A Beating
656 Words
Qingcheng Jiayuan.
Building C, Apartment 606.
When Qiao Sang returned home with her mother, she was still a bit dazed.
After all, she had endured nearly two hours of verbal abuse at school. If it hadn't been for the old teacher's stomach growling, he might have continued lecturing her.
Qiao Sang washed her face twice in the bathroom.
She looked at herself in the mirror. Her face was delicate, exactly the same as in her past life.
Only now she looked much younger, with a bit of baby fat still on her cheeks.
"Come out for dinner." Her mother's voice came from the living room.
"Coming."
Qiao Sang responded and washed her face one more time silently.
When she entered the living room, her mother, Ye Xiangting, shot her a sharp look. "The food is cold. I just reheated it. Hurry up and eat."
Actually, Qiao Sang's family was quite similar to hers. Not only did her parents look alike, but they were also both from single-parent families.
Qiao Sang's father didn't go missing or die young; they simply got divorced.
They divorced when Qiao Sang was three years old. Her father, Qiao Wangyang, remarried that year and had another daughter, who is now fourteen.
It’s quite intriguing…
Perhaps feeling guilty towards her mother, he left the child and the house to her when they divorced.
Her mother, Ye Xiangting, never remarried. She worked hard to earn money and raised Qiao Sang on her own.
Fortunately, her mother was an E-level Beast Tamer with a Faithful Owl and a Fat Dove.
She made a living by renting out her services for aerial tours, so her life was relatively comfortable and well-off.
Life hadn’t turned her into a worn-out old woman but had transformed her into a strong woman with a gentle exterior but a tough interior.
Qiao Sang deeply felt this.
Her mother had endured two hours of scolding from the teacher with her and still managed not to hit her when they got home.
She was so strong!
But it really wasn’t her fault. Since she couldn’t retrieve the Beast Taming codex from her mind and had never contracted with a supernatural creature, it was impossible to prove that she had already awakened on her own without going to the Beast Taming Center for a checkup.
Qiao Sang ate her meal in silence.
Although her mother was a strong woman, there was no guarantee she would always remain that way.
"Take a day off tomorrow. I’ll take you to the Beast Taming Center," Her mother said, looking at Qiao Sang.
Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment. "Why are we going to the Beast Taming Center?"
"You said you’ve already awakened on your own, right? We need to get a checkup and a certification before we can go to the pet base to choose a pet." Her mother explained.
“Mom, just take a look.” Qiao Sang said, pushing the certificate a bit closer.
Ye Xiangting felt a chill in her heart. Not only did her daughter fail to awaken on her own, but she also scored zero…
Even if she hadn’t scored zero, her daughter’s previous grades wouldn’t have qualified her for a beast-taming high school.
To attend a beast-taming high school, one must first contract a Beast Taming Manual through magnetic wave awakening and then meet the score threshold.
The middle school exam had a full score of 650 points, with last year's minimum passing score at 332 points.
If she had tried hard in school and still didn’t make it, at least she would have tried her best. But her daughter not only failed but also lied about it…
Ye Xiangting began to doubt her own methods of education.
A beating is necessary.
This child needs to be disciplined.
Seeing her mother taking the certificate and looking down, Qiao Sang couldn’t help but straighten her back.
*Smack.*
Qiao Sang was stunned.
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