Going to school?

Chapter 44: School?

Jiangbin City, Garden Community, home.

The first thing Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue did upon returning home was to divide their spoils. Han Jiangxue took out a large handful of Star Beads from the Space Coffin, thoughtfully leaving a portion for Xia Yan, then carefully selected two White Ghost Witch Star Beads and handed them to Jiang Xiao.

Looking at the "400,000" Ocean Coins in his hand, Jiang Xiao felt an infinite sense of emotion.

Damn it, I must grow stronger quickly and kill more high-quality rare Star Beads in the Other Dimension Space. Selling just a few will be enough for me to live on for a lifetime.

No wonder so many people wanted to become Awakened; the money was indeed too easy to earn.

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue had a natural advantage: their entry into some Other Dimension Spaces in the North River Land was free.

Keep in mind that the entrance fee for the Snowy Plains was 50,000 Ocean Coins.

Without any pretense, the officially developed and controlled Snowy Plains was a playground for the rich, completely unrelated to ordinary civilians and families.

Under Han Jiangxue's expectant gaze, Jiang Xiao absorbed the White Ghost Witch Star Beads completely.

However, in his Inner Star Map, "Blessing" and "Lure" had just reached Bronze Quality Lv.7. To upgrade their quality, he still needed three more Star Beads.

Han Jiangxue was somewhat disappointed. On one hand, Silver Quality Blessing was rarer and more convincing, not only increasing Jiang Xiao's combat power but also showing his potential to the school.

On the other hand, Han Jiangxue was genuinely afraid of Jiang Xiao's Star Techniques suddenly leveling up.

As Awakened, their curriculum was different from ordinary children; they had a lot of practical classes.

If, during a practical class, Jiang Xiao's well-known Bronze Star Techniques suddenly became Silver Star Techniques, how would they explain it?

At this moment, Jiang Xiao was also hesitant. He had 4 Skill Points, enough to upgrade "Blessing" and "Lure" to Silver Quality.

But he also wanted to save his Skill Points for upgrading "Star Power." He had learned that each level of Star Power had several bottlenecks. Currently, Jiang Xiao had reached Star Dust Stage Lv.4.

In the future, at levels 5, 8, and 9, using Skill Points to upgrade would yield twice the result with half the effort.

Jiang Xiao was truly reluctant and fell into deep contemplation.

While the siblings were dividing their spoils at home, Xia Yan, who had just parted ways with them, rushed over, knocking on the door with a "bang bang bang."

Han Jiangxue opened the door with displeasure. Xia Yan, upon arrival, planted a kiss on Han Jiangxue's cheek before charging angrily towards Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao was startled and quickly dodged to the side, but he didn't expect Xia Yan to be relentless.

Under Han Jiangxue's gaze, Xia Yan quickly subdued Jiang Xiao. In just a few moves, with a simple yet effective hold, she twisted Jiang Xiao's arm behind his back and kicked him into his bedroom.

"Xia Yan?" Han Jiangxue couldn't help but speak.

"Just a moment." Xia Yan walked into Jiang Xiao's room and slammed the door shut fiercely.

Jiang Xiao rubbed his backside, looking at Xia Yan in confusion.

Xia Yan's voice was extremely low, as if squeezed from between her teeth: "I only found out today who 'Love lies beyond the mountains and seas, but the mountains and seas cannot be leveled' was meant for."

Jiang Xiao froze for a moment, then remembered his actions before entering the Snowy Plains.

So that's what this is about? The timing is wrong! You should be ashamed! How dare you be angry? Jiang Xiao said, "If you lay another hand on me, I'll tell Han Jiangxue all your little tricks and how you acted."

"You scoundrel," Xia Yan said, looking agitated, pacing back and forth in Jiang Xiao's small room. Her voice was extremely soft, every word squeezed from her teeth. "My dad actually thinks I have a mental problem."

"Ah?" Jiang Xiao blinked.

"He thinks I really like you, so I staged everything to satisfy my own mental fantasies, constantly posting confessions using your account." Xia Yan looked like she was going crazy. "He actually told me that if I really wanted to, he'd let me be your girlfriend and have you marry into our family. Although you're a bit naughty, he said he'd help me discipline you properly."

