Chapter 41: Super Awesome

At the top of the stairs.

It was as if the light had suddenly brightened!

That Bai Daxiaojie, dressed in a white dress with skin as white as snow, walked up quietly.

Shedding the radiance of the sunlight.

At this moment, she looked even clearer and more real, pure white and aesthetically perfect.

As if a celestial being had descended to the mortal world, untainted by a speck of dust.

That skin, white to the point of glowing, the jet-black hair like a waterfall, and a face and temperament like a poem or a painting—all were beautiful enough to be suffocating.

Even a man like Luo Zijun, who was ninety-nine percent immune to women, could not help but secretly marvel in his heart at this moment.

Just then, the young girl in the pink dress named Luo Diudiu walked up.

The two locked eyes.

The loli girl immediately widened her eyes, ran over at once, and said aggressively, "Well, well! You actually snuck up here while I wasn't paying attention! Get down here!"

Luo Zijun: "???"

"Young lady, I was the one who came up first, alright? Even if someone has to go down, it should be you two."

Is this little girl sick in the head?

Luo Diudiu put her hands on her hips and said fiercely, "It was clearly you who snuck up after us! How dare you lie!"

Luo Zijun immediately waved his hand impatiently to shoo her away: "Go cool off somewhere else."

Then he picked up a book, preparing to go to a nearby seat to read.

Luo Diudiu's large, dark, rolling eyes widened even further.

This guy, actually... actually so rude! He actually told her to go cool off somewhere else!

I refuse to go cool off!

Detestable!

"I'll kick your butt!"

Luo Diudiu immediately chased after him, lifted her small right foot, and kicked him hard on the butt.

Caught off guard, Luo Zijun was kicked into stumbling forward a few steps.

Luo Diudiu laughed out loud: "Serves you right! Let's see you dare to—ah? What are you doing?"

Luo Zijun suddenly rushed over, grabbed her shoulders, quickly twisted her body around so her back was to him, and then, without hesitation, lifted his long leg and—*bang*—delivered a heavy kick to her round, perky little butt!

"Ah—"

A miserable shriek!

Luo Diudiu's petite, delicate loli body was actually kicked flying, then she landed face-first with her limbs splayed out like a cross, and with a *whoosh*, she slid a distance across the floor before finally coming to a stop.

"..."

She opened her eyes wide, unable to believe it.

This bastard, actually... actually hit a woman... and such a cute little woman at that...

At this moment, that Bai Daxiaojie, who had finished picking out books on another row of shelves, happened to walk over and saw this scene.

"I'm warning you, don't come bother this Young Master again!"

Luo Zijun glanced at the two of them, took his book, and strode away.

Luo Diudiu lay on the floor, stunned for a long while, before she crawled up and looked at her young mistress: "That guy... it really seems he didn't come for you, Miss..."

Bai Daxiaojie did not speak.

She took her book, went to a corner on the other side to sit down, lowered her head, and read quietly.

"On the mountain there is a temple, in the temple there is an old monk..."

"The old monk bathes the little monk every night, and every time after the bath, the little monk limps..."

"The old monk never eats, and the little monk is never full..."

"Finally one day, while the old monk was bathing the little monk, the little monk discovered a secret in the mirror: the old monk was actually pulling out his own intestines..."

Luo Zijun read with great interest.

After finishing one book, he went to exchange it for another.

Although he didn't find any books about talent, some of the strange tales were written quite interestingly.

Perhaps the students here only viewed them as false stories.

But he felt that there should be some truth mixed with the falsehoods.

Unknowingly, the sun had already fallen to the horizon.

Luo Zijun looked out the window, suddenly remembered he still had to go to the Pharmacy, immediately closed the book, went over to put it back on the shelf, and prepared to leave.

At this moment, that milky, fierce voice suddenly came from across the way: "Hey! What is your name? If you have the guts, say it!"

Luo Zijun glanced at her and said, "This Young Master does not change his name when walking, nor his surname when sitting—I am Wang Dafu!"

The little girl clenched her fists and said indignantly, "Wang Dafu, is it? Fine! You just wait, Young Lady!"

Since she was a child, no one had ever kicked her little butt! And kicked it hard, at that!

Detestable!

Luo Zijun ignored her further and went straight downstairs.

That guy Wang Dafu was foul-mouthed and loved to scold people, so he naturally wouldn't be afraid of this wet-behind-the-ears little girl.

Anyway, that guy had plenty of time.

He exited the Hidden Book Pavilion.

Outside, the sunset was spilling down, filling the courtyard with orange-red light.

The flowers, plants, trees, pavilions, and buildings all became as beautiful as a dream in these intoxicating colors.

This feels like a real world.

——To the people here, naturally it is.

But to him, it always feels like a dream.

Perhaps after waking from the dream, nothing will remain.

"After completing the mission, can I be reborn? What does it feel like to be reborn? Will those betrayals of family, love, and friendship from before all return?"

Even if they did return, so what? Those things have long since spoiled.

He has long ceased to care, and will absolutely never hold any illusions again.

