Lu Yibei used a straw to break the seal.
Ji Qingqian took the juice with both hands, took a sip, and then...
"It's so delicious... Is it only one cup?"
"Otherwise what?"
Lu Yibei looked around but couldn't find a trash can, so he stuffed the straw into his pocket: "I'm not going to buy you a juice just because you're not in military training, am I? This was originally for me, you're lucky."
The two sat down on the floor at the top of the stairs.
There are usually very few people here, and it's quite shady.
According to the rules, after Ji Qingqian escorted her classmate to the infirmary, she should immediately return to her own class to participate in military training.
However, rules are rigid, but people are flexible.
Lu Yibei believed that Monkey King wouldn't be so unreasonable.
Ji Qingqian held the juice glass and brought the straw close to Lu Yibei's face:
Do you want a drink?
Lu Yibei: ...
The straw was wet.
I don't know if it's water vapor from the ice, orange juice, or...
The saliva of the heroine Qingqian?
Lu Yibei looked into Ji Qingqian's eyes, which were calm and clear, as if he were saying something as trivial as "I'll give you a piece of candy."
Lu Yibei was somewhat dazed for a moment.
Judging from the first time she accidentally drank his water, the female knight should know that there is a difference between men and women.
But judging from the second time they ate hotpot, she stuffed her chopsticks into his mouth, and the current situation, she seems to care about anything else.
Lu Yibei stared at the straw for a long while; he was frozen in place.
But in Ji Qingqian's view, Lu Yibei seemed to be indifferent.
"Oh, you're disgusted?" Ji Qingqian said indifferently.
"without."
"Hmph~"
"...Then I'll drink it, okay?"
"Even if you want a drink, I won't give it to you."
Despite Ji Qingqian's words, after taking a big gulp herself, she still shoved the straw to Lu Yibei's lips.
Lu Yibei opened his mouth and took a shallow breath.
It really tastes good.
It's sweeter than usual.
Reason told him it was an illusion.
His intuition told him that perhaps Qingqian's mouth was sweet.
His moral compass told him that if he continued to think about this issue, he would be going astray, you know?
Lu Yibei instinctively glanced at the heroine's peach-blossom red lips. She was in military training, so she definitely wasn't wearing makeup, but the color of her lips was just right—any more would look vulgar, and any less would make her look pale and lacking vitality.
Lu Yibei felt that Ji Qingqian was just right in many ways.
Too much is too much, too little is not enough.
These elements came together perfectly, shaping this seemingly perfect young woman.
Ji Qingqian noticed Lu Yibei's gaze on her. She bit her straw and quietly shifted her bottom a little to the other side.
Lu Yibei noticed this small action.
"...Was your step back a serious action?" he asked, a small movement that caused such great harm.
"I'm sweating, and I smell." She was a little embarrassed.
"You only remembered now??"
"Um."
Lu Yibei was helpless. When playing games or making lewd jokes, this female warrior's reactions were as fast as a god, but at other times she was a complete idiot.
Lu Yibei also shifted his body closer to Ji Qingqian, maintaining the distance he had maintained earlier.
"Same here, I sweated too, and I smelled too."
Ji Qingqian looked at Lu Yibei very seriously:
"Is it possible that I mean you have a scent?"
“…”
Lu Yibei remained silent, then slapped his thigh: "Fine, I'll leave!"
Ji Qingqian immediately grabbed the boy's wrist and said in a cool, clear voice:
"You have no sense of humor."
"Then why don't you smile?"
"Hehe."
Her forced smile didn't seem like she was joking at all, but the warmth from her palm on Lu Yibei's wrist told him that she was indeed joking.
Ji Qingqian took another sip of juice, lightly flicked the hair tie on Lu Yibei's wrist, then let go and stood up.
"According to the rules of the martial arts world, if I help you, you have to help me too."
"…What?"
Are you still going to class?
"A real man skips class when he says he will, and there's no reason to skip only half of it."
"Then take me back."
"…good."
Although Ji Qingqian was able to chat with Lu Yibei during this brief moment, it was only for a short while.
If she gets back late, not only will Monkey King be angry... he'll probably have to send someone to look for her.
After all, they are students, and even at school, the instructors are afraid that something might happen to them under their noses.
In fact, just as Lu Yibei had predicted.
Instructor Sun Bing glanced at the time, muttered about why the girl hadn't returned yet, and decided to find a relatively strong boy to check on her, fearing that something might have happened to her on the way.
He set his sights on Chen Wei, the man who had previously challenged and defeated him:
"You go check on Ji Qingqian..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Wei was about to accept the order.
Then they heard Ma Jiaojiao shout, "Reporting, Instructor! Ji Qingqian is back!"
She pointed into the distance.
Everyone looked over and indeed saw Ji Qingqian's figure there.
However, it wasn't just Ji Qingqian.
The aloof school beauty was accompanied by a tall, thin boy. Although the students in this class were not familiar with him, they were not strangers either.
It's the same one that happened twice before...
"Uh, Lu... Senior Yibei?"
"Why is he with Ji Qingqian?"
"How would I know, you're asking me?"
"No, they knew each other before?"
"Have you forgotten that Ji Qingqian rejected Chen Wei but accepted the reward from Senior Lu... Even if they didn't know each other before, they should have known each other by then, right?"
"I don't acknowledge it! I absolutely refuse to acknowledge this relationship!"
"They're a perfect match, a match made in heaven, why are you, a monster, objecting?"
"If Goddess Ji were in a relationship, I would only be heartbroken once, but since she's dating Senior Lu, I've been heartbroken twice!"
"...Knowing the Heavens is easy, but defying the Heavens is difficult!"
Ma Jiaojiao was also utterly astonished. Wait, wasn't Ji Qingqian supposed to have taken Chu Chu to the infirmary? Why is it Senior Lu who's back instead?
Ji Qingqian didn't have her phone with her either... How did the two of them get in touch?
"Was it a chance encounter?" someone said.
The heated discussion then subsided.
"Yes, it must have been a chance encounter."
"...What a coincidence that the two of you are together."
Just when everyone thought that Ji Qingqian and Lu Yibei had simply happened to walk the same stretch of road.
As Ji Qingqian approached, she shoved the half-finished glass of juice in her hand into Lu Yibei's.
Everyone: ??
What's going on?
"Just leave it here."
Ji Qingqian said softly to Lu Yibei, "I can't finish the juice. It will taste bad if I leave it in the sun for a while. You can take it back."
Lu Yibei glanced at Sun Bing's direction.
Monkey King didn't know what expression to use to face all this... He had warned Lu Yibei before that this girl was hard to pursue, but only a few days later, they were already drinking from the same cup of water?
“…Hmm,” Lu Yibei said.
"Also, I'll be fine, I'm in great shape, don't worry," Ji Qingqian added.
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