Afternoon
"This is Point A, the target has appeared and is currently riding a bicycle towards Point C."
"This is Point C, the target is estimated to arrive in two minutes, and is now within sight."
"The target's destination is the bookstore in Area C, likely to search for notes on archery or other study-related materials."
"The target has arrived at the bookstore, shall we activate the surveillance footage?"
"Activate the surveillance footage."
"Counting down ten seconds until the target enters the bookstore."
In the streets of Area C, various concealed corners are occupied by black-suited men with earpieces, all monitoring Su Cheng's movements. Under command, they activate the surveillance footage, and Su Cheng's every action is displayed on the screens.
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In the trunk of a car, there is a large screen.
The screen shows all of Su Cheng's movements and actions, as he just steps into the bookstore.
Those watching the video are all members of the student council, their eyes wide, glued to the screen, watching Su Cheng with rapt attention.
"We can begin, proceed with our plan."
The Vice President tells the man in the black suit next to him.
The man in the black suit nods, extends his left hand, and with his right hand, places his fist in front of his mouth, blowing a loud whistle.
"Dong!"
"Dong dong!"
The next second, a series of orderly footsteps resound, followed by a group of children in elementary school uniforms, each with a backpack, running towards them.
They run fast and in unison, like a well-trained group, not at all like children just returning from school.
Why so well-trained?
Because they are from the performance class of Flame City Private Elementary School.
President Qualification Test 1: [Love and Patience]
Will Su Cheng choose to ride away when faced with a lone, deaf and mute elementary school student, or will he stop to interact with and patiently solve the problem with the child?
This is the answer they want to know.
They also hope that the future president is full of love.
After all, someone without love or afraid of trouble is absolutely not qualified to be a president.
"Counting down 20 seconds until the target exits the bookstore."
"Action!"
The Vice President speaks into the intercom, and immediately, a group of elementary school students, accompanied by two middle-aged people dressed as teachers, head towards the bookstore.
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After exiting the bookstore, Su Cheng comes face to face with a group of elementary school students returning home, each with a backpack, their faces filled with innocent smiles.
However, the next second, he is stunned.
A student at the back of the line has fallen behind.
Yes, he fell.
But for some reason, the child didn't make any sound, only struggled to get up, and the two teachers were completely unaware, still walking forward…
"Wait!"
Seeing this, Su Cheng puts his exercise book on the ground, quickly approaches the child, and without a word, picks him up and starts chasing after the front of the line.
Soon, he catches up and stops in front of a teacher.
"Sir, please put the child down!"
"What are you doing, put the child down quickly!"
The two teachers look at Su Cheng with suspicion, even ready to take action.
"What am I doing? Can't you pay attention to the child, he fell behind and you didn't even notice, how do you do your job as a teacher! You're completely irresponsible!"
Su Cheng holds the child with one hand, places the other on his hip, and directly scolds the female teacher in front of him.
The child in his arms looks bewildered, completely unaware of what's happening, just dumbly staying in his arms, opening his watery eyes.
Just a moment ago, he was acting as the struggling child, and the next second, he was being held.
Even without any communication with Su Cheng.
The teacher, upon hearing this, looks at the child, then at the angry Su Cheng, blushes, lowers her head, and doesn't dare to look at him directly, her voice barely audible: "I'm sorry... I'm sorry, it's my negligence..."
"Sir, thank you very much, if not for your help, the child might have been lost, thank you very much, please leave your contact information."
The other teacher also thanks him, full of gratitude.
"No need, just take care of the child!"
Su Cheng snorts, then puts the child down and turns to leave, not wasting any time.
The two teachers exchange glances, then nod and continue walking forward.
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"Initiate Plan B."
Watching the scene on the screen, the student council members, having anticipated this, the Vice President directly instructs.
"This has given us data on his physical abilities being above average."
