Prodigal System in the Flourishing City
Chapter 646 - 644 A Basketball [1st Update]

Chapter 646: Chapter 644 A Basketball [1st Update]

Principal Li started making phone calls to principals of universities across the nation after hanging up the phone.

The first one he called was Emperor Electric University.

His idea was simple yet effective.

That was to use their status as university principals to apply for a national subsidy for Lu Xiaobu’s school and certain preferential policies such as loans and tax benefits.

Of course, this wasn’t something urgent; it couldn’t be resolved right away, but as long as they applied, it should be approved!

"Sigh, all I, an old man, can do now is things like this!" Principal Li murmured to himself after putting down the phone.

His tone was full of sighs.

People like Lu Xiaobu who are capable, daring, and have a sense of social responsibility—I must help them out, or else I’d die with my eyes open in a few years!

As he got busy, Lu Xiaobu continued to receive one phone call after another after hanging up.

Most of them were from people in the film and television industry in Xiangjiang.

All of whom he had met during his previous visit to Xiangjiang.

"Xiaobu, little bro, you’re really impressive now! In a few years, we might have to rely on you to provide for us!"

"Where is that coming from? I might get knocked down in no time!" Lu Xiaobu responded jokingly.

"How could that be possible! Haven’t you overcome all the hardships before? What’s there to fear?"

"Maybe."

"..."

Such was the nature of these conversations.

One after another, none of them showing any attitude of superiority, speaking to Lu Xiaobu with such politeness and flattery!

However, Lu Xiaobu was somewhat indifferent.

This is the classic case of ’in poverty, no one asks about you, in wealth, distant relatives in mountains come to visit’.

When he was being suppressed, not a single person stood up to speak for him.

Now that he’s back, everyone is eagerly trying to establish connections with him.

Although it’s human nature, Lu Xiaobu didn’t quite like it.

Compared to Principal Li, they were far behind!

Therefore, after taking calls from a few significant celebrities, he left the rest for Liang Lan to handle!

...

Then, Lu Xiaobu took a decent rest for two days.

"Sister Lan, why don’t we walk around Emperor Electric a bit."

Sitting on the sofa, Lu Xiaobu thought and said, "Principal Li has been helping so much, it seems inappropriate not to visit him."

"That’s true," Liang Lan agreed, "I heard Principal Li has been busy contacting various university principals these days. Your presence at school could be even more helpful."

Success is built with the support of others.

Young Master being at school would give Principal Li a bit more confidence while speaking.

"Alright then, let’s go back to class."

Lu Xiaobu made his decision.

...

Soon, Lu Xiaobu and his group arrived at Emperor Electric.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar school, he spread his hands out; he must be the least serious student ever!

Other students might skip classes, but only to an extent.

But he was hardly ever at school.

He barely knew any teachers or students.

He told Zhang Meng and the others to follow from a distance as he began wandering around the campus.

Looking at the rockeries, the lake, the girls, he felt in good spirits.

Not far away, some were playing basketball.

Lu Xiaobu stopped to watch.

He was too lazy to join, but he enjoyed watching.

There weren’t any basketball hoops or courts here, just a few Emperor Electric students casually passing the ball around with thumping sounds.

Amidst it, there were girls’ voices, giggling.

"Pass it to me."

"Ha ha."

"Look at the lake, just don’t fall into it."

"..."

Well, this must be some boys’ strategy to hit on girls, you know.

Suddenly, Lu Xiaobu sharpens his gaze and shockingly spots a familiar face, Gao Yun from their dorm.

It’s that guy from the grasslands.

This guy is flaunting his muscles, really putting on a show, causing a series of screams from the girls around.

He’s also wearing a smug look on his face.

"Looks like this guy is still single."

Lu Xiaobu said with a laugh.

He didn’t go up to interrupt Gao Yun’s personal show, after all, if he did, it would make it even harder for the guy to get rid of his single status!

After all, at that moment, all eyes would definitely be drawn to him.

Cough cough cough, being a bit narcissistic here!

But right then, as Gao Yun was doing some fancy dribbling, he lost control of the basketball while trying to maneuver past someone, and it flew out of his hands.

Everything descended into chaos.

"Watch out!"

"The ball’s gone out!"

"There’s a car!"

A few people cried out!

Then, the sound of brakes screeched over.

The sound was not too sharp, but it was quite abrupt.

Lu Xiaobu instinctively turned his head to look.

He saw three tour buses had abruptly braked to a stop in the middle of the road.

And the basketball slowly rolled in front of the first bus, bounced off a few steps, and then dropped into the hole of a willow tree in the garden.

Gao Yun scratched his head, chuckled sheepishly, and hurriedly jogged over to apologize and retrieve the ball.

"Sorry about that! It slipped, my bad, my bad!"

Gao Yun, a tall man of over 1.8 meters, apologized in a goofy manner which actually seemed quite funny.

Lu Xiaobu turned back.

It wasn’t anything serious.

Some students passing by or resting in the garden stopped to look this way, then, like Lu Xiaobu, didn’t make much of it.

Most people glanced and then turned their heads back, going about their business.

Just a small, normal incident. It’s good nothing bad happened!

However.

Right then.

The window of the second bus was pulled down, and a student-like figure poked out to take a look, muttering something in Japanese: "&*&...*&"

It was surprisingly not in Chinese, but Japanese.

Another student inside the bus looked outside and also said something.

Gao Yun instinctively frowned and looked up, "Japanese people?"

Although Lu Xiaobu’s three roommates had limited interactions with Lu Xiaobu, they were somewhat influenced by him.

Instinctively, they weren’t fond of Japanese people.

Of course, not being fond didn’t necessarily mean they wanted conflict.

However, the students from Japan inside the bus, having heard Gao Yun’s words, glanced over him: "%￥#@^&%"

And these unknown words seemingly opened up a topic, as students in the second and third buses started talking as well, each chiming in.

Not only speaking, but they also opened their windows and began pointing at Gao Yun and others playing basketball.

Even teachers and students from Emperor Electric were within their pointing reach.

Though incomprehensible, everyone frowned at that gaze.

It was like how tourists look when observing animals in a zoo, which was quite off-putting!

Meanwhile, a senior girl talking romantically with her boyfriend suddenly stood up: "Those people said our Emperor Electric students have low standards!"