As Qin Xuan ran out of the bathroom at lightning speed, Gu Simin and Mo RuShuang heaved deep sighs.
Before his death, Master must have secretly told him something, otherwise how could this junior brother, who was hot-blooded and impetuous, be so stubbornly resistant?
"We have a long road ahead, little junior sister. Our junior brother is really difficult to deal with." Gu Simin shook her head and sighed.
"Let's take it slow. But I hope to be the first to 'eat meat'. As the senior sister, you'll make way for me, right?"
Mo RuShuang batted her big, watery eyes innocently.
With her innocent face, she looked silly and cute. Even when she talked about 'eating meat', she didn't exude the charm and allure like Gu Simin did.
"Heh, I'm the senior sister. You should listen to my arrangements. With your intellect, if I sent you to buy some pork at the village entrance, you'd probably be conned out of 200 bucks by the pig butcher."
Gu Simin rolled her eyes. "If you and our junior brother have a child together, the kid will most likely be silly. I think it's better if you keep your distance."
"You're so smart, oh so very smart. Who was it last time that..."
"Shut up!!"
The two pounced on each other in an instant, baring teeth and claws.
Qin Xuan ran downstairs, chugged down a pot of water, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh bitterly at the sounds of his two senior sisters scuffling.
He didn't know how much longer he could hold out. It seemed like Master's exhortations were about to crumble...
That night.
Qin Xuan deliberately slept in a different room.
But the two senior sisters still tailed him there.
Qin Xuan took out a bracelet and a piece of jade, smiling. "Senior sisters, these are gifts I've prepared for you. Each of you pick one, then let me sleep by myself, okay?"
"The Heart of the Ocean?"
Gu Simin was surprised. "This thing that countless women have been dreaming of recently has fallen into your hands. Looks like you've struck it rich."
"It's alright." Qin Xuan smiled.
Gu Simin looked at the bracelet, then at the piece of jade, even more surprised. "A magic vessel!"
Qin Xuan nodded.
Gu Simin didn't know what this thing was used for. After all, normal magic vessels had direct purposes.
For example, containers for raising Gu worms - if too ordinary, the worms would barely survive.
But if a magic vessel was used as the container, the effect would be vastly different.
"You should keep it. This piece of jade may come in handy someday. As for this Heart of the Ocean bracelet..."
Gu Simin's red lips curled up. "You can give it to Chen Yan or Xia Wanying. This kind of thing is most capable of capturing a woman's heart."
Qin Xuan's ears immediately turned red.
It seemed like nothing he did at school escaped his senior sister's eyes and ears.
"No, no, no, I'll give them to you two." Qin Xuan said.
"There's no need. After taking your gift, we'll feel too embarrassed to sleep here tonight."
Gu Simin lay down directly on the bed.
Mo RuShuang followed closely after.
The two women left an empty space between them. Lying on her side, Gu Simin propped up her head with one hand and beckoned to Qin Xuan. "Come here, little junior brother. Have fun~"
The corner of Qin Xuan's mouth twitched.
Just wait until he could defeat her. Then she would know why the flowers were so red!
...
The next day.
Qin Xuan arrived at school and immediately ran into Xia Wanying.
"Where are you going?" Qin Xuan asked.
Xia Wanying tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear and gently said, "The welcome party is almost here. I'm going to the dance club to rehearse with the captain and the others."
Saying this, Xia Wanying shyly asked, "Do you...want to come watch?"
Qin Xuan readily nodded.
Dance club.
In a rehearsal room.
Seeing Qin Xuan arrive, Wu Han, Liu Xiao Li and the other girls all smiled and welcomed him.
This made Cheng Tao, who was also there to rehearse a hip hop dance routine, look even more sour-faced than if he had eaten shit.
Just now Cheng Tao was showing off some cool moves and had attracted quite a few admiring looks.
But at the height of his glory, as soon as Qin Xuan arrived, he drew the girls' attention.
In his dreams, Cheng Tao wanted to stomp Qin Xuan into the ground and trample him to death!
Just then, Wu Han said to everyone with a bitter face, "Our dance is accompanied by a live piano piece, but the student who was supposed to play piano suddenly said she can't participate anymore. Does anyone else here know how to play piano?"
"I can!"
Cheng Tao stepped forward confidently. "I learned piano for two years. With some practice on the sheet music, I should be fine."
"Great, great."
Wu Han nodded eagerly and quickly let Cheng Tao try it out.
Cheng Tao smiled. He really liked this feeling of being needed.
But when Cheng Tao looked at the sheet music and started playing, those short few minutes felt endless.
Is this it?
Who does he think he's fooling by pretending to be some genius!
Feeling the strange looks from those around him, Cheng Tao was starting to lose face. He didn't expect to be so out of practice.
"Cheng, do you have some grudge against us? Why torture our ears like this?" Liu Xiao Li asked.
"..."
The corners of Cheng Tao's mouth twitched a couple times. He said dejectedly, "I'm just rusty, that's all. Besides, is there anyone else here who can play better than me? No one else in our class knows piano. I'm your only hope right now!"
The girls looked at each other. Indeed, they fell silent.
Cheng Tao felt smug at that moment. It turns out knowing a skill or two makes you so popular on campus.
But just then, Qin Xuan walked over to the piano and sat down.
Cheng Tao said in astonishment, "Hey country bumpkin, what are you doing? This is a rehearsal room, not a children's toy. The piano is expensive. If you break it from touching it, you couldn't afford to pay for it even if you sold yourself!"
