"Xu Heyu?" Sensing that something was off about him, Qiao Mei waved her right hand in front of his eyes. "Are you feeling unwell today? Or are you experiencing some aftereffects from that fainting spell before?"
Xu Heyu snapped out of her reverie, concealing the deep thought in her blue eyes, and shook her head: "No, there's just something I don't quite understand. Did you call me because you have a question for me?"
Qiao Mei nodded, but when her gaze fell on his blank book, she added, "But it seems you haven't been paying attention in class, so you probably can't answer my questions. You..."
"No problem, I've already previewed it beforehand and have a general idea of what the teacher will talk about."
His expression was confident, and it didn't seem like he was faking it.
Qiao Mei knew that he was the male protagonist of the book's world and must be top-notch in terms of intelligence. After a moment of hesitation, she asked her question directly.
Sure enough, he not only knew how to answer the question, but also gave her several solutions.
"The next class is a practical class. If there's anything you don't understand then, you can continue to ask me. Chasing Wind is a natural counter to Thunder Dragon, so you should have learned a lot by the end of today's class."
Qiao Mei nodded, just about to send a message to Ao Cang via her personal terminal to tell him about her situation.
Xu Heyu's voice continued to come from beside her, interrupting her.
"Little Rose, I have something I'd like to ask you. I wonder if you have time to have lunch with me?"
If it were a small matter, he would have asked about it now.
Upon hearing that he needed her to have lunch with him, Qiao Mei vaguely guessed that what he was about to say was unusual. After thinking for a while, she asked him if she could bring someone along.
"Boss Shang just received the compensation in Star Coins from the Wan family. He said he wanted to treat us to dinner on Saturday and Sunday, but we wouldn't have time then. How about we have lunch today? The academy is preparing for the school anniversary celebration this afternoon and there won't be any classes?"
The 50th anniversary celebration of the Federal Academy is just around the corner. Including today, it will officially begin in three days.
Such important matters are insignificant compared to classes, so afternoon classes are usually moved to the morning if possible, and to the afternoon if not.
Anyway, there won't be any classes in the afternoon, so there will be plenty of time to prepare for the school anniversary celebration.
Xu Heyu had no objections, because the question he wanted to ask wasn't something he couldn't say.
"However, I still hope that when I ask you, we can be alone together as much as possible."
He was afraid he wouldn't be able to resist asking more questions.
Since she was allowed to bring people, Qiao Mei had already guessed that Xu Heyu wouldn't ask any questions that were too inappropriate, so she had no objections and nodded in agreement.
Classes ended at noon.
After putting away the puppet Thunder Dragon, Qiao Mei made a video call to Ao Cang using her personal terminal to explain the situation on her end.
"Ask Boss Shang if he can bring one more person. If not, I'll treat you."
It's just a meal; she can afford to treat us.
Shang Duojin was packing his schoolbag beside Ao Cang when he heard what Qiao Mei said and clicked his tongue.
"It's just one person, of course I can take care of him, especially since it's Senior Xu, I definitely have to take care of him."
The year Qiao Mei's personality changed drastically, when he and Shu Qingqing almost failed their courses, they relied on Xu Heyu and Ao Cang for help.
It was during that time that they discovered Xu and Yu were really great people and very suitable to be friends.
Now that Qiao Mei herself doesn't mind that she was once engaged to him, he certainly doesn't.
"You guys just go straight to the fifth floor of the academy cafeteria. I, the bad woman, and Cang Ao will be there in a bit."
The teaching buildings are different, and the distance from the college cafeteria is also different. If Qiao Mei and Xu Heyu come to find them again, they will have to go through the crowded streets, and they may not even be able to find a seat in the cafeteria.
"Okay, then I'll go with Senior Xu first. I'll order you some drinks while I'm at it, it's on me."
Although it's already autumn, the lingering heat of late summer is still quite intense.
Qiao Mei knew that Ao Cang was sensitive to heat, so she specially added ice to his drink when he ordered it.
Standing next to her, Xu Heyu watched her focus so intently on a drink and already guessed who she was doing this for.
But in all those past lives he dreamt about, the one who was treated like that by her was him.
Having ordered some drinks, Xu Heyu decided to ask Qiao Mei before Ao Cang and the others arrived.
He gripped his iced drink tightly, his voice a little hesitant as he asked, "Little Rose, have you ever had any strange dreams? Like, the kind that involve the past?"
"Involving the past? What do you mean?"
Xu Heyu took a deep breath and put it bluntly: "It's similar to what happened in my past life. I don't know if you've ever done it."
Qiao Mei was stunned when he said that.
Instead of answering him first, she asked about the Book of the World in her mind.
"Could his past life be the ending he had in the original book? But why would he suddenly dream about it?"
The Book of the World did not answer immediately, but waited a while before telling Qiao Mei.
No, it's probably just a strange dream he had. Even if the characters in the book have their lives altered because of your arrival, they would never know they are characters from a book, nor would they know their original fate.
Qiao Mei thought so too, since Xu Heyu had no way of finding out.
If we really knew, wouldn't the world in this book be thrown into chaos?
So he looked at Xu Heyu again and shook his head: "No, why would you suddenly ask that? Did you do it?"
Xu Heyu didn't hide anything: "Yes, in the dream, our relationship was even better than it is now, and..."
"Sister Qiao!!"
"JoJo!! We're here!!"
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Shang Duojin and Shu Qingqing's voices, so he could only swallow his words and look at Ao Cang, who was being personally greeted by Qiao Mei. The sourness in his eyes was so strong that even the Golden Claw White Wolf Zhui Feng could feel it.
"Senior Xu, did Sister Qiao cause you any trouble in class?" Shang Duojin plopped down between Xu Heyu and Qiao Mei, and pulled Shu Qingqing over as well, completely separating them.
Seeing that there was no place for Ao Cang to sit, Qiao Mei got up and went around to sit on the opposite side.
Xu Heyu noticed the change in seating arrangement and looked at Qiao Mei, who was suddenly much further away from him, and his resentment grew stronger.
If that dream were real, the distance between him and her shouldn't be this far now.
All the variables, if you really want to say, are only...
Xu Heyu's gaze quickly fell on the thunder dragon wrapped around Qiao Mei's arm. While talking to Shang Duojin, he kept thinking about why Qiao Mei, who didn't know the Dragon God at all, would find it and choose it.
Most importantly, it also gave her a response.
He ate lunch quickly, and seeing that Qiao Mei had almost finished eating, he asked her if she could go with him to the rooftop of the cafeteria, as he hadn't finished asking the questions he wanted to ask earlier.
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