A short-haired girl next to him is recording Su Cheng's data in her notebook, her eyes showing approval: "Indeed, the physical education classes in the afternoon were just a disguise, just now, when he sprinted while carrying the child, not only did his body show no signs of panting, but his face didn't turn red, and his heart didn't race as he scolded the teacher."
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"Great, the book is still here."
Su Cheng returns, seeing his exercise book still in its original place, a look of joy appears on his face.
He had been worried that someone might have thrown it away as trash, luckily, the exercise book was still there.
He picks up the exercise book, places it on the back seat of his bicycle, ties it with a rope, and rides off towards home.
A few minutes later.
At a traffic light, Su Cheng notices another elementary school student standing on the side of the road, teary-eyed, looking around, seemingly very scared.
And the school uniform is exactly the same as the one from earlier, with a hearing aid on his ear.
"Another one falling behind, what kind of teacher is this!"
Seeing his appearance, Su Cheng is startled, but also feels something is off.
This is too absurd.
However, he does not hesitate; whether real or fake, he will choose to help. So, he quickly locks his bicycle and calls out to him: "Need help?"
The elementary school student sees Su Cheng approaching, his face immediately showing a look of surprise, quickly nodding to him, then wiping the tears from his face with his small hand.
"Do you know your home phone number or your teacher's phone number?"
Su Cheng takes out his phone and hands it to him.
The elementary school student shakes his head.
"Do you know your school address and home address?"
The elementary school student starts gesturing wildly, the speed comparable to hand signs, seemingly describing his hometown and school address, but never speaking.
Su Cheng frowns, realizing that the child in front of him is a deaf-mute.
But he doesn't understand sign language, so he takes out a notepad and pen from his pocket, handing it to the elementary school student: "Can you write? Write down what you know."
The elementary school student takes the pen and writes three words on the paper, then starts gesturing again.
Su Cheng takes a look and finds only his name.
It seems he can only hand it over to the police and ask them to help solve the situation.
Now, there's no way to catch up with the earlier student group, and this child doesn't know anything, so he can only seek help from the police station.
Looking around, he doesn't find a police station nearby. Finally, he extends his hand: "Give me your hand, I'll take you to find the police officer."
The elementary school student quickly shakes his head, directly hiding behind a lamppost.
"Don't be afraid."
Su Cheng quickly explains.
The elementary school student nervously shakes his head again, clearly unwilling to follow Su Cheng.
"Good boy, give me your hand, brother will take you to find the police!"
Su Cheng squats down and gently coaxes.
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"Alright, the actors can get into position."
The Vice President, watching Su Cheng on the screen already holding hands with the elementary school student waiting for the traffic light, can't help but raise a corner of his mouth: "The next scene should be very exciting, let's wait and see!"
Next, they will test whether Su Cheng has the ability to think independently, and also test whether he can respond promptly and make the correct judgment when encountering difficulties.
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At the traffic light
Su Cheng held the child's hand, waiting for the traffic light to turn green. At that moment, a woman suddenly appeared beside them, also holding a child's hand. Her face was filled with maternal affection as she gently stroked the child's head and smiled slightly at Su Cheng.
However, the woman's subsequent words were distasteful to Su Cheng. Her tone was excessively harsh, and her method of educating the child left him deeply dissatisfied. The words she spoke would instill a sense of discrimination in the child from a young age.
"Do you see that cleaner over there? If you don't study hard, you'll end up doing that kind of work when you grow up."
The woman pointed to a cleaner not far ahead.
"Mom, I understand," the child nodded in response.
Even the elementary school student in Su Cheng's hand nodded, as if echoing the mother's words.
This made Su Cheng frown. He directly addressed the elementary school student, "If you study hard, you won't end up saying something as discriminatory as that idiot next to us, understand?"
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"Hmm, he has some manners, but not many."
"Uh…"
"His mouth is too sharp…"
"Although he's criticizing that statement, it doesn't serve any educational purpose and might even corrupt the child."
