Buying Balloons for My Girlfriend! (3rd update)

Mu Nu Jiao was only a year younger than Song Jie, but she rarely interacted with boys, so how could she understand Song Jie's teasing?

Besides, Song Jie was her savior, and she had indeed been in the wrong in this matter.

Only, the moment Mu Nu Jiao saw Song Jie ask her to take responsibility, her pretty face flushed faintly red.

She did not know what was going on. Her face reddened on its own, and even the tips of her ears felt a little hot.

They chatted for a while, then each went out.

Mu Nu Jiao booked a restaurant and sent Song Jie the location, so the two of them both headed over.

Twenty minutes later.

Song Jie arrived at the restaurant Mu Nu Jiao had booked. With one glance, he could tell it was a high-end restaurant.

When he reached the entrance, the server smiled and said, "Sir, do you have a reservation?"

"I do."

Before long, the server brought Song Jie to Mu Nu Jiao.

When Mu Nu Jiao saw Song Jie arrive, there was still a hint of embarrassment in her eyes.

"You're here?"

"I just got here too." Mu Nu Jiao nodded, then quickly had Song Jie sit down.

The server poured him a glass of water. Song Jie picked up the glass and took a sip while his gaze fell on Mu Nu Jiao.

Mu Nu Jiao had tied her hair into a high ponytail. She wore no makeup, but her skin looked so delicate it seemed it would break with a touch.

Her refined nose, cherry-red lips, and fair, elegant neck all displayed Mu Nu Jiao's beauty to the fullest.

She wore a white shirt on top, but it could not hide her full figure at all.

Seeing that Song Jie was sizing her up, Mu Nu Jiao could not help asking quietly, "Is there something on my face?"

"A bit of prettiness," Song Jie said with a faint smile.

In the next second, Mu Nu Jiao's pretty face reddened uncontrollably.

"You order first. I'm going to the restroom." Mu Nu Jiao dropped the sentence and hurried away.

Seeing the way Mu Nu Jiao had blushed just now, Song Jie found her extremely cute.

After a while, the dishes they ordered were served one after another, and Song Jie stopped teasing Mu Nu Jiao.

When being a beast... ah, no, when being a person, one could not go too far.

During this time, Mu Nu Jiao spoke very little. In truth, she did not know what to say either.

After all, the two of them had only spent one day together, and neither side understood the other very well.

After they finished eating, the two walked out of the restaurant.

"There's a lake over there. Let's go for a walk together. It'll help with digestion," Song Jie said with a smile.

Hearing this, Mu Nu Jiao nodded lightly.

The two walked toward the lakeside. The sky gradually darkened, and many colorful neon lights were set up around the lake.

There were several universities around this lake, so most of the people who came here were young.

Song Jie and Mu Nu Jiao walked side by side. Suddenly, he asked, "Right, which high school do you go to?"

"Magic City First High School," Mu Nu Jiao replied.

As soon as the words "First High School" came out, Song Jie already knew this school was not simple.

However, when he thought of Mu Nu Jiao's talent, he did not find it strange at all.

The two walked along the lakeside, and from time to time, fish would surface in the lake.

Mu Nu Jiao looked ahead and at the same time noticed two people sitting on a bench not far away.

They were hugging each other and doing some embarrassing things.

Seeing this scene, Mu Nu Jiao's pretty face turned red, and the tips of her ears grew hot as well.

But it was nighttime now, and the lights were not very bright, so no one else could notice.

By chance, Song Jie followed Mu Nu Jiao's gaze and looked over, also seeing the scene.

Damn it!

Shameless scoundrels!

However, when he withdrew his gaze, Mu Nu Jiao happened to look at him as well.

Their eyes met, and there was some awkwardness in both their gazes.

"Ahem..."

Song Jie coughed lightly twice and walked past as though he had not seen anything.

Having been forced to watch them show off their affection, neither of them wanted to stay any longer, so they left the lakeside.

Just then, a little girl selling hydrogen balloons by the roadside walked toward them.

"Big brother, do you want to buy a balloon for your girlfriend?" the little girl asked in a sweet, childish voice.

Behind her, a woman walked over as well, seemingly the little girl's mother.

Hearing the little girl call her Song Jie's girlfriend, the blush that had only just faded from Mu Nu Jiao's face came rushing back at once.

They were under a streetlamp at that moment, and Song Jie had already caught the look on Mu Nu Jiao's face.

"Little girl, I'm not his girlfriend," Mu Nu Jiao explained, a little shyly.

However, the little girl turned to Song Jie and continued, "Big brother, did you hear that? Big sister doesn't have a boyfriend yet. If you buy a balloon, maybe you can become her boyfriend."

"Big sister is so pretty. Big brother, you don't want someone else to snatch her away, do you?" The little girl was sharp-tongued and quick-witted. After she finished speaking, she even revealed a sweet, harmless smile.

"So young, yet so clever. You sure know a lot. Then I'll buy a balloon. I can't let this big sister get snatched away," Song Jie said with a smile.

Listening to the exchange between the two of them, Mu Nu Jiao could not bring herself to look Song Jie in the face at all.

Song Jie paid, and the little girl handed him the balloon, saying, "Big brother, this balloon can't touch fire, or it'll be very dangerous."

"Big brother knows." Song Jie crouched down and rubbed the little girl's head.

After the little girl and the woman left, Song Jie smiled and handed the balloon to Mu Nu Jiao.

"I bought it for you."

Mu Nu Jiao looked at the glittering balloon in front of her, nodded, and took it.

But the moment she thought of their conversation just now, her heart started pounding like a frightened deer.

"Should I take you back?" Song Jie asked.

"No need. I can take a taxi back myself," Mu Nu Jiao said, shaking her head.

"Alright."

Song Jie did not say anything else, then hailed a taxi by the roadside.

"Driver, please go a little slower," Song Jie reminded the taxi driver, then waved goodbye to Mu Nu Jiao.

Mu Nu Jiao sat in the back seat, looking at the balloon in her hand. For a moment, she felt that these boring little things were actually rather pretty.

After that, Song Jie also hailed a taxi and returned to his rented apartment.

There were still a few days before school started, so he planned out his cultivation schedule for the days ahead.

On the night before school started, Little Green was breaking through, so it had fallen into a deep sleep.

Song Jie continued cultivating his Light Element, striving to break through to the second level of the Intermediate stage.

His Nebula had already been close to the second level to begin with. With just a little more effort, a breakthrough was within reach.

Song Jie cultivated until the next day, when the system notification sounded in his mind.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, Host. "Dimensional Summon +2" has undergone an Outrageous Metamorphosis into the higher-level "Shape Shift"!]

Hearing this, surprise appeared in Song Jie's eyes.

What the hell was Shape Shift?

He had thought the next magic skill would let him summon a third Summoned Beast!

He had never expected it to be a skill related to Summoned Beasts!

But that was fine too. With so many Summoned Beasts, how could he possibly afford to raise them all?

After Song Jie familiarized himself with the skill, he already knew how it was supposed to be used.

This "Shape Shift" could not be used on other people. It could only be used on his own Summoned Beasts.

As the name suggested, it allowed him to swap positions with a Summoned Beast, though there was a distance limit.

"Is this skill meant to make my Summoned Beasts take hits for me?" Song Jie said with a wry smile.

The Wind Riding Sky Eagle in the plane was just about to take an afternoon nap when it suddenly sneezed without warning.

It thought to itself that some female eagle must be missing it!