Zhuo Shi cast a meaningful look at Lin Chen, who stood in the middle of the five, then coughed twice and said, "All right. There's no need for you to take the final assessment."
After exchanging a glance with Cai Yue'er, she said solemnly, "Your results have already met the standard perfectly. I've decided that you will continue studying at Shrek Academy under your previous status as work-study students."
Lin Chen's mouth twitched at that, and his mind immediately began calculating.
In truth, the work-study dormitories were not that terrible. They could just put in some effort to renovate the run-down rooms later. As for the money, that was easy—he could just fleece Uncle Feng and Zhuo Shi. If that did not work, he could go back and sweet-talk his parents into getting him an unlimited credit card. No big deal.
At the side, Xu Xiaoyan sharply caught the change in her captain's expression upon hearing "work-study dormitory," and began muttering to herself inwardly. The captain looked unhappy the moment he heard about the work-study dorms. This definitely isn't a nice place. I have to do something to help everyone out of this predicament.
After pondering for a while, inspiration suddenly struck.
With acting skills that surpassed Lin Chen's by a hundred thousand miles, she instantly slipped into character. A mist of tears swiftly welled up in her eyes as she looked at Zhuo Shi. Her soft, sweet voice carried a note of grievance. "Great-Grandmaster, a teacher for a day is a father for life. We're all Teacher Wu's disciples, and we've always treated him like a father."
Zhuo Shi pondered it thoughtfully. "Mm, that's right."
Tears slid down Xu Xiaoyan's cheeks as she sniffled twice. "We're all your granddisciples. You're so powerful, and you're even a Titled Douluo. Can