Ch 8: Entering No.1 Middle School; Hei Junjiang Experimental Subject

Lin Yun feigned reprimand, saying: “Xinxin.”

Wen Li disliked arguing, because it was not only useless but also tiring, but it worked wonders on Lin Yun and her daughter.

They were easily provoked, like a wound-up toy, agitated with a single twist.

So she replied: “Your father has already disgraced the Wen Family’s reputation, is there any left for me to ruin?”

“You,”

Unlike Wen Xin, she had imagined that her so-called older sister, raised in the countryside, would either be timid and submissive, or verbally resentful of her father while actually taking advantage of his guilt to flaunt her power, or at worst, a country bumpkin who, after becoming a phoenix from a chicken, had a nouveau riche mentality that was not presentable.

None of that was true.

Except for being a bit sharp-tongued, she wasn’t much different.

Whether she was truly unintelligent or genuinely disdained her identity as a daughter of a wealthy Wen Family, she would see how long her father could tolerate her.

“Dad, why don’t you say anything to her?”

Wen Baixiang was a decisive man in the business world, and even stricter as a father. Even Wen Xin, despite her good grades, did not dare to be too spoiled.

Wen Baixiang’s face darkened, but he did not say anything.

He only told Wen Li: “Your grades are pretty good, but you have too many truancy records. Arranging for you to go to No.1 Middle School would take more time. The Gaokao is coming soon, there’s no need to delay your studies. No.6 Middle School is not much worse than No.1 Middle School.”

“The children of Beijing’s powerful and wealthy are all in No.1 Middle School. Are you unwilling to spend the money, or don’t you want me to go there and be recognized as a Wen?”

Wen Li did have many truancy records.

She was out of the country for at least half the year, and during that time, she had even less time to go to school. If she hadn’t paid the school to keep her name on the roster, she would have been expelled long ago.

But with Wen Baixiang’s ability, even if she were a fool, he could get her into school.

Did he really think she was easy to fool, just because she came from the countryside?

Before Wen Baixiang could speak again, Wen Li picked up the bank card on the table.

“Alright, I don’t need your help with my schooling. I’ll get into No.1 Middle School myself. As for No.6 Middle School, you can keep it for yourself. Learn some modern knowledge.”

This was a sarcastic remark about Wen Baixiang’s belief in ancient feudal superstitions.

Wen Xin: “No.1 Middle School isn’t somewhere you can just get into if you want to.”

Her father wouldn’t let her go to No.1 Middle School, and she still wanted to go? And she would get in herself? She didn’t even know which way the gate of No.1 Middle School faced.

Could it be that she wanted to buy her way in with the little money in that card? People from the countryside just haven’t seen the world.

Wen Baixiang’s hand holding the chopsticks tightened and loosened, his voice strained: “Go to the living room and wait. Aunt Yun will take you to the hospital later.”

He had just said he would personally take Wen Li to the hospital, but now he wasn’t going. Obviously, Wen Baixiang was angry.

Wen Li, hands in her pockets, didn’t look back: “I’ll go see my doctor myself. Just make sure the medical expenses are covered.”

She wasn’t short of money. The Wen Family’s assets weren’t even enough to catch her eye, but what was hers from the Wen Family was hers!

This breakfast made everyone want to flip the table.

Wen Baixiang went to the company, Wen Xin went to school, Lin Yun tossed her chopsticks and prepared to leave, glancing at Wen Yan, who had been quietly eating the whole time without saying a word…

Wen Li went upstairs to find Hei Junjiang. On the way up the stairs and down the corridor, she used her mobile phone to solve the problem of getting into No.1 Middle School.

Which school she went to didn’t matter to Wen Li, but she wanted to oppose Wen Baixiang and make him unhappy.

She searched through her contacts for a long time before finding him among a bunch of old men.

He answered immediately. The sixty-year-old man was as happy as a child, without any regard for his image: “Wen!”

“You actually called this old man. I must be hallucinating from too much research.”

