School Beauty's Invincible Martial Expert-Chapter 571 - 573: Disappointment

"What do we do now?" Zhang Feng asked anxiously.

"Just comfort him," Zhang Dagou suggested.

"No way," Liu Bin shook his head, "At a time like this, we should let him get a good sleep. Maybe when he wakes up tomorrow, he’ll have forgotten everything, right?"

"Alright then," the others had no choice but to nod in agreement.

The next morning.

After waking up, they all noticed something was wrong.

"Where did Xiao Han go?" Zhang Feng rubbed his eyes.

"That’s strange," said Liu Bin, furrowing his brow, "He was fine last night. How could he just disappear like that?"

They all felt very curious and also quite baffled and surprised.

Just as they were about to get out of bed, Xiao Han returned from a morning run outside.

"Xiao Han, you’re back?" Zhang Feng asked.

"Yeah!" Xiao Han nodded, his face glowing with health, his body covered in sweat from the exercise. Ever since Lan Yudie had been kidnapped, Xiao Han had realized how much his physical strength had deteriorated. So, he resolved to properly improve his physical fitness. After all, having just a powerful brain wasn’t enough; he needed a strong body to support it. It’s like building a skyscraper, you need strong pillars for support, right?

"Are you alright?" Liu Bin inquired.

"I’m fine," Xiao Han shook his head.

"But yesterday you..." Liu Bin began, looking awkwardly at Xiao Han.

"I already said I was thinking about things yesterday." Xiao Han took a big gulp of water, then asked, "By the way, I want to ask you guys something."

"What is it?" The three of them leaned in, immediately curious.

"Which department is Liu Yiyi from?" Xiao Han asked urgently.

"I think she’s from the Business Department," Liu Bin quickly said, "That’s right, the Business Department. Because she’s the number one beauty on the campus beauty rankings, and also the most mysterious one. I’m pretty clear about that."

"Do you know which class she’s in?" Xiao Han asked again.

"I think it’s Class Two," Liu Bin thought for a moment, then said with certainty, "Yeah, that’s right, Class Two. I remember now."

"Great!" Xiao Han took another drink of water and declared, "I’m off to have breakfast."

Having spoken, Xiao Han turned around and left.

The others were left watching Xiao Han’s retreating figure, completely baffled.

"What the heck is going on with him?" Liu Bin said in astonishment, "Why would he suddenly ask about Liu Yiyi out of nowhere?"

"Didn’t you say he was heartbroken?" Zhang Feng said.

"Definitely!" Liu Bin nodded insistently, "He must be heartbroken, that’s why he’s looking for information about Liu Yiyi. He’s definitely going to go after her because Lan Yudie dumped him, so he wants to pursue Liu Yiyi to prove his charm hasn’t faded!"

"Cut it out!" Zhang Dagou replied irritably, "Who immediately goes after another girl once they’ve had a breakup?"

"Lots of people," Liu Bin insisted, "Don’t you know the best cure for a broken heart is to start another romance?"

"Enough!" Zhang Dagou retorted irritably.

The three of them immediately began to wash up and then dragged themselves to the cafeteria for breakfast. After breakfast, they were late. Lan Yudie’s class was just happening to coincide with a recent meeting the university had held to enforce student discipline. Zhang Feng immediately became the target of criticism. Liu Bin and Zhang Dagou also became exemplary cases.

"Zhang Feng, why are you so late?" Lan Yu frowned.

"Ah..." Zhang Feng replied with an embarrassed face, "I... I slept too late."

"Then stand at the door!" Lan Yu said sternly.

"Okay!" Zhang Feng agreed hastily with a nod.

Liu Bin ended up being punished to stand as well. As for Zhang Dagou from the Physical Education Department, he was punished to run ten laps around the field.

Zhang Feng’s mouth curved into a cold smile. "No wonder Liu Bin said Xiao Han was heartbroken, even Lan Yudie’s in a bad mood. Ah... it’s also my fault for being so naive, knowing they had broken up, they were bound to be in a bad mood, but I had to face the music at the worst possible time!"

At noon, Xiao Han quickly ran out as soon as classes ended. Then he headed straight for the Business Department. He needed to catch Liu Yiyi while the Business Department students were still in their classroom.

However, when he arrived at the Business Department’s E-Commerce Class Two, he found that more than half of the students had already left, and upon scanning the classroom, he didn’t see Liu Yiyi anywhere.

"Excuse me!" Xiao Han quickly grabbed a male student and asked, "Did Liu Yiyi not come to class today?"

"Liu Yiyi?" The male student was taken aback, seemingly unfamiliar with the name, and laughed, "Liu Yiyi doesn’t come to class often. She only occasionally shows up."

"Ah..." Xiao Han was taken aback, "Is that so?"

"The school has given her special permission," the student smiled.

"I... I see," Xiao Han nodded.

Returning from the Business Department disillusioned, Xiao Han had never expected that Liu Yiyi was not frequently at the school, but only occasionally came for classes. This indeed surprised Xiao Han. Could there be such a person at Shuimu University?

