327: There's always another mountain higher than the one you climb.

Xiao Niannian was wearing a military uniform with four pockets; could she be a promoted officer?

Or was she wearing clothes given by her family?

Several of them had relatives who were officers, and they all had such clothes.

"Classmate Xiao, this lower bunk is unoccupied, you can stay here. There's an empty cabinet over there..." Meng Ning introduced to Xiao Niannian with a smiling face.

Military Doctor Shen, Xiao Cui, and Uncle Xiao Shu were all downstairs at the dormitory building and hadn't come up.

"Okay, thank you all."

"You don't have classes today. Tomorrow, let them take you to the classroom..." Teacher Li said.

"Okay."

After Xiao Niannian put away her luggage, she followed Teacher Li to complete the procedures and received her student ID.

"If anything comes up, you can find me in the office..."

"Thank you, Teacher Li."

Xiao Niannian was naturally very familiar with the school. Although the current buildings were vastly different from those in her original world, after walking the path once, she memorized all the locations.

After exchanging a few words with Military Doctor Shen and Uncle Xiao Shu and seeing them off campus, Xiao Niannian returned to the dormitory.

"Classmate Xiao, where are you from?"

"I'm from City Name."

Hearing that Xiao Niannian was from City Name, the others were somewhat surprised.

"I'm from Zhejiang Province."

"I'm from Heilongjiang Province."

"I'm from Capital City."

Xiao Niannian listened to them talk. Originally, these classmates were asking about her situation, but Xiao Niannian didn't reveal anything, while she clearly knew the situations of the three classmates.

Meng Ning was from Capital City, Lin Shi was from Zhejiang Province, and Gao Yao was from Heilongjiang Province. They all had relatives who were Soldiers. They weren't wearing military uniforms today, and from their attire, Xiao Niannian knew their family backgrounds were good.

"Why didn't you come to study last semester?"

Lin Shi asked curiously.

Logically speaking, students who were promoted or recommended by other means would only enroll in the second half of this year. Why was Classmate Xiao enrolling now?

"Some matters delayed me."

Hearing that Xiao Niannian didn't want to elaborate, although they were puzzled, they didn't press further. They believed that after spending more time together, Classmate Xiao would surely tell them.

"These are the snacks I brought. Come and try them quickly."

Meng Ning took out chocolate and several other snacks.

They had also just reported today morning.

"Ningning, you're so kind, thank you."

"I also brought a lot of food, many spicy ones, and rice cakes..."

"I brought snacks too."

After Xiao Niannian tidied her bed, she heard her classmates calling her, so she also took out a bag of snacks.

"These are meat sauce and dried meat made by my grandma, and also some sweet potato chips. Please try them."

Hearing Xiao Niannian's words, the others' eyes widened.

"Meat sauce? It smells so good."

"Is this beef jerky? It smells delicious."

The few of them had good personalities and weren't shy. They tried each other's snacks, and soon Xiao Niannian became familiar with her classmates.

"Classmate Xiao, your aura is quite unusual. Are you very good at martial arts?"

Meng Ning grew up in the Compound since childhood. For some reason, she felt that Xiao Niannian was very similar to the children of the Compound she had seen.

"It's alright."

Xiao Niannian replied.

"It's alright?"

"I don't believe it. When you walked in, we thought the instructor had arrived."

"Yes, your aura is very much like an instructor's."

"Perhaps I'll become your instructor in the future."

Lin Shi, Meng Ning, and Gao Yao never expected that the joke Xiao Niannian made today would come true one day not long after.

"Hahaha, then I'll wait for you to become our instructor."

"Let's take you to the cafeteria. After we eat, we'll take you for a walk around the school..."

"Okay."

Xiao Niannian agreed to their words. These classmates were very easy to get along with.

Xiao Niannian and her classmates went downstairs and walked towards the cafeteria.

"Oh, Gao Yao, you're here so early?"

Hearing this, Xiao Niannian saw three other female classmates opposite them, all dressed in fashionable clothes, wearing lipstick, and with curly hair.

Their tone of voice was somewhat sarcastic.

"Gao Yao, who is this?"

They looked at Xiao Niannian, frowning as they scrutinized her.

"What does it have to do with you?"

"Did your Class One get a new classmate?"

"No, it's already the second semester, how could there be new classmates?"

"Is she a classmate from another department?"

Xiao Niannian didn't speak, but the people opposite her didn't let her go. Someone blocked her path, narrowing her eyes as she examined her.

"What's your name?"

Xiao Niannian looked at her coldly.

"Are you mute? Don't you know how to answer when someone talks to you?"

This person frowned, her tone somewhat angry.

"What right do you have to ask me and expect an answer?"

Xiao Niannian could tell that these three were somewhat overbearing, much like Hu Ping.

"You, you actually dare to speak to me like that." The speaker glared at Xiao Niannian, enraged.

"What's wrong with me speaking like this?"

Hearing Xiao Niannian speak this way, the person speaking became even angrier.

"How can you insult Classmate Xiao Yu?"

Oh, what a coincidence, the leader here also had the surname Xiao.

Yang Mei and Zhou Yun stared at Xiao Niannian. They saw that Xiao Niannian was with Gao Yao and the others. Gao Yao had offended them last semester, so they had been targeting Gao Yao.

Meng Ning saw their arrogant demeanor and warned them.

"Xiao Yu, if you few bully Gao Yao or other classmates again, I will definitely report it to the teacher."

Hearing Meng Ning's words, Xiao Yu's expression turned ugly, but her gaze towards Gao Yao and Niannian was very displeased.

"You all just wait."

Xiao Yu threw down this remark and walked towards the cafeteria.

Meng Ning looked at Xiao Niannian and said.

"Classmate Xiao, you don't need to be afraid. With me here, they won't dare to bully you."

Gao Yao also spoke up.

"They lost to us last semester and still haven't accepted it, constantly looking for opportunities to provoke me. You're being dragged into this because of us..."

Lin Shi also said.

"Yes, don't be afraid of them. They're just all talk, they won't actually do anything..."

Xiao Niannian nodded. It seemed these few people, led by Xiao Yu, were similar to Hu Ping and her group—they had some family background and were a bit arrogant.

Isn't it better to study hard and improve one's own abilities?

Why spend every day comparing this and that with classmates? There's always someone better, and you'll always find someone more capable than you.

Meng Ning also looked at Xiao Niannian. She had witnessed the conflict between Xiao Niannian and Xiao Yu's group. She found Xiao Niannian to be quite unusual, which is why she didn't immediately step in to warn Xiao Yu's group.

Soon, they arrived at the school cafeteria.

The school cafeteria was very large, like the cafeteria at the Division Headquarters.

The tables and chairs were also very neatly arranged.

"Let's go buy food."

Xiao Niannian got a plate of food. After sitting down with her classmates, Xiao Niannian noticed many people looking their way.