Recognizing People

The military training uniforms were carried over by Huang Zhongfei and the others.

Jiang Ning received his uniform and thanked them. Huang Zhongfei smiled brightly.

"It's only right to serve our classmates."

After Huang Zhongfei left, Ma Shicheng said, "That guy's pretty handsome. He can finally give me some competition."

The girl in front turned around and gave him a couple of highly offensive looks, making Ma Shicheng feel rather displeased.

"What, you got a problem with that?"

"People should know themselves," the girl said.

Ma Shicheng was eager to refute her. He genuinely believed he was handsome. Every time he looked in the mirror, he wondered how such a beautiful man could exist in the world. Whenever he visited relatives, they praised him for growing more handsome by the day. Back in middle school, he had called himself the most handsome guy in class in front of his best friend, and his friend had wholeheartedly agreed.

Yet on the first day of school, a female classmate had questioned his looks, throwing Ma Shicheng completely off balance.

From the podium, Shan Qingrong informed everyone, "The textbooks will be handed out after military training. You'll study on your own at school this morning. This afternoon, there will be a freshman assembly. No one is allowed to be absent."

"After military training, we'll select a class monitor. After the first Monthly Exam, we'll arrange the seats."

After saying a few more things, Shan Qingrong left the classroom. A minute later, the room grew noisy again.

Ma Shicheng wanted to argue with the girl, but felt that would be too girly, so he could only keep it bottled up. After a while, boredom set in, and he asked, "Jiang Ning, which middle school did you go to?"

"Some school in a town below. You probably haven't heard of it," Jiang Ning said.

"How many points did you score?"

"650." Jiang Ning dealt with Ma Shicheng while pondering his cultivation technique.

Ma Shicheng failed to notice Jiang Ning's perfunctory attitude and remained animated. After hearing his entrance exam score, the two girls in front joined the conversation as well.

When the morning study session ended at noon, Jiang Ning did not go home. He went to the cafeteria and got himself a deluxe meal, which cost ten yuan. Cafeteria food was not cheap these days, and it did not taste particularly good either. He definitely would not be able to sustain body refinement on that nutrition alone.

After lunch, he bought a carton of Milk and wandered around campus. The sun blazed overhead, and Jiang Ning found a large tree and sat beneath it to rest.

Compared to the noisy, stifling classroom, he preferred the open campus.

Jiang Ning was not the only one beneath the tree. There were also two adorable girls who looked exactly alike and wore identical clothes. They huddled together, whispering to each other. When they saw Jiang Ning arrive, their voices became even softer, almost as quiet as mosquitoes buzzing.

One of the girls was Chen Siyu, Jiang Ning's classmate. He did not know the other girl.

Jiang Ning closed his eyes and meditated, while their whispers drifted into his ears.

"Big sis, there's a boy in our class who's so handsome."

"Really? How handsome?"

"More handsome than male stars in K-pop Groups. His name is Huang Zhongfei. We'll switch classes this afternoon, so you can see for yourself."

"Mm, okay. But won't we get found out?" Chen Siqing asked hesitantly.

"Don't worry. See that boy over there? He's in my class. I think his name is Jiang something... I forgot. Go say hello to him and practice beforehand. I guarantee he won't be able to tell."

Chen Siqing agreed. It sounded exciting, and she loved excitement most of all.

She walked over to Jiang Ning and called softly, "Classmate, classmate."

Jiang Ning opened his eyes. "Do you need something?"

"You're from Class 8, right? I saw you this morning. My name is Chen Siyu." Chen Siqing looked perfectly natural, without a single flaw.

Chen Siyu, sitting nearby, secretly rejoiced. She and her sister often relied on their identical appearances to tease people. Whenever someone was fooled, she felt an unusual sense of delight, as if she had won a victory.

"You're not Chen Siyu," Jiang Ning said.

He looked at the real Chen Siyu and said, "She's Chen Siyu."

The Twins' eyes widened.

"Were you eavesdropping on us?" Chen Siyu asked.

"No. You were speaking so quietly. Who could possibly hear you?" Jiang Ning did not admit it.

"That's true." Chen Siyu asked, "Then how did you figure it out?"

"I could tell at a glance that she wasn't you. As for why, take a guess."

Of course Chen Siyu could not guess.

Not getting an answer made her feel as if cats were clawing at her heart. She and her sister were identical Twins, nearly indistinguishable in appearance, even with the same voices. They had never been discovered when switching identities.

