Homework? What Homework?

At the entrance of the residential area, a man wearing only shorts and bare-chested was fleeing in panic.

It was none other than the South Jiang Bandit, Zhao Yuan!

If it had been someone else knocking on the door, he might not have recognized the voice.

But the problem was that Chen Shu's voice left such a deep impression on him that he gritted his teeth in hatred.

Two hours earlier, he had called Chen Shu.

Of course, scamming was only his side job; his main profession was theft.

In all his years of work, he had never encountered anything so infuriating.

The other party not only claimed he had epilepsy, but also assumed he'd lost limbs — and the worst part was, he couldn't refute it.

After all, he was a scammer.

"What terrible luck! How did I run into such a jinx?"

...

Zhao Yuan, ignoring the stares of passersby, tried to hail a cab wearing only his shorts.

He thought the other party had reported him as a scammer, and if he were caught, his identity as the South Jiang Bandit would be exposed.

At that moment, Zhao Yuan was trying to flag down a taxi.

But the problem was that he was only wearing shorts and was shirtless — who would dare to pick him up?

Dressed like that, he was either mentally ill or caught cheating.

"Damn it! What are you all looking at? Never seen performance art before?!"

Zhao Yuan, irritated, lashed out at the surrounding crowd.

Just then, a ball of green light flew in and circled above his head.

The people around saw that dazzling green light and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Just wearing shorts, with a green glow over his head!

This was a true celestial omen!

Some even took out their phones, eager to capture such a bizarre moment.

Zhao Yuan felt a sense of dread — that green light was clearly the skill of a contract spirit.

At that moment, a thunderbird flew in at lightning speed, arriving in the blink of an eye.

"Old Xie, is this your skill 'Love is a Light'?"

Chen Shu's mouth twitched as he spotted the radiant green glow.

This was truly a heart-piercing divine technique!

"You bastards behind this?"

Zhao Yuan narrowed his eyes, filled with fury.

He had thought it was someone from the Spirit Control Bureau, but instead, it turned out to be two students and an old man.

"Huh? Your voice? Why does it sound so familiar?"

Chen Shu raised his brows, suddenly recalling something.

"Whoa, an old classmate!"

Chen Shu immediately remembered — he couldn't believe the coincidence of meeting the scammer from that morning.

"Old Zhao, your epilepsy's cured?"

Below, Zhao Yuan clenched his fists, his face full of rage, and with the green light glowing above his head, he looked like a returning 'God of War.'

Chen Shu shouted, "Xu Xingxing! Go!"

Xu Xingxing looked confused and asked, "Go? Go where?"

"Use your bird to take him out!"

Since Zhao Yuan was a Beastmaster, Chen Shu couldn't act recklessly — he had to trick the naive kid into testing him first.

"Uh… my thunderbird doesn't have combat power..."

"???" Chen Shu was also stunned.

The textbooks said thunderbirds controlled lightning, and their innate skill was 'Lightning Strike' — extremely destructive.

And now you're telling me this?

"My thunderbird mutated a bit — its innate skill is 'Thunder Download!'"

Xie Su'nan looked just as surprised and asked, "To download movies?"

"Your contract spirit can download movies?" Xu Xingxing's mouth twitched and said, "Of course not — it's for escaping quickly."

Chen Shu waved his hand and said, "Stop the nonsense! Let's take care of our dear old classmate first!"

While Zhao Yuan couldn't see what they were doing above him, Chen Shu quietly pulled out a bag of urea from his backpack.

"Huh? You carry that around with you?"

Xu Xingxing and Xie Su'nan both shuddered, almost wetting themselves in shock.

To them, this thing was clearly something they'd never seen before.

"Leave it to me! Have the thunderbird fly a little lower."

Chen Shu held the urea bag in both hands. Once he was only about two meters above the ground, he suddenly jumped down.

"Watch my justice from above!!"

Zhao Yuan looked up, but the green light above his head was too dazzling, making it hard to open his eyes.

Instinctively, Zhao Yuan summoned his contract spirit.

A black rat appeared on the ground, its eyes darting around cleverly.

In fact, the true South Jiang Bandit was this night rat. Its innate skill, "Night Camouflage," allowed it to blend into the darkness and easily evade all surveillance.

Sensing danger, the black rat immediately chose to run away.

It was even afraid of the falling Chen Shu!

"Damn it!" Zhao Yuan cursed, but there was nothing he could do.

He had trained the night rat to steal since it was young — it knew nothing about combat.

Thud!

The bag of urea fell from the sky, landing directly over Zhao Yuan.

It was as if he'd been sealed — Zhao Yuan had no more fighting strength.

Xie Su'nan and Xu Xingxing quickly landed and joined in, and the three of them gave Zhao Yuan a thorough beating until he finally surrendered.

"Uncle Wang, come to Thyme Residence. We've caught the South Jiang Bandit."

"Really?" Wang Qian was shocked and rushed over to the north side of the city.

Very soon, the South Jiang Bandit, who had run rampant in Nanjiang City for ten days, was arrested — the three had once again contributed to a harmonious society.

"Hero Xu! Thank you for your help. The peace of Nanjiang City depends on you!"

Chen Shu and Xie Su'nan both praised him like he was a legend, almost lifting Xu Xingxing to the heavens.

"Wait a minute!" Xu Xingxing looked pleased with himself, but his eyes suddenly lit up with suspicion.

"You two are trying to send me off, aren't you? There's got to be a reward for capturing a wanted criminal!"

Damn! This guy's not dumb after all!

Chen Shu raised his brow — he had planned to trick him and send him away.

Xie Su'nan slapped his forehead and said, "I totally forgot about that — there's indeed a reward, two thousand yuan in total!"

"How about this: you just helped out, so we'll give you five hundred, and the remaining fifteen hundred we'll split. No problem, right?"

Xu Xingxing's eyes widened, and the way he stared at them made the two uneasy.

After a moment, he finally said, "There's really two thousand?! I make only two thousand a month at my part-time job! A criminal is worth that much?!"

"Of course, of course!"

Xie Su'nan generously pulled five hundred yuan from her bag.

"Thanks!" Xu Xingxing grinned from ear to ear.

This was way better than being experimented on!

Meanwhile, Chen Shu and Xie Su'nan happily headed to the Beastmaster Association and claimed a 100,000 yuan reward.

"Old Xie, since you gave Xu Xingxing five hundred, that leaves you with 29,500 yuan. All good?"

Xie Su'nan nodded but felt something wasn't quite right.

By the time he figured it out, Chen Shu had already vanished down the road.

"Today is a good day…"

Chen Shu whistled as he returned home.

He'd been worried about not having money for the new semester — who would've thought it'd fall right into his lap?

Just as he was basking in excitement, one sentence from his mother sent his heart crashing down.

"Son, the new semester is starting soon. How's your homework coming along?"

"Hmm? Hm! HMM?!!"

Chen Shu's eyes widened as his whole body trembled. He suddenly found it hard to breathe.