After all, Qiao Weidong is a doting father to his daughter. If he saw him there, he would probably want to kill him.

"Never mind him, he even invited his girlfriend. Why can't I invite you?" Qiao Yingzi said somewhat unhappily upon hearing this.

Although she didn't dislike her father's girlfriend, nor did she forbid her father from having female companions, she was still somewhat unhappy when her father invited her to dinner and also brought his girlfriend along.

Seeing this, Zhao Xuan said indifferently, "Okay, I'll go with you after school."

"Then it's settled," Qiao Yingzi said happily, but then added with a hint of unease, "Don't let us down."

"Oh, do I look like that kind of person?" Zhao Xuan made an OK gesture and patted his chest as he spoke.

Seeing this, Qiao Yingzi smiled and returned to her seat.

.........

Time flew by and it was noon.

Zhao Xuan, along with his younger sister and Qiao Yingzi, sat in the cafeteria eating lunch and chatting.

"Brother, what are your thoughts on this year's high school league?"

"What else can we think about? We'll just have to see how things go."

"I heard that quite a few people have reached the dojo level in this league."

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Chapter 142 Liu Jing

“That’s more interesting,” Zhao Xuan said.

As far as Zhao Xuan was concerned, he wouldn't care unless someone was at the late stage of the dojo or a near-Heavenly King level.

After all, with his current strength, he really has nothing to fear.

"Brother, I'll definitely be there to cheer you on," Li Yunjie said with a grin.

Li Yunjie had great confidence in his brother.

Qiao Yingzi was the same, but her eyes held an expression of envy.

I wish she could participate in the league too.

Half an hour later, Zhao Xuan parted ways with Li Yunjie and Qiao Yingzi.

He needs to see Guo Guangping.

As he passed by Li Meng's office building, he saw a gentle woman standing in the corridor, as if she were looking for someone.

Zhao Xuan recognized the woman. Although it was their first meeting, her appearance made it clear that she was Liu Jing, Ji Yangyang's mother.

After all, this role left a deep impression on Zhao Xuan, but the ending was not good; he died of cancer.

Liu Jing also saw Zhao Xuan and called out to him, "Hey, classmate."

"Auntie, is there something you need?" Zhao Xuan stopped and asked.

Looking at Zhao Xuan, Liu Jing asked, "Hello, do you know where Ms. Li Meng's office is?"

"Teacher Li Meng, go up these stairs, the first room on the second floor is her office. It's break time now, so Teacher Li Meng should be in her office," Zhao Xuan said upon seeing this.

"Okay, thank you, classmate," Liu Jing said, expressing her gratitude.

"No need. If you don't need anything else, Auntie, I'll be going now." Zhao Xuan nodded casually, then asked if he had anything else to do and said he would be leaving.

Liu Jing shook her head, indicating that everything was fine.

Seeing this, Zhao Xuan took the lead and went up to the office building.

Liu Jing followed closely behind.

When Zhao Xuan arrived at the principal's office, he knocked on the door, and Guo Guangping's voice came from inside: "Come in."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xuan pushed open the door and entered.

Guo Guangping put down his pen as Zhao Xuan walked in, and said with a smile, "You're finally back, kid. I thought you wouldn't make it to the league this time."

"How could that be? It concerns the honor of our school. How could I miss it? Even if I were in another world, I would rush back," Zhao Xuan said with a grin.

Seeing Zhao Xuan's grinning face, Guo Guangping said irritably, "You're just bragging. I heard that you entered a new secret realm while you were in the capital."

As he spoke, Guo Guangping led Zhao Xuan to sit on the sofa, and Zhao Xuan skillfully began to brew tea, saying as he did so, "Isn't it just that I've been incredibly unlucky? I got caught up in a secret realm while I was just walking down the street."

Upon hearing this, Guo Guangping simply smiled and said, "Let's not talk about that anymore. Let's talk about this league."

"Principal, please speak, I'm listening." Zhao Xuan poured Guo Guangping a cup of hot tea, looking like he was all ears.

Guo Guangping picked up his celadon teacup, the rising steam blurring his glasses. "The league has been restructured this time." He drew a spiral on the coffee table with his index finger. "Shanghai High School has brought in three exchange students from North America, one of whom is named Chu Tian. He just caught a Shiny Gengar last week."

Zhao Xuan paused in pouring tea. The tea rippled in the cup, and then he exclaimed in surprise, "Then I'd like to see just how strong that Chu Tian is?"

