Pleased to Start Over

Interstellar Military Cadets 5.3

Pleasing Start-Over Chapter 55: Arc 5 Part 3

Author: 橘子

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The results came out two days after the exam ended. Qiao Chen was in first place. Furthermore, Class A's teacher, Theresa, strongly insisted that they checked and rechecked the first place results.

Without a doubt, the entire school, let alone the cadets in the same grade, were all in an uproar that a Class F student was able to finish in first place. If the cadet was a first or second year student, then it might have been possible that the cadet was misplaced in the wrong class because they weren't given the chance to fully showcase the full strength of their abilities. However, Qiao Chen was already in his fifth year at the school. He was already graduating in the next semester. If he wanted to laze around and play it off, then he should have played for a little while. Who would goof off until the last semester before their graduated? Why wouldn't someone want to showcase their full potential after they stabilized their abilities? Could someone even stabilize their abilities so late into their academic career? This had never happened before at the Yu Capital's School of Military Combat.

The semester ended once the rankings were announced, and the students were able to go on break. Many would return home the very next day.

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Qiao Chen and Dick were eating in the canteen. Danny walked over to their table and said the Qiao Chen, "Congratulations on getting first place."

"Thank you." Qiao Chen replied without lifting his head from his meal. "Congratulations to you too, for taking second place."

Qiao Chen's second half of the sentence burned Danny. Ever since Danny entered the School of Military Combat, he'd been tied for first place with Chad. For four year, eight semesters, he never gotten anything less than first place. Then out of nowhere, Qiao Chen snatched first place from him this semester. This meant that he could only tie with Chad in second place for this semester.

To make matters worse, Qiao Chen not only finished in a shorter amount of time then they did, but he also obtained far more points than they did. Danny was shocked and wouldn't believe the results for a second. However, the school repeatedly checked and confirmed the results. Therefore, no matter how unwilling he felt, he could only accept the reality of the matter. However, Danny wasn't resigned to believe that Qiao An was able to obtain first place with his own strength. He believed that Qiao An's results should have been a one-time fluke. Danny had long been superior to Qiao An. His personality would never allow Qiao An to have an underdog moment.

"Are we going home together tomorrow? I contacted my Dad yesterday. When I mentioned you to him, he said that he missed you very much and asked me to take you home." Danny said with a sweet smile.

Danny was referring to Qiao An's biological father and the home he was talking about should belong to Qiao An... however, there wasn't a place for Qiao An there anymore.

Qiao Chen knew that Danny was wording it this way to annoy him on purpose. When Qiao An was alive, he hated it when Danny called Qiao An's dad as if he were his own dad. If Qiao An was still here, he probably would have angrily scolded Danny once he heard Danny's provocation. Then, a bunch of people would jump to Danny's defense and scold Qiao An and admonish him for treating Danny that way. It had become routine. Unfortunately for Danny, he was Qiao Chen- not Qiao An. What's worse for him was that Qiao Chen could easily run circles around him with his own quick wit.

"My grandfather contacted me yesterday. He said that he wanted to see me too and asked me to go live with him for a bit. Please help me tell my father that I won't be returning for the time being." Qiao Chen said calmly. He stood up to leave, but offhandedly turned back and said, "I must thank you for such filial piety towards my own father all these years. However, if you do happen to have the time, you should go back and see yours. I've heard through the grapevine that he seemed to have gotten injured during a goods transaction. It really was a shame that no one seemed to have gone and even checked up on him... Poor guy..."