Xiao Han suddenly remembered Liu Yiyi’s ’shining’ bald head. Could it be...

Suddenly, a sense of foreboding rose in Xiao Han’s heart. Why would someone become bald? There are only two reasons, the first is deliberate, and the second is due to illness. Given Liu Yiyi’s vain nature, she definitely would not shave her head on purpose. So, the only other possibility was illness.

If it were alopecia, it would not result in a completely bald head. In other words, there was only one possibility left, and that was illness. A serious illness. One particular illness surfaced in Xiao Han’s mind: leukemia!

The chemotherapy for leukemia causes hair to fall out in clumps until one ends up like Liu Yiyi.

"No, impossible!" Xiao Han shook his head hastily, saying, "Liu Yiyi couldn’t possibly suffer from such a dire disease."

Xiao Han’s heart always hoped for things to take a turn for the better. Right now, all he wanted to do was to find Liu Yiyi as soon as possible and ask her what exactly was going on. At the same time, he also wanted to apologize for last night’s incident.

But he could not find Liu Yiyi.

Xiao Han was extremely disappointed, even more so than not finding Liu Yiyi the previous night.

He returned to the dormitory.

"Xiao Han, why do you look unhappy again?" Liu Bin asked with a wry smile, "The people who should be unhappy are us. We’ve all been punished."

"Why?" Xiao Han asked.

"What do you think?" Liu Bin sighed, "We were made examples of."

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"How did that happen?" Xiao Han laughed heartily.

"The school has been enforcing discipline lately, and we were just unlucky," Liu Bin explained helplessly.

Just then, Xiao Han’s phone rang.

It was a phone call from Zhao Lizhong.

"Xiao Han," Zhao Lizhong’s voice beamed, and then he laughed, "Are you free this afternoon?"

"What’s up?" Xiao Han asked.

"Hanmen Mining and Hanmen Foreign Trade Company have both been sorted out," Zhao Lizhong chuckled, "Plus, the bank loan has come through, and the recruitment issues have also been settled. I’d like you to come to the company."

"Okay!" Xiao Han nodded.

Recently, having been preoccupied with school affairs, he had completely forgotten about his mining site. Zhao Lizhong must have been quite busy, running back and forth alone, and also dealing with all sorts of miscellaneous tasks. Although Mo Shaocong had paved the way in the Provincial Committee, allowing for green lights all along, these kinds of issues still required legwork. Zhao Lizhong, not trusting others easily, dealt with everything personally, which was even more arduous.

In the afternoon, just past two o’clock, Xiao Han drove to an office building on Central Road.

In the lobby of the office building, he saw the offices of Hanmen Mining and Hanmen Trade Company. The two companies shared an office space.

Zhao Lizhong rented two office rooms, each over a hundred square meters; two rooms together meant over two hundred square meters. Put together, they were quite respectable. The office building itself was also nice, with property management in the lobby, requiring visitors to register before entering.

Xiao Han completed the registration and then headed to the twelfth floor.

The two farthest offices on the twelfth floor were rented by Hanmen Mining. They had been newly renovated over half a month, and the office equipment had all been purchased and set up. The offices were very new. The employees had also just been recruited. From the company’s vice president to the office staff, of course, some of the people from the mining company were prior employees who wished to stay.

As soon as Xiao Han arrived at the office, Zhao Lizhong spotted him immediately.

"Everyone, please stand up, let’s welcome our boss!" Zhao Lizhong hurriedly shouted.

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Everyone stood up, looking towards the door with curious and astonished gazes.

In everyone’s minds, the boss of this company must at the very least be a middle-aged man in his forties, right? After all, this mining company had connections with the Provincial Committee behind it—everyone knew that Young Master Mo had vouched for this company. Moreover, the company’s investment was not small; tens of millions in capital, assets worth hundreds of millions.

They suddenly saw a young man appear at the door.

"This... who is this?" The vice president of the company was taken aback and said, "Young man, I think you might be at the wrong door?"

"I..." Xiao Han’s face turned slightly red as he saw so many people stand up to welcome him.

"No, no, this here is our boss, Xiao Han!" Zhao Lizhong hurried over and said awkwardly, "Don’t judge Xiao Han by his young age; his abilities are impressive. I admire him a lot. I personally witnessed him grow from a restaurant, step by step, to where we are now..."

Upon hearing this, the vice president’s face turned pale. It seemed he really had been blind to not recognize Mount Tai.

"Director Xiao, I’m sorry!" The vice president was visibly embarrassed.

"It’s okay, it’s okay!" Xiao Han quickly shook his head, saying, "I’ll take your earlier words as a compliment to me!"

"Ah..." Everyone was stunned for a moment.

"Wasn’t he praising me for being young?" Xiao Han laughed heartily.

With that realization, everyone else also started laughing.

Xiao Han displayed no airs, and given his young age and such accomplishments, everyone greatly admired him. People respect those with ability, not just those with money. Xiao Han’s capabilities were evident for all to see.