The classroom fell silent.
The distant clamor outside drifted faintly through the window.
"Um."
Lu Huan rubbed his fingers together. "I heard someone call you Master Xiao."
"It was a girl."
"From another department."
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao answered.
As soon as Lu Huan said that, Xiao Xiao knew who he meant.
Chi Xiuke was the only one who had ever called him Master Xiao loudly at school.
Still, that was quite an unexpected way to start.
"You want to meet that girl?"
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly.
He'd have to think about whether Chi Xiuchuan, if he found out that Xiao Xiao was introducing a guy to his precious little sister, would nag him to death. Chi Xiuchuan was such a sister complex.
"No, Master Xiao!"
Lu Huan hurriedly waved his hands. In his fluster, he kicked the desk, making a loud bang.
The boy looked as if he'd been so startled he was about to have a heart attack.
Xiao Xiao: ...
Was he really that scary?
"I was just joking. Don't be nervous."
Xiao Xiao tried to reassure him. "So you came to see me?"
"Mm."
The boy took a deep breath. "Xiao Xiao, that girl called you Master Xiao. Was it because you have some kind of special ability?"
"Special ability?"
Xiao Xiao echoed Lu Huan's words, looking into the boy's obviously eager eyes. He wasn't quite sure what he meant.
"Yes, Xiao Xiao—Master Xiao. If you really do have some kind of special ability, could I ask you for a favor?"
"Please save her!"
"I'm begging you!"
The boy bowed his head deeply.
After a few moments of silence, Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly. "Don't you think you've got things a little out of order?"
"Tell me what happened first."
"Oh, right."