Chapter 106
Chapter 106: Hearing “Husband” Made Their Study Plan Drove Them Crazy
Chong Ming answered with a faint smile: “Living at a height other people cannot reach and making them regret it day and night is a very good idea. I believe you can do it. Keep going.”
Jiang Tea Tea smiled and changed the subject: “If you only tell me to keep going, that is just fake support. Why not give me some real benefit and delete half of my study plan sheet?”
[To raise her babies with a single mouthful of dragon blood, she had worked herself like a dog. She had really lost big this time.]
Chong Ming refused without mercy: “No.”
Jiang Tea Tea snorted proudly and coldly: “If you are not going to show any real action, what kind of ‘keep going’ are you giving me?”
She had not been affected at all by her birth parents or siblings.
She did not overthink, did not tear herself apart. She was still herself.
That was very good.
Chong Ming raised an eyebrow: “Then how about I add more to your study plan sheet and plan some extra things? Would that kind of real action satisfy you?”
“Not needed. Goodbye.”
Jiang Tea Tea dropped the cold words and walked off without looking back.
Chong Ming watched her walk down from the ship.
The ship pulled up its ladder, rose into the sky, circled three times over the Royal Imperial Academies, then went invisible and disappeared into the horizon.
Secretary Wen followed at Chong Ming’s side and reported: “Commander in Chief, Atuya, the High General of the Insectoid Race, has again requested to meet you.”
Chong Ming replied as he walked: “Tell her we will meet in five days. If the terms she offers cannot satisfy me, I will send her away and let Aceras, His Highness, continue to stay as a guest in my Zhenlin Empire.”
Secretary Wen answered: “Yes, Commander in Chief.”
Chong Ming added: “Move three of the six satellites that are aimed at the Crown Prince so they aim at Jiang Tea Tea. Tell the observation and protection staff that Jiang Tea Tea will have the same level of security monitoring system as the Crown Prince.”
“Yes, Commander in Chief. About those three satellites aimed at Jiang Tea Tea, and the surveillance system on her every move, do we need to notify her personally?” Secretary Wen asked.
Chong Ming answered: “Notify her, but tell her two hours later.”
Secretary Wen: “Yes, Commander in Chief.”
Chong Ming returned to the ship’s command room, picked up the bucket full of mud sitting on the command table, then turned and walked back to the hatch. The ship was hovering above the building of the Imperial Military Headquarters.
Jiang Tea Tea, Sui Xuan Chu, Cheng Lin Yue, and the other eight were welcomed by loud applause from all the teachers and students of the Royal Imperial Academies.
The eight of them had taken first through eighth place in the individual rankings of the Supremacy Tournament among the thirty Military Academies, and their squad had also taken first place. Their scores were in a different league from everyone else, letting the Royal Imperial Academies stand out among the other Military Academies.
Headmaster Wu walked with the wind. In front of the other headmasters, he could finally hold his head high and straighten his back.
To encourage and reward the eight of them, Headmaster Wu not only praised them in front of all the teachers and students, but also awarded them star credits.
Jiang Tea Tea received two hundred thousand star credits as a personal reward. The other seven each received one hundred thousand star credits. They all appeared on the academy bulletin board as Outstanding Students.
To celebrate the Royal Imperial Academies taking First Place among the thirty Military Academies, the school specially gave everyone a day off. Classes would officially start tomorrow.
The students cheered. The huge Grand Parade Ground boiled with voices and joy. Some students even changed into their beast form and lifted their heads to howl at the sky.
“Congratulations, schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea.”
Headmaster Wu, along with the other school leaders, came to congratulate and praise Jiang Tea Tea.
“You are very outstanding, and the squad you led is also very outstanding.”
Jiang Tea Tea responded coolly: “I was not the one leading the squad. Our squad captain is Sui Xuan Chu, and the vice captain is Cheng Xiao Ting.”
Headmaster Wu froze for a moment: “Oh, oh, oh, you are all very outstanding students. I hope that in the future, you will keep working hard, strive upward, and create more glory for yourselves, for your families, and for the academy.”
