Chen Nuoyi: I Do!

Su Yuan was slightly taken aback, listening to the girl's calm and earnest words.

Just then, Chen Nuoyi also turned her head, her gaze meeting Su Yuan's.

Their eyes met for a moment before parting. The girl lowered her head and said in a voice as faint as a mosquito's hum:

"Come to think of it, returning to the Chen Family isn't all bad. I won't have to worry about food or clothing, and I can focus on cultivating without distractions to aim for the Top Ten."

"My Dad, although he's been kicked out of the family, he has hands and feet; he shouldn't starve to death. I don't really need to worry too much."

Saying this, Chen Nuoyi slowly raised her head, meeting Su Yuan's gaze again, and apologized:

"The only pity is that I can't work with you anymore."

"Perhaps after we get into university, we can still continue..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Before Chen Nuoyi could finish, Su Yuan interrupted her.

"W-what's wrong?"

Seeing Su Yuan's increasingly serious expression, Chen Nuoyi felt an involuntary twinge of nervousness.

Su Yuan took a deep breath and asked solemnly:

"Class Monitor, whether you return to the Chen Family is technically your own business, and I shouldn't interfere. But I still want to ask you one question, please answer me honestly."

"Do you, really want to go back to the Chen Family?"

Chen Nuoyi: "..."

The girl unconsciously fiddled with the hem of her clothes with her delicate hands. After a long hesitation, she finally nodded gently.

"I do..."

"Tell the truth!"

Su Yuan's expression was blank, but his tone suddenly became much louder.

Chen Nuoyi: "..."

When she looked up again, a faint mist had gathered in the girl's bright, clear eyes.

This time, she shook her head forcefully:

"I don't want to go back to the Chen Family."

"After my mother passed away, the Chen Family only holds oppression and coldness for me... Every cent I spend from the Chen Family feels like another debt I owe them."

"If I spend too much of the Chen Family's money, and Grandpa brings up the matter of arranging a marriage with another family, will I still have the right to refuse?"

"How far will I have to go in the future to be completely free of debt to the Chen Family?"

"After leaving the Chen Family, although I didn't have enough to eat and had to work every day to earn a living, earning enough to support myself with my own sweat was truly a fulfilling feeling."

"Only by doing so can I stand tall and say no when faced with the Chen Family's orders."

After listening to Chen Nuoyi's heartfelt confession, Su Yuan fell silent.

He hadn't expected the Class Monitor's mother to have passed away. No wonder her father, as a live-in son-in-law, was kicked out of the family by the Chen Family.

Without the support of close relatives, it must have been difficult for the Class Monitor to live alone in the Chen Family.

On the surface, she might still be the dignified eldest daughter of the Chen Family, able to control millions in assets, but she had forever lost the chance to choose her own destiny.

To put it bluntly, returning to the Chen Family would make Chen Nuoyi more like a commodity than a person.

"If that's the case, then we won't go back."

After a long silence, Su Yuan suddenly smiled.

The girl was stunned.

Then, Su Yuan said earnestly:

"After entering the Special Class, the maximum monthly cultivation resource expenditure is only one million. For two people, that's just two million."

"Starting today, we'll focus wholeheartedly on working hard. I'll quickly devise a plan that allows us to earn over ten thousand, or even twenty or thirty thousand a day!"

"Creating and executing such a plan might be almost impossible, but I will strive to try and challenge it."

"The more we earn, the greater our chances of getting into the Top Ten!"

Saying this, Su Yuan smiled at Chen Nuoyi and asked:

"Class Monitor, are you willing to join my work plan?"

Chen Nuoyi: "..."

At this moment, Su Yuan's image in the girl's eyes had become incredibly majestic, as if he were glowing all over!

To try and challenge earning a million a month?

Even ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators might not be able to earn that much.

Perhaps it would end in failure, but this might also be a chance to completely break free from the Chen Family and become independent!

"I am willing."

Chen Nuoyi nodded heavily, and the two exchanged a smile.

The previous worries and melancholy were finally swept away.

Before class in the afternoon, Su Yuan made a request to the class advisor, Yue Lin.

"You want to work nine to five?"

Yue Lin frowned.

"To be precise, it's Chen Nuoyi and I who want to work nine to five."

Su Yuan pointed to Chen Nuoyi beside him, who was pretending to be cool and silent.

He said earnestly, "Teacher Yue, you know our difficulties. We need to hurry and work to earn tuition, but school takes up too much time."

"If we could work nine to five, or even go out during lunch break, we'd have much more time for our jobs every day!"

"Of course, please rest assured, we will absolutely not neglect our studies because of work. Besides, working is also part of cultivation."

Yue Lin fell into thought.

After a while, he said, "I'm not worried about Chen Nuoyi's grades, but your scores, Su Yuan..."

Chen Nuoyi: "Teacher Yue, I can tutor Su Yuan in my free time."

Yue Lin: "..."

He glanced at Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi with a strange look, until the two felt a chill run down their spines, and then said, "Alright, I'll agree for now, but if your grades drop in the monthly exam at the end of the month, you'll both come back to class obediently."

"Thank you, Teacher Yue."

Joy immediately appeared on their faces.

However, they still had to get off school on time today.

The afternoon study time passed quickly.

After Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi made a total of four Dragon Scale Roasted Goose as quickly as possible and left campus, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

As soon as they left the school gate, the two hurried towards the Peach Oolong Sect at their fastest speed.

However, just as they were about to grab a Shared Flying Sword from the roadside, a tall figure blocked their path.

"Su Yuan, so you've hooked up with the school beauty."

Looking up, the person was Huang Sheng, who had been punched flying by Su Yuan in the Martial Arts Competition.

Huang Sheng had many scratches on his face and his arm was in a cast, looking quite miserable.

But on his face, there was undisguised malice.

This was because the other party was not alone; behind him stood a young man nearly two meters tall with an inverted triangle physique.

The young man was bald, with a face full of coarse flesh and well-defined muscles all over his body.

He fully embodied the saying, "I'm bald, and I've become stronger!"

Seeing this scene, Su Yuan understood that he had encountered a classic plot.

The juniors brought the seniors; it was indeed an enduring trope!

"Su Yuan, you didn't give me any face at all in the Martial Arts Competition! Now I'm going to make you taste humiliation!"

Huang Sheng sneered and uttered the standard lines of a brainless villain: "My cousin is a college sports student at the peak of Qi Cultivation. In front of my cousin, you're as weak as a chicken."

"I'll give you two choices now!"

"First, kneel down and apologize in front of me and Classmate Chen."

"Second, let my cousin beat you to your knees! Let you taste the pain of broken bones!"