Chapter 1: University Dream

  It's been a while since I left my uncle's house, and my little sister is still lying in the hospital, unconscious. According to the admission letter, I have to go to university tomorrow, which has always been my dream. But thinking of my missing uncle and my cursed little sister makes my heart ache. Determined to avenge my uncle and find a way to lift the curse on my sister, I came to visit her in the hospital for the last time.

  "Xiao Yu, you're here!" Erniang stood beside Xiao Mei, her eyes dark and obviously sleep-deprived.

  "Second daughter little sister still hasn't woken up?" I slowly walked over and saw that Little Sister was still motionless, as if she were asleep.

  "No, but the milk she's been fed is still drinkable, don't worry and go to school, the doctor said she might wake up soon!" Erniang lied to comfort me.

  "Alright, Second Aunt, this is the money and food that Third Uncle asked me to bring. I'll go buy tickets now......" After leaving the hospital, I couldn't stop crying on my way home, thinking about Second Uncle and Little Sister, feeling so useless myself.

  I went to the train station to buy a ticket and came back, before long I arrived at Third Uncle's home.

  "Xiao Yu is back, how's Little Sister?" asked Third Uncle with concern.

  "She still hasn't woken up, but Erniang said she's almost awake!" I can only say that now, little sister might wake up at any time, and the hospital expenses are all being covered by San Shu's family, I really don't know when we'll have the money to pay him back.

  "Tomorrow you'll be starting school, Little Feather. Your third aunt went to the market to buy vegetables today and we're all going to make your favorite dishes for you. We've already bought your luggage and clothes, see if they fit...". My third uncle hurried over to help me put on my clothes, I was so touched that tears were welling up in my eyes... That night, my third uncle and aunt made a sumptuous dinner for me, it smelled so delicious...

  Time flies so fast, on the second day I packed up my luggage and Second Uncle's evil-expelling pouches, as well as that book "Nine Supreme Divine Strategies".

  When I arrived at the station, they reminded me to study hard. As I looked out of the train window, I could see the station flying backwards in the distance, and my third uncle and aunt were still waving goodbye to me. With a complex mood, I sat in the train carriage surrounded by countless strangers coming and going, a kind of confusion that I had never experienced before surged up in my heart. The train was packed with students going to university, carrying all sorts of luggage, almost all the girls had their parents accompanying them, and some boys were like me, going to school alone.

  "Respected passengers, we have arrived at the coastal city. Please take your belongings and prepare to disembark. Welcome again..." The broadcast from the train staff woke me up, I had dozed off just now.

  I took a look at the address on the notice "Hai Cheng University..." A lot of people got off the train, mostly families of three, and I, alone, shook my head helplessly.

  "Stop the thief, stop the thief!" At this time, a bespectacled man came running from behind. Taking a closer look at this guy, his glasses were thicker than wafers, he was thin like a monkey, wearing a red T-shirt, and a pair of white tourist shoes that had turned grayish-black, his wrinkled pants clinging to his sweaty thighs. As he ran, he shouted, carrying a thick luggage on his back, and soon caught up with a burly man in front, grabbing his arm and not letting go. I quickly ran over to see what was happening, and many people gathered around, several railway police also came over.

  "What are you doing, calling me a thief? Let go!" The burly man glared at him with bulging eyes, as if he was about to punch him. This little guy was obviously a head shorter than the average person.

  "You're a thief! I saw you just reached out and took that girl's money!" The little brat's hand grasped even tighter with an air of righteousness.

  "Take a good look, what does she look like?" The strong man pulled over the girl next to him, and the girl also turned her face around. Her chubby face was full of flesh, staring at the little boy with a huff. I understood what was going on at that time.

  "At this time, I myself daughter, she held the luggage my wallet in her bag, I take my own money with you?" The strong man pushed this little guy to the ground at once.

  "Mind your own business, you four-eyed ghost! You're sick!" The fat girl also scolded him.

  The father and daughter left immediately. The railway police around us burst out laughing and quickly picked him up, at this time I saw that his glasses had just been knocked off and hurriedly picked them up for him.

  "Hey, hello! Your glasses, here!" I handed over the glasses.

  "Thank you, thank you." He nodded slightly with a murmur.

  "Which school did you go to, so fond of being a hero? You'd better be sure, if it's really a thief, one punch from him won't send you flying?" I smiled at him with a hint of sarcasm.

  "It's nothing, I couldn't see what their relationship was either, I thought they were thieves and it ended up like this! By the way, I'm a first-year student in the Department of Archaeology at Haicheng University." As he spoke, he straightened his clothes and handed me the admission notice. He was quite embarrassed, having been pushed down earlier, with his buttocks covered in black mud.

  "Really? What a coincidence!" I took a look at his admission letter and found that he was from the same university, same major as me, and even from the same dormitory.

  "Are you Wu Shi Rong? What a great name, and we're actually in the same class and dormitory, what a coincidence!" I took another look at my admission letter to make sure I wasn't mistaken.