Jiang Tea Tea nodded: “We will. If there is nothing else, we will go back to rest first. Thank you for the bonus.”
Headmaster Wu quickly reminded them: “Before you go back to the dorm to rest, go eat first. Do not go hungry.”
Jiang Tea Tea agreed, then shouted to Sui Xuan Chu, Cheng Xiao Ting, and the others. The eight of them left together.
The vice headmaster watched them leave and asked Headmaster Wu: “Headmaster, schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea has a variant plant-type ability, supernatural abilities, and spiritual power. Her current teacher cannot teach her anymore. Do you have any plans?”
Headmaster Wu had long received the various orders Commander in Chief Chong Ming had sent him: “Plans? Have we not already arranged plans for the eight of them?”
The vice headmaster adjusted his tone: “Headmaster, I mean, schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea is the only one in all Interstellar Space with variant plant-type ability, supernatural abilities, and spiritual power. Should we set up a healing and spiritual-smoothing department centered on her?”
“That way, not only can we benefit the teachers and students of our own school and of other academies, we can also benefit high-status, high-level supernatural ability users in society.”
Headmaster Wu’s face sank: “Old Dou, when we held a meeting for all teachers of special-grade and above and all leaders a few days ago, you were not there. I will not blame you for that.
“But I sent you the meeting notes. You still need to read them and think about them, and then consider carefully whether you really want to set up a healing and spiritual-smoothing department centered on schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea.”
The vice headmaster had been busy with matters related to all the students returning to school and had not had time to attend the meeting or read the content from a few days ago.
Now that Headmaster Wu reminded him, he felt that something was off, that he had said the wrong thing and touched some taboo.
The vice headmaster quickly answered: “All right, I will go read it later.”
Headmaster Wu and the other school leaders then left.
All seventy thousand plus students on the huge Grand Parade Ground already knew that Jiang Tea Tea had awakened three Level S variant plant-type supernatural abilities and spiritual power, and that she had received certification from the Imperial Authorities.
As she walked with the other seven, everyone else made way for them, smiling brightly and greeting her with energy: “Junior schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea, congratulations on taking first place in the personal rankings of the Supremacy Tournament among thirty Military Academies, first place as a squad, and for awakening mutated plant-type supernatural abilities.”
“Junior schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea, when you have time later, let us spar on the training ground. I heard your variant plant-type supernatural abilities and spiritual power can control plants as weapons and even bring dead wood back to life. We have never seen that and want to see it.”
“Yes, yes, junior schoolmate, you are the only pure human in our country and all Interstellar Space with three Level S variant plant-type supernatural abilities and spiritual power. We have never seen that. When you have time, please show us.”
“Junior schoolmate, if you do not have spending money, when you open a healing class to smooth spiritual power, you must remember to tell me. But do not charge too much. I can afford a few thousand or ten thousand star credits at a time. If it is more than that, I cannot afford it.”
“Cannot afford it? What are you saying, move aside. Schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea, your mutated three Level S plant-type supernatural abilities and spiritual power have been recognized by the Imperial Authorities and Commander in Chief Chong Ming. I also recognize you. Since there are no classes today and you have time, give me a healing session right now. As for the price, you can name any amount.”
At first, Jiang Tea Tea had been smiling at the people who spoke and greeted her. After all, none of them meant any harm.
But the person at the back was full of malice, just like that little brat Bai Mu Yuan, the little white dragon who had remotely commanded the Imperial Academies.
Jiang Tea Tea stopped walking and looked at the person who spoke.
Cheng Xiao Ting, Sui Xuan Chu, and the others also stopped.
The beastman who had spoken showed what he thought was a charming smile as he looked back at Jiang Tea Tea.
Huang Da Zhuang stepped forward like a know-it-all and said to Jiang Tea Tea: “Sister Tea, third-year Command Faculty, Lang Yueye, Wolf Tribe male, three Level S wind element power supernatural abilities. He seems to be top student Cheng Xiao Ting’s distant older male cousin.”
