"Is it broken again?" In his previous life, Li Xiang had dismantled and repaired this old rice cooker many times. It was probably at that time that he began to train his super mechanical skills. Unfortunately, this talent was not put to good use.
He could clearly see that one of the gears was stuck. His sister was humming and giggling as she watched him tinker with the device.
"It seems like this gear is stuck." Li Xiang knocked on the outer wall and pointed at the gear.
His sister laughed out loud. "There is no gear. Brother, you don't have X-ray vision. You should take it apart and see."
"Why not? Isn't it just …" Li Xiang mumbled. He suddenly pointed at another device that looked like an induction cooker and asked, "Yetong, are there some parts in this thing that are seriously rusty?"
"No, I haven't taken it apart to see." Li Yetong slid her wheelchair to his side and reached out to touch his forehead. "Brother, are you hallucinating because you were too tired from the exam today?"
Li Xiang bent down so that his sister could touch his forehead. He then pressed his forehead against hers and smiled. "No, no, I think I'm hallucinating. Let's cook the dumplings first."
He took out the tools. Before he touched the steam cooker, he had the same urge to dismantle the guns in the soldiers' hands during the day when he was queuing up at the gymnasium.
He took a deep breath and quickly dismantled the steam cooker. When he touched the parts, his body trembled as if he had been electrocuted.
A line of small words slowly appeared on top of the steam cooker.
Steam cooker, durability: 30%.
Li Xiang rubbed his eyes. His sister blinked her big eyes and looked around. She did not seem to have seen anything.
What the hell? Li Xiang felt that his hand holding the tools had a strange touch. In his previous life, he had come into contact with drawings, tools, and guns in the "Tarot Card". At the same time, he was very good at drawing, designing, repairing, and manufacturing. Therefore, he was very sensitive to holding the tools.
The strange touch was that it was as if his hand and the tools were one. He repaired the faulty gear and the surrounding parts quickly. Then, the line of small words blurred and became clearer.
Steam cooker, durability: 39%. There was even a symbol of a blueprint behind it, but he didn't know what it was for at the moment. There was also a gray scale bar at the bottom, which increased a little after he finished repairing it.
Li Xiang explored this strange ability. For the time being, he could only confirm that he could "see through" any mechanical device and see the durability of the device. After maintenance, the gray scale bar would increase a little. Other than that, he didn't know what it was used for.
While he was still thinking, he suddenly heard his sister's low cry.
"Dumplings, the dumplings are burnt, brother!" She cutely waved her two small hands, anxiously shouting.
Li Xiang quickly took the dumplings out of the pot.
The siblings chatted as they munched on the dumplings. Through his conversation with his sister, Li Xiang confirmed that she was still the same Li Yetong. She hated eating carrots and persimmons, and she liked to read books on inference. Her learning ability was much better than his, and she would only show her coquettish side in front of him.
In front of others, she tried her best to show a smile to others, but in reality, she was very cold. The years of ridicule and mockery had been deeply engraved in her body. That kind of bone-deep wildness just didn't show itself.
Otherwise, when Li Xiang was at the end of his road, she would not have chosen to commit suicide to not be a burden to her brother.
Of course, the current her had not reached that level of darkness. She was still the same person, the most pure and kind of her at that time.
Thinking about their ending, Li Xiang suddenly felt that the dumplings were a bit tasteless. He put down the chopsticks and quietly looked at his sister.
"You, why are you looking at me?" Li Yetong chewed on the dumplings, and her face was still angry. She was obviously unhappy that Li Xiang had ruined the dumplings. When she saw Li Xiang staring at her, her face turned red.
"Nothing, hurry up and eat. I'll give it to you. I'm not hungry." He gave all the dumplings in his bowl to his sister. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a few band-aids on her palm. He immediately bent down and pulled them from under the bed.
"Aiya, be careful of your hand!" Li Yetong put down the chopsticks and shouted. Then she looked at him with a red face as he swept the broken dishes out from under the bed.
She lowered her head and was a bit embarrassed to look at him.
Li Xiang, however, let out a long sigh. At that time, when he first found out about this, he scolded his sister. These dishes were not cheap, and they were tight on money, so they could not keep changing them. She bit her lip and did not say anything.
She had difficulty moving. Sometimes, even if she was hungry for a whole day, she would not ask for help. She would stubbornly do it, so she would always accidentally break the dishes.
Every time she broke it, she would secretly stuff it under the bed, saying that it was because of a cat.
At that time, Li Xiang did not understand the stubbornness in his sister's eyes when she lied. She always felt that she was a burden to her brother. On the surface, she did not say anything, but in her heart, she cared a lot about this.
Li Yetong lowered her head and waited for her brother's scolding. In the end, she secretly opened one of her eyes and saw that Li Xiang had already started to clean up.
"In the future …" Li Xiang wanted to say something, but in the end, he swallowed his words. Many promises that were spoken were like the moon in the water, giving people endless imagination. If they could not be fulfilled, it would cause even greater harm.
His sister's heart was actually very fragile. What he should do was not to peel her open and expose her to the outside world, nor to wrap her up layer by layer. Instead, he should let her be willing to one day bloom on her own.
After cleaning up, Li Xiang used the last half an hour before bed to read a book. He brought a book that introduced the university, so he could study it while he was at it.
As for this special ability, he did not pay attention to it for now. Holding the book in his hand, he thought that if he could become a player, there should be a way to cure his sister's leg. Only by solving the root of her problem would he be able to make her truly happy.
When Li Xiang was reading, Li Yetong would return to her real self. She would sit on the side and read quietly. Her face was cold, and she would occasionally frown.
