The crisis had been resolved, but only temporarily.
The Night of the Fifteenth was still far from over. Outside the Teaching Building's main entrance, silence descended once more.
Everyone remained on full alert, vigilantly watching their surroundings.
"I'm sorry."
The girl's voice came out of nowhere.
Lu Ran turned his head and saw Bai Manni lowering her head slightly as she apologized in a small voice. "I shouldn't have said those things."
Lu Ran smiled. "It's fine. You meant well. You just didn't want anything to happen to us."
Bai Manni looked up at Lu Ran, a trace of surprise in her eyes, as though she were getting to know this classmate all over again.
There was no denying that Bai Manni had always viewed Team 98 through tinted glasses.
Ever since noon, when Lu Ran and the others had carefreely swung on the swings, Bai Manni had held some objections.
In her eyes, Jiang Ruyi and Lu Ran were unquestionably Sons of Heaven.
People like them carried many labels—proud, arrogant, overbearing, difficult to get along with, and so on.
Yet when Bai Manni privately interacted with Lu Ran again,
his attitude was unexpectedly pleasant.
Lu Ran continued, "You just don't understand my combat style. Misunderstandings are inevitable. Things will be better later."
"Mhm." Bai Manni nodded lightly.
Lu Ran suddenly said, "Could you give me a Purifying Heart Mantra? I just killed a Youtong Ghost, and my heart's still all fluttery."
Bai Manni found the words oddly familiar.
That beautiful-hearted and kind Jiang Ruyi had also used this sort of method to spare her pride and consider her feelings.
Without realizing it, Bai Manni muttered softly, "You really are a pair."
Lu Ran's eyes lit up. "Good eye!"
Beside them, Jiang Ruyi, who had secretly been listening in all