233: Chapter 233 The Forgotten Lottery System

"Hehe, that's hard to say."

Lin Xiao gave a mysterious smile.

He had originally meant to scare Zhang Xiaofu, but he ended up scaring Principal Wei, who was eavesdropping outside.

Principal Wei, who had been immersed in the misery of his own marriage, was suddenly jolted awake.

His marriage was already ruined; his career must not be destroyed as well!

He hurried inside, pretending he hadn't heard anything, and said with a stern face, "You two, do you know why you were called here today?"

Lin Xiao and Zhang Xiaofu shook their heads in perfect unison.

Principal Wei snorted, "You caused everyone to be forced back before the military training was even finished. Don't you feel any guilt?"

Zhang Xiaofu looked at the principal in surprise, pointing at himself and then at Lin Xiao in confusion.

Are you kidding? If he really had that much power, his tail would have been wagging in the sky long ago!

Would he still be here listening to someone blabber on?

"Ahem, Zhang Xiaofu, I know you were wronged; this matter mainly lies with Lin Xiao."

Principal Wei's tone softened slightly.

Zhang Xiaofu nodded vigorously.

But fearing that Lin Xiao might think he was eager to distance himself, he quickly added, "Principal Wei, don't say that. Lin Xiao and I are always on the same side!"

Principal Wei rolled his eyes at him, annoyed, "Zhang Xiaofu, I don't care what you were thinking before. Once the school's military training begins, you must supervise Lin Xiao. You are absolutely not allowed to let him go around digging and fishing!"

Lin Xiao raised his hand weakly and asked tentatively, "Principal Wei, since you're so worried, why don't you just let me skip the military training?"

"That won't do!"

Principal Wei refused without hesitation.

In fact, he also wanted to let Lin Xiao go wherever he pleased, as long as he didn't stay at the school and wreak havoc on them.

But he couldn't withstand the pressure from the Lin family!

Mrs. Lin, Su Xiumei, had specifically called him to say that Lin Xiao must complete all military training projects and not slack off even a little bit.

Otherwise, she would withdraw a portion of the investment in the school.

Between the investment and cleaning up after Lin Xiao, Principal Wei tearfully chose the investment.

As the number one institution in the capital, their school definitely had no issues with how they conducted business on a daily basis.

Even if Lin Xiao really caused some trouble, it would at most be a hassle and wouldn't cause too much damage to the school's reputation.

But the investment was different!

The various laboratories and many research projects in the school were all waiting for money!

The many achievements researched later would be of immeasurable value.

Lin Xiao watched Principal Wei's expression change repeatedly, and the system in his mind also gave a reminder.

[Damn, so it was Mom who was behind this!]

Lin Xiao looked devastated.

No wonder he had made so many distress calls earlier, and not one person had come to help him!

It turned out his parents had given a strict order!

He took a deep breath, took out his phone, and sent a message to Su Xiumei, wanting to ask why this was happening!

Could they really bear to see their own son suffer like this?

Soon, Su Xiumei's reply arrived.

"A-Xiao, we are doing this for your own good. You bear the heavy burden of carrying on the Lin family line, but someone reported that your body has been too weak lately, and you must exercise properly."

"..."

Carrying on the family line?

It's one thing to make pressuring him to get married sound so high and mighty, but what's this about his body being weak?

And someone reported it?

Who reported it?

Besides Qiu Xiaoyan, who else would know about such private matters?

Pfft! No, no!

Where is he weak?

Even if it was Qiu Xiaoyan, she shouldn't say that...

It would have been better if Lin Xiao hadn't asked; once he got the answer, he felt even more tormented.

What he didn't know was that all of this was due to his inner thoughts leaking out.

Some of the things he complained about were taken seriously by his family.

If they hadn't wanted to temporarily save his face, his family might have done more than just force him to participate in exercise activities.

They very likely would have forced him to eat a bunch of supplements and had the family doctor come over to give him a series of treatments.

Two days later, the military training began once again.

The venue was at the school's playground and other vacant areas.

Lin Xiao thought that since he had already managed to coast through about half the time, the remaining half should pass by quickly.

However, things didn't go as he wished.

He soon discovered that he was being given special treatment.

When Zhang Xiaofu occasionally slacked off, the instructor turned a blind eye to him.

But as for him, let alone slacking off, even if he scratched his butt, he would be punished with one hundred push-ups!

When Zhang Xiaofu stood crookedly, the instructor would at most correct him.

But what about him?

If his movements were even slightly substandard, he would be dragged out for individual training and become a negative example for everyone.

In just half a day, Lin Xiao was already exhausted to the point of collapse.

During the break, he sat in a corner, staring blankly ahead with lifeless eyes.

Zhang Xiaofu couldn't bear to watch anymore and whispered, "Lin Xiao, why don't you use the Lightning Summoning Technique and zap something cheap? Like that tree outside, or a trash can?"

"..."

Lin Xiao wanted to, too.

But he didn't know how to use the Lightning Summoning Technique at all!

He irritably grabbed the weeds beside him, almost unconsciously pulling them out one tuft at a time.

And asked in his mind, "System, hurry and think of a way! If I actually die of exhaustion here, no one will eat your melons in the future, and no one will complete tasks for you!"

He had expected the system to ignore him.

But unexpectedly, the system's somewhat hesitant voice came through.

[Host, actually, your melon-eating count has long since accumulated enough; you can start the lottery.]

Lin Xiao's hand paused, and he asked in surprise, "Then why didn't you say so earlier?"

[This has been displayed the whole time; I thought you just wanted to save it up...]

Following the system's prompt, Lin Xiao finally discovered it.

In the system interface in his mind, in a very hidden corner, there was a lottery progress bar.

To be honest, Lin Xiao usually didn't pay much attention to this interface, at most just checking his points or something.

Moreover, he had previously owed the system so many points that he later let the system deduct them as it pleased until they were paid off.

So he hadn't been that concerned about points.

If the system hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have been able to see the location of this lottery progress bar at all.

And he had long forgotten about the lottery.

"The person who designed this interface deserves to be buried."

Lin Xiao sighed slowly.

But just as he was planning to try and see what good things he could draw, a frantic reprimand suddenly came from behind him.

"Lin Xiao, what are you doing! Stop, hurry and stop!"