Even blind box hunters don't choose their partners? I got Su Daji from my blind box!

The SUV's welcome pedals were already supporting half of Lin Xiao's body weight.

If we just move in half an inch further, and that heavy bulletproof door closes, the world will be peaceful again.

But in that instant, Lin Xiao seemed to be frozen in place, his feet firmly planted on the spot.

This abrupt pause, under the gaze of thousands of eyes, was even more jarring than a square-dancing grandma suddenly breaking into a tango.

The air seemed to freeze.

Lei Laohu's large, fan-like hand was still resting on the car door. He raised an eyebrow, his face full of doubt.

"What's wrong, kid Lin? Did you leave something behind?"

Lin Xiao remained silent.

He slowly withdrew the foot that had stepped into the luxury car and stepped back onto the rough cement ground.

Turning around, his gaze passed over Lei Laohu's shoulders, which were as thick as city walls, and landed directly on the group of isolated "ragtag troops" ten meters away.

This turn of the head sent everyone's hearts racing.

The admissions officers, who had been humiliated by the master's aura, suddenly had their eyes light up, looking like a pack of hungry wolves eyeing meat.

There is a play!

Could it be that this SSS+ level player has unique tastes, looks down on the three main brands, and only likes this one?

The director of Nanjiang Wuhan University was so excited that his wig was askew, and he waved frantically.

The instructors at the Xichuan Military Academy stood tall and proud, like fighting roosters.

The owner of the Iron Fist Martial Arts School went all out, using his 300-pound daughter as a battering ram to push her forward.

Lin Xiao remained expressionless and stepped forward.

Su Daji obediently followed half a step behind him, her alluring fox eyes slightly narrowed as she warily scanned her surroundings.

She wouldn't hesitate to teach anyone a lesson if they dared to harbor any ill intentions towards the king.

The three grandmasters exchanged a glance, full of questions, but still waved their hands.

wow-

The bodyguards in black moved swiftly, forming a mobile human wall of iron, protecting Lin Xiao as he approached the crowd.

As the distance closed, Lin Xiao appeared to be wandering aimlessly.

In reality, deep within the pupil, the "All-Knowing Eye" has already been fully activated.

Golden streams of data flashed across his screen, as fast as a rain of code.

[Garbage, -10% return]

[Waste, -50% return]

[A terrible place; you're in debt as soon as you enroll]

They were all misshapen and deformed; there wasn't a single decent one.

Finally, his gaze seemingly casually swept over the corner of the crowd.

There, two security guards were using riot forks to push a ragged old man away with disgusted expressions, as if shooing away a fly.

The old man's hair was as messy as a chicken coop, and his gray Zhongshan suit was washed until it was almost white, with two patches that were stitched in an artistic way.

He held up a tattered wooden sign, which looked so pathetic against the backdrop of those light-polluting LED signs around him that it brought tears to one's eyes.

On the wooden sign, four large characters were written crookedly with a brush—

Huayang Wuhan University

The moment Lin Xiao's gaze fell upon those four words...

boom!

A seven-colored divine light, even more dazzling and domineering than when Su Daji was born, exploded on the retina without warning!

Lin Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and he almost couldn't help but exclaim "Holy crap!"

[Target: Huayang Martial Arts University (An ancient and declining Taoist lineage)]

[Current Status: On the verge of closure, heavily in debt]

[Hidden attribute: ???]

[True return rate: ∞ (infinity)!!!]

Infinity!

So the rate of return refers to the rate of return of this school!

Finally, I saw the name of the school.

My heart was pounding wildly in my chest, making my ribs ache.

But he controlled his facial expressions perfectly.

There was no ecstasy, no shock, only one feeling...

His face was full of doubt and confusion as he scrutinized her.

He stopped, squinted slightly, and peered through the crowded people to identify a familiar old face.

The surroundings were deathly silent.

Everyone held their breath and followed Lin Xiao's gaze.