Being alone is quite good...

He was lost in thought along the way.

Passing through the tree-lined avenue, ahead was the gate of the Academy.

"Luo Zijun!"

At this moment, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly came from the woods nearby.

Luo Zijun turned his head to look.

In the woods stood several students wearing Confucian robes, seemingly chatting.

One of them was tall and thin; it was none other than Sun Yan'er's sycophant, that guy named Liu Songjin.

"Something the matter?"

!

Luo Zijun asked.

Liu Songjin looked at him with a confused expression and asked, "How did you get in?"

This West Lake Academy cannot be entered by anyone other than students and teachers.

This guy just passed the exam for Cultivated Talent, and the Academy Examination is still a month away; why would he suddenly appear here today?

"Climbed over the wall, obviously."

Luo Zijun couldn't be bothered with him and prepared to leave.

"Stop right there!"

Liu Songjin suddenly shouted, then said with an excited face: "Brothers, this person is not a student of our West Lake Academy. He must have snuck in by climbing the wall today, and he likely stole something from our Academy! Let's hurry and catch him, then report it to the teachers!"

How could he not be excited?

If he could catch this kid in the act today and have the Academy punish him, then even if this kid passed the Academy Examination in a month, he would never be able to enter any academy!

His great revenge would be fulfilled!

"Brother Liu, are you sure he isn't a student of our Academy?"

Someone asked.

Liu Songjin said loudly: "Of course I'm sure! This kid just passed the Cultivated Talent exam a few days ago and can only take the Academy Examination next month; how could he possibly be a student of our West Lake Academy?"

"Luo Zijun! I told you to stop!"

Seeing the youth seemingly preparing to run, he hurriedly shouted and chased after him, while simultaneously yelling at the guards at the gate: "Come quick! Come quick! There's a thief!"

Luo Zijun: "..."

Is there really something wrong with this guy's brain?

At this time, other students nearby also rushed over upon hearing the commotion.

Sun Yan'er and Huang Zhaodi, who had wheat-colored skin, were also among them. Seeing this scene, they were stunned. Before they could speak, they saw Liu Songjin rush over with an excited face, grab the youth, and shout frantically: "Catch the thief! Catch the thief!"

"Are you fucking sick?"

Luo Zijun was speechless. He grabbed the man's hair with one hand and slapped his face "slap, slap, slap" with the other, wanting to make this guy wake up.

Liu Songjin was hit until he saw stars, yet his two arms still held onto him tightly, and his mouth continued to shout excitedly: "Someone come! Quick, someone come! I've caught the thief!"

At this moment, several guards at the gate had already rushed over quickly.

"Where is the thief?"

"Him! It's him! He's the thief! He's not a student of our West Lake Academy! He climbed over the wall to get in, he must have stolen something from our Academy! Catch him quickly!"

Seeing the guards arrive, Liu Songjin finally loosened his arms, though his two hands still gripped the youth's robe tightly. His face was clearly imprinted with several slap marks, yet he was abnormally agitated.

Hit me! Go ahead and hit me!

You'll be crying in a moment!

I can finally get my revenge today!

"Bang!"

Luo Zijun did not stand on ceremony and kicked him in the stomach, sending him staggering backward until he fell and sat on the ground.

"Don't fucking pull and tug on me, I'm not interested in men!"

The onlookers: "..."

Liu Songjin was kicked until his eyes rolled back, but he immediately and stubbornly climbed up from the ground, clutched his stomach, and shouted loudly at the guards with a red face: "Catch him! Hurry and catch him! He's not a student of our Academy, he's a thief!"

However, the guards looked at him as if he were an idiot.

One of the guards couldn't help but speak up: "This student Luo just brought his admission notice to report to the Academy this morning, and your teacher Yuan personally came to welcome him inside. Where did you get the idea that he isn't a student of the Academy?"

"Ah?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Liu Songjin, with his face full of slap marks and excitement, immediately hung his mouth open with a dumbfounded expression.

The friends behind him were also stunned; their expressions turned ugly, and they hurriedly moved a few steps away from him.

"This guy's brain is probably broken; remember to take him to see a doctor."

Luo Zijun said this to the guards, then passed through the crowd and walked toward the outside of the gate.

"Luo Zijun!"

At this moment, the voice of Huang Zhaodi came from the crowd.

"I heard from Yan'er that you were admitted to our Academy as an exception? And tuition is completely free, with a monthly silver subsidy? Is it really that great?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Songjin's body trembled, and his expression immediately turned even uglier.

Luo Zijun glanced at the round-faced girl with small tiger teeth and said, "It is indeed quite great."

Huang Zhaodi gave a giggle and held up a thumb at him: "Tsk tsk, you are super amazing!"

"You are also super amazing."

Luo Zijun also held up a thumb at her.

Huang Zhaodi was stunned, but then she heard him say: "You scolded me like a genius just now, haven't apologized to me yet, and now you're praising me and smiling so brightly; your skin is thicker than the soles of my shoes."

After saying this, he strode away.

Huang Zhaodi: "..."

(End of this chapter)