The moment Zhang Tie brought the car to a stop, Lan Yunxi turned to look at him. "What are you doing?"
"I'm not going to the Allied Command Headquarters!" Zhang Tie shifted into reverse, checked the rearview mirror, and swiftly backed up.
Under Zhang Tie's control, the powerful military off-road vehicle reversed a few meters before sharply swinging around and changing direction.
"You're not going to the Allied Command Headquarters?" Lan Yunxi's eyes widened.
"Mm. Since I happen to have time today, I'll take you out to cut loose for once—to see what it feels like to be a bad student, what it feels like not to be outstanding in other people's eyes..." As he spoke, Zhang Tie turned the vehicle around again. Instead of heading toward Moge City, he drove southwest.
"Have you gone mad? Do you know that this commendation ceremony was mainly arranged for you? The Allied Command Headquarters is going to award you the Human Glory Medal. So many important figures are waiting at headquarters just to meet you. Do you know how many connections and resources this opportunity could bring you? Some people spend their entire lives begging for an opportunity like this and never get one, yet you're not going?" Lan Yunxi looked at Zhang Tie as if he were insane.
Zhang Tie stubbornly pressed his lips together. "The commendation order has already been issued anyway. This is just a ceremony. What the hell do those bigshots who want to see me have to do with me? Just treat it like skipping class when the school holds an assembly and calls roll!"
Lan Yunxi drew a deep breath. "Take me to Moge City. If you won't go, I will!"
Zhang Tie said nothing. Instead, he pulled up the interior safety-lock switch beside his left