Roommate Gu Yue

After completing their enrollment formalities, Jiang Wu and Wang Dong'er collected their uniforms and keys and followed Jiang Nannan to the dormitory.

At the thought of having to fight a crowd for the toilets and showers in the future, Jiang Wu felt his vision go dark.

Although he knew Hengshui High School had been hugely popular when Peerless Tang Sect was written, even Hengshui High School didn't have it this hard.

Jiang Wu really didn't want to use his Third Soul Skill to fight for the toilet and bathroom. He really couldn't bear living like that.

"This is your dormitory for new students. I'll be going now."

"Okay, goodbye, big sis."

Jiang Wu and Wang Dong'er said goodbye to Jiang Nannan together.

After Jiang Nannan left, Wang Dong'er grumbled to Jiang Wu, "If I'd known, I would have dressed as a boy. Then I could have shared a room with you."

Jiang Wu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "You're already eleven. You should know boys and girls are different."

Wang Dong'er didn't care in the slightest. "What's the big deal? I'm not an idiot. With the relationship we have now, aren't you going to marry me someday?"

Jiang Wu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, or what he should say.

He thought to himself, If Tang San heard Wang Dong'er say that, he'd probably want to cut me into a thousand pieces.

That sort of reaction was perfectly normal. If his own daughter married an eleven-year-old boy when she was eleven, he would already have picked out where to bury the boy.

If the boy were his son, though, he could laugh about it for half a day.

Jiang Wu rubbed Wang Dong'er's head and said softly, "All right, all right. You're a big girl now. You should sleep on your own."

Wang Dong'er nodded reluctantly, then headed upstairs.

Jiang Wu smiled as he watched Wang Dong'er leave, then turned to greet the old man lying in a recliner. "Hello, grandpa."

Mu En gave a slight nod in greeting.

Jiang Wu entered the room and looked around.

It was exactly as described in the novel, except there was quite a bit of dust, so it needed cleaning.

"Not bad. At least I don't have to squeeze in with a crowd." Jiang Wu nodded slightly as he looked around his room.

After all, neither his university nor his high school dormitory before he transmigrated had offered two-person rooms.

Jiang Wu remembered that it cost quite a lot of money to get a two-person room.

After putting his luggage away, Jiang Wu was about to clean the room when someone pushed the door open and walked in.

The newcomer was a delicate-looking boy with long silver hair.

Jiang Wu thought that if the boy put on a little skirt, he'd surely make a pretty little femboy.

The boy greeted Jiang Wu. "Hello, my name is Gu Yue."

Jiang Wu nodded slightly. "Hello, my name is Jiang Wu."

Gu Yue nodded, her gaze lingering on Jiang Wu's face for a moment before she casually looked around the room. Seeing all the dust, she frowned slightly.

Jiang Wu noticed his expression and figured this roommate probably liked to keep things clean too.

"I'll take the bed on the left, and you take the one on the right?" Jiang Wu asked.

"Sure." Gu Yue set the bundle from her back on the bedboard on the right and dusted off her hands. "How long has this room been empty?"

"From what the old grandpa downstairs said, it should have been empty for a while." Jiang Wu pulled a rag out of his Storage Soul Tool—the big bundle of things Su Yuehua had packed contained everything, even rags—and tossed one to Gu Yue. "Let's clean first. We won't be able to sleep tonight if we don't."

Gu Yue caught the rag and didn't make a fuss. She rolled up her sleeves and started wiping down the bedboard.

The two divided the work, Jiang Wu wiping the desk and windowsill while Gu Yue swept the dust off the floor. They worked together so well that it didn't seem like they'd only met that day.

As Jiang Wu wiped, he stole glances at his roommate.

Long silver hair, delicate features, a quiet voice, and deft movements. She looked easy to get along with.

But Jiang Wu kept feeling that something was off.

He recalled the Peerless Tang Sect novel he'd read before transmigrating and searched his memories for everything he knew about the name Gu Yue.

After thinking for a long while, he came up empty.

Jiang Wu muttered to himself, Probably just some random passerby.

There were plenty of people named Gu Yue on the Douluo Continent. They couldn't all have something to do with the plot.

There was a Gu Yue in Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King, and she was the Silver Dragon King.

But at this point, the Silver Dragon King was still asleep, recovering from her injuries, and Tang San was still watching the Douluo Continent from the Divine Realm. The Silver Dragon King couldn't possibly have taken human form to come looking for him.

If this were the period of Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King, he would definitely have assumed she was the Silver Dragon King.

"Where are you from?" Gu Yue asked as she swept.

"Dongxing City, a little place." Jiang Wu wrung out the rag. "What about you?"

"I... come from up north."

Jiang Wu waited for him to say more, but Gu Yue fell silent after that and focused on sweeping.

All right, if she doesn't want to say, she doesn't have to.

Jiang Wu didn't press her. It really wasn't right to interrogate someone about their background when they'd just met.

After they finished cleaning the room, Jiang Wu made his bed with the bedding Su Yuehua had prepared, lay down on it, and let out a long breath.

At last, he didn't have to squeeze into a communal sleeping platform with a crowd.

"By the way," Jiang Wu said, rolling over onto his stomach to look at Gu Yue, "what's your Martial Soul? What level are you?"

Gu Yue took things out of her bundle one by one without looking up. "My Martial Soul is the Elementalist. It can control all kinds of elements. I'm level thirty, and I haven't obtained my Third Soul Ring yet."

Jiang Wu nodded.

Level thirty, the same as him. They were both new students enrolled this year.

"What about you?" Gu Yue asked in return.

"Soft Bone Rabbit, level thirty-one."

Gu Yue's hand paused as she was taking things out, and she looked up at Jiang Wu.

"Soft Bone Rabbit?"

"Yeah."

"...Level thirty-one?"

"Yeah."

Gu Yue fell silent for two seconds, then set the neatly folded piece of clothing in her hand on the bed. In an even tone, she said, "It can't have been easy to reach level thirty-one with a Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul."

Jiang Wu could hear a little admiration in her words, though not much. It was more of a matter-of-fact assessment.

"Gu Yue, want to have dinner together tonight?" Jiang Wu invited her.

After all, they would be living together for several years. He'd start by getting on good terms with her. If she proved difficult to get along with, he could switch rooms later.

Gu Yue folded the last piece of clothing and put it in the wardrobe, then glanced back at Jiang Wu with a slightly peculiar expression. "Your treat?"

"I'll pay for the first meal. After that, we'll take turns."

"Sure." Gu Yue agreed readily and shut the wardrobe door. "You're a person worth getting along with."

Jiang Wu silently gave his roommate a rating: she didn't make a fuss, didn't stand on ceremony, and spoke her mind. Pretty good.

Jiang Wu had barely finished speaking when someone knocked on the door from outside.

"Xiao Wu! Open the door!"

Wang Dong'er's voice came through the door, so loud and clear that it echoed down the corridor.

Jiang Wu got off the bed and went to open the door. Wang Dong'er stood in front, dressed in a clean uniform, her blue-and-pink hair tied in a high ponytail. Her expression said she was there to conduct an inspection.

Huo Yutong stood half a step behind her, her long black hair loose and a small cloth bundle held in her arms. When she saw Jiang Wu open the door, she pressed her lips together a little shyly and nodded gently.

"You two are sharing a room?" Jiang Wu asked.

"That's right!" Wang Dong'er stepped inside. "What a coincidence, huh? As soon as I walked into the dorm room, I saw Xiao Yutong sitting on the bed, making it. I was so happy."

Huo Yutong followed her in and added quietly, "I didn't expect it either."