Chapter 219

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After waking up from a nap, three days had passed. Finally, on the morning of the fourth day, Mu Jiao was able to continue her military training normally.

Of course, after Mu Jiao woke up and found herself feeling fine, Huo Qi personally told her about the series of events that happened after he fainted in public on the training ground.

After hearing this shocking news, Mu Jiao's joy at her physical strength upgrade disappeared in an instant.

Sure enough, life can’t be too perfect?

After tossing and turning all night yesterday, Mu Jiao had to face the reality - her peaceful college life was now a thing of the past.

Even though Mu Jiao had lived in seclusion for years, she knew just how famous the Second Prince, Huo Qi Rex, was. Even though he had long since faded from the media spotlight, he still had countless supporters...

Mu Jiao naturally wouldn't blame Huo Qi; after all, he was desperate and trying to save her. But facing the public scrutiny that followed, as someone with a bit of social anxiety, she couldn't help but feel uneasy.

After tossing and turning all night, Mu Jiao got up early the next day and arrived at the training ground half an hour in advance, because she didn't want to be stared at.

It’s just a pity that as time goes by, the empty training ground, except for Mu Jiao, will be filled with students who arrive here one after another.

Mu Jiao, standing in her own class seat, tried her best to reduce her presence, but she still couldn't "escape" everyone's sharp gaze...

Si Xiaobai, male, is a freshman majoring in mecha manufacturing. He has average talent but is very hardworking. Otherwise, he would not have been able to enter this university ranked 30th in the empire.

Early this morning, he and his "diligent roommate" arrived at the training ground twenty minutes early as usual to "make up for one's shortcomings with hard work."

But they didn't expect someone to arrive earlier than them today, so Si Xiaobai, who always had a good impression of hardworking people, looked at the other person with a bit of respect... Then, this person looked quite familiar. Hey, isn't this...

"Oh my God, look, look, it's her!! It's her!!!" Si Xiaobai is not tall, but his voice is loud.

In the silent training ground, with his exclamation, Mu Jiao instantly became the focus of attention.

"Ao! Did you see a ghost so early in the morning?! Don't you know what your natural ability is? Why are you pinching my arm? You are so strong! It hurts! Hiss--" The roommate who was "accidentally injured" by Si Xiaobai wailed, rubbed his thick arm, and looked at Si Xiaobai with a resentful face.

"Ha... I'm just... too excited. Sorry, sorry, but look, Mu Jiao, the girl your idol took away three days ago!!!"

Roommate: “!!!” Turning his head in the direction of Si Xiaobai’s finger, Lan Qi looked at her with a murderous look, wanting to see which “little devil” had kidnapped his idol.

Lan Qi's superb eyesight allowed him to instantly lock onto a petite and delicate figure.

Mu Jiao was startled by Si Xiaobai's sudden shout and looked in their direction.

Delicate, cute, fair and tender, with big, clear eyes that were slightly rounded due to being frightened, red lips and white teeth... Lan Qi looked at Mu Jiao with a somewhat "killing" look in his eyes, and then he softened completely.

This girl is so "kawaii", too cute, click on it! In short, Lan Qi can no longer muster up the "murderous" aura to look at this "little cutie". As a otaku, the person not far away looks... simply, it completely hits all his cute spots!

What Lan Qi is worried about now is not which "little devil" is going to kidnap his idol, but - is it possible that his idol, the noble Second Prince of the Empire... is actually a "kidnapper"?

Otherwise, where did he find this little cutie? Why didn't he have the same luck?

Lan Qi was just about to chat with Si Xiaobai, expressing his mixed feelings at the moment, when a discordant voice interrupted...

"Is this the girl that the Second Prince took away? Haha, she looks just like that~"

"Of course I am. I heard from their classmates that they are always at the bottom of the class during every training session and are always punished to run laps!"

"That's pretty useless! I don't know what her relationship with the Second Prince is? The Second Prince actually hugged her."

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Lan Qi turned around and saw that several girls with unfriendly faces had walked over to them and were standing not far behind them. They must have heard Si Xiaobai's roar, so they stared at Mu Jiao and started discussing. There was mostly sarcasm and disdain in their words, but the jealousy in their eyes from time to time revealed their true thoughts.

Lan Qi frowned, then rolled his eyes at the girls and turned his head back. As a grown man, he naturally couldn't say anything about the jealousy between the girls.

However, in his heart, no matter whether Mu Jiao was useless or not, just because of her cute appearance that hit all his cute spots, the scale in his heart had already tilted towards Mu Jiao who was standing not far away.

As for idols, as a homebody, Lan Qi has already forgotten about them. Compared to the cool and invincible big men (qi), it is obvious that soft and cute girls are more popular! Wow... so cute

Bai Lulu, who was surrounded by these girls, looked at Mu Jiao with disdain in her eyes, but she always showed her "kind and innocent" character, so she naturally wouldn't say anything bad about Mu Jiao. She glanced at someone else and saw that someone else seemed to be coming over, so she said gently to the few "lackeys" around her:

"We're still unclear about what's going on. Everyone, please don't say anything. Maybe he's a relative of the Second Prince or something like that."

Dogleg Number One: "Lulu, you are too naive. How could she be a relative of the Second Prince if she is such a loser?"

Lackey Number Two: "Yes, even though the Second Prince is ill (whispering), he is of noble birth and excellent bloodline. How could he have such a poor relative? I've been investigating this over the past few days, and this Mu Jiao is actually a second-class citizen. Not to mention being a relative of the Second Prince, she's not even qualified to be a relative of Lulu!!"

Listening to the compliments and ridicule of Mu Jiao by the people around her, Bai Lulu was satisfied in her heart, but pretended to be surprised:

"Really? Then she actually knows the Second Prince!!! This is incredible!!"

Dogleg Number Three immediately added: "What's so incredible about that! Look at her. I heard that some of the more powerful the talents, the more they 'like' this kind of thing... It's just a plaything..."

Lan Qi couldn't stand the increasingly vulgar words that were being hurled at him any longer, so he turned his head and looked at the girls with disdain. Then he turned back and said loudly to Si Xiaobai beside him:

"Xiaobai, let's go. We don't want to be gossipers. It's getting late. We should use the time we have to familiarize ourselves with yesterday's match before military training begins and take care of our own three-point field."

Si Xiaobai: “…”

Bai Lulu and a lackey: "..." How unreasonable!

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Naturally, there were more than just Lan Qi and Si Xiaobai, freshmen from the Imperial United University, who got up early to arrive at the training ground. A few minutes later, students began to enter the training ground one after another.

As time went by, Mu Jiao's surroundings were filled with classmates. It was still early in the morning and the instructors hadn't arrived yet, so the freshmen were naturally more relaxed.

Through word of mouth, all the freshmen who entered the training ground knew that the girl who was taken away by the Second Prince three days ago had arrived this morning.

Some were staring secretly, some were whispering, some were looking at me unkindly... But fortunately, so far, no one had dared to come forward and ask questions.

It was not until five minutes before the military training began, when the instructors arrived, that Mu Jiao's stiff body relaxed slightly.