Song Junlang was not that surprised by Xiao Lin’s reaction and said innocently, “So you see, I don’t really know all that in detail. Don’t you have a good relationship with the student union president? You can just ask him.”
Xiao Lin thought about the baby-faced president who had helped him countless times, but he also heard from other people that the president was a staunch follower of the dean, so it was no surprise that he showed that much concern for Xiao Lin. However, the military’s intervention was already troublesome enough and Xiao Lin did not want to trouble the student union for the time being.
“Speaking of which, the holidays are upon us. Do you have any plans?” After noticing that Xiao Lin no longer asked any further questions, Song Junlang asked some questions of his own.
“Holidays?” Xiao Lin had a confused look.
Song Junlang sighed, “You’ve been in the academy for more than four months now, but I bet you haven’t even read the basic rules and regulations for freshmen… The freshmen’s rules clearly state that the academy will allow students a small holiday after each stage of the exam is over. You can take it as sort of a summer vacation.”
Xiao Lin could not help but blush. The rules and regulations for new students were issued to everyone by the student union on the first day of enrollment, but his two business trips to the New World caused him to spend little time in the college. As a result, the regulations had been completely forgotten.
“How long is the holiday? A month? Two months?”
“Keep dreaming! The academy doesn’t want to let the freshmen to get too relaxed after their enrolment, so this holiday will only be for ten days. Also, there’s some good news. Would you like to hear it?” Song Junlang blinked.
“Not really.”
“Can’t you be a little more cooperative!”
The two of them had another staring contest, and after a while, Song Junlang lost yet again. He waved his hands and smiled bitterly, “Okay, okay, well actually, this news is supposed to be announced a few days later, but I’ll tell you in advance. Based on the dean’s opinion, the student union decided that freshmen will be allowed to return to Earth for this holiday.”
Xiao Lin’s eyes widened. He remembered that the academy strictly controlled the return of freshmen to Earth out of fear that those rookies would cause unnecessary trouble. At the freshman level, most of them were not immune to weapons, and the academy did not want the students it so painstakingly trained to be shot down after getting into trouble.
“This is really great news, but isn’t there some rule prohibiting freshmen from going back?”
“This is an exception. Of course, in order to avoid any trouble, the student union will probably still screen the returning students for certain criteria. The specific details will only be released in another three days.”
“Why must it be another three days?”
“Because that’s the day the results of your comprehensive test will be announced.”
Xiao Lin nodded and had some guess of what the screening criteria were. Originally, he was still at a loss as to how he should spend his holiday, but since the student union made an exception, it was obvious that he had to go back to Earth.
Dawn Academy’s entertainment facilities were very scarce, and aside from that, four months was equivalent to eight months when converted into Earth’s time. For most people, homesickness was inevitable after having zero contact with family and loved ones for more than half a year.
“Are you going back?”
“Duh, am I supposed to choose staying here and continuing training instead of going back?” After the initial interest in the academy’s curriculum and training, plenty of people had since entered into boredom, and few were willing to waste their precious holidays on training.
“Well, I’ll head back with you.”
“Oh.” Xiao Lin nodded, then raised his head suddenly with a wary expression. “You’re coming back with me? What are you going to do!”
Song Junlang rolled his eyes. “Don’t worry, I’m not going back because of you. I remember you mentioning to me that you’ve met Gu Xiaoyue’s sister last time when you returned to Earth. Isn’t that so?”
“That’s correct. You want to meet her?”
“I do.”
“Gu Xiaoyue isn’t familiar with you, so she’s unlikely to agree.” Based on Xiao Lin’s understanding of Gu Xiaoyue, he actually wanted to tell Song Junlang that she would outright refuse.
“That’s why I want to go back to Earth with you instead of going back with Gu Xiaoyue.”
Xiao Lin snapped to his senses. Song Junlang wanted to avoid Gu Xiaoyue and meet her sister directly with Xiao Lin as the intermediary, which was not a difficult task at all. Although Xiao Lin had met the girl in a hurry previously, he could still be considered to have made her acquaintance. However, he did not immediately agree. “Her sister is quite pitiful, actually. You have to assure me that you don’t have any malicious intent. Better yet, you might as well state your purpose right now.”
“I’m not a lolicon, don’t worry.”
“Don’t pretend to be an idiot. You know I’m not talking about that…”
The two of them had yet another staring contest. Song Junlang dispelled his joking expression slightly and lowered his voice, “You and Gu Xiaoyue came over for dinner two days ago and she accidentally cut her hand. I had a sudden idea, so I took the blood stains left behind and did a bit of analysis.”
Xiao Lin directly saw through him. “That’s not a sudden idea at all! You planned it a long time ago, and you cut Gu Xiaoyue’s hand on purpose!”
Song Junlang said helplessly, “Let’s skip this irrelevant question for the time being. I’ve been busy conducting identification tests on that blood stain for these two days. Since I used to be a doctor on earth, analyzing blood isn’t difficult for me. ”
“And the results?” Xiao Lin was eager to get an answer.
“I don’t know.”
Xiao Lin was absolutely lost for words.
At that point, Song Junlang did not look like he was joking at all. He took a deep breath, stared right at Xiao Lin’s eyes, and emphasized each word in a very low tone. “I don’t know if she’s a pure Earthling!”
In an instant, Xiao Lin felt like he was in an ice cellar as his blood rapidly ran cold. He collapsed on the chair and stared at Song Junlang in a daze.
Song Junlang kept quiet in order not to disturb him and simply allowed Xiao Lin to digest those words slowly.
“Impossible!” Xiao Lin suddenly shouted after a long pause. His emotions were a bit agitated, because he had guessed it before but simply thought that the possibility was very small. At that moment, Song Junlang’s words seemed to affirm that worst-case scenario.
“Calm down.”
“There must be something wrong with your test!”
“Wait for me to finish talking.”
Xiao Lin finally fell silent. He would probably only make a couple of remarks about it if it were anyone else, but he could not accept such a result when it came to Gu Xiaoyue.
Song Junlang finally had the opportunity to continue speaking. “Her DNA is amazing. It has obvious human characteristics with a double-helix structure, but at the same time, I’m also pretty sure that it’s not a pure human gene!”
Xiao Lin then noticed that Song Junlang used the word ‘pure’. He raised his head and asked in surprise, “Mixed-blood?”