An Embrace in Front of the Dormitory

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a loud thud, Su Ming was thrown to the ground by several rough-looking men, right in front of An Zijin.

"Ah!"

An Zijin cried out in surprise, seemingly frightened.

"You damned bastards..."

Su Ming was battered and dizzy from the fall, gritting his teeth in pain. He wished he could tear apart these bastards who had seized him without a word and dragged him here.

The bastards, whose origins were unknown, stood behind Ye Bai and Lei Hao, who were leading them, looking like a group of qualified bodyguards and excellent delivery workers.

"Junior An, take a look. Is this the right package?"

"Is this the Su Ming you wanted?"

"If not, just say so. We support returns."

"That's right. We'll take him back and destroy him on the spot. We guarantee we won't leave a trace."

The bastards spoke murderous words, making Su Ming almost think he had stolen their wives and earned their hatred.

Of course, in their eyes, Su Ming was no different from someone who had stolen their wives.

Ye Bai in particular kept looking at An Zijin, sometimes excited, sometimes heartbroken, sometimes thrilled, and sometimes on the verge of tears. He looked as though he was about to attend a funeral feast.

If it were Xu Qianqian, she might have been able to ignore the situation. But the adorable An Zijin seemed incapable of that. Seeing how everyone looked ready to drag Su Ming away and dispose of him, she hurriedly spoke up.

"No, no, that's right! I was looking for him!"

Under these circumstances, even if Su Ming had not been the person An Zijin was looking for, An Zijin would have admitted it.

She had no choice. Refusing to admit it would mean a human life was at stake, and An Zijin could not possibly deny it.

Yet Su Ming, lying on the ground, clearly felt that although he had temporarily saved his life, the killing intent gathered around him had only grown stronger.

"As long as it's him. As long as it's him..."

Ye Bai stared fixedly at Su Ming until Su Ming felt his skin crawl.

"Thank you, everyone."

An Zijin clearly had no idea what had happened and could only awkwardly thank everyone.

Seeing her pitifully adorable appearance, the killing intent in everyone's hearts eased considerably.

"It's nothing. Being able to help Junior An is our honor."

"In that case, we'll take our leave."

"You two... take your time. (gritting his teeth)"

After leaving those words behind, the delivery workers turned and left.

Lei Hao dragged Ye Bai away as well. Ye Bai looked completely listless, like a salted fish that had lost its dreams.

"Serves you right!"

Su Ming not only felt no sympathy but even snorted coldly.

Only then did a hesitant, timid voice sound above Su Ming's head.

"A-Are you all right?"

Hearing the slightly timid voice, Su Ming raised his head.

The moment he did, he saw the new School Belle, An Zijin, crouching in front of him.

At that moment, An Zijin's eyes were filled with excitement and joy that he could not understand.

Su Ming failed to understand that look, but he accidentally glimpsed something he should not have.

Who could blame him? An Zijin was crouching in front of him while wearing a school uniform with a JK-style design.

As a result, he could not help seeing some beautiful scenery beneath her skirt, even if he did not want to.

"Cough, cough."

Su Ming could only cover it up with two dry coughs before swiftly standing up.

"Um, Junior..." Su Ming said with an awkward smile. "May I ask why you were looking for me?"

At that moment, Su Ming was genuinely worried that this adorable junior might discover some of his secrets, just as Xu Qianqian had.

Otherwise, he really could not think of any reason why the new School Belle would come looking for him.

But as Su Ming wondered about that, An Zijin merely fell silent. Her small hands began twisting nervously again, to the point that Su Ming worried they might be twisted right off.

After a while, An Zijin seemed to gather her courage and looked at Su Ming.

"Don't you recognize me?"

An Zijin asked the baffling question with considerable nervousness.

"How could I not recognize you?" Su Ming's mouth twitched. "You're the new School Belle of our Sorcerer Department, the talk of the town. Who wouldn't recognize you?"

Could An Zijin have come to show off to him?

It didn't seem like it.

Just as that thought arose in Su Ming's mind, the excitement and joy in An Zijin's eyes vanished.

"So you really don't recognize me..."

An Zijin lowered her head and spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz. Her eyes grew utterly dim, and her expression looked as if she were about to cry.

"Uh..."

Su Ming was dumbfounded.

What kind of development was this?

Why did everything feel so inexplicable?

Could this really be a prank?

And was this goddess-like junior planning to cry here?

Please don't.

Su Ming knew that if he let An Zijin cry, he probably would not be able to survive in the Demon Hunter Academy anymore.

Because by then, the people who wanted to kill him would probably line up all the way to the academy gates.

No. He had to think of a way to fix this.

Su Ming's survival instinct exploded.

However, just as Su Ming was preparing to say something, An Zijin's tearful appearance entered his eyes, and he suddenly froze.

