The next morning, sunlight slipped through the curtains and spilled into the room.
Qin Jiuxiao changed into the Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniform: a fitted cream-colored suit, polished leather shoes, and a delicate gold badge on his chest engraved with the academy's emblem.
Walking through the streets of Heaven Dou City in that uniform was enough to make most people step aside.
After all, anyone admitted to the academy was either exceptionally talented or born into wealth and power. None of them was ordinary.
Ning Rongrong stood before Qin Jiuxiao and straightened his collar. Then she took two steps back, looked him up and down, and smiled with satisfaction.
"Brother Jiuxiao, you look ridiculously handsome in that uniform!"
She grinned. "Once we get to the classroom, I bet all the girls will be smitten."
The other girls smiled too.
Xiao Wu looked him over, her rabbit ears twitching. "Brother Qin looks so good that all the girls in class are bound to crowd around him."
"Let them try. With us sisters here, who could possibly compete?" Zhu Zhuyun giggled.
Qin Jiuxiao was quite pleased with his reflection too. Then something occurred to him.
"By the way, I don't think I saw Bi Ji when I got back. Where did she go?"
He had known something felt missing.
Still, with Bi Ji's strength, she would be safe almost anywhere in the Heaven Dou Empire. He wasn't worried about that.
"Oh, Sister Bi Ji?" Ning Rongrong said.
"The day you left, she ran into Ye Lingling, the one we met last time. Lingling invited her to visit the Ye Family, so she should be there now."
Qin Jiuxiao nodded thoughtfully.
Bi Ji and the Ye Family did seem likely to get along. They both healed the sick and saved lives, so it