At 3:23 p.m.
After Fire Fang Dog finished its weight training, it came over to Qiao Sang.
After adapting to the training over the past few days, Fire Fang Dog's stamina had improved considerably. It could still stand properly even after training ended.
Qiao Sang took out the Qi Yuan Milk she carried with her and handed it over.
With its current training load, Fire Fang Dog had to drink eight or nine bottles of Qi Yuan Milk every day.
Watching Fire Fang Dog down three bottles of Qi Yuan Milk in a row, Qiao Sang felt a little financial anxiety again.
Money disappeared far too quickly. In less than a week, she only had around 30,000 Alliance Coins left. After today, her assets would probably be down to the twenty-thousands.
She still had to find a way to make money.
It wasn't as though Qiao Sang hadn't considered asking her mother for money directly, but seeing her leave early and return late every day, then still have to cook dinner and prepare Energy Meals for the pet beasts when she got home, Qiao Sang found herself unable to ask.
Still, the High School Entrance Exam came first for now. Making money could wait.
Once Fire Fang Dog finished its Qi Yuan Milk, Qiao Sang took it onto Bus No. 28.
New Sea Bookstore.
Since it was a day off, the bookstore had quite a few customers, most of them students.
Qiao Sang stood in the middle school section on the second floor, picking out what she wanted to buy. She planned to buy a set of past High School Entrance Exam papers to practice with.
Just as Qiao Sang finished choosing and headed downstairs, a voice called out to her.
"Miss!"
"Hero!"
"Heroine!"
"The pretty girl with the Fire Fang Dog!"
Only then did Qiao Sang turn around.
She seemed to be the only one in the entire bookstore with a Fire Fang Dog beside her.
A girl with a bun hairstyle and wispy bangs hurried over.
"Why were you ignoring me?" the girl complained.
She looked familiar...
Qiao Sang couldn't recall where she had seen her, but she was certain they had met before.
"Fang." Fire Fang Dog barked, clearly recognizing who she was.
Fire Fang Dog actually knew this person?
"Oh, it's you. I didn't notice you just now," Qiao Sang said calmly.
"I recognized you at a glance, especially your Fire Fang Dog. It's way too conspicuous," the girl said with a smile.
Qiao Sang blinked, signaling for her to continue.
"I still haven't thanked you for what happened on the bus last time. I sent you messages about it, but you never replied," the girl continued.
Qiao Sang remembered.
This was the girl who had sat beside her on the bus the day she received the 50,000 Alliance Coins—Bai Yunmiao.
"I haven't really checked my messages lately," Qiao Sang explained.
She had been busy training Fire Fang Dog and studying these past few days, so she truly hadn't looked at her phone much.
"A heroine really is different. You can even resist looking at your phone. I could never do that," Bai Yunmiao said admiringly.
Then she noticed the study materials in Qiao Sang's hands and asked curiously, "Why are you buying High School Entrance Exam papers?"
"Isn't the High School Entrance Exam in a few days?" Qiao Sang answered with a question.
"The High School Entrance Exam and you buying..." Bai Yunmiao finally caught on. "Holy crap!"
Unlike when she had called out earlier and kept her voice restrained, this time she shouted without holding back. It sounded especially abrupt in the quiet bookstore.
The people reading nearby all frowned and looked over.
Bai Yunmiao quickly covered her mouth, then stared at Qiao Sang in disbelief and lowered her voice. "You're still a middle school student?"
"Do I not look like one?" Qiao Sang asked, somewhat depressed. Did she really look that mature?
"No, no, I just didn't expect it," Bai Yunmiao said, hurriedly shaking her head.
Now that she mentioned it, the girl before her did indeed look younger than Bai Yunmiao.
It was just that Bai Yunmiao had never associated her with a middle school student.
Who would have thought that the person who saw through Eight-Tube Coral and caught a thief, and had even contracted a Fire Fang Dog, was a middle school student?
A middle school student who hadn't even graduated yet had contracted a pet beast. What did that mean? It meant she was a genius who had awakened on her own!
Their school did not have a single talent like that.
No wonder she had dared to contract a Fire-type pet beast as her first pet beast, and had trained Fire Fang Dog to be so obedient. Bai Yunmiao discreetly glanced at Fire Fang Dog beside her.
"Why are you still taking the High School Entrance Exam? A genius like you should have been specially admitted," Bai Yunmiao asked.
"Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about what a genius is?" Qiao Sang said helplessly.
What genius had to worry about whether they could even pass the minimum score for the High School Entrance Exam like she did?
Bai Yunmiao took it as modesty and asked, "What school are you planning to apply to?"
"Saint Water High School," Qiao Sang answered.
Bai Yunmiao looked at her as though she had expected that answer.
Qiao Sang couldn't be bothered to explain just how bad her grades were. Thinking that time was precious, she said goodbye. "I still need to go home and do some papers, so I'll be leaving."
As she turned around, Bai Yunmiao grabbed her and said pitifully, "Genius, you still haven't told me your name."
Qiao Sang: "..."
On the bus home, Fire Fang Dog admired the scenery outside the window as usual, while Qiao Sang took out her phone to add a name note for Bai Yunmiao.
Only when she opened her messages did she notice the glaring red 99+ in the upper-right corner.
Qiao Sang froze and opened it.
One by one, classmates she usually barely spoke to had sent messages asking what had happened to her.
In her classmates' eyes, taking such a long leave right before the High School Entrance Exam meant something serious must have happened.
Qiao Sang was a little touched and replied to each of them, telling them she was fine.
Afterward, she saw one of the messages from her mother, sent two hours ago.
When is Hanggang No. 6 Pet Beast Middle School's special admission test? I'll call the teacher and help you request leave.
Qiao Sang panicked and quickly called her.
The call connected before long.
"Mom, did you call the teacher?" Qiao Sang asked somewhat guiltily.
"I did."
"Mom, actually, I..."
"But it didn't go through."
Qiao Sang immediately gave up on what she had been about to say.
"Actually, what?" her mother asked.
"Actually, I want to apply to Saint Water High School," Qiao Sang abruptly changed the subject.
There was silence on the other end of the call for a moment. "Do the special admission test dates for the two schools conflict?"
"No. Hanggang No. 6 Pet Beast Middle School is on June 9, and Saint Water High School is on June 10. They're one day apart," Qiao Sang answered.
"Then that settles it. Go to both," her mother said.
Ye Xiangting had not asked about Saint Water High School's special admission test date at first because she had not taken it seriously.
That day, she truly could not stand the expressions on the school teacher's and that woman's faces, so in a moment of impulse, she had wanted her daughter to apply for Saint Water High School's special admission.
After two days, once she had calmed down, she knew perfectly well that there was a 99.99% chance her daughter would not get in. So she never brought up Saint Water High School again in front of her daughter.
But her daughter clearly still had Saint Water High School's special admission on her mind, and Ye Xiangting had been the one to bring it up in the first place. There was nothing she could do.
Ye Xiangting was only grateful that Hanggang No. 6 Pet Beast Middle School's special admission test came before Saint Water High School's. Otherwise, if Saint Water High School's test came first and affected her daughter's mindset for the Hanggang No. 6 Pet Beast Middle School test the next day, that would be bad.
"Mom, don't make the call. I've already requested leave from the Class Teacher," Qiao Sang instructed.
"Oh, I understand," Ye Xiangting replied.
Since she had already called once, she naturally had no plans to call again. If it were not for her daughter, she would not even want to deal with those teachers.
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