Yet today, Jiang Ning had seen through them. It was utterly baffling.

She could not help being curious. How exactly had Jiang Ning spotted the difference? She had to figure it out. Otherwise, would she and her sister not be exposed whenever they switched identities in the future? Jiang Ning had no time to bother with the two of them. After casually brushing them off, he closed his eyes and resumed cultivating.

Seeing this, Chen Siyu took the chance to glare fiercely at Jiang Ning while his eyes were closed, venting her frustration.

Jiang Ning extended his Spiritual Sense, and such a small detail could not escape his awareness. The sunlight was just right as he leaned beneath the shade of the trees and circulated the Star Transformation Art.

Within the perception of his Spiritual Sense, the surrounding spiritual energy flowed toward him like water, while some substance within the sunlight was drawn toward him as well.

The two kinds of energy gathered around Jiang Ning.

When Chen Siyu saw that Jiang Ning was ignoring her, she was both angry and amused. As one of the Twins, she and her sister were innocent and adorable. Whenever they appeared together before boys, they always drew attention. Who would not like a pair of pretty twin sisters?

Chen Siyu often browsed the internet and saw netizens saying that Twins were every man's dream.

She was already in high school and understood a little about such things. Whenever she saw those comments, she felt uncomfortable, but also strangely superior.

Sometimes, when she saw girls prettier than herself, she did not feel jealous. After all, she was double the package. No one could refuse one plus one.

Yet Jiang Ning was actually ignoring them. Infuriating. Absolutely infuriating!

Summer was already hot enough, and her anger made her feel even hotter.

Chen Siyu planned to drag her sister back to the classroom to cool off. Although the classrooms at No.4 Middle School had no air conditioning, they did have huge ceiling fans.

At that moment, she suddenly felt a cool breeze. Confused, she soon realized it was coming from Jiang Ning's side.

She cautiously moved closer and found it a little cooler than before.

Chen Siyu thought she might be hallucinating, but the cool sensation felt exceptionally real. Her home had air conditioning, but this coolness was different from that produced by an air conditioner. It felt more natural, like a breeze passing through a hallway on a sweltering summer day and brushing against one's skin, refreshing her from the depths of her heart.

She moved two steps away from Jiang Ning, and the coolness vanished. Suspicion flashed across Chen Siyu's face. She pulled her sister, Chen Siqing, aside and quietly told her what she had discovered.

Chen Siqing was deeply shocked and said she did not understand. She touched her sister's forehead, suspecting something was wrong with her brain.

Chen Siyu warned her sister in advance to pay close attention to the feeling, and the two of them approached Jiang Ning together. As a result, Chen Siyu discovered that the coolness had disappeared.

Her sister looked at her as if she were an idiot.

Chen Siyu thought, I'm so stupid. Really, I am.

Although Chen Siqing liked excitement, she was not as cheerful and outgoing as her sister. She was shy by nature and, except under certain special circumstances, was usually unaccustomed to interacting with boys. So she kept some distance from Jiang Ning.

Just as Chen Siyu finished sighing, a burst of coolness suddenly swept over her. Her expression instantly became incredibly animated, and she cried excitedly, "Sis, come here, quick! It's back, it's back!"

Chen Siqing reluctantly moved closer. After staying quiet for three seconds, she glanced at her sister. "No, it isn't?"

Chen Siyu noticed it too and said incredulously, "It's gone again?"

Chen Siqing thought her sister was teasing her and stormed off, swinging her arms angrily.

Chen Siyu felt wronged. She really had not lied to her sister! Her sister was usually shy outside, but she was quite tough in front of her.

Before leaving, Chen Siyu shot Jiang Ning a look and felt that she had been terribly unlucky today.

Once the Twins had left, Jiang Ning opened his eyes, a smile curling at the corner of his lips. He was in a good mood.

He had done it on purpose.

When he had first cultivated the Star Transformation Art and drawn in the power of the stars, some abnormalities had appeared in the surrounding space, allowing Chen Siyu to sense the temperature difference.

But before long, Jiang Ning was able to freely control the temperature around him. Acting as a walking air conditioner was effortless.

Teasing Chen Siyu had been a spur-of-the-moment idea. They had used him as an experiment at first, and now he had returned the favor, finding a little amusement in his dull cultivation.