Chapter 7

【Sigh, because of the conflicts between their aunt and niece, I have to sleep on the sofa. — Poster: Eight Consecutive Kills Food God】

【The OP is really spineless, just because they are your relatives, you shouldn't indulge them like this!】

【Who made them my wife? As a man! Be more tolerant...】

【...Blocked!】

(Cough, those who don't know the story of "Eight Consecutive Kills Food God" are welcome to read Dongdong's previous novel "Food War: The Impostor Little Chef".)

The face of the Gong family's patriarch, Gong Lian, was even darker than the blacklist.

Several councilors from Duran City cast strange glances at the Gong family's patriarch, whose face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot...

The patriarchs of other families could still control themselves, but the Zhongli family's patriarch was already grumbling.

After hearing Guan Liyuan's words, they could roughly understand what had happened!

Although with the Gong family's status in Duran City, they wouldn't really be severely damaged by just one word from Guan Liyuan, even if he was a dual-class practitioner of Spirit Opening!

Of course, if it were a dual-class practitioner like a "Space Controller" or a "Soul Walker," it might truly shock the Alliance, and uprooting the Gong family wouldn't be impossible.

Even now, Gong Lian understood there wouldn't be any substantial damage, but... it was embarrassing!

At this moment, Gong Lian was already cursing Tian Gonghao to the point of foaming at the mouth.

The Gong family had more than one steward. Accurately speaking, Tian Gonghao was only given the title of "steward" as an exception because he was a relative of one of his concubines.

If things were normal, Guan Liyuan would also have become Tian Gonghao's private slave, just borrowing the Gong family's name.

Taking such a "small advantage" from the Gong family was one thing, but to be so clumsy!

Another person deeply hated by Gong Lian was naturally Guan Liyuan, who had refused his "good intentions"...

A mere lucky kid, daring to oppose the Gong family? Who gave him the courage!

At this moment, Zhongli Hou added fuel to the fire, saying, "Pfft! Really disgracing the people of Duran City... Oh, Patriarch Gong Lian, I wasn't talking about you, I was just thinking about something else. Hmm, the tuition for the sixth grade, plus the 'benefit fee,' how much do you want? I'll have someone deliver it to your residence later."

Councilor Ba then asked, "What happened? He only studied for four months?"

If Guan Liyuan hadn't successfully "opened his spirit," the Alliance councilors wouldn't have stepped in, but now the situation was different. Even Dean Song's face was somewhat grim, glaring fiercely at Director Xin, who had sought his help.

Patriarch Gong Lian slowly said, "Hmm, I'll check who was responsible for this when I get back, and send them to the Alliance this afternoon!" At this moment, he had already decided to abandon Tian Gonghao.

Seeing that the Gong family's patriarch had sacrificed a pawn to protect the king, Dean Song didn't dare to resist either!

"Director Xin! Step forward! You are in charge of the student records. If you can't explain this clearly today, you'll have to go to the Alliance's Court of Justice yourself!"

"Dean... I..." Director Xin already knew his fate. He never imagined that the fake records he had "casually" created four months ago would lead to the discovery of a dual-class practitioner genius!

At the same time, he understood that this meant the end for him...

Not only would his career as a director be over, but once he entered the Court of Justice, it would be a long time before he could come out... He could only hope that Guan Liyuan wouldn't have any outstanding achievements in the future, or he might never have a chance to come out.

"Dean Song! This isn't just the problem of the person in charge of the records! You should also conduct a self-inspection. After your term ends this year, you don't need to continue as the dean!" Councilor Ba said.

People are different, the Gong family can sacrifice a pawn to protect the king, but Dean Song... clearly couldn't protect his position as dean.

At this moment, Guan Liyuan noticed that Councilor Ba gave him an apologetic look, as if indicating that he could only do so much...

Guan Liyuan understood the Alliance's predicament and managed to force a smile at Councilor Ba.

