Hi! I"ve been MIA for the past month, and all I can say is that I"m really sorry about that. I"ve been really pumped up about school starting again, and I got carried away finis.h.i.+ng my a.s.signments before they were officially a.s.signed.
That being said, I do antic.i.p.ate being kind of busy this year. I"m a kid in a candy store -- what can I say? There are so many interesting things to try out!
My point is that if you"re out there and interested in translating this novel (and hopefully have more free time than I do), please shoot me an email at [email protected].
To clarify, I won"t stop translating, cuz I love this collection of stories as much as you guys do, but I do know that I"ll be updating more slowly. So if you"ve got time, love this story, and know Chinese, email me (I"d consider you an angel)!
Alright, on with the show: without further ado, I present to you, after a month of hiatus, the next chapter of our ongoing story:
Evolution of The Puppy Seme XII
"Come on, let"s go and look together. You definitely did really well." The yellow-haired youth pulled Duan Jingzhe"s arm toward the direction of the crowd.
At this point, their communication devices suddenly rang.
The yellow-haired young man let go of Duan Jingzhe"s hand and hurriedly opened his communication device.
His face flushed with excitement.
"Yeah!! I was admitted!!" The yellow-haired youth took Duan Jingzhe"s arm again and jumped up and down. The unconcealable joy on his face made the corners of Duan Jingzhe"s mouth curl up.
The results of the examination are not only announced on screen but also distributed to each candidate"s communication device.
"Quick! Look at yours!" The yellow-haired youth found that he was so happy he had forgotten about the person next to him, and so urged him. He did not worry that this man hadn"t pa.s.sed the exam. He was a weirdo with full scores on his theoretical exam. If the school didn"t let him pa.s.s, then they were simply blind!
Duan Jingzhe also opened his own communication device.
When he saw the words written on it, he was stunned, his face blank.
"Applicant Duan Jingzhe: after comprehensive evaluation in various aspects, we regret to inform you that you have not pa.s.sed this exam. Please don"t be discouraged and keep making persistent efforts, and the Mulis Mecha Academy will always welcome you."
The ecstatic yellow-haired youth moved closer to him. When he saw the notification on the communication device, the expression on his face turned into blank disbelief.
"...Is this Mecha Academy really blind?"The yellow-haired youth whispered to himself.
"Wait a minute, don"t lose heart! It"s possible that the notification on the contact was wrong. It"s not like that hasn"t happened before. Let"s go to the screen to check your results!" The yellow-haired youth looked at Duan Jingzhe, who had on an unseeing expression, and felt a pain in his heart. He tried to comfort him, then pulled him straight into the crowd and ran to the screen.
When they found the words on the screen, their shock multiplied tenfold.
"...how can it be that someone who got full scores on the theoretical test still couldn"t get in..." The yellow-haired youth did not know what to say to comfort Duan Jingzhe.
Duan Jingzhe was looking blindly at the screen, at a loss.
He hadn"t thought about what he would do if he didn"t pa.s.s the exam.
At this time, a something collided with him painfully, knocking Duan Jingzhe back a few steps.
Turning around, he saw a face full of superiority.
"You were so arrogant before, I even thought you had some ability. But it turns out you really didn"t even pa.s.s! You really are garbage!" Lu Lianjun was mad with laughter, his words full of contempt and disdain. "Your abilities are so low, and you still tried to get into Mulis. A daydream doesn"t just turn real like that! Hurry up and crawl back to your tattered little planet!"*
(*So actually, the word "crawl" is the best subst.i.tute I could think of for 滚 [Gǔn], which literally means "roll", but can also be applied to a person to mean something more along the lines of "get lost". So saying "let"s roll" in Chinese means a totally different thing than it does in English.)
Lu Liangjun"s entourage echoed his words, and they surrounded Duan Jingzhe and laughed loudly.
The yellow-haired youth was full of anger. "What are you doing!"
"What am I doing?" Lu Liangjun"s face suddenly became extremely dark. There was so much hatred swirling in his eyes that they seemed ready to pop out. "You dare ask me what I"m doing?!"
"Obviously, it"s because my scores have always been very good, but then this piece of garbage destroyed my record!" Lu Liangjun squeezed out the sentence from his teeth, full of fury. "I could have had the best score, and then become Professor Zhang Mushan"s first disciple, but now that"s impossible!"
"Because of two words from this waste, I fell directly from the top to one hundred! The position of Professor Zhang"s first disciple was taken away from me by a piece of garbage who came from nowhere!"
Lu Liangjun was extremely furious, but his voice was very soft. Apart from them, no one could hear him.
The yellow-haired youth felt anger surge up in him. "It is obviously you who violated the rules of the exam, it doesn"t have anything to do with him!"
Lu Liangjun suddenly laughed, and, coupled with the haze of that face, this smile looked very strange.
"Why try to twist my words to clear your name? You think that pus.h.i.+ng things on me will clear yourself of blame? That"s funny." Lu Liangjun laughed hard. "But I"m a powerful person, and I know many powerful people. Although you"ve caused me to lose the position of Professor Zhang"s first disciple, you haven"t even got into school. I don"t have the heart to target a stray dog."*
(*丧家之犬 [Sàngjiāzhīquǎn] = unwanted person, stray dog)
"Let"s go!"
Lu Liangjun beckoned and called away the people around them. They could hear their mad laughter even from far away.
The yellow-haired youth"s eyes are red.
Duan Jingzhe blinked, took Huang Fa"s youth"s arm, and looked blankly confused. "Who are they?"
"..." The yellow-haired youth suddenly felt that his anger had been entirely wasted.
He opened his mouth, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "No one, just a bunch of sickos."
Duan Jingzhe nodded his head and pretended to understand.
After such an explosion of emotion, the yellow-haired youth had calm down.
"Well, although I don"t know what happened to your results. You got such a high score on the theory test and still didn"t get in. However, since you"re strong and aren"t afraid of anything, well anyway, Mulis enrollment is annual, so next year..."
The yellow-haired was halfway in the middle of speaking when he saw someone"s shadow.
Someone stood in front of him. To be precise, he stood in front of Duan Jingzhe.
"Boy, are you interested in becoming my student?" said a coquettish voice in a joking tone.