The Ultimate Turtle Xu Sanshi

Before the two could even speak, two fellow fourth-year boys passed by. When they saw Ling Feng and Jiang Nannan, they gave the pair a teasing once-over.

"Nannan, is this your little boyfriend? You two look great together!"

"No! Class Monitor, don't talk nonsense!"

Jiang Nannan's pretty face flushed as she protested coquettishly, yet she subtly moved a little closer to Ling Feng.

The boy Jiang Nannan had called Class Monitor noticed that detail, but he did not point it out or continue teasing them. After greeting them, he left.

"You're pretty popular, huh!"

In that short time alone, quite a few boys and girls came over to tease Jiang Nannan.

Clearly, Jiang Nannan got along very well with her classmates.

"Mm, and it's all thanks to you."

"Ever since you taught Xu Sanshi a lesson, he hasn't dared come looking for me again."

"At first, everyone was still afraid of Xu Sanshi. But later, they realized he didn't dare linger around me, and little by little, everyone began interacting with me normally."

As she said this, Jiang Nannan gazed straight at Ling Feng with her beautiful eyes, filled with gratitude.

If not for Ling Feng, these people would probably still have been too intimidated by Xu Sanshi to have much to do with her.

"I already told you, you don't need to be so polite. I just happened to do it, and helping you was purely accidental."

With a stunning beauty like Jiang Nannan staring at him like that, even Ling Feng felt a little embarrassed.

"Even if it was accidental, the person just happened to be you, and the person who helped my mother before also happened to be you."

"No matter what you say, the fact is that you beat up Xu Sanshi, and the fact is that you helped me."

"I, Jiang Nannan, am not someone who can't tell right from wrong. I know what favors should be repaid, and what kindness should..."

Before Jiang Nannan could finish, Ling Feng cut her off.

"Alright, alright, enough. If you keep going, you'll probably start saying something like, 'This humble girl has no way to repay you, so I can only repay my benefactor by serving as an ox or horse in my next life.'"

Teased by Ling Feng like that, Jiang Nannan wrinkled her cute nose and gave a soft huff.

"I would not!"

Serving as an ox or horse? And in the next life, no less? That sounded awful.

Xiaofeng was powerful, incredibly talented, and handsome too. Obviously, she should be offering herself in marriage instead!

At the thought, even Jiang Nannan felt her face burn with embarrassment.

How shameless!

"Jiang Nannan's rumored boyfriend is really handsome! Too bad his opponent is Jiang Nannan, or I'd definitely fight for him!"

"Yeah, just in terms of looks, even I at the peak of my beauty would fall short by three points!"

"This guy looks so familiar... Wasn't he the new student who defeated Xu Sanshi?!"

"Huh? Him?... It really does seem to be him!"

Inside the classroom, several boys and girls gathered by the window, peeking at Ling Feng and Jiang Nannan.

Because of her martial soul, Jiang Nannan could clearly hear the gossip they were discussing.

"What?! No way! If he really is that new student who defeated Xu Sanshi, then even if my rival is Jiang Nannan, I have to give it a try!"

"Forget it! Jiang Nannan is the number one beauty of the outer court! What are you going to compete with? Your huge chest?"

"So what if she's the number one beauty? I'm not that far behind, okay! Besides, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe he likes my type!"

As she spoke, the girl puffed out her chest.

Hearing that, Jiang Nannan shifted her gaze toward her.

She looked at the girl's chest, then lowered her head to compare.

"Xiaofeng, let's talk while we walk!"

Jiang Nannan suddenly felt a sense of crisis. Without waiting for Ling Feng to respond, she grabbed him and fled.

On the way, Ling Feng explained why he had come to find her.

After hesitating slightly, Jiang Nannan agreed and turned toward one of the fourth-year classrooms.

A certain fourth-year classroom.

Xu Sanshi sat gloomily by the window, watching student after student head into the cafeteria. His eyes carefully searched the crowd, hoping to catch sight of that beautiful figure.

Ever since that crushing defeat, Xu Sanshi had spent nearly a full month recuperating before he recovered.

For the entire month, Jiang Nannan had not visited him even once, making his heart feel as though it had fallen into an icy abyss.

"Why? Why are you so heartless..."

Xu Sanshi pressed one hand tightly against his chest, his face full of pain.

His defeat against Ling Feng had cost him more than just the dignity of being one of the outer court's Twin Stars.

It had also taken away his courage to seek out Jiang Nannan.

All he could do now was sit by the window and watch Jiang Nannan from afar.

"If you and I truly shared a spiritual connection, would you turn around and look at me too?"

He waited until the students on the road had become sparse, yet Xu Sanshi still failed to spot Jiang Nannan.

Based on what he knew about Jiang Nannan, if she had not appeared by this time, then she basically would not be passing through here.

As for missing Jiang Nannan—

Impossible!

He might fail to recognize anyone else, but he would never fail to recognize Jiang Nannan!

"So it really is that our fate has run its course?"

Since Xu Sanshi had not seen Jiang Nannan today, he actually put on a melancholy expression.

"Perhaps I should choose to let go too. But it isn't because I no longer love her—it's because I love her too much."

"As they say, there is a kind of love called letting go, giving up forever for the sake of love."

"That is true love!"

The student beside him truly could not stand it anymore.

"Xu Sanshi, every day at this exact time, you stand by the window rambling like some fixed NPC for ages. Then the next day, you still come back to stare out the window. Aren't you tired?"

Having his devoted-lover persona exposed, Xu Sanshi became somewhat irritated and slapped the other person on the head.

"What the hell do you know? Do you even have someone you like? Are you the love guru, or am I?! Get lost!"

After cursing out his classmate, Xu Sanshi immediately turned back to the window as though changing faces. Then he sighed softly, closed his eyes, and turned away.

"I took ninety-nine steps toward you, yet you were unwilling to take even one step toward me."

"Nannan, I'm sorry."

"Even if you appeared before me right now, I would never turn back for you again."

Just as Xu Sanshi was deeply immersed in his act, a student near the door suddenly shouted at him.

"Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan is looking for you!"

"What? I'm coming!"

The moment he heard Jiang Nannan's name, Xu Sanshi seemed to have been injected with adrenaline. He dashed out in just a few strides.

"Simp dog... no, simp turtle!"

"As expected of the Ultimate Turtle!"

The students in the class could not help curling their lips.

After his fight with Ling Feng, Xu Sanshi's nicknames—"Simp Turtle" and "Ultimate Turtle"—had been firmly established.

Though no one dared say them to his face, there was not a single person who did not use them behind his back.

Xu Sanshi ran out of the classroom and immediately spotted Jiang Nannan, whose expression looked somewhat unnatural.

He rushed straight up to Jiang Nannan and even reached out, intending to grab her hand.

But Jiang Nannan had been prepared. She stepped back half a pace, putting some distance between herself and Xu Sanshi.

Seeing Jiang Nannan retreat, Xu Sanshi looked a little embarrassed, but he quickly returned to normal.

"Nannan, were you serious about that half-step backward?"

"But it's fine. I don't care."

"I only want you to know that I've been waiting for you all this time!"

"You came looking for me... was it because you missed me?"