The Secret to Getting Expelled: Wang Dong's Method

The Secret to Getting Expelled: Wang Dong's Method

At Huo Yuhao's call, Wang Dong froze for a moment, her voice full of doubt. "Huo? You... actually came back?"

"Wang Dong, why aren't you at school? What are you doing here?"

Huo Yuhao and Chi Qiu walked over and held an umbrella over Wang Dong. She looked them up and down suspiciously, rubbed her eyes, then suddenly grabbed them both by the shoulders.

"It really is you! There's been no news of you for so long. I thought—I thought you two had already..."

"Wish me well, would you?" Huo Yuhao gave her a helpless smile. "I'll tell you about that later. Shouldn't you be at the academy right now?"

"I dropped out!" Wang Dong wiped her rain-soaked bangs from her forehead, flicking a few drops of water away. She apparently thought she looked pretty cool.

"What?"

"After you left, that old witch Zhou Yi couldn't take her frustration out on Miss Qiu, so she focused all her fire on me. I couldn't take it."

"And Dai Huabin still couldn't accept that he'd lost to us head-on. He looked at me like he wanted to kill me. I was so nervous every time I went back to the dormitory, afraid he'd be waiting to ambush me at my door."

"Right before the break, Zhou Yi deliberately told me in front of the whole class that if we failed the class assessment, it would all be my fault as class monitor."

"Did no other school want you? Why?" Chi Qiu asked bluntly.

"Yeah. I'm going to check out the Sun Moon Empire." Wang Dong nodded slightly.

"No, this isn't a burden at all. In fact, I'm grateful to you," Huo Yuhao said. "You've already helped me a lot. Even if you had your own reasons, it's only right for me to repay you. Just by saying that, you've already made plenty of concessions for my sake."

"Hmph." Wang Dong let out a dejected snort. "Some people at Shrek got mad after I gave them a piece of my mind. I don't know which thing I said hit a nerve."

At that, a thought suddenly came to Huo Yuhao. He asked cautiously, "Could it be... Shrek told the other schools to blacklist you?"

"Close enough! If this place won't have me, there's somewhere that will. With my abilities, surely other schools will be fighting to take me, even if Shrek won't?"

"Yeah." Wang Dong's voice turned muffled. "You two can stay and study here. I'll go somewhere farther away."

When he'd first enrolled, Huo Yuhao would've found that inspiring. But after experiencing so much discrimination and unfairness, it was hard for him to relate.

"Actually, I won't force you," Chi Qiu said, her voice suddenly cooler. "I know a little about the situation in the Douluo Three Kingdoms and the Sun Moon Empire. If it's inconvenient, we can go later."

"That senior mentioned in passing that the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool system is more complete and impressive. I couldn't imagine what kind of kingdom it was back then, and the Sun Moon Empire seemed so far away. But if Wang Dong really has a way..."

But if they were interested in Soul Tools, no one could stop them from making a pilgrimage to the Sun Moon Empire, the greatest kingdom of Soul Tools.

"Oh, right. They did discuss Miss Qiu's situation. Maybe they felt sorry for this Golden Dragon. But they didn't even bother discussing your case. Hmph! Bunch of blind, old fossils."

In the Douluo Three Kingdoms, there was barely any publicity about the Sun Moon Empire. They were probably afraid that students from the Douluo Three Kingdoms might feel even the slightest bit of longing for it.

Huo Yuhao had to admit that he felt a little pleased himself.

Still, Wang Dong's method...

Huo Yuhao raised a hand to gently stop her. He smiled knowingly. "Qiu'er, I know what you're worried about. Don't worry. When we're on break, no matter how far away it is, I'll go back to Star Dou with you."

"Yeah!" At that, Wang Dong suddenly flashed a sly smile. "I submitted a withdrawal request, but they wouldn't approve it. Director Du wouldn't sign off, so I went all the way to Dean Yan. He wouldn't approve it either, and called Zhou Yi in to ask what was going on. Then..."

So, with Shrek students everywhere, it made sense that many people now responsible for teaching at the academies in the Douluo Three Kingdoms might still feel loyal to Shrek, didn't it?

