Qinghe held his wine glass and swirled it around, his gaze wandering casually across the room, when he inadvertently caught sight of Yu Zhi Qiu.
She didn't seem to drink alcohol; her face flushed after just one sip. Coupled with her charming appearance and elegant, graceful demeanor, she attracted the attention of many.
Even so, no one dared to approach them. They had all witnessed the competition during the day, and no one wanted to be the first to speak up.
Qinghe paused for a moment, then turned to Li Jiang and asked, "Senior brother, do you know who this Yu Zhi Qiu is?"
Li Jiang put down her wine glass and looked at Yu Zhi Qiu. "The Yu family is not a famous family on the Chaos Continent. I have no impression of her."
Qinghe nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
After downing a glass of wine, Yu Zhi Qiu immediately exclaimed that she felt dizzy.
Mi'er: "Miss, are you alright? Why don't we go back and rest?"
Yu Zhi Qiu shook her head, "No, I've only just entered Tianqi Academy, I need to make a good impression."
"But……"
"Don't say anything more, I know what I'm doing." She picked up her wine glass again to accept the toast from others, but accidentally knocked her chopsticks off.
She bent down to pick it up, but another small hand appeared and picked it up for her.
"Thank you, little brother."
Shen Xun, with an obedient expression, handed the chopsticks to Yu Zhi Qiu, saying, "Sister, you are so beautiful." He even leaned forward to smell her, adding, "You smell so good too."
Yu Zhi Qiu was amused and covered her mouth with her hand, her movements elegant. "Little brother speaks so sweetly. Here, sister will give you something delicious."
Shen Xun took the pastry, smiled sweetly, took a bite, and said, "Sister, may I sit next to you?"
Yu Zhi Qiu glanced at the empty seat next to her and said, "Okay, come over here."
She had been wondering why there were such young children in the academy, but seeing Shen Xun's adorable appearance, she forgot all about it and just played with him, which also helped to ease the embarrassment of being forced to drink.
What's your name?
"Zhu Xun."
The two, one big and one small, chatted idly, thoroughly enjoying themselves. Shen Xun could feel a burning gaze watching him from the darkness. A slight smile appeared on his lips, then vanished, and he continued chatting with Yu Zhi Qiu as if nothing had happened.
Qinghe witnessed all of this.
Li Jiang had obviously noticed it too, but he didn't see Shen Xun's meaningful smile. He just teased, "You've fallen out of favor."
In the past, Shen Xun would always follow Qing He without question. Among this group, he interacted the most with Qing He, and he would ignore others when they spoke to him. No wonder Li Jiang said that.
Qinghe looked very sad. "Yes, I never thought I would fall out of favor one day."
Hearing this, Qi Rong smiled helplessly. He could tell that Qing He's attitude towards Shen Xun was just that of friends; otherwise, he wouldn't have allowed Shen Xun to stay by her side.
"But I really didn't expect that this brat could be so sweet-talking. He has never said that I am good-looking."
Li Jiang seemed a little drunk and mumbled, "That might be his true attitude; he's very honest."
Qinghe turned to him with a smile, "Senior Brother, I wonder if you've noticed that there's a girl over there who's been watching you."
"Really?" Li Jiang turned her head and her previously dizzy mind suddenly cleared up.
To be precise, I was woken up by fright.
The girl was burly and thick-waisted, with oily hair and a powdered face. Even several inches of white powder couldn't cover the pockmarks on her cheeks.
She looked at Li Jiang with an ambiguous expression, raising her eyebrows.
Qinghe patted his shoulder and said earnestly, "I respect my teachers and care about my fellow disciples the most. Senior brother, you are a golden bachelor now. How about I, your junior sister, play matchmaker for you two?"
Li Jiang slapped her hand away, hurriedly stood up and left the lobby, her disheveled figure could be described as "scrambling and crawling".
Qinghe was pleased and continued drinking, his gaze fixed on Shen Xun's direction, lost in thought.
...
The night was as still as water.
As soon as Fang Yi went outside, Li Jiang patted her chest and muttered to herself, "That scared me to death."
A hand touched his back. "Young master, why did you come out? Was the banquet too boring?"
Li Jiang stiffly turned her head, and a large face appeared before her.
He abruptly stepped back to create distance, saying, "Young lady, men and women should not touch each other. Please have some self-respect."
The girl approached him with hesitant steps, saying things that made him uncomfortable, "Oh, young master, don't be so cold. We're all adults, it's normal to talk about love."
Li Jiang said coldly, "I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave first." With that, she turned and left.
To his surprise, the world spun around him in the next instant, and he felt a strong wave of dizziness that he couldn't resist.
He strained to look at the girl, his eyes filled with anger and suspicion. "Who...who are you?"
The girl stepped forward to help him up, and whispered in his ear, "I won't tell you."
The voice was beautiful, with a seductive and alluring quality.
Li Jiang frowned. The voice seemed familiar, but given his current state, he definitely couldn't remember it.
My body felt heavier and heavier until I could no longer hold on and I fainted.
In his last moments before losing consciousness, he saw that huge face slowly approaching him, and at that moment, a sentence popped into his mind—
Junior sister, thank you.
...
A ray of morning sunlight slanted in through the window, and the person in bed stirred a few times and slowly opened their eyes.
After a while, the man suddenly remembered something and sat up abruptly.
He glanced at his clothes, which were still relatively neat, and breathed a sigh of relief like a woman who thought she had lost her virginity.
He glanced around the room; there was no one else there, but the faint, lingering fragrance in the air told him that what had happened last night was real.
Li Jiang sat on the bed in a daze for a while, then got out of bed and poured a cup of tea, but she only poured it without drinking it, just holding the cup in a daze.
This situation continued until lunchtime.
"Young Master Qi, when will my father wake up?" Zhuge Changdeng asked, his voice filled with undisguised anxiety.
Qi Rong said, "The sealing is a bit troublesome and will take some time. Don't worry."
Zhuge Changdeng nodded, his expression softening slightly.
Liu Yuntai suddenly said, "By the way, Brother Li and I went to the academy's library earlier, but we found the gate was tightly closed and no one could enter. What's going on?"
Luo Fan explained, "The library has tens of millions of books, and the classification is very complex. We recently received a new batch of books, so we temporarily closed the doors. We will only reopen the doors after all the books have been classified."
"I see."
Qing nudged Shen Xun with her elbow, "Was the snack you got by behaving well last night delicious?"
Shen Xun, focused on eating and drinking tea, casually replied, "It's alright."
Qinghe's eyes darted around, and she whispered, "What's your ulterior motive for getting close to Yu Zhi Qiu? You can't be just deliberately getting close to her because she's pretty, can you?"
Shen Xun glanced at her and said, "Of course I'm attracted to her beauty. Unlike you, you don't have a single womanly quality."
Qing slammed his fist on the table and shouted, "Who said that? I'm so beautiful, who said I don't look like a woman! If you want to talk about women, you should see that one from last night. That's the one who really doesn't look like a woman. Senior brother, don't you think so?"
Li Jiang was still in a daze when he heard someone calling him. He came back to his senses and said, "What?"
Qinghe: "It's that woman who looked at you with that ambiguous expression last night. Do you think she's pretty?"
Li Jiang gripped her teacup tightly. "I don't know."
He paused, stood up, and walked out. Behind him, Qinghe murmured, "What's wrong, Senior Brother? Something seems off..."
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