Chapter 1456 Dawn
There was a knock on the door.
No one answered.
Half a minute later, the knock on the door rang again.
No one answered.
Just as he was about to knock on the door for the third time with his bent knuckles, the door lock cylinder popped open and the door to the room was opened inward. Lin Nian, wrapped in a bathrobe and stepping on the blanket with bare feet, only exposed half of the door. Stand on the threshold and look out.
Outside the door, which was lit by night corridor lights, was the quiet corridor of Norton Hall. Standing in front of his room door was a girl wearing a winter uniform of Cassel College.
The girl looked like a freshman. When she saw Lin Nianhou behind the door, she jumped slightly like a rabbit. She blinked and her eyes naturally fell on the exposed part of the bathrobe, her skin that was still steaming. and muscles.
Lin Nian put away his bathrobe to cover a dark brown diamond-shaped scar on his left chest, and crossed his arms. Before he could speak, the girl greeted him cleverly, "Are you Senior Lin Nian?"
"It's me. Freshman?" Lin Nian answered, and then looked at this girl with an Asian appearance. She had short black hair and air bangs. Her skirt was rolled up and cropped in a rebellious way, revealing her white bare legs underneath. I don't know. Using the bare-leg artifact that has become very popular among girls recently (velvet leg socks, the color is similar to the skin color), the black square-top leather shoes are rolled up with spotless white bubble socks.
The reason he asked the girl if she was a freshman was because Lin Nian could not find a face that matched hers in his memory. For Lin Nian, if there was someone he had never seen in Kassel College, it would definitely be an outsider or the newest student.
"Freshman, majoring in dragon genealogy, Jin Zhiyuan reports to you!" The girl stood at attention and saluted Lin Nian with a less than standard salute, which was just short of shouting loyalty.
"Take a break." Lin Nian said. He glanced at the girl whose cheeks and ears were a little pink with excitement and said, "No need to salute me. I am not your superior or the leader of the school. You Leave your loyalty to your own future. Do you know what time it is?"
"It's Chicago time, 5:05am!"
As this beautiful freshman girl from Korea said, it's only 5 a.m. Chicago time.
The open floor-to-ceiling window of the room behind Lin Nian showed the dark blue sky. This was one of the few rooms in the Norton Hall that faced the sun and had an unobstructed view of the artificial lake in the distance.
It's still very early now, and the sunshine always comes out very late in Illinois in December. The lights in the windows of Niflheim Palace are still reflected on the clear and quiet artificial lake, falling into the lake piece by piece. Just like the ice cubes that refract light in the dark blue cocktail, the cold morning fog is the dry ice that diffuses over the blue wine.
At such an early time, the swans in the lake are taking a nap, and the red squirrels are hiding in the tree holes, enjoying the cold and silent dream.
"Are you a new member of the Lion Heart Club?" Lin Nian couldn't find the Lion Heart Club's logo on her body.
This is the Norton Hall, and ordinary people cannot enter here. Moreover, it seems that she had some armband on her shoulder but she didn't wear it today, so she asked this question.
"No...no, but I admire the seniors of the Lions Heart Club very much, and I am determined to join the Lions Heart Club! For this reason, I am willing to accept any test!" The girl stood at attention again, with her hands behind her back, trying to make it less impressive as possible Her small breasts were a little firmer, which would put all the Korean actresses to shame. Her beautiful face was tense, and her expression was quite resigned to death. However, her eyes were stealing a glance at Lin Nian, who was wearing a bathrobe. This made Lin Nian tense up again silently. The bathrobe covers more skin.
"Give me a reason and explanation. If you are not a member of the Lionheart Club, but you are still a freshman, why would you come to Norton Hall and knock on my door at this time?" Lin Nian asked.
"Did I come early? But I saw that the senior brothers and sisters on the forum said that your routine is to get up at four o'clock every morning..."
"What do I do when I get up at four o'clock? It's not even dark yet." Although he had already gotten up, he still wanted to ask.
"Is this a test? Then I know how to do this question." The Korean elementary school girl straightened her face, as if she was defending her thesis:
"Senior Lin, the first thing you do after getting up at four o'clock in the morning is to take a cold shower. At 4:10, you prepare to recite the whole day's lessons. At 4:30, you complete a set of warm-up Tai Chi in the room. At 5 o'clock on time Review the affairs of the Lion Heart Club and enjoy breakfast at the same time. The breakfast menu is usually fixed, including twelve sterile raw eggs and a cup of low-fat milk. At 5:30, we lead the members of the Lion Heart Club for a morning run around the mountain road. Six. When I came back, I rushed to the kendo hall to give guidance to my juniors, and even brought some donuts to express my condolences.”
"The most famous words you said are: There is no genius in this world. I just use the time when others are sleeping to pursue my own destiny. Also: Have you ever seen Kassel College at four in the morning? Oh oh oh, here’s my favorite line: You think I’m thinking about language? I’m just sorting out my pride and prejudice!”
"As for why we salute...you are the role model and idol of our collective freshmen! I am determined to complete the organization's assessment in the first semester, join your support club to occupy a place, and work hard with my seniors and sisters under your banner." , complete the dragon-slaying mission as soon as possible!”
