All the goddesses in the world are lusting after my body.

Then it will truly be a case of "The whole school looks to me, and I announce something..."

Just thinking about it makes me want to explode, but Jiang Tang can't refuse.

During his break, Jiang Tang went to the shade of a tree, picked up his thermos that he had placed there earlier, tilted his head back and drank it down to replenish the water he had lost.

There were no goji berries in it, but rather a slightly sweet herbal tea that Shixue had brewed for herself.

When the family was poor, Shi Xue would buy monk fruit and honeysuckle in the summer to make herbal tea for Jiang Tang. Even now, she still keeps this habit and always takes good care of her master.

Jiang Tang also felt that the herbal tea brewed by Shi Xue was better than anything else, and more refreshing and thirst-quenching.

"Jiang Tang, thank you for the discount coupon! We really enjoyed the hot pot lunch."

A boy with curly hair ran up to Jiang Tang and thanked him with a smile.

Jiang Tang slightly raised his head, his gaze under the brim of his hat clear yet not cold, like a calm sea.

He remembered the boy in front of him; his name seemed to be Li Yang. He was cheerful and enthusiastic and quickly got along well with the people in his dorm, including several other students in the same major in the next dorm.

He was the one who suggested having hot pot for lunch and organized it. Basically, every small group needs someone like him who plays a decisive role, is good at interpersonal relationships, has high emotional intelligence, is very popular in the class, and occasionally makes people laugh by being silly.

You can tell from his curly hair that he's a pretty individualistic person. Although he got a scolding from the instructor for it, he was also the first one to grab an iced drink and bring it to the instructor when the break time came.

With someone like Li Yang around, the class atmosphere usually becomes quite good.

Therefore, Jiang Tang still had a good impression of him.

"It's okay, just pretend I participated too. I was worried you guys would say I'm not a team player or something."

"What's the big deal! We're all brothers from the same class." Li Yang didn't mind the dust on the ground and casually sat down against the big tree next to Jiang Tang.

"But Jiang Tang, you really lost out this time." He was the type who could chat endlessly about anything.

"A huge loss?"

Jiang Tang asked, puzzled, and picked up the thermos to take another sip of the herbal tea with a faint honeysuckle aroma.

"Yes, we lost a lot of money!"

"You have no idea, the proprietress of Chuyun Hot Pot Restaurant is absolutely stunning! It's a pity you weren't there at noon and didn't see her!"

"...Oh, I think I've heard that the owner of this hot pot restaurant is very beautiful."

Jiang Tang touched his nose calmly and said in a flat tone.

"Not only that, she even came into the private room to greet us personally! Just that one sentence, 'Eat and drink well, little brothers,' made every one of us melt on the spot."

"Little brother..." Jiang Tang didn't know how to respond to this nickname.

Because if Liu Chuyun dared to call him "little brother" in front of him, then it would be Liu Chuyun who would be lying on the bed with her buttocks sticking up and begging for mercy.

“Don’t underestimate this title. Countless people want to be called ‘little brother’ by her but don’t even get the chance!” Li Yang said with a serious and proud expression.

“…Mmm.” Jiang Tang wanted to laugh a little, but didn’t argue and just gave a soft, perfunctory reply.

"And why did she come to our table instead of the other private rooms where there were other guests?"

"So...you ordered a lot?" Jiang Tang casually made up a reason.

But he actually knew why. Liu Chuyun came to the hot pot restaurant to check the accounts and see how the business was doing. Unexpectedly, she heard from the front desk staff that someone was using Jiang Tang's name to use some kind of 30% off coupon. They knew the relationship between Jiang Tang and the boss's wife, so they did not refuse Li Yang and his group's request for the time being.

Later, Liu Chuyun came to the private room to confirm and roughly recognized that they were all Jiang Tang's classmates. Only then did she lower her stance and greet them. Otherwise, she would normally be so aloof to everyone.

"Ah, well, your reason seems plausible, but I'm more inclined to believe that it's our scholarly temperament that attracted this proprietress. She knows we are all future pillars of our nation."

