Titanium Alloy Dog Eyes

Dorm Seven, the exclusive dormitory for working students at Notting Academy, housed students who were all commoners.

Due to various issues, they were unable to afford tuition and thus took on the status of working students to study while working part-time.

As for those whose tuition fell short, Spirit Hall covered the costs, a utilitarian welfare mechanism.

Now, Du Hao had arrived at the entrance of this dormitory, a special room that made no distinction between boys and girls.

Standing at the doorway of Dorm Seven, Du Hao set down his luggage and looked at Tang San's meager belongings.

"San? Are you sure you don't need our help?" Du Hao said, shaking the coin purse in his hand.

"With just these few daily necessities of yours, I'm curious, how are you going to sleep tonight?" As he spoke, Du Hao glanced toward the doorway.

He remembered that at this time, a teacher would bring a quilt provided by the Grandmaster for Tang San. He hoped his own butterfly effect hadn't caused the quilt to go missing.

If it had, what would Tang San sleep on tonight? The wooden bed frame?

Tang San knocked on the door while smiling and shaking his head. "No need, Hao-ge. The teacher prepared one for me; I expect it will be delivered shortly."

As the knocking echoed, the open door swung wide, and a barrage of gazes poured out from within. Feeling the weight of their attention, Tang San smiled. "Hello everyone, I'm a new working student. Please take care of me from now on."

"You're the working students for this year?" No sooner had the words left his mouth than a burly youth strode up to Du Hao and the others.

He looked down at the three of them from a superior height, his eyes sweeping over them. "My name is Wang Sheng, my spirit is a Battle Tiger, and I'm the boss here. What are your names? And what are your spirits?"

"Tang San, spirit is Blue Silver Grass."

"Du Hao, spirit is a Green Onion." He added a quick disclaimer at the end to avoid any misunderstandings: "I'm not a working student; I'm from the dorm next door."

"I'm just here to help out on the way."

Hearing Du Hao's explanation, Wang Sheng gave him a suspicious look but didn't say anything more.

"Then Tang San, you must be a working student, right? Since I'm the boss here, from now on you must..."

Watching the impending struggle for dominance, Du Hao pulled Zhu Zhuqing toward the exit.

"Let's head to our dorm quickly. I'm sure San can handle things here on his own." With that, he waved in Tang San's direction.

Zhu Zhuqing, who had remained silent the entire time, nodded quietly and followed behind him.

"Little Du! I'm the boss here, from now on you have to listen to me, understand?" Du Hao looked at the arrogant youth before him with a speechless expression.

"Zhu Zhuqing? Did you have this process when you started?"

Hearing Du Hao's question, Zhu Zhuqing shook her head calmly. "We didn't have this back then... Besides, I only just enrolled this year; I was just dropping off my luggage at the dorm."

Seeing the man and woman before him start chatting as if he didn't exist, the youth who called himself the boss grew furious!

"Fine, fine, fine! Treating my words like wind, are you?" He raised his spirit, a large club, and swung it horizontally toward them!

Seeing this, Du Hao didn't even move, but Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward first!

A pair of cat ears appeared atop her head, and her palm shot out to grab the large club! In an instant, Zhu Zhuqing had grabbed the person and the club with one hand.

She threw him straight out through the window!

"Oh, nice!" Du Hao clapped his hands in amazement. "Looks like I didn't need to lift a finger."

Watching her master's behavior, Zhu Zhuqing, having finished off the trouble, cast a look of disdain at him.

"To think the master is so weak yet still talks such big game. Should I say it? Is this what it means to be a master?"

"Is that any way to talk to me? Do you believe I'll use my Green Onion to sting your eyes?" Summoning his Green Onion spirit, Du Hao wore a smile.

"Truly a perverted master," Zhu Zhuqing retorted without giving him any face.

Just as the two were bickering, a stifled laugh came from the doorway.

Hearing the sound, Du Hao and Zhu Zhuqing turned their gazes toward the entrance.

The newcomer, seeing they had been spotted, didn't try to hide and walked straight into the dormitory.

"Excuse me? Is this Dorm Seven?"

The crisp voice made Du Hao, who had been busy trading barbs with Zhu, freeze for a moment.

Following the voice, he saw a graceful young girl. Her cheeks were rosy, and she was staring at the two of them with large, sparkling black eyes.

Even the black scorpion braid behind her swayed as she asked her question.

Big Sister Xiao Wu is coming online...

!!

(No hate, no bias; since I'm writing fanfiction, if I don't recruit her, what's the point of writing?)

"Hm? This is the first-year dormitory. Dorm Seven is just nearby; if you walk straight ahead, you'll see it." Du Hao found that this little rabbit was actually quite pretty; her overall temperament, tsk tsk.

"Isn't it all the same?" Xiao Wu pressed a finger to her lips, looking at the direction she had come from with a reluctant expression.

In truth, she had already checked out Dorm Seven, but that dormitory wasn't as good as this one...

Since the commotion had originated from this side, Xiao Wu simply came over to take a look. She hadn't expected to witness the scene of the two of them fighting back.

"The curriculum is generally the same since we're all classmates; it's just the living arrangements that are a bit different," Du Hao explained patiently, detailing the academy's affairs.

"Classmates, huh? Hehe, then let me introduce myself first! My name is Xiao Wu, the 'Wu' as in dancing." Seeing Du Hao's serious expression, Xiao Wu felt the urge to tease him.

"Ah? Oh, nice to meet you too. I'm Du Hao, and this is my sis—" Before Du Hao could introduce Zhu Zhuqing, she cut him off.

"Hello, I am Master's maid. You may also call me Zhu Zhuqing." After finishing her introduction, Zhu Zhuqing left Du Hao absolutely no room to argue.

Du Hao looked at Zhu Zhuqing's calm expression.

Du Hao, who had originally wanted to say something more, scratched his head with a bitter smile, feeling that the whole situation had gone south.

After all, before they arrived, Du Hao had already emphasized that he wanted Zhu Zhuqing not to call him "Master" while they were out.

Setting aside what others might think, the impact on Zhu Zhuqing's own reputation alone was bad. After all, a maid was ultimately a type of servant, and it didn't sound very pleasant.

However, Zhu Zhuqing was unwilling to relinquish this identity; no matter what Du Hao said, she continued to act as she always had.

Just as the three of them in the dormitory felt a sense of awkwardness, a noise came from the direction of the doorway.

"Who threw this guy out just now?" A slightly older middle-aged man appeared, holding the youth who had been tossed out the window.

He frowned as he scanned the room, asking for an explanation.

Seeing this, Du Hao frowned as well. Without overthinking it, he stepped forward to take the lead.

"Teacher, is there a problem?" His voice was neither servile nor overbearing, showing not a hint of timidity.

"Was it you?" The teacher glanced at Du Hao standing before him, but didn't say much else.

He simply dropped the youth he was holding.

He kicked the youth in the knee and patted his head with a heavy tone, "Apologize! Who told you to pull that kind of stunt in the dormitory? Have you lost your mind?"

"I-I'm sorry! I shouldn't have..." The youth was very obedient; regardless of who was in front of him, he started apologizing immediately, as if he were a repeat offender.

This left Du Hao with a face full of question marks.

He had been fully prepared to be bullied by someone older, but who could have expected this turn of events?

Just as Du Hao was struggling to wrap his head around the situation, the system in his mind, never one to shy away from chaos, popped up a random choice!

"Event detected! Please make a choice..."

"Option 1 [Black]: Don't let him off the hook while you have the upper hand! In front of his father, grab the youth's head and beat him to a pulp!"

"Reward: External Spirit Bone: Titanium Alloy Dog Eyes!"