Ling Feng remembered that several boys had rushed to help her back then, but Bai Chuting had rejected them all and insisted on coming to him instead, even causing him to offend those boys because of it.
No, someone wanted to help you, so why did you have to drag me into it?
Ling Feng was baffled and a little annoyed.
Come to think of it, this was another sad story.
"Do you know anything else about Ling Feng?" Su Xiaoxiao asked eagerly.
Bai Chuting immediately thought of something.
"Speaking of that, Xiaoxi, do you remember that charity donation event in fourth grade?"
"Mm-hmm, I only heard about it from others back then. The person who came in first seemed to be named Ling Feng... Huh? Pfft! So that person was Ling Feng all along!"
Lin Ruoxi seemed to have remembered something amusing and burst out laughing.
"What was it? Hurry up, tell me!" Su Xiaoxiao urged excitedly. She was extremely interested.
"Hmm, I still remember it. The school held a charity donation event where everyone could bring things they no longer used from home to auction off. All the money raised would be donated to impoverished mountain regions, and whoever donated the most would be named an Outstanding Student at the end of the term." Lin Ruoxi recounted it vividly.
The moment Ling Feng heard this, he remembered it.
During that period, everyone at school had been brimming with excitement, discussing what they would sell on the day of the event. Some planned to sell toys they no longer wanted, some wanted to sell clothes they no longer wore, and some filial children even planned to secretly bring antiques from home to sell, determined to fetch the highest price possible.
Only Ling Feng had been completely indifferent, as though the matter had nothing to do with him.
Ling Feng himself had been a student with nothing, so he had never planned to participate at all.
When auction day arrived, all kinds of items dazzled the eye, but Ling Feng had only brought a tea egg.
Just as everyone looked at him disdainfully, thinking he was going to auction off the tea egg, Ling Feng peeled it and started eating it, tossing eggshells all over the floor.
In the end, the passing Dean of Studies caught him red-handed and punished him by making him clean up the trash. Coincidentally, because of the event that day, the school had bought a lot of bottled water.
Ling Feng collected bottles for less than half an hour and sold them for over ten yuan, then went to a nearby restaurant and ordered a huge chicken drumstick.
The students, who ate nothing but bland meals at school every day, had never seen such a huge drumstick before. They immediately took out the things they planned to sell and offered to trade them for it. Someone even wanted to trade Cardcaptor Sakura's Dream Wand.
Back then, anyone who could afford a magic wand was recognized as the king of the kids. Yet Ling Feng did not care at all and traded it for a plastic toy pistol instead.
While everyone mourned Ling Feng's missed chance to get the magic wand, he started showing off his shooting skills right there in the classroom. Broken chalk and chalk dust flew everywhere, and the whole class went wild.
That was so damn cool!
Everyone immediately wanted to buy that pistol. Its price soared tenfold in an instant, and someone even wanted to trade the bicycle they had planned to auction for Ling Feng's toy gun.
In the end, Ling Feng won second place in the charity donation event. The first-place winner had secretly sold an antique from home, but his family later tracked him down, gave him a beating, and had his results canceled. Ling Feng ultimately became first place.
From a tea egg at the start to a bicycle in the end, one wrong move anywhere along the way would have made that astonishing comeback impossible.
For a while, everyone guessed that Ling Feng was Zhuge Liang reincarnated, capable of predicting everything with uncanny precision. Quite a few people even came to ask him about it.
In truth, Ling Feng had overslept that day and had not had time for breakfast, so he had hurriedly brought a tea egg to school. He really had not thought that much about it.
Even now, Ling Feng found it rather speechless to think about. Anyway, no one knew the truth, so they could think whatever they wanted. It had been so long already.
After hearing the whole story, Lin Ruoxi, Su Xiaoxiao, and Bai Chuting all burst out laughing.
That really had been one of the school's legendary stories.
Su Xiaoxiao had truly never expected Ling Feng to have such an adorable side.
"I feel like I understand you a little better now~"
The girls' warm, springlike smiles added another beautiful sight to the area.
After they finished eating, Bai Chuting suggested going to her house to hang out. Su Xiaoxiao agreed immediately without even asking Ling Feng.
Ling Feng himself did not mind, but what about Zhao Ping and the others?
Zhao Ping had told Ling Feng before that the time Su Xiaoxiao set was in the afternoon. Would they make it in time? Well, it would be fine even if they were late.
On the winter afternoon, the cold wind still howled. Small trees swayed wildly in the gusts, and there were few pedestrians on the streets, all bundled tightly in their coats as they hurried along.
At that moment, a girl in a black-stockinged skirt suit, apparently unfamiliar with the concept of cold, strolled leisurely down the street.
The girl turned through several intersections before finally reaching her destination.
Ling Luoluo checked the map again, then took off her sunglasses after confirming that the location was correct.
"This should be the place."
Ling Luoluo had a camera hanging from her body and wore a travel hat identical to Sherlock Holmes's.
She looked exactly like a private detective, impressively stylish.
Ling Luoluo pressed the doorbell, and someone came to answer it before long.
"Huh? Little sister, who are you looking for?"
The person who opened the door was a beautiful girl still wearing pajamas, though she did not look much older than Ling Luoluo.
"I'm here to see Ling Xiaoyu," Ling Luoluo said openly.
