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Chapter 227 Barumbato Secondary School

Chapter 227

Barumbato Secondary School

Although the new shop is ready, the old shop in the working-class district hasn't been sold and is temporarily sitting there. We'll have to wait until Old Man Chang returns to decide what to do next. [Novel] Currently, Chang Xiaowu is recovering from full-scale surgery, and Xilin will cover for him every two days so Old Man Chang can get some rest.

Pets are strictly prohibited from entering the hospital, but the doctors and nurses seemed to be collectively blind to the gray cat openly chewing on fish cakes and chatting with Chang Xiaowu in the ward.

Every time Xilin visits, she brings the triplets along to see Chang Xiaowu, which helps Chang Xiaowu relax. With a better mindset, Chang Xiaowu recovers much faster.

"Xilin, you did what happened to Xiao Wu, didn't you?" Old Man Chang asked Xilin outside the ward. He had kept it to himself for a long time, but now that Xiao Wu was recovering well, a major worry of many years had finally been relieved, and he wanted to find out the truth about it.

Xilin glanced at the four little ones chatting and laughing in the ward and replied, "No, I only contributed part of the money. As for the rest, I don't have the ability to do that."

Old Man Chang frowned. "That... is that the fat shopkeeper from last time?"

"No, not exactly." Xilin shook his head.

Old Man Chang was truly puzzled. He was just a commoner from the lower class and didn't know any nobles. Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept dragging on Chang Xiaowu's illness, and Chang's eldest and second eldest sons wouldn't have died so young.

"Xilin, just tell me, so this old man will have something to repay you with."

Xilin smiled. "This is really nothing to him. Really, he's not even interested in the million that Fatty gave me."

Upon hearing Xilin mention this, Old Man Chang immediately thought of Peter, who was currently staying in the shop to watch over it, and was so surprised that he stammered, "It's... Peter?"

"Yes, but it's best to keep his affairs a secret. He doesn't want too many people to know."

  

"I understand that much, even though I'm an old man," Old Man Chang remarked. So, someone with such methods must be a nobleman. It's truly unexpected that the young man who went to work in the slums would actually be a nobleman. People are right; the thoughts of nobles cannot be judged by common sense. Otherwise, why would they give up being nobles and go to suffer in that poor, run-down place?

Peter, who stayed in the shop to watch over the store, was completely unaware of Xilin and Old Man Chang's conversation. However, he didn't care if Xilin and the others found out about Chang Xiaowu's affairs. A month was almost up, and it was time for him to leave and find his next target.

Peter yawned. Two service robots would suffice for selling parts; he was just taking a nap and thinking about the rest of the arrangements. Going back was out of the question; he'd never do it again. He'd finally gotten this far, he wanted to experience it all, otherwise, once his father caught him, he'd be hard-pressed to get out again.

He wasn't like that fat guy, Szell Flecka. As the chief designer and senior manager of such a large family business, Flecka would definitely be tied up and brought back if he sneaked out for too long. But Biller himself was empty-handed. Freedom, ah, it's a damn good thing.

Regardless of whether Peter's concept of freedom is correct or not, he is certainly more relaxed than that fat guy Flake now.

After thinking it over and over, Peter couldn't come up with a good place. His two buddies were both busy with their own things. Well, Ulagano sacrificed himself for his brother and didn't escape. As for Yuan Xingming, needless to say, that guy was definitely chasing girls.

When the three of them decided to escape, according to custom, they drew lots to choose who would stay behind. So, Ulagano, that unlucky guy, stayed behind again. Alas, that kid was really unlucky. He didn't manage to escape and was dragged back by his father and thrown into the army for retraining. His father said that he couldn't be lazy and had to have the willpower of wind and snow. Willpower my ass! Even if that guy went through retraining a thousand times, he still couldn't stand or sit properly.

While Peter was lost in thought, Sirin returned with the three little ones.

To make getting around the city easier, Xilin spent 100,000 yuan to buy a flying car. This level of flying car is common in the city; those with slightly better financial means might buy a higher-end model, but in terms of safety, none can compare to Xilin's. After all, Xilin modified his flying car himself, significantly improving its safety. Every time he went to the hospital to visit Chang Xiaowu, Xilin would drive this flying car with the triplets, saving him the trouble of robbing taxis.

"How's Xiao Wu doing?" Peter asked. Judging from Xilin and the others' expressions, Chang Xiao Wu seems to be recovering quite well.

"That's good. The third recovery phase has begun, and you can be discharged in five days once the treatment is finished," Xilin said as he walked in after parking the car.

"Have you already made plans for the future?" Xilin asked, seeing Peter's worried expression.

"Oh, what a worry!" Peter said, chin in hand, looking like a wronged woman.

Xilin pursed his lips, ignoring the oddball's thinking, and went to organize the parts. Although he had taken over Fatty's parts shop, there was still empty space. Two service robots would be enough for selling parts, and Chang Ge A Han would probably be bored anyway, so he cleared out a space to use as a repair shop, where he could occasionally take a couple of repair orders. Of course, the final decision was still up to Old Man Chang; Xilin was just clearing out the space.