"Let's not talk about whether I said those strange words...what are you looking at?" Lin Nian found the Korean elementary school girl peeking into the room behind him with her hands behind her back and her lips pursed.
"Oh, I'm just worried about whether it will disturb other people..." said the Korean elementary school girl.
"I'm the only one in the room, no one else. If you're worried about disturbing others, try to keep your voice down in the corridor." Lin Nian said.
"Huh? Is that so? Sorry, sorry." The Korean junior schoolgirl put her hands together and stuck out her tongue.
Lin Nian looked at her expressionlessly, pressed his forehead, took a deep breath, exhaled, and said calmly, "Let's talk business, freshman, why are you knocking on my door at this time?"
"I'm entrusted by the Executive Director to tell you to get to the Executive Department before six o'clock this morning."
"The Executive Department sent you to deliver a message? At this time?" Lin Nian looked up and down at the Korean junior schoolgirl.
"Yes, I applied for the reserve training course of the Executive Department. Occasionally, I will be assigned some simple tasks to familiarize myself with the work process of the Executive Department. When I received the tasks assigned by Norma's text message, I was a little unbelievable. I actually had the opportunity to complete the handover with you, Senior Brother Lin Nian!"
It can be seen that this junior sister was very excited. She almost wrote "I am your fan" on her face. Lin Nian has never been good at dealing with such fanatics. He can only put on a poker face like Chu Zihang, "When did the Executive Department have a reserve training course? Are you talking about the temporary specialist assessment?"
"The temporary specialist is one step further than the reserve. I heard that the reserve training course was finalized some time ago. The credits after successful completion are considerable, and you can get one or two more opportunities for the temporary specialist assessment. It is now very popular among students below the third year. I was lucky to grab the class."
"Some time ago... How long exactly?"
"About... two or three months ago?"
Lin Nian estimated the time in silence. It was probably what happened not long after they returned to Kassel College from Beiyi.
"Yes, it was you and Senior Brother Lu Mingfei who considered adding the course after the victory of the Dragon King Battle. It was the head of the Executive Department who took the initiative to apply to the school board, and it was approved not long after."
"I know, I will report on time." Lin Nian said, "Thank you."
"No, I won't."
The Korean-American junior sister spoke Chinese softly, probably because her Mandarin teacher was from Taiwan Province.
After looking at the junior sister for a few more times, Lin Nian nodded politely to her and closed the door, blocking the other party's slightly expectant eyes.
After the door was closed, the room was dim and the lights were not turned on. Lin Nian looked up at the time. There was still some time before six o'clock, but not much, so he could only suspend his original plan.
He walked to the balcony and pulled up the barbell filled with iron sheets on the blanket with one hand. The barbell in his hand also had obvious bends with the weight on both sides. Finally, it was placed in the corner, where there were piles of twisted scrap metal equipment, like discarded products after violent use.
After cleaning up some messy things in the room as usual, Lin Nian took off his bath towel and went into the bathroom to take another cold shower. He picked up the school uniform on the bed and put it on. The clothes were slightly wrinkled and it was obvious that they had never been ironed after washing, but he never cared about these details.
He picked up the phone on the bedside table and unplugged the charging cable. The phone screen automatically lit up, revealing a photo of him and Su Xiaoqiang on the beach in Chicago.
He swiped the screen to unlock it and revealed the chat software that was not closed last night. There were several messages sent two days ago. The other party showed that they had been read but had not replied until now.
He just looked at it a few more times and turned off the screen.
After cleaning himself up, Lin Nian opened the door and took a step out, but was blocked by the people at the door.
Lin Nian silently looked at the Korean junior sister who was guarding the door in front of him and had not moved a step and said, "You are still here..."
"Ah, senior brother, we meet again." The Korean junior sister touched the back of her head and laughed.
Can we not meet, Lin Nian thought, you are so patient, we can meet four or five times a day, and every time it is a coincidence.
"Brother Lin Nian, are you going to report directly to the Executive Department?" The Korean-American junior sister was so attentive that she quickly made way for Lin Nian, as if she wanted to escort him along the way.
"No... I'm going to have breakfast." Lin Nian said honestly.
Norton Hall is only ten minutes away from the Executive Department. If he is really in a hurry, it will only be faster. The "discipline" shrouded in the academy is basically a decoration for him, and most people know this.
It is too early to go to the Executive Department now, and the private chef of Norton Hall is not at work. The most convenient breakfast place can only be the main restaurant of Kassel College, which is where Fingel often gets free pork elbows and sauerkraut mashed potatoes.
"Eating breakfast? Do you want to eat in the cafeteria or in Norton Hall?" The Korean-American junior sister asked until she got to the bottom of it.
"Your name... is Jin Zhiyuan?" Lin Nian sighed softly in his heart as he looked at this schoolgirl whose face was almost filled with expectation. "You must not have eaten yet since you came to inform me so early. Do you want to go to the cafeteria together..."
"Yes, yes, yes, senior! Let's go to the cafeteria together. It happens that I don't know the location of the school very well, so I'll trouble you to lead the way." The Korean schoolgirl was so familiar with people that she quickly moved closer to Lin Nian, keeping a distance that was neither too far nor too close.
She watched Lin Nian close the door of the room, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that no one else came out, and moved closer to Lin Nian's shoulder with more pleasure.