My God Raising Game

Chapter 23 The Last Supper!

After visiting the Fan Clan Ancestral Hall, Lu Jiuling and Tang Lei checked the time and found it was only 3 PM.

Where else would you like to go?

Although there were still a few small attractions worth visiting, Lu Jiuling had lost interest.

"Only the Fan family mansion is worth seeing, but didn't our homeroom teacher say we shouldn't go yet, but instead take a night tour of the Fan family mansion together tonight?"

Tang Lei looked at the travel guide on his phone: "There's nothing worth looking at anymore. Do you want to go back to the hotel?"

There are many budget hotels and guesthouses in the ancient town. Tang Weimin booked one near the Fan Family Mansion. He had already told the class group that if anyone was tired, they could go to the guesthouse to rest first.

"You can explore this ancient town in a day, why do you have to spend two days and one night?"

Lu Jiuling didn't understand, especially since the homeroom teacher wanted the whole class to go on a night tour of the Fan family mansion. Did this have some special significance?
Generally speaking, class activities should be held during the day; going out at night can easily lead to accidents.

That would be the responsibility of the homeroom teacher.

"You don't have to pay anything, just follow along!"

Tang Lei had been studying hard for three years, getting up early and going to bed late. He was exhausted and finally got to travel and relax, but Tang Weimin was paying for it. He couldn't wait to stay longer.

Even after you've finished visiting the tourist attractions, you can still admire beautiful women in the streets and alleys.

"Go back to the hotel to rest?"

Lu Jiuling made the suggestion.

"All right!"

Tang Lei didn't really want to go back, but since his friend had already asked, he felt awkward about refusing.

The two arrived at the guesthouse called "Hermit Among Flowers" and checked in, only to find that a third of their classmates had already arrived.

"Seriously? Are you trying to wipe us out?"

Tang Lei was going crazy. He went into a guesthouse with six rooms and saw three classmates studying.

"If I had any other way out, I would be a dog if I even glanced at a book!"

Li Dongxuan rolled his eyes.

The other two didn't say a word; they were both engrossed in doing practice problems.

A sense of urgency suddenly surged through Tang Lei's mind. He quickly opened his schoolbag, found his notebook of wrong questions, and began to review.

Lu Jiuling washed his hands, lay down on the bed, and started scrolling through his phone.

He wanted to see if there was any information about superhumans online.

"690, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Lu Jiuling wasn't studying, Li Dongxuan asked him curiously, because this kid was usually one of those who buried himself in his studies.

"nothing!"

Lu Jiuling tried several different search terms, but couldn't find anything, only some urban legends.

"690, something's wrong with you!"

Li Dongxuan felt that Lu Jiuling had changed. The usually quiet Lu Jiuling actually dared to talk back to Zhang Shuai, and she was no longer studying at the most crucial time of her senior year: "Did your billionaire father find you?"

"690, if you ever make it big, don't forget your old classmate!"

Li Dongxuan joked.

"roll!"

Lu Jiuling laughed and scolded. He knew that Li Dongxuan loved to joke, but he didn't know his limits and often angered people.

Haha!

Everyone burst out laughing when they heard this.

For these ordinary students, the only way to change their lives is to get into a good university, or to fantasize that they are the illegitimate child of a wealthy man.

After a few jokes, the guest room fell silent again, with only the sound of pens scratching against exam papers.

It wasn't until 5 o'clock that Xu Shuo spoke in the class group chat.

Squad Leader Xu: @All members, hurry up and come to Zhuangyuanlou for a get-together! Be quick, you must be there before 5 o'clock, don't keep everyone waiting for you!

Jia Mingqiao: Received!

Wang Xingkun: Received!

……

"Isn't the meeting time 5:30?"

Li Dongxuan asked, annoyed, "Why are you going so early?"

Zhuangyuanlou and Huajian Yinshi B&B are on the same street, less than 50 meters apart, and it takes less than five minutes to walk between them.

Despite the complaints, everyone packed their things and headed to Zhuangyuanlou Restaurant.

"Why are you carrying a backpack? Isn't it heavy?"

Li Dongxuan couldn't understand why Lu Jiuling was carrying a schoolbag.

"Just bring your wallet, phone, and other valuables!"

Tang Lei thought this guesthouse should be quite safe. Besides, it was a group of poor students with very little money on them, so thieves wouldn't bother picking the locks and stealing from them.

Lu Jiuling smiled but didn't say anything.

He had the headless Buddha mask and the Buddha intestine sword in his backpack, which he definitely couldn't leave in the guest room. If he lost them, he'd have nowhere to turn for help.

……

The name "Zhuangyuanlou Restaurant" has a very auspicious meaning for Lu Jiuling and other senior high school students who are about to take the college entrance examination.

With 46 students in the class, one private room was definitely not enough, so Tang Weimin booked five tables in the second-floor hall for the banquet.

When Lu Jiuling and his group arrived, some classmates were already eating sunflower seeds.

Tang Weimin also arrived early and was sitting at the dining table playing on his phone.

"The homeroom teacher is dressed so formally!"

Tang Lei muttered something.

Tang Weimin was dressed casually in the morning, but now he's changed into a black suit, and his leather shoes are so shiny that even a fly would slip on them.

"It's just a dinner party, there's no need to make such a big deal out of it, is there?"
Li Dongxuan thought it was just a meal together, but seeing his homeroom teacher dressed formally, he immediately tensed up.

Are they going to hold some kind of rally to give a pep talk?

That would be so awkward.

Tang Weimin saw Lu Jiuling and the others and immediately waved with a smile.

Everyone rushed over.

"How was your fun?"

Tang Weimin adjusted his glasses, looking scholarly: "Are you happy?" "Happy!"

