Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 738 - 735: So That’s How It Is!

Chapter 738: Chapter 735: So That’s How It Is!

(Phew... After staying up late last night, I finally wrote an extra Chapter. Now I can update one during the day and don’t have to post three Chapters late at night! Lastly, I still need to ask for your monthly votes!)

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Chapter 735: So That’s How It Is!

"Xiao Yi?"

The teacher was taken aback, not expecting Zeng Xiaomei to suddenly bring up Xiao Yi. Could it be that Xiao Yi had a connection with the Zeng family? That didn’t make sense; there had never been any mention of such a thing.

"Yes, teacher, do you remember him?"

Zeng Xiaomei furrowed her brow slightly. Judging by the teacher’s expression, it seemed he had never heard of him. However, that was quite normal. In a university, a homeroom teacher had so many students to take care of, plus their own affairs, including research and administrative work. They couldn’t be as familiar with every student as they were in middle and high school, unless the student was special like her sister. Otherwise, a typical student wouldn’t make much of an impression.

Moreover, it seemed like Xiao Yi was the kind of student who "fished for three days and dried his nets for two"...

Thinking of this, her expression relaxed, and she smiled and said, "It’s okay, teacher. If you don’t remember, that’s fine."

"I do, I do, of course I do, Xiao Yi is extremely outstanding," the teacher finally regained his composure and hurriedly asserted.

Observing the teacher’s expression and listening to his words, Zeng Xiaomei frowned again, a hint of barely noticeable derision flickered in the corners of her eyes. "Oh, is that so? I wonder in what ways Xiao Yi is outstanding?"

In her mind, she had already decided that the teacher simply had no idea who Xiao Yi was. She believed that he had just tried to be clever, thinking that Xiao Yi was her relative and had tried to flatter her by saying so.

The thing she liked the least was people who engaged in sycophantic flattery...

The more he acted like this, the less she appreciated it. He wanted to ingratiate himself with her? She wanted to see how he would bluff his way through talking about a student he had no recollection of...

"Miss Zeng, Xiao Yi follows the rules, respects school discipline," the teacher began.

Contrary to Zeng Xiaomei’s expectations, the teacher’s face did not show embarrassment at her slightly mocking question. In fact, it seemed as if he hadn’t even noticed the smirk in her eyes, and he continued earnestly.

As she listened to the teacher, Zeng Xiaomei’s derisive expression intensified. She was all too familiar with these ’cure-all’ responses, having encountered them countless times from childhood up through high school. Almost every family report in middle and high school contained these same words. Such comments were a teacher’s go-to phrase for any student...

Upon hearing these words, Zeng Xiaomei was even more convinced that the teacher did not know who Xiao Yi was.

If it were anyone else, they might have been taken in by his words, but, unfortunately, he had mistaken his audience. The person standing before him was Zeng Xiaomei, an experienced criminal detective with much experience!

Zeng Xiaomei smiled inwardly.

However, her expression quickly froze.

"...In addition to his hardworking studies and good character, what’s more important is that he actively participates in sports, has a strong sense of collective honor, and in the last school sports meet, he strove for excellence and brought glory to our school..."

The teacher continued, more and more animated, spitting out his words passionately. When it came to sports and the stories from the school sports meet, his heart surged with an uncontrollable excitement. Initially, he hadn’t thought much of this student and had never expected such a slim and small student to be so impressive, to perform so brilliantly in the sports meet and greatly honor him. After the sports meet, the dean of the School of Mathematics had even given him a pat on the shoulder, saying without much elaboration, "Not bad, that little fellow from your class is quite impressive."

That was the highest compliment he had received since joining the School of Mathematics, and it was his first time being so close to the dean, so intimately...

"Moreover, Miss Zeng, Xiao Yi is one of the students we’ve earmarked for key training. The dean himself has spoken, considering him as one of the designated candidates for direct entry into the master’s program. As long as he doesn’t commit any serious mistakes in his four years of university and maintains fairly outstanding grades, he will directly become a graduate student under the dean."

As the teacher spoke, his eyes unwittingly revealed a hint of envy. He was well aware of what it meant to become the dean’s graduate student!

After a momentary daze, he looked at Zeng Xiaomei, whose face was now frozen in shock, and said with a smile, "So please rest assured, Miss Zeng, Xiao Yi is doing very well!"

"Did you just say that your dean has taken a liking to Xiao Yi? Wants to take him on as a graduate student?"