Could there be some unparalleled master, like a hidden monk, lurking in this corner?

Even Lei Laohu couldn't help but widen his copper bell-like eyes, trying to see something interesting in that filthy old man.

However, just as the old man noticed the gaze, a glimmer of light appeared in his cloudy old eyes.

He opened his mouth, ready to shout, "Young man, I see you have extraordinary talent!"

Lin Xiao suddenly sighed.

The doubt in his eyes faded, replaced by a sense of listless disappointment.

"Sigh, I mistook you for someone else."

Lin Xiao shook his head, scratched the back of his head awkwardly, turned and left, muttering to himself.

"His back view looks exactly like Grandpa Wang next door who owes me money. I thought he had also traveled through time to hide from his debts..."

That instant of turning away was so resolute, without a trace of lingering attachment.

The pause just now was clearly just a trivial misunderstanding.

The old man froze in mid-air, having just raised half of the wooden sign.

The line he hadn't uttered was stuck in his throat, eventually turning into a violent cough.

"Cough cough cough..."

The admissions officers around were taken aback at first, then rolled their eyes in unison.

Ugh, that's terrifying.

I thought this beggar had some powerful connections, but it turns out he just looks like someone else.

……

Inside the SUV, the leather seats are soft and comfortable, and the constant temperature air conditioning dispels the early summer heat.

The convoy slowly started moving, leaving the noise of No. 1 Middle School behind.

Lei Laohu sat next to Lin Xiao, twirling two special alloy walnuts in his hands, making a clicking sound.

He glanced at Lin Xiao seemingly casually, and asked as if it were unintentional.

"Young Lin, were you seeing things just now? How could you possibly know someone like that in a place like that?"

The master's intuition was incredibly sharp.

He didn't believe that a little fox who could outwit the three old men would do something pointless.

Lin Xiao leaned back in his chair, rubbed his temples wearily, and smiled wryly.

"Uncle Lei, you don't know. My poor neighbor, Old Wang, borrowed fifty yuan from me three years ago to buy cigarettes, and he still hasn't paid it back."

"When I saw that old man's back just now, he looked exactly like Grandpa Wang. It was just a conditioned reflex that made me want to go and collect the debt."

"When I got closer, I found that the old man was in even worse shape than Grandpa Wang. His pants were full of holes, and I was too embarrassed to say anything."

That's a terrible excuse.

Parking in front of a group of masters for fifty dollars?

But paired with Lin Xiao's greedy and stingy expression, it somehow seemed damnably reasonable.

Lei Laohu was stunned for a moment, then burst into a deafening laugh.

"Hahaha! You little brat! For fifty dollars?!"

"Great! He's got the makings of a good family man! I like his personality! He doesn't forget his roots, and he doesn't act arrogant!"

Lei Laohu laughed so hard he almost fell over, slapping Lin Xiao's thigh hard, seemingly completely believing the explanation.

But from an angle that Lin Xiao couldn't see.

Lei Laohu silently pressed the communicator on his wristwatch with his left hand, which was resting on his knee.

An encrypted command was instantly sent to the military intelligence department:

[Investigate! All schools and individuals who appeared at the southeast corner of the No. 1 Middle School gate, especially the old man holding the wooden sign!]

[Dig up their entire family history! I need results within half an hour! Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free!]

At the same time.

Inside a white minivan behind.

Gu Qinghe pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and coldly gave the order into his headset.

"S-level attention. Investigate every detail of the location where Lin Xiao just stopped, and create files and analyze everyone who appeared in his field of vision during that one second."

"Even if it's just a dog, we have to find out its pedigree."

Inside a stretched Lincoln parked to the side.

Qian Duoduo swirled a glass of red wine in her hand, squinted at the fleeting street scenes outside the window, and tapped rapidly on her phone screen.

"No matter what those lousy schools are like, even if they're diploma mills, send someone to make contact with them."

"The trash that Lin Xiao has his eye on might actually be gold."

……