"There's probably no future." Xia Xiang came out and saw Jiu Wu waiting not far away. She was unusually kind to the two of them. "Bye-bye, my parents are here."

"Is she still angry, or not?" Hu Yanjing turned to ask Ren Chenfeng.

Ren Chenfeng shook his head; he didn't know either.

Xia Xiang, unaware of their confusion, skipped happily toward Jiu Wu—

On the bus

"Did you have fun at school today?" Jiu Wu took her schoolbag and put it away.

"It's not fun," Xia Xiang continued, echoing Jiu Wu's words. "Can I not go? I regret it! I shouldn't have agreed to my mom's request!"

“Of course… no way! It’s too late to back out!” Jiu Wu replied with a smile.

Xia Xiang snorted and ignored him.

For a while, Jiu Wu remained silent, quietly looking at the book in his hands. It was Xia Xiang who couldn't hold back any longer.

"Brother Jiuwu~ I haven't seen you all day, I really miss you~" Xia Xiang said in a high-pitched voice as she leaned closer to him.

Jiu Wu couldn't help but shudder. "Just say what you want to say. Don't torture my ears like this. I'm getting goosebumps all over."

"Do me a favor!" Xia Xiang's round eyes narrowed into slits as she returned to her normal tone.

Jiu Wu raised an eyebrow, remained silent, and looked at Xia Xiang with a half-smile.

"Brother Jiuwu~ Please do me a favor~" Xia Xiang continued to plead in a high-pitched voice.

"Okay, okay, I'll help, I'll definitely help!" Jiu Lai poked his head out of the passenger seat with a bitter face to stop Xia Xiang from causing any more trouble.

"Brother, please have mercy and quickly agree to this trap, otherwise my ears and the driver's ears will be deafened by her, it's very dangerous."

"Jiu Lai, what are you doing here? I knew something was missing! Turns out I forgot about you." Xia Xiang was startled by Jiu Lai's sudden voice, and even her trembling voice disappeared.

“I’ve been here for a while, but some people only see their brother Jiuwu and don’t care about their brother Jiulai at all.” Jiulai mimicked Xia Xiang’s voice.

Xia Xiang: "......I lost, you damn clamp!"

Jiu Lai: "Hehehe~"

"Cough, you say," Jiu Wu couldn't stand the two childish kids.

"Speak frankly?" Xia Xiang asked tentatively.

"Speak frankly"

"Let Hu Yanjing and Ren Chenfeng turn back. I don't like it." Xia Xiang said this in a very serious tone. She didn't like to force anyone, nor did she like anyone to force her.

Seeing her feigned serious expression, Jiu Wu almost laughed, but fearing she would get angry, he held it in. "Isn't it good to have friends from the superpower world?"

"My fearsome reputation is known to everyone in the superpower world, so who would want to be my friend?" Xia Xiang said proudly, her cheerful demeanor returning. "I only want to be friends with those cute, cuddly Muggle classmates."

"You know you have a bad reputation, huh?" Jiu Lai teased, turning around, which earned him a roll of his eyes from Xia Xiang. "You've beaten up almost every kid you meet. No wonder you're not popular."

Xia Xiang objected to this, her eyes widening as she retorted, "I never attacked them first; I was always on the defensive."

"Sometimes I'm very lenient with them, I don't even beat them in one move, I secretly let them have a chance! They're not only bad, but they also isolate me!"

"Okay, okay," Jiu Lai quickly admitted defeat when he saw Xia Xiang was furious.

"If you plead with my brother to let me go to elementary school, I'll tell everyone I meet that you're beautiful and kind, and clear your name. How about that?"

After finishing speaking, Jiu Lai continued to say to himself, "I really don't want to go to this elementary school. I, Jiu Da Chang Lao Lai, with my super high supernatural talent, should be fighting on the front line against dark forces. How could I come to be a soft and cute elementary school student?"

"I think so too," Xia Xiang and Jiu Lai gave each other a high five in unison.

Let whoever wants to be the elementary school student be it!

"You two are dreaming," Jiu Wu said, ignoring them and directly refusing.

"You can't get into the Royal Guard if you don't go to school, and the education in your family is much stricter than that in Muggle schools. You should be grateful that you can go to school."

"If I can't go, then I'll just roam the world. Maybe I'll be the next celestial being to rival the Divine Walker!" Jiu Lai said with longing.

The car fell silent instantly.

Xia Xiang, Jiu Wu: "......"

Even Jiu Lai, who rarely felt embarrassed, silently shut his mouth.

"Jiu~Wu~Brother~..." Xia Xiang whined again, but was interrupted before she could even begin.

"No," Jiu Wu refused again. "You should talk to the alliance leader about your two friends yourself."

Xia Xiang muttered to herself, "Who would have such a stupid friend?"

Fine, don't bother helping! I'll write this down, and you'll be kneeling down and calling me "sister" later!

But now she lowered her head—

"No, I can't tell Uncle Alliance Leader directly. He means well, worried that I won't be used to the unfamiliar environment. I can't refuse." Xia Xiang was a little troubled. How could she refuse such kind concern?

This includes the meals her mother made when she went back to Xia Lanxingde's house on weekends, meals that were practically biological weapons. Every time she finished eating them, she looked like she had suffered internal injuries, but she still had to eat them with a smile.

Jiu Wu: "You and I are just this direct?"

"You're so weird! Just say what you said!" Xia Xiang rolled her eyes at him, then tried to get closer, putting her arm around Jiu Wu's shoulder and playing the emotional card.

"We're like family, we've been through war together. Have you forgotten who healed you and dragged you back when you were nine years old and fought eight Nightmare Demons with the Nine Steps Ghost-Capturing Hand?"

"All I remember is that you secretly came out with me and were almost carried away by demons, which resulted in me being beaten fifty times. I fought eight Nightmare Demons single-handedly without getting hurt, but was punished by being confined to bed for a week."

Jiu Wu pinched Xia Xiang's fair face and gritted his teeth, "Besides, I was so excited that I bit my tongue, not that I vomited blood and fainted. When you, my terrible teammate, pulled me up, you even made me hit my head on a rock!"

"I was wrong, Brother Jiuwu. I was only three years old then. Please forgive me, I'm so magnanimous." Xia Xiang immediately backed down and quickly apologized.

"From now on, I promise I won't take the snacks from Master Shenxingzhe's place from you anymore. What's mine is yours too."

"What about mine?" Jiu Wu pointed to himself.

"It's still yours," Xia Xiang replied tactfully, even giving him a perfunctory shoulder massage.

"Okay, but we still need to ask for their opinion." Jiu Wu pulled her to sit up straight, which was considered his agreement.

Xia Xiang suddenly had a stroke, "Why didn't you ask for their opinions before?"

Jiu Wu covered her face, "My little cutie, the leader is only responsible for asking questions."

Xia Xiang instantly understood: "Oh~ that's really complicated. No wonder you guys can be leaders."

--the next day--

Xia Xiang, unusually, didn't sleep in. Humming a cheerful tune, she went downstairs to eat breakfast with her schoolbag on her back.

After breakfast, the three of them went to school together. Xia Xiang was inexplicably happy along the way, which puzzled Jiu Wu and Jiu Lai.

Hahaha, those two little idiots are gone, and no one will bother her anymore, hahahaha—ha?