Chapter 83
"Wow!" said the little golden retriever, "You are so smart!"
Jiang Yunu: "..."
Jiang Yunu doesn't think he is smart.
She only looked at Xue Zhanxing with a low-key scrutiny.
Xue Zhanxing is undoubtedly very enthusiastic and outgoing. Once he opens his mouth, he starts talking non-stop, as if he has accumulated words for half a semester and wants to tell them all in one breath to a friend he has only met once.
But the intuition from before was still there, and Jiang Yunu, with her keenness like a little beast, still realized it -
Perhaps Xue Zhanxing is not as naive and enthusiastic as he appears.
He said some things that seemed to be meant for Jiang Yunu to hear.
But why?
No matter how confident Jiang Yunu was, he wasn't so confident as to believe he had any real connection with Xue Zhanxing, whom he had only met once. Their relationship certainly couldn't be called "relatives or friends." So, given this situation, why did Xue Zhanxing deliberately come to this "chance encounter" and say things that seemed to have hidden meanings? What was his purpose? What motivated him to do this?
From what he said, I knew that Songnan's school team selection this year was very strict, with many additional conditions, and he himself had been "accidentally" excluded from the selection criteria...
"Xue Zhanxing." Jiang Yunu suddenly called the other person's name.
"Ah?" The little golden retriever who was gossiping on campus stopped talking and uttered a single questioning sound.
Jiang Yunu asked, "What does your family do?"
“…”
Xue Zhanxing fell silent suddenly. He and Jiang Yunu stared at each other for a moment, and a strange expression flashed across his face.
If I were to interpret and express it in words, the expression at that moment might be called: [Why did you ask that? ? ]
But after a moment of silence, the little golden retriever lowered his voice and answered, "My father is the most senior school director in Songnan."
It was as if an invisible light bulb suddenly lit up above Jiang Yunu's head, and at the same time, she let out a loud cry in her heart: "Oh!"
The young master of the school director's family "coincidentally" cannot participate in the competition, and this year's school selection has introduced various new rules, which seem to be creating some designated "carrot pits" - what is Songnan's plan in the inter-school competition?
Xue Zhanxing did come to give a reminder, but the young master of the school director's family was still a minor. He might have noticed that something was wrong, but he probably didn't know what the adults and elders were really planning.
"I came looking for you because I suddenly discovered that one of my friends was from Engel, so I spent two or three days hanging around the small canteen for foreign guests and finally ran into you." This is what Xue Zhanxing said to Jiang Yunu at last. His expression and tone were quite sincere.
Jiang Yunu did not waste her energy on evaluating the sincerity of an underage young master. She thought about it again and again and still felt that Xue Zhanxing's logic in finding people was wrong.
"Have you ever thought of coming directly to the small villa where Engel is staying temporarily, picking a time like 8 o'clock in the evening when most people are in the house, and then looking for me directly?" she asked.
"No." Xue Zhanxing said firmly, "Going directly to someone's house like this makes me feel that we are not destined to be together."
"..."God, they are not destined to be together!
After finally finishing her second serving of lamb chops in the cafeteria and seeing Xue Zhanxing off, Jiang Yunu couldn't help but wonder on the way back to Enge Mansion: Could it be that whether Xue Zhanxing decides to come to her to "reveal the news" is entirely up to fate?
If I really meet Jiang Yunu by chance, it means that it is fate, and those who need to be reminded can wake up.
If I hadn't met Jiang Yunu by chance, then this matter could have been... forgotten?
Thinking about what Xue Zhanxing once said in the hospital, that some 11-year-old children would pray to the stars at home and pray that they would be assigned the attributes they wanted before undergoing the supernatural power classification test, Jiang Yunu now increasingly suspected that the child who believed in metaphysics that Xue Zhanxing mentioned was himself.
"Why did you just come back?"
Just as I reached the door of Enge's western-style building, someone suddenly said something sarcastic in a bad tone.
Jiang Yunu looked up and saw Xie Shi standing in front of the gate like a life-size standee, with his arms folded across his chest.
"When will I be back?" Jiang Yunu asked in confusion, "What does it have to do with you?"
There is no group evening training today, only Jiang Yunu and Lu Xixi's private evening teaching, but the teaching time is after 8 pm, and it is not yet 7 pm.
Xie Shi was obviously choked by Jiang Yunu's attitude, and Master Xie's expression became even worse.
Young Master Xie said sternly, "It really doesn't matter, but Teacher Lu asked me to remind you that tonight's class will be moved up to 7:15. The teachers will have a group meeting after 9:00 PM, so you need to go to class quickly."
Jiang Yunu was stunned for a moment: "Oh...thank you, but why did they ask you to come?"
Master Xie's expression was as hard as his tone: "Because Senior Sister Zhou was pulled by Teacher Lei to do statistics."
It turned out that Senior Zhou was not at home, and Young Master Xie was captured by Lu Xixi to be a messenger.
Jiang Yunu suddenly remembered her previous doubts. Even Xie Shi, who had always disliked her, had no objection to Lu Xixi giving her special treatment this time. This made her stop and look at Young Master Xie a few more times.
Shesh was very sharp in her gaze: "What are you looking at?"
"You seem to be very kind lately," Jiang Yunu said honestly. "You don't like me, do you? But you haven't been bullying me about the superpower explosion and the special tutoring. You're even standing here, waiting for me to come back and inform me to attend class."