"Hey, Xilin, what are you planning to do? Stay here and help them watch the shop?" Peter asked, leaning closer. Although he hadn't known Xilin for long, Peter believed that Xilin wouldn't stay here indefinitely.

Xilin drank a glass of water and said, "I have nowhere to go. I have no place to stay except here. However, once Xiao Wu has recovered and stabilized, I will leave for a while to help them check on Chang Xiao San and Chang Xiao Si."

After we moved here, Old Man Chang contacted Chang Xiaosan and Chang Xiaosi, telling them the new shop address and contact number. The communication signal is much better in the city, and video calls will be much smoother. Chang Xiaosan and Chang Xiaosi had both seen Xilin and Gray Cat, these two special members, in the videos.

Interplanetary communication is too expensive for ordinary people, so to save money, they often make calls every 30 to 50 days. As for those who don't have good relationships with their families, they might not make a call for years. After their living conditions improved, Old Man Chang couldn't wait to make a call every few days. If it weren't for Chang Xiao Wu's situation, Old Man Chang would definitely be sitting by the communicator every day.

But now that the new identity documents have been issued, some information about Chang Xiaosan and Chang Xiaosi also needs to be updated, and the relevant documents need to be sent over. Xilin plans to take them with him at the same time.

"Great!" Peter's eyes lit up. "I'll go out with you and see if there are any good part-time job opportunities! I heard that Xiao San and Xiao Si are at a prestigious school in this star system, what's their name again?"

Xilin: "...It's Valenbato."

So, in this prince's eyes, the so-called top ten intermediate education schools in the 23rd star region of the empire are nothing but a pile of shit?!

Inside that high-rise building in the city center.

Musso rubbed his eyes. "Ekaci, my eyelids keep twitching. Do you think His Highness is up to some terrible idea again?"

Ekater didn't answer, but his expression looked somewhat like he was constipated.

Based on their understanding of His Highness over the years and the appearance of similar signs, it meant that the prince was about to embark on a new experience.

Five days later, Xilin drove his flying car to pick up Chang Xiaowu and Old Man Chang. After treatment, Chang Xiaowu's complexion was no longer as sickly as before. After fully recovering, he could run and jump like a normal child. Sometimes, being naughty is a luxury, at least Chang Xiaowu has never experienced it in his life.

However, Chang Xiaowu doesn't seem to be enthusiastic about strenuous exercise. In the future, his exercise will only be aimed at strengthening his body. He plans to focus his main energy on programming. After being taught by Gray Cat for some time, Chang Xiaowu's understanding of mechanical programming is already more profound than that of some so-called experts.

Previously, he lacked the physical fitness to support his aspirations, but now, with a healthy body and improved family conditions, he is able to solve more and more novel machines in the city.

As planned, Xilin prepared to go out for a trip. Before leaving, Old Man Chang led everyone to make a call to Chang Xiaosan and Chang Xiaosi, who were on another planet. Chang Xiaosan and Chang Xiaosi were very happy that Chang Xiaowu was able to recover.

Old Man Chang gave Xilin 100,000 Lansa coins and asked Xilin to pass them on to Chang Xiaosan and Chang Xiaosi. People say that when you're away from home, you should only report good news and not bad news. Chang Xiaosan and Chang Xiaosi, who were precocious, wouldn't tell their families even if they were wronged. But Old Man Chang felt sad when he saw that the two children had lost even more weight. He was still smiling during the call, but after the call, he burst into tears.

Old Man Chang only has 120,000 yuan left. He also contributed some of it to Xiao Wu's medical expenses, so Xilin didn't have to pay for all of it. Anyway, things have stabilized at the shop now, and the remaining 20,000 yuan is more than enough to support him and the kids' daily lives.

Xilin trusted the shop, after all, it was run by a noble family that had made arrangements, and the planetary government would secretly look after them if anything happened.

Two days had already passed since the thirty days originally agreed upon by Peter, but Peter was still staying here to wait for Xilin to set off together to see schools that were different from those in the capital area. Actually, he was also thinking of finding a leisurely job at a school to reminisce about his youthful days.

No one would doubt Xilin's new identity document. It was handled by a high-ranking nobleman and was absolutely genuine. It couldn't be faked even if someone wanted to. In this way, Xilin would not face any doubts about his identity no matter where he went, which was a good thing.

So, Xilin, along with the gray cat and Belei, left this inconspicuous little planet in the vast star field and headed to a more developed area in the 23rd star field of the Empire, where the Balenbato Intermediate Education School was located.

On the same day that Xilin and Pierre left, the people of Firehawk Fuvig also left the planet, chasing after their prince.

Without private aircraft or starships, Xilin and Biller dutifully bought tickets and traveled by passenger starship. As for Gray Cat, it familiarly found a place to sleep and would come out again when it arrived. It didn't want to be locked up with those low-IQ pets.

Once again aboard a passenger starship, Xilin recalled his encounter with Diaz years ago; things had changed. He wondered how things were on the Covenant's side. After Osculo's death, there would definitely be chaos, but whether that chaos would be large or small was anyone's guess.

