Chapter 28: A Clean Sweep of Zeros

Lu Chengzhou tilted his head, his fingers casually adjusting his cuffs. His eyes were cold at the corners, a faint, indifferent smile playing on his lips. "Aside from White Fox, who else would have the ability to breach my system? That Divine Doctor must belong to the Shadow League."

"The Shadow League?"

Qin Fang and He Yidu exchanged glances, both stunned. No wonder they had put in so much effort and still couldn't catch the person. White Fox was a god who made the world's top hackers tremble in fear. Even here, with Brother Cheng, while she had the skill to breach the system, she couldn't do it without leaving a trace.

Lu Chengzhou slid his hands back into his pockets and spoke with languid indifference, "Increase the offer to the Shadow League. Find the Divine Doctor. Two hundred million, and add another hundred million to the consultation fee."

...

"Are they crazy?" Gu Mang frowned upon receiving the call from Yun Ling.

For once, Yun Ling completely agreed with Gu Mang, his tone colorful, "Damn it, I've never seen such a massive offer."

Gu Mang’s dark, icy eyes sank. "Don't take it."

She dropped the two words and hung up. She turned around and went back to her room to sleep. Are they sick? Expecting her to hunt herself down?

...

When the news reached Lu Chengzhou, the man was sitting on a leather sofa, dressed in an expensive, custom-made black casual suit. His deep, sharp features were hidden in the play of light and shadow, mysterious and captivating. His long, straight legs were crossed over the coffee table, a posture that was lazy and casual, yet cool and regal.

"Still not accepting it?" the man asked in a deep, magnetic voice.

Lu Yi wondered if the upper echelons of the Shadow League had transcended the mortal world and viewed money as mere dirt. With such a high price, were they really not tempted?

"Young Master Lu, we can confirm that the Divine Doctor is definitely in Ming City." That White Fox was too cunning. The Divine Doctor’s whereabouts were kept under tight wraps. It had taken Young Master Lu’s personal intervention to pin the doctor down in Ming City. Being on the defensive was frustrating; this game was becoming tiresome.

Lu Chengzhou raised an eyebrow and flicked his cigarette ash. "Leave him be for now. Keep an eye on Gu Mang’s whereabouts."

Hearing this, Lu Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Yes." That girl’s medical skills didn't seem too bad, after all.

...

The next morning, at eight o'clock.

Lu Shangjin brought Gu Mang and Meng Jinyang to Ming City High School.

In the principal's office.

"Director Lu, you know the school rules. We generally don't accept new students in their third year of high school. Even if I were to use my authority to force the teachers to take them, the academic pressure in the classroom would be immense."

Principal Fu wore a forced smile. He held the files of the two girls, his hands trembling slightly. One hadn't even finished kindergarten before dropping out, and now she was coming straight into the third year of high school. The other had a notorious record—fighting, skipping classes, she was good at everything, and her exam scores were incredibly, perfectly uniform: nothing but zeros! Two entire A4 pages of zeros! He didn't even know how she managed that; couldn't she have at least guessed a few on the multiple-choice questions?

In his entire life, he had never seen two such headache-inducing files.

Especially the girl with all the zeros; her appearance was too striking. Her eyes were a deep, heavy black, cold and wicked, looking quite fierce. She was definitely a troublemaker! If he admitted her, it would probably stir up quite a storm in the school.

Hearing the principal's words, Lu Shangjin narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean? You don't want to take them?"

The tone was clearly one of using power to intimidate.

Principal Fu’s hands trembled even more. He apologized with a smile and changed his tune, "No, no, no. What I mean is, why don't we have the third-year grade group put together a test for the two children? Let them take it, and with their scores, I can find them a suitable class."