It was already dark, and Ai Yu realized it was time to pack up and close the shop. He stood up from the small stool and prepared to close the door.
At this moment, a tall woman came out from the darkness. She had big wavy black hair, wore a black velvet dress, and wore gloves of the same color on both hands. She walked in step by step on high heels, holding a half-smoked cigarette in her left hand and pressing her hat with her right hand.
The woman blew out a smoke ring and looked at Ai Yu with a smile. The mole at the corner of her mouth came alive with her expression. Her Xia dialect was a little stiff, but her pronunciation was accurate. "Hello, a glass of wine."
As she finished speaking, a raven flew in from the door and landed on her shoulder.
The woman shook off the ash from her cigarette and touched the raven's beak with her index finger: "Be good."
Ai Yu poured the woman a glass of beer and asked, "Ice?" as he was about to put it down.
"Two."
"Okay." Ai Yu turned around and added two ice cubes, then placed the glass of wine in front of the woman. Her eyes were attracted by the angel tattooed on the woman's collarbone, and she looked at it for a long time.
"Do you like angels too?" The woman held her face with one hand and picked up the wine glass with the other hand and took a big sip. When she put down the glass, the raven on her shoulder pecked at the ice cubes in the wine, but she ignored it.
Only then did Ai Yu realize that the woman's pupils were a light purple, misty, which unexpectedly matched her temperament. Ai Yu thought about this question for three seconds and replied, "Angels are all ugly. I don't like them."
The woman found Ai Yu's answer amusing: "Do you like nice-looking things?"
"Sister Hua said that good looks are king." Ai Yu nodded woodenly. She did not have her own aesthetic sense. All her cognition was established by Hua Jianzui.
Perhaps she herself did not notice that she could unexpectedly speak normally in front of the woman in front of her.
"Cluck." The raven tilted its head and suddenly called twice.
The woman raised her hand and patted Raven's little head, then took out a card from her chest and placed it on the bar: "This is my name."
Ai Yu looked at the card. It was pure black with two rows of silver names printed on it, which had a gem-like luster: Aka [kā] Xiliya/Acclia
The woman named Akasilia took out another banknote from her chest and said, "Thank you."
Ai Yu took the banknote and was about to give her the change, but when he looked up, he found that the woman had disappeared. On the bar, there was only the black card, proving that the woman had been there.
She looked at the banknote carefully towards the light source. This was not the currency of Xia Country, and she couldn't tell whether it was real or fake.
On the 31st, it was still sunny.
Ai Yu got up early. Thinking that today was the day to report, he reluctantly dressed himself up. By dressed up, he just washed his hair and took a shower.
She always dressed simply, mostly in solid colors. Today's outfit was the same as yesterday's. Noticing her hair had grown a bit too long, obscuring her vision, she cut some of it off with a razor blade in front of the mirror. Then, clutching her admission invitation, a waist bag, and the luggage Hua Jianzui had reminded her to pack yesterday, she headed towards Jigong.
My adoptive father's tavern wasn't far from Jigong, and just a few blocks away was the bustling commercial district. Jigong, being incredibly wealthy, had built a school in the bustling commercial district, on a vast expanse of land, said to be over a thousand acres.
We walked to Jigong. Today was the first day of school, and there were many people coming and going. Students of Jigong entered the school by scanning their faces, while new students were checked in through the manual channel based on admission invitations.
There are some things that machines can never replace humans.
Ai Yu showed her admissions invitation to the security guard. He looked at her for a long time. Everyone behind her almost thought that her admissions invitation was fake. Then the security guard said, "Go in, next one."
Ai Yu took back the admission invitation, clicked the button inside, and the map of Jigong that came with it was projected. She compared the direction and walked towards the freshman reception desk.
Jigong was quite large, so there were student volunteers from previous years who showed the way to the new students. A beautiful woman, wearing a Jigong school uniform and a volunteer badge on her arm, came up to Ai Yu. "Little beauty, you're a new student, right? This way is the new student reception desk."
Ai Yu blinked and nodded. The other party was very enthusiastic, and it was difficult for her to refuse, and she would not refuse.
The beautiful woman took Ai Yu to the reception desk for new students. Along the way, she told her some stories about Ji Palace and other trivial matters. Then she left after leaving her name. Ai Yu wrote down her name, which was Wen Xiaowan.
The system at Jigong is somewhat unique: no matter how long you've been there, you'll always be in the same class; there's no academic year system. Everyone takes their own courses, and the classrooms are fluid. Only study and exams are held in designated areas.
At the freshman reception, all the classes were bustling with activity, except for Class 10 in the corner, which was deserted. There sat a woman with her long legs exposed, but she was wearing a windbreaker that covered her thighs and a red scarf.
The red scarf was brightly colored, forming a sharp contrast with the black outfit. Ai Yu looked at her face curiously, but she had a book covering her face and was sitting on a recliner, looking like she was basking in the sun.
Ai Yu walked over, recalling what Hua Jianzui had taught her. She reached out her hand and knocked on the table. The person behind the table sat up slightly, and the book slipped from her face and was caught by her. Her hands were beautiful, slender and white. Ling Shuangxi raised her eyes and looked at Ai Yu. Her voice was lazy, as if she hadn't slept well: "New student? Ai Yu?"
Ai Yu nodded.
"Mr. Hua has greeted me." Ling Shuangxi took out a student ID and handed it to Ai Yu, "Let's go."
Ai Yu took the student ID and put it away. It had her photo on it, so it was no wonder Ling Shuangxi called out to her. Seeing Ling Shuangxi stand up and walk away with her books, Ai Yu followed. "Grandpa Hua?" Hua Jie, presumably. So, was this the vice president, Ling Shuangxi, that Hua Jie mentioned?
After Ling Shuangxi left, Ai Yu noticed that someone had replaced Ling Shuangxi and was sitting at the reception desk of Class 10. It seemed that Ling Shuangxi came specifically to pick her up.
After turning a few corridors and going up a few floors, Ai Yu saw a door with a sign saying Class 10. Ling Shuangxi opened the door and went in. The class, which had been a little noisy, suddenly became silent.
The seats were staggered from high to low, with three seats to each table. The classroom was large, but not crowded, only about twenty or thirty people. Many seats were empty, and there were almost no classmates. Most people sat with only one empty seat between them. There was no one at the podium, and below it were two whiteboards with a message "Welcome New Students."
Ling Shuangxi glanced at everyone and said, "Go back to your seats and sit down."
Several people quickly left their previous positions and returned to their original seats.
Ling Shuangxi turned around and looked at Ai Yu: "Pick a seat."
Ai Yu nodded, looked around, and chose a seat in the fourth row. There was a male classmate sleeping on the table next to him.
In fact, she noticed that there was no one in the first, second, and third rows in the middle. She wondered if there was anything special, so she gave up those nine seats.
After she sat down, many people whispered about it. Ai Yu heard it clearly. It turned out that one of the nine seats belonged to Ling Shuangxi, which resulted in no one in this circle except for her deskmate. She was the first person to sit so close to Ling Shuangxi.
Ling Shuangxi, is it scary?
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