Volume One

  "Son, tell mom if the money I gave you is enough?"

  Although he was very reluctant, Xiao Hongchang ultimately couldn't find the time to see off Xiao Tianruo. He personally walked with Xiao Tianruo to the long-distance bus station not far from home, and was still immersed in the excitement of sending his son to harm someone else's daughter. At this moment, Lin Ruxue finally showed a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

  But her worries were apparently unnecessary. Now, Xiao Tianruo had a stack of old man's head in his pocket, which was given by Lin Ruxue as "special funds for flirting with girls". As for the tuition fees, they were not paid to Xiao Tianruo's hands. According to Xiao Hongchang, the tuition fees would be paid directly by one of his friends in Binhai City. Lin Ruxue did not intervene in this matter either, after all, she still wanted to give some face to this man.

  "Cough, mom, that's enough." Although the old man in the circle was still far from achieving his plan, it was already enough for Xiao Tian to settle down in Binhai City. "Mom, you can go back first, your work is also very busy~"

  "You stinky kid, does mom's work have anything to do with you?!" In the waiting room of the long-distance bus station on a summer afternoon, there weren't many people. Lin Ruxue directly pinched Xiao Tianruo's ear and began scolding him. However, she only got tough for a moment before her expression changed to one of warmth and sincerity. She seriously advised Xiao Tianruo, "Son, remember, when finding a wife, look for her in school. Only in the school environment can you find a truly good girl. Once you enter society, people's hearts are no longer so open and honest, understand?!"

  "I understand..."

  Unexpectedly, instigating his own son to harass female classmate Lin Ruxue in college could be justified so elegantly. However, with his ears being pulled, Xiao Tianruo had no choice but to obediently respond.

  "Dummy, don't take it to heart! When you get to college, if you meet a good girl, make your move quickly. Best if you can turn the rice into cooked rice, that way the girl will never think of escaping from your palm for her whole life. Stinky boy, don't look at your mom with that kind of eyes, I'm not joking!" Seeing Xiao Tianruo's expression slowly change from confusion to shock, Lin Ruxue immediately added a bit of force to his ear, recalling his attention.

  "Alright, I won't say more. Just remember this clearly. Your dad and I met in college, if I hadn't been blind back then, would I have ended up with that wooden block of a man?! You stinky little brat, still looking at your mom with that kind of gaze?!"

  "Cough cough, mom, I know, I'll be careful when I get to school..."

  After Lin Ruxue said that, it seems that this "task" is indeed quite urgent. Xiao Tianruo, who still hasn't regained control of his ears, can only make an awkward statement.

  "Hmm, it's all right..." Seeing his own words had finally sunk in, Lin Ruxue only then loosened her grip on him.

  "Mom, there's a car over there that seems to be about to take off, I'll go first~" As soon as he regained his freedom, Xiao Tianruo hastily ran out of Lin Ruxue's control range, with one eye open and talking nonsense, while preparing to escape at any time.

  "Son, remember to keep your eyes bright!" Lin Ruxue reminded him as she saw Xiao Tianruo escape.

  Fortunately, Lin Ruxue was a bit nagging, but after all, she wasn't a nitpicky person, so she didn't pursue it further. Xiang Tianruo thus avoided another round of torment. However, even so, Lin Ruxue still gave Xiang Tianruo one final "big gift" before he left.

  "Mom, that brother obviously didn't wear glasses, why did his mom ask him to wipe 'glasses'?"

  In the quiet carriage, a little girl's innocent expression and slender fingers instantly drew everyone's attention to Xiao Tian Ruo.

  "Hey kids, don't talk nonsense! What mom? That one just now should be big brother's girlfriend!"

  Although she had just noticed Xiao Tianruo and Lin Ruxue at the entrance of the station, this mother obviously did not hear the content of their conversation.

  "Obviously big brother already calls her 'mom'..."

  The little girl was stopped by her mother and didn't dare to ask any more questions, but still muttered a few words in a low voice. The conversation between the little girl and her mother immediately sparked the curiosity of the people on the bus, and finally, the long-distance bus that had been quietly waiting for a while began to make a rustling sound of conversation.

  Of course, all of these came at the cost of a poor guy's frustration along the way...

  Fortunately, Binhai City and Zhongzhou City are indeed very close. When the car slowed down a bit in the city, it took less than an hour to get on the highway, and Xiao Tianruo saw the banner "Binhai Welcomes You".

  The entire journey took only three hours, and after getting off the bus, Xiao Tianruo, who didn't lack money in his pocket, was too lazy to ask for directions, so he escaped from the big bus and took a taxi directly to the gate of Qingzhu University.

  He hadn't planned to focus on studying anyway, so it wasn't necessary for Xiao Tianruo to visit the campus in advance. After circling around the school, he found a relatively formal intermediary agency, paid a small amount of intermediary fees, and easily found a place to settle down.

  Two rooms and one living room, kitchen and bathroom are complete, the most important thing is that the half-new furniture was left by the owner, and it can be lived in directly. Although I spent a few thousand yuan to pay the rent for a year in advance, Xiao Tianruo was still very happy, after returning to this era for so long, finally having a temporary space of his own!

  That afternoon, after buying a few sets of clothes to change into, Xiao Tian Ruo locked herself in her new home.

  In the following days, Xiao Tianruo's newly rented apartment door was smashed three times by firefighters, twice broken by public security, and after being barely repaired, a hole as big as a human head was poked out by an unsuspecting old man with his walking stick...

  It's all because of Xiao Tianruo himself, who let the house emit black smoke every now and then... Fortunately for Xiao Tianruo, after renting the house to him, the landlord went to live with his son in another city, so he didn't receive a notice to come and sue him for breach of contract "demolishing the house".

  It took a week, and after losing three or four sets of clothes, Xiao Tian Ruo finally succeeded!

  Xiao Tian's first thing to do after succeeding was not to celebrate, but to rush into the bathroom. There was no other way, these few days of dangerous experiments had completely turned Xiao Tian into a primitive man.

  Although he had failed repeatedly, Xiao Tianye was not one to give up easily. He went without eating for several days, relying only on the residual energy from his experiment's explosive failures, which left him looking like a ghost.

  Rushing to the hot bath, looking at the thick black ash being washed away by the hot water to reveal the fair skin underneath, Xiao Tian Ruo couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement on his face, despite reminding himself that he shouldn't be so reckless in the future. After all, this was the first time his new cultivation method had basically succeeded.

  After taking a bath and changing into a brand new casual suit, Xiao Tian Ruo once again found a piece of paper from the corner of the sofa and dialed the number recorded on it. As expected, the first call went unanswered; the second call was hung up directly; just when Xiao Tian Ruo thought he would have to go out for another trip, the last phone number finally got through...

  "Wow! Today's last update is finally done. Whatever, collect, collect, collect, red tickets, red tickets, red tickets! Come on, let's use tickets and collections to bury Pei Yu..."