Chen Lang wanted to experience the power of this magic tool set, but this was the Imperial Capital Academy, not the Chen family estate, so he ultimately dismissed the thought.
He simply decided to quietly meditate while waiting for Mu Ningxue.
Mu Ningxue finished her day's training and intended to return to her quarters.
Just as she was about to leave the training ground, Lu Zhenghe blocked her path.
Mu Ningxue frowned slightly, her voice slightly chilling. "Something the matter?"
A single opening sentence carried that aloofness that kept people a thousand miles away.
Lu Zhenghe felt a bitter ache in his heart, but thinking of what had just happened, he spoke again. "Ning... Mu Ningxue, if Chen Lang has bullied you, you can tell me. I will protect you."
Originally Lu Zhenghe had wanted to call out 'Ning Xue', but upon seeing Mu Ningxue's cold, pretty face, his courage faltered.
Mu Ningxue furrowed her brows, though she did not flare up, merely saying indifferently, "Anything else?"
This sense of keeping people at a distance made Lu Zhenghe's heart grow cold, and he could not utter another word.
Yet a simpering fool was a simpering fool after all, and he comforted himself inwardly that Mu Ningxue was like this with everyone, not just cold toward him.
As long as he persisted, someday in the future, things would surely change...
Mu Ningxue returned to her apartment, and the very moment she stepped inside, she felt a pair of hands reach out from behind.
"Mm~"
This sudden assault startled Mu Ningxue slightly!
Immediately following that, a wave of heat washed over the back of her neck, and in an instant, her entire body went limp.
"Did you miss me over the past half-year?" Chen Lang felt her up with his