74: The whole audience was shocked. What was the origin of this kid?

"Shi Qianying."

Su Yuan looked at Shi Qianying, who had run over to him with a face full of joy, and greeted her with a faint smile.

"Su Yuan, where have you been these past few days? There hasn't been any news of you at all."

"I heard that during the time you were missing, the principal was almost driven crazy with worry."

"And you're the First Core Student of our school, personally designated by the principal, yet you didn't even make it back for the Tianyang City Mock Battle."

"If the principal sees you this time, he'll likely give you a proper lecture. You'd better be careful! Hehe!"

Shi Qianying spoke while looking at Su Yuan with sparkling eyes. By the end, she was giggling, her eyes narrowing into beautiful crescents.

"I didn't go anywhere special. I just went out for a walk to get some experience and only returned recently."

"But the principal has already met with me; it wasn't as serious as you described."

Su Yuan smiled somewhat awkwardly upon hearing this.

"Qianying, aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?"

Just then, a middle-aged man in a suit, whose features were thirty percent similar to Shi Qianying's, walked over slowly and spoke to the two with a smile.

"Dad, this is the classmate Su Yuan I mentioned to you, our school's First Core Student."

Hearing this, Shi Qianying turned around and spoke to the middle-aged man behind her.

"Hello, Uncle."

Seeing this, Su Yuan understood that the newcomer was Shi Qianying's father, the current head of the Shi Family, Shi Changsheng.

He immediately gave a polite greeting.

"So you are the Su Yuan that Qianying often mentions. You certainly are a striking young man. No wonder my Qianying can't stop thinking about you."

Shi Changsheng looked at Su Yuan, a flash of approval crossing his face.

As the head of the Shi Family, he was also a Lord-level Beastmaster.

Although he wasn't as powerful as Zhao Zhongyue or Wang Gang, his strength was not to be underestimated; he was someone who could rank in the top five in Tianyang City.

Shi Changsheng also had some understanding of Su Yuan.

After all, Su Yuan possessed an A-rank talent, making him a top-tier Beast Taming Genius in Tianyang City, which naturally attracted attention.

Furthermore, as a Lord-level Beastmaster, Shi Changsheng had heard about Wang Gang's reaction during the three months Su Yuan was missing.

Managing such a large enterprise as the Shi Family had also allowed Shi Changsheng to develop a Wisdom Eye for judging people.

From Wang Gang's reaction, Shi Changsheng faintly felt that Su Yuan was likely not as simple as the public information suggested.

The relationship between his precious daughter and Su Yuan seemed quite good, and he could sense his daughter's feelings.

At this moment, he intentionally or unintentionally wanted to give the two of them a push.

"Dad, what are you saying!"

Shi Changsheng's words immediately caused Shi Qianying's pretty face to flush red with embarrassment.

To this, Su Yuan did not pick up on Shi Changsheng's last remark, but simply gave a modest smile and replied:

"Uncle, you overpraise me."

"Hahaha, let's go. There are too many people and wandering eyes here; we should head inside."

"The VIP Seats and Contestant Seats will be much quieter."

Shi Changsheng looked at Su Yuan's reaction and nodded slightly with a smile.

Hearing this, neither Su Yuan nor Shi Qianying refused, and they followed behind Shi Changsheng toward the plaza.

"Patriarch Shi, I didn't expect you to arrive together with little brother Su Yuan."

After Shi Changsheng brought Su Yuan into the VIP area, they happened to run into the newly arrived Zhao Zhongyue.

Without waiting for Shi Changsheng to greet him first, Zhao Zhongyue's eyes lit up, and he took the lead in walking toward Su Yuan and Shi Changsheng.

"Mayor Zhao."

Seeing this, Shi Changsheng also hurriedly greeted the other man, though a flash of shock crossed his eyes.

Although the Shi Family was a preeminent Family in Tianyang City and Shi Changsheng's status as the head of the Shi Family was very high, he was still quite inferior to Zhao Zhongyue, the person in charge of Tianyang City.

He had seen Zhao Zhongyue over the past two days, and on those occasions, it was always Shi Changsheng who greeted the other first.

