CH 28

Posted on April 6, 2022by UntamedS

Bonus Chap

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Adrian’s invitation wasn’t an impulsive move, he had planned to ask, but he just didn’t have the time to put the idea into action, today happened to be related to this matter, so Adrian simply grabbed this opportunity.

Although they hadn’t spent much time together, He Yishu already knew Adrian well enough to know that the other wasn’t impulsively asking him because of what happened today, so after a moment of silence, he neither chose to refuse nor did he agree: “I want to learn more about the information related to the Mecha Competition before making a decision, is it okay? “

Adrian smiled gently, “Of course, there is still a week before the registration for this Mecha Athletics Competition opens, you have enough time to think about it.”

For his part, He Yishu didn’t forget to express his gratitude: “Thank you for your willingness to invite me to form a partnership.”

“I’m afraid I can’t accept that thank you, with your strength, you’re strong enough to find any good Mecha warrior as a partner,” Adrian spoke sincerely , “so if you agree to team up with me, I’m the one who should express my gratitude.”

“But this is a secret between the two of us, and there won’t be a third person.” Naturally, no one else would have the same opinion, He Yishu thought happily as he finished the rest of his coffee in one gulp.

Adrian’s mood also became more pleasant because of this statement, and his tone was a bit lighter: “One day they’ll know that what they once thought was a gravel is a brilliant gem.”

“I’m also looking forward to that day,” Thinking of that scene, He Yishu’s bad mood changed, “but before that, I’ll have to trouble you to help me take care of that guy, Allen.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll do it.” Even if He Yishu didn’t mention it, Adrian had already planned to do so.

So while He Yishu happily returned to his dormitory, laid on his bed and leisurely checked the information about the Mecha competition, Allen was forced to accept Adrian’s challenge in practice class, and was beaten up by Adrian in the training room, which nearly turned his Mecha into scrap.

When he finally managed to get out from under Adrian’s clutches, Allen loudly exclaimed: “Adrian, are you out of your mind? This is just a sparring session, not a formal competition, must you be so intense?!”

Adrian glanced at him passively and replied coldly: “Isn’t that what the professor said at the beginning of the first year, that we should consider every spar as a formal competition? Putting more thought into your studies will make you improve a lot.”

After saying that, Adrian directly turned around and left, not giving Allen the opportunity to retort, Allen stood in place and cursed him for a few minutes, after that, his mood became better, but just as he turned around, he saw the practice class professor standing behind him with a dark expression.

Allen: “……” Adrian come back here, you dug a pit!

The Mecha competition held by the virtual arena started many years ago, and as the virtual arena’s fame grew and more people joined the competition, the competition became more important, it became increasingly famous, and even in recent years, it had become the representative competition for Mecha competitions.

When most people mentioned the Mecha competition, the first thing that came to mind was the Mecha competition held by them, after all, even the military ministry had recognized its existence and strength.

Because it was a competition open to all citizens of the Star Empire, to participate in the Mecha competition, one only needed to be a Mecha warrior and have a rune card master to form a partnership.

He Yishu hadn’t known about this tournament before, and only after reading the rules did he realize that there was one major difference between this tournament and the rules of the virtual arena.

In this tournament, the rune cards used by the contestants must be made by the hand of the rune card master in the team, otherwise they would be directly sent out of the tournament.

After learning about this rule, He Yishu wanted to abuse Allen even more. As a second year Mecha major who was already prepared to register for this year’s mech competition, Allen couldn’t be unaware of this important rule, so his intention from the beginning wasn’t really to team up with him, but to wait until he had used him to hit and humiliate Adrian before kicking him out, right?

Once the whole thing was considered from this perspective, He Yishu clearly realized that the person who would be hit harder in this matter was actually him, not Adrian, who was Allen’s main target.

It would be obvious that in order to climb to a better power, he decisively betrayed his benefactor, but as a result, he got cast away, which would gain everyone’s scorn and contempt, especially because in the eyes of others, his qualifications were terrible.

This was really an insidious scheme that didn’t distinguish between the main and the secondary. He Yishu gritted his teeth and sighed in his heart, then he quickly thought of a good way to return the favor.

