Chapter 49: Everyone Wants to Seek Refuge with Chen Mu

After the announcement, amid the cheers of the teachers, Chen Mu declared the meeting adjourned.

As the meeting ended, the principal arrived at the broadcast room, switched on the microphone, and announced:

“Student Chen Mu has just signed the contract to acquire Midnight High School! As the principal of Midnight High School, I hereby declare that the school board has been renamed to Chen Mu! Director Chen Mu now stands as the supreme leader of Midnight High School.”

The deadly exam had just concluded not long ago, and some students had yet to leave. Some parents had come to pick up their children. As a result, quite a few students were still on campus.

Naturally, they all heard the school broadcast.

At first, the students thought they must have misheard.

The school board? Isn’t that the highest authority controlling the school?

Chen Mu? Isn’t that just a student's name?

How could a student become a school board director?

What a joke!

However, the principal did not just play the announcement once.

To be the principal of Midnight High School, one’s skills in flattery must be maxed out.

Praising a leader once is never enough.

A few praises mean disloyalty!

The principal, fully demonstrating his gift for flattery, broadcast the announcement three times in a row:

“Chen Mu has become the sole director of Midnight High School, the highest authority of Midnight High School!”

“Chen Mu has become the sole director of Midnight High School, the highest authority of Midnight High School!”

“Chen Mu has become the sole director of Midnight High School, the highest authority of Midnight High School!”

Important matters must be said thrice… and even that’s not enough!

The principal then hastily had a banner made and hung it across the school’s main gate.

Thus, all the students and parents witnessed a shocking sight:

Several peculiar figures awkwardly and hastily hung a black banner at the school entrance.

In this strange world, black symbolizes celebration and praise.

The black banner read:

“Director Chen Mu has purchased Midnight High School with a hefty sum and become its sole director!”

With this wave of publicity, everyone at the school and the strange beings alike knew—

Chen Mu had become the school’s highest leader!

Suddenly, a student exclaimed:

“Chen Mu! I remember now, didn’t he just buy the Midnight Canteen?”

“If I’m not mistaken, he also took the deadly exam.”

“Right, he was the only candidate who answered the questions!”

“We were all students just a moment ago, how did he become a school director in just a few minutes?”

“The gap between people… is even greater than between humans and strange beings!”

“Is there really someone that rich? My worldview is shattered.”

Chen Mu stood by the window of the principal’s office, watching from afar the crowd of students gathered at the school gate, waiting for him to come out.

Without a doubt, these former classmates were now thinking of aligning themselves with Chen Mu.

Some boys were asking around whether Brother Chen would accept disciples;

Some girls were gossiping about whether Chen Mu was still single.

Chen Mu couldn’t help but laugh and cry inside.

Goodness, he had only been reborn for about three days.

How did he go from an unknown high school student to someone adored by thousands?

The change was just too fast!

However, as a modest and reserved person with a bit of money, Chen Mu had no intention of taking on many followers just yet.

He knew well that in this strange apocalypse—

Human hearts were sometimes more terrifying than the strange beings themselves!

At least those strange beings under contract couldn’t betray him.

But humans? That was uncertain.

Brothers as close as family yesterday, or couples who treated each other with utmost respect, might suddenly turn their blades against each other today.

Human hearts were unpredictable!

“All right, let the teachers go eat. I should leave now; I have other matters to attend to,” Chen Mu said as he left the principal’s office.

Behind him, the principal and a group of teachers bowed deeply, seeing Chen Mu off.

On his way, Chen Mu pondered his next plans.

According to his previous strategy, after purchasing Midnight High School, he now controlled two major industries: a hotel and a school, making him somewhat wealthy.

It was time to buy himself a mansion!

In his previous life, Chen Mu was an ordinary man living in a run-down, cramped apartment complex, with dark, damp rooms and yellowing, outdated appliances.

Reborn once more, living in this strange apocalypse, while others were destitute and worried daily about survival,

Chen Mu was on the rise, about to own a luxurious mansion spanning thousands of square meters, complete with a swimming pool and garden!

He had already chosen his target: the upscale villa district of the city—Mountain Water Court!

Before the apocalypse, prices in Mountain Water Court had soared to hundreds of thousands per square meter.

To buy a villa there, Chen Mu would have had to work for a thousand years without eating or drinking.

Now, with the strange apocalypse upon them, rumors said Mountain Water Court had turned into a haunted scene.

If he could buy it, he’d own a luxury villa.

Without stable property, there can be no stable mind; one must settle first to thrive later!

Chen Mu decided to make a trip to Mountain Water Court to buy a luxury villa.

Then, he planned to buy the hospital as well.

At that point, countless strange beings seeking medical help would have to beg him.

Owning a hotel, a school, a hospital, a villa, plus powerful strange generals as friends, he would truly become the city’s overlord.

His future was bright!

With this in mind, Chen Mu took out his phone to call his driver.

Meanwhile, after Chen Mu left, the teachers were preparing to eat.

It was already 11 p.m., the perfect time for the strange beings to have their “lunch.”

What did Director Chen say earlier?

Work for Director Chen, and he guarantees good food and drink. Teachers could eat for free at the Midnight Canteen.

The teachers had heard of the Midnight Canteen’s reputation.

Not long ago, it was a low-end canteen, where only the cash-strapped strange beings would settle for a meal.

But two days ago, the Midnight Canteen was bought by a big boss.

Since then, the canteen’s standards skyrocketed.

One popular dish after another was developed.

The staff at the Midnight Canteen were exceptionally hospitable—it felt less like working for a boss and more like serving their own father!

It was said that one day prior, a hotel owner tried to cause trouble at the Midnight Canteen.

But when the canteen’s owner appeared, that hotel owner was so frightened he ran away, even committing suicide to appease the owner’s anger!

What a powerful backing!

Since then, the Midnight Canteen upgraded continuously and was now renamed Midnight Hotel.

It was the city’s most high-end hotel!

At that moment, a teacher suddenly recalled something and said:

“I remember hearing that the owner of Midnight Hotel is also named Chen Mu!”

“Chen Mu? More like Director Chen!”

“Yes, yes, Director Chen! The boss of Midnight Hotel is also Director Chen.”

“How much money does our new director actually have?”

“I heard the food at Midnight Hotel is excellent. Director Chen is so generous, letting us eat work meals there!”

One strange teacher, seeing his colleagues so excited, couldn’t help but pour cold water on their enthusiasm:

“The food at Midnight Hotel is great for customers.

But the work meals? Don’t expect anything delicious; just having something to eat is already good enough.

You don’t really think Director Chen is that generous, giving employees high-grade meals, do you?”