Li Dongxuan didn't actually visit the ancient town; he went straight to the guesthouse to study after getting off the tour bus. However, he couldn't tell Tang Weimin this.

After all, the homeroom teacher covers all the expenses, which costs a lot of money.

Li Dongxuan was very grateful for this gesture.

"Jiuling, where did you go to play?"

The homeroom teacher asked with a smile.

"I visited the City God Temple, the ancestral hall, and the Confucian Temple!"

For some reason, Lu Jiuling felt that there was something strange about the way her homeroom teacher looked at her, it was too doting: "Thank you for spending so much money!"

"Have a couple of fun days, don't feel the pressure of the college entrance exam, having fun is the most important thing!"

On the table in front of Tang Weimin were five stacks of red envelopes. He found the ones with Lu Jiuling and the others' names on the cover and handed them out: "One for each of you. Inside are my hopes and blessings for you, as well as some comments!"

"The comments might be a bit harsh, so don't take them apart now. Wait until the event ends tomorrow, when everyone's gone, and then you can see them for yourself!"

"Alright, go find a seat and wait for the banquet to begin!"

Tang Weimin waved his hand, indicating that Lu Jiuling and the others could leave.

Tang Lei pulled Lu Jiuling along and instinctively chose the table furthest from the homeroom teacher. Then, he carefully pinched the red envelope and felt for the contents inside.

"I wonder what my homeroom teacher's evaluation of me is?"

Tang Lei felt uneasy.

"Did my homeroom teacher care about me a lot before?"

Lu Jiuling only arrived half a month ago, so her memories of the past two years are somewhat hazy.

Given his grades, he is unlikely to receive any preferential treatment.

"Okay?"

Tang Lei thought for a moment: "We are all students who don't like to talk and just focus on studying. We don't need the homeroom teacher to worry about us, so there's no need for the teacher to care about us!"

So that means you don't care?

Lu Jiuling recalled that when the homeroom teacher handed out red envelopes, Tang Lei and the others had theirs found, but his was the only one that the homeroom teacher had simply pulled out from the bottom of the stack on the left.

It's as if it was placed there beforehand.

Ok,
It could also be a coincidence, or I'm just overthinking it!

“You definitely can’t compare to Jiang Shan and Xu Shuo. They’re the top two in the grade, and the homeroom teacher’s bonus depends entirely on them.”

Tang Lei stuffed the red envelope into his pocket, grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds, and started cracking them open.

As the students arrived one after another, Tang Weimin gave each of them a red envelope. He also gave Wang Xingkun, who was at the bottom of the class, a few more words of encouragement.

At 5:20, the whole class arrived, and the homeroom teacher asked the waiter to serve the dishes, and the meal officially began.

"Class teacher, would you like to say a few words?"

Xu Shuo, sitting next to Tang Weimin, was the first to speak: "Everyone, let's give a round of applause!"

clap clap clap!
The applause was very enthusiastic.

From both a moral and logical standpoint, even disregarding the fact that Tang Weimin was the homeroom teacher, one should still politely applaud the fact that he invited them to dinner.

"Flattery!"

Zhang Shuai muttered.

"I've said enough in these three years!"

Tang Weimin's gaze swept over the whole class: "You may think that studying is hard and tiring."

"But once you enter society, you'll find that there are too many bumps and stumbles, and you'll always suffer losses. Studying in school is actually the simplest and fairest thing."

"Do it well, so you won't regret it!"

"Finally, I wish you all the best in getting into your dream universities!"

"cheers!"

Tang Weimin raised his glass.

"Thank you for the kind words, homeroom teacher. Cheers!"

Xu Shuo spoke loudly, and after finishing, he urged Jiang Shan and Xu Shaowei to eat, as if he were the host.

After eating for a few minutes, Xu Shuo started toasting Tang Weimin again, saying a lot of words of gratitude.

"I wish I had Xu Shuo's way of dealing with people; I definitely wouldn't suffer if I entered society!"

Tang Lei was envious and asked him to offer a toast to the homeroom teacher, but he was too embarrassed.

"Xu Shuo has good grades and knows how to get along with people. He'll definitely be the most successful person in our class in the future!"

Ke Xinyi sighed.

"It's just that his character is flawed!"

Ning Qian pouted, her tone carrying a hint of disdain.

"Have you forgotten Marshal Zhang?"

Li Yinuo picked up a slice of smoked meat, dipped it in the sauce, and said, "Xu Shuo still has to work hard on his own, while Zhang Shuai has his father's support, so his starting point is higher than others' finish line!"

The trio chattered amongst themselves, envying Zhang Shuai for being born into such a fortunate family.

Most students are quite guileless; they eat, drink, and chat about games, finishing their meal around 6:30 pm.

"Are you all full?"

Tang Weimin asked with a smile, and seeing everyone nod, he stood up and picked up his briefcase: "Now that we've eaten, let's begin today's group activity: a night tour of the Fan family mansion!"

"Let's go, let's go! Stop dawdling!"

Xu Shuo urged them on, like a lead horse, always seizing every opportunity to manage his classmates and show his presence.

The Fan Family Mansion is not far from the Zhuangyuanlou Restaurant, less than a ten-minute walk away.

The global economy has been in recession for many years, and everyone is having a hard time. This ancient town with a history of thousands of years is no exception, as can be seen from its opening hours.

The Fan Family Mansion doesn't close until 10 p.m., but in reality, there aren't many tourists after 6 p.m.

Tang Weimin had already bought the tickets and was distributing them to everyone at the main entrance.

"Go inside and admire the grandeur of this mansion. It's said that a provincial governor spent a whopping 150 million taels of silver to build it!"

Tang Weimin watched as the students walked into the Fan family mansion one by one, his heart pounding uncontrollably.

My promotion ceremony is finally about to begin!

(End of this chapter)