Chapter 1002 Stop, Ship

Hou Mingming grabbed Jiang Xiao's collar, her hand trembling slightly. After a dozen seconds, she finally released Jiang Xiao and turned to look out the window again.

Jiang Xiao straightened his collar and said, "Can you afford to lose?"

Hou Mingming squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth, "Yes, I can."

Jiang Xiao asked again, "But you can't win now. You should be the kind of person who shoots an arrow through the enemy's heart, but you're still pinning your next battle on bombardment arrows, handing your fate over to fate."

Hou Mingming pursed her lips, silent.

Jiang Xiao continued, "Leaving Gu Xinzhi aside, let's just talk about Zhao Wenlong. When you leave your victory or defeat to fate, to see which one the Goddess of Fate favors more, as far as you're concerned, you've already lost."

Hou Mingming pressed her hands on the windowsill, lowering her head, this time, she could be described as "disheveled."

Jiang Xiao: "Four years of university, including this National Team Selection Competition. Maybe Zhao Wenlong lost every time, but you never won against him."

"What exactly do you want to say?" Hou Mingming asked, word by word.

Jiang Xiao: "What I want to say is, there are many, many people in this world who are stronger than you. You can have ten thousand consecutive victories, what's important is how you face your ten thousand and first loss."

Jiang Xiao continued, "Zhao Wenlong indulged you too much. If you had failed earlier, perhaps your strength would have been more than this, at least your mentality wouldn't be like this. Of course, I'm also partly to blame. Maybe I should have found an opportunity to fight you sooner."

*Crack.*

Hou Mingming's knuckles turned white, and the marble windowsill was directly crushed.

Jiang Xiao grinned, leaned back against the windowsill, supported himself with his hands, jumped up lightly, sat on it, leaned against the window, and looked at the dark hair.

There was no way around it, Captain Pea was hiding her face behind her long hair. If she were wearing a white dress, she could go straight to a horror movie set.

Jiang Xiao said, "You have a very strong desire to win. Everyone wants to win, but your desire to win is obviously a hundred times stronger than others. You like to taste the taste of victory, like to conquer your opponents, and there's nothing wrong with that."

Jiang Xiao continued, "In fact, this kind of biased mentality has made you who you are today. If you were a girl with a normal personality, you might not have reached where you are today, you wouldn't have become the solo champion of Imperial Star Martial, and you wouldn't be a member of the China National Team.

Distance is a double-edged sword for you, and so is your personality. You are innately proud and biased, I don't believe you'll be down for the count."

Hou Mingming said in a low voice, "Then what's the purpose of you saying all this?"

Jiang Xiao shrugged his shoulders: "There are a lot of people who are worried about you, for example, your teacher, Fang Xingyun. She's even a little desperate, and actually asked me to comfort you and enlighten you."

"Hmph." Hou Mingming snorted coldly and slowly straightened up.

"Tell me, where are you going after the World Cup? You're graduating soon, where are you going to find the taste of victory? Don't tell me about entertainment events." Jiang Xiao asked.

Hou Mingming's eyes were slightly confused as she looked at the brightly lit street outside the window and said in a deep voice, "I haven't thought about it. I only ever thought about winning the World Cup."

Jiang Xiao said, "With the strength you've shown, you should have received many invitations from the military, or from various Star Martial Universities, to serve as a practical training teacher, as well as invitations from many organizations?"

Hou Mingming gently "Mm"ed.

Jiang Xiao said, "Young lady! Join the army! You'll find that competitions are far less stimulating than the battlefield."

Hou Mingming snorted coldly and said, "Pioneering? Dealing with those other-dimensional ferocious beasts?"

Jiang Xiao: "Uh, your style is the strong attack type, sweeping away everything in your path, going straight for the enemy's lair. You're indeed suitable for the Pioneering Army."

Hou Mingming: "It should be the Pioneering Army, or the Mountain Shattering Army (meaning shattering mountains and rivers, mainly active in areas where other-dimensional spaces are frequently opened, focusing on destroying the other-dimensional spaces that are frequently opened within them, with a relatively single function). This may be the highest level of battlefield I can access."

Jiang Xiao asked in confusion, "Then why didn't you participate when the school was recruiting pioneering apprentices?"

Hou Mingming turned to look at Jiang Xiao and said, "I told you, my goal used to be only the World Cup champion. And I don't need to pre-order a position, many troops have reserved a position for me."

Jiang Xiao stared silently at Hou Mingming and said, "In the next ranking matches, you will win."

Hou Mingming: "Of course."

Jiang Xiao continued: "Win decisively."

Hou Mingming said in a deep voice: "Of! Course!"

Jiang Xiao nodded and calculated, saying, "Let's think about it, in the best case, you'll be ranked twelfth in the World Cup individual competition, um, a quite dazzling achievement."

In this world, probably anyone would be overjoyed to be ranked 12th in the World Cup individual competition, except for Hou Mingming, who seemed to hear words of humiliation.

But that was the truth. Hou Mingming stared fixedly at Jiang Xiao, without saying a word.

Jiang Xiao said, "With such a result, coupled with your performance in the series, you should be able to impress some people."

Hou Mingming: "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Jiang Xiao: "I'll confirm one last time, do you really want to join a team of the Pioneering or Mountain Shattering Army level?"

Hou Mingming nodded: "Of course. Do you think I'll stay at the university as a teacher? Or go to the office in an organization?"

Jiang Xiao: "Oh, I'm just confirming again."

Hou Mingming: "What?"

Jiang Xiao leaned back, sat on the windowsill, leaned against the window, looked at Hou Mingming, and said, "Do you remember when I was temporarily summoned away during the National Team Selection Competition?"

Hou Mingming frowned slightly: "The time you gave up the 4-into-2 match?"