Qin Xuan didn't even bother with him. He glanced at the sheet music and started playing directly.
As the black and white keys rose and fell, elegant music flowed out.
In an instant.
Everyone in the rehearsal room was stunned.
Delight and admiration flowed unrestrained in Wu Han and the others' eyes, as if their hearts were completely seized.
No wonder Qin Xuan dressed so tackily, yet inexplicably had a special air about him.
Turns out he inherently had an air of refinement. No matter how casual his clothes, it couldn't conceal that!
Xia Wanying gazed fixedly at Qin Xuan, hands placed in front of her, fingers tightly intertwined. She felt strangely that her heart was beating a little faster!
In fact, she wasn't too shocked. Mostly it was a feeling of enjoyment and appreciation.
After all, Qin Xuan could write characters as good as a master calligrapher. To some degree, this already proved he was extraordinary...
As for Cheng Tao, his expression was extremely ugly.
Every time this country bumpkin shows up, why does he keep losing face!
Why the hell does this keep happening!!
When the music stopped.
Wu Han immediately looked at Cheng Tao and said sarcastically, "So you're the only one who can play piano? You're our only hope?"
"..."
Cheng Tao's face turned red then white. He wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into, and ran out of the room without a trace, eliciting laughter from the girls.
"Qin Xuan~"
Wu Han quickly said, "You play so well, much better than that previous guy. Please help us with this piece for our performance, okay?"
Qin Xuan unconsciously glanced at Xia Wanying and saw the same expectancy in her eyes. He readily nodded in agreement.
The rehearsal room erupted in cheers!
After rehearsal, everyone returned to the classroom together.
Just as Qin Xuan was about to sit down, the male classmate in front of him, Song Changdong, looked at Cheng Tao and Li Jiangbo in the distance. After intense internal struggle, he finally said to Qin Xuan, "Don't...don't sit. Your chair has been smeared with super glue."
In fact, Qin Xuan had already noticed.
Such childish pranks were really irritating.
But they were extremely disgusting!
"Who did it?" Qin Xuan asked.
Song Changdong was from an impoverished family and roomed with Cheng Tao. He was often bullied. Just now, warning Qin Xuan not to sit down took a lot of courage.
At this moment, he didn't dare to directly name names, but his eyes secretly glanced at Cheng Tao's side.
Qin Xuan was instantly furious!
But just as he was about to take action, a group of people suddenly swarmed into the classroom.
It was none other than the Taekwondo Club, led by Yang Hao. They stormed in and, without saying a word, grabbed Cheng Tao and Li Jiangbo and gave them a savage beating!
If it were ordinary people, they wouldn't dare do this kind of thing at Yun Cheng University.
But this was Yang Hao!
He said to hit, so they hit. Punch after punch of fist to flesh, utterly ruthless!
Cheng Tao's mentality collapsed on the spot. They were still buddies yesterday; today it became like this...
Before long, Cheng Tao and Li Jiangbo were bruised and swollen, lying prostrate on the ground, unable to get up.
Panting, Yang Hao jogged up to Qin Xuan and bent down slightly. Obsequiously he said, "Sorry, Brother Xuan, we may have disturbed you. I have some history with those punks. You're not angry, right?"
Behind him, the other Taekwondo Club members also lowered their heads respectfully!
"!!!"
The students in the class were all frightened.
Yang Hao was trampled yesterday and lost face completely. Yet he was so respectful to Qin Xuan. Was he beaten into submission?
At this point, they finally realized that from now on in this school, Qin Xuan would also be a distinguished figure!
Qin Xuan glanced at the miserable state of Cheng Tao and Li Jiangbo, and suddenly deflated, unable to help but chuckle, "Welcome back anytime."
Yang Hao was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood, and slapped his chest to guarantee: "Brother Xuan, don't be angry. After all, they are your classmates. From now on, I'll beat them every time I see them!"
Qin Xuan was quite satisfied.
This Yang Hao is quite clever, and understands the art of language.
After Yang Hao and the others left,
Qin Xuan looked at Song Changdong in front of him and smiled, "From now on, if anyone bullies you, just report my name and I'll cover you!"
Song Changdong was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
He had really been bullied enough.
So it turned out good people do get good returns... This was true after all...
At this time, Cheng Tao glared at Qin Xuan, his eyes almost spewing fire.
Especially when he discovered that many female classmates looked at Qin Xuan with some admiration, there was nothing more heart-piercing than this.
Li Jiangbo propped Cheng Tao up and whispered, "Brother Tao, we have been utterly humiliated. If this continues, no one in the class will associate with us anymore, and we'll be isolated."
"What are you trying to say?" Cheng Tao asked.
"Quick, take out the supreme card and treat the whole class to dinner tonight, except for Qin Xuan. Isolate him!"
Li Jiangbo said, "Human nature is to gravitate towards power and success. Now they see Qin Xuan's prestige, so they want to get closer to him. Once you take out the supreme card, these fair-weather friends will naturally continue to fawn over you."
The more Cheng Tao thought about it, the more reasonable he felt it was.
Recalling the humiliations he had suffered these past few days, including those people who had fawned over him and left one by one...
Cheng Tao suddenly took out the Jinmeiyuan Supreme Card and yelled with all his might: "I am the supreme VIP of Jinmeiyuan Hotel. With this card, all expenses are waived."
"Tonight I'm treating everyone to dinner, and in the future, all class gatherings will be initiated by me for free!"
"Anyone can come, even bring your friends and family, all are welcome."
"Except! That damned country bumpkin Qin Xuan is not worthy!!"