"Yo, everyone's here."
Oscar had just stepped through the cafeteria doors when he swept his gaze over the hall and smiled.
"Little Oscar, you..."
Dai Mubai was the first to notice Oscar. Seeing his handsome face now free of a beard, he could not help but freeze for a moment.
"Hehe, well? My peerless looks can totally crush your One-Eyed White Tiger, right?"
Oscar ran over to Dai Mubai's side, draped an arm over his shoulder, then somehow produced a small mirror. Looking at his own reflection—deep-set peach blossom eyes, a face as fair as jade, handsome and well-proportioned features, brows of just the right thickness, and a roguish smile—he looked every bit like a dashing young nobleman. His confidence swelled further as he smugly said to Dai Mubai,
"Get lost!"
Dai Mubai immediately shoved Oscar away in annoyance.
Oscar did not mind. He swept his eyes around the hall again, and only then did he vaguely sense that the atmosphere in the cafeteria seemed a little strange.
"Did something just happen here?"
Oscar glanced at Ma Hongjun, whose expression was somewhat off as Xiao Huohuo held him back. Following the furtive gazes of the others, he then saw Ning Rongrong sitting alone at a table.
Oscar's eyes instinctively lit up, but when he saw that Ning Rongrong had not even spared him a glance, he could not help feeling disappointed.
At that moment, Xiao Huohuo, acting as the "big brother," spoke up. He figured Ning Rongrong would likely become one of his companions in the future, as would everyone else currently in the cafeteria. Since that was the case, as their leader, he needed to mediate the conflict between his classmates.
"Classmate Ning Rongrong, Fatty—this classmate beside me—is named Ma Hongjun. He didn't mean it just now. He's like