"..."

Jiang Tang thought to himself, "Your curly hair gives you a scholarly air, but the other boys in the class do have a more refined, cultured look."

Moreover, Li Yang's second half of his statement was also correct. Tianfu University is a top university in China, and they study the most cutting-edge genetic engineering. After graduation, most of them go into research institutes, and a small portion may go into large companies to make money. Given time, they may very well become great scholars or academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

They will indeed become pillars of the nation in the future.

Jiang Tang will also produce pillars of society.

If universities are the cradle for nurturing talent...

Jiang Tang is the father of all talents... cough cough. Theoretically, the more children he has, the greater his contribution to humanity. Now the country offers rewards for having three children. If Jiang Tang wanted to, he would probably be raking in all the rewards from the country.

Li Yang chatted with Jiang Tang for a couple more minutes, and then the next round of military training began. He and Li Yang returned to their loosely organized ranks.

As the sun began to set, Jiang Tang's gaze was drawn to the girls in another group beside him.

Today, Li Baiwei tied her light brown hair tightly and combed it into two long, slender braids that hung down in front of her chest. However, she did not look dowdy, but rather capable.

She looked bright and clean in her camouflage military training uniform, with a girl-next-door charm that made people want to care for her more.

At the same time, she is also somewhat wary of people. She is the type who will calmly keep her distance from you before you get to know her, but will unconditionally trust you after you get to know her. She is a bit impulsive, but occasionally reveals a cute girlish side that will surprise you.

During military training, standing at attention is the most mentally taxing part. At times like this, you need to find other things to distract yourself and pass the time, which is commonly known as daydreaming.

Jiang Tang's gaze, hidden beneath his hat, was fixed on Li Baiwei standing beside him.

The two were not far apart, as one was on the far right of the line and the other on the far left.

The two groups stood close together. Jiang Tang, being the tallest boy, stood in the last row, while Li Baiwei, who was not petite either, was one of the taller girls, so she stood in the last row of the girls.

From Jiang Tang's perspective, looking slightly to the side, he could just see her profile.

If there were other options, Jiang Tang would not hesitate to look at them, for the so-called gentleman's fondness for astringency has its own principles.

But clearly, Li Baiwei is in a class of her own in terms of looks among the girls in this year's genetic engineering department, so he readily began to admire this girl with whom he had a close connection.

Whether Li Baiwei noticed or not, the half of her face that was being stared at by Jiang Tang turned slightly red.

The sunlight made her a little dizzy, and the girl blinked more frequently, but she persevered, even though she began to feel some strain on her body and her heart started to race.

After standing at attention, it's time to practice leg raises, and this round is the most grueling.

Jiang Tang's core strength was remarkable; he maintained his balance very well. However, after standing for a long time, a bead of sweat inevitably trickled down his temple.

Even he found it somewhat difficult, let alone the others.

In addition, the instructor was a master of extreme pressure, and he seemed unwilling to call a halt until the very last second when the pressure was reached.

But dawn always breaks in the darkest hour.

"Take a break, stand at attention!"

The leg-raising exercise finally ended, and everyone hurriedly put down their right feet, which were starting to ache, complaining incessantly.

Some people even collapsed to the ground due to their weak legs, which immediately caused a commotion.

"I'm fine...it's okay."

A familiar voice came through, sounding strained.

Jiang Tang's heart skipped a beat. He looked at the formation next door and saw Li Baiwei. She was kneeling on the ground, refusing help from others, like a delicate yet strong jasmine.

Li Baiwei persevered to the end, without slacking off at all. Even though everyone would tiptoe and pause on the ground for a moment when the instructor turned his back, Li Baiwei never did.

The instructors were well aware of the students' behavior, but they wouldn't expose it.

Only she diligently maintained the range of motion of her leg lift, without leaning to one side, until her body briefly reached its limit.

In reality, there aren't that many scenes of girls fainting from heatstroke and boys carrying them to the infirmary.

