Two days later, early in the morning, Jiang Nan and the others arrived at Jiangcheng Railway Station!
Their destination: Rongcheng, Tianjin!
All the luggage had naturally been stuffed into Jiang Nan’s dimensional space!
Then Wu Liang came dragging a massive Berlin Sound monster speaker!
Jiang Nan was stunned: “What on earth are you bringing that thing for?”
Wu Liang’s face turned deadly serious: “Listen, Nan-ge! Ever since I heard we’re going to work as volunteers in a nursing home, I’ve been practising square dancing at home like mad!”
“I’ve mastered eight full routines! I’ve reached the realm of perfection! This bad boy is loaded with absolute bangers!”
“As soon as the music starts, I’ll take the centre spot and lead the dance! Guaranteed we’ll be the most popular volunteers with all the grandpas and grandmas!”
Jiang Nan’s entire expression froze!
I already couldn’t bear to imagine my future!
And now you say this? I really, really don’t want to go any more, mate!
“You can carry it yourself!”
Not long after, Qin Shou, Yu Qingqing and the other four arrived!
Almost everyone who had been awarded the Fearless Medal during the All-Star Competition had received an interview invitation!
And without exception, every single one had given up offers from top universities to attend this volunteer interview!
That alone spoke volumes!
Nightingale: “Mira, it’s time. You need to come with me now!”
Jiang Nan’s face stiffened!
Mira clung to Jiang Nan’s arm with all her strength, shaking her head over and over!
Her big eyes filled with tears!
“Jiang Nan gege! Iyaa~”
Jiang Nan wiped his nose, forced a smile, and gently brushed the tears from Mira’s cheeks:
“Be a good girl for me, okay, Mira? Gege isn’t abandoning you!”
“We talked about this yesterday, remember? You go with big sister Nightingale, learn properly, learn how to speak, how to use your ability, and then come straight back to gege!”
“In a little while I’ll come visit you, bring you heaps of tasty treats, play with you every day, all right?”
Mira looked at Jiang Nan with a face full of grievance, biting her lower lip hard!
But in the end she quietly walked to Nightingale’s side and gently held the corner of her coat!
Xia Yao stepped forward and put a little backpack on Mira, stuffed full of snacks.
She smiled: “Don’t cry, okay? You won’t be pretty if you cry!”
Zhong Yingxue: “When you get there you have to listen to big sister Nightingale, understand?”
Mira took every single word to heart and kept nodding!
Jiang Nan looked at Nightingale, completely serious: “I’m entrusting Mira to you!”
Nightingale: “Don’t worry, I’ll contact you if anything happens!”
With that she took Mira’s hand and headed towards the platform!
Mira kept turning back every three steps to look at Jiang Nan, and in the end she couldn’t hold it in any longer and burst into tears!
Her little hands reached desperately towards Jiang Nan!
“Waaah~ Jiang Nan gege! Wuu wuu wuu~”
Mira: ˚‧º·(˚˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅)‧º·˚
The crying echoed through the entire station, drawing sidelong glances from many people!
Xia Yao’s eyes were red, she kept wiping tears with the back of her hand, and soon started crying herself!
Zhong Yingxue covered her little mouth, unable to bear watching!
Jiang Nan rubbed his eyes: “I’m just popping to the loo, got a bloody excavator in my eye!”
With that he teleported away and vanished!
Ever since he had brought the little one back from Africa, Mira had never left his side!
How could Jiang Nan possibly bear to let her go?
This time, with Nightingale taking her straight to the Kyoto Spirit Research Institute for rehabilitation, Jiang Nan could finally feel at ease!
Glasses-bro was gobsmacked: “An excavator can get in your eye? Nan-shen, this…”
Qin Shou slapped him on the back of the head and glared: “Idiot! Read the room!”
“Nan-shen went off to cry! He just didn’t want to admit it, that’s why he said that! You don’t understand anything!”
Du Yue and Yu Qingqing stood three metres away, looking at the pair with utter disdain!
As everyone knows, stupidity is contagious!
And these two were beyond saving!
With three minutes left until departure, Jiang Nan teleported back, his eyes slightly red!
A real man doesn’t cry easily!
And even if he does, you lot won’t see it!
Hehe, perfect~
The group of eight didn’t delay any further and started towards the platform!
Just then an old lady holding a sign that read “Accommodation” came straight towards them!
She grabbed Jiang Nan’s arm!