Peter seemed quite excited. Although he had experienced many kinds of life, traveling on a passenger starship like this was not a common occurrence for him. How could Muso and Ikech let him travel alone? Xilin could already sense that several people in the cabin were watching them closely, especially Peter. However, the prince seemed to completely ignore those gazes, talking to himself as he flipped through the star map of this star system, learning about the school in Balenbato and looking for an ideal position.

The star system in Lansa is not as vast as a single sector in the Star Alliance, but it has just as many habitable planets. While the Star Alliance is divided into the Upper Three Star Sector, the Free Trade Ten Sector, and the Lagging Thirteen Sector, the Lansa Empire's star systems lack such divisions. Although some star systems are more developed, outside of the capital region and the star systems where the three kings' main powers are located, the development differences between star systems are not significant. Instead, within each star system, the gap between rich and poor is considerable. Xilin had deeply experienced that rigid class system back on that small planet.

The planets surrounding Barumbato are developing much better than Chang Laohan's planet. Their development is comparable to that of some planets in the Free Trade Zone 10 of the Star Alliance.

Barumbato is considered one of the top ten secondary schools in this star system; after all, it's not a higher education institution and cannot reach the scale of one. However, even so, Barumbato accounts for more than one-tenth of the population on that planet.

The fact that a school occupies one-tenth of the planet already confirms its status, and the planet has been named Barumbato.

When Xilin and Peter emerged from the port in Valenbato, the gray cat had been waiting for them for quite some time, perched on a lamppost by the roadside. Peter had witnessed the gray cat's unusual nature many times before; he even had claw marks on his arm from when he had fought with the cat over fish cakes.

"The address of the Barumbato School is easy to find. Although it's a bit far from this central port, there's a direct train route," Biller said happily. He had already researched the transportation options here.

After the two people and the cat ate at a restaurant near the airport, they boarded the direct train to the Barumbato School.

The new goals and plans were underway, which pleased Biller, but Musso and Ikech were furious. Their prince wanted a sinecure here, and his orders to keep a low profile were to follow the rules.

What does it mean to act discreetly? At least as nobles, even if they want to keep a low profile, they don't like to hide when they arrive in a place—except, of course, for Beler. So, Muso and Ikaichi discussed it and decided to use the pretext of selecting potential talents to stay for a while. As for how many potential talents they can select, or whether they can't select any at all, that depends entirely on the strength of the students in Barumbato. If they can satisfy Muso and Ikaichi, congratulations, kid, you've struck it rich; if they're not satisfied, even if the principal of Barumbato and the head of the planetary government come to curry favor, sorry, I'm not happy. You can grovel before me, but I won't accept anyone. How easy is it to enter the Firehawk royal family's sphere of influence?

It has to be said that the Firehawk emblem is absolutely insane. The moment the Firehawk emblem appeared, the government of the planet Valenbato began to stir, and the teachers and students of Valenbato School sensed danger and began to show their best side.

The planet's attention was immediately drawn to Musso and Ikechi, leaving Sirin and Pierre rather unremarkable. In the past, people on the bus would have asked if you were new and what you were doing in Valenbato, but today, everyone was talking about the same thing: Rumors were circulating that members of the Firehawk royal family had arrived, there were rumors… and more rumors… they heard…

Xilin was puzzled. The Firehawks had only just arrived, right? How come everyone was already so excited?

It must be said that Xilin underestimated the allure of "royalty".

Looking at the person next to him, who was sleeping with their eyes closed and drooling, perhaps dreaming of something and chuckling to themselves, Xilin began to understand the feelings of the person following behind this prince.

Xilin had not received formal secondary education, and he had not even completed the higher education he received at Qiyao. So when he saw the scene at the Valenbato School, Xilin was quite curious.

After all, it is secondary education, and the students in the school are all between ten and twenty years old, mostly fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys and girls, who are at a restless age.

Schools have uniforms, unlike higher education institutions where there is more freedom in dress. However, even with uniforms, there are still significant differences between students from poor and wealthy families.

Looking around, some girls wore jeweled hair clips, glittering necklaces, and various patterns on their fingernails. In contrast, other students appeared very plain, without colorful hairbands or jeweled chains. Perhaps they were afraid to look people in the eye because they had been bullied for a long time.

However, some students from disadvantaged families take an unconventional approach, like these few in front of us.

As soon as Sirin and Peter entered the campus of Barumbaatar, they witnessed a "battle between the rich and the poor".

The two groups disliked each other, one favoring individual combat strength and the other favoring the equipment they carried.

A large crowd had gathered around, and some teachers were already used to this kind of situation, even recognizing the students leading the fight by name. The school security guards didn't rush in to stop it immediately, presumably wanting to wait until the fight had subsided before intervening.

Xilin and Peter weren't in a hurry to find Chang Xiaosan and Chang Xiaosi anymore. These two carefree souls found a shady spot, sat down, and watched the game while drinking. You can search for "" on Baidu to find the latest updates of this book! Is Chen Ci Lan Diao's writing good? If you haven't finished reading it, you can add it to your bookshelf for easy reading later. If you have any suggestions, please send a message to the administrator.