Chapter 436: The Violent Genes of the Sister-in-Law

"Woo!!"

Chen Banxia rode on her suitcase, sliding down the small slope at the entrance of the residential complex, and even let out a "woo" sound.

Then, she kicked her feet against the ground to continue moving forward.

The wheels rattled.

After sliding a distance, she looked back at Chen Shu—

"Come push me!"

"Aren't you being childish?" Chen Shu rolled his eyes, feeling that this person sometimes pretended to be mature, and other times was just like a child.

"Hurry up! Come and push me!"

"..."

Chen Shu took a step over, placed his hand against her back, and gave a hard push.

With a whoosh, she slid a long way.

"Woo! Again, again!"

"Not doing it anymore."

"Hurry up, again, again! Mom told me to keep a closer eye on you, can't you be a bit more obedient?" Chen Banxia brought out her older sister authority again and shouted at him, though in this setting, it came with a built-in effect of reduced authority.

"Can't you keep an eye on something good?"

"I can!"

Chen Banxia answered crisply, her voice sounding sweet and soft.

She stood up from the suitcase, looking serious, attempting to make her younger brother regret that statement: "Have you finished your graduation thesis?"

"Finished it."

"Huh?" Chen Banxia was stunned, then her face filled with suspicion, "Really?"

"What do you mean by being so surprised?"

"I don't believe it..."

"Don't believe it my foot. As the one with the highest IQ in our family, writing a thesis is a piece of cake for me, right? I finished it in two hours."

"Wrong, wrong. I'm first, you're second, Mom is third, and Chen Jiaoshou is fourth." Chen Banxia ranked them.

"I'm first, Mom is second, Chen Jiaoshou is third, and you're fourth."

"?? You don't play by the rules!"

"How am I not playing by the rules?"

"You..."

Chen Banxia couldn't explain why; she had originally thought this was just a war between her and him, and no matter what, they both should have had the tacit understanding that "the two of us are fighting for first and second place," or at the very least, she should have been ranked second. She hadn't expected this person to rank her directly at fourth.

This made her furious.

Yet, this was a matter of tacit understanding, something that couldn't be explained.

Even if she did explain it, it wouldn't be clear, and she might instead be met with him saying with a sincere face, "But I think you are fourth," and in that case, she would have lost even more in this battle of wits.

Chen Banxia pointed back at her younger brother, her finger crooked: "I'm first, you're fourth!"

"I can't be bothered to argue with you."

"Did you really finish your thesis?"

"Yeah!"

"Then what is your thesis topic?"

"Improvement Method for Tracer Technique Based on Reverse Rune Principle."

"Wow! That sounds so high-end!"

Chen Banxia immediately let out a sound of Surprise. When a layman hears "Reverse Rune Principle," their first reaction is that it is powerful and mysterious. Some amateur scientists even equate the Reverse Rune Principle with the signature techniques of top sects, which leads to the public's impression that the Reverse Rune Principle is basically synonymous with destructive power.

"Stunned, aren't you?"

"That's also because I taught you well!"

Chen Banxia immediately showed a gratified expression and patted her younger brother's shoulder: "Seeing you gradually become talented under my careful education, in your sister's heart, this is even happier than if I had won a hundred million in the lottery or published twenty consecutive papers in international pharmacy journals."

"Slap!"

Chen Shu swatted her hand away.

Chen Banxia didn't mind, chuckled twice, sat back on the suitcase, and used her two feet to kick against the ground, inching forward.

As for the fact that she had slightly lost in the earlier dispute, she had already forgotten it.

Soon, the two boarded the flying car.

The driver turned around and handed over a box: "Boss, the things you asked for."

"Thanks."

Chen Shu took the box.

Chen Banxia was sitting opposite him and immediately cast her gaze over, slightly lifting her chin, her eyes glancing down at his box: "What is this?"

"Something I exchanged from the sect."

"What did you exchange for?"

"A Storage Artifact."

"You can exchange for this kind of thing? Isn't it expensive as hell and extremely scarce?"

"I had a lot of contributions."

"But don't you already have a Storage Artifact?"

"I do."

As Chen Shu spoke, he had already broken the spiritual seal on the box, took out a shiny bracelet from inside, and handed it to Chen Banxia: "Exchanged it for you."

"What?"

Chen Banxia was completely stunned.

"There's no help for it."

Chen Shu shook his head helplessly: "The contribution to the sect is too great; I can't even use it all up."

As he said this, he tossed it away casually.

"Oh oh!"

Chen Banxia caught it in a panic, as if it were burning her hands: "Why didn't you give it to Qingqing?"

"Qingqing has one, I picked it up."

"Xiaoxiao."

"Xiaoxiao has one too," Chen Shu paused, "Didn't I pick up a Storage Artifact while scavenging on the street of antique artifacts in Wangxi Ancient Town? Later, when it was no use, I gave it to Xiaoxiao to use, but her space is very small and irregular, far worse than this one."

"..."

Chen Banxia blinked her eyes, thinking to herself that it was over, completely over.

This thing was too expensive, to the point where it was already more expensive than all the things she had bought for her younger brother and all the red envelopes she had given him combined, and slightly better Storage Artifacts couldn't even be bought with money.

This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to her dignity as an older sister.

"Right, this isn't a gift for you; it's rented to you for use. After you die, the Spirit Sect will have to take it back."

Her younger brother added another sentence for her.

That's right—

Due to the non-renewable nature of Space Stone, even for a top-tier sect with a five-thousand-year history like the Spirit Sect, Storage Artifacts were incomparably precious.

Although she knew it was impossible, Chen Banxia couldn't help but imagine the image of her younger brother groveling and begging people everywhere.

It's over, it's completely over.

Chen Banxia's face revealed a look of despair.

