Survival in the Class: I'm the Only Boy on the Bus

While looking in the rearview mirror, Qin Hongkou maneuvered the red Ferrari backward toward the blue portal.

A slight smile played on her lips, her face showing no sign of panic, but rather full of anticipation.

The red Ferrari sped straight into the blue portal and disappeared.

At the end of the dungeon, a red rope is tied to the trunks of large trees on both sides of the road, and the word "End" is written on the ground in chalk.

A very simple finish line...

Furthermore, the word "finish line" was written terribly...

Above the red rope, a screen is suspended, with the background still showing a red fox mask.

However, the screen displays constantly changing rankings of the four teams:

[First Place: 00621, Level 2 Vehicle, Pink Emma Electric Scooter]

[Second Place: 00520, Tier 1 Vehicle, Wuling Small Truck]

[Third Place: 56547, Tier 1 Vehicle, Black Cadillac Sedan]

[Fourth Place: 01430, Tier 3 Vehicle, Ferrari SF90 Spider Convertible]

It's not just at the finish line that there's a ranking display on the screen.

Every 1000 meters along the track, a screen displays the real-time rankings.

These screens are positioned off-center from the curves and only appear on straight sections.

Suddenly! A blue portal opened in front of the red rope on the track.

A red Ferrari drove out of the portal backwards.

The blue portals merged and disappeared instantly.

The Ferrari was facing the red rope at the finish line.

After Qin Hongkou drove her red Ferrari out of the portal, the rankings at the finish line changed.

She has become number one!

Qin Hongkou looked at the red string in front of her, and the corners of her mouth slightly lifted:

"Just as I thought! Is this what they mean by 'no destruction, no construction'?!"

She immediately switched to D mode and track mode, then floored the accelerator.

This supercar, worth over 700 million, suddenly unleashed a terrifying roar!

Like a wild beast awakening!

Due to the inertia of reversing, the Ferrari's body moved backward, but the rear wheels rolled forward at high speed, screeching violently against the ground and emitting a piercing sound, while the tires also kicked up acrid blue smoke.

Once the forward momentum exceeded the decaying inertia, the awakened red beast suddenly lunged forward!

Like a red arrow, it shot straight across the finish line.

Because the Ferrari was too low, it failed to break the red rope.

Without even looking, Qin Hongkou reached out her left hand from the car and precisely pulled off the red rope.

Qin Hongkou skillfully maneuvered her fully awakened performance beast, dodging the wooden crates placed in the middle of the road. She waved the red rope and shouted happily:

"Wuhu—!!!"

"Awesome! The LaFerrari suits me best!"

"But...it's not fast enough! My sister likes it super fast!!!"

"Xiao Chen must be super fast, after all, I personally set up his workout routine! All the exercises were chosen by me! Hehehe!"

"Although I feel a little bad for my best friend, her son is truly my dearest!"

"What a pity, I never got to experience the first time I fell in love with someone before I was transported to another world..."

"I guess I've done right by my best friend..."

Qin Hongkou looked at the long, straight road ahead. She continued to lean against the car door with her left hand, her fist pressed against her cheek, her right hand casually resting on the steering wheel, and let out a soft sigh.

"If there's a down-on-his-luck Xiao Chen waiting for me to come rescue her in my Ferrari, that would be even better!"

As Qin Hongkou spoke, she casually tossed the red string from her left hand, placed her left hand on the steering wheel, and slammed her right hand on the passenger seat:

"Jiang Nan, you old scoundrel! You better not time travel! I was hoping to go back and read the finished 'Cage Clan'!..."

"Or... just don't let me run into you here!"

The red Ferrari sped forward at 120 km/h, passing directly through the unfolding blue portal.

One second before leaving this B-level dungeon, a system notification sounded in Qin Hongkou's mind:

The dungeon has been cleared, and the [Rank A Treasure Chest] has been delivered to your inventory.

...

The pink electric scooter was originally the number one item that was out of stock.

next moment!

The system notification sounded in the minds of all players in the dungeon:

Team 01430, driving a Tier 3 vehicle - a Ferrari SF90 Spider Convertible, has cleared the dungeon and is ranked first!

But the father, Lao Jiu, sitting on the pink electric scooter, didn't react much. He leaned his body slightly, shifted his center of gravity, and once again took the corner without slowing down.

He rode his electric scooter at a brisk pace, speaking Cantonese with a smug air:

"Nine! How about it, sis? My technique is pretty good!"

(Translation: Hey Jiu! How was it?! My skills are pretty good!)

But Xiao Jiu behind him didn't answer him; she just kept her head down and didn't say a word.