Jiang Xiao's expression was incredibly complex. This father was truly qualified.

Thanks for the assist, Father-in-law! Jiang Xiao sat on the ground, leaning against the bed, and looked at the nearly broken Xia Yan. "Miss, wanna date?"

Xia Yan froze, her beautiful eyes suddenly widening. She looked at Jiang Xiao in disbelief, and the next moment, she kicked him. "Hey, hey, don't kick! I'm a great god now. If you break me, who will you cling to later?" Jiang Xiao changed from his casually reclining pose to a defensive crouch, covering his head and begging for mercy.

"Naughty!"

"I'll teach you to be naughty!"

Han Jiangxue stood outside the door for more than ten minutes, hearing the sounds of "bang bang bang" from inside, followed by Xia Yan's rhythmic shouts of "Naughty." As the sounds gradually stopped, Han Jiangxue perked up.

Click.

Jiang Xiao's bedroom door opened, and Xia Yan walked out. She adjusted her breathing and gave Han Jiangxue a strained smile.

Han Jiangxue asked, "What's wrong?"

Xia Yan's chest heaved violently. She tidied her messy chestnut-colored short hair, her face flushed and alluring. "I asked my family; they didn't receive the White Ghost Witch Star Bead. Sorry."

"That's good. It saves me the trouble of wondering whether I should accept a Star Bead of that value," Han Jiangxue said.

"Your thinking is flawed; I was also doing it for myself," Xia Yan said with a helpless shake of her head. "Let's think of another way."

"Okay," Han Jiangxue nodded.

"I-I'll leave first; I still have some things to do," Xia Yan said, quickly leaving the siblings' home.

Han Jiangxue couldn't help but be curious and pushed open Jiang Xiao's bedroom door.

She saw Jiang Xiao lying on the floor, looking utterly defeated, his eyes staring blankly at the ceiling.

Han Jiangxue said softly, "Xiao Pi, what happened?"

"Uh." Jiang Xiao felt a strong sense of concern. He also became more serious. After thinking it over and carefully choosing his words, he decided it was best not to let Han Jiangxue know about Xia Yan's prank to avoid unnecessary conflict between them.

Jiang Xiao said, "It's nothing, I was just joking with her. Girls are sensitive about their pride, so she got back at me. See? I'm not hurt at all. It was just a bit of roughhousing."

"Mm," Han Jiangxue nodded. She also didn't think it was a big deal. "Change your clothes, let's go get a haircut."

Jiang Xiao felt a deep sense of resentment about this.

Fine, she'd take me to school, but she's accompanying me to get a haircut too?

What am I? Is she really that worried about me?

Can I really cause trouble in the ten minutes it takes to get a haircut? The old barber at the shop was very enthusiastic and talked a lot, which actually improved Jiang Xiao's mood quite a bit.

Jiang Xiao chatted with the old man for a long time about his past experiences fixing cars. Thanks to the old man's years of skill, Jiang Xiao managed to get a clean and neat buzz cut.

For Jiang Xiao's hairstyle, there was no need for design, and he didn't have any specific requests for the barber. He just handed over the clippers and said, "Just buzz it off."

"Haha, you've even got a widow's peak here," the old barber said, putting down the clippers. He touched Jiang Xiao's forehead and picked up his razor. "It's not perfectly round at all. Let's shave it off."

Jiang Xiao: "..."

"Ah," Jiang Xiao said, looking in the mirror and touching his now-gone widow's peak.

The old man's shaving skills were indeed excellent. Looking at the buzz cut, it was quite presentable.

"You look much sharper," Han Jiangxue said from her seat, putting down the magazine she was reading and looking at Jiang Xiao in the mirror. "Let's go."

With that, Han Jiangxue threw down 10 yuan.

Then let's go, Let's go to school?

Just thinking about school made Jiang Xiao's head spin.

Is it going to be another 6 AM to 9 PM schedule every day? I've had enough.