In the 91st year of the Lan Li calendar, summer.
Light rain.
Rain as thin as spider silk fell on the snow-white streets of Ye Ye City, causing a few ripples, and then seeped into the gaps in the white stone slabs and disappeared without a trace.
Some pedestrians can be seen hurriedly walking through the empty streets, and at the end of the street, there are dozens of tall white towers connected to the sky. They are of different heights, piercing the sky like sharp swords.
A boy of seventeen or eighteen years old was sitting under these white towers. The sign behind him said Ye Ye College Admissions Office.
He was sleeping on the table.
Until someone tapped the table in front of him.
"I want to sign up."
The speaker was a calm and clear female voice, neat and graceful, just like the sound of rain falling on a jade plate.
The young man suddenly woke up and looked at the person in front of him.
He saw a light-blond girl standing in the rain. Behind her, a young man carrying a big bag was struggling to hold an oil-paper umbrella for her. Raindrops fell from the top of the umbrella and scattered down, some hitting half of her body. They were all on the young man outside, and most of his clothes were soaked.
But the young man still had a look of natural determination on his face.
He perked up instantly.
Nothing but because this girl is so beautiful.
She stood there quietly, like a quietly blooming lotus in the snow, with an almost flawless face and expression, as graceful as if she had stepped out of a painting.
"Hello, beauty, my name is Zhou Yi. I am the admissions officer of the college today. What are your instructions?" Zhou Yi almost stood up behind the table and introduced himself in a panic as he watched the other party introduce himself.
It's like the admissions office sign is behind the other person.
"Sign up." The girl spoke in standard Lan Ye dialect, and Zhou Yi couldn't hear any trace of her accent.
"Then do you have a recommendation list?" Zhou Yi said businesslikely, and then lowered his voice a little: "If not..."
Before he could finish the backdoor program he offered, he saw that the boy behind the girl had already taken out two palm-sized cards from his arms with some difficulty and pushed them in front of Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi quickly picked it up and looked at it carefully.
These recommendation forms are one of the necessary procedures for applying to Ye Ye College. Most of them come from colleges throughout the Lanye Empire. Only those who have received basic education in those colleges and are recognized will have the opportunity to be recommended to enter this empire. In addition to the most common route to the highest school, many aristocratic forces in the Lanye Empire are also qualified to recommend their valued descendants to participate in the Ye Ye Third Examination and strive for the opportunity to enter the academy.
But the recommendation list of the girl in front of me does not belong to the above two.
The recommendation form will record the candidate's name, age, place of origin, resume, and most importantly, current level of strength in detail. Zhou Yi was anxious to read it because he wanted to know the identity of the girl in front of him. He quickly learned that the other person's name was Liu Ru, and she was just fourteen years old this year—— This is the minimum admission threshold for Ye Ye College.
She comes from the eastern border of the Lanye Empire, which can explain the origin of her hair color, but there is no enrollment record - which means that she has not received corresponding education in any college before.
Zhou Yi frowned and continued to look down.
The recommendation form is signed by the Mercenary Guild.
He felt a big trough in his heart.
He quickly looked at the other recommendation form, which was the servant boy behind Liu Ru.
Su Ziye, fourteen years old, also from the eastern border of the empire, has no education history, recommended by the mercenary guild.
He couldn't help but look at the two people in front of him carefully.
Needless to say, the girl named Liu Ru was extremely beautiful, and her temperament also had an indescribable aura of nobility. Even if she was just standing there, Zhou Yi felt that she was his interviewer.
The boy behind her looked much plainer. The big bag behind him was almost taller than himself. He was still holding an umbrella for the girl, and he looked as ordinary as a brick.
Seeing that Zhou Yi was in a daze, Liu Ru said, "Is there any problem?"
"No, no problem." Zhou Yi said quickly.
Of course there is no problem. The mercenary guild certainly has the qualifications to recommend admission places to Ye Ye College. It is even said that the headquarters of the mercenary guild is located in Ye Ye City.
But the problem is, he is not serious about the mercenary guild's recommendation form.
Recommendations from others are all for one's own students. One's own students have outstanding qualifications and excellent grades, and one's own juniors have outstanding talents and are among the best.