Jiang Tea Tea turned her eyes toward Cheng Xiao Ting when she heard that: “He is your older male cousin?”
Cheng Xiao Ting spat: “Peh. What older male cousin? The Great Wolf Race is so big. I do not claim this shameless, self-important poser as a cousin.”
Lang Yueye ignored Cheng Xiao Ting and said to Jiang Tea Tea: “Schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea, you are very outstanding, and the squad you led is also very outstanding. But some of the wolves in your squad have bad wolf character. Next time you should pay attention.”
Jiang Tea Tea said: “One billion.”
Lang Yueye did not hear clearly: “What?”
Jiang Tea Tea answered: “You just said that when I have time I should smooth and heal your spiritual sea and that I can set any price. I said, one billion star credits.”
Sui Xuan Chu, Cheng Xiao Ting, Huang Da Zhuang, and the others all knew the joke about the one billion. After Sister Tea repeated “one billion,” they exchanged looks, each one struggling not to laugh out loud.
Just like Bai Mu Yuan, when Lang Yueye heard “one billion star credits,” he instantly lost his temper and shouted: “One billion? You really dare to ask that much? Why don’t you just…”
“I am robbing you.” Jiang Tea Tea cut him off and took over his words, raising her voice: “I am robbing you. If you are willing to let me rob you, I will calm your raging supernatural abilities, smooth your spiritual sea, and raise your three Level S supernatural abilities to four Level S.
“If you are not willing to let me rob you, yet you talk with that lofty, malicious tone and act like a big shot while telling me to name a price, then I will take your words as so much fart.”
Cheng Xiao Ting tilted his head and said to Jiang Tea Tea: “Sister Tea, just treat him as fart. His monthly living expenses and pocket money are not even as much as mine.”
Jiang Tea Tea could not help laughing at him: “He is not even as rich as you. Cheng Xiao Ting, you are rich, yet you will not let me name my own price. You just want to freeload and have me smooth your spiritual sea for free. You really go too far.”
After three months together, they had built up mutual understanding. Of course Cheng Xiao Ting knew she was saying that on purpose to provoke Lang Yueye. He replied: “I want to freeload. I have no shame. At least I have self-awareness, unlike some wolves who cannot pull even a few coins from their pockets yet think everyone else is stupid just because they have three Level S wind element power supernatural abilities.”
Lang Yueye’s face flushed red with anger: “You… you all…”
Jiang Tea Tea rolled her eyes at him and raised her voice: “All you schoolmates and senior male schoolmates and senior schoolmates, I know that every one of you wants to raise your supernatural ability level, and I know that every one of you suffers from the agitation of your supernatural abilities and wants me to charge as little as possible to smooth them for you.
“I also want to charge less, or even smooth your powers for free. But I have only awakened my supernatural abilities for less than four months. I am not yet skilled at controlling them.
“Earlier, on Commander in Chief Chong Ming’s ship, I spent a lot of supernatural ability and spiritual power to smooth the supernatural abilities of his personal guard troops. Right now, I do not have any spiritual power left over to smooth yours.
“Please let me rest and study more. When I am rested and have learned more, I will post the exact fees and smoothing process on the academy forum. Thank you, schoolmates.”
When everyone heard she was not being arrogant but was instead unfamiliar with her own supernatural abilities and had already taken on a huge workload smoothing the personal guards of the Commander in Chief, they all started talking at once to comfort her and scold Lang Yueye.
“It is all right, it is all right. Our spiritual power levels are low, and the agitation is not that serious. We are not in a rush. You have a good rest and study well.”
“Lang Yueye, rein in that self-important temper of yours. It is fine if you show off in your own class, but stop coming out here to embarrass yourself.”
“Exactly, exactly. Lang Yueye, with only a few thousand star credits of pocket money each month, stop saying things like ‘just name a price’ with that tacky overbearing-CEO tone.”
