Just as Riley was laughing foolishly, his phone vibrated. It was a message from Samson.
Riley composed his expression and tapped on the message. He realized that his desk mate had sent him eight or nine messages since yesterday.
[ Why didn't you come to class today? ]
[ I heard that the headteacher called your mom yesterday. Is it true?!!! ]
[ Your mom found out that you got a zero on the test? ]
[ Why are you ignoring me? ]
[ Are you there? ]
[ Why didn't you come to class today! ]
[ Your mom came to school again. Is everything okay with you? ]
The last message had just been sent.
[ Did you vanish from the face of the earth? ]
Riley tapped on his phone.
[ Still alive. ]
Soon, he received a reply.
[ Wow, so you're still alive! ]
[ You haven't been at school for the past few days. Do you know how furious the headteacher looks? ]
Riley thought for a moment.
[ It's summer now. Are you sure he didn't just get a tan? ]
...
After some casual chat, Riley told Samson the reason for his absence.
Samson simply that he couldn't believe it.
It wasn't that he looked down on Riley, but independent awakening only happened to those with exceptional talents. Typically, it was the students with the best grades, and even the very few who didn't excel academically were outstanding in other aspects.
As for Riley, his grades were even worse than him; So it was absolutely impossible.
Riley didn't bother to argue. He just went to his room, took a photo of the proof of independent awakening, and sent it over.