Zeng Xiaomei finally snapped back to reality, her face showing a hint of disbelief as she looked at the teacher before her.

"Yes, I believe Xiao Yi won’t have any problems, haha."

The teacher smiled slightly. As far as that matter was concerned, he wasn’t too worried. Basically, as long as Xiao Yi didn’t fail any exams, it was already a done deal. Once the dean had spoken, who would dare interfere?

He’s actually... that impressive?

Is that even possible?

Had she really misunderstood him before?

Seeing the confident expression on the teacher’s face, Zeng Xiaomei’s expression became strange. She truly hadn’t expected the teacher to actually know Xiao Yi, not just making things up, and she hadn’t anticipated that Xiao Yi seemed different from what she had imagined. He wasn’t the type to perform poorly in school. Quite the contrary, from the teacher’s demeanor and his words, Xiao Yi was essentially a model of excellence in character and learning, and in the all-around development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education!

If those comprehensive developments in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education could be considered somewhat insubstantial, capable of being conjured up by any teacher, then the matter of the dean personally designating a graduate student candidate was something she believed he absolutely would not dare to make up!

Who was the dean?

Zeng Xiaomei, who had a clear understanding of the school because her younger sister studied there, couldn’t have been more aware!

"Miss Zeng, what’s the matter?"

The teacher, seeing the sudden change in Zeng Xiaomei’s expression, became apprehensive. Could it be that his previous guess was off the mark, that there wasn’t a familial relationship between Xiao Yi and Zeng Xiaomei, but rather an adversarial one? Hearing good things about Xiao Yi made her unhappy?

"Nothing much, I just find it somewhat surprising. I’ve never heard Xiao Yi mention this before, hehe. By the way, Teacher, could you tell me what’s the deal with Xiao Yi being selected by the dean as a designated choice?"

Zeng Xiaomei regained her composure and smiled, her gaze carrying a hint of anticipation as she looked at the teacher.

"Of course, there’s no problem at all explaining that. It all started with the school athletics meeting..."

The teacher, seeing that Zeng Xiaomei wasn’t causing difficulties for Xiao Yi, immediately relaxed. Upon hearing her question, he began to enthusiastically narrate how Xiao Yi won honors for the School of Mathematics at the athletics meeting, how the dean personally watched the competition, and finally, how the dean personally spoke up to encourage him.

So that’s how it was!

Listening to the teacher’s story, the expression on Zeng Xiaomei’s face gradually eased, and her doubts were slowly dispelled.

Regarding Xiao Yi winning several championships at the sports meeting, while she was somewhat surprised, it didn’t strike her as particularly strange. She remembered hearing from her younger sister that Xiao Yi was good at fighting, that he was trained. That time, because of a fight, he was even taken to the police station by her...

If that was the case, she was no longer surprised, and it no longer contradicted the impression of Xiao Yi she had in her mind. She also understood why the teacher held Xiao Yi in such high regard, entirely because he had brought glory to them at the sports meeting, and possibly because of the dean’s remark that day...

"So that’s what happened. Thank you, Teacher. There’s no need for you to walk me out; I can manage on my own."

Having dispelled the suspicions in her heart, Zeng Xiaomei didn’t linger any longer, smiled at the teacher, and turned to continue toward the exit.

"You’re welcome, Miss Zeng, take care!"

Watching Zeng Xiaomei until she disappeared from view, the teacher turned and walked back to his desk, murmuring to himself. He had never heard before that Xiao Yi was connected to the Zeng family.

It was quite unexpected. But looking at it this way, it did explain why the dean would suddenly pick him to be a student.

I thought so. How could the dean decide to take him on just because a student was good at running...

The more the teacher thought about it, the more he felt he was correct, his heart filled with joy. He slapped his thigh and quietly pondered, deciding that he must give this student special attention. Things like student leave requests definitely could not be made difficult.

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"Boss, actually, I think Fang Jingxu is just a little brat. You’re wise and powerful and don’t need to bother with a little brat like him. He’s definitely not a match for you."

In the school cafeteria, Fatty Tang sat opposite Xiao Yi, watching him eat while also pondering over some figures on the table as if deep in thought about something. This made him even more certain that Xiao Yi and Fang Jingxu were locked in a challenge, and that Xiao Yi was going all out to prepare for Fang Jingxu’s challenge. Otherwise, why would he be reading so seriously?

After hesitating for a moment, he still couldn’t help but speak cautiously to Xiao Yi. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)