The student council members shook their heads, clearly not in agreement with Su Cheng's approach.
There was actually a standard answer available online for this scenario, but even if Su Cheng had used it, they wouldn't have been satisfied. They wanted to see if Su Cheng could think independently and express his own insights.
And this answer left them very dissatisfied.
"What kind of job do you want to do when you grow up?"
At that moment, on the screen, Su Cheng held the child's hand and walked while asking.
The child suddenly took out a drawing board from his backpack and scribbled the word "scientist."
"If you don't study hard, you won't be able to become a scientist when you grow up!"
Su Cheng smiled and ruffled the child's hair, "Only by studying diligently can you grow up to be a great scientist."
The elementary school student nodded, though he seemed to understand only vaguely, but a faint smile appeared on his face.
Hearing the words coming from the screen, the student council members nodded in agreement. Although this was the most common way of educating children in society, Su Cheng had removed the element of discrimination and instilled a correct learning attitude in the child.
Studying hard for one's dreams.
"Yes, he didn't choose to say some standard answers from the internet. But for a child, these simple and common answers are the best."
Everyone marked a check in their notebooks and recorded this segment before moving on to the next phase of the test.
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In an alley,
Su Cheng was leading the child towards the nearby police station. But halfway there, he suddenly froze as if he had seen something terrifying.
A strong chill surged through him, making him shiver uncontrollably. His body stiffened like a stone, unable to move.
Approaching them was a rural bully!
A goose!
"Quack quack～"
"Why is there a goose here?"
Su Cheng swallowed hard.
Since childhood, he had often been chased by geese, even pecked multiple times. Not only had he been injured on his butt, but even…
So, he had a psychological shadow towards geese.
"Quack quack quack～"
Suddenly, the goose spread its wings, hovering in the air for a few seconds before lunging at Su Cheng.
"Holy crap!"
Su Cheng panicked, frantically searching for a suitable weapon in the surroundings, but found nothing.
But he accidentally noticed a black dot on the child's collar, similar to a listening device.
So, he immediately picked up the elementary school student…
And started swinging him around!
He wanted to drive away the goose, but the goose was very brave and didn't back down.
True heroes are ready for anything!
So, Su Cheng went for the child.
The child's feet hit the goose's head, and Su Cheng seized the opportunity to press on, holding the child and executing a 'killing spree.'
Finally, with one hand holding the child and the other gripping the goose's neck (Iron Grip), he delivered a fatal blow to the goose's stomach with his foot. Just as he was about to jump up for a finishing move, the goose lay on the ground, barely breathing.
"Phew～"
Su Cheng took a deep breath, then slowly put down the child and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Black Cleaver… Oh no, are you okay, kid?"
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The student council members watching the screen were all stunned, their mouths wide open in shock, some even rubbing their eyes.
They couldn't believe what they had just seen.
Su Cheng could have run away or carried the child and run, which would have been understandable…
After all, they knew from Su Cheng's hometown that he was most afraid of geese…
But he actually used the child as a weapon to swing around?
Su Cheng's actions completely overturn their perception. How could there be such a shameless person?
"No, we shouldn't just look at the surface!"
Suddenly, the student council member who had used the telescope that afternoon spoke up.
His tone was very serious, as if this matter was far from simple.
The afternoon's disguise had been a humiliation for him.
So, he needed to think carefully and cautiously about this.
The Vice President, upon hearing this, directly commented, "The fact is, he was scared and instinctively used the child as a weapon to drive away the goose!"
"I get it!"
Suddenly, the short-haired girl next to him had a flash of insight.
"What are you talking about? Don't just make stuff up!"
The Vice President directly criticized the short-haired girl.
"He's been afraid of geese since he was a child, so he didn't want the child to have a shadow either."
"Because he's been through the rain, he wants to hold an umbrella for others?"
"Yes, Su Cheng is educating the child in his own way."