For a long time to come, she wouldn't be able to hold her head up in front of her younger brother.

Fortunately, her younger brother had always been sophisticated in his conduct; if he saw his sister's embarrassment, he would probably take the initiative to look after her face in his speech, right?

Chen Banxia secretly glanced at her younger brother.

She saw her younger brother knocking on his shoulder with his backhand: "Oh my, my shoulder is a bit sore..."

Chen Banxia's hand immediately clenched into a fist.

Secret Technique: Pretend not to hear.

Fortunately, Qingqing and Xiaoxiao arrived at this moment. The two stepped onto the flying car, one sitting beside her and one sitting beside Chen Shu, which could be considered as relieving her predicament. Immediately, Chen Banxia decisively tilted her head and fell asleep instantly.

The flying car took off, flew over Jinghai, crossed high mountains, and arrived at Yujing at dusk.

After staying in Yujing for a few days, school started.

During the winter break, Teacher Shi Qian pulled together a group called "Shi Qian's Class of '25 Graduating Disciples Group." In it, he released this year's thesis format requirements and asked the students to finish their theses during the winter break. It was unknown how many people had finished, but in any case, Teacher Shi Qian didn't urge them.

Until school started, perhaps because he was back at work, Teacher Shi Qian finally popped up.

Shi Qian: @All members

Shi Qian: Everyone has finished their theses, right?

Shi Qian: If you've finished, you can send them to me. I'll take a rough look first, check for content issues and the general format. If there are no problems, you can try to print them out. Comparing the format after printing is more intuitive. If there are no problems, bind them and prepare for the defense.

Shi Qian: We have scheduled the defense for early March.

Shi Qian: There is a little over a month left.

Shi Qian: I guess most students have found jobs by now. I hope everyone can arrange their time well. Not just the time for the defense, it's best if you can come back before the defense to discuss design or thesis issues with me in person. If you really can't, find a classmate you have a good relationship with to handle it for you.

Shi Qian: It's best to come back in person. Besides the format, we can also discuss the content and strive for an excellence award.

Zhong Miao: Ah? So early?

Shi Qian: Earlier is better, I like earlier.

Shi Qian: I am usually in the first batch to defend. Finish early, get it over with early. Besides, sometimes the school leaders have something wrong with their brains, and the format changes again and again. Once we finish the defense, we can ignore them and let them do whatever they want. Otherwise, it's very annoying to keep changing it.

Luo Chengyi: Okay.

Shi Qian: By the way, you've all finished, right?

Li Yu: Emmm...

Shi Qian: If you haven't finished, hurry up.

Shi Qian: At the latest, before next month, you must finish writing the thesis. In my experience, the theses you write will definitely be full of problems everywhere. At that time, we will use a week or two to deal with your problems, enrich the content, at least make it look like something, and then use a week or two to change the format. Strive to make everything simple, then defend, and end your university career.

Luo Cheng: Is the defense hard?

Shi Qian: It depends on how hard you are.

Hu Heyue: /Guilty

Shi Qian: Send me the ones that are written.

Seeing this, Chen Shu hurriedly sent his thesis to him.

Teacher Shi Qian replied to the private chat very quickly.

Shi Qian: The content is fine, all kinds of requirements are met, and the format seems correct for now. Not bad, you must have asked the seniors from the previous batch, right?

Chen Shu: No.

Shi Qian: Not bad, not bad, you have intuition.

Shi Qian: Let's look at it again after printing it out next month. I don't know if the higher-ups will change the format temporarily, but anyway, it's just a matter of format. It's finalized for now.

Chen Shu: Good.

It's just that awesome.

Chen Shu looked at the class group chat again.

The graduation advisors chosen by the classmates were quite scattered, but they had all started urging for drafts, and everyone often discussed matters regarding their theses or internships in the group.

Most of the classmates had already started working, and there were not many idlers left.

Chen Shu counted as one of them.

"Brother-in-law!"

"Huh?"

Chen Shu looked up toward the outside.

The little girl stepped in wearing retro shoes and asked as soon as she opened her mouth: "Brother-in-law, where did you practice Spells before?"

"Behind Yuan'an Temple, there is a patch of mountain forest, why?"

"Will I get caught by the police?"

"No, why?"

"I want to go practice Spells."

"Why do you suddenly want to go practice Spells?"

"Because I want to practice Spells."

"?"

"We just had a class meeting, and the class assistant said there is a school-wide Martial Body meet this year, and I have already signed up for the Arena competition." The little girl kept a straight face; she looked a little more mature than before, but her cheeks were still very soft, and the baby fuzz had not yet faded, "So I need to start practicing Spells."

"What made you think of signing up for this?"

"It's fun!"

The little girl said without a second thought.

Chen Shu stared at her expression, seemingly seeing the violent genes within the little girl, thought for a moment, and asked again: "You are in the school's Ordinary Group, right?"

"Yes."

"Then there is still a good chance of winning the championship."

"If I win the championship, I'll go to the Martial Arts Academy Group, and then compete in the off-campus tournament." The little girl's tone was firm, and she paused, "Brother-in-law, will you be participating this year?"

"No."

"Sister won't either, right?"

"She has never participated, and she won't participate either."

Chen Shu paused: "But my two roommates should still be participating; one of them is Sixth Stage, the other is Seventh Stage. I also know another Seventh Stage, and I estimate that this year's champion will likely be her."

"Darn it!"

"Yeah, it's too competitive; a few years ago, a Fifth Stage could have vied for the championship."

"That's right."

"Who told this generation to have so many geniuses." Chen Shu shook his head, glanced at Xiaoxiao, and hinted, "Xiaoxiao is still too young; if you run into them, with a gap of one or two stages, you will be beaten very badly."

"That must be very fun."

"..."

Chen Shu had a bit of a headache.