“Right, right, are you acting in a drama or something? Real life does not have that many spectators. Stop thinking you are that important.”
“Junior schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea, hurry back and rest. We will wait for you.”
Jiang Tea Tea smiled at them again and then walked on.
Cheng Lin Yue, Sui Xuan Chu, and the others quickly followed.
Everyone envied them. Who would have thought that a pure human waste with no supernatural abilities at all would suddenly awaken powers, and such rare mutated ones at that?
In the past they had ignored her, or even looked down on her. Now she was someone they could not reach even if they tried to cling to her.
What “thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river”? That was wrong, that was all wrong. Now it was “in the blink of an eye east of the river, in the blink of an eye west of the river.”
Headmaster Wu and the others also heard Jiang Tea Tea’s words. Once again they thought of the documents sent to them by the Commander in Chief, and how he did not just value Jiang Tea Tea, but also attached importance to everyone in her squad.
Because they belonged to different departments, the eight of them lived in different dorm buildings. As they were about to split up and go their separate ways, Cheng Lin Yue, Cheng Xiao Ting, Orange Sparrow, Huang Da Zhuang, and the others each received a message.
They opened the message, thought their eyes were playing tricks on them, and screamed like exploding firecrackers.
Jiang Tea Tea and Sui Xuan Chu were startled by their shrieks: “What are you doing? What are you doing, are you crazy?”
Cheng Lin Yue, Huang Da Zhuang, and the other six spoke in unison: “We received a study plan sheet issued by the academy for all students.”
Jiang Tea Tea and Sui Xuan Chu exchanged a look, then put on an act and opened their own light-brain wrist terminals. They pulled up their own study plan sheet and projected it out: “You mean this?”
Cheng Lin Yue, Huang Da Zhuang, and the other six nodded hard: “Yes, yes, this exact study sheet. It is exactly the same as the one we got, not a single difference.”
“My goodness, this study plan on the sheet does not treat us like people at all. It treats us like the Insectoid Race.”
“In the past I studied three to five hours a day. Now even if I study twelve hours a day, I still cannot finish. Is this something a human can do?”
The corner of Jiang Tea Tea’s mouth twitched. That old mud eel Chong Ming really did love the house and its crow. First he had used her as the example and made her a study plan sheet.
She had been unhappy and dragged Sui Xuan Chu down with her, so the old mud eel pulled him in too. In order not to make her and Sui Xuan Chu special and attract attention, he dragged the other six in their squad along as well.
[Fine, fine, that old mud eel really lives up to his name. He thinks so far ahead, he is so thorough, he is so thoughtful that this demon really ought to thank him for finding a few fellow bitter melons to suffer with her.]
“No.” Cheng Xiao Ting sensed something wrong. He stared at the image Jiang Tea Tea and Sui Xuan Chu had projected: “The time when you two received this sheet is not the same as when we got ours.
“The communication number that sent your sheet is also not the academy’s number. Talk. What did you two do behind our backs?”
Jiang Tea Tea shut off her own projection. Before she could let Sui Xuan Chu speak, he rushed to speak first: “Why are you asking me? Ask your Sister Tea. I was dragged into this by her too, okay?”
Cheng Xiao Ting, Huang Da Zhuang, and the other six swung their eyes toward Jiang Tea Tea. Each of their eyes was as big as a lantern.
Jiang Tea Tea cleared her throat and met their gaze: “Do not look at me like that. This study plan sheet was personally made by your heartthrob idol, the idol you all shout about wanting to marry, your husband, Commander in Chief Chong Ming.”
Cheng Xiao Ting, Huang Da Zhuang, Cheng Lin Yue, and the other six screamed like marmots: “What, this is a study plan personally made by my heartthrob idol, my idol? No way. I do not believe it.”
“Ah, this is the study plan my husband made for me. Beast god above, even if he wants me to study twelve hours a day, I am willing. Even if he wants me to study twenty-four hours without sleep, I am willing to show my husband how hard I work!”