Chapter 112: Chapter 72 (part 2)

When he arrived at the manor, the teenagers were boarding the ship, trailed by the new children who had arrived in recent years.

Tang Ke braced himself and made his way over, trying to keep a low profile so as to not attract any attention, but the person before him in line greeted him first.

"Xiao Ke, good morning."

"You're here, Tang Ke; I hear you're S+ now, congratulations!"

"Xiao Ke, congrats!"

Everyone was warm and enthusiastic about him all of a sudden. Tang Ke was at a loss.

At that moment, Han Jin walked over, and Tang Ke stiffened. According to Han Jin's pissant nature, he would most certainly latch onto how Tang Ke had broken through during the day and make fun of him with it. But Han Jin only looked at him before turning away, leaving Tang Ke dazed.

On the boat, Han Yanyan was already sitting there. When she saw him, she patted the seat beside her, "Xiao Ke, over here."

Tang Ke hesitated and glanced instinctively at Han Jin, only to find Han Jin still looking in a different direction. Everyone else looked like this was only natural.

It seemed that it was only natural for him to sit beside Han Yanyan.

Among the teenagers on this ship, the next strongest after Han Yanyan was S-class Han Jingshan. And now it had become S+ Tang Ke. Although his spirit was still a little thin due to having just broken through, he would grow explosively over time thanks to being S+, and it wouldn't take him long to surpass Han Jingshan.

Sitting next to Han Yanyan, Tang Ke felt like everything that was happening wasn't real. He hadn't tasted such treatment in years.

Absent-mindedly, he thought of last night, when Xin Ya had told him repeatedly that he was now strong. So this... was how the strong were treated?

He turned his head without thinking to see Han Yanyan propping up her head and looking at him, smiling. Yesterday's embarrassment instantly flooded into his mind, and Tang Ke's face began to burn.

Han Yanyan hadn't meant anything by it. In reality, Tang Ke was a very old man, and in this world he was a teenager who has just entered adolescence. No matter which form, she wasn't interested in him. Yesterday she had stimulated him only to force him to mature early and push the progress of this mission along.

"Starting today, you're no longer assigned to the intermediate pavilion. You'll train with me and Jingshan," she told him quite casually, "The custom-made Falcon model 2302 mecha I ordered for you is already on the way. It should be delivered to school this afternoon."

Tang Ke was so stunned he couldn't speak.

"Don't be so surprised. All the children of our house who rise above A-class are treated like this," Han Yanyan said.

But he wasn't a Han. Tang Ke shut his mouth, and after a moment promised, "From now on... I'll definitely work hard!"

When a family supported a talented child from a civilian family, it was customary for that child to serve the family in return when they grew up. Han Yanyan nodded and said, "Work hard. The better you are, the better your salary will be."

He knew that. It was just that he used to think that the word "salary" only meant money. As it turned out, it also included the attitudes of others, and most especially... Han Yanyan's attitude toward him.

Finally, just like Han Jingshan and the others, he could be valued by her, enjoying the treatment that even her own brother did not receive.

During the journey, he found it difficult to calm down.

An hour later, spaceship landed at the school and the teenagers disembarked.

Han Yanyan did not move. Tang Ke, who had undone his seatbelt and prepared to rise, followed her in not moving as well. When everyone else had left the ship, he looked at Han Yanyan.

She closed the screen of her smartwatch, unfastened her seat belt and got up. Tang Ke followed.

"Xiao Ke," Han Yanyan suddenly called.

Tang Ke lifted his head.

He was four years younger than Han Yanyan and had not yet hit his growth spurt. Han Yanyan was tall, and he was much shorter than her. Looking at the two of them gave one the feeling of an older sister and her young brother.

"I'm seventeen years old," she said to him as she walked, "My father has already begun looking for someone for me to marry."

"At the very least, the candidate must be A+. The higher the better, of course. But the higher their class, the harder they are to find."

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"Pan Chenghao, Xu Luo, Zhao Song, and the illegitimate child that House Gao brought back this year are all candidates my father is considering."

"We're all still young, so I expect him to continue observing for a few years. I will likely be married before the age of 25 and give birth to an heir before I'm 30."

From the moment Han Yanyan had said "looking for someone for me to marry", Tang Ke's heart had skipped a beat. The more he listened, the more shaken he felt. While he had been engrossed in studying and training, had Han Yanyan already been considering what she would do with her life in the next ten or twenty years?

But... he halted in his tracks. Plucking up his courage, he asked, "Sister Yanyan, why did you tell me this?"

Han Yanyan also stopped, turned around and sized him up assessingly. Tang Ke was so nervous it felt like his heart would stop.

"Because I'm not satisfied with any of these candidates," Han Yanyan said, "and I have plenty of time. So... even though you're younger than I am, it's not like I can't wait for you."

"Tang Ke," she asked, "Have you ever thought of marrying into the Han family as my husband?"

Hit by a sudden wave of happiness, Tang Ke felt dizzy.

"Can-- can I?" he asked, stuttering.

"Not right now, of course," Han Yanyan smiled. "I'm not a pedo."

Tang Ke blushed once again.

Han Yanyan became serious once more. "This isn't my decision to make. The Gao family's illegitimate child is an S+ just like you. But his brother, like me, is an SS, so everyone believes that he won't be able to compete against his brother. His father hopes to avoid fratricide by extending an olive branch to mine and sending him to our home. Is it clear to you what you should do?"

"It is!" Tang Ke answered loudly, his eyes shining. Just like the first time around, when Han Yanyan had first seen him.

Go on then, the pie has been painted in the sky for you. If you'd like to sink your teeth into it, work hard, young man!

Han Yanyan watched his excited back as he ran off, impatient to begin training. She exhaled and kneaded her temples.

Just as she stepped forward, the smartwatch at her wrist vibrated. There was a phone call coming in. Han Yanyan picked up.

Her figure suddenly stilled.

After a while, she asked, "Does my father know?"

"The master is already there."

"I see." Han Yanyan hung up. When she looked back up, Tang Ke's figure was already far away.

The progress bar had risen swifter than she had expected. That jubilant teenager still immersed in meaningless joy was about to usher in great anguish.

Han Yanyan didn't stop him. It was her personal spy who had tipped her off just now. Her father was already there, but he hadn't sent a message, so it was best for her to wait calmly.

She couldn't help but look up. The little moon they were on revolved around the planet. It hung over her head, so huge and clear that even the mountains and rivers could be seen.

On that planet, a piece of data had disappeared.

Just a piece of data.

 

Han Jùn stood there looking at Xinya.

Her porcelain visage was pale and blue, her lips colorless, her body cold. Her eyes were closed, never again to reopen.

With the engagement ring an accountant had prepared on her slender finger, she had died.

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