But before that, He Yishu contacted Adrian: “I’ve just checked the specific rules of the Mecha competition, and this competition seems to be quite interesting, so let’s sign up together?”

“Okay.” Adrian, who had just finished abusing and setting a trap for Allen, nodded happily.

Although they had come to an agreement, there was still a week before the registration began, and the registration would also last for a while before the official start of the competition, so their quiet lives continued for some time.

He Yishu’s life still revolved around classes, his part-time job, and taking care of his store every day, but of course, after this period of time, he and his roommate’s relationship had gotten a lot closer.

Qiao An was a very soft and shy boy who rarely asked for anything when he got along with others, but would quietly do a lot of things for them.

For example, when He Yishu woke up later than him, Qiao An would help him keep a good seat in the classroom, and he would pay extra attention to the apartment, and he would take the initiative to do some chores that were He Yishu’s.

To sum up, this roommate was easy for He Yishu to get along with. In order to return the favor, He Yishu also tried to play his part, both as a roommate and a friend.

As a newcomer in this world, and someone with an income, He Yishu liked going to virtual online shops, he would buy different interesting food and play online, this time, he bought things to share with his roommate, of course, he didn’t forget to get something for Adrian.

Their personalities were very good, and they would never try to take advantage of each other, so they naturally got closer and they became good friends.

However, except Qiao An, He Yishu seemed to have no other friends. Probably, the way he reported people several times before was too intimidating. Of course, it may also be that his qualifications were really embarrassing, or it may be because his behavior in practice class was so incredible that almost no classmates wanted to communicate with him.

So to sum up, He Yishu was unknowingly isolated by everyone in the same major except Qiao An?

This may sound tragic, but He Yishu had a sense of joy and his life wasn’t affected at all, but some people were different.

Like He Yishu, He Tingting was also isolated by all the students in the same major.

Since the last slander incident and the exposure of her identity, no  classmate was willing to take care of He Tingting. During the usual class, when seats were extremely scarce, the seats around He Tingting were empty, so it could be seen how serious the situation was.

At the beginning, He Tingting tried to regain the friendship among her classmates by acting pitiful, buying things for her classmates, and even turning the truth upside down, but the result wasn’t much use.

Knowing full well that He Tingting was an illegitimate child, no one trusted He Tiantian’s sugar-coated words, because they knew very well that anyone who stood with He Tingting would be the next one to be isolated collectively by their classmates.

When all her attempts and efforts failed, He Tingting was actually more angry than helpless. What was her status and why did she have to deal with these people? Who were they to treat her like this?

If it wasn’t for him, she wouldn’t be in this situation at all, he caused all this!

But as time slowly passed, the strange eyes around her that always fell on her, and the cold attitude of everyone made her feel helpless and frightened, it almost drove He Tingting crazy!

She had entered the First Academy with boundless hope and enthusiasm, but now she was ostracized by everyone because of such a thing, and she couldn’t even make a new friend. How could He Tingting not feel sad and grieved?

If it wasn’t for the experience of having her credits docked for arguing with He Yishu, He Tingting would have lost control herself and gone to fight He Yishu.

Unable to resolve her emotions and unable to find someone to complain to, He Tingting could only cry and tell her brother about the incident, but the response she received made her cry even harder.

“Brother, do you know what you are talking about? You actually want me to go apologize to that punk? That’s simply not possible!” He Tingting responded in a sharp voice, she couldn’t believe such words were actually coming from the mouth of her brother who had always loved her.

He Xiaochen on the other end of the communication sighed gloomily and soothed his sister in a soft voice: “Tingting, it’s not that I want you to apologise to him, but the situation is right in front of us now, if you are not willing to take the initiative to apologize to him, obtain his forgiveness, and let others know your attitude, you can only wait for time to slowly wash away the effects of this matter, at least for now I can’t can’t think of any other better way.”

“But …… but how can I go and apologize to that kind of person? I don’t want to!” He Tingting knew very well that He Xiaochen’s words made sense, but it was hard for her to cross that hurdle in her heart, especially after being made to feel so miserable by He Yishu. She cried for a while before choking up and proposing an idea, “Brother, can I tell the truth about him cheating me out of 5,000 credits? Everyone will blame him.”