Chen Ling squinted her eyes, walking around Shen Ci a few times, and nodded repeatedly, "Truly a gem, no wonder my brother can’t stop thinking about you."
Seeing the shock in Shen Ci’s eyes, she laughed and said, "You thought I was the one who had taken a fancy to you, right? Haha, not at all, it’s my brother who’s smitten with you. Remember to behave when the time comes. If you’re good, not only will you be able to seek revenge on Shen Wenhao, but even the heavens will be in reach."
After Chen Ling finished speaking, she ordered her subordinates, "Take him to the warehouse first, we’ll leave after half an hour. I want to give Shen Wenhao the impression that I’m anxious for his beautiful younger brother, so he won’t suspect my brother."
Once Shen Ci was inside the warehouse, he saw it was dark, damp, and reeked of mold. His eyes flickered, "This place stinks, can I wait in the car instead?"
Chen Ling also thought the warehouse smelled bad and nodded, "Let’s all wait in the car."
As Shen Ci passed by his "pen", he pretended to stumble and grasped the "pen" in his hand.
He was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt today, which made it easy to conceal a pen.
Chen Ling had two subordinates with her, and they had only brought one Audi A6.
The group stayed in the car for a while until Chen Ling, bothered by the stench coming from her subordinates, kicked them out of the car.
After a while, she felt the car was too hot, the air conditioning only blew hot air, and she couldn’t stand it being chubby, so she left the car to cool off under a tree not far away.
The tree was at the factory gate, with vehicles passing by outside. It wasn’t suitable to take Shen Ci, whose hands were tied, over there, so she left him in the car and locked the doors.
Shen Ci curved his lips into a sly smile and squinted his eyes as he opened his "Combat Pen", first slicing through the ropes on his hands. Then, as a large truck passed by the abandoned factory blaring its horn loudly, he smashed the window with forceful blows.
Whenever a truck honked its horn, Chen Ling and her subordinates would cover their ears, and this time was no exception; otherwise, they would definitely have heard the sound of Shen Ci breaking the glass with the Combat Pen.
Shen Ci was lucky; another large truck came by soon after, giving him enough time to swiftly smooth out the broken glass.
He jumped out of the car with ease and wriggled through a gap in the broken wall to escape from the factory.
Looking around, he found that if he took a shortcut, he could reach Hai City First High School in just five minutes, and he sighed in relief.
Good, there was still time.
What pleased him even more was that after walking only two minutes and crossing a wide street, he saw Long Yue driving his own jeep. He quickly stopped him and asked for a ride to the examination center to save energy.
Long Yue was unaware of Shen Ci’s participation in the college entrance exam this year and asked in confusion, "What are you doing there?"
"I’m there to discuss business, I keep missing the man, and I just heard his kid is taking the college entrance exam there this year. I’m going now to try my luck. Uhm, I’ll tell you the details tomorrow afternoon. Get me there now before he leaves and I miss him."
Long Yue believed him and sped to the school gate.
There were only five minutes left before the exam, and it was the peak time for students to enter. Long Yue parked the car and wanted to follow Shen Ci inside but soon lost sight of him.
The day before yesterday, Shen Ci and Meng Chuyue had visited the school to find their examination rooms; they were not in the same room, but close by—one was Room 5, and the other Room 8.
Meng Chuyue was in Room 5 and had to pass by to get to Room 8. Far off, Shen Ci saw her standing calmly by the flowerbed at the entrance, not queuing up to enter the room.
Meng Chuyue, who had been eagerly awaiting Shen Ci, naturally spotted him right away.
Seeing some dirty marks on his white long-sleeved shirt, she felt a pang of distress: He must have been troubled by the Shen Family again recently. Why did he have to encounter so many disasters?