After the call, Wen Li casually opened WeChat and saw a new friend chat box with the note 【Old Stick-in-the-Mud】.

It was the Little Guy’s grandpa.

The other party didn’t say hello, so she didn’t bother to respond. She liked the Little Guy, but she didn’t want to get to know his parents.

Especially the Little Guy’s father.

At the Lu Family Manor, Lu Xixiao reached out to the Little Guy for his phone: “Can I have my phone back?”

The Little Guy, having accomplished his task, obediently returned the phone.

Lu Xixiao glanced at it, and sure enough, it was as he thought. The Little Guy had accepted Wen Li’s friend request last night.

He put away his phone: “You’ll be late for toddler class.”

Wen Li took Hei Junjiang out.

An hour later,

a person and a dog appeared at a research base.

【Beijing Biological Research Base】

Several golden, three-dimensional, large characters shone brightly in the sunlight.

The neatly dressed soldiers at the entrance stopped Wen Li. After confirming her fingerprint, they saluted her and then let her pass.

The base was very large, with various research institutes marked with different signs enclosed within walls, isolated from the outside world.

Soldiers could be seen patrolling everywhere.

Wen Li, carrying Hei Junjiang, was familiar with the place and knew exactly where she was going.

Soon, the person and the dog arrived in front of a building with 【National Key Research Base】 written on it.

After scanning her irises, Wen Li was allowed to enter the building and went straight to the third floor by elevator.

In a laboratory on the third floor, someone shouted: “Wen Li is here, she brought the X0109 experimental subject.”

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone stopped what they were doing.

Wen Li appeared in this quiet and eerie atmosphere.

Ignoring the stares, she walked directly to a person, handed Hei Junjiang to them, and took out a data bag.

“This is all the data for X0109 for the past half month. No abnormalities have been observed in the past half month.”

“Okay, understood.”

The person took Hei Junjiang and the data and was about to go to the next laboratory.

Wen Li then stepped in front of him, stopping him: “Don’t do anything you shouldn’t.”

Meeting Wen Li’s warning gaze, the man readily agreed: “Don’t worry.”

Hei Junjiang had just been taken away,

when an old man in a lab coat and a middle-aged man rushed in, heading straight for Wen Li.

“Your application to leave has been denied by the higher-ups, so would you consider withdrawing it?”

Wen Li told them: “Denied? You’ve got it wrong. That wasn’t an application, it was a notification.”

The bespectacled old man didn’t understand: “Just because you can’t bear to part with those animals? Do you know if this technology succeeds…”

Wen Li interrupted him: “It’s not about that. I wasn’t a ‘permanent employee’ to begin with. My task is complete.”

“Then why? Do you know how many people spend their whole lives trying to get into this place, and if you’re willing to stay, how much you could achieve? They’ve offered you very generous terms, and they’ve arranged for someone to come and talk to you in person, you…”

Wen Li didn’t want to hear his nonsense: “I don’t need the title of Academician.”

Seeing that Wen Li was determined to leave, the middle-aged man could only resort to a different tactic: “You can leave if you want, but you have no right to take the X0109 experimental subject. It belongs to the laboratory, to the research base.”

Wen Li didn’t take his words seriously, calmly saying: “I’m willing to take it and the data today because of the country. If you try to keep me here like this, aren’t you afraid that I’ll get you fired with a single word?”

She smiled slightly: “I believe that if I’m willing to stay, the leaders will agree to any unreasonable request I make.”

Their threat backfired, and neither of them spoke again.

“Also, its name is Hei Junjiang now. It’s my reward for completing the mission. There is no more X0109 experimental subject.”

A bunch of research fanatics. Out of patriotism and to put her theories into practice, she came here to help, but they wanted to forcibly recruit her?

Half an hour later, Wen Li left the research base with Hei Junjiang.

Hei Junjiang, who had been caught and subjected to various instrument checks, was a little listless, whimpering in distress.

Wen Li stroked its head: “You won’t have to suffer like this anymore.”

“Woof woof—”

Hei Junjiang seemed to understand and immediately responded.