He sat on the back of the electric scooter, his hands gripping Lao Jiu tightly.

Lao Jiu could clearly feel the force on his waist increase, but it eased up in just a few seconds.

Seeing that there was only a straight road ahead, Lao Jiu held the handlebars with his right hand and scratched the back of his head with his left hand, looking somewhat lost.

"Feed me?! Are you angry again?!"

Wearing a tattered school uniform, Xiao Jiu gave a muffled "hmm":

"Why? Why won't you let me call you Dad?"

"It was fine before I transmigrated, but why can't I do it now?"

Xiao Jiu's tattered and ill-fitting school uniform was picked up from a trash can by Lao Jiu, but Lao Jiu washed it very clean.

Lao Jiu really wanted Xiao Jiu to go to school, but... he was a fugitive...

When Lao Jiu was young, he was a street racer and a gangster. One night, while racing with his brothers, he accidentally hit and killed a pregnant woman suffering from prenatal depression.

This pregnant woman was up late at night and attempted suicide on the street.

Old Nine happened to run into him...

Looking at the pregnant woman he had smashed to pieces, Lao Jiu's mind went blank. Covered in blood, he fled...

From then on, he adopted the pseudonym "Old Nine" and lived a life of hiding and running away.

Until they found an abandoned baby boy with congenital heart disease.

Lao Jiu called him "Xiao Jiu".

The once carefree and irresponsible Lao Jiu suddenly found a weakness.

In order to treat Xiao Jiu's heart disease and to ensure that Xiao Jiu could have a hot meal.

He does multiple manual labor jobs a day, carrying bricks on construction sites during the day and sorting them in the warehouse at night.

Often, I work all day long...

Xiao Jiu is also very sensible. He doesn't make a fuss about wanting any toys. His toys are ants, cockroaches, and mice. Sometimes he might even encounter stray cats.

He taught himself to cook from a young age, and no matter how late Lao Jiu came home from work, Xiao Jiu would wait for him and heat up his food.

Although it didn't taste good, Lao Jiu would still finish it all.

The two lived in an old brick house. Although it leaked when it rained and had a lot of cockroaches and rats, they managed to get by...

The reason Lao Jiu didn't want Xiao Jiu to call him "Dad" was simply because he was a fugitive and didn't know when he would be arrested.

Lao Jiu didn't want Xiao Jiu to be ridiculed for having a criminal as her father, nor did he want Xiao Jiu to acknowledge someone like him as her father...

Of course, deep down he also felt that he was not worthy of being Xiao Jiu's father.

Xiao Jiu buried her head in Lao Jiu's back and muttered softly:

"Ninth Brother...when can I call you Dad?"

(Translation: Ninth Brother...when can I call you Dad?)

"Will I be able to call you 'Dad' when I grow up, when I'm capable, and when I beat up all the bad guys who bullied you?"

Looking at the rankings on the screen, Lao Jiu confirmed that he and Xiao Jiu were still in second place, and then his gaze fell on the right rearview mirror.

Old Nine looked at Little Nine's shoulder in the mirror and gently raised the corners of his mouth:

"Okay! Wait for me... We'll get back alive, and after I see you teach those bastards a lesson, you can yell all you want..."

What Lao Jiu actually wanted to say was:

"Once I get you back safely, you can call me Dad."

He knew what would happen if he returned to his original world.

But if I can safely send Xiao Jiu back, even if I go to jail, it will be worth it.

After hearing Lao Jiu's words, Xiao Jiu nodded vigorously, stretched his right hand forward, past Lao Jiu's shoulder, and hooked his little finger:

"Pinky promise!"

Old Nine smiled helplessly, freed his left hand, and extended his little finger to gently make a pinky promise with Little Nine.

But the next moment, a zombie's roar suddenly rang out from all around the highway.

Then came the roars of countless zombies, one after another.

The surrounding grass was pressed down, making a rustling sound.

Lao Jiu immediately withdrew his left hand and put it back on the handlebars.

His brows furrowed, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze sharpened.

"Hold on tight! I'm going to lead you out of here!!"

"Hey! I'm so tired from all this... could you sing me Eason Chan's 'Bicycle'?"

Xiao Jiu found Lao Jiu's behavior annoying, so he took out a Tang-style horizontal sword from his spatial backpack, grabbed the blade, handed the hilt to Lao Jiu, and uttered two words:

"Won't!"

Old Jiu controlled the handlebars with his left hand, took the hilt of Tang Hengdao's sword with his right, and smiled helplessly:

"Damn it! You idiot! What Cantonese person doesn't know 'Bicycle'?"