The blush on Zhong Yingxue’s face still hadn’t faded!
Xia Yao’s little heart was pounding like mad. She looked at Jiang Nan’s profile and couldn’t help covering her mouth to hide a giggle!
“Xiao Nan? Were you jealous just now?”
Jiang Nan: (◦`~´◦)
“That bloke was obviously a total slag. If you ever bump into his type again, you have to tell me, got it?”
“I’ll chase them off for you!”
Xia Yao felt sweetness flooding her chest as she watched Jiang Nan’s cute tsundere act!
Jealous but won’t admit it? Hehe!
She never expected this reinforced-concrete straight guy to say anything sickeningly sweet anyway!
But this decisive claiming of ownership worked better than any love talk!
Zhong Yingxue looked at Jiang Nan and couldn’t hold back her smile. She deliberately teased him!
“That flower he made was actually quite pretty!”
Jiang Nan glared: “Ptui! Absolute rubbish!”
“His crappy trick? How can it compare to my big gold brick?”
Zhong Yingxue gave a honey-sweet smile!
See? This is peak romance from a steel-straight man!
Yu Qingqing: “If I remember right, we’ve been at Pioneer Academy less than an hour and Nan-shen has already wrecked the director and cracked a senior’s skull…”
Jiang Nan put hands on hips: “Scared of what? I’ve already booked tickets back to Jiangcheng tonight!”
“I’m not even here for the interview! I’m here for the free food!”
Jiang Nan proved with his actions what “if I’m going down, I’m going down spectacularly” really means!
Ye Xinghe stared with huge eyes. You serious?
The group entered the interview building!
Almost everyone had already arrived!
Leng Yan, Qi Yu and the others were there long ago. What surprised Jiang Nan was that even Rabbit Baby had come!
The moment they saw Jiang Nan, everyone’s eyes lit up!
They all swarmed over!
Leng Yan: “Nan-shen! You’re finally here!”
Hua Ling: “About that meatball flying meme from a while back, were you serious?”
Qi Yu, excited: “I feel uncomfortable if I go a day without Vigorous! You got even handsomer!”
“Nan-shen! Nan-shen! I started your fan club! Praise me quick!”
In no time a little clique formed, with Jiang Nan naturally at the centre!
The rest of the candidates were university students with serious strength!
They instinctively isolated the bunch of fresh high-school grads!
So Jiang Nan became their emotional anchor, their big brother!
They had all survived life-and-death together at Yulong Town, so of course they were close!
Watching Jiang Nan’s group laughing and chatting drew sidelong glances!
“Heh! Still so cheerful! They’ll soon learn what hell feels like!”
“Lucky little sods! First time Pioneer recruits from high school and they get the spots!”
“Whoa! So many silvers? Hurts my eyes!”
“Good for us! Means more chance for the rest of us, right?”
Nobody thought the high-school kids stood a chance!
Soon the staff explained the whole process!
Interviews in batches of ten, then straight to medical check-up!
Finally gather at the field behind the teaching block for the attack power test!
Ten people per batch, interviews went lightning fast!
Some came out beaming and headed for the medical, others left dejected and booked train tickets!
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao were in the previous batch. When it was their turn, they felt the nerves!
They turned to look at Jiang Nan, only to see him head down playing Candy Crush…
It’s over!
This guy has already given up, hasn’t he!
Soon Zhong Yingxue and the girls came out after three minutes!
Pretty faces full of joy, but also a bit weird!
“How’d it go? Did you pass?”
“Hehe, we passed! We’ll wait for you on the field~”
“Good luck!”
Wu Liang thumped his chest: “Don’t worry, you two! Nan-ge and I are definitely fine!”
Jiang Nan covered his face!
Mate! Where’s this confidence coming from?
The director I half-killed or the senior whose skull I cracked?
Soon it was Jiang Nan’s turn!
Ten people walked straight into the room!
Ten interviewers sat inside!
Tao Xinyi was the one assigned to Jiang Nan!
The moment Jiang Nan entered, he saw Xiao Chuihuo parked in his wheelchair behind the interviewers, face like thunder!
