Chapter 181
Caught off guard by the greeting, Lynette Nagu slipped and almost fell down the last three steps.
“——!”
She stumbled on the steps in her sheepskin boots with heels, and the elegant posture she had maintained despite being exhausted after training suddenly disappeared, making her look a bit embarrassed.
After regaining her balance, the young lady looked in the direction of the voice and said angrily, "Are you hiding here on purpose, trying to scare me by playing tricks?!"
Since the start of the "Challenge Cup" school competition, Jiang Yunu has heard many times that she is "playing tricks."
And they all come from different objects.
She felt a little wronged: "I'm just standing here openly and saying hello to you."
"Do you need to stand in such a secluded place to greet me?" Lynette Nagu asked warily. "And how did you know I would come out of the study building at this time? Did you specifically find out the information and come here to block me?"
Jiang Yunu stood up from the corner wall of the stairs where he was leaning and walked in front of Linette Nagu.
She wore a simple loose sweatshirt and casual trousers.
The second round of the school competition has ended, the atmosphere of the New Year celebration has dissipated for a long time, and the constant temperature system in the school has been deployed in all directions.
Houde City is entering spring, the temperature is naturally rising, and students' personal casual clothes are gradually becoming thinner.
Jiang Yunu was dressed casually as if he had just come out of the dormitory and could go to the cafeteria to buy a midnight snack at any time. He was in stark contrast to Miss Nagu who was dressed appropriately for evening training.
"Or should I stand right at the bottom of the stairs, in the middle, in a conspicuous position, so that all the students passing by can see me waiting for you?" Jiang Yunu said, "That's not good either. It's like we have such a good relationship and I came here specially to pick you up after evening training."
Linette Nagu was angered by Jiang Yunu again.
"Shut up!" the young lady gritted her teeth. "Who's close to you? Stop flattering yourself!"
"Yeah." Jiang Yunu responded calmly. She said in a casual manner, "That's why I stand a little out of the way, so that others won't misunderstand me."
Linette Nagu had long discovered that it was not wise to have an argument with Jiang Yunu, because Jiang Yunu always had a lot of twisted ideas. This country genius from the seventh district usually looked optimistic and friendly, but in fact he had a very vicious tongue and liked to smile and suddenly go crazy.
At least, she had experienced the other person suddenly going crazy.
"...What on earth are you doing here?" Miss Nagu calmed down a bit, but she was still on guard. She stared at Jiang Yunu and repeated, "How did you know my itinerary?"
Jiang Yunu said calmly, "Do I need to inquire about your schedule? Miss Nagu has rented a private practice room in the public study building. Plus, with the recent Challenge Cup intramural competition, you've been acting less aggressively outside. It's not hard to guess you're practicing."
Without giving the young lady a chance to retort, Jiang Yunu explained how he knew the other party's schedule, and then said smoothly and naturally: "The reason I came to see you was clearly stated when I greeted you just now - it's the third round. When are you ready to fight me?"
Back then, it was Linette Nagu who first sent the letter of challenge inviting Jiang Yunu to participate in the "Challenge Cup".
In order to prevent the eldest lady from losing her temper and denying her own ideas, she even brought this ceremonial paper declaration of war with her when she came.
"Yes."
Jiang Yunu took the folded declaration of war out of his sweatshirt pocket and waved it in front of Lynette Nagu.
"You don't mean to tell me you've forgotten the challenge you issued?" she said.
Lynette Nagu looked at the declaration of war that was casually folded into a small rectangle, and her expression suddenly became strange.
The school lighting was quite bright at night, but the two were talking at the bottom of the long stairs in front of the study building. There was also a high wall nearby that connected to the platform above, which blocked some of the light from the light source.
Miss Nagu's expression was frozen in complexity and subtlety, and the light was divided into shadows on her face.
"Of course I didn't forget." said the eldest lady.
Jiang Yunu showed his personal terminal: "So let's do the double selection now?"
She came here just to choose her own opponent for the third round, so naturally she wanted to achieve her goal with high efficiency.
Lynette Nagu was two beats too late to show the screen of her personal terminal.
The young lady slowly entered the information filling page of the competition, and just after it was loaded, she received a match invitation from Jiang Yunu.
"...You really can't wait." Lynette Nagu whispered.
"Ah?" Jiang Yunu looked at the words "Match Completed" displayed on the screen. After hearing what the eldest lady said, he asked casually, "Don't you want to fight me anymore? Do you regret issuing the challenge to me?"
Lynette Nagu's expression was complicated for unknown reasons before, but after being provoked by these words, her expression became more resolute and ruthless.
"Regret? Impossible! I never regret anything I do!"
Miss Nagu quickly straightened her demeanor and resumed her more familiar arrogant and domineering attitude. She stood on the third step, looking down at Jiang Yunu.
"I will make you admit defeat with conviction," Lynette Nagu said. "I will let you know that the heir of the Nagu family must not be underestimated, and no offense will be tolerated."
Jiang Yunu didn't know how she looked like she had "underestimated" and "offended" the other party. These two things clearly sounded like what Miss Nagu had done to her.