An indescribable sense of déjà vu—or rather, familiarity—surged into Su Ming's heart.

Su Ming furrowed his brows tightly and stared at the pitiful An Zijin.

Under these circumstances, An Zijin's appearance began to overlap with a little face in Su Ming's memories.

A memory that had been dormant for a long time was dug out by Su Ming.

It was a memory from his childhood, from before the world had undergone its great transformation.

Su Ming remembered that a small figure had always followed him around back then.

It was the child from his neighbor's family.

That child had been incredibly adorable from a young age. Not only had her family doted on her to the extreme, but even Su Ming's parents had adored her. They often took care of her without realizing it, called her over for meals, and treated her like their own daughter.

Although Su Ming had also thought the girl was very cute, his parents had showered her with so much affection that, as a young child, he had felt deeply unbalanced.

Thus, at first, Su Ming's relationship with the girl had been extremely tense.

But later, their relationship improved.

Su Ming had already forgotten why.

He had only been seven or eight years old then, so it was impossible for him to remember everything clearly.

But there was one thing he still remembered vividly.

The girl had eventually followed her parents abroad and moved away from the house next door.

On the day she left, the girl had looked just like An Zijin did now, her face dim and her eyes brimming with tears.

The identical expression and nearly identical appearance caused the An Zijin before him and the face of his childhood neighbor's younger sister to draw closer and closer in his vision until they completely overlapped.

"Little Zijin?"

When Su Ming came back to himself, he had already called out the name of the girl buried deep in his memories without realizing it.

An Zijin abruptly raised her head. The gloom in her eyes erupted into an unprecedented delight.

Seeing her reaction, Su Ming found it unbelievable, but he still confirmed it.

"You're Little Zijin? Uncle An's daughter?"

Su Ming was utterly stunned.

"Yes! It's me! Brother Su Ming!"

The tearful look vanished from An Zijin's face, replaced by an expression of joyful tears.

Without a doubt, An Zijin was the neighbor's girl Su Ming had known as a child.

"Didn't you go abroad?"

Su Ming was still somewhat bewildered.

"Go abroad?"

An Zijin was confused as well.

Only then did Su Ming remember that this world no longer had the countries of the past.

"I mean, didn't you leave Longyao City?"

Su Ming quickly corrected himself.

"Yes, Brother Su Ming. My parents and I moved away from Longyao City and went to Yinze City." An Zijin spoke with immense joy. "But after I was found to have a Spiritual Constitution, I came back—to this Base City where I grew up—to enroll in the Demon Hunter Academy!"

Yinze City was one of the three Base Cities closest to Longyao City. With a population of around ninety million, it was a far more prosperous and powerful Base City than Longyao City.

Because of their distance and geographical relationship, Longyao Base City, Yinze Base City, Qilan Base City, and Qinghai Base City maintained frequent contact with one another. Among the many Base Cities on the continent, the four had formed a small circle and were collectively known as the Coastal Four Cities.

Longyao City had a population of sixty million, ranking third among the four Base Cities. Yinze Base City had a population of ninety million, ranking first among them.

Back then, Su Ming's neighbor, the An family, had chosen to go abroad for better prospects and had taken An Zijin, who was only a year younger than Su Ming, with them.

In this world, however, the An family's decision to go abroad seemed to have become a decision to leave Longyao City and seek development in Yinze City, which ranked first among the Coastal Four Cities.

But now, An Zijin had actually returned.

Moreover, she had been discovered to possess a Spiritual Constitution and become the freshman leader of the Sorcerer Department at the Demon Hunter Academy. She had enrolled at the academy, become Su Ming's junior, and turned into the entire academy's hottest new School Belle.

Su Ming was suddenly overwhelmed by complicated emotions.

As for An Zijin, she could no longer hold herself back.

"I finally get to see you, Brother Su Ming!"

As she said those words, An Zijin took an action that made the entire world fall silent.

The tearful, joyfully crying An Zijin threw herself at Su Ming without hesitation and into his arms.

That was right.

An Zijin had hugged him.

A trace of astonishment still hung on Su Ming's face. He merely raised his hands instinctively and embraced the neighbor's younger sister in his arms.

At that moment, Su Ming experienced both the softness of her delicate body and the pleasant fragrance of a young girl.

"Brother Su Ming! Brother Su Ming!"

An Zijin was completely unaware of anything else. She held Su Ming tightly, immersed in the joy of their reunion.

Su Ming, however, seemed to realize something and began sweating profusely.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

From the direction of the dormitory, terrifying killing intent seemed to erupt completely, transforming into a sky-soaring resentment that enveloped Su Ming.

Su Ming could even hear Ye Bai's heart shattering, followed by a scream.

"Haha..."

Su Ming revealed a smile of resignation.

Later, Su Ming ran.

Taking An Zijin with him, he fled into the distance under the collective pursuit of the male students.

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