Li Baiwei only rested for a few minutes in the shade of a tree and drank some water with the instructor's permission before returning to the military training team, facing the golden sunlight and rustling wind, and meticulously completing the instructor's instructions.

On the first day of military training, Jiang Tang and she had no interaction.

208 Murasaki and her sister

Inside the international student dormitory, in the living room, Minamoto no Shiki is playing PS5 on a large screen.

Home video game consoles are still widespread in Japan, after all, it's a developed country. In contrast, China skipped the home video game console stage and went straight into the online world, so most people are fans of online games.

However, this has also led to a somewhat lackluster performance in esports in Japan.

Miyamoto Maizo doesn't play many games, but King of Fighters is one of them, and she's very skilled at it. She's a top player in Japan who's not well-known on the leaderboards, and she can even beat professional players.

If she had been born hundreds of years ago, she could have become a powerful swordsman no different from her ancestors. But now, born in modern times, she is just a young lady from a famous family, troubled by how to win the favor of Lord Jiang Tang and by her love life.

In an era where swords and blades are useless... Even members of the Miyamoto family have some objections, saying that it's not necessarily necessary to send the eldest daughter with the purest bloodline to have intercourse with Jiang Tang. What's the point of having a child born that way, even if the child inherits the talent of a swordsman?

My lord, times have changed. Swords can no longer cut through bullets.

In their minds, it would be better to select some girls who are highly talented in science, programming, finance, etc., and send them to seduce Jiang Tang. The talented children they would have would be of great use.

However, the head of the family still defied all objections and chose Miyamoto Maizo. Perhaps it was because in his heart, it was more important to fulfill his beloved granddaughter's wish and let her fall in love and marry the most perfect man in the world than to place his hopes on the next generation.

As for Minamoto no Shiki, her business acumen was the reason her family chose her. They believed that even the most brilliant mind couldn't compete with money; with money, even genius could be put to use.

She actually had an older sister, but because her sister was seriously ill and had difficulty walking, this matter never came to the attention of the family's higher-ups.

Otherwise, given her sister's beauty, she could clearly have done her part for the family one last time, shining brightly but fleetingly.

For them, providing the best medical and living conditions to support Minamoto no Shiki's older sister, and to support a... useless person, was already more than enough.

However, this is not without its price: Minamoto no Shiki's current task is to perform actions worthy of her sister being saved.

Finally, there's Lilith. The reason her family chose her was quite simple.

That alone is enough, simply because she is the girl with the purest bloodline in the family.

Originally, Lilith's family did not allow bloodlines from other people to pollute the pure blood of the nobility, but they understood Jiang Tang's value all too well, so they could make an exception for him.

What's more awkward is that, with the development of modern technology, there are enough research results to prove that offspring born from inbreeding within the Lilith family, solely for the sake of so-called "pure blood," are actually very likely to inherit those defective genes.

Lilith is a very lucky child. Since birth, she has been healthy and carefree, unlike many of her elders who suffer from various northern diseases and whose average lifespan is pitifully low compared to the local commoners, even with their vast wealth and power.

Even more tragically, some children were born deformed and were kept in the shadows of the family castle. Occasionally, their mournful cries would escape in the dead of night, adding to the horror of the snow-covered castle.

Lilith's marriage to Jiang Tang actually helped her family move towards a path of intermarriage with the outside world, changing the tragic fate of some family members and getting them back on track.

Of course, the considerations of these important figures have nothing to do with the lives of the girls at this moment.

Mai Miyamoto is hiding in her room contemplating love, Shiki Minamoto is playing games in the living room, and Lilith is dressed up in her finest clothes. She's in such a good mood that even Shiki Minamoto in the living room can hear her humming a song. They all have bright futures ahead of them.

Wait, why is Lilith suddenly dressing up?

Minamoto no Murasaki finally broke free from her game world and discovered a major problem.

When a woman suddenly dresses up beautifully, it's either to meet a man, or to outshine someone she dislikes or a love rival.

The people she dislikes and her love rivals are right beside her, but everyone is without makeup, so there's no need to go to all that trouble.