Chapter 140 A Reward

At dinner time, Jiang Xiao and his teammates snuck out by climbing over the wall.

Dinner lasted a full two hours, and evening classes didn't start until 6:30 p.m., so there was plenty of time to eat.

Besides, Jiang Xiao thought it would be best to treat everyone to a meal when he announced the news.

So, Jiang Xiao endured the pain and counted the three hundred-odd yuan in his pocket, figuring it should be enough.

There were many small shops in the alleyway outside the school gate, with a particularly strong atmosphere of everyday life. You could see many kids in green military uniforms darting around, probably because they thought the cafeteria food wasn't good and wanted a change.

Jiang Xiao found a self-serve hot pot restaurant. The small shop didn't have any private rooms, just a dozen small tables in the main hall, which looked perfect for couples.

Jiang Xiao had the owner put two tables together and invited everyone to sit down.

Self-serve hot pot, 38 yuan per person, clearly marked, which made Jiang Xiao feel very confident.

Five people should definitely be covered by three hundred yuan.

"So, brother, what exactly are you announcing? And treating us to hot pot? We're so embarrassed," Zhu Wu, the second brother, chuckled, frantically grabbing meat from the self-serve freezer and saying to Jiang Xiao beside him, "Is it that Gao Junchen? Leave it to me. We can't always be passive; we have to take the initiative and go cause him some trouble."

"No, the league is in three days. Let's play it safe and get the ranking and the rewards first," Jiang Xiao said, walking back to the table with Zhu Wu.

"Stop looking, start cooking, start eating," Jiang Xiao hurriedly urged everyone.

Anyway, it was self-serve,

take whatever you want to eat,

don't be polite with the owner...

"Oh? Isn't this the healer bro?" A voice came over, making Jiang Xiao pause.

He saw the buzz-cut guy and crew-cut guy from the morning walking in.

"Your injuries are healed?" Jiang Xiao asked in surprise.

"What injuries? You're a miracle worker," the crew-cut guy said with a limp.

Jiang Xiao: "..."

Jiang Xiao had indeed hit the crew-cut guy, his first target, a little harder.

Because when he fought Zhu Wen in the morning, Zhu Wen had beaten him badly, and Zhu Wen was only from Class 2.

These students who blocked Jiang Xiao in the storage room were said to be from Class 1, so Jiang Xiao naturally assumed they were very strong.

So he had been looking for a chance to sneak attack, rather than recklessly fighting head-on.

At that time, when the bamboo pole guy turned to leave, the buzz-cut guy was farther away, and the crew-cut guy happened to kick over.

Jiang Xiao's punch had directly hit the side of the crew-cut guy's knee, frankly, to limit his movement.

The second target was hit even harder. Jiang Xiao directly hit the other party's jaw, causing the bamboo pole guy to faint. Also to limit him.

When Jiang Xiao went to deal with the buzz-cut guy, he realized belatedly that these students were not as strong as he had imagined, and his forbearance seemed misplaced.

Potential does not equal combat power.

Jiang Xiao dared to hit hard because of his Healing Star Technique. As a result, the heavily injured crew-cut guy, although limping, could still walk, also because of Jiang Xiao's subsequent healing.

As for snatching the knife and stabbing at the buzz-cut guy, that was purely intimidation, not even close to murder. Jiang Xiao still knew the limits.

"Your leg can still climb walls?" Jiang Xiao asked with a strange expression.

"Climb what wall? I just took a leave of absence, saying I was sparring with two friends and accidentally injured my muscles and bones," the crew-cut guy said with a smile. "Meeting is fate. Come on, this meal is on me."

Jiang Xiao's other teammates, of course, knew that these two were the ones who had beaten Jiang Xiao up in the morning, but they never expected the story to unfold like this.

"Treat what treat? Go away, I don't accept any whitewashing," Jiang Xiao waved his hand and said with disgust.

"Don't, healer bro, we're all minors, we all have times when we don't know any better. You have to allow kids to make mistakes, you have to allow kids to grow, you have to allow us to turn over a new leaf!" The crew-cut guy spoke so fast that Jiang Xiao was stunned.

What was all this?

It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned being a minor. As soon as he mentioned being a minor, Jiang Xiao suddenly wanted to kick him again.

Buzz-cut guy: "That's right, that's right. We've finally figured it out. Fighting is useless. You think you're so tough, but you never know when you'll fall into a ditch."

Jiang Xiao: "What do you mean? Am I the ditch?"

"Uh..." Buzz-cut guy, "You're not the ditch, you're a god. There's only one healing-type Awakened in the entire senior year, only two in the junior year, and only one in our freshman year. And we offended you. How did that even happen?"