"..." Xie Shi's expression was no longer cold and hard. He became very lively and angry. "Am I petty in your eyes?"
Jiang Yunu tried to be tactful, but in fact he still said bluntly: "I just thought you were not that generous."
Xie Shi said emphatically: “Humph!!”
Jiang Yunu felt that she had said the wrong thing. She probably shouldn't have brought up this topic in the first place. She wanted to pretend that nothing had happened and just walk past the furious Xie Shi.
As a result, an arm appeared in front of her.
"Let's be honest," Xie Shi said angrily. "I don't like you, but you have to take Mr. Lu's class. I've never seen anyone worse at energy control than you. If you learn to control it well, you'll be better for everyone!"
Jiang Yunu pondered over Master Xie's last sentence, "It's better for everyone," and suddenly an idea struck him, feeling that it was a "It's better for yourself, too," which he was unwilling to express directly.
"Okay." Jiang Yunu said, "I know I misunderstood you. I'm sorry. Thank you for your concern. Actually, you are a very nice person."
Shesh's eyes widened: "I didn't care about you!"
However, the little white-haired girl said "hmm" and slipped past him like a slippery fish.
Shesh couldn't turn around to grab her, so he raised his half-raised arm but only touched the air in mid-air.
Jiang Yunu slipped away to Lu Xixi's place and started waiting for class to start early.
Lu Xixi pushed open the door of the room used as a classroom at 7:15 on time, and quickly checked Jiang Yunu's ability release and control technology, the stability of quantitative release of ability, and other tips related to ability control.
Jiang Yunu has become accustomed to being checked by Teacher Lu in real time these days. She accepts the inspection honestly and completes the operations according to the teacher's requirements.
Lu Xixi's brows relaxed after Jiang Yunu completed all the operations.
"Very good." Lu Xixi said with satisfaction, "Your ability release control is finally a bit decent."
Jiang Yunu has been taking tutoring classes frantically for several days, but the only comment she received was "a bit decent". She did not seem discouraged, but rather quite happy.
"Being told this by you, teacher, means I have made great progress," she said happily.
Lu Xixi looked at the little girl and said, "Don't you think I'm too strict with you?"
Jiang Yunu blinked his eyes: "I don't think so. A strict teacher produces a good student."
Lucy, a woman known for her decisiveness, couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth: "Compliments to me won't reduce your practice list."
Teacher Lu made a solemn statement to the little girl, which only resulted in her smiling even more confidently.
"I know that," Jiang Yunu said. "Teacher Lu, my dearest senior is Zhou Jinxue. I already knew that you specifically mentioned this."
Lucy reached out and pulled a handful of the little girl's hair - she had seen Reiss Daniel do this often before, and she had also recently discovered the pleasure of rubbing Jiang Yunu's head.
"Don't be so poor." Teacher Lu said sternly, "The break is over, continue."
Jiang Yunu continued training obediently.
When the next break came, Jiang Yunu also told Lu Xixi about her previous doubts.
"Teacher," the little girl pleaded sincerely, "Why is it that I'm clearly receiving extra care, but no one seems to have any objections?"
Lu Xixi looked down at Jiang Yunuo, and recalled the conversation she had with Leis Daniel on the school bus on the first day she came to Songnan. Leis Daniel did know Jiang Yunuo better than her. On the point of "pride", her original understanding of Jiang Yunuo was very different from the reality.
"First of all, not everyone is willing to spend over 80% of their rest time on training and improvement after completing their required coursework," Lu Xixi said fairly. "If the Engel team were all people who enjoy 'rolling' like this, we would have become the second 'rolling king team' long ago. But we haven't, which means that those who don't like to roll are still the majority. This is everyone's personal preference."
"Secondly, why do you think you were pulled into this special training?"
Lucy stretched out her slender index finger and flicked the forehead of the little girl who was looking up at her.
"You have problems controlling the release of your superpowers. I'm giving you extra training to fix that problem."
The entire Enge team, from top to bottom, was embracing a very traditional spirit of protecting the weak and loving the young. Although Jiang Yunu wasn't technically weak, she was the youngest on the team.
The youngest student on the school team showed both high talent and terrible control skills. So before worrying about Jiang Yunu being favored or worrying about the younger generation's talent surpassing their own, the first thing the Enger people cared about was:
Is our youngest student okay?
Under Engel's traditional spiritual philosophy, everything else can be put aside.
"But if someone disagrees with this and criticizes behind your back, that's human nature." Lu Xixi already felt that Jiang Yunu was a girl who could listen to reason, so she wouldn't shy away from saying some things. "You have to try to stay calm about this and focus on yourself."
"Okay, teacher." Jiang Yunu said obediently, "I understand."
It turns out that all Enge students are affected by the filter of "the youngest student in the school". Even Xie Shi, who lost the title of "youngest student", could not escape it. Maybe Xie Shi wanted this title so much in the first place because he had already seen how thick the filter it carried.
However, when people from other schools came to see Jiang Yunu's talent and level of training, it was a completely different story.
At the evening teachers' union meeting, the "Exam King" member took the lead after the regular discussion, asking Reiss Daniel directly, "When will your school promote your 'ace' to a regular player? You don't plan to keep him on the bench until the practice season begins, do you?"
This person speaks in a rather sarcastic tone.
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