The eldest lady is a bit like the new-age thief crying "stop thief".
But anyway, the double selection was completed, and Jiang Yunu finally had "Linette Nagu" on her list of self-selected opponents for the third round of the competition. She did not continue to argue with this young lady who always felt that others owed her something. She said "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes", and turned to leave the steps in front of the study building.
Would Lynette Nagu feel that she was being treated poorly by her again? Who cares.
Taking care of his friends' feelings is something Jiang Yunu would do consciously.
But it seems that she and Miss Nagu are still far from being "friends".
On the fourth day after completing the double selection with the eldest lady, Jiang Yunu's other two "opponent vacancies" were also successfully filled.
Perhaps because Senior Jin Qing and other members of the Huang Jin Ulie school team had spread the word in advance, conveying to the outside world that the school team would continue to "test" Jiang Yunu in the third round, so during this round of self-selection of opponents, Jiang Yunu did not encounter people like the previous "upright brother" brothers.
It is also possible that two third-year seniors were defeated by her in succession. Those who dislike her should think twice, lest they fail to show off their power and instead lose face in the competition.
"Do you know?"
The first school team member chosen together with Jiang Yunu was the one who watched her fight with senior Jin Qing in the audience that day. In his self-introduction, he said that he was mainly responsible for "cleaning up the rear" in the school team, which was exactly the same as the "vanguard reconnaissance" that Jin Qing was mainly responsible for, and they were the two endpoints of the team action.
Jiang Yunu asked curiously, "What do you know?"
The "cleaning up" specialist smiled and said, "Ever since everyone knew I was going to represent the school team against you, and that I was one of the two players selected for this round, no one on the team said anything. However, some classmates in my grade came up to me and told me not to let you down. They said they had to really dampen your spirit, saying, 'Don't let her really think there's no one left in the third grade.'"
Jiang Yunu blinked and exclaimed "Wow".
The "purpose" that can be stated so bluntly is rarely the other party's true purpose.
The white-haired girl didn't panic after hearing this. Instead, she asked, "Senior, how did you respond to your classmates?"
The "Clean-Up" specialist also blinked, his expression sincere: "I said, 'Thank you all for your confidence in me, but what if I need to ask the freshmen to go easy on me?'"
It's obvious at first glance that this person doesn't take those "instructions" to heart at all.
And Jiang Yunu knew from the other party's tone and eyes that this school team member would neither go easy on her nor be deliberately harsh on her.
The other party, like Senior Jin Qing, treated her as an opponent who needed to be tested and a newcomer who needed to be guided.
"Thank you, senior." Jiang Yunu remained polite to her senior who did not suppress or belittle her or speak sarcastically to her.
The "Clean Up" Specialist joked, "Huh? What did I do to earn the respect of the Arrogant Freshman?"
"Senior, when you say that, it sounds to me like you have high hopes for me," Jiang Yunu replied.
After the "cleaning up the rearguard" specialist, another school team member came to the door. She was a senior student. She was not in the crowd of spectators below the competition stage that day. It was said that she happened to have her own competition at that time.
However, this senior student was very enthusiastic and cheerful. As soon as they met, she patted Jiang Yunu's shoulder without any hesitation.
"I guess you have one vacancy here, and you can fill it with me?" the senior student said enthusiastically.
Jiang Yunu immediately showed the filling interface of his personal terminal.
She noticed that the senior student was wearing a pair of leather half-finger gloves, and there was a faint smell like some kind of motor oil on the fingertips of her.
"I'm responsible for technical equipment support and maintenance for the school team," the senior student said swiftly as she filled out her information. "If you're still a little unfamiliar with this position, don't worry. On the day of the match, you'll understand exactly what I do."
Technical equipment support and maintenance. The last time Jiang Yunu saw this term was when she was preparing for the entrance exam from elementary to advanced level, in the "differentiation" module.
Since entering Golden Uriel Academy, the courses Jiang Yunu has taken have not yet had anything to do with "technical equipment".
She heard that this was a technical course that would not be open to students until they reached the second year.
After the double selection, Jiang Yunu was full of anticipation for the match: "Senior sister, what you said makes me look forward to standing on the battle stage with you from now on."
The pair of hands wearing half-finger gloves patted Jiang Yunu's back again.
"Who is your first opponent in the third round?" asked the senior student.
Jiang Yunu said, "He's a senior from the school team."
"Huh." The senior student looked a little confused. She said, "What about the one from the Nagu family?"
Everyone in the school team already knew that Jiang Yunu had a rival in the same grade.
Jiang Yunu went to the study building that day to "block" Linette Nagu. Although the two of them were talking in the corner, because they talked for a little longer, other people nearby noticed it and guessed that they had completed the double selection.
The senior student was very confused as to why Jiang Yunu’s first opponent was not Miss Nagu, who had been planning to compete with her for a long time.
Speaking of this young lady, Jiang Yunu shrugged slightly.
"Miss Nagu asked me to put her second," she said. "I don't know why, but I respect her quirky temper."
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