After Bai Tong had forgiven her, the sun was already about to set.
Seeing the time, Bai Tong decided not to continue.
As soon as Bai Tong announced the end of class, Lin Qiufeng seemed like a different person.
She grabbed Bai Ling’s hand and headed outside, not forgetting to remind her, “Let’s go eat!”
“Yeah, let’s go!” Bai Ling had no objections.
She felt a bit helpless about Lin Qiufeng’s forcefulness, but just let her pull her along.
After all, Bai Ling really valued her friends.
In her previous life, she didn’t have many friends—her only confidant back then was her younger sister.
When they reached the classroom door, a figure appeared out of nowhere like a ghost, blocking their way.
The person leaned against the doorframe with one hand, legs crossed, and held a bouquet of roses in the other.
He had short, messy blond hair and bright green eyes that were so striking and enchanting, it was as if he was a masterpiece crafted by the heavens, drawing everyone’s attention.
Whenever you looked at his oval face, you couldn’t help but be drawn to those eyes—they were just too captivating.
The sudden appearance of this figure startled Lin Qiufeng, who was walking in front.
She was so shocked she almost crashed into his arms, but luckily Bai Ling reacted quickly and pulled her back, or she really might have bumped into him.
Startled, Lin Qiufeng bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
She glared angrily at the handsome stranger in front of her, completely unmoved by his eyes, as if she hadn’t even noticed them, and snapped, “Who are you? Why are you blocking us?”
This person was Qiao Shan, the one who had been staring at Bai Ling from the start of class until the end.
From the moment he appeared, he’d kept this pose, though it hadn’t been that long.
Qiao Shan hadn’t said a word.
After hearing Lin Qiufeng’s question, Qiao Shan finally reacted.
He stepped past Lin Qiufeng and stood in front of Bai Ling, who was being pulled along by her.
Then, in a very gentlemanly manner, he placed his right hand over his chest, bowed slightly, and greeted her, “Xiao Ling, we finally meet again.
This is a gift for our reunion—I hope you’ll accept it.” With that, he handed the bouquet of roses to Bai Ling.
Bai Ling took it without hesitation and smiled back at him, “Yeah, it’s been a while.”
Bai Ling didn’t really dislike this guy who’d been following her around since they were kids.
In fact, she found him kind of funny and silly—having someone like him around as a half-jester was actually pretty nice.
What Bai Ling didn’t understand was why Bai Ting didn’t like this guy and always told her to stay away from him.
But Bai Ling just let those warnings go in one ear and out the other—she could tell Bai Ting was just sulking, though she had no idea why.
Qiao Shan was over the moon when he heard Bai Ling respond.
He’d been worried that after all this time, she’d forgotten about him.
Honestly, he’d been a little nervous when he greeted her, afraid she wouldn’t remember him.
But thankfully, she hadn’t forgotten.
Meanwhile, Lin Qiufeng was still a bit annoyed as Qiao Shan walked past her.
How could he just ignore her when she spoke to him? That was so rude—didn’t he know that? But when she heard what he said to Bai Ling and was about to scold him again for his rudeness, the words caught in her throat and she didn’t say anything.
Even though she didn’t scold him, she couldn’t help her curiosity and changed her approach, “Wait, do you two know each other?”
“Yeah, we’ve been good friends since we were little!” This time, Qiao Shan finally answered her, which made Lin Qiufeng’s attitude toward him soften a bit.
But Qiao Shan still only looked at Bai Ling as he spoke, never glancing at Lin Qiufeng.
That little bit of goodwill she’d just felt immediately dropped again.
“Emmm, he’s just been to my house a few times, that’s all.” Bai Ling chimed in from the side, her tone casual and noncommittal.
“Uh…” Qiao Shan had expected Bai Ling to say yes, but he hadn’t thought she’d give such a vague answer.
“Oh~! I see.” Lin Qiufeng gave Qiao Shan a meaningful look.
Now things were getting awkward.
Bai Ling just covered her mouth and snickered, wanting to mess with Qiao Shan a bit.
But honestly, they really had only met a few times—remembering him at all was already pretty good.
“Ahem, let’s not talk about that.
Were you two about to go eat?” Qiao Shan faked a couple of coughs to cover up the awkwardness and changed the subject.
“Yeah, we were just about to.
Want to come with us?”
“Sure, let’s go together!”
Hearing Bai Ling invite this not-so-ugly guy to eat with them, Lin Qiufeng kept giving her a knowing look, even letting out a few creepy “hehehe” laughs.
The three of them went up to the second floor of the cafeteria.
It wasn’t packed, but most of the seats were taken.
They sat down at a table by the window, and Qiao Shan immediately offered to order, “What do you want? It’s on me.”
“Oh, we couldn’t possibly, that’s not right—I’ll pay!” Lin Qiufeng looked embarrassed.
She’d already been treated to lunch, and now someone wanted to pay again—she just couldn’t accept that.
But she hadn’t brought much money, and as she said that, she felt a bit anxious.
She couldn’t help but blush at her own poverty.
Bai Ling seemed to sense Lin Qiufeng’s embarrassment, or maybe she was just being casual, “Don’t worry, just let him pay.
He’s not short on cash anyway.”
Bai Ling didn’t think a noble would have trouble paying for two people’s meals.
“Well… okay, then I won’t be polite.
I’ll just have the original chicken rice.” Lin Qiufeng was a bit embarrassed, so she just ordered the cheapest thing as a token gesture.
“I’ll have a serving of magic rhino meat, a portion of ling yuan, and a fire blaze drink.” Bai Ling ordered a few things too.
But unlike Lin Qiufeng, Bai Ling only picked the expensive stuff.
When he heard her order, Qiao Shan’s eye twitched hard.
But for Bai Ling, he was willing to grit his teeth—anything for her was worth it.
You had to know, these were all things that could boost a mage’s magic affinity.
Magic rhinos were group-dwelling monsters with strong territorial instincts—if someone wandered into their territory, they’d all attack together, and they coordinated really well, so it was hard for anyone to kill even one.
As for ling yuan, they lived alone but were very strong, with plenty of magic power, thick skin, and were even tougher than cockroaches—super hard to kill, like pulling teeth from a tiger.
Fire blaze was a drink made by slowly simmering fire blaze chicken.
It could refresh the mind and help mages focus when drawing magic circles.
So everything Bai Ling ordered was useful for mages.
Lin Qiufeng gave Bai Ling a weird look from the side, thinking, “Is Xiao Ling really such a big eater? How come I never knew?”
Bai Ling, always paying attention to Lin Qiufeng, noticed her subtle expression and explained, “This is for you, so don’t be shy!”
