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Chapter 423 - 417, The Feeling of Escaping from Desperate Situations (Second Update)_1

Chapter 423: 417, The Feeling of Escaping from Desperate Situations (Second Update)_1

When the journalist traced back to Luo City to find the leaders of No. 13 Middle School to understand the situation with Ren He, the principal also called for Ren He’s former class teacher. At this time, Xie Miaohan would definitely not speak ill of his student; there was no need for that.

The student had already succeeded, and as a teacher, of course, he would praise rather than criticize.

Speaking from the heart, Ren He felt that the person he owed the most at No. 13 Middle School was actually Xie Miaohan.

Li Luobo’s craziness was immaterial; Ren He didn’t think he deserved the title of a qualified people’s teacher, but Xie Miaohan was different. Even though he had done so many things that violated school rules, Xie Miaohan had never personally attacked him.

However, he had caused the man anxiety for half a year, even leading to a transfer to the high school division to teach...

Xie was the person Ren He had always wanted to thank.

At this time, as Xie Miaohan recalled Ren He’s deeds, climbing high and low, failing tests month after month, and, inexplicably, becoming Luo City’s middle school entrance exam top scorer.

Xie Miaohan felt it was very difficult to summarize his impressions of Ren He, but he couldn’t bad-mouth him. After careful consideration, Xie Miaohan concluded, "Ren He was very outstanding while studying here, with stable performance and strong hands-on ability, eventually becoming Luo City’s middle school entrance exam top scorer."

Stable performance, strong hands-on ability... Director Liu from the Academic Affairs Office was sweating bullets. The performance was indeed stable, always near the bottom, and the hands-on ability truly damn strong; coming up with such descriptions must have been tough for him...

When the first news about Ren He broke in the media, what stood out was a conspicuous headline: Green Crop Helmsman is actually the middle school entrance exam top scorer!

Yet the investigation phase of junior high had definitely not ended, and what Ren He was most concerned about was precisely here. If no one associated him with extreme sports, how could ordinary people possibly link him to the Knight?

The mindset that "the son of a wealthy man would not sit beneath a leaky roof" is subconscious, and the impression that rich people value their lives is also widespread.

If there’s no tangible association that easily spurs the imagination, no one would think too much about it.

Moreover, Ren He’s identity as the helmsman of Green Crop truly formed a situation of invisibility under the light: everyone’s attention was focused on his connection with Green Crop, overlooking other possibilities.

When the journalists investigated, they did not expect any connection between Ren He and the Knight, so their focus never veered in that direction.

Moreover, the Knight and Yang Xi were lovers, and back in middle school, aside from Xu Nuo and Duan Xiaolou, no one else knew that Ren He and Yang Xi were together. By that time, Yang Xi and the Knight had already succeeded in challenging others at the Back Sea in the Capital, evidently already lovers, making the two matters seem unconnected.

But should anyone mention the antics Ren He got up to in middle school, like free-climbing buildings and leaping over the teaching building, or running 5000 meters on the playground after exams, such things, once spoken, along with his relationship with Yang Xi as classmates, would soon lead people to notice something fishy.

It’s like a layer of window paper, you don’t pierce through it and there’s always something separating you, but the window paper is so thin!

This was what Ren He was truly worried about!

If the journalists went to investigate No. 4 Middle School, they would find absolutely no clues about the Knight, leaving only this place.

Ren He’s junior high classmates had long scattered to various high schools, and the journalists had found their family phone numbers through Xie Miaohan, hoping to interview them to understand more about Ren He.

What they were really looking for was Ren He’s dark history; what attracts the audience’s attention the most? Dark history, of course! Otherwise, why would some celebrities like to hype up scandals? In the past, some Weibo "big V" personalities openly claimed that they had cooperative relationships with celebrities, and some negative materials were even purposely provided by the celebrities to keep them in the hot search.

Experience had proven that exposing dark histories was indeed what interested the audience the most...

No. 13 Middle School couldn’t provide them with such a history, and actually, the journalists didn’t hold out much hope. Customarily, alma maters absolutely do not expose students’ dark histories as it doesn’t match their stature.

The most critical breakthrough now lay with Ren He’s former classmates, but they had to be approached one by one. After all, everyone had graduated two years ago.

When Ren He’s status as the exam’s top scorer was published in the news, many people felt a sense of realization: Oh, so he was the top scorer, no wonder he was such a dazzling young figure.

However, there was really no connection between the two; it’s just that for so many years, people have subconsciously tied grades and academic achievements together. Yet, in reality, many good students don’t necessarily fare better than the underachievers after graduation.

There are actually many complex factors involved, and it’s not absolute.

Ren He knew these journalists would not be satisfied with just interviews at the school; they would definitely look for his classmates.

At this point, the role of Little Fatty Xu Nuo became apparent. For the past two years, Little Fatty had been enjoying the admiration of his classmates, organizing numerous reunions. As the class group’s admin, nearly every classmate was in the group.

Ren He now felt grateful for Little Fatty’s vanity over the past two years, sensing a kind of salvation in a desperate situation...

He had been forced into a corner; if Mrs. Ren found out he was the Knight, she would beat him up without a doubt.

Having an early romance with Yang Xi suddenly seemed less significant. Ren used to nag about Ren He, saying that if he were in the countryside, he would have already married and had children. Surprisingly, they weren’t too opposed to early romance.

There was also this odd worldview existing that boys in early romance wouldn’t be taken advantage of. Many boy’s parents genuinely feel less concerned about early romance compared to the vigilant stance of girls’ parents.

But! If the Knight’s identity was exposed, then all hell would break loose. Just forget about it, any budding sense of pride would instantly turn into raging fury...

Ren He thought he was bound to be punished by both his father and mother, and subjected to severe ideological criticism.

Once Ren and Mrs. Ren found out he was the Knight, they would inevitably watch those videos about the Knight, and those videos were all about being as thrilling as possible. Even if some parts weren’t originally that heart-stopping, Liu Erbao’s genius editing made them so.

If Ren and Mrs. Ren watched the videos, they might be scared into having heart attacks, and would never let Ren He frighten them again.

But Ren He couldn’t stop now, his dream was not yet fulfilled, he hadn’t yet experienced wing-suit flying or skydiving, and he couldn’t stop!