In the early morning of the next day, the alarm rang as always!
"Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring!"
A hand stretched out from the bunched up quilt, fumbled around the bedside table by the window, and instinctively slammed down on the alarm clock.
Smack!
"Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring!"
The alarm clock continued ringing noisily.
"F*ck you for setting your alarm for so early in the morning, are you rushing to be reincarnated!!!"
Ling, who had been innocently smacked once again, bellowed. Then, she went diving straight into the quilt!
"Ah! My nosh bidge! Nosh bidge!"
The 'covers' instantly curled up, and an indistinct cry came from the covers.
The daily life in Fang Ran's rental flat. Another day had just begun.
She saw Fang Ran suppressing his desire to go back to sleep and reluctantly crawling out of the bed, before quickly putting on his clothes. He then headed into the kitchen and tinkered with something. When he came out, his cheeks were bulging as he wolfed down Lord-knows-what, while looking as fresh as he could be.
"Hurr?" Ling said out of the blue. "You had set your alarm so early. Are you planning to find the entrance to a scenario?"
Without waiting for Fang Ran's reply, she floated up, looking like she was going to lead the way.
"Let's go, a rookie like you will never be able to find an entrance even if I give you a year."
"Uh, what are you talking about?"
Fang Ran looked at her with a somewhat awkward expression.
"Aren't you going out to find the entrance of a scenario?"
"Uh, no…"
"Then why are you heading out so early?"
Ling stared at him in scrutiny.
"I…"
Throwing up his hands, Fang Ran sighed and said as if it was only right,
"Vacation has ended, so of course I'm going to school."
"What???!!!"
'Going to school??'
Two huge question marks popped up in Ling's mind. Right now, Ling, the data soul, had a dumbfounded expression on her exquisite face.
'Going to school? He said that he's going to school?'
'Why are you going to school?'
After finally figuring out what Fang Ran meant, the corners of Ling's mouth twitched as she asked
"You're going to school?"
"Duh!" Fang Ran rolled his eyes. "People have to do their part in the world, such as sweeping the streets, constructing buildings, so of course I have to do my part and go to school! How else can I find a job in the future?"
Ling fell silent, at a loss for words.
It was the first time that she was hearing someone who had already become a Night Battle participant still going to school?!
'And even planning to find a job…'
Taking a deep breath (don't ask how she was doing that right then), Ling quietly held herself back from explaining to Fang Ran the reasons why Night Battle participants did not need to interact with society like before.
Then, she floated into his hood.
"What are you doing!"
Fang Ran was stunned. He wanted to immediately fish her out!
"I will go with you."
Ling's firm voice suddenly rang out.
"What?!"
"Why are you going with me?"
"None of your business."
"Why on earth…"
"Your f*cking apartment doesn't even have a mobile phone with Internet access. Am I supposed to stay here and watch TV here alone?!"
"Um… but…"
"But what?!"
"Don't you think that it's very stupid of me to bring a power bank with me when I don't have a mobile phone."
…
…
In the end, Fang Ran still brought Ling along with him, and she remained in his hood. It was not that Ling wanted to be there. It was just because Fang Ran the idiot was going to class with just a book and pen in his hands. He did not even have a bag!
'F*ck!'
Ling cussed in her heart. 'This useless thing who doesn't study properly!'
Hence, the power bank girl could only hide in the hood.
As mentioned before, one of the greatest advantages of Fang Ran's rental flat was that it was close to his school. It was so close that it only took ten minutes to walk to the school, which was very close, but…
It took half an hour to walk from the school gate to the teaching block…
Sigh… This bad luck of a school… Thus, he could only dutifully get up as early as a tortoise.
As for why it took such a long time to rush there, one would have to talk about Fang Ran's school.
With Fang Ran's average grades, needless to say, he could not get into any prestigious universities. However, they were not too bad. His grades in high school happened to be a little better than most people, though still limited.
As a result, he naturally applied for this university that was right behind those Projects 985 and 211 universities.
Not great, but not too shabby.
It was perfect for people like Fang Ran who were so ordinary that they could not be anymore ordinary.