Jiang Xiao looked at the buzz-cut guy with a half-smile. Ever since this kid found out that Han Jiangxue was Jiang Xiao's sister, he had changed a lot.

...

Jiang Xiao didn't let the two of them pay after all. If he could make two fighting students restrain themselves a little, or even turn over a new leaf, Jiang Xiao felt like he was doing a good deed.

"People from big cities are just different. That mouth just keeps going," Liu Ke said, her Mandarin mixed with Bei Jiang dialect words, particularly vivid.

After the little episode, Jiang Xiao ate his meat and brought the topic back.

"The girl you saw this morning is called Han Jiangxue," Jiang Xiao said.

"Yeah, if you didn't say anything, we would have agreed not to say anything," Liu Ke said, quick to speak. "I saw your Weibo. You two are very close? Is she your friend?"

"My sister, I took my mother's surname," Jiang Xiao said.

"Ah? Family?" Liu Ke looked disbelieving, carefully examining Jiang Xiao, but she couldn't see any resemblance between the siblings.

Jiang Xiao didn't explain too much and continued: "I'm here for a reason. You all know that if there is a healing-type Awakened on a team, it will greatly improve the team."

The eldest brother, Zhu Wen, nodded and said, "That makes sense."

"Ever since I awakened at the junior high school graduation ceremony, Han Jiangxue has been training me," Jiang Xiao said, half-truthfully. "She wants me to join her team."

"Your strength..." The second brother, Zhu Wu, spoke very directly, "Isn't good enough, right?"

"Indeed, not good enough," Jiang Xiao admitted. "The problem is that her team has a problem. There are irreconcilable conflicts in the interpersonal relationships, which pose a threat to everyone's lives."

"Is that so?" The eldest brother, Zhu Wen, looked solemn.

"Yes, it's very complicated, so I won't explain too much. I'll just say the conclusion," Jiang Xiao said. "She hopes that I can shine in the league, and then through other rich and powerful members of her team, find some connections and let me skip a grade into senior year and directly join her team."

Liu Ke was completely stunned: "This..."

"You also know that there is only one healing-type Awakened in the six senior year classes, and they have been in a fixed team for more than two years. There are only two healing-type Awakened in the six junior year classes. There are more people in our class, with eight classes, but so far, I am the only healing-type Awakened. You can see how rare this profession is," Jiang Xiao said.

"Rare is definitely rare, and you do have the qualifications to make the school look at you differently, but your potential is limited. You can't just think about your sister. You have to think about yourself," Elena said worriedly. "Senior year requires frequent external missions, and the mission locations are all in other-dimensional spaces. You..."

"Regarding this, she also has her considerations. She and I are family, and I believe she won't harm me," Jiang Xiao didn't explain too much, didn't talk about his Inner Star Map, and just said apologetically, "I just want to say that if I succeed, I'm afraid I will have to leave this team."

The eldest brother, Zhu Wen, suddenly said, "Brother, don't say that. If you think this path is the right one, then go for it."

Jiang Xiao looked at Zhu Wen's sincere eyes, and his heart softened slightly.

He really didn't expect not to be blamed, but instead to hear so much encouragement.

"Your sister's team will definitely have a higher ceiling. If you think you can do it, then do it! My brothers and I won't stand in the way of someone's future," Zhu Wen patted Jiang Xiao's shoulder and said, "At this stage, you are really very strong, especially the Bell Spirit Star Technique, which really helps our team a lot."

"You help this team win a ranking, help us get rewards, and we'll help you shine and break into senior year," Zhu Wen said, looking at Zhu Wu.

Zhu Wu nodded without hesitation and said, "What my brother said is right. If it weren't for you, we would have put Liu Ke on the field. It's hard to say what ranking this team would have gotten."

Liu Ke pouted a little, regretting, "Put aside the potential for now, you guys really struck gold when you found such a strong healing-type teammate."

Elena looked at Liu Ke next to her with a smile and said, "Are you regretting it because after he leaves, you won't be able to be a substitute anymore and you'll have to go on the field again?"

Liu Ke's pretty face turned red, and she looked at Elena in protest: "Hey! Don't talk!"

Jiang Xiao picked up a soda and said, "Whether it's successful or not, whatever the ranking, as long as there are rewards, my share will be Liu Ke's."

"That won't do. Yours is still yours," Liu Ke said quickly.

"No, I've already received my reward," Jiang Xiao raised his soda to everyone slightly, "Thank you all."

Being able to meet such a group of warm and pure kids was indeed a reward.

Saying that, Jiang Xiao raised his head and chugged the soda.

The second brother, Zhu Wu, looked at Jiang Xiao with a strange expression: "It's not like you're drinking alcohol, what are you pretending to be heroic for?"

Jiang Xiao: "Pfft... cough cough..."