Cultivation by Trial and Error
Chapter 83 - 83 83 Discovery

83: Chapter 83 Discovery 83: Chapter 83 Discovery After speaking with Chen Hai, the woman returned to her office spot by herself.

She didn’t even glance at her Zhi Yin magazine and instead took out a report, pretending to be busy as she began to scribble on it.

From her behavior, it was clear she had no interest in dealing with Chen Hai.

Such abnormal actions were apparent to anyone with a bit of emotional intelligence, decidedly not normal.

Perhaps, during the half hour she was away from the office, besides checking Chen Hai’s high school examination scores, she might have learned some insider information from someone else.

“Sister, can you tell me why you’re advising me to accept reality?”

“Sister, you must know something.

Could you share what you know with me?”

“You can rest assured, no third person will ever know that you’ve told me this insider information apart from us two.”

“Sister, what will it take for you to share what you know about my examination scores?

If it’s money you want, that’s easy to talk about, one thousand?

Two thousand?

No problem!”

…

Chen Hai had tried persuading the woman for quite some time, but she consistently ignored him!

Faced with this situation, Chen Hai felt extremely helpless.

Among the things he knew, reading minds wasn’t one of them; he certainly couldn’t just grab this woman and extract information through torture!

After lingering in the office for a while, lunchtime quickly approached.

The woman tidied up her desk without giving Chen Hai another glance, stood up, and was ready to leave.

Seeing her about to lock the office door, no matter how unwilling Chen Hai was, he had to leave for the time being.

For the next two days, Chen Hai didn’t return to Wuyang Town; he found a guesthouse nearby and stayed there.

Whenever he had time, he ran over to the Education Bureau.

Regrettably, after two days, he had achieved absolutely nothing.

Compared to the woman, other public servants he met in the Education Bureau immediately frowned upon hearing his name, Chen Hai.

With the more unpleasant ones, they simply chased him away.

On the last day, the gatekeeper, upon seeing Chen Hai, stopped him outside the gates of the Education Bureau.

Because of the invisible suppressing force in that place, it was quite inconvenient for him to attempt a soul departure to go inside and gather information.

Considering that he’d been out for several days without bringing any news to his family, to prevent them from worrying, he finally decided to return to Wuyang Town on the third day.

Of course, he did not go back to his own house in Chenjiaping.

After searching the streets for a while and confirming that his father, Chen Zhonghua, wasn’t pulling his cart into town,

He simply found a villager he knew and asked them to bring a message home to his parents.

Although he gained nothing from the trip to the Education Bureau in Liuyuan County, Chen Hai at least confirmed that there was indeed some unknown insider information regarding his own high school examination scores.

Since he couldn’t find an opening at the Education Bureau, after much thought, he decided to change his approach and start from Wuyang Town Middle School.

Teacher Chen, his homeroom teacher, might be unrelated and ignorant of the insider details, but what about the leaders in the school?

If someone did tamper with his examination scores, surely someone among the school’s senior leadership knew the insider details and cooperated with it!

Whether or not this was true, he set that aside for now, as this was what Chen Hai himself believed!

He was stubborn by nature, and once he dug his heels in, not even ten oxen could pull him back.

With how things had developed to this point, whether he attended university or not was already a matter of indifference to him.

After all, he knew all too well that his examination scores were simply copied over.

But if his high school scores had indeed been replaced by someone else’s, he wouldn’t be able to rest easy or enjoy his meals until he brought the truth to light.

He would rather his own exam scores be invalidated than see someone else benefit from them for nothing!

Compared to the county education bureau, here at Wuyang Town Middle School, there was simply no suppressive force.

His body was in a hostel near the school, where he could stay for a day for just five yuan, his Divine Soul, after soul departure, could walk freely within the campus without any restrictions.

The school had just started summer vacation.

In the school’s office building, the main leaders of the school were still basically around.

Even if these leaders were no longer working, it actually didn’t matter because their residences were also basically within the school campus.

After entering the Day Tour Realm, Chen Hai’s Divine Soul, after soul departure, had an activity range that expanded to within a kilometer radius of his physical body.

The entire Wuyang Town was only about that big.

The activity range of Chen Hai’s Divine Soul already encompassed most of Wuyang Town.

His Divine Soul moved as swiftly as flight; when he charged at full speed, he could reach around eighty kilometers per hour, and he could ignore any obstacles.

If he really put his mind to it and fully monitored someone, basically nothing could escape his sight.

The chances of the ordinary teachers at school knowing the inside story of Chen Hai’s college entrance examination scores were virtually negligible.

Chen Hai focused his surveillance on the principal, two vice-principals of Wuyang Town Middle School, and Director Fang of the political education office.

One day, two days, three days… time ticked away.

Chen Hai had seen many cases where the school leaders, who appeared to be very upright on normal days, took bribes or occasionally acted like the proverbial “neighbor Wang.”

However, these matters were none of his concern, and he simply couldn’t be bothered to deal with them.

He only paid attention to the clues related to his college entrance examination scores; it’s just that he hadn’t found anything yet.

Of course, it was also possible that when one of the school leaders discussed this matter, Chen Hai just happened to be away and perfectly missed it.

After all, he had four people to monitor, and he had to eat and sleep; he couldn’t possibly watch someone twenty-four hours a day.

Although he hadn’t found anything yet, Chen Hai was not in a hurry.

He didn’t lack time, and for the time being, he still had enough money.

Now, he had given up any hope for college; he just wanted to get to the bottom of this issue, seeking peace of mind and justice.

On July 17, Chen Hai, who had stayed at his home in Chenjiaping for two days, came back to the town again and checked into the hostel near the school.

This was already his third time going back home during this time period.

After receiving the news that Chen Hai had failed his college exams, Chen Zhonghua and Jiang Meixian merely sighed and didn’t say much.

After all, this was within their expectations.

When Chen Hai gave them two thousand yuan, saying it was what he earned recently and told them to use it as pocket money, Chen Zhonghua and Jiang Meixian instead showed relieved smiles.

With this money as a foundation, when Chen Hai went out and stayed away for a few days, the old couple naturally wouldn’t say much.

“Secretary Liu?

Hello, hello!”

“Your son Liu Jian got into Capital Political and Legal University, just received the admission notice, and you’ll be hosting a banquet at Jinyuan Hotel in the county town tomorrow?”

“Yes, I’ll definitely be there, Secretary Liu, you are too kind.

It was all his own hard work; I just gave him a little help!”

…

When Chen Hai, as usual, let his Divine Soul depart and appeared inside Dean Zhu’s residence, he was on the phone with someone.

“Liu Jian?

Which Liu Jian?

My roommate?

He got into Capital Political and Legal University, this…

is absolutely impossible!”

Chen Hai couldn’t hear what was said on the other side of the phone, but every word from Dean Zhu was heard clearly by him.

At that moment, he was stunned on the spot.