Chapter 1441: Chapter 1441
"Hee hee, since I’m restoring my appearance, I must remove all my previous flaws. From now on, I want to be a young heartthrob who lives off his looks."
Tang Ming sat on the sofa, crossing his legs: "Now that pretty boys are so popular, with my looks, I shouldn’t be too shabby when I go to university."
"No way, with your looks, you’re even more of a pretty boy than the current popular stars."
Li Xiaoli nodded repeatedly, smiling brightly at Tang Ming: "If I were a rich lady, I’d definitely keep you, Tang Ming."
"Hey, I’m just saying. With my current worth, who could afford to keep me?"
Tang Ming rolled his eyes, looking exasperatedly and shot a glance at Li Xiaoli.
"Even if no one’s keeping you, once you go to university, you’re certain to become the campus heartthrob."
Li Xiaoli said with certainty.
"That’s for sure, the word ’handsome’ defines my whole life."
Tang Ming laughed proudly.
"Heh heh, narcissist. You didn’t take the college entrance exam before, so you should first figure out how to attend Imperial University with us."
Liu Mengting sneered coldly and reminded seriously.
"That’s right! Tang Ming didn’t take the college entrance exam and didn’t receive an acceptance letter. How will you go to university?"
Li Xiaoli finally remembered the issue they’d been worried about for a long time.
"Damn it, I totally forgot about this."
Tang Ming was stunned, quickly took out his phone, and dialed Chen Cang’s number.
"Ming, you’re back from closed-door training?"
Once the call connected, Chen Cang excitedly shouted: "That silly girl Gao Ya has been tricked away by me. She..."
"Forget about her for now. Have you settled my enrollment issue?"
Tang Ming couldn’t wait to interrupt Chen Cang.
"I’m really having a headache over this!"
Chen Cang sighed helplessly: "I’ve already used all possible connections, even Zhou Jian in the Imperial City has been helping me, but Imperial University’s admission is really strict. Not even the children of leaders can get in through the back door."
"So it’s not settled, is it?"
Tang Ming furrowed his brows.
"I’m really sorry, I can’t do anything about it."
Chen Cang sighed repeatedly, troubled: "I even met with Liu Gaoze before, but he also couldn’t do anything."
"Alright, I got it. I’ll find a way myself."
Tang Ming knew Chen Cang had tried his best and didn’t blame him: "Have you received your acceptance letter?"
"I have. I’m planning to take Mengting and Xiaoli to the Imperial City in these couple of days to prepare."
Chen Cang responded truthfully.
"Okay then, once you’re ready, come to the Liu Family, and we’ll head to Imperial City together."
Tang Ming instructed briefly and hung up the phone.
Putting down the phone, Tang Ming saw Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli simultaneously flaunting their acceptance letters in front of him.
"Hey, I can’t attend school, is it necessary for you two to be so happy?"
Tang Ming rolled his eyes.
"We’re not showing off, we’re reminding you to think of a solution quickly."
Li Xiaoli smiled energetically at Tang Ming.
"Looks like it’s really difficult to get into Imperial University through connections now, maybe I should just forget about it."
Tang Ming thought for a moment: "You go to school, I’ll skip it. Besides, I’ve no real interest in studying."
"No way! You promised me before that once you returned from the Dragon Group, we’d always be together. Now that you don’t have to go to the Dragon Group for cultivation, you must go with me."
Liu Mengting quickly insisted.
"Yes, yes, you need to figure it out early, or when Wei’er comes back, she’ll also need to attend school. You can’t not let her go, right?"
Li Xiaoli also nodded repeatedly.
University life is four years long, and if they can’t be together with Tang Ming, who knows what changes might happen in the future.
"This is indeed a problem."
Thinking that Xia Wei’er would also need to attend school when she returned, he needed to think ahead.
"Do you have any ideas?"
Both girls looked nervously at Tang Ming.
"I don’t have any ideas for now. You pack your things first, and as soon as Chen Cang arrives, we’ll head to the Imperial City."
Tang Ming thought for a moment and said decisively: "Once you’re there, stay at the estate or you can roam around while I sort out connections."
"Great, we get to go to university. I’m so excited about university life."
Li Xiaoli immediately cheered, pulling Liu Mengting along to pack.
"Hey, bring fewer brand-name items. Try to keep a low profile at school."
Watching the two girls’ retreating figures, Tang Ming solemnly reminded.
Li Xiaoli waved without turning back.
That afternoon, Tang Ming and the others took a private plane to the Imperial City.
Tang Ming had Chen Cang accompany the two girls while he went to the Dark Group headquarters to find Zhou Xiong.
As the head of the Dark Group, Zhou Xiong should be able to help sort things out.
"That’s the situation. I was set up by Hao Jian and the Ming Group, preventing me from taking the college entrance exams."
Tang Ming looked helplessly at Zhou Xiong, "Do you have any way for me to attend Imperial University?"
"Young Master Tang, it’s not that I won’t help, but Imperial University’s management is very strict. Even disciples from major families must rely on their own abilities to get in."
Zhou Xiong apologized, looking at Tang Ming.
"Is it really that exaggerated? In this day and age, there’s nowhere a backdoor can’t be taken? I don’t believe the Nine Great Families lack the influence to get someone into Imperial University."
Tang Ming looked skeptically at Zhou Xiong, feeling he wasn’t being completely honest.
"Precisely because the Nine Great Families have this influence, they’re not allowed to do it."
Zhou Xiong smiled, explaining: "Think about how vast the Nine Great Families are, with countless disciples taking exams. If they all used connections to get into Imperial University, it would turn into the private playground of a few families, so how would it train talent for the country?"
The Nine Great Families have that influence, but for the sake of societal development, a rule was made prohibiting them from taking advantage of this at Imperial University.
That’s exactly why, even they must adhere to Imperial University’s regulations, hence no one can easily place a student there.
"Damn it, then what do I do? Is there really no way at all?"
Tang Ming fretted, pulling at his hair. If there truly was no way into Imperial University, he’d have to be separated from Liu Mengting and others for four years, with nothing else to do, which was frustrating.
He also wondered what to do when Xia Wei’er returned.
"Heehee, it’s not that there’s no way at all."
Just as Tang Ming was grappling with the problem, Zhou Xiong suddenly smiled.
"You had a solution and didn’t say?"
Tang Ming exasperatedly glanced at Zhou Xiong, "Director Zhou, are you hinting that you want something from me?"
"Of course not. If money could solve this, it would be easy, right?"
Zhou Xiong smiled at Tang Ming, "The only way to get into Imperial University is for you to rejoin the Dark Group. I’ll grant you a special recruitment spot under the Dark Group’s name."