Today, she was especially talkative. She repeatedly asked about the college entrance exam. She did not have the chance to participate, but she was very interested in it.
When she heard that Li Xiang fainted during the magic calculation exam, she exclaimed.
"Fainted again. Do you feel any discomfort? Do you want to go to the hospital? " Li Yetong asked in a chattering voice. He puffed up his cheeks as he mentioned the time when he almost fainted from fright.
Speaking of which, this was the second time the same thing happened.
That time, when Li Xiang was in his first year of high school, he suddenly fainted at home for half a day. Li Yetong, who was only 14 years old, was so scared that she almost fainted.
"It can't be some family disease, right? I read about it in the books." Li Yetong asked softly. Her paralysis came about because of this. When she was a child in kindergarten, she could still run and jump. Suddenly, she fainted. Since then, she became like this.
Because of this, the orphanage did not like her. Because of this, when something happened in the orphanage, people would often point the finger at the institution.
"Nonsense!" Li Xiang gently flicked her forehead and laughed. "Am I not as lively as a dragon and a tiger?"
"But it's a good thing, Brother. Sister Yu also told me before that after you fainted, your physical fitness improved by leaps and bounds. Your physical test results also shot up!" Li Yetong said with a smile, her eyebrows dancing with joy.
Li Xiang's expression suddenly changed. Last time? He had no memory of it, but his abnormal performance during the physical examination was indeed very unusual. This time, he had fainted before the physical examination. From the news he had received, his 15.7m/s speed was enough to crush all the other examinees, not to mention other things.
He was not sure if it had anything to do with this.
"Speaking of which, my palm is itching." He was too sensitive to his own hand. Li Xiang reached out his hand and felt a slight bump on his right palm. It seemed like there was something breaking through the skin, but he could not see it clearly.
Li Yetong touched it and said doubtfully, "No, I don't feel anything. I think you're not only hallucinating, you're also hallucinating now."
She laughed and the two of them played around for a while before calming down.
Under the dim light, Li Yetong suddenly opened her mouth.
"Right, brother, are you planning to go to a university in the north? If you go there, I'll go back to the orphanage. If you take me with you, eventually … "
"Pa —"
Li Xiang suddenly closed the book and interrupted her.
"No matter where I go, if I can't cure your leg and take you with me, I won't go. Li Yetong, there's nothing we can talk about. "
When he was reborn into this world, the biggest obsession in his heart was the death of his sister in his previous life. Now that there was a chance to take care of her again and give her a new life, Li Xiang naturally would not give it up so easily. He was determined to bring his sister to university. No matter what other people looked at him, no matter what they thought, they would not be able to shake his conviction.
"Go to sleep. I have exams tomorrow." Li Xiang put away the serious look on his face. He stood up and slowly picked up his sister who was still in a daze. She lowered her eyelashes and trembled a bit, but she said nothing.
Li Xiang made the quilt for her, tucked her in and turned off the light.
.....
The next morning, Li Xiang got up early and went for a jog.
He also digested all the information about the university in his head.
The Keihoku University that Fei Yujing was going to was one of the top ten universities in City 0001. It was one of the top universities in District 1 of the Subcontinent District 1, both in the field of Players and Steam Technology. Many students wanted to go there. In the past, there would only be one or two Keihoku University in a small county like Hou City.
Most of the students were not in these two fields.
If they had a strong enough goal, they could consider going to the National Military University of China. The official universities set up by the military were more systematic, with the best benefits and benefits. It was also very convenient for them to get a job. It was the best choice for many civilian students.
The students' envy and yearning for the soldiers of the military was a clue.
Of course, this was all based on the fact that the overall score was not good enough, especially when the magic circuit test was not ideal.
If they were qualified to become a player, all the students would try their best to use all kinds of connections to go to the top universities in the field of Players. They would even go to the special universities that only accepted players!
District 1 of the Subcontinent District 1 was a vast area. There were countless universities, many of which were famous in different continents, such as the Lighthouse Academy in City 0010 and the Shadow Tower in City 0962. They were all super universities that specialized in training players. They would also recruit some students through the Unified Enrollment Test. However, most of the students were recruited from the final test that all prospective students would take after the military training.
The probability of the students from these schools graduating and becoming a player was much higher than that of other schools.
Li Xiang's choice was very simple. For his sister's sake, he could either enter the best school, where the subsidies would be enough for them to live on, or simply choose a military university. The treatment of soldiers in the military was the best compared to that of other professions.
In this life, without the intervention of "tarot cards," he had more abilities and choices. He could totally choose a new life. The final choice would depend on the magic circuit test in the afternoon.
Of course, if possible, Li Xiang also wanted to become a player. He wanted to see the most different scenery in this world and have a deeper understanding of this profession, which was worshipped by countless people as a god and savior. He also wanted to know about the disasters that constantly invaded human beings and stretched for thousands of miles.
Li Xiang met a lot of students again when he returned to the library. After last night, the news of him being interviewed by Chief Examiner Bai Yuhan had not died down. In fact, there was a faint trend of it increasing. Many girls threw flirtatious glances at him. There were even bold students who took the initiative to greet him and get closer to him.
That was the reality. A young man who was very likely to become famous after taking the test was worth making friends with regardless of his status.
Naturally, there were a lot of strange looks in his eyes, but Li Xiang ignored them completely. After returning to the library, he went straight home to cook for his sister. His physical test results were indeed amazing. However, judging from the books in the library, it wasn't that amazing in District 1, not to mention the whole Subcontinent District and the whole world.
For someone who had lived two lives, this kind of thing didn't affect him much anymore.
After saying goodbye to his sister, Li Xiang changed into casual clothes and ran to the field where the magic circuit test was taking place.
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