  "What a coincidence! Thanks for helping me find my glasses, let's hurry to school now, we've wasted quite some time!" With that, the two of us hailed a taxi and rushed to school.

  Before I knew it, we arrived at the school gate. There were many students lined up and walking in. On top of the school gate, there are four big words "Hai Cheng University". The golden words are very eye-catching.

  "Welcome new students of the Archaeology Department!" Wu Shi Rong muttered to himself.

  As his gaze passed by, several desks were crookedly lined up inside the school gate. The big banner "Welcome New Students of Archaeology Department" was particularly eye-catching.

  "Are you here to report? Bring your notice books and let me take a look!" A middle-aged man asked us with a smile.

  I and Wu Shi Rong hastily handed over the notice, carefully sizing up Professor Liu, who appeared to be in his 40s with a hint of gray at his temples, but had very fair skin and a well-proportioned build, looking like he was in good health, except for wearing a pair of glasses with lenses thicker than Wu Shi Rong's.

  "First go pay the tuition, then take your luggage to the dormitory and put it down. At 6 o'clock in the evening, gather at the table by the main gate, we will have a welcome party for freshmen!" Professor Liu said, and an upperclassman led us into the teaching building.

  The senior led us to pay tuition and arrived at the dormitory.

  "Room 115? How is it on the first floor? I don't like being on the first floor, can we swap? I prefer to live higher up!" Wu Shi Rong frowned at the senior.

  "Which one to exchange? Don't you know that when we came, we all lived in dormitories with ten people, and now you are all in high-end dormitories and still not satisfied, ah!" The senior was clearly angry, shook his head and walked away. I secretly thanked my third uncle for giving me enough money to live in a standard apartment.

  The dormitory door was opened, and there were already two classmates inside. They seemed to have finished packing and were resting on the bed. Each person had a set of beds, with the upper bed being very wide, and below it was a computer desk. Next to the computer desk was a bookcase, and opposite the bookcase was a wardrobe and two drawers.

  "Hello, I'm Nie Yu!" I said hastily extending my hand.

  "Hello, I'm Wang Xuebing. From now on, we'll be in the same dormitory. Please take care of me!" Wang Xuebing shook hands with me and Wu Shirong, his hand was very powerful and almost crushed mine.

  "Hello, I'm Nie Yu!" I stretched out my hand, but the guy inside just ignored me, fiddling with his phone.

  "My name is Li Lin." He glanced at us with a look of disdain and continued playing, his phone looked very expensive. And the clothes he was wearing seemed to be all Adidas! I felt uncomfortable in my heart, this Li Lin was so rude, having money made him arrogant. I looked down at my own worn-out shoes and shook my head helplessly.

  This dormitory is on the first floor, and the sunlight isn't very good. Right in front of it is another dormitory that's gloomy and dark all day long without seeing any sunlight. However, this dormitory faces the sun, which suits my heart's desire. The bathroom is right across from the dormitory door, and next to the bathroom is the toilet. Overall, it's still quite convenient to live here. The computer desk in the dormitory is really eye-catching; when can I buy a computer? I thought as I packed up my things.

  I was so tired on the way, I picked up my things and fell asleep on the bed. Less than ten minutes later, a loud noise suddenly startled me awake. I looked up to see that the person on the opposite bed had fallen off and was groaning in pain on the ground, so I went down to help him up.

  "Wu Shi Rong, are you okay?!" I shook his head and he opened his eyes to look at me, slowly getting up.

  "It's nothing, I was just messing around and removed the handrail from my bed earlier. Who knew it was actually there to prevent people from falling off?" Wu Shi Rong said while scratching his head, and when I touched his head, a huge bump appeared.

  "Hahaha!" Wang Xuebing on the bed laughed so hard that he covered his stomach, Li Lin also glanced at him coldly, but he was still playing with his phone and hadn't fallen asleep.

  After a short rest, it was already six o'clock in the evening. The four of us arrived at the place where Professor Liu said to hold a meeting. At this time, there were not many people left at the school gate, but there were quite a few people around the Department of Archaeology, with dozens of boys and only about ten girls. However, I found that one girl looked familiar, as if I had seen her somewhere before. She was wearing sunglasses and couldn't see her eyes clearly. I'm sure I've seen her somewhere, but for a moment, I couldn't remember where.

  "Fellow students, welcome to our archaeology major. Our archaeology major has a long history and the employment situation is very good, generally facing...” Professor Liu said many good things about the archaeology major, but to be honest, I don't even know what the archaeology major is. Maybe it's like when my second uncle and I sometimes go to other people's homes to drive out evil spirits or look at graves, that could also be considered archaeology, I thought to myself."

  "Now I'll talk about the arrangements starting from tomorrow. Tomorrow we will have military training, followed by physical examination, and after that, it's our formal classes. I hope you all can make good use of the seven-day military training to prepare for our study tasks ahead. I also hope some of you talented students can bring glory to our major and our school." Along with Professor Liu's speech, a warm applause erupted.