Xianyu phrased his praise in thoroughly official terms: even the most prestigious schools in the Starsea could not compare with Zandar.
He stared at the messages on his Jade Abacus, recalling the fable in his System Inventory whose protagonist was a "fish."
One line in it read-it had weathered countless hardships before finally finding shelter in this tree.
Only now did Xianyu truly grasp what "weathered countless hardships" meant.
Robbed on the street three times in one month.
From Zandar's description, the robbers had taken expensive electronics, too.
And back then, he had not even wanted Zandar to spend too much on him, deliberately choosing a school that charged no tuition.
Presumably, even after losing all his money and falling on hard times, he would not have asked Zandar for help.
Xianyu did not remember when he had arrived here, but from Zandar's words, he could infer that he had still been very young.
His gaze shifted down to the message about the "gang shootout."
Back then, he had even mistaken gunfire for firecrackers.
Where would firecrackers have come from in another world?
Soon, Xianyu received another message.
Zandar stated his age at the time outright.
[But thinking about it, how mature could a child who hadn't even finished high school be?]
Xianyu stared blankly at the message.
No wonder. No wonder he had been robbed three times in one month.
He had not even finished high school back then...
He had not even been a college student with clear, clueless eyes.
He had just been an ordinary high school student who was not yet an adult.
Xianyu tried putting himself in his past self's shoes.
An empty-headed student who had grown up in peaceful times suddenly arrived in another world, met a renowned scholar, and learned about the rules