A white bandage wrapped round his forehead!
The second he spotted Jiang Nan, Xiao Chuihuo gnashed his teeth: “Xinyi! Move! I’m interviewing this little bastard!”
Tao Xinyi froze, but still wheeled Xiao Chuihuo forward and obediently stood behind him!
Jiang Nan: ╮(•́ω•̀)╭
I knew it!
Tickets not wasted!
Jiang Nan plonked himself on the stool, crossed one leg over the other!
“You can start now!”
Xiao Chuihuo: ???
What the—?
This arrogant?
Who’s interviewing who here?
For a split second he felt the same terror he had sixty years ago in private school when the teacher called on him while he was daydreaming!
[Resentment Points from Xiao Chuihuo +666!]
The other interviewers and the candidates waiting their turn were all stunned!
Everyone else sat ramrod straight, super serious!
You’re floating a bit high, mate!
Jiang Nan wasn’t floating, he just genuinely didn’t expect to pass!
Might as well farm some resentment points while he was here!
Can’t come for nothing!
Arrogant?
Then let’s be arrogant to the end!
Xiao Chuihuo ground his teeth, glanced at Jiang Nan’s file, and started the standard questions!
“What are your strengths!?”
Jiang Nan: “My strength is knowing how to say no!”
Xiao Chuihuo’s eyes lit up. The lad’s got depth!
In daily life, learning to refuse saves you a lot of unnecessary trouble!
“Then give me an example?”
Jiang Nan: “No!”
Tao Xinyi: Pfft~ Nngh!!!
She turned away, hand over mouth, clearly struggling!
Xiao Chuihuo: !!!
You’re using it on me right now??
Live demonstration? Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!
[Resentment Points from Xiao Chuihuo +1000!]
[From…]
“Very good! Excellent! Then what are your special skills?”
Jiang Nan stroked his chin, thought for a moment, then looked down at his crotch!
Raised a brow!
“Hmm?”
The interviewers’ brains buzzed!
Looking down? This… this…
Lad! That “hmm” is full of soul!
Tao Xinyi’s face went scarlet and she glared at Jiang Nan!
Heavens!
This is the student I’ll be in charge of?
Xiao Chuihuo’s face went black!
“Stop hmm-ing! Speak properly! What skill!”
Jiang Nan looked bashful: “This… this isn’t appropriate…”
“Speak!”
“I’m quite good at pissing people off!”
[Resentment Points from Xiao Chuihuo +1000!]
[Resentment Points from Tao Xinyi +666!]
[From…]
I’ve bloody well experienced it first-hand!
My ears are ringing, vision going dark!
Looking at the long list of remaining questions, Xiao Chuihuo’s face grew even darker!
“Get out! You passed the interview!”
If I keep asking I might actually die of anger!
Jiang Nan: ???
Wait, what?
That sloppy?
I acted like this and still passed?
Then the ones who failed earlier must have pole-danced during their interview?
Jiang Nan left the room completely baffled!
The other candidates looked at him like he was a god!
Mate!
You’re on another level, you actually passed after that?
Your dad owns Pioneer Academy or what?
Right now Wu Liang stared at Jiang Nan’s retreating back in pure worship!
Nan-shen is Nan-shen! Can’t help but admire!
Xiao Chuihuo: “What you looking at? You passed too! No need to ask!”
He shooed Wu Liang out!
Xiao Chuihuo stared at Jiang Nan’s file, utterly helpless!
A talent like this? You couldn’t find another with a lantern!
Not want him? Impossible! Plus Yang Jian had called him countless times hammering this point home!
Mule or horse, we’ll find out during the comprehensive test!
Among the remaining candidates was the burly lad who’d bought ten pairs of pants earlier!
His eyes shone!
So the interview isn’t as serious as imagined!
You need to be humorous and funny like Jiang Nan to win the interviewers over?
Got it! Understood! Epiphany!
Interviewer: “You then? What’s your special skill?”
Burly lad grinned: “Gaming! League! My Yasuo is bloody insane!”
Two veins popped on the interviewer’s forehead: “Piss off! Taxi!”
Burly lad: ???