The campus was located on a newly approved piece of land, so it occupied an immense area. Although there were a lot of empty grasslands, the groves, small lakes, et cetera, were pretty nice.
These not-bad results had directly brought about the reason why Fang Ran had to get up forty minutes earlier every day like a tortoise.
"What lecture are you going for?" Ling asked casually.
"Um, let me see… I don't have a mobile phone…" Fang Ran fumbled around in his pocket to look for his timetable when he suddenly recalled that his Xiaomi had long been sacrificed. Then, he pursed his lips and thought about it before saying with uncertainty, "I remember it was something like computer networking principles and… uh… data structure?"
"Are you asking me?" Ling rolled her eyes speechlessly. With this guy's intelligence quotient being that low, he's still learning computing?
After that, Ling continued hiding in Fang Ran's hood, following Fang Ran all the way to the teaching block and finding the classroom where he was attending the lecture. Then, she saw Fang Ran getting together with his classmates.
"Yo! Fang Ran! How was your vacation!" Two boys came over to greet Fang Ran.
"Oh, it was alright." Fang Ran smiled in reply. After which, he found a seat at random and sat down.
After a while, a few more boys walked over while laughing and chatting. When they saw Fang Ran, they also sat down beside him.
"Old Fang, how is it? Isn't it awesome to rent a place outside and stay on your own?"
"Of course! Accompanied by beautiful women, of course it's awesome!"
"Single here expressing my envy."
"Haha, there is no such thing," Fang Ran also laughed and chatted with them.
These people chatting with Fang Ran were all his roommates, who had a good relationship with him. The group of them laughed and chatted about some interesting topics. Fang Ran listened intently, and laughed out loud from time to time.
Only one of Fang Ran's roommate looked at Fang Ran who was smiling, and hesitated for a moment, before nudging Fang Ran with his elbow and asking softly,
"Dude, are you okay?"
Fang Ran was momentarily stunned. He then turned his head away and rolled his eyes resignedly.
"Ha, what can be wrong with me."
Ling, who was in his hood, listened quietly. Listening to all of Fang Ran's conversation with others, she did not try to talk to him via telepathy. She simply hid in Fang Ran's hood in complete silence and followed Fang Ran to all his morning classes.
Everything was the same as usual, as if there was no interference from Night Battles in Fang Ran's life.
"Ah~" One of his roommates stretched. He then smiled and called out, "Let's go and eat!"
"Yup, okay," Fang Ran also smiled and agreed.
The bunch of them left the classroom, laughing and chatting. However, just when the few of them strolled out of the classroom, the class in the classroom opposite to theirs so happened to have ended as well. A few girls also walked out together and passed by them.
One of the girls had her long hair tied up and was wearing a light-colored woolen sweater. She had a calm and gentle smiling expression in her large eyes. Her beautiful oval face emitted a tranquil vibe.
Both parties talked and laughed as they brushed past each other, as if they were no different from the others along the entire corridor.
After walking for a long time, one of Fang Ran's roommates suddenly realized and cried out in surprise, "Hey! Was the girl just now Wei Wenwen? Fang Ran, why didn't you even say hello?"
"Yeah, not even a hello?" the person next to him laughed and teased.
Fang Ran sighed helplessly at the roommate's teasing. Rolling his eyes at him, Fang Ran also laughed. "Ha! How can a die-hard otaku like me say hi to the faculty's beauty?"
"Uh…"
Aside from Fang Ran, the others froze for a moment.
"It's not that…"
Fang Ran's most straightforward roommate was just about to say something, when the roommate who had asked Fang Ran that question in class elbowed that guy in the ribs.
"Pfft!"
"I'm starving! Hurry up! Hurry up! If we're any later, there won't be any more seats in the cafeteria!"
Someone else joined in and shoved them forward. The few of them tacitly ended the topic and headed in the direction of the cafeteria. Only Ling, who was looking at Fang Ran from another angle, realized…
When they turned the corner, Fang Ran, whose eyes were watering from pretending to yawn, appeared to look back nonchalantly.