Xia Chujian smiled faintly and said, "Do you think this Starry Sky Exploration of ours is very safe?"
Chen Yanjun's gaze flickered, and he changed his tune. "...That's right. Just disqualifying him was letting him off too easily!"
"Good thing he changed his tune!"
Xia Chujian merely smiled without saying anything.
The two of them returned to their rooms.
Back in her room, Xia Chujian could not be bothered to write the self-criticism herself. She dragged Seven Lù out and had it search its database to "piece together" one for her. Then she copied it out by hand and signed her name.
However, that afternoon, just as she was planning to take the self-criticism to the first-floor hall and "recite" it publicly, Zong Ruoning informed her that the punishment had been revoked because she had rendered meritorious service.
Xia Chujian: "..."
When had she rendered meritorious service?
How come she did not know? Zong Ruoning said, "The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, and the ocean storm has begun making landfall. Didn't you look at the scene outside the window?"
"Thanks to your early warning, we avoided enormous losses."
"Therefore, after a vote by all the Leading Teachers, everyone agreed to revoke your punishment from this morning."
Xia Chujian gave a disdainful snort inwardly, but kept smiling as she said, "Then thank you, teachers, for your discerning eyes... I hope this rain passes sooner."
That night, the ocean storm indeed made landfall on the tiny isolated island in the vast ocean.
The fierce winds ravaged the island as though spinning in circles.
In the small village, apart from the Ancient Castle, every village house with a thatched roof had its roof torn off.
Rainwater poured into the houses like a flood, turning every stone-built village house into a reservoir.