32: Chapter 32 The Sinful Two Hundred Thousand

Who gets hacked and then keeps transferring money to themselves? He couldn't shake a sense of foreboding...

Without giving him a chance to think further, his phone rang again.

Jiang Nan furrowed his brows slightly as he looked at the caller ID, "Teacher Wang Xue." That sense of foreboding grew even heavier...

He answered the call, but Teacher Wang Xue didn't speak, and the air fell into a brief silence.

"Teacher Wang Xue, is there something you needed to call me about?" Jiang Nan asked, puzzled.

Teacher Wang Xue remained silent, and only after a long while did she slowly begin to speak: "Jiang Nan, I hope you can remain calm after hearing what I am about to say. You are Teacher's most outstanding student, and no matter what happens, Teacher will help you..."

"Teacher Wang Xue, being so hesitant doesn't sound like you."

"...Jiang Nan, did you offend the principal? The school issued a notice this morning; you have been expelled."

Hearing Teacher Wang Xue's words, Jiang Nan was stunned.

Expelled? He had been expelled from school? How did he not know?

Although he felt puzzled, Jiang Nan didn't think Teacher Wang Xue would joke about such a thing.

He calmed his mind and thought quietly, quickly finding the reason in the unusual behavior of Liu Yexi and Sun Xiaoxiao.

"So that's how it is..."

Jiang Nan murmured softly, suddenly realizing the truth. He chuckled and shook his head; there was no expected anger or pain in his heart, only a calmness that was frightening.

On the other end of the line, having received no response from Jiang Nan, Teacher Wang Xue felt extremely anxious.

"Jiang Nan, it is Teacher's fault for not protecting you well. Teacher will definitely find a way; I..."

Not giving Teacher Wang Xue a chance to finish, Jiang Nan interrupted her.

"Teacher Wang Xue, this matter has nothing to do with you. Thank you for your concern, but my state is actually quite good right now; it's not that unbearable."

"Jiang Nan..."

"Alright, Teacher Wang Xue, don't feel guilty. No matter how bad things are, they have already happened. I will handle this matter myself; thank you for your concern."

Not wanting to let Teacher Wang Xue continue to speak out of guilt, Jiang Nan forcibly hung up the phone.

He walked along the road, gazing into the distance at the forest that emitted a dangerous aura, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

"The blade of power kills without staining itself with blood... It really leaves one speechless."

"A young master from a small-town family can, with just a few words, make a principal with an official position expel a student without any reason."

"Let me sort out my current situation: as the son of a sinner, I cannot participate in the Beast Taming College Entrance Exam, and after being expelled from school, I have also lost the chance to take the Liberal Arts Department entrance exam... To end up like this as a transmigrator is truly pathetic."

Jiang Nan sighed slightly. Just because he had spoken a few words to Liu Yexi, Young Master Lin Tianxin could go to such lengths. The class stratification in this world seemed to be countless times crueler than he had imagined.

That Jiang Nan, who had transmigrated from Blue Star and lived in Jiuzhou Nation for eighteen years, realized for the first time that this was no longer his original world. Jiuzhou Nation and Huaxia were not the same.

Jiuzhou Nation was just a country with a similar name to the Huaxia of his past life; that was all. They had absolutely no similarities.

This was not his second homeland either!

"Ya!"

Little Skeleton, who had been silent, let out an angry, hoarse roar.

Seeing this, Jiang Nan smiled and patted her head, shaking his head: "Xiao Gu, never be swayed by emotions. In the face of adversity, only by maintaining absolute calmness can one find a glimmer of survival."

"The people in power use worldly authority to force me to kneel, but they have forgotten... on a test paper with only A, B, and C options, one can write any character they want!"

"What we need to do now is not to argue about hypocritical fairness and justice; what we need to do is... become stronger!"

"Strong enough to stand on equal footing with those who make the rules, strong enough that no one will ever dare to ignore our power again!"

Jiang Nan's eyes were filled with coldness.

It was true that he was a person with stable emotions, but that did not mean he was submissive or someone to be pushed around!

If it were the Jiang Nan without an awakened system, or perhaps anyone else, they might truly only be able to let out powerless roars of rage when oppressed.

But unfortunately, the reality now is... there are no ifs!

Picking up his phone, Jiang Nan replied to Liu Yexi with the message: "I know, it's fine."

As for Sun Xiaoxiao, he replied with the message: "I have accepted the money; I forgive you."

Although he didn't know why Sun Xiaoxiao's reaction was even stronger than Liu Yexi's, he could tell from those transfer messages filled with intense guilt that Sun Xiaoxiao definitely had an undeniable responsibility in the matter of Jiang Nan offending Young Master Lin Tianxin.

Rather than transferring the money back and letting Sun Xiaoxiao continue to feel guilty, it was better to accept the money and let her feel a bit more at ease.

It was definitely not because Jiang Nan saw those large transfer records totaling two hundred thousand and couldn't bear to transfer them back.

"Let me bear this sin of two hundred thousand alone; I am truly too kind!"

Jiang Nan smiled, and the depression of being expelled from school was swept away.

He calculated that he still needed about eighty thousand evolution points for Little Skeleton's evolution.

The price of one bottle of "shark brand calcium tablets" was five thousand, which could provide five hundred evolution points.

Eighty thousand evolution points required one hundred and sixty bottles of calcium tablets, which converted to eight hundred thousand.

Jiang Nan was still short six hundred thousand, but it didn't necessarily have to be that much. There were still many pharmacies in Yun City, and there were surely many expired calcium tablets that needed to be sold at low prices, though he didn't know the exact quantity.

Thinking of this, Jiang Nan felt the future was full of hope and wore a smile that was uglier than crying: "Xiao Gu, we only need to earn a 'mere six hundred thousand' more to evolve you. Fighting! Fighting! Fighting!"

"Ya! Ya! Ya!"

Little Skeleton was full of fighting spirit. Apparently... she didn't know the value of six hundred thousand and only thought it was a number that her Beast Tamer needed to complete with her.

Crossing the thirty-mile buffer zone outside Yun City, Jiang Nan and Little Skeleton finally reached the edge of the forest.

This forest was known as the Forest of Buried Bones. Jiang Nan had seen the origin of the name in books; it was because of the pioneering battle eighty years ago.

That was humanity's first attempt at building a buffer zone. Countless Beast Tamers and city guards died in the battle. To maintain a sense of awe for this forest, humanity named it the Forest of Buried Bones.

"Forest of Buried Bones... I suppose it can be said that green hills bury loyal bones everywhere."

Jiang Nan's tone was calm. He could understand the iron-willed determination of humanity eighty years ago to pioneer the future, but this determination conflicted sharply with his current situation.

Was the current Yun City... the future that the human pioneers of eighty years ago wanted to create?

Shaking off those wandering thoughts, Jiang Nan turned his gaze toward the perilous Forest of Buried Bones before him, steeling himself with the utmost vigilance.

"Xiao Gu, cheer up, it's time to start working and earning money!"