Chapter 178 The Big Picture

Ren Shu was stunned for a moment, then smiled憨厚ly (憨厚: honest, simple) and said, "It's alright, alright. The competition among the examinees from Zhongyuan Province and Haisu Province is also very fierce."

Since they were going to be roommates, Jiang Xiao naturally wanted to get along well with him, so he asked, "Is Haiwei City fun? What month can you go swimming in the sea? I just learned how to swim recently. Are there a lot of beautiful young ladies by the sea?"

Han Jiangxue: ???

The two boys were discussing enthusiastically, completely ignoring Han Jiangxue...

"The ideal time to go to the sea is July and August." Ren Shu said somewhat shamefully, "To be honest, I haven't been to Haiwei City many times. Although it's very close to my hometown, but... familiarity breeds contempt, you know? I haven't really traveled there much..."

Huh? Trying to show off your vocabulary with me?

Jiang Xiao: "Didn't you say you were from Haiwei?"

Ren Shu smiled embarrassedly, "My home is a county town that belongs to Haiwei City. I was afraid you wouldn't have heard of it if I said it, Shagang."

Jiang Xiao scratched his head, confused.

Ren Shu added, "I know the beaches near my home very well. There are a lot of young girls swimming in the summer."

Jiang Xiao blinked, "I don't really care about the young girls, I just want to see the sea in the summer..."

Ren Shu laughed heartily and said very enthusiastically, "Okay, come to my house to play next summer! I'll take you to the sea then!"

Jiang Xiao looked Ren Shu up and down, his expression strange. After a long while, he squeezed out a sentence: "I'll pass, but if you go to the sea, I'll definitely download it."

Ren Shu: ???

"Hello." The other boy who was cleaning the table also stood up and greeted the siblings with a good attitude.

He had a parted hairstyle, fair skin, and wore rimless glasses. He introduced himself, "Han Xin, a local."

Jiang Xiao took a step back, sizing up the two of them, after all, the burly Shandong man was blocking his view too much.

With this look, Jiang Xiao felt like he had entered a sports academy. This Han Xin was probably also over 1.85 meters tall, with a rather strong build.

What's going on?

Everyone is an Awakened who trains all year round, so it's natural to be in good shape, but why are they all so tall?

When Jiang Xiao was walking around the campus just now, he didn't see students like this. You could see people who were 1.6 or 1.7 meters tall everywhere.

Jiang Xiao's heart stirred, and he asked, "What are your professions?"

Ren Shu turned his head and looked at Han Xin, and neither of them spoke immediately.

Han Jiangxue, however, realized something...

"Shield Warrior." Suddenly, a male voice came from the doorway, his voice clear and carrying a hint of disdain.

Han Jiangxue turned her head and saw another tall boy, at least 1.9 meters tall, with bright eyes, a high nose bridge, thin lips... and the key was that he even had a lit cigarette in his mouth.

A bit of a hooligan, but also a bit handsome.

This unfamiliar boy had a Mohawk hairstyle, with very short hair on the sides, and thick, slightly curly hair on top. He had a diamond stud earring on his right ear.

He was wearing a plaid shirt, capri pants, and AJs on his feet, without tying his shoelaces.

This unruly face, coupled with his condescending gaze, gave him an air of superiority.

Han Jiangxue frowned and glanced at the cigarette in the boy's mouth.

The boy tilted his head slightly, extended two fingers, and directly pinched out the remaining half of the cigarette. He took half a step back, exited the dormitory, turned his head and blew a puff of smoke to the side, before turning his head and walking back in.

This action made Jiang Xiao a little curious.

Judging from the boy's first impression, he should be an unruly, fearless guy.

But the boy's behavior didn't match the impression he gave.

The boy raised his eyebrows with a痞里痞气(pǐ lǐ pǐ qì: rogue-like manner) smile, his eyes swept over Shandong's Ren Shu, Beijing's Han Xin, and finally landed on Jiang Xiao, saying, "I'm also a Shield Warrior."

Jiang Xiao suddenly realized, no wonder everyone was tall and big, no wonder everyone was so majestic and壮实(zhuàng shí: sturdy), they were all Shield Warriors?

Was I assigned to the wrong room?

An Support mistakenly entered a dormitory of three Shield Warriors?

What criteria did they use to assign dormitories? Faculty or class?

This...

Jiang Xiao's heart suddenly stirred.

Xia Yan, Han Jiangxue, Jiang Xiao, one Agility Warrior, one Mage, one Support.

What's missing?

What's missing is a Shield Warrior!

Ordinary students know that the three of them are teammates in the National High School League, and it's not difficult to find out the relationship between them. They also entered the Beijing Star Warrior University together, so it's basically difficult to separate them.

Then these three people are likely to continue to maintain this team.

Therefore, the only position vacant in this championship team is the Shield Warrior position!

"Hehe, the door to this 1707 dormitory isn't easy to get into." The Mohawk boy casually threw the extinguished cigarette into the wastebasket and said, "The dormitory across the way, this floor, this apartment building, are not easy to get into."

Jiang Xiao also laughed and said, "Don't tell me, all the Shield Warriors live in this dormitory building."

The Mohawk boy's lips curled up slightly. He liked talking to smart people.

The boy shrugged and said, "There are also a few Agility Warriors with strong skills. Maybe they are very confident, maybe they want to try their luck, or... they simply like four-person rooms."

The conversation had reached this point, and everyone had spoken their minds.

Han Xin, who was far away, sat down again and was arranging the power strip on the table, saying, "Who would want to squeeze in a four-person room when they can live in a luxurious two-person room? Are they stupid?"

Jiang Xiao: ???

Friend,

The interview hasn't even started, and you've already lost...

What's wrong with liking four-person rooms?

