It's not easy to be a man after travelling to the future (541+)

Chapter 542: The devil in the heart

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

The principal remembered the bloodshed 19 years ago—the Federation had almost collapsed after that period of time. Luckily, Ling Xiao came back alive three years ago. When the principal remembered this, his excited heart calmed down. In order to protect his students, he needed to forget about everything that happened in front of his eyes.

“If you can, let Qi Long advance at a later time,” the principal said with a sigh.

Tang Yu gave a grateful look at the principal upon hearing his words. He respected the latter. The man cared greatly for his students, so he didn’t want to use talented students to promote himself to a higher office.

While Tang Yu was talking to the principal regarding Qi Long, Xie Yi was facing a great crisis. He was steadily losing his grounds. In the face of crisis, the dark energy suppressed in his body exploded.

Tian Jiajun didn’t show any mercy this time and Xie Yi’s lack of foundation was exposed. After taking several hard blows, Xie Yi realized that he had reached his limit. It was possible that he would be defeated by his opponent soon and kicked out of the battle.

Rivulets of sweat dripped down furiously from his forehead. He was frustrated. If he ended up so simply defeated like this, how could he answer to the trust that his boss had in him?

Ever since he found out that he was going to become the substitute for his boss, Xie Yi was excited. He had managed to get this position despite there being other candidates such as Qi Long and Luo Lang, and this showed how much his boss trusted him.

Xie Yi appeared to be a bright and optimistic young man who was confident in everything he did; however, deep down inside, he had always been questioning himself because he wasn’t one of his boss’ most trusted companions.

Xie Yi hadn’t joined Ling Lan’s team at a very good time. When he joined, Ling Lan had been heavily injured and had to leave the school for three years to recuperate. He didn’t interact with Ling Lan for three years, but he managed to form a good relationship with the rest of the team. He treasured these relationships. However, he knew that he would only be able to walk into the hearts of his team members by gaining recognition from Ling Lan. This had made him agitated, made him yearn to be recognized by Ling Lan.

Hence, Xie Yi was always anxious. When his boss came back, he knew what was the most important thing he lacked. It was time! He hadn’t grown up together with his boss. Thus, he lost the opportunity to go through thick and thin with the other team members, which made it difficult for him to gain a position in Ling Lan’s heart to become one of his trusted companions.

This was why Ling Lan would not care about him liked how he cared for Qi Long and Luo Lang. Ling Lan would not scold him, hit him, and order him around like the rest of the team members. Ling Lan was merely polite with him, or in other words, he ignored him totally

Yes. He was just an unimportant person to his boss. He could only follow behind Qi Long and Luo Lang, trying to make his presence known… that feeling was too frustrating! However, there was nothing he could do. He had missed out on the best moments to form a bond with his boss. He couldn’t even blame his boss for treating him this way.

Sometimes, Xie Yi would regret hiding his real power in the past. Why had he feigned weakness back then? If he had shown his true power, he might have been able to enter Special Class A and grow up together with his boss. At the very least, he could have become like Lin Zhong-qing, become the boss’ most trusted assistant.

Xie Yi felt regret, but he shouldn’t be!

The Xie family had a long history. Their family background could be compared with that of the important families of the Federation, or perhaps they were even stronger, but the only reason why the Xie family didn’t become an elite family was due to their special genetics.