What Am I, Then, If You're Childhood Sweethearts?

"Xiao Luo, there's a junior here too~"

Jiang Nannan noticed the resentful look Wu Feng was giving them.

Her pretty face grew a little hot, and she stopped fooling around with Bai Luo.

She didn't dislike this sort of teasing between herself and Bai Luo.

She even enjoyed the feeling of intimacy.

But Jiang Nannan was rather thin-skinned. It was fine in private, but asking her to keep making those almost coquettish gestures in front of others was still difficult.

So they did remember I was here after all...

Wu Feng kept a deadpan expression.

She had thought the two of them had forgotten there was someone else beside them.

Suppressing the faint sourness in her heart,

Wu Feng casually asked in a deliberately indifferent tone,

"Bai Luo, is this senior your girlfriend?"

"Why don't you introduce her?"

Though she did her best to look unconcerned,

jealousy was churning within her, making her feel awful.

She had finally met the first boy who made her heart flutter.

Yet he already belonged to someone else.

Wu Feng felt as if her first love had been strangled in the soil before it could even sprout.

"Don't talk nonsense."

Bai Luo frowned.

He and Jiang Nannan had not made their relationship official yet.

He did not care all that much.

After all, he liked Jiang Nannan quite a bit.

Besides, there was no shortage of rumors about him.

Thanks to the efforts of certain noble ladies seeking emotional comfort,

there was no shortage of gossip about the romantic escapades of the little divine physician.

Things like "The Story the Duke's Daughter and the Little Divine Physician Had to Tell," or "The Dominant Madam Falls for a Younger Divine Physician"...

Many people driven by their gossiping nature treated such tales as after-dinner conversation.

As for whether they were true?

Did that matter?

They preferred to chatter enthusiastically about these entertaining scandals.

Some young ladies even went all out.

They spent lavish sums to hire famous writers from across the Douluo Continent to write stories about themselves and Bai Luo, all for emotional satisfaction.

The plots were full of twists and turns.

The writing was so realistic that, if Bai Luo himself had not been involved, he might have believed it had really happened.

As a result, many naive and ignorant people truly believed Bai Luo and that young lady had shared some heart-wrenching love story.

Though in that story Bai Luo had already reached the stage of having children and grandchildren all around him and enjoying his retirement, in reality, he was only the same age as Jiang Nannan.

So Bai Luo did not care if there were a few more rumors.

The place was already a ruin anyway. He was not afraid of it collapsing further.

But Jiang Nannan was different.

If word got out, it would damage Jiang Nannan's reputation, and she would definitely feel terrible.

Jiang Nannan, who had long wanted to win Bai Luo over, said: No, I'd be delighted! Not upset at all!

"This is Sister Nannan. We should count as very close friends."

Bai Luo explained.

Jiang Nannan, who had secretly been delighted by Wu Feng calling her his girlfriend, shot Bai Luo a resentful look upon hearing his explanation.

Xiao Luo was such a blockhead!

There had been no need to explain something like that!

She did not care.

Then, from the corner of her eye, she noticed Wu Feng's suddenly brightened gaze, and her heart skipped a beat.

She knew that look all too well.

That was the same look Ma Xiaotao had whenever she looked at Bai Luo!

Could this junior have fallen in love with Xiao Luo at first sight?

Recalling Bai Luo's appeal to women over the years, Jiang Nannan thought it was extremely likely.

Her heart instantly tightened.

Then she quickly added,

"We're childhood sweethearts too!"

She moved a little closer to Bai Luo, trying to assert her claim in this way so that the junior before her would back off and not entertain any improper thoughts.

However, Jiang Nannan's plan clearly fell flat.

Wu Feng did not take her mention of being childhood sweethearts to heart at all, nor did she care about that subtle declaration of ownership.

Bai Luo's denial kept echoing in her ears.

The discomfort in her heart immediately faded by more than half.

So they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend?

Her first love, which she had thought had died before it began, did not seem to have ended as she had initially imagined.

Wu Feng did not know why.

She had only met Bai Luo today, yet hearing this news made her feel inexplicably delighted.

Jiang Nannan caught the fleeting delight in her eyes.

Her heart sank, and she let out a silent wail.

It seemed she had gained another romantic rival.

"Knock, knock, knock."

A crisp knocking sound came from the outer hall.

"Come in."

Bai Luo spoke softly. His voice was not loud, yet it clearly passed through the wall and reached the person outside.

The outermost door opened automatically.

Ning Tian entered, carrying a white shopping bag.

The symbol on the bag was the logo of a famous clothing brand on the Douluo Continent.

"Hm?"

Upon arriving in the inner hall,

Ning Tian tilted her head.

Clever and perceptive, she keenly sensed the faintly strange atmosphere in the air.

Her gaze shifted between Wu Feng, wrapped in a bathrobe, and Jiang Nannan, but she quickly returned to normal.

That signature gentle smile remained on her face.

"And this is?"

"Jiang Nannan, Xiao Luo's childhood sweetheart."

Before Bai Luo could introduce her, Jiang Nannan stepped forward first and proactively extended her hand.

Her gaze was wary.

In her eyes, Ning Tian, who had arrived afterward, was also an opponent not to be underestimated.

Especially because of that calm, noble bearing.

It was something Jiang Nannan, who came from an ordinary background, did not possess.

She heavily emphasized the words "childhood sweetheart."

She practically wanted to slap a piece of paper reading "Exclusive to Jiang Nannan" onto Bai Luo's face.

Having received professional training from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect since childhood, how could Ning Tian not be highly sensitive to interpersonal relationships?

She instantly noticed the faint hostility in Jiang Nannan's tone.

With only a moment's thought, she understood where Jiang Nannan's hostility came from.

The curve of her lips lifted a little higher.

She gently took Jiang Nannan's outstretched hand, her beautiful eyes curving slightly.

"So it's Senior Jiang Nannan."

"I've long heard of the number one beauty of the outer court. Seeing you today, your reputation truly does not do you justice—you're breathtakingly beautiful."

As the young sect mistress of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, gathering intelligence was one of her basic skills.

On her first day at Shrek Academy, Ning Tian had already investigated nearly all the information about Shrek Academy that could be uncovered.

Including, but not limited to, various rumors and anecdotes, academy gossip, students' backgrounds...

Thus, the moment she heard Jiang Nannan introduce herself, Ning Tian recalled who she was.

The number one beauty of the outer court was quite a famous title.

Ning Tian truly had an excellent grasp of social interactions.

Though she sensed Jiang Nannan's subtle hostility, she did not mind it. Instead, she took the initiative to show goodwill and kindness.

This made Jiang Nannan too embarrassed to continue harboring hostile thoughts.

Her slender, pale fingers awkwardly curled around the golden strands of hair beside her face.

Jiang Nannan blushed and spoke in a very low voice,

"D-Don't say that..."