Of course, you need to support yourself to make yourself proud and proud.
But the mercenary guild's recommendation form is for outsiders.
Actually, if you think about it, there are no insiders in the mercenary guild.
The mercenary guild itself is a place for coordination between major mercenary organizations. It does not have any power to command major mercenary groups, so although it has recommended quotas, these quotas are generally used as bargaining chips to sell to outsiders. of.
Either with a clear price tag, or as a reward for some mercenary missions. In short, many people come to Ye Ye College every year with the recommendation form from the mercenary guild, but their origins are really diverse.
As a quasi-commercial organization, the mercenary guild does things very authentically.
That's the recommendation list for you, but for all the next troubles, don't come to me.
I have nothing to do with rain.
Therefore, what Ye Ye College pays the most attention to every year is the recommendation list given by the mercenary guild.
It was precisely the recommendation form submitted by the two people in front of Zhou Yi.
"The enrollment rate of recommended students in the mercenary guild has not been high over the years." Zhou Yi muttered softly, lowering his head and carefully registering according to the two people's recommendation forms.
Liu Ru and Su Ziye stood in the rain and waited quietly.
Not long after, Zhou Yi registered all the information of the two people, and then skillfully crossed the back of the registration form with his finger, and pushed the recommendation form of the two people back to the other party.
"At nine o'clock in the morning on June 6th, come to the hospital on time and use the recommendation form to conduct the assessment." Zhou Yi looked at Liu Ru and said.
Liu Ru nodded, and Su Ziye behind her reached out and took the two recommendation forms back into her arms. The two were about to return the same way, when Zhou Yi stopped them: "This is classmate Liu Ru."
Although Liu Ru has not passed Ye Ye's third test, he has become a candidate and can be called a classmate for the time being.
"What's the matter?" Liu Ru turned her head and asked.
"Have you found a place to stay in the city?" Zhou Yi said with a smile. There is nothing wrong with having a better attitude when facing beautiful women.
Liu Ru nodded lightly without comment.
"Ye Yeju, it's not easy." Zhou Yi said with a smile: "If it weren't for the students of Ye Yeju to live in the college, I'm afraid not many people would be able to afford the rent here. After all, this is a small island and the city walls have been built. There is no room to fill in the lake.”
"But since you two have found a place to live, I won't say anything more."
Saying this, he blew into his palm and looked at Liu Ru: "Classmate Liu Ru, I have a gift here, do you want to see it?"
Liu Ru looked at the other party, with no emotion on his expression.
She just shook her head and started to turn around.
But Zhou Yi clearly saw a fool in her eyes.
He suddenly panicked.
"Don't get me wrong, classmate Liu Ru, I'm really just doing a magic trick for you."
Saying this, he quickly stretched out his right hand, and saw a small wooden box suddenly appearing in his empty hand.
This wooden box seems to be no more than the size of a pinky finger, but the wood is purple-red in color and has a fine texture. It looks like it is quite precious mahogany.
"There is a big secret here, if classmate Liu Ru doesn't mind..."
Before Zhou Yi finished speaking, Liu Ru turned around and walked outside. Su Ziye beside her raised her hand and gently threw the oil-paper umbrella in her hand. She saw the oil-paper umbrella hovering and flying into the air, while he turned around He quickly came to Zhou Yi and snatched the wooden box from his hand.
"Even my young lady wants to have sex with you. You are so brave." Su Ziye looked at Zhou Yi and said viciously. After saying the harsh words, he looked back and, without caring about anything else, turned around and took two steps behind him. And take a step to run.
Liu Ru had already walked ten steps away, and the umbrella thrown by Su Ziye was hovering in the air, rising and falling, always staying on top of Liu Ru's head, strictly shielding her from the rain.
Until Su Ziye hurried back, the umbrella had just landed on Liu Ru's head. The young man stretched out his hand and held the oil-paper umbrella in his hand again, and then the master and the servant disappeared into the fine rain curtain.
Zhou Yi looked at the backs of the two people and couldn't help but sigh.
"I feel like my heart has been stolen."
