Chapter 81 - 80: Got Zero on the Test

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Chapter 81: Chapter 80: Got Zero on the Test After the exam ended, Huang Dayong, who was sitting behind him, leaned over and said suspiciously to Lin Tian, "Lin Tian, did you really finish the test, or did you just hand in a blank sheet?" "Damn, Fatty, what kind of eyesight is that? Do I need to hand in a blank sheet? If it weren’t for the fear of crushing your fragile little heart, I would have handed it in earlier" Lin Tian said, displeased. His skills were actually being doubted—what has the world come to? "Ah, Lin Tian the top student, you’re my idol. You excel in both academics and athletics. Please accept my admiration," Fatty Huang grabbed Lin Tian’s arm and yelled exaggeratedly. His arm was nearly as thick as someone else’s thigh, his palm like a giant fan. Lin Tian’s arm muscles were also not too shabby, but in front of these palms, they looked utterly inadequate. His arm, captured by Fatty Huang, felt like it had plunged into fat. Lin Tian quickly shook it off and laughed teasingly, "Fatso, men shouldn’t be touching each other like this; others might think we have something going on! Besides, with your appetite, adopting you would drive me to bankruptcy." "Pfft..." Xiao Manxuan and another school beauty couldn’t help laughing at what he said, causing Fatty Huang to cover his face and return to his seat, embarrassed. "You bad boy, are you the dominant or the submissive one?" Xiao Manxuan asked, holding back her laughter, while Zhang Lingyu was also all smiles. These two girls dared to make fun of him—they needed a lesson. He chuckled and said, "Hehe, I’m the dominant one, and you beautiful ladies are of course the submissives." One dominant with two submissives, a dragon with two phoenixes—it seemed very promising. Lin Tian looked at the school beauties with nefarious interest, particularly focusing on sensitive areas, which made the girls blush and beat a hasty retreat. Just try and resist me! Ding-a-ling-a-ling... Just when Lin Tian was feeling smug, the sound of his phone ringing interrupted him. He took it out and saw that it was a call from Zhou Botong. Holding his phone, he walked outside the classroom to answer. "Botong, what’s up? You’re unemployed, but I’m an outstanding student who needs to attend classes," Lin Tian said jokingly. "Come on, stop pretending to be an outstanding student, who’d believe that? Would an outstanding student buy lingerie for a woman? I’m calling to tell you something important. Haven’t you seen the news? The Xiao Family has gotten into some serious trouble." Zhou Botong’s voice conveyed dissatisfaction, and there indeed seemed to be something important. "What news? I was in an exam all morning, how could I have the time to watch the news?" Lin Tian asked, puzzled. The Xiao Family had gotten into serious trouble, and Zhou Botong had even called him personally to inform him. "I can’t explain everything over the phone. Hang up and check the internet on your phone quickly; it seems like a big deal. Okay, I’m hanging up." Zhou Botong hung up before saying much. What could it be? Lin Tian quickly opened his phone’s browser and accessed a news portal. The headline was: A Certain Female Star Was Caught By Paparazzi, Having a Late-Night Meeting With a Male Star. Damn, that’s not it—still these messy entertainment news. Wait, the Xiao Family is in business, so it should be in the finance section. He scrolled up the webpage to the finance and economics section. Xiao Jewelry Store was exposed for issues in jade raw stone transactions, affecting the stock market this morning, causing Xiao Group’s listed stocks to hit the limit down! Exposed? The Bai Family, definitely the Bai Family scheming behind this! Seeing this news, Lin Tian immediately judged that the Bai Family was behind it, perhaps with some hidden forces stirring up trouble. It was, indeed, as Elder Zhou had said, business competition is complicated and cruel, and the situation was more serious than imagined. He thought about it and returned a call to Zhou Botong. "Brother Lin, how is it? I didn’t lie to you, did I? The Xiao Family is in a tough spot this time. Under these circumstances, the shareholders will ask for a general meeting, and right now, Xiao Manxue and her mother are probably facing the shareholders’ questions." "A shareholders’ meeting? Doesn’t the Xiao Family own all the shares? Why are there other shareholders?" Lin Tian had thought that it was only the Xiao Family. "How could that be? Mrs. Xiao and Xiao Manxue together hold eighty-five percent of the shares; there are other shareholders too." "Oh, I see. I mainly called to ask how much initial funding is needed to open a high-end jewelry store?" Lin Tian asked the question he had been thinking about earlier. He knew that the jewelry market would become increasingly popular, and the jadeite he had won from gambling might be used in this business. "Brother Lin, you want to open a jewelry store? That’s not an easy task. The amount of start-up capital needed depends on what type of store you want to open—whether it’s a standalone shop or one in a shopping center. It’s hard to say. Actually, the real challenge isn’t the funding, but maintaining a consistent supply of high-end jadeite is very difficult." "Oh, indeed..." However, what Zhou Botong didn’t know was that he had X-ray vision, so the supply was not a problem. Lin Tian then asked many other questions about starting a business and hung up only after he felt informed. When midday classes ended, it dawned on Lin Tian that the car had been brought by Miss in the morning and that he would have to wait for her to pick him up to return home. Lin Tian waited with Xiao Manxuan and Zhang Lingyu at the school gate, and soon, a car from the Xiao Family arrived, surprisingly driven by her chauffeur rather than Miss herself. "Uncle Yu, why didn’t my sister come? Is she busy with something?" asked Xiao Manxuan as the three of them got into the car. "Miss just instructed me to come to pick you up; she didn’t mention any problems," replied Uncle Yu respectfully. The little girl didn’t know that her older sister was frantically busy with the company’s issues, probably still at the office by now. Since Miss didn’t tell her, Lin Tian didn’t want to worry her unnecessarily; knowing wouldn’t help her anyway, just adding to her worries. It wasn’t until the afternoon when she went to class that Xiao Manxuan learned that the Xiao Family had already been in the news. Most girls mostly follow entertainment news and hardly glance at dry financial information. This afternoon, Lin Tian drove, as the bulletproof car was specifically intended for Xiao Manxuan’s use. But just after they had started a lesson, the class teacher Fang Ming surprisingly summoned Lin Tian to the office. Being called to the office by the class teacher at school was never a good sign. Indeed, when Lin Tian arrived at the office, not only was teacher Fang Ming there, but the annoying Wu Li was also present. Seeing Lin Tian walk in, Wu Li’s face broke into a smile, the smile of a victor. Could it be that this "returnee" had caused more trouble for him? Seeing his smile, Lin Tian subconsciously thought. "Lin Tian, come here and explain this—what is going on?" Fang Ming frowned, looking at Lin Tian as he walked in, seemingly worried yet somewhat irritated. The reason for her complex emotions became clear once Lin Tian took the test paper that Fang Ming handed to him. It was the English mock exam paper from the morning, but in the score column, there was a big, fat zero. 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Chapter 81 - 80: Got Zero on the Test

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