"Are you saying he's trying to help the child overcome fear?"
"Yes, and the result is that they together defeated the bully!"
"What a thrilling combined attack!"
"No wonder the president chose him. He taught the child courage in an unexpected way."
"Indeed, geese are creatures that chase you even harder if you run!"
"At first, we were too superficial. After careful analysis, it's really an unconventional lesson!"
"We can't help but admire Su Cheng. He thought of so many factors in an instant. We truly bow down to him."
Everyone spoke up, their eyes filled with excitement, and a few even clapped their hands in applause.
"Why can you guys come up with such scenarios? This is clearly just Su Cheng using the child as a weapon. There's no other factor involved!"
The Vice President was so frustrated that veins popped out on his forehead as he shouted.
He felt that these people were becoming increasingly unreliable, coming up with such bizarre scenarios.
This was clearly just Su Cheng swinging the child around as a weapon!
However, the others didn't pay any attention to him. They all started marking checks in their notebooks, clearly very satisfied with Su Cheng.
"Look, the child is crying and not even acting anymore. Clearly, he's been seriously frightened!"
The Vice President pointed to the screen, where the child was sitting on the ground, wailing.
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"Hey, don't cry!"
Seeing this, Su Cheng quickly crouched down to comfort the boy, but the child looked terrified and backed away, shouting, "Don't come near me!"
"So that's how it is…"
Su Cheng froze in place, realizing the truth.
Wasn't this child a deaf-mute?
How could he suddenly speak?
What kind of medical miracle is this!?
So, from the beginning, the child was pretending.
"Help!"
Taking advantage of Su Cheng's hesitation, the elementary school student turned and ran.
"Hey, don't run around, be careful of falling!"
Su Cheng panicked and tried to chase after the child.
But who would have thought the child was incredibly fast, disappearing in an instant.
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"It seems the child didn't understand Su Cheng's deeper meaning."
The short-haired girl shook her head and sighed.
"Who could possibly understand? Didn't you see the child has an indelible shadow towards Su Cheng?"
The Vice President pointed at the split-screen on the monitor. One screen showed a child running frantically, while the other displayed Su Cheng searching for the child's whereabouts.
However, in the next moment,
a sudden turn of events occurred—
"Splash～"
A splash of water echoed.
Everyone turned to the screen in unison, only to be met with expressions of disbelief.
The elementary student had slipped and fallen into the river, sending a spray of water into the air.
"Rescue team, hurry!"
The Vice President grabbed the walkie-talkie, his face filled with urgency as he shouted.
But before the response could come—
"Splash～"
Another splash sounded, and a few seconds later, Su Cheng emerged from the water, the child cradled in his arms.
The child had only swallowed a few mouthfuls of water and was otherwise unharmed, though visibly shaken. He clung to Su Cheng, prompting everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.
But in the next instant, Su Cheng's actions became highly suspicious. He retrieved a black listening device from the child's collar and pressed a few buttons on it.
A sudden burst of static filled everyone's earpieces, and then he asked, "Who are you?"
In that moment, everyone's faces turned pale.
"If you don't want to say, that's fine."
Su Cheng suddenly noticed that he was surrounded by black-suited men, all wearing sunglasses—clearly professional bodyguards. This made it impossible for him to press further.
Although these men hadn't made any hostile moves, continuing to push might change that.
The most important thing now was to escape.
After placing the child on the ground, he turned and walked back the way he had come.
Fortunately, no one stopped him, which made him realize that these people had no ill intentions, merely testing him.
From the series of events just now, it was likely related to character assessment.
As for why this had happened?
It might be one of the untriggered scenarios of the three types of danger: S, A, or B.
Su Cheng's pace was quick, and soon he had left the area.
On the other side,
the student council members watched the screen, where the silhouette of Su Cheng stood out against the setting sun. Despite being soaked through, he appeared anything but disheveled. Instead, under the glow of the sunset, he looked particularly striking.