“Young man, need a place to stay?”
“No thanks, no thanks!”
“Just one night? 100! Cheap!”
“Not staying!”
“50! 50, how’s that?”
She glanced left and right, then whispered to Jiang Nan: “Got pretty girls to keep you company!”
Jiang Nan’s face darkened. With so many people at the station, why pick on me?
Do I look like that kind of guy?
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao beside him couldn’t hold back their laughter!
“Really not staying! My train leaves in three minutes!”
The old lady tugged his arm: “No problem! Plenty of time! Plenty of time!”
Jiang Nan: (･᷄ὢ･᷅) Hmm?
Xia Yao: Pfft hahaha!
ꉂꉂ◟(˃᷄ꇴ˂᷅ૂ๑)༡
Zhong Yingxue bit her lip hard, trying not to corpse!
Jiang Nan glared, his face even darker!
Plenty of time for what?
Who are you looking down on?
Jiang Three-Seconds refuses to accept this!
Yu Qingqing tilted her head, completely puzzled: “What are those two laughing at?”
Du Yue snickered: “You’ll understand when you get a boyfriend!”
No more time to tangle with the old lady. The group boarded the train, while Qin Shou quietly slipped to the back!
He murmured: “Scan the code, add me on WeChat! I’ll message you later!”
The old lady’s eyes lit up. This young man knows what’s up!
After a four-hour train ride they arrived at Rongcheng Station!
Then another nearly two-hour journey before they finally reached the location written on the interview notice!
It was in the suburbs outside Rongcheng’s fifth ring road, basically heading into the mountains!
And what appeared before them was indeed a mountain!
They could vaguely see a sizeable cluster of buildings at the foot of the mountain!
Zhong Yingxue: “Xiao Nan! Don’t you think the spiritual energy here is much denser than in the city?”
“Hmm, yes, quite a lot denser!”
Jiang Nan: “Quite a lot? It’s almost double! Practically the same concentration as inside a Spirit Ruin!”
The corners of his mouth involuntarily curved into a brilliant smile!
Interesting!
The Pioneer Nursing Home was clearly not as simple as it appeared!
Even the notice was so unserious!
Who knew what tricks this interview might pull!
Maybe there would be hidden Easter eggs or secret missions to trigger!
After all, that’s what interviews do, right?
Like seeing a rubbish bin tipped over in the corridor and checking whether you set it upright again as a test!
Jiang Nan was fully prepared himself!
The group followed the tarmac road straight towards the Pioneer Nursing Home!
Along the way they saw loads of university students carrying suitcases heading in, an astonishing number!
According to Nightingale, in previous years the Pioneer Nursing Home always selected people from universities!
Picking people straight out of high school was a first, like a bride getting married for the first time!
They also spotted a few contestants from the same All-Star Competition!
Every single one greeted Jiang Nan with a grin when they saw him!
“Nan-shen! Awesome!”
“Nan-shen! Dinner’s on me later!”
After a few shouts, the university students on the road all turned to look at Jiang Nan!
The whispers started immediately!
“That’s this year’s All-Star MVP? Still only silver rank? That’s hilarious!”
“Heh! I watched his videos! Spatial ability! A bit strong, but that’s it!”
“Bunch of kids fresh out of Year 12, what real strength could they have? There’s an age gap!”
“They got special recruitment! No idea what the higher-ups were thinking, they’re far too green! Have they even seen blood?”
“Special recruitment or not, they still have to compete with us for places! Let’s not be accused of bullying kids later, haha!”
“We shaved off so many talented people just to get an interview slot, they had it easy!”
“I wonder how many of this fresh high-school batch will actually stay in the end! Poor things~”
The group was chatting happily when they suddenly noticed Jiang Nan walking towards them with shining eyes!
“Bloody hell? Why’s he coming over? Did he hear us?”
“Heh! So what if he did? We’re not scared of him!”
Jiang Nan strode right up and stopped in front of them!
He slipped his little hands into his pockets and narrowed his eyes!
The burly leader took one step back: “You… what do you want?”
Jiang Nan raised an eyebrow: “Beast transformation type, yeah?”
The burly guy swallowed: “So what if I am? Don’t tell me you’re going to…!”
Jiang Nan slung an arm round his neck and pulled out his hand from the pocket: “Mate! Fancy buying some shorts? I’ll give you a discount!”
Burly guy: ???