Jiang Xiao said with a smile, "I went out to carry out a mission and conveniently killed a Star Sea stage female crime boss. It felt pretty good."

Hou Mingming's pupils shrank slightly: "What did you say?"

Jiang Xiao said, "You should have heard what the team leader said to me when he said goodbye?"

Hou Mingming pondered for a moment and repeated: "Comrade, come back alive?"

Jiang Xiao shrugged his shoulders, the meaning self-evident.

Hou Mingming: "Are you in the Pioneering Army?"

Jiang Xiao shook his head and said, "Night Watch · Light Chaser."

Hou Mingming's expression was solemn: "A Light Chaser?"

Jiang Xiao reached into his shorts pocket, took out a certificate, and threw it in front of Hou Mingming, placing it on the windowsill with the cracked pattern.

Hou Mingming picked up the Night Watch Officer's certificate, flipped through it slightly, and narrowed her eyes: "Northwest Night Watch Army, Light Chasing Regiment, Tail Feather Team."

She murmured softly, then turned to look at Jiang Xiao and said, "A Light Chasing Squad with a serial number."

"Yo-ho, Miss Pea is very knowledgeable." Jiang Xiao smiled.

Hou Mingming: "You brought your officer's certificate with you, it seems you've already made your plans."

Jiang Xiao said, "The premise is that you have to join a team of the Pioneering Army level, otherwise, I wouldn't have revealed it, let alone said these words."

Hou Mingming: "Can you represent the Northwest Night Watch Army?"

"I can't represent them, but I have a friend with a not-so-good voice who can represent them." Jiang Xiao curled his lips, "This friend of mine is super powerful, under her hands, you'll be turned into a docile little kitten in less than three days."

Hou Mingming raised her eyebrows slightly: "Are you sure?"

"Heh." Jiang Xiao raised his head, his head resting on the glass window, and smiled, "See me? I was forced into being one."

Hou Mingming: "......"

*Then I didn't see you being docile at all?*

Jiang Xiao said, "But you have to be an apprentice first, even if you come with a halo, you have to lie low whether you're a dragon or a tiger, and it's not certain whether our captain will like you.

Your personality is barely passable as a Light Chaser, and I don't know if you can be promoted to a special team, but if you were to be a Night Watcher... I'm really not sure if you'd be qualified."

Hou Mingming's answer was very serious: "A Night Watcher isn't suitable for me, Pioneers are also on standby at all times. According to the current global situation, the Mountain Shattering Army should be busier and the battles more frequent."

Jiang Xiao grinned: "Who knows, you can consider it yourself. If you're interested, contact me. If not, then forget it, I, Du Nai, will never force anyone."

Hou Mingming: "......"

Jiang Xiao exerted force on his back, used the reflection of the glass window, sat up straight, and said, "You didn't attend the post-match meeting tonight, remember to be there on time tomorrow morning. You still have ranking matches and you have to analyze your opponents."

Hou Mingming "Mm"ed, without saying a word.

Jiang Xiao said, "Then I'm leaving, sleep early."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Xiao's figure flashed and disappeared.

Hou Mingming frowned slightly, and next to where Jiang Xiao disappeared, there were two egg yolk pies.

Hou Mingming subconsciously picked up the egg yolk pies and went to the trash can, ready to throw them away, but her movements paused slightly.

A few seconds later, Hou Mingming placed the egg yolk pies on the coffee table. She didn't throw them away, but she didn't eat them either.

She turned around and came to the windowsill again, silently looking at the brightly lit city below.

......

Jiang Xiao flashed directly back to his room, after all, the two rooms were not far apart.

What shocked Jiang Xiao was that there was someone sitting in the room?

At this time, Fang Xingyun was sitting on the sofa watching the news on TV. When did she come?

Fang Xingyun only felt a blur in front of her eyes, saw Jiang Xiao, and asked with concern, "How is it? How is her condition? Can she attend the meeting normally tomorrow?"

Jiang Xiao nodded: "No problem, don't worry."

Fang Xingyun's face lit up with joy and said, "How did you persuade her?"

Jiang Xiao said, "She lost, and she has already realized this fact. There are many people stronger than her. She just needed someone to tell her bluntly, so that she could once again, clearly recognize herself."

Fang Xingyun was obviously stunned. This kid actually poured oil on the fire?

Or, was this a case of fighting poison with poison?

Fang Xingyun's expression was worried: "This......"

Jiang Xiao said, "Don't worry, Teacher Fang, she's not the kind of person who needs comfort."

Fang Xingyun: "What kind of person is she?"

Jiang Xiao sat down on the sofa with a thud and said, "She's the kind of person who can't stop, like a ship, constantly needing the other shore, and mooring is only temporary."

Fang Xingyun: "Hmm?"

Jiang Xiao said, "You just need to give her a goal when she's lost and confused, and if she approves of this goal, she'll set off immediately."

Fang Xingyun was completely stunned this time. She never expected Jiang Xiao to say such a thing.

Jiang Xiao looked at Fang Xingyun's expression and couldn't help but say with a smile, "Generally, Star Warriors who pursue the ultimate have such common problems.

And Star Warriors who have been selected layer by layer and entered the National Team level are mostly pursuing the ultimate, but the expression of this so-called 'ultimate' is different. The leisurely old man like Zhao Wenlong is a rare existence."

Fang Xingyun nodded thoughtfully and said, "Little Pi, in the future, when you accept interviews, you have to show this calm, composed, and organized side."

This time it was Jiang Xiao's turn to be confused.

A few seconds later, Jiang Xiao suddenly looked at Fang Xingyun with a pitiful expression and said, "Teacher Fang, you don't know, Hou Mingming just picked me up just now, it was so scary......"

Fang Xingyun: "......"