Chapter 9: Excess self-awareness
Jiang Chanji was annoyed, but fortunately, he didn't have to worry about being stopped by the landlord for the time being.
The caretaker's room has a window in the corridor but no door, and with the size of the landlord's aunt, it is probably impossible to jump out of the window.
The landlord's aunt is actually not very old, she is in her thirties, at most forty years old, with big shoulders and a round waist, eyes like copper bells, and a face full of meat.
She is not married, and it seems that she is going to remain single forever.
The apartment building was left to her by her deceased father, and although it was not very valuable in the suburbs, it was already very rich in front of the poor tenants.
She tore off her apron at her waist, pointed her thick round fingers at him through the window and shouted, "Jiang Xiaoji, where are you going sneaky? Let me ask you, when will you be able to pay your arrears of rent, late fees, and utility bills?"
People are poor and short-lived, Jiang Chanji has already had a conditioned reflex to the rant of the landlord's aunt, and he always can't raise his head in front of her, but today he straightened his chest and said loudly: "Thirty years in Hedong, thirty ...... Oops!"
Halfway through the load, a slipper flew out of the window and almost stuck in his face!
"Why are you beeping blindly in front of the old lady!" the landlord's aunt's voice increased by three percent, "Let me ask you, where are you going?"
She looked Jiang Chanji up and down, the light in the corridor was dark, she could see that Jiang Chanji's appearance was not much different from the previous raunchy him, even if the whole person was not refreshed, at least it was eye-catching, which couldn't help but wonder what this kid wanted to do, was he poor and crazy and finally gave up on himself?
"I ...... I'm going to a part-time job interview. ”
Jiang Chanji knew that the chance of getting into the Red Leaf Academy by luck was very slim, and it was a women's college after all, so it was not appropriate to publicize it, so he could only be vague.
He used to be really unkempt, and he didn't comb his hair much, because this would reduce the chance of being recognized by creditors when he walked down the street.
"Very important thing?" The landlord aunt looked incredulous, and said angrily: "I warn you, if you kid dares to fool around in those places like the Cowherd Bar, I have to break your chicken legs!"
In this remote apartment building, she has seen too many tenants, who have embarked on the wrong path because of poverty, adults are responsible for their own lives, and it is their freedom to choose what path to choose, but Jiang Chanji, a half-grown child, was the one who let him live in with no money and no documents when she was soft-hearted, so she felt that she had to be somewhat responsible for him.
However, with Jiang Chanji's current body, even if he goes to the Cowherd Bar, it is impossible to go, and it is estimated that he will be treated as a monster......
He prevaricated a few words, and then hurried out of the apartment door, so angry that the landlord's aunt was smoking.
"Damn it, when you come back, if you dare not explain it clearly, see that I don't pick your skin!" said the landlady angrily.
"Huh......" She leaned out of the window and sniffed, muttering to herself in confusion: "Why does it smell like kung pao chicken......
Jiang Chanji didn't have the money to take a car, and if he borrowed money from the landlord's aunt, even if she was willing to borrow it, she had to ask him in detail where he was going, so he could only walk to the Red Leaf Academy.
Momiji Academy is a short walk from here, and he must hurry, because today is the last day, and the registration and exams must be completed today.
He knew that his chances of getting into school were extremely slim - he was not sure if his current body would pass the physical examination, and whether his strange powers would pass the test.
His strange power has been there since he was a child, but neither he nor his parents regard this strange power as the same ability as a female transcendent, firstly, because the concept that a transcendent can only be a woman is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and secondly, because from ancient times to the present, ordinary people with a strange power are not particularly rare, like Xiang Yu who pulls out the mountain, Qin Wuwang who pretends to die, etc., it can't be said that Xiang Yu and Qin Wuwang are both women dressed as men, right?
The strange power never brought him any good, but caused a lot of trouble, but now he could only silently pray that his strange power would be greater.
Along the way, there were occasional pedestrians looking sideways at him.
"Is it exposed?"
"Do people think I'm weird?"
Jiang Chanji lowered his head and wanted to walk faster, but due to hunger, he couldn't go fast at all.
In fact, this is purely his excess of self-awareness, and people look at him just curiously, because he is dressed very neutrally, and when they see him at first glance, it is difficult to distinguish whether he is a man or a woman with slightly longer hair and beautiful cheeks.
Some passers-by guessed that he was a man because he was tall and flat-chested, while others guessed that he was a woman because he was heading in the same direction as Momiji Women's College.
Everyone knows that it is the enrollment season of Momiji Academy, and the locals are of course the first to get the first month.
In fact, there are quite a few young girls who go to Red Leaf Academy to register for the exam, and today has passed the peak period of registration and exams.
Candidates like him who walk to Red Leaf Academy are definitely very rare, and as long as the other girls' families are not poor enough to open the pot, at least today they will let their children take a taxi to school, on the one hand, so that the children can recuperate, on the other hand, it is a matter of face, and the self-esteem of young girls is very sensitive.
Rare, but not exclusive.
As he walked, he suddenly ...... for no reason There was a slight throbbing in my stomach.
At first he thought he was hungry and his stomach was protesting, but after careful reflection, it didn't seem to be, because it wasn't his stomach that was squirming, but ...... Further down, it's not the stomach anyway.
He was wondering, and then he noticed a small and weak girl not far in front of him, pacing unhurriedly.
Hey, was this girl there just now? Why does it feel like it came out of nowhere......
Forget it, maybe he was dizzy from hunger before.
She wore the uniform of a nearby junior high school, combed her ear-length sister's hair, her hair was dark and shiny, and her neck was thin.
The strange thing is that most people walk with their eyes in front of them, even if they are to take into account the obstacles and potholes on the ground, the line of sight is at least 45 degrees looking at the ground in front of them, and this girl ...... She hung her head almost at 90 degrees, as if looking down at her feet as she walked forward.
Jiang Chanji was tall and long-legged, and soon caught up with her from behind.
As he passed by her side, he noticed that her face was quite small, her skin was like one that didn't see much sunlight, and her bangs were so long that they hung down on her forehead almost to her eyes.
Her eyes are hollow and her face is expressionless, giving the impression that she is an emotionless robot who is just carrying out a fixed procedure to go to Momiji Academy.
"Hey, if you walk slowly, you'll be late!"
When he overtook her, Jiang Chanji kindly reminded.
Although there are a lot of people who go to apply for the Red Leaf Academy, one less can be counted as one after all, maybe any of them may squeeze out your place, so the others will not be nosy, maybe they expect her to go slower, and it is best to sign up by mistake.
Jiang Chanji had long known that his hope was extremely slim, so his mentality was very peaceful, and he did not have a sense of competition for other candidates.