Upon hearing this, Guo Guangping suddenly stood up and walked towards the safe. The clicking sound of the mechanical wheel turning was particularly clear in the quiet office. He took out a dark silver Poké Ball, its surface etched with lightning-shaped patterns.

"This is a list of participants from various schools this year, containing everyone's information." The metal casing gleamed coldly in his palm. "Quite a few people have broken through to the gym level recently, so you'd better be careful."

Before the words were even finished, a commotion suddenly arose downstairs. Looking through the floor-to-ceiling window, seven or eight armored birds were circling above the playground, their metal wings cutting through the air with a high-frequency buzzing sound.

“The reconnaissance team from Shanghai High School,” Guo Guangping sneered. “Last week, they used Polygon II to hack into the school's database, but my Rotom firewall burned out their processor.” A sly glint flashed in the old man's eyes as he pulled a holographic projector from his drawer.

A three-dimensional light screen unfolded above the coffee table, displaying a complex tactical simulation diagram. Zhao Xuan noticed that the blue arrow representing his team consistently formed a pincer movement. "Are you trying to replicate the blitzkrieg tactics from the East China League three years ago?"

"To be precise, it's an improved version..." The principal tapped his finger, and a golden thunderstorm suddenly exploded in the light screen. "Let me tell you..."

Then, Guo Guangping continued speaking at length.

Zhao Xuan listened quietly.

Suddenly, the scent of cherry blossoms wafted in from outside the window. Zhao Xuan remembered meeting Liu Jing this morning and wondered what she was doing at school at this hour.

It's worth noting that in the original novel, Liu Jing didn't show her face during her second year of high school; it wasn't until her third year that Li Meng called her to school.

The idea had barely formed when it was interrupted by a tactical discussion—Guo Guangping was demonstrating how to use special abilities to counter Gengar's Phase Shift.

In actual combat, attention should be paid to the coverage frequency of the electromagnetic pulse. The principal pulled up the mathematical model, "When the density of sand and dust particles reaches 120 million per cubic meter..." His pen drew a function curve on the draft paper, and suddenly the pen tip stopped.

"Dong Dong Dong!!"

A rapid knocking interrupted Guo Guangping's words, causing him to frown before saying, "Please come in."

As soon as Guo Guangping finished speaking, the door opened and Li Meng walked in wearing high heels.

When Zhao Xuan and Guo Guangping saw that it was Li Meng, they were surprised and asked, "Teacher Li Meng, is there something you need?"

Zhao Xuan winked at Li Meng.

Li Meng first glared at the funny Zhao Xuan, then said to Guo Guangping, "Principal, Ji Yangyang's parents insist on applying for the high school league qualification."

Guo Guangping and Zhao Xuan exchanged a glance, both of them showing surprise in their eyes.

It's important to know that although Ji Yangyang also has Pokémon, he's not a professional trainer, and his skills aren't particularly strong. Participating in the league would be like handing the game to an easy opponent.

However, this league doesn't necessarily require professional trainers to participate. It's just that in recent years, amateur trainers have been completely outmatched by professionals.

Therefore, the schools tacitly agreed to only allow professional trainers to participate, since the official support would be substantial if someone won first place.

Next year, even more students will apply to the top-ranked schools, making the league's top spot very attractive to all schools.

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Chapter 143: Shift the blame!

"Ms. Li Meng, didn't you explain this to Ji Yangyang's parents? Although this league allows people who own Pokémon to participate, professional trainers have no chance of winning."

Guo Guangping frowned and said.

This league is an important event for both him and Chunfeng Middle School. If they can get into the top few, the Shanghai authorities will increase their support for Chunfeng Middle School next year.

“Principal, I’ve already spoken to her, but Ji Yangyang’s mother still insists. Why don’t you talk to her? She’s currently outside,” Li Meng said helplessly.

How could Li Meng not know about the league?

However, Ji Yangyang's mother insisted that there was nothing she could do, and she even brought up the policy.

That means the league is open to any trainer from the school, whether professional or amateur.

Zhao Xuan was somewhat surprised to hear this, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he quietly drank his tea. After all, this matter had little to do with him, and with Guo Guangping, who was 22 meters tall, standing in his place, it wasn't his place to speak.

"Then please invite her in. I'd like to have a chat with her," Guo Guangping said after a moment's thought.

Li Meng nodded, then left the office and brought Liu Jing in.

When Liu Jing came in and saw Zhao Xuan, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes. She hadn't expected that the classmate who had given her directions earlier would also be here.

It seems that he has a pretty good relationship with Guo Guangping.

