Yuhao Grilled Fish, First Meeting with Jiang Nannan

Even so, Li Qingming was not overly afraid.

This matter brought him no benefits, but with his Holy Angel Martial Soul, it would be difficult for anyone to discover his problem.

As he thought, Li Qingming continued sitting there cross-legged to cultivate until the door opened.

Looking at Wang Dong, whose face was covered in sweat, Li Qingming opened his eyes and glanced at him.

"Why didn't you go today? There were classes this afternoon."

"I didn't go. What did Zhou Yi say? Did she say she was expelling me, or did she have something else to say?"

Looking at Wang Dong, Li Qingming's tone remained calm.

To him, this was not something particularly difficult, nor was it something that could not be resolved.

If Zhou Yi expelled him over such a trivial matter, he would not care.

Or rather, even if she truly tried to make trouble for him and expel him, Li Qingming would not be afraid.

He could always find another place to study after leaving.

Yet seeing Li Qingming's indifferent expression, Wang Dong blinked.

"No. Not only did Teacher Zhou Yi not expel you, she directly appointed you class monitor."

"Appointed me class monitor? Are you sure you're not joking with me? I barely know her. Would she be kind enough to appoint me class monitor?"

Hearing Wang Dong's words, Li Qingming frowned.

Zhou Yi's actions left him puzzled. Did she have some masochistic tendency?

He had resisted her, yet not only did she not want revenge, she had even appointed him class monitor. That was clearly the behavior of someone with something wrong in their head.

Meeting Li Qingming's gaze as if he were looking at an idiot, Wang Dong plopped down beside him.

"It's not that strange. You're the strongest person in the class, after all. Your soul power is already Rank 28, and you're very close to Rank 30. You're the strongest in the entire class."

"Maybe she appointed you class monitor because she valued your strength. Usually, the strongest person in a class becomes the class monitor."

As Wang Dong spoke, he dropped onto the soft feather bed, his face filled with exhaustion.

Clearly, the afternoon's weighted run had worn Wang Dong out badly.

However, Li Qingming considered it as he looked at Wang Dong, but ultimately said nothing. He merely gave a soft "Oh."

As time passed, afternoon arrived. Wang Dong had just woken up, while Li Qingming had also finished cultivating.

The Angel God Art truly deserved to be an inherited cultivation technique. It was absolutely more powerful, even more absurd, than the so-called Mysterious Heaven Skill.

After only a few days of cultivation, Li Qingming could already feel his soul power improving again.

Although the increase was not great, he should be able to reach Rank 30 within half a month and become a three-ring soul master.

Li Qingming was fairly satisfied with this cultivation speed. Or rather, his current progress was acceptable.

Seeing Li Qingming wake up, Wang Dong raised his head as well, his beautiful pink-blue eyes fixed on him.

"Should we go eat at the snack street outside tonight? I heard there's a lot of food there, and all sorts of things are sold."

As Wang Dong spoke, he stood up and slowly put on his shoes.

Li Qingming's eyes flickered as he watched Wang Dong's movements, and he nodded silently.

It was not that he had any desire for the food outside. He had simply remembered that, at this point, Huo Yuhao should still be running his stall selling Yuhao Grilled Fish.

There was a high chance they would run into him this time.

Li Qingming was still somewhat curious about Huo Yuhao's current circumstances.

By evening, all kinds of vendors had gathered outside Shrek's gates.

They mainly sold food, with all manner of dishes on display, and quite a few Shrek Academy students had come out.

Compared with Shrek Academy ten thousand years later, Shrek Academy at this stage was not so lofty and aloof. Instead, it felt rather approachable.

Many nearby residents came here to sell food and supplement their household income.

At the street corner, Li Qingming and Wang Dong walked side by side.

Li Qingming surveyed his surroundings with interest, curiosity in his eyes.

There was no shortage of food being sold along this snack street, but naturally, he had not come for the pleasure of eating.

Li Qingming might not eat, but Wang Dong was eating with great enthusiasm.

Watching him buy and eat all sorts of things, Li Qingming felt somewhat surprised—or rather, speechless—but he did not say anything.

As the two ventured deeper, they arrived at a spot on the very outskirts of Shrek.

This place was already some distance from Shrek Academy and was a relatively remote part of the market, yet there were no fewer people here than anywhere else.

An intensely rich aroma drifted over from that direction.

The scent was so thick that even Li Qingming wore a trace of surprise on his face.

Wang Dong had already followed the smell over.

As they drew closer, the rich aroma became even more distinct.

Behind the grill, a thin, small-framed boy sat on a chair.

On the chair was a grill, and on top of it lay rows of grilled fish, crispy and golden brown.

Smelling that crisp, fragrant scent, Wang Dong moved closer.

But when he saw the long line, his mouth fell open again.

The place was already packed with people standing in line.

Just as Li Qingming was looking around, cries of surprise sounded from nearby.

"Look! It's Senior Jiang Nannan, the prettiest girl in our outer courtyard!"

"Wow, Senior Jiang Nannan came too!"

Hearing the exclamations from several students, many others turned to look behind them.

At the very end of the crowd, a girl with golden hair appeared.

The moment she appeared, she attracted nearly everyone's attention.

She was around one meter sixty tall, with a very well-proportioned figure.

Her long golden hair cascaded down her back, while her skin was as fair as snow.

A curious light shone in her gentle golden eyes.

Her purple school uniform fit her perfectly, giving her an irresistible charm.

Especially since the girl wore a short skirt that exposed her fair calves.

With just that one glance, many of the male students around her swallowed hard, while the female students looked her over with either jealousy or curiosity.

Seeing the stunningly beautiful girl, Li Qingming turned his head and glanced at her as well, though his reaction was far more indifferent.

He was not particularly interested in this so-called number one beauty of the outer courtyard.

Or rather, in the original timeline, Jiang Nannan was one of the women he disliked most.

It was not only because of her affairs with Xu Sanshi. More importantly, this woman was far too fond of pretending to be virtuous.

She enjoyed all kinds of benefits, yet was always unwilling to acknowledge them.

Li Qingming had absolutely no interest in a woman like that.

As he watched the girl approach, he calmly took two steps back, unwilling to have anything to do with her.

However, perhaps he was simply unlucky.

Their appearances were completely different, but their hair colors were nearly identical. In particular, both had a pair of golden eyes.

As Jiang Nannan swept her gaze over the crowd, it landed on Li Qingming almost instantly.

Boys with golden hair were already rare, especially one with golden hair and golden eyes.

And those pale-gold eyes, paired with the boy's face—

Even Jiang Nannan paused in her tracks, not even bothering to smell the enticing aroma.

It would have been one thing if Jiang Nannan alone had stopped, but the young man who had been following behind her—

When he saw Jiang Nannan looking at Li Qingming, his footsteps came to a halt almost at the same time.