Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 196: Why Do You Bear a Grudge Against the Sun Family?

Chapter 196: Chapter 196: Why Do You Bear a Grudge Against the Sun Family?

At midday in early winter, the sunlight was just right, warm enough to make one sleepy.

But You Le, on the other hand, felt as if a heavy snowstorm had descended upon her, chilling her to the bone.

Ji Ning’s words sent a chill down her spine that she could not dispel.

She mentioned that her father’s death might be linked to a major case.

Because everything is done with a purpose, and her father’s death hadn’t, on the surface, benefited the Sun Family. In fact, due to the incident, the Sun Family nearly lost the qualification to build a hotel.

In every way, it seemed the Sun Family had taken a loss.

But it was also possible that her father had suddenly uncovered some significant secret of the Sun Family, compelling them to silence him quickly.

Thereby indicating her father’s death wasn’t simple, and likely involved other elements.

Among these elements was a physiological grade factor.

Her physique could break through to S-Class, not only due to her efforts but also because of her inherited family genes.

Ji Ning suspected that her parents’ physiological grades might be high, and one of them could even be a superpower user.

However, she had never heard her grandmother mention any of this.

The more You Le thought, the more astonished she became, unable to recover from her shock for a long time.

Ji Ning turned and tapped her on the shoulder, "If you need it, I can help you find out the truth."

At this moment, You Le’s mind was a bit muddled, but her instincts told her she must agree.

"Sister Ning, help me."

***

"Where is Ji Ning?" The principal, searching everywhere, finally found Bai Xiaotang in the cafeteria.

Bai Xiaotang was eating with Ma Weiwei and Xu Jiaying at that moment.

The principal’s arrival was quite attention-grabbing, especially since he asked about Ji Ning straight away.

Not only did the students pay attention, but even the teachers looked over.

Bai Xiaotang vaguely guessed the purpose of his search for Ji Ning and answered calmly, "She went to the restroom."

The principal nodded and said to Bai Xiaotang, "If you see her, tell her to come to my office."

When the principal said this, his tone was ordinary, yet it had a resounding impact on everyone.

Bai Xiaotang felt like the sound within at least a three-meter radius around her had diminished.

In Elite Class A, Wu Muzhe and Li Xiao happened to be eating nearby.

Due to the affair with Qin Muyao before, the conflict between the regular Class 8 and Elite Class A became widely known, and the school canceled many hidden benefits for the elite class to prevent more students like Qin Muyao from emerging.

Including the cancellation of the private cafeteria for the elite class, requiring everyone to go to the main cafeteria.

As a result, there were so many students going to the main cafeteria that they had to rush to secure seats each lunch. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Class monitor, why is the principal looking for Ji Ning?" Li Xiao asked Wu Muzhe in a low voice across the table.

Wu Muzhe was also puzzled, as he hadn’t seen Ji Ning for quite some time.

He heard there were family matters, and she took a long leave of absence.

He didn’t expect the principal to summon her immediately upon her return.

"Do you think it could be about the end-of-year 120th-anniversary celebration?" Li Xiao furrowed his brow slightly, his gaze a bit wary.

The 120th-anniversary celebration of Anhe City is a grand event officially organized. Besides the traditional evening programs, there’s also a citizens’ parade.

This event would be attended by high-level leaders of the Hua Continent, and participants needed to be screened; not everyone could join.

Anhe Middle School was fortunate to receive ten spots to join the parade.

It was rumored that Wang Li had been suggesting all ten spots be given to students from the elite class, but the principal didn’t agree.

As a result, the school had not issued any formal notice.

Seeing the principal ask Ji Ning to his office today,

Li Xiao intuitively felt something was amiss.

Wu Muzhe didn’t worry about the spots, as his family could get him an invitation to the celebration even without the school spots. But he was concerned about Ji Ning.

She’d been absent for a long while and was summoned by the principal soon after her return.

Had Ji Ning done something outside of school?

He couldn’t believe the principal would seek her out for something as trivial as the celebration; it must be for something else.

"No." Wu Muzhe replied.

Li Xiao was surprised by his certainty, but he didn’t argue, as Wu Muzhe’s family had some influence in Anhe. If he said no, it probably meant he’d heard something.

Li Xiao took a bite of his rice, seemingly lamenting, "Specially recruited students do have privileges. They get to take leaves whenever they want, for one or two weeks at a time, and even miss their midterm exams. The instructor gave them an ’excellent’ rating directly. You really can’t compare yourself to others."

Li Xiao was envious about last week’s physical course exam, where Ji Ning missed it but still got an excellent grade in the midterm exam.

Not just him; most students in the second year were dissatisfied.

Instructor Ying Huang was famously strict, and earning an ’excellent’ from her was exceedingly difficult.

This time, only 53 students in the entire grade received an excellent rating, among over 500 students across ten classes.

A 10% excellent rate.

Why should someone who missed the exam and didn’t attend classes take one of these spots?

Wu Muzhe took a sip of soup, his expression calm, "It must be because her physique far exceeds ours, so not attending classes doesn’t matter."

He also felt a bit resentful, but Ying Huang’s character was upright and uncompromising; she wouldn’t give an ’excellent’ to a student who missed exams and classes unless Ji Ning truly had the capability.

And as Ji Ning, being discussed by the two, left the rooftop, she happened to run into Huang Ying waiting by the stairs.

"Here, what you asked me to find." Seeing that You Le wasn’t around, Huang Ying handed a small USB to Ji Ning.

Ji Ning thanked her.

Huang Ying watched her as they walked, curious about what she’d done to make the Sun Family grudgingly acknowledge it and even respectfully send Ye Tong and her back to Anhe.

"The Sun Family isn’t easy to deal with. It’s a miracle you returned unharmed." Huang Ying seemed to sigh.

Ji Ning glanced at her, "What, do you have a vendetta against the Sun Family?"

Huang Ying paused; this woman was indeed sharp.

She looked at her helplessly, "I was once pursued by them."

Ji Ning was somewhat surprised, raising an eyebrow as she looked at her, "So it was you."

"You knew?"

Ji Ning nodded, recalling Lin Yuanyang once mentioning the Sun Family’s overbearing nature, going to any lengths to recruit people, even going so far as to pursue superpower users.

She hadn’t expected that the superpower user they chased was Huang Ying.

Huang Ying looked conflicted, glanced around the area, then lowered her voice, "I feel there’s something wrong with the Sun Family. After I retired, they somehow got wind of it and extended an olive branch. I went to the Sun Family and discovered that all superpower users recruited in my batch were support ability users..."

Superpower users are divided into control systems and support systems; control systems primarily manipulate the energy of external objects using spiritual power, while support systems involve mutation of the superpower user’s own physique.

From a combat standpoint, major forces typically value control system superpower users, prioritizing their recruitment.

But the Sun Family recruited a large number of support system superpower users, which was highly unusual.

Seeing Ji Ning deep in thought, Huang Ying continued, "I felt something was off, so I refused at the last moment during the signing. Unexpectedly, they started secretly hunting me. I had no choice but to change my identity and appearance, fleeing to Nanling to join the Hunter Alliance."