Chapter 11: I was late after all

  After leaving Jin Bi Huan, Song Jian ran a short distance before hailing a taxi and heading home.

  The first time he killed someone, Song Jian's heart was still racing.

  "Calm down, I need to calm down," Song Jian sat in the taxi, opened the window, and the summer night wind blew in his face, gradually calming him down.

  "It seems that things are more complicated than I thought, the death of my parents was not just a simple car accident. Ah, although I am not your biological son, I still can't bear to see others bully our Song family!" Song Jian shook his head, he knew that there would definitely be even greater danger ahead.

  "No matter what, I need to focus on cultivating my skills first and at least have the power to protect myself." Song Jian placed his elbow on the edge of the car window, with his right hand supporting his chin, thinking about his next plan. "What's needed now is to keep a low profile, slowly build up my strength, otherwise if I attract the enemy's attention, it won't be good. Also, I need to start preparing for alchemy, with those elixirs, my power can make rapid progress. However, the restrictions on refining elixirs are too many, sigh, looks like everything still needs to be planned carefully."

  Soon, Song Jian returned home.

  The lights in the living room on the first floor were still on.

  Song Jian changed into slippers and walked towards the living room, where he saw Xia Lin sitting alone on the sofa, laughing loudly at the TV. At this time, Xia Lin had already taken a bath and was only wearing a light blue short nightgown, her two slender and white legs were bent and curled up on the sofa, extremely enticing.

  Song Jian quickly shifted his gaze away, now living in his fiancée's house, he couldn't possibly have any thoughts about his little sister-in-law, that would be too embarrassing.

  "'How come you're still not asleep?' Song Jian casually asked, took a sip of water and naturally walked into the bathroom, without glancing at Xia Lin's legs from head to toe."

  "Hmm, I've finished watching this last episode," Xialing replied, her eyes darting sideways at Song Jian.

  When Song Jian entered the bathroom and closed the door, Xia Lin pouted and muttered: "Fortunately, he's still honest and didn't take a peek. But, is it really that unattractive for a lady to wear pajamas? Hmph!"

  Xia Lin picked up the remote control, clicked it off and went upstairs to sleep with a thud. After testing Song Jian, this little girl finally felt at ease.

  Song Jian took a bath and returned to his room, then rested.

  For the next ten days, Song Jian spent his time driving to pick up Xu Si and Xia Lin every day, and practicing Wuji Qigong at home to strengthen his body. In his free time, he would go online to browse information. Although he had inherited the memories of the original owner of the body, many of them were vague, so Song Jian had to review the relevant information again. More importantly, Song Jian needed to supplement his knowledge of modern medicine.

  Xu Si's company has recently put all its energy into a research project, so there are no external negotiations or anything like that, and Song Jian, the driver, is also happy to have an easy time.

  After practicing Wuji Qigong for almost a month, Song Jian clearly felt that his complexion had improved a lot, his muscles had become more robust, and his physical strength had gradually surpassed that of an average adult male.

  Before you know it, it's already mid-October. The weather in Suzhou is no longer sweltering and it's a great time to go out and have some fun.

  On Monday morning, after breakfast, Song Jian drove Xu Si and Xia Lin to work and school as usual.

  Sitting in the passenger seat, Xu Si let out a sigh and said, "Alas, it seems we've ultimately failed."

  Song Jian drove steadily and said, "Be open-minded, failure and success are both normal."

  Xu Si shook his head and said, "This is my first time managing a project on my own, I didn't expect to lose so much the first time."

  Xia Lin in the back row pouted and said, "Sister Si, what's the hurry? Just wait until later and find a brother-in-law with great management skills. We're finance and trade majors, there are many handsome guys, hehe, sister, do you want me to introduce one to you?"

  "Go ahead and play." Xǔ Sī said with a bad tone, she subconsciously glanced at Sòng Jiàn, seeing that his expression didn't change much, she finally felt relieved in her heart.

  This month, Xu Si's thoughts have changed a lot. Previously, she disagreed with marrying Song Jiancheng and was unwilling to make their engagement public, simply because Song Jiancheng was an addict. However, now that Song Jiancheng has successfully quit his addiction, although he still looks like a loafer who doesn't care about anything, the traditional-minded Xu Si no longer rejects him much.

  Perhaps this is what they call fate.

  Since Song Jian doesn't have any major flaws, it's no big deal marrying him anyway.

  Xu Si always comforted himself like this.

  "Ah, that annoying calculus homework is finally done." Xia Lin slammed the book in her hand.

  Song Jian glanced at Xia Lin through the rearview mirror and smiled: "You're really having a tough time as a student, doing homework even in the car."

  "You don't know our advanced math teacher, that old man is too terrifying. Last time he directly used a stick to hit one of my classmates' head and made a big bump. What's even more hateful is that later the school leaders knew about this incident and personally went to the classroom to apologize, saying that nowadays students have no quality. Oh my god, I really don't know what kind of background that old man has." Xia Lin said with hatred.

