Chapter 18: Picking up Scraps for the Sake of Studying

At this moment, the classroom seemed as if the mute button had been pressed, completely silent.

Hearing Sophia's words, many boys' hearts seemed to be instantly shattered, as if they could hear the sound of their own hearts breaking echoing in this silent classroom.

They really couldn't figure out why Sophia, who had always been as aloof as a celestial being from outer space, would stand up to support Ethan.

"Teacher, I think we should let Ethan come back and do the test again in front of everyone to prove his innocence! Otherwise, his current situation will bring extremely serious negative impacts to our class!" Kevin Liu said to Victor.

"Yes! He should come back and prove it!" Other students also joined in the clamor one after another, and immediately, a hubbub of noise arose in the classroom.

Among the teachers standing there, some also nodded slightly in agreement.

After hearing this, Victor's face remained unchanged. He just looked at Kevin beside him.

"Kevin, if you were Ethan now and we asked you to come back and answer the questions again, how would you feel?"

"I would refuse! This is simply an insult to me! Why, without any evidence, just based on speculation, should I be judged as having cheated and be asked to come back for a re - exam? This is a serious trampling on my personality! It's too unfair to me!"

"Um! The teacher understands. Let's just leave this matter as it is. If we want him to prove himself, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future, and there is no shortage of time. There is no need to take this unnecessary action this time." Victor said.

"The teacher believes that every person is full of infinite possibilities! This is by no means empty talk, nor is it a cliché, but the teacher's sincere words. The teacher sincerely hopes that miracles can happen to each of you."

...

Ethan, who had always been at the bottom of the class in rankings, had suddenly achieved such a high score in this exam. Originally, he thought that the school would take major actions, at least give him a chance to prove himself, or arrange a re - exam or something. However, unexpectedly, the result was like this!

Even more unexpectedly, those who agreed to this were Sophia and Kevin.

It was relatively easy for everyone to understand why Kevin supported Ethan so much. After all, no matter what, Ethan had saved him from a dangerous situation. But now, Sophia, who had always been taciturn, also thought so, which was a bit unacceptable, especially for those boys.

What was even more unacceptable to them was that when Sophia was explaining for him, she actually said that he was disdainful of cheating.

...

At home.

Ethan was thinking about his plan to get rich when suddenly he felt his body tremble slightly, and then, it seemed that a wispy thing entered his body.

"It's Qi Yun (fortune)! There are actually three strands! How can there be so many?" Ethan was full of surprise.

"Could it be because of this good exam result?"

Just then, Benjamin's call came in, telling him what had happened at school. Only then did Ethan finally confirm that the sudden increase in his Qi Yun was indeed due to his school exam results.

"Great! With Qi Yun, I can devour a lot of things again." Ethan was full of joy in his heart.

On the other end of the phone.

"I don't care what underhanded methods you used to get such an amazing score in the exam. I just want to ask you! When did you seduce my girlfriend? My girlfriend actually said that you were disdainful of cheating, as if she knew you very well!" Benjamin said to Ethan in a sarcastic tone.

"..." Ethan was at a loss.

Nevertheless, he had to thank Sophia no matter what.

Just as she said, he was indeed disdainful of doing such a thing.

What's more, what practical significance would it have even if he did? Even if he got the first place, so what? Could this add a chip to the college entrance examination?

"Watch out, kid! There will be another exam in a few days. Now, the whole county is watching you! Kevin Liu in our class is also eager to see you make a fool of yourself! Be careful. If you're not fully confident, don't take the exam at all to avoid inviting humiliation. This Kevin Liu has sent a report letter to accuse you of cheating. Although the matter has been suppressed above, but I heard that if you don't do well in the next exam, I'm afraid they will settle old and new scores together! Maybe you won't even be able to get your graduation certificate." Benjamin said to Ethan.

"Um. I got it." Ethan said, and then patted his chest confidently, "Don't worry. I'm going to be the national number one in the college entrance examination. This is just the first place in a small test. It's nothing at all!" Ethan said.

"..." Benjamin on the other end of the phone was speechless for a while.

He found that recently, Ethan seemed to be possessed.

"Oh, by the way, call my mother tonight and tell her that I'm playing at your place and won't be back tonight."

After hanging up the phone, Ethan didn't take this matter to heart at all.

Never mind that they were watching him. Even if everyone sat around him during the exam, he wouldn't be affected at all.

It was like a person, no matter how tense the situation was, when faced with a simple question like one plus one, would never make a mistake.

"Well, anyway, I owe Sophia a favor. Just as Kevin said, if they really suspected me and asked me to come back for a re - exam, I would surely make a big fuss."

"If you want to see me make a fool of myself, I'm afraid you won't get your wish!" Ethan sneered secretly in his heart and said.

...

The eastern suburbs of Sunrise Hills in Newville.

His destination was the Power Station of Evergreen.

He had known before that there were a lot of waste scraps inside. Although these were scraps for the power plant, in fact, they could be sold for a good amount of money.

When he was a child, he often came here to pick up scraps and sell them for money. However, since he started junior high school, he seldom came here again. One reason was that he had no time, and the other was that this place had been occupied by others.

This time, he really couldn't scrape together enough money and had no choice, so he had to resort to this.

"Picking up scraps for the sake of studying. I'm even moved by myself." Ethan laughed at himself.

Half an hour later, Ethan arrived at the power plant.

"Hey, sure enough, this small door is still open."

There was a broken gap there, just big enough for a person to pass through.

Now, coming here again, he found that there was still no change.

Ethan walked in.

"It's no different from before. It seems that after so many years, there has been no progress in management. It will go bankrupt sooner or later."

Then, Ethan walked towards the abandoned area in his memory.

After passing through a long path, he finally arrived at an open space.

On the open ground, a lot of abandoned things were placed.

Ethan skillfully rummaged there. Sure enough, they were all some old and discarded wire ends.

He took out the electrician's knife and pliers that he had prepared in advance and began to dismantle the valuable parts from those discarded wire ends.

This was an extremely complicated and labor - intensive job. Otherwise, the power plant wouldn't have thrown these things here casually.

Ethan had been fiddling with these here since he entered. In the middle, he even accidentally cut his fingers several times, and blood flowed out.

However, Ethan didn't pay any attention to these.

He had been doing this for four or five hours.

By the time it was a little past twelve o'clock, he had just finished half of it.

Ethan weighed it in his hand and estimated that these things could only be sold for a little more than two hundred yuan, which was far from enough.

With a burst of determination, he squatted down again!

After another two or more hours, it was already past two o'clock in the morning, and an irresistible drowsiness came over him.

"Go out to relieve myself and freshen up."