I just want to find a brother to "share a smoke" with, what's wrong with that? Who would have thought that there wouldn't be a single Support in this room, just all Shield Warriors!?

Not only this dormitory, but even the entire dormitory building. Except for a very few Agility Warriors, the vast majority here are Shield Warriors.

A building full of... burly men?

But then again, Jiang Xiao also had ulterior motives, and he was no better than these people.

He thought that the students from the Support faculty would live together, or that the students from the same class would live together.

Think about it, the Support profession is already rare, and coupled with the fact that they entered this university, their future development is limitless! Wouldn't it be great to make two brothers?

But...

Han Jiangxue's clear voice suddenly came over: "Don't smoke indoors in the future, go find a place outside."

The Mohawk boy nodded as a matter of course, "You're the captain, what you say goes."

Han Jiangxue raised her eyebrows slightly: "You're not my teammate yet."

The boy smiled, and a pair of bright eyes revealed a strong sense of confidence: "The capable shall have it, it's only natural."

Han Jiangxue looked up at that slightly arrogant face and said softly, "I didn't see you in the National League."

The boy shrugged, 轻声道(qīng shēng dào: lightly speaking), "But I'm standing in the same campus with you now."

Whoa~

Young man, you're very tough!?

Han Jiangxue narrowed her eyes slightly. The atmosphere in the dormitory seemed a little heavy. After a long while, she asked in a cold voice, "Name."

The Mohawk boy did not shy away from Han Jiangxue's cold eyes and said, "Gu Shi'an."

On the side, the burly Shandong man Ren Shu carefully chewed on the name,啧啧(zé zé: clicking sound implying admiration or disapproval) softly sighing, "Peace and happiness within ten directions. What a good name."

Jiang Xiao looked at Ren Shu speechlessly,

Look at other people's names, and then look at your name. The competition hasn't even started yet, and you've already "admitted defeat."

You're still in the mood to praise people here?

"Maybe." Gu Shi'an said casually, looking around at the beds. There were only two beds by the door left. He casually threw his bag on the desk on the right.

Jiang Xiao suddenly said, "I want that bed."

The faint smile on Gu Shi'an's face suddenly froze. Two seconds later, he silently picked up his bag and put it on the desk on the left side of the door.

Little brat, can't control you?

Jiang Xiao sat down on the desk that Gu Shi'an had chosen.

Wow,

So comfortable!

Han Jiangxue looked at the frustrated Gu Shi'an and then at the smiling Jiang Xiao. There was also a hint of a smile on her face, "Get up, get your things."

"Okay, okay." Jiang Xiao stood up and watched Han Jiangxue tear apart space.

Layers of overlapping space appeared, attracting the attention of the three people in the dormitory.

Any space-type Star Techniques are extremely rare and extremely difficult to obtain. Although they are all proud sons of heaven, they do not possess such Star Techniques, and perhaps... they may not have encountered Star Warriors who use space Star Techniques in the process of growing up.

Jiang Xiao took out the bedsheets and bedding from Han Jiangxue's broken space one by one. He didn't spread them out, but folded them neatly and put them into the closet. He also hung up a few short-sleeved shirts and shorts.

This Han Jiangxue's broken space is like a treasure chest, with everything you need, toiletries, towels, hangers, and all kinds of daily necessities.

Finally, Jiang Xiao actually took out a few bags of plastic-sealed Jiangbin red sausage from the broken space and threw them to the burly men, one bag each: "My hometown specialty, you guys eat first."

"Thank you, thank you."

"Thanks."

Jiang Xiao packed his things and said, "Don't just say thank you, eat it. It won't harm you, it's famous throughout the country, I waited in line for a long time to buy it."

It was hard to refuse the kindness, and several roommates tasted it more or less. Ren Shu ate the most happily, probably because he was hungry.

"Alright!" Jiang Xiao watched Gu Shi'an finally take a bite of the red sausage and immediately said, "Eating someone's food makes you soft-spoken, taking someone's gift makes you short-handed! It's my turn to speak."

Gu Shi'an's face froze again. He always felt that he was going to be tricked again.

Han Xin looked over curiously, and Ren Shu's gluttonous action also stopped.

Jiang Xiao waved his hand and said慷慨激昂(kāng kǎi jī áng: impassioned): "From now on, I am the big brother of this dormitory! You three will be ranked second, third, and fourth according to your birthdays. You don't need to ask me how old I am, just remember that the red sausage is very delicious."

Dormitory occupants: "..."

Han Jiangxue责怪(zé guài: reproach) patted Jiang Xiao's shoulder and said, "Hurry up, Xia Yan is asking us out for dinner."

"Oh, oh." Jiang Xiao watched that he was almost done packing, and finally stuffed a large suitcase into the desk's (drawer) and said, "I'm leaving first, see you later, you guys can rank yourselves, just tell me the results at the party tonight."

Jiang Xiao closed the door behind him, but sighed helplessly.

Han Jiangxue said softly, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Xiao shook his head helplessly and苦笑(kǔ xiào: bitterly smiled), "I wanted to have a close and harmonious dormitory relationship, but now it's good. How can this kind of dormitory be harmonious? The three of them are obviously here for the Shield Warrior position in our team. It would be good if they don't fight. Not to mention the three of them, the entire apartment building is probably like this."

Han Jiangxue thought for a while and said, "If the dormitory affects your condition, we can go out and rent a house."

Jiang Xiao said, "The school expressly prohibits it. Freshmen and sophomores are not allowed to live outside."

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue do have Principal Yang's phone number, but Jiang Xiao doesn't want to bother such a big shot with this kind of thing.

Alas...

Sleeping in this kind of place every night in the future,

The entire apartment building is full of Shield Warriors,

Isn't that too safe!?