Although he understood, Guan Liyuan still couldn't accept it, otherwise he wouldn't have directly asked Zhongli Qiu to help him pay the debt...

Dean Song's face was gloomy, but thinking that his term was almost over, he finally managed to pull himself together and continue with the graduation speech.

Of course, the atmosphere among the students was somewhat strange, especially when they looked at Guan Liyuan, who was already standing in the front row...

According to the rules, students who successfully "opened their spirits" should stand at the front according to their rankings, but Guan Liyuan, who was last, stood proudly with Zhongli Qiu and Wei Yingying, the three of them whispering to each other. Dean Song pretended not to see!

Ordinary students who had just "opened their spirits" wouldn't dare to misbehave in front of Dean Song, let alone the councilors and the patriarchs of various families, but Zhongli Qiu's status was special, and being a "Holy Tiger Warrior" and a dual-class practitioner was enough to make them pretend not to see, especially Zhongli Hou, who looked as if he was extremely proud of his daughter, leaving others with nothing to say.

"Great! You little guy... making me so worried! Tsk tsk... dual-class?" Zhongli Qiu looked at Guan Liyuan with a fiery gaze, his two fangs gleaming, as if considering where to "revenge" this guy!

"Luck, luck." Guan Liyuan's modest demeanor made the other students who had successfully "opened their spirits" even more eager to put him in a sack.

"By the way, is there anything wrong with my dual-class?" Guan Liyuan immediately asked.

"Don't know, it sounds so unfamiliar... Come to my house later! My dad should know." Zhongli Qiu extended an invitation, which Guan Liyuan gladly accepted.

After the Spirit Opening ceremony, the councilors and patriarchs on the stage naturally came out first. Gong Wen followed behind Gong Lian with his head down, while Zhongli Qiu, Wei Yingying, and Guan Liyuan walked with Zhongli Hou.

Zhongli Hou kept "shamelessly" asking Patriarch Gong how much "benefit fee" he wanted, and Gong Lian awkwardly refused all the way...

Occasionally, when Gong Wen raised his head, a look of resentment could be seen in his eyes, but it seemed he had been warned by Gong Lian, so he didn't dare to really act out, just following behind Gong Lian with a lowered head.

As they came out of the venue, the countless families of the students waiting outside immediately made way for the councilors and the patriarchs, while also nervously looking behind them.

Usually, those who came out next would be the students who had successfully "opened their spirits," and everyone hoped to see their children or relatives in this line!

"Dad, I'm going home with Sister Yingying and Liyuan first! You continue to entertain the other councilors and patriarchs!" Zhongli Qiu said casually, then pulled Wei Yingying and Guan Liyuan by the hand to leave.

However, at this moment, someone in the crowd saw this and panicked...

"Wait! Miss Zhongli, this Guan Liyuan is a family slave of our Gong family. The old servant wants to take him back. This is his indenture... No, it's a 'scholarship contract.' Please don't obstruct us!"

It turned out that Tian Gonghao, who had long harbored resentment against Guan Liyuan, was holding the contract he had forced him to sign, waiting outside with four henchmen...

Although he was a bit puzzled why Guan Liyuan wasn't cowering and coming out with Young Master Gong Wen, but was still with Zhongli Qiu, who had already been refused by the patriarch!

But he was only puzzled for a moment. Seeing Guan Liyuan "trying to run," he immediately led his people to intercept him.

After all, he was confident that with Guan Liyuan's "indenture contract," he had a valid reason wherever he went...

However, when the henchman who had almost given Guan Liyuan a concussion with a "blow to the head" reached out to grab him at Tian Gonghao's signal, a sudden change occurred...

Facing the henchman reaching out to him, Guan Liyuan first had a look of confusion in his eyes, then slowly extended a finger, softly uttering two words: "Bone Spike!"

A palm-sized magic array appeared in front of Guan Liyuan's fingertip, and a white light shot out from the magic array, piercing towards the henchman's hand reaching out to him...