  Xu Si has arrived at the place. She said, "No matter what your background is, you'd better study hard. If you cause any trouble, I'll... Song Jian, you'd better discipline her well."

  After finishing speaking, Xu Si got off the car and left in a hurry.

  Song Jian turned the car around and headed towards Soochow University.

  Xia Lin stuck out her tongue.

  Before long, the car arrived at the destination. Xia Lin pushed open the door, slung her backpack over her shoulder and rushed off. She was wearing short shorts that exposed her two slender white legs, causing a stir among the surrounding students.

  Song Jian shook his head and thought to himself that the young girls of today were really getting out of hand, daring to wear such short pants outside without fear of arousing men's lust.

  Just as I was about to drive home, a short message popped up with a "ding".

  Song took out his mobile phone, took a look, and his face changed slightly. The text message was from an unfamiliar number, with the content: "Song Jian, glad you're not dead yet, want to know the cause of your parents' death? Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Room 3, Gui Lai Ge, waiting for your arrival."

  Song Jian grasped his phone tightly, thought for a moment, and quickly replied with "See you then!"

  The other party did not respond again.

  Song Jian leaned back in his seat, he knew that his parents must have discovered some secret they shouldn't know, which led to the tragic change of the family.

  "It seems that the person who sent the message is not Brother Leopard's. Hmm, it seems that things are getting more and more complicated." Song Jian hung up his phone and was about to start the car and leave.

  The phone rang again.

  "What's wrong?" Song Jian asked.

  "Uncle, save me!" Xia Lin said in a low, panting voice from over there.

  Song Jian tensed up, "Xia Lin, what's wrong with you? Speak slowly."

  "My...my calculus textbook and homework fell into your car, uncle. Please help me! Without my textbook and homework, I'll be tortured to death by that weird old man." Xia Lin said anxiously.

  Song Jian let out a sigh of relief and said, "You silly girl, you come out and get it yourself, I'm still at the school gate."

  "No way, uncle, please, can you send it over to me? I don't have time, class is about to start. I'm in room 203 on the second floor of building C, hurry up and send it over, uncle, I'll repay you in the future, even if it means giving my life." Xia Lin quickly finished speaking and hung up the phone with a "click".

  Song Jian was taken aback, then smiled wryly and said: "Marry you? Then wouldn't your elder sister want to kill me?"

  She turned her head and saw that the math book and homework were indeed lying on the back seat, probably just finished with homework and forgot to put it in her backpack.

  Song Jian took the book and got off the bus, walking towards the school.

  I just arrived at the teaching building, and the bell for class rang out.

  Song Jian quickly ran to the 203 classroom on the second floor, he took a look from the front door, a white-haired old man was already standing on the podium. The old man was indeed somewhat strange, his hair was an inflated explosive Einstein hairstyle, extremely shocking to the eyes.

  He walked to the back door, Song Jian pushed open the door and quietly walked in. He glanced at Xia Lin's position and bent down to walk over quietly.

  "Bang!"

  The sound of the pointer striking the desk rang out.

  Song Jian was stunned and looked up at the podium, and indeed, Einstein was looking at him with a smug expression in his eyes.

  "Hey, young man, late for class again?" the old man said with a pleased tone.

  "Uh," Song Jian spoke up, "Teacher, actually I came..."

  Before she could finish speaking, Xia Lin clasped her two small hands together and bowed to Song Jian, hoping he would show mercy.

  "Huh? What are you here for? Are you just here to kibitz?" The old man was quite fashionable, and even knew the idiom "kibitz".

  More than 20 students in the classroom looked at Song Jian with a mixture of surprise and delight, only to soon discover that he might indeed be there just to attend the lecture, as he was not a student majoring in Financial Management.

  Song Jian looked at Xia Lin and stopped defending himself.

  "Hey kid, don't just stand there like a fool, come over here!" The old man beckoned to Song Jian and said, "Do you know how late you are?"

  Song Jian reluctantly walked over and said: "Twenty... twenty seconds?"

  The old professor's pointer knocked on the desk and said, "It was 24.5 seconds. Do you know how far away 24.5 seconds have passed?"

  Song Jian looked at the old man in front of him with a puzzled expression.

  The old professor waved his explosive hairstyle and said, "According to the general theory of relativity, time moves at the speed of light. So 24.5 seconds is enough to travel between the Earth and the Moon eighteen times."

  Song Jian rubbed his nose and said, "So... I was late for so long."

  "Hahaha," the students below had already burst out laughing.

  "Who is this guy? Why did he come to our class?"

  "I don't know, I hope I didn't walk into the wrong classroom, that would be too miserable. Just in time for 'Extinction Old Man's' class."

  "Haha, this guy is really unlucky."

  The students below were whispering among themselves.

  The old man smoothed his handsome white hair and said, "Since you've already recognized the severity of your mistake, let's follow tradition and sing a song here."

  Song Jian sighed helplessly and thought to himself: I just came to help deliver the homework, how did it end up like this?

  "Alright," Song Jian nodded, he was actually quite good at singing.

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