"You're here to see Sister Xiaoyu?" Ling Wanqing's gaze was slightly unfocused. She had just woken up, so her mind was still a little foggy.
Just as she was about to ask more questions, Ling Xiaoyu called both of them inside.
Sitting in the living room, Ling Xiaoyu washed some fruit and placed a plate of freshly cut fruit on the table. She told Ling Luoluo to wait for a moment, then ran off to wash the dishes.
Once she had become a little more alert, Ling Wanqing blinked her big eyes and began observing Ling Luoluo.
This girl is so pretty, and she's dressed so extravagantly. Her identity must be unusual, right? Ling Wanqing wondered quietly.
Ling Luoluo noticed Ling Wanqing's starry-eyed gaze and immediately raised her head proudly.
"Hehe, pretty, right? I only bought this recently!"
Ling Wanqing:
"Hey! What's with that expression? As Luoluo the Little Genius, a Magical Girl, I have a very high status in the Magic Association."
"Oh, so you're a Magical Girl?"
The moment Ling Wanqing heard that she was a Magical Girl, her expression suddenly fell. Ling Luoluo was instantly irritated.
Hey! It's not like I did anything to offend you!
Truth?
When Ling Xiaoyu returned, the conversation immediately got down to business.
Other than a few relatives and friends of Ling Xiaoyu and Ling Feng, hardly anyone ever came to this house. At most, there would be a courier delivery or takeout.
Ling Wanqing had no memory whatsoever of this girl, and she had come looking for Sister Xiaoyu. What was their relationship?
Ling Wanqing was confused. She loved overthinking things.
Forget it. She would just watch and see. They were probably only friends.
While Ling Wanqing was still confused, an even more shocking topic stunned her.
"Sister Xiaoyu, when can I meet my biological older brother?"
Ling Wanqing:??
Hearing that, Ling Wanqing did not react for a moment. She was utterly stunned, but her mind instantly cleared halfway.
What was going on? Was this little girl actually Brother Xiaofeng's biological younger sister??
Why did all these relationships feel so tangled? Then what was the relationship between Sister Xiaoyu and Brother Xiaofeng? Ling Wanqing immediately began guessing.
The two became so absorbed in their conversation that Ling Xiaoyu had forgotten about Ling Wanqing from the beginning. Now, Ling Wanqing needed to keep the secret as well.
After learning the truth, Ling Wanqing was completely dumbfounded.
Ling Feng and Ling Xiaoyu did not share even a trace of blood relation, while he and Ling Luoluo had both been adopted by the Ling Family as children.
Because his childhood memories were vague, Ling Feng only vaguely remembered that he seemed to have had an older sister, but he had not thought much about it.
Ling Luoluo, meanwhile, had been brought back to the Ling Family for focused training because of her talent. Who knew that she was naturally mischievous and impossible to control? Later, after she became a Magical Girl, Ling Xiaoyu directly tied her up and sent her to the Magic Association for further study.
This string of stories left Ling Wanqing dizzy. She felt as though her entire worldview had collapsed.
"Um... Th-this... If Brother Xiaofeng finds out, he'll definitely be heartbroken, right? Wuwu~ Brother Xiaofeng is so pitiful. I have to protect him."
Ling Wanqing started crying as she spoke, leaving Ling Luoluo dumbfounded. Was that really necessary?
"Don't worry. As long as you keep the secret properly, we can still live normally," Ling Xiaoyu comforted her.
But Ling Luoluo became anxious. Wasn't she a victim too?
"What about me? What about me? I haven't even met my biological older brother yet, but he gets to be Sister Xiaoyu's little brother."
"After all these years in the Magic Association, I've long treated you as my biological little sister too." Ling Xiaoyu added gently, "As long as you behave and don't come cause trouble."
"Mm-hmm, Luoluo will definitely behave!" Ling Luoluo nodded hard.
Meanwhile, Ling Wanqing sat to one side with her mind still in chaos, not noticing what they were talking about at all.
Right now, she only hoped Ling Feng would never learn the truth.
Everything felt completely tangled.
On the other side, Ling Feng still knew nothing about this. After he and Su Xiaoxiao left Bai Chuting's house, they headed straight for Linzhou Ancient City.
Ling Feng asked Su Xiaoxiao where her suitcase was, only to find out that this girl had brought nothing at all and had simply flown over from the Imperial Capital like that.
Su Xiaoxiao should have known she would be staying for several days, right? What about daily necessities? Did she not need to prepare anything? Even staying at a hotel required a change of clothes, didn't it?
Su Xiaoxiao's answer was simple: she could just buy those things when she got there.
Ling Feng could only say that she was really rich.
And what if she happened to get her period? Could she take care of herself alone?
Ling Feng did not notice that he was acting like a babysitter right now, showering Su Xiaoxiao with concern.
Once he realized it, his face immediately turned red, and he fell into deep reflection over his own behavior.
"Why did I say all that? And it all came out instinctively too. Damn it!"
"Pfft, for a moment there, I thought you were my mom. You nag just as much as she does." Su Xiaoxiao laughed so hard she could barely close her mouth.
Ling Feng was still deep in thought. How could he have said such things? It made no sense.
By then, the taxi had arrived in front of the Imperial Internet Café. Without giving it much thought,