Today, Zhao Zhongyue had unprecedentedly taken the initiative to call out and approach them, which gave Shi Changsheng a sense of being overwhelmed by favor.

"What's the situation? Why is the Mayor so enthusiastic toward us today?"

"No, wait, the way the Mayor addressed Su Yuan just now..."

Just as the doubt arose in his heart, Shi Changsheng quickly realized something and his gaze fell upon Su Yuan beside him.

He then looked back at Zhao Zhongyue, who was walking over quickly.

He saw that Zhao Zhongyue only gave him a faint smile and a nod in response to his greeting, and then walked straight toward Su Yuan.

"As I thought!"

Seeing this scene, Shi Changsheng's heart jolted.

He didn't say anything more and just watched quietly from the side.

"Mayor Zhao."

At this time, Su Yuan also gave a faint smile and greeted the approaching Zhao Zhongyue.

Compared to his attitude toward Shi Changsheng, Zhao Zhongyue's attitude toward Su Yuan was much more enthusiastic.

In response to Su Yuan's greeting, Zhao Zhongyue gave an 'en' and nodded.

Then, under Shi Changsheng's dumbfounded gaze, Zhao Zhongyue reached out and extended an invitation to Su Yuan.

"Let's go. I've already had someone arrange the seating in the VIP section; everything is set."

"Today, you only need to make your appearance on the stage at the very end."

As he spoke, he pointed toward the VIP section.

In the middle of the VIP section, on the left-hand side, there was a red nameplate clearly printed with Su Yuan's name.

The middle seat of the VIP section was naturally for Zhao Zhongyue, and the name on Zhao Zhongyue's right-hand side was Wang Gang.

Clearly, such an arrangement was no different from informing everyone that in Zhao Zhongyue's eyes, Su Yuan's status was second only to himself and Wang Gang.

In reality, after witnessing Su Yuan's Beast Taming Talent and strength over the past two days,

Zhao Zhongyue had long since stopped viewing Su Yuan as a Junior. He and Wang Gang had completely elevated their regard for Su Yuan to a whole new level.

If Wang Gang hadn't been the principal of Su Yuan's school, Zhao Zhongyue would have even wanted to place Su Yuan's seat on his own right-hand side.

"Alright, thank you for the trouble, Mayor Zhao."

Hearing this, Su Yuan nodded to Zhao Zhongyue.

"Patriarch Shi, please come along as well."

Seeing this, Zhao Zhongyue then turned his head and spoke to Shi Changsheng with a faint smile.

To this, Shi Changsheng only nodded mechanically and then followed behind Su Yuan and Zhao Zhongyue toward the VIP Seats.

Following behind the two, a massive wave of shock had already been stirred up in Shi Changsheng's heart.

He simply couldn't figure out why Zhao Zhongyue placed such high importance on Su Yuan.

As for Shi Qianying, she followed beside Shi Changsheng with a heart full of shock, her beautiful eyes blinking incessantly as she stared at Su Yuan's back, wondering about something.

Even after sitting down in her spot in the Contestant Seats behind the VIP section, Shi Qianying had not yet come to her senses, still staring blankly at Su Yuan's back ahead of her.

Not only Shi Qianying and Shi Changsheng, but when the principals of the seven high schools in Tianyang City and the leaders of various Families arrived at the VIP area,

With the exception of Wang Gang, everyone else who saw this scene was filled with shock and boundless confusion.

"Am I seeing this right? How can the person immediately to Mayor Zhao's left be a mere Junior?"

"Holy crap, what the hell is going on?"

"I was wondering why this seat was empty the past two days. It turns out the seat next to Mayor Zhao was actually reserved for a Junior like Su Yuan!"

"Su Yuan is just a Junior, what right does he have to receive such care? He's actually seated further forward than a group of Lord-level Experts!"

"Just what is the identity of this Junior named Su Yuan? Is he worth being treated like this?"

...Until the final battle began, when the people watching from around the plaza looked at the guests in the VIP section, the vast majority looked at Su Yuan beside Zhao Zhongyue with faces full of disbelief, and intense discussions broke out.

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