Chapter 2738 Transmigrated to a Noble Academy as a Special Admission Student (22)

The investigation results were released two days later, which was quite efficient.

The official conclusion is that a senior engineer within the academy responsible for maintaining the Starship Combat Tournament system, due to long-term dissatisfaction with the academy's promotion system for technical positions, became psychologically unbalanced and tampered with the competition system in an attempt to create chaos. The engineer has been immediately detained and will face severe legal sanctions.

The report was sent to Jin Chen's bracelet.

In the afternoon, Jin Chen sat alone in the small garden near the teaching area, looking down at the seemingly well-written report, and casually tossed it onto the wooden chair next to him.

It looks very perfunctory.

Very perfunctory.

This is a classic case of a staff member taking the blame.

Any engineer working at the academy who is not mentally unstable would not gamble with Ling Yao and Lin Baiyu.

Jin Chen twitched the corner of his mouth, understanding dawning on him.

When nobles are involved, things are never that simple. Those in power need to give the public a “reasonable” explanation as soon as possible. A scapegoat with no complicated background and pure motives is the most suitable.

【Host, I found it! 】

Zero Rolling: [That engineer was indeed dealt with terribly, directly handed over to the Interstellar Court, and will probably spend the rest of his life in a heavy prison. But! He and his superior, tracing back the records of the Edge Planet, actually have some connection with Dr. Mad.]

【Although the traces were wiped clean, they couldn't fool me!】 Zero snorted, at crucial moments, I still had to rely on Lord Pixiu.

Jin Chen patted its head, leaned back casually in the chair, tilted its head slightly, propped its cheek with its hand, and lowered its eyes in thought.

Eric managed to clear his name this time, but the Mad Doctor...

Jin Chen decided to do something and test the waters underwater.

As I pondered, I heard a sound approaching.

Jin Chen glanced sideways at the path ahead, where four people were walking side by side.

His gaze swept over them, and his slightly upturned peach blossom eyes seemed to hold hooks in the sunlight, deep and beautiful, causing the four people who were walking towards him to pause in unison.

Sith reacted the fastest, quickly nudging the gentle-looking man beside her with her elbow and winking at him:

Look, it's him! Jin Chen! The special admission student who's been keeping Bai Yu and A Yao on edge!

Shi Heng dodged his elbow strike, then leisurely looked up at the figure sitting alone in the light and shadow with great interest.

Ling Yao was wearing a black beanie today, with the brim pulled down low, partially obscuring his eyebrows and eyes. Remembering that Lin Baiyu was still there, he slowed his pace.

But in the instant he hesitated, Lin Baiyu stepped forward first.

Lin Baiyu remained aloof like the snow on the Tianshan Mountains. His high-collared trench coat accentuated his tall and slender figure, and he exuded an aura that kept strangers at bay.

Only when he stood still in front of Jin Chen did he reveal a rare gentleness.

"I formally thank you." Lin Baiyu's tone was slightly gentler than usual. "I hope you will carefully consider my proposal. But before that..."

He took out a card made of a special material from his trench coat pocket and handed it to Jin Chen. The card still had a trace of warmth left on it from his fingertips.

"Here's a gift for you."

Jin Chen stopped looking at Ling Yao, whose expression was unclear, and looked up at Lin Baiyu and the card in his hand.

Lin Baiyu met his calm eyes, and a thought inexplicably stirred within her. Her Adam's apple bobbed, as if she were somewhat nervous.

"You seem to be in dire need of money. This is just a token of gratitude for saving your life, nothing more."

【Oh~ why not take it if it's free?】Zero urged.

Lin Bai felt a slight sense of relief when Jin Chen reached out his hand. "This is my primary card with secondary access. There's no limit on the amount you can use it."

Jin Chen's hand, which was halfway outstretched, stopped abruptly and then quickly withdrew, as if the card was too hot to handle.

This person must be out of their mind.

Who sent the thank-you gift was a supplementary credit card?

"No need." Jin Chen leaned back, creating some distance, and his gaze once again passed over Lin Baiyu, landing on Ling Yao behind him, his tone carrying a somewhat inexplicable meaning.

"I thought Ling Yao had told you that."

Lin Baiyu was taken aback. "What?"

Jin Chen appeared relaxed, but her gaze was fixed on Ling Yao. "I intervened to save him."

He looked back at Lin Baiyu, his tone indifferent, "By the way, I saved you too."

Lin Baiyu stood there stunned, turned to the side, and looked at Ling Yao behind him in astonishment.

Ling Yao stood there, his fingertips slightly curled, facing Lin Baiyu's gaze, but he didn't know what to say.

Jin Chen stood up and walked straight towards Ling Yao, gently rubbing Ling Yao's earlobe hidden under his beanie with her fingertips.

Small and intimate gestures.

At the same time, a wooden box was handed to Ling Yao.

"See you tonight for today's gift."

Ling Yao was somewhat dazed, and subconsciously gripped the small wooden box tighter, letting out a barely audible "...Mmm".

Once Jin Chen's figure disappeared from sight, the four people in the small garden fell into an eerie silence.

Ling Yao and Lin Baiyu remained silent, the atmosphere somewhat tense.

Sith nudged Shi Heng again with his elbow, his eyes flashing with madness, his features almost contorted:

What to do! We need to think of a solution quickly!

Shi Heng patted his arm helplessly, signaling him to calm down.

He looked at Lin Baiyu and Ling Yao, whose expressions were different, and said gently, "Let's go back first. Some things are not suitable to be said outside."

-

The four returned to their private villa, where the setting sun cast its last rays through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Lin Baiyu sat on a single sofa, his back ramrod straight, his expression even colder than usual.

But when facing Ling Yao, she suppressed her surging emotions and tried her best to appear calm and composed, saying, "You don't dislike Jin Chen."

Ling Yao sat opposite him. Upon hearing this, her beautiful eyes curved into a smile, as if she had unloaded some burden, and she readily admitted, "Yes."

He looked at Lin Baiyu, trying to sound cheerful.

“I was not nice to Jin Chen before, which may have left you with some misunderstandings, but I don’t hate him now… not at all.”

"Bai Yu, you're a very good friend of mine, and I don't know what you think of Jin Chen... I've been thinking about how to tell you these past few days."

Lin Baiyu looked at him, her brows furrowed, unable to understand.

“Your family is different from mine; Uncle Ling won’t allow you to…”

He suddenly stopped, thinking that with Ling Yao's intelligence, it was impossible for him not to understand the key point.

Then, looking into Ling Yao's unwavering eyes, Lin Baiyu suddenly realized something and helplessly advised, "A Yao, if you're just interested in Jin Chen and want to have some fun, there's no need to go looking for him."

“He is a really good prospect, unlike other special admissions students, and should not be... involved in this kind of game.”

Lin Baiyu always speaks directly and never beats around the bush.

He felt this was for Jin Chen's sake and also to remind his friend, but Ling Yao found these words inexplicably jarring.

It was as if his feelings, which he himself did not yet understand, were being belittled as frivolous manipulation.

Ling Yao was getting a little irritated. He took off his beanie and casually put it aside, frowning. "I wasn't just playing around, Bai Yu. Why would you think that?"

"Stop." Shi Heng intervened at the right moment, placing a cup of fragrant hot cocoa in front of each of them.

Shi Heng clapped his hands. "Calm down, everyone. Listen to me first."