The Marshal's Wife is Wild-Chapter 76 - 75 Digging for Son in a Deep Pit

For the rest of the half-day, Qu Tong specifically inquired about Xu An’s schedule and found out that he had a mecha operation class in the afternoon.

Qu Tong went to watch on purpose.

Xu An was using a C-rank mecha supplied by the school for training, but in fact, students could use their own mechas if they had them.

The person drawn to spar against Xu An was using his own red mecha, a B-rank one.

Xu An’s mecha moves were very smooth, and although Qu Tong didn’t understand much about mechas, she could still see that Xu An’s combat experience and reaction speed were impeccable, likely due to regular practice.

But ultimately, the hardware couldn’t keep up, and during a head-on collision, his weapon was cleanly severed by the red mecha, ending in defeat.

The instructor gave Xu An a couple of words of encouragement, provided individual comments, and then called the next group.

Xu An didn’t rest but took the opportunity of having powered up the mecha to practice on the side, going through the moves he hadn’t managed to execute earlier.

After two more draws, the mecha operation class finally ended.

When Xu An emerged from the mecha, he was obviously feeling a bit drained, with sweat dampening his hair and droplets sliding down his ears, dripping from his jawline onto his clothes and the ground.

Qu Tong hurriedly took out a towel and water from her space and went forward.

Xu An took them, his smile bright and voice slightly hoarse, “Thanks, sis.”

After wiping off his sweat and having a drink, Qu Tong handed him a green vial, “Bro, here.”

Xu An looked at the Energy Potion in Qu Tong’s hand, and his expression became complicated as he accepted it.

With people all around, Xu An didn’t ask any questions and obediently drank the potion.

“How’s the effect?” Qu Tong asked.

“Very good,” Xu An answered.

“The ones I gave you last time should be used up by now. I’ll bring you some more next time.”

As Xu An was looking at Qu Tong, who appeared quite casual and easygoing, he was just about to say there’s no need.

He Zhou came over.

“Xu An, is this your sister?” He Zhou smiled as he sized up Qu Tong.

“Yeah,” Xu An nodded, then introduced Qu Tong, “This is my roommate, He Zhou. He’s taken good care of me.”

Having heard the latter part of Xu An’s comment, Qu Tong knew that they must have a good relationship.

She greeted with a smile, “Nice to meet you!”

“Nice to meet you, Miss Qu,” said He Zhou, his gaze gentle and calm, making the name feel fitting and not offensive.

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“You look pretty tired, here,” said Qu Tong very generously as she took out another bottle of Energy Potion for He Zhou.

Xu An opened his mouth, almost reaching out to stop her, with his heart nearly in his throat.

But He Zhou politely declined, “Thank you, Miss Qu, but there’s no need. I just need to rest a bit. Such a precious thing should be saved for Xu An or kept for yourself.”

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Just now, he had seen Xu An drinking this potion and guessed it to be Energy Liquid.

This expensive consumable was simply too extravagant for him.

Xu An was reassured, and Qu Tong did not insist further.

Xu An turned down He Zhou’s suggestion to return to the dorm together and led Qu Tong through twists and turns to a secluded path.

After looking around to make sure there were no cameras or people, he spoke earnestly, “Sister, in the future, don’t just take out this potion for others to know about, okay? You should understand the principle that ‘a man is not guilty, but carrying a jewel invites crime.’

“At least not for now,” Xu An added. Perhaps it would be better when the fruit and vegetable shop scaled up a bit.

“Even this is not okay?” She had diluted it though, and its effects were similar to the commercial Energy Liquid.

“Have you not drunk it yourself?”

Qu Tong shook her head. She had, but it had no effect, as if she hadn’t drunk it at all.

Assuming Qu Tong got the potion from Miss Ali, Xu An, unaware of its potency, patiently explained:

“Your potion can restore at least half of one’s spiritual power, which is better than any Nutrient Solution on the market. The best Energy Liquid I’ve seen can only restore about ten percent of spiritual power.”

Qu Tong: “…”

So the Energy Liquids, for marketing purposes, only claim to restore spiritual power without specifying how much.

And she had automatically assumed, thinking that if it could restore 80% of physical strength, then restoring 50% of spiritual power should be no problem.

After all, her own diluted potions had halved in effectiveness, capable of restoring 50% physical strength and 50% spiritual power.

These cunning capitalists had almost fooled her again.

“Okay, I got it.”

On the way back, Qu Tong asked Xu An about the driver’s license test.

“The driving test takes a whole day, and you will need to have a medical checkup at the hospital.”

“Will it involve drawing blood?” Qu Tong asked anxiously.

“No, it’s a physical test, just checking things like physical fitness and vision. No blood draw is needed; our school’s medical office can handle it.”

Qu Tong was relieved. As long as there was no blood draw, it would be manageable.

“By the way, practicing with the flyers might require the use of virtual pods. Since you are a new student, you only have 500 initial points, and each entry into the virtual pod consumes at least 100 points. If you need, you can tell me,” Xu An specially reminded.

Qu Tong did need it, really needed it indeed.

She had seen in videos that after entering the virtual pods, one could not only pilot flyers but also drive mechas.

Qu Tong’s hopes were kindled once more. Since her admission, she finally encountered something that made her happy.

But happiness breeds sorrow; she hadn’t been happy for long when the next day, Qu Tong landed herself in the library.

The cause had been a spiritual power training class that day, taught by the same old man who had cooked eggs.

Director Zhu repeatedly emphasized: “Try to input your spiritual power into the black box, controlling the numbers to change slowly in the sequence shown on the big screen. Remember, do not use physical strength, do not squeeze the box, you’ll have to pay for it if the box is crushed.”

Qu Tong wanted to try out this little black box and so she input her spiritual power, then the little black box exploded.

Qu Tong thought she had put in too much spiritual power, so she tried another one with less power, but it exploded again.

When she was about to grab a third one, Director Zhu caught her, thinking she had squished them with her hands, gave her a good scolding, and then punished her with cleaning the library.

Later she found out that these little black boxes could only withstand spiritual power below S-rank.

Although Director Zhu had said he would charge for crushed boxes, he did not actually fine her any Star Coin.

Despite the massive storage of electronic books in big data, the school’s library was still shockingly large.

As Qu Tong pushed open the door, she immediately caught two gazes.

Full of excitement and an eager thirst for knowledge.