Jiang Ning asked Xue Yuantong, "Why aren't you eating the cake?"
What struck him as novel was that he had given Xue Yuantong a piece of cake during the first class, and it had somehow survived in her hands for an entire period.
That was truly rare.
Why wasn't she eating it?
Xue Yuantong would never admit that she had drunk so much milk tea that she was too full to eat the Small Cake.
Wouldn't that make the all-powerful her look utterly embarrassing?
The thought of Jiang Ning laughing at her mercilessly was too humiliating. She absolutely could not let it show.
The side of herself she showed Jiang Ning had always been incomparably strong!
Xue Yuantong put her intelligence to work, thought for a moment, and came up with an excuse.
"What do you know? I'm casting a spell on the Small Cake."
"Oh? I don't believe you," Jiang Ning questioned.
"Fine, I'll let you see for yourself."
"This cake is too disobedient. It won't let me eat it."
Xue Yuantong demonstrated. Just as the cake reached her mouth and was about to be eaten, she moved her hand, and the cake immediately slipped away. She simply could not eat it.
"Do you understand now? It can run away on its own, so I have to cast a spell to stop it from escaping."
"Only someone like me, who has mastered spells, can eat cake." She made it all up.
Jiang Ning laughed. "What spell did you cast?"
"Pegasus Meteor Hammer." Xue Yuantong blurted it out.
With nothing better to do, Jiang Ning kept chatting with her.
"Oh, and then? How are you going to subdue it?"
Xue Yuantong clenched her little fist and declared solemnly, "I'll smash the Small Cake unconscious with one hammer blow, leaving it