After Lu Yuan returned to Great Xia Kingdom and his teacher, Ye Qingyue, had left, he told his mother, Fang Wan, and his two girlfriends, Xia Qingyin and Jiang Xuanran, about it.
He only told Fang Wan that he'd be back soon.
But he told Xia Qingyin and Jiang Xuanran that he'd already left No. 2 Lost Ruin and returned to Great Xia.
Lu Yuan figured that since the New Year was only a few days away, Xia Qingyin and Jiang Xuanran would probably both be at home.
And he wouldn't be going back to school either. He'd be returning home.
At Lu Yuan's home.
"Look! Look! A Yuan says he's coming back!"
Xia Qingyin's little face lit up with joy, her smile bright and radiant.
"I knew it. How could he forget his own birthday?"
Jiang Xuanran chuckled in reply beside her, a hint of anticipation flickering in her blue-violet eyes.
That's right. Today was Lu Yuan's birthday.
It was his nineteenth birthday.
Once the day was over, by the usual way of reckoning age, Lu Yuan would be considered twenty.
As his girlfriends, they'd come to Lu Yuan's home a day early.
As for what Jiang Xuanran was looking forward to...
Of course, it was the experience Xia Qingyin had told her about from their training match.
Xia Qingyin had also said that once Jiang Xuanran joined them, they'd definitely be able to defeat Lu Yuan.
Hearing about that,
Jiang Xuanran, who had never experienced it herself, naturally felt both bashful and eager.
And so,
Even though she'd already prepared her birthday present, she still wanted to give Lu Yuan an extra, more special gift.
"Um... Sister Xuanran, what are you thinking about?"
Seeing Jiang Xuanran staring into space, Xia Qingyin waved a little hand in