However, at this moment, William Harris actually seemed quite well-behaved, his face full of smiles, naturally because of the young woman beside him. She looked to be about twenty years old, wore a pair of narrow-rimmed glasses, exuding an intellectual beauty. Although there was a faint smile on her lips, James Parker could tell that she was actually quite annoyed by the young master constantly chattering at her side. With a smile in his heart, he was about to return to his room when David Harris called out to him.

  “James Parker, wait a moment.”

  “Third Uncle?”

  “Put your things down and come out to do a test paper in a bit.”

  “Okay.” James Parker put the travel bag he had bought back in his room. Only after coming out did he learn that the beautiful woman was called Emily Bolton, whose family also held considerable status in Jianghai City. It was said she had just returned from studying at Cambridge and was preparing to teach at the newly built elite high school in Jianghai. This visit was probably to assess the quality of children who might enter the elite academy. On the other hand, it seemed that William Harris liked her very much. As for David Harris, he naturally wanted to use this opportunity to promote a marriage alliance between the two families.

  From bits of conversation, James Parker could deduce these matters among noble families. After confirming that he had just graduated from elementary school, Emily Bolton selected a test paper for him. He could vaguely hear William Harris saying on the side, “His grades have always been poor…”

  James Parker smiled inwardly, pretending to bite his pen for a long time before answering, to show that the questions were difficult. He had always kept his grades hovering around sixty or seventy, so this time he only answered enough to get a little over sixty points—just enough to pass.

  When the time was almost up, Lily ran in to find him. After handing in the test paper, the two of them left together for the martial arts school. During the test, James Parker noticed several times that William Harris cast glances at Lily. At this time, Lily was already thirteen years old. Girls develop early, and she was already half a head taller than James Parker, a little beauty that anyone would find adorable. James Parker naturally understood what was implied in William Harris's gaze. Although nothing had happened yet, he was already considering whether to give this guy some medicine tonight so that he would never be able to perform again, thus eliminating future trouble.

  After having dinner at the martial arts school, while watching TV, James Parker casually asked Lily a few questions. When Lily could only answer a little, he immediately felt something was wrong. For James Parker, controlling his test scores was easy, but confirming the difficulty of the test was not. After secretly skimming through the high school curriculum, he found both high school and elementary school courses to be equally easy. Could it be that this test was actually very difficult? Thinking this, James Parker felt uneasy.

  It was already nine o'clock when he returned to the villa, and the hall was brightly lit. The several elders of the Huang family living here were all entertaining the high-achieving student who had returned from Cambridge. After asking Butler Bai, he learned that Miss Bolton would be staying here for the night, and several people, including David Harris, seemed very interested in the marriage alliance between the two families.

  As he passed by the hall, Emily Bolton glanced at him, intentionally or not, making James Parker realize that things were indeed a bit troublesome. Sure enough, not long after he returned to his room, there was a knock at the door.

  “Who is it? I'm going to sleep.”

  “It's Sister Emily from today. They said you wouldn't go to bed this early. Are you really asleep?”

  Sister Emily, how disgusting… James Parker sighed helplessly, walked over and opened the door. “What is it?”

  “Can I come in?”

  “Sure.”

  He stepped aside and glanced at the things in his room, feeling a slight headache. His room was actually very simple: just a chair, a desk, a bed, a stack of books in the corner, and a baseball bat given to him by Sarah. The things on the desk were a mess, but there was a disassembled radio placed there. Over the years, his vigilance had lessened, and he hadn't had time to put things away, but since it was only half-assembled, no one should be able to guess he was reviewing how to make bombs.

  Looking at the radio on the desk, Emily Bolton smiled sweetly. “James Parker, you can even repair these things yourself? That's impressive.”

  James Parker was moved inwardly, then closed the door and lazily flopped onto the bed. “It's just a little thing, I took it apart for fun. Please, can you stop talking to me in that cutesy voice? It's really gross.”

  Although the era of street punks hadn't arrived yet, there were still plenty of hooligans and gangsters around. James Parker put on this act, and sure enough, Emily Bolton frowned slightly, then smiled and said, “I asked the others, and they all said you usually hang out with delinquents and your grades are poor, just barely passing. But this time you still managed to pass... This is your test paper, but I took the wrong one earlier—this was actually meant for junior high graduates…”

  James Parker laughed inwardly, took the test paper, glanced at it, and tossed it aside. “I can guess my way to a passing grade, and you say this is for junior high students? Besides, when you're out in the world, you have to be loyal. You talk bad about my friends, I don't want to talk to you. Get out! Brother William is still waiting for you to go to bed, right?”

  “How can you say that…” Emily Bolton's face flushed. “There's nothing between me and William Harris. You…”

  “What does that have to do with me?” James Parker muttered. Emily Bolton was clearly infuriated by his unreasonable behavior and lost all interest in probing further. She said good night and left in a huff.