Tang Rao appeared at the dormitory entrance.
The dorm door was open, and at the sink, Zhou Boxiong and Yan Wei were brushing their teeth.
Seeing Tang Rao, Zhou Boxiong coughed twice.
"Holy crap, Boss Tang, where have you been these past two days?" Zhou Boxiong asked while looking at Tang Rao.
"Uh, had some stuff to deal with, what's up? By the way, has the exam started?" Tang Rao asked.
"It's over…" Zhou Boxiong rolled his eyes, you wealthy people really know how to enjoy life.
But Zhou Boxiong wasn't too surprised. Last semester's finals, Tang Rao didn't participate either. Yet in the end, he still managed to earn full credits without failing any subjects…
That's the difference.
The difference between super wealthy people and ordinary people.
The entire Sui City University, the three newly built buildings plus a gymnasium, were all financed by Tang Renwang.
Do you think Tang Rao would fail to get a diploma just because he missed the exams?
"Alright…" Tang Rao shook his head, actually I wanted to take the exams, but heaven didn't give me the chance.
"By the way, how did the old ginseng collection go?" Tang Rao asked.
Zhou Boxiong looked toward Yan Wei.
Yan Wei spat out the toothpaste foam in his mouth.
"Originally got five, but I thought, such a small amount probably wouldn't be much use to you. So, I took the liberty of switching it with this." Yan Wei put down his toothbrush cup, walked to the cabinet, and took out a dark colored box.
Tang Rao took the box, somewhat puzzled.
"If my data isn't wrong, you should be a Cultivator who has opened a Qi Mansion, right?" Yan Wei suddenly said.
Tang Rao was startled, this guy Yan Wei knows about Cultivators?
Ordinary people rarely know about the concept of Cultivators.
"It seems I'm right." Yan Wei's lips curved into a smile, "Then I think, you'll definitely like this thing."
Tang Rao gave Yan Wei a deep look, then opened the dark-colored box he held.
Inside was a blood-red stone, about the size of two fists, extremely lustrous. The whole stone had not a single crack, looking very beautiful.
Tang Rao held the stone in his hand, it was very light, eerily light.
Moreover, what made Tang Rao even more astonished was that the stone was actually hot.
"You Cultivators, should all like these strange and mysterious things, right?" Seeing the surprise in Tang Rao's eyes, Yan Wei couldn't help but laugh.
Tang Rao didn't respond to Yan Wei; his eyes were focused intently on the stone in his hand.
The next moment, Tang Rao squeezed fiercely.
Bang!
The perfectly smooth stone burst open, and after the stone exploded, a blood-red speck of light fell onto Tang Rao's hand.
Tang Rao was as if invigorated with vigor.
Dan fire!
Yes, this thing, is definitely Dan fire!
"Absorb!" Tang Rao instinctively activated the Fire Control Technique from the depths of his memory.
A force of suction spontaneously emerged from Tang Rao's hand, and in the blink of an eye, the blood-red speck of light was absorbed into his palm.
If it were a powerful Dan fire, Tang Rao naturally wouldn't dare absorb it with his current strength.
But the Dan fire contained in this stone was quite weak, seemingly still in its infancy.
An infantile Dan fire posed practically no threat to Tang Rao.