Maybe the heads of those imperial academies had all sorts of ties to Shrek!

"You want to go to the Sun Moon Empire?" Chi Qiu seemed hesitant. "I heard it's a long way from here. Yuhao, you..."

"That sounds more like you got expelled," he said with difficulty.

Huo Yuhao blinked. He really didn't know much about the academies within the Sun Moon Empire.

In that case, it made sense that Wang Dong had been blacklisted.

But she seemed to support the idea?

"Somewhere farther away?" Huo Yuhao asked curiously. "If all the schools in the Douluo Three Kingdoms have blacklisted you, then are you planning to go to...?"

"I told Dean Yan he was rotten to the core, Director Du that he was blind, and Zhou Yi that she was throwing her weight around because she had connections in the Soul Tool Department. Then they signed the papers and kicked me out."

At Huo Yuhao's words, Wang Dong fell awkwardly silent for a moment.

"I even worked my tail off to reach rank three, and the moment I came back, I heard those teachers talking about expelling you two. I couldn't stand to stay another second."

"Close enough," Huo Yuhao said.

"Wang Dong?" Huo Yuhao ventured.

"Let's go together," Huo Yuhao said decisively.

Chi Qiu didn't pursue the subject. Instead, she brought up something else. "The Sun Moon Empire... is a kingdom of Soul Tools."

Wang Dong joined in at just the right moment. "I might be able to help. But which Soul Engineer academy are you planning to attend? I'll ask around."

It wasn't a baseless guess. When they'd first enrolled, they'd heard that many high-ranking Soul Masters in the Douluo Three Kingdoms had once studied at Shrek. The senior giving the speech had sounded proud as he spoke, as if he could already picture himself landing a cushy government job.

"..."

Huo Yuhao frowned slightly. "But you said you were dropping out. Would they let you go? They're still discussing Qiu'er's case even though she's been late for so many days. They'd be even less likely to let someone like you leave."

"Exactly!" Huo Yuhao's bright green eyes glimmered, a spark lighting in them. "That's what I was thinking, Qiu'er. I've been to Shrek's Soul Tool Department once. A kind senior explained a lot to me and even let me try out a few simple offensive Soul Tools. I'm really... interested!"

"Then why are you still standing here in the rain?"

"And then?"

"With all three of them there, I gave them a thorough scolding. Then they signed my withdrawal papers."

Shrek hadn't given him the honors he deserved, so he no longer cared about Shrek's glory.

"Did they blacklist me and Yuhao too?" Chi Qiu asked. She seemed to be thinking about something else. "If we study somewhere else, we might still have a chance."

Huo Yuhao sighed. "So, Qiu'er and I really were expelled?"

Huo Yuhao felt a vein in his forehead throbbing. He glanced to the side. Chi Qiu wore the same stunned expression, as if asking, "You really did that?"

As she spoke, Wang Dong angrily slammed her fist against the wall. She looked genuinely furious. Chi Qiu patted her shoulder comfortingly.

When they'd enrolled, they'd watched plenty of promotional videos, including scenes of Shrek winning all kinds of Soul Master competitions over the past ten thousand years. Everyone always shouted, "For the glory of Shrek!"

Huo Yuhao was taken aback by her reaction. He'd only asked out of curiosity, not to call Wang Dong's bluff. She really was astonishingly talented for her age, so there was nothing wrong with her saying that... But from the looks of it, did Wang Dong really have nowhere else to go?

Evidently, Wang Dong had hit the mark. She plopped down on her luggage. "Those people really are loyal to Shrek! If you didn't know it was their alma mater, you'd think Shrek was the sect they came from."

"Which schools would accept us?" Huo Yuhao asked.

"Any of them," Wang Dong said. "I asked around. Their best schools only require students to be twelve and have one ring. We're only twelve. I've already reached rank three, and Miss Qiu obviously meets the requirements. Even if Huo doesn't have more than one ring, he qualifies easily."

"Then let's go to the best school!" Huo Yuhao said immediately.