Scumbag

Feeling the intense gazes around him, Chen Mobai became restless.

"Yeah, it's quite a coincidence that your class is also having a farewell dinner here."

As soon as he said that, Qing Nü couldn't help but laugh.

"Let's talk after we eat. I'm going upstairs now."

The students from the Immortal Sect First High School had booked a private room on the second floor. After Qing Nü and Chen Mobai finished greeting each other, Qing Nu was about to turn around and go upstairs.

"I have an appointment after I finish eating, and I also have some other things to do. Let's reschedule for another time."

But Chen Mobai remembered that he had just made an appointment with Yan Bingxuan to ask her about "Ice Spell", so he quickly declined Qing Nü's invitation to chat after they finished eating.

This statement stunned everyone present, including Qing Nü. However, she knew Chen Mobai's personality well; he would never say anything with high emotional intelligence about things he didn't care about, so she could only shake her head helplessly.

"Okay, call me when you have time."

Since Chen Mobai broke through to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, the mid-grade first-tier Qi- Qi Replenishing Spirit Water was no longer of much use, so Qing Nü had been refining high-grade first-tier water recently. However, due to a lack of experience, she failed many times. But yesterday she was very lucky and successfully brewed a tube with the help of Spirit Essence, intending to celebrate with her patron at Grilled Fish Shop.

Actually, she wanted to eat the fish that Chen Mobai brought from the Water Mansion; its taste was indeed unforgettable.

"Okay, I'll make an appointment with you in a few days."

Chen Mobai thought that he would be focusing on cultivating the Ice Spell and honing his Spell Duel skills in the Cloud Dream Marsh, or setting up a stall to earn Spirit Stone, so he wouldn't have much free time to return to the Water Mansion. Therefore, he postponed the trip.

Hiss! His irritating words made Lu Hongsheng, who was standing next to him, gasp. As if he were seeing Chen Mobai for the first time, he stared wide-eyed, looking back and forth between Qing Nü and Chen Mobai in disbelief.

Not only him, but some of the boys and girls from the Immortal Sect First High School who came in with Qing Nü also couldn't help but clench their fists and coldly look at Chen Mobai, who had started playing with his phone again after speaking.

"Qing Nü, is this your friend?"

A handsome young man walked over. He was wearing a white mandarin jacket and trousers, and his upright posture made him stand out from the crowd.

"Uh, yes, he's mine..."

Qing Nü also felt that it was a bit inappropriate to come over and greet him. If she said that Chen Mobai was her patron, wouldn't that make her classmates misunderstand even more? But if she said that they were just friends, wouldn't that make Chen Mobai think that she was being tacky?

For a moment, Qing Nü was at a loss for how to introduce herself.

"Yes, we are very good friends."

At this moment, Chen Mobai spoke up to defuse the situation. He put down his phone, looked up, and met the gaze of the handsome young man.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Gong Xiangyu, and I am the class monitor of Qing Nü."

As soon as he finished his self-introduction, all of Chen Mobai's classmates couldn't help but look at him.

This name is widely known throughout the high schools in Vermilion Cloud City.

A super genius who has consistently held the top spot for years and Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, he is hailed as the most likely True Dao Seed to enter Four Great Dao Academies in Vermilion Cloud City in the past decade.

"Wait, she's Qing Nü!"

However, at that moment, Pu Jiangxue, the beautiful classmate sitting at the front desk next to Chen Mobai, caught a glimpse of the more crucial name. Her eyes widened as she looked at the stunningly beautiful girl standing in front of her in disbelief.

Her shout brought most of the remaining students back to their senses! "Qing Nü? You all know her?"

However, not everyone knew the name of the Heaven Spirit Root. Lu Hongsheng was a little confused, thinking that everyone else in Chen Mobai's class already knew about his girlfriend.

"You big idiot, she's the one with the Heaven Spirit Root who got into the Goumang Dao Academy through a special recommendation!"

Sitting next to Lu Hongsheng, Yu Shu couldn't help but reach out and nudge him, telling him about Qing Nü's background.

The rest of the class who didn't know Qing Nü gasped in shock! They all turned to look at the girl standing in front of Chen Mobai.

My Chen Mobai!

Now that Gong Xiangyu had introduced himself, Chen Mobai also stood up, and the two shook hands under the watchful eyes of the entire class.

"I hope to meet you in the entrance exams for the Four Great Dao Academies."

Gong Xiangyu said something with a slightly barbed tone.

"Oh."

Chen Mobai replied with a single word.

Then the two groups each went about their own business.

Qing Nü clasped her hands together shyly in front of Chen Mobai, then followed her class upstairs.

After they left, the remaining students in the class were in an uproar.

"Damn, Old Chen, you've been hiding this well!"

Lu Hongsheng was the first to speak, angrily rebuking the two for not telling him about finding girlfriends, despite being friends for three years.

"We're just good friends, not to that extent yet."

Chen Mobai immediately spoke up to explain that he and Qing Nü were indeed just friends.

Sometimes, it's when there are too many people like Lu Hongsheng egging them on that things can turn awkward between the two who were initially chatting and laughing. He and Qing Nü get along quite well, and he can't let this cause any misunderstandings.

However, no one believed his truth. His classmates all looked at him with envy, jealousy, and hatred, thinking that Chen Mobai was showing off in a low-key way.

And so, this farewell dinner began amidst everyone's envious gazes towards Chen Mobai.

Finally Chen Mobai couldn't hold back any longer. He paid his share of the money to the class monitor and then said goodbye and left.

"I also have something to do, so I'll be leaving now."

After Chen Mobai left, Yan Bingxuan also stood up and took her leave.

However, the other students in the class did not connect her with Chen Mobai. After all, they thought that Chen Mobai, now that he had the Heaven Spirit Root Qing Nü, would definitely not provoke other women.

"I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you."

At the entrance of the hot pot restaurant, Chen Mobai saw Yan Bingxuan coming out and said something rather apologetically.

"It's okay. I didn't want to participate in this kind of occasion in the first place. It's just that my teacher told me to experience this kind of emotion more before going to the Natural Academy, saying that it would become a very valuable foundation for my mindset in the future, so I came here."

Yan Bingxuan nodded indifferently, pointed to a milk tea shop across the street, and indicated that they should go there to talk in detail.

"Let's go somewhere else. If our classmates come out and see the two of us sitting together, there will be even more gossip."

Chen Mobai hesitated for a moment, then said something that surprised Yan Bingxuan.

"You're afraid it will reach the ears of that girl with the Heaven Spirit Root, aren't you?"

"No, you've misunderstood. I was just worried about damaging your reputation."

Chen Mobai made a joke with a smile, and Yan Bingxuan tilted her head and agreed.

The two left the hot pot restaurant together.

In a private room on the second floor, Gong Xiangyu, who happened to be opening the window, saw this scene and couldn't help but squeeze out two words through gritted teeth. "Scumbag."