However, these thoughts only flashed through her mind before she politely greeted him, "You must be Guo Guangping. Principal Guo, I've heard so much about you."

"You are Ji Yangyang's mother. May I ask your surname?" Guo Guangping stood up, invited Liu Jing to sit down, and asked Liu Jing's name.

"My name is Liu Jing," Liu Jing introduced herself.

"Ms. Liu, Ms. Li Meng has already told me about your request, but I hope you can seriously consider it. Ji Yangyang is really not suitable to participate in the league."

Guo Guangping didn't waste any words and spoke directly.

“Principal Guo, according to policy, any trainer is allowed to participate in the school’s league,” Liu Jing said with a slight smile.

Guo Guangping felt somewhat helpless upon hearing this. How could he not know about this policy? He just had tacitly accepted some things.

"Sigh...this is really too difficult." Guo Guangping thought helplessly as he looked at Liu Jing who was smiling. Then, out of the corner of his eye, Guo Guangping saw Zhao Xuan watching the show and said, "Ms. Liu, this is the team leader of our school. If Ji Yangyang really wants to participate, she needs to get Captain Zhao's approval."

"Pfft!!" Zhao Xuan, who was leisurely sipping his tea, spat it out upon hearing Guo Guangping's words, and then coughed involuntarily.

"Cough...cough..."

Seeing this, Li Meng, who had been silent, quickly took out a piece of paper and handed it to Zhao Xuan, while complaining, "Really, you can't even be careful when drinking tea."

Although it was a complaint, there was a hint of concern in his tone.

Liu Jing chuckled as she looked at Zhao Xuan.

Guo Guangping laughed when he saw this.

Let this brat watch the show; now we'll push everything onto him and see how he handles it.

"Teacher Li, I'm fine." Zhao Xuan took the tissue, wiped his mouth, and said. Then he glanced at Guo Guangping, that old geezer, with some resentment. It was really too much of him to push the blame onto him.

Then Zhao Xuan looked at Liu Jing, thought for a moment and said, "It's no problem for Ji Yangyang to participate in the league, but he needs to go through the selection process. This time, our Chunfeng Middle School will be open to all trainers in the school. As long as Ji Yangyang has the ability, we will not refuse him."

"What do you think, Principal?"

After saying this, Zhao Xuan looked at Guo Guangping.

"Hehe, Captain Zhao, you can make the decision," Guo Guangping replied with a smile.

"Then you're in charge of this matter, Principal. I have other things to attend to, so I'll be leaving now." Zhao Xuan rolled his eyes around and stood up to leave, but as soon as he stood up, Guo Guangping pressed him down with his hand.

"You little rascal, you want to shirk your responsibilities again? Sit down. Let me tell you, this was your idea, so you're responsible for it yourself. Don't try to pass it on to me," Guo Guangping said to Zhao Xuan irritably.

This isn't the first time this little rascal has done this, so Guo Guangping has no way of letting him get away with it.

Liu Jing was shocked to see this. She hadn't expected Zhao Xuan and Guo Guangping to have such a good relationship. Judging from the looks of it, this wasn't the first time.

Li Meng looked at the two of them and patted her forehead helplessly. Didn't these two pay attention to the fact that there was an outsider here? It was really embarrassing.

Upon hearing Guo Guangping's words, Zhao Xuan said with great displeasure, "Principal, you're wrong. What do you mean by 'absentee manager'? I'm just a student, of course I should prioritize my studies."

"Also, this matter should have been arranged by the school in the first place."

Zhao Xuan didn't want to waste time on such trivial matters, so he decided to find a way to improve the strength of the Steel Crows.

Currently, both Corviknight and Lukecats are at a bottleneck in their strength, and he needs to help them take another step forward.

"I don't care, you're in charge of this. That's settled. If you have nothing else to do, you can leave." Guo Guangping simply took a lazy approach, settling the matter and then kicking Zhao Xuan out.

"Hey, wait a minute, 447, I have something I'd like to ask Captain Zhao for a favor," Liu Jing said quickly upon seeing this.

As soon as Liu Jing said this, Zhao Xuan and the other two looked at her.

Seeing that all three of them were looking at her, Liu Jing explained, "It's like this, Yangyang has always wanted to see Captain Zhao compete, and he hopes that Captain Zhao will give him a chance."

As for Zhao Xuan's identity, Liu Jing actually knew who he was when Guo Guangping called him Captain Zhao.

After all, as the district head, how could her husband not know about the outstanding young trainers in his district?

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