The entire audience was shocked. What is this kid's background?

"A Thousand Poems in Shadow".

Su Yuan looked at Shi Qianying, who was beaming with joy as she ran to his side, and greeted her with a faint smile.

"Su Yuan, where have you been these past few days? We haven't heard from you at all."

"I heard that the principal was nearly driven mad with worry during the time you were missing."

"And you were handpicked by the principal as our school's top core student, yet you didn't even make it to the Tianyang City simulation battle."

"If the principal sees you this time, he'll probably give you a good lesson, so you'd better watch out! Hehe!"

Shi Qianying looked at Su Yuan with shining eyes and said, and then she smiled and squinted her eyes into crescent shapes, which was very beautiful.

"I didn't go anywhere. I just went out for a while and gained some experience. I only came back recently."

"However, the principal has already met with me, and it's not as serious as you described."

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan smiled somewhat awkwardly.

"Qianying, aren't you going to introduce your friend to me?"

Just then, a middle-aged man in a suit and tie, whose face bore a slight resemblance to Shi Qianying, slowly walked over and looked at Su Yuan and the other man with a smile.

"Dad, this is Su Yuan, the student I mentioned to you. He's the top student in our school."

Upon hearing this, Shi Qianying turned around and looked at the middle-aged man behind her.

Hello, Uncle.

Upon seeing this, Su Yuan realized that the person who had come was Shi Qianying's father, the current head of the Shi family, Shi Changsheng.

I immediately greeted them politely.

"You are Su Yuan, whom Qianying often mentions. You are indeed a handsome man. No wonder my Qianying can't forget you."

Shi Changsheng looked at Su Yuan, a hint of approval flashing across his face.

As the head of a poetic family, he is also a lord-level beast tamer.

Although not as strong as Zhao Zhongyue and Wang Gang, his strength should not be underestimated; he is among the top five in Tianyang City.

Shi Changsheng also knew a little about Su Yuan.

After all, Su Yuan possesses an A-level talent, which makes him a top-tier beast-taming genius in Tianyang City, so he naturally attracts a lot of attention.

Moreover, as a lord-level beast tamer, Shi Changsheng had also heard about Wang Gang's reaction during the three months that Su Yuan had been missing.

Managing such a large family business as a poet also honed Shi Changsheng's discerning eye for talent.

Judging from Wang Gang's reaction, Shi Changsheng vaguely felt that Su Yuan was probably not as simple as the information he had revealed.

His beloved daughter and Su Yuan seemed to have a good relationship, and he could sense his daughter's feelings.

At this moment, he was intentionally or unintentionally trying to give the two of them a push.

"Dad, what are you saying!"

Shi Changsheng's words immediately made Shi Qianying blush.

Su Yuan did not respond to Shi Changsheng's following statement, but simply smiled modestly and replied:

"Uncle, you flatter me."

"Haha, let's go, there are too many people and too much attention here, let's go inside."

"The VIP and player seating areas are much quieter."

Shi Changsheng nodded slightly and smiled as he observed Su Yuan's reaction.

Upon hearing this, neither Su Yuan nor Shi Qianying refused, and followed Shi Changsheng into the square.

"Master Poet, I didn't expect you to come with Brother Su Yuan."

After Shi Changsheng led Su Yuan into the VIP area, they happened to meet Zhao Zhongyue, who had just arrived.

Before Shi Changsheng could greet them, Zhao Zhongyue's eyes lit up, and he walked over to Su Yuan and Shi Changsheng first.

Mayor Zhao.

Upon seeing this, Shi Changsheng quickly greeted the other party, but a look of shock flashed in his eyes.

Although the Shi family is the most prominent family in Tianyang City, Shi Changsheng, as the head of the Shi family, holds a highly respected position in Tianyang City.

But compared to Zhao Zhongyue, the person in charge of Tianyang City, he is still far inferior.

He had met Zhao Zhongyue a couple of days before, and it was always Shi Changsheng who greeted him first.

Today, Zhao Zhongyue unusually took the initiative to greet him and came over, which made Shi Changsheng feel quite flattered.

"What's going on? Why is the mayor being so enthusiastic towards us today?"

"No, that's not right, the way the mayor addressed Su Yuan just now..."

The doubts in his mind had just begun when Shi Changsheng quickly realized what was happening and his gaze fell on Su Yuan beside him.

Then he looked at Zhao Zhongyue, who was walking quickly towards him from the opposite side.

Zhao Zhongyue simply smiled and nodded at his greeting before walking straight toward Su Yuan.

"really!"

Seeing this scene, Shi Changsheng was shocked.

He didn't say anything more, but just watched quietly from the side.

Mayor Zhao.

At this moment, Su Yuan greeted Zhao Zhongyue, who was walking over, with a faint smile.

Zhao Zhongyue's attitude toward Su Yuan was much more enthusiastic than his attitude toward Shi Changsheng.

In response to Su Yuan's greeting, Zhao Zhongyue hummed in acknowledgment and nodded in agreement.

Then, under Shi Changsheng's dumbfounded gaze, Zhao Zhongyue reached out and extended an invitation to Su Yuan.

"Let's go, I've already arranged VIP seating, everything is ready."

"Today, you only need to come on stage last."

As he spoke, he pointed towards the VIP seating area.

On the left-hand side of the center position in the VIP section, there was a red nameplate with Su Yuan's name printed on it.

The central seat in the VIP section naturally belonged to Zhao Zhongyue, and the name to Zhao Zhongyue's right was Wang Gang.

Clearly, this arrangement was tantamount to telling everyone that in Zhao Zhongyue's eyes, Su Yuan's status was second only to himself and Wang Gang.

In fact, after witnessing Su Yuan's talent and strength in beast taming a couple of days ago.

Zhao Zhongyue no longer regarded Su Yuan as a junior; he and Wang Gang had elevated Su Yuan's importance to a whole new level.

If Wang Gang hadn't been the principal of Su Yuan's school, Zhao Zhongyue would have even considered placing Su Yuan to his right.

"Yes, thank you for your trouble, Mayor Zhao."

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan nodded to Zhao Zhongyue.

"Let the Poet Master come along too."

Seeing this, Zhao Zhongyue turned his head and smiled faintly at Shi Changsheng.

Shi Changsheng simply nodded mechanically and then followed Su Yuan and Zhao Zhongyue toward the VIP seats.

Following behind the two, Shi Changsheng's heart was already filled with turbulent emotions.

He couldn't understand why Zhao Zhongyue valued Su Yuan so much.

As for Shi Qianying, she followed Shi Changsheng in utter shock, her beautiful eyes blinking as she stared at Su Yuan's back, lost in thought.

Even after sitting down in her seat in the players' section behind the VIP area, Shi Qianying was still in a daze, staring blankly at Su Yuan's back.

Not only Shi Qianying and Shi Changsheng, but also the principals of the seven high schools in Tianyang City, along with the leaders of various families, came to the VIP area.

Apart from Wang Gang, everyone else who witnessed this scene was utterly shocked and filled with endless doubts.

"Am I seeing things? How come Mayor Zhao's top left-handed person is a young upstart?"

"Holy crap, what the hell is going on?"

"I was wondering why this seat was empty the other day. Turns out, the seat next to Mayor Zhao was reserved for this junior, Su Yuan!"

"Su Yuan is just a junior. What merit does he have to receive such special treatment? He's even ranked higher than many of the lord-level powerhouses!"

"Just who is this young man named Su Yuan? Why is he being treated like this?"

……

As the final battle began, most of the spectators around the square looked at the VIPs in the VIP seats with disbelief, and a heated discussion broke out.