Pink-Clad Girl

Seeing Tang San's gloomy expression, Jiang Chen smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Tang San, want to switch dorms?"

Tang San naturally understood what he meant and nodded. "I'll listen to Brother Chen."

The two brothers then headed upstairs, one after the other.

The dorm fell silent.

Wang Sheng and the other children stared blankly at the two men's retreating backs.

One boy rubbed his eyes in disbelief and asked in a trembling voice, "They're not really going to find Xiao Huohuo, are they?"

Watching their backs vanish around the corner, Wang Sheng felt a surge of hot blood rush to his head. He sprang from the bed and followed without a word.

"Brother Sheng, where are you going?" a boy called out.

Wang Sheng looked back at him. "I'm going to follow them and take a look. You guys stay here."

"How can we do that? I'm going too!" The boy immediately got up and followed.

"Count me in!" The boy with bruises on his face stood up as well.

"Me too!"

"I'm going too!"

In an instant, seven or eight Work-Study Students in the dorm all leaped to their feet, rolled up their sleeves, and rushed outside.

As he ran, Skinny Monkey Boy shouted, "Wait for me! I'm getting a broom! I'll smear some stuff on it for them too!"

Amid a burst of noisy footsteps, the previously crowded Dorm Seven quickly became empty.

Not long after everyone left, a pretty girl with braided pigtails skipped up to the entrance of Dorm Seven.

"Hello, is this Dorm Seven?"

"..."

"Huh?"

No one answered in the empty dorm. The girl poked her head inside and saw that there was no one there, while two rolled-up blankets lay scattered on the floor.

"Strange, why is no one here?"

Muttering to herself, she casually tossed the small bundle on her shoulder onto the nearest relatively clean empty bed. "Forget it. I'll claim a good spot first."

Just as she was about to make the bed, a muffled thud suddenly came from upstairs, followed by several exaggerated wails.

The girl's ears twitched, and her eyes instantly lit up. "Something exciting happening?"

She immediately turned around, her braids swishing as she darted out of the dorm and ran up the stairs with light, rapid steps.

Three Dorm, inside a spacious room.

A richly dressed youth sat on a bed with one leg crossed over the other, toying with three Copper Soul Coins in his hand. He curled his lip in disgust. "Tch, those poor bastards really have nothing to squeeze out. After beating them for so long, this was all I got."

A lackey beside him laughed. "Boss Xiao, those Work-Study Students are dirt poor. Getting a few copper coins out of them is already not bad!"

"Exactly. They're all skinny as dried beans. Beating them even hurts our hands," another lackey chimed in.

"Boss Xiao, when I came into the school today, I saw a pretty little girl... How about we go have some fun with her tomorrow?" A lackey rubbed his hands together, forcing a lecherous grin onto his face.

"Oh?"

Xiao Huohuo immediately became interested. "Then tomorrow, we'll—"

Bang!

With a deafening crash, the iron door was kicked open and slammed hard into the wall, sending up a cloud of dust.

"Fuck, who the hell is tired of living and dared to kick in Three Dorm's door?!" Startled by the sudden kick, Xiao Huohuo jolted and roared at the doorway.

"What, this young master kicked your door. Got a problem with that?" An incredibly arrogant voice rang out.

The three looked over to see a tall, thin boy standing in the doorway, with a dark, skinny boy behind him.

Seeing two unfamiliar faces, Xiao Huohuo frowned slightly. "Who are you? Why haven't I seen you around the school?"

As a relative of the City Lord, he was no fool.

Seeing Jiang Chen storm in so aggressively, he thought he might have accidentally offended the descendant of some important figure.

To be safe, he decided to ask about their identities first.

Jiang Chen grinned. "This young master is a newly arrived Work-Study Student. I've taken a liking to this dorm. Now, you have three minutes to move out."

"Work-Study Students?"

The three looked at one another, thinking they had misheard.

Xiao Huohuo froze for two seconds, then suddenly burst out laughing. His two lackeys doubled over with laughter as well, one of them even slapping the bedboard.

"Did you hear that? A Work-Study Student wants to take our dorm!"

Wiping away tears of laughter, Xiao Huohuo tilted his head and sized Jiang Chen up. "Kid, did poverty drive you insane? Do you know who I am?"

"Of course. You're the City Lord's relative."

Jiang Chen remained calm and composed. "I heard it downstairs. Soul Power level eighteen, huh? Tch, after training all these years, that's all you've got? Being the City Lord's relative sure has cheapened your status."

Xiao Huohuo's face instantly darkened. "You lowly trash, I think you're tired of living!"

He sprang up from the bed. A yellow Soul Ring rose beneath his feet, and after Martial Soul Possession, his arms faintly gleamed gray.

It was the beast Martial Soul, the Iron Arm Ape.

"Beat him up!"

Xiao Huohuo growled and lunged at Jiang Chen first.

A white Soul Ring lit beneath each of the two lackeys' feet as well. They howled and charged forward, one with a Green Wolf Martial Soul and the other with a staff-type Martial Soul.

Tang San was about to step forward, but Jiang Chen reached out and stopped him.

"I'll loosen up a little."

Jiang Chen cracked his neck. Facing the three-man assault, he grinned and charged forward.

The next second, his figure abruptly vanished from where he stood. He was so fast that even Tang San's Purple Demon Eyes could not catch him.

Brother Chen has gotten stronger again. Tang San was deeply shocked.

The next moment, three muffled bangs! bangs! bangs! rang out almost at the same time.

Xiao Huohuo only felt as if his stomach had been struck by an iron hammer. His body folded like a shrimp as he flew backward, smashing into the ground with a bang.

The two lackeys fared even worse. One was kicked into the corner and folded into a heap, while the other was plastered directly onto the ceiling, only sliding down after hanging there for half a second.

The entire process took less than three seconds.

Facing three Soul Masters above level fifteen, Jiang Chen had not even used his Martial Soul.

By the time Wang Sheng led the people from Dorm Seven to the doorway, panting heavily, the battle was already over.

Seven or eight Work-Study Students stood frozen at the entrance, still holding "weapons" like brooms and mops.

There really were some yellow stains on the broom in Skinny Monkey Boy's hand.

"It's... over?"

Wang Sheng looked at the three groaning figures on the ground, unable to process it for a moment.

At that moment, Jiang Chen walked over to Xiao Huohuo, crouched down, and smiled. "Boss Xiao, can we switch dorms now?"

Clutching his stomach, Xiao Huohuo grimaced in pain, but his mouth remained stubborn. "Y-you just wait... My uncle is..."

"Oh?"

Jiang Chen grabbed his wrist and gave it a gentle squeeze.

"Ahhh! We'll switch, we'll switch! We're moving out right now!" Xiao Huohuo instantly changed his tune, tears shooting from his eyes from the pain.

"Wouldn't it have been better if you'd cooperated from the start?"

Jiang Chen released him, stood up, and waved at the dumbfounded Work-Study Students in the doorway. "What are you standing around for? Help Boss Xiao 'move'!"

"Got it!"

Wang Sheng was the first to react. He rushed in excitedly, grabbed Xiao Huohuo's blanket, and threw it out the door.

The other children swarmed in as well, laughing and tossing all three men's belongings into the corridor.

Skinny Monkey Boy even deliberately stuffed the stained broom into Xiao Huohuo's bundle.

Watching the noisy scene, Tang San could not help shaking his head with a smile.

As he got up to pack his things, he suddenly remembered that his blanket was still downstairs. He immediately turned and headed down.

Just as Tang San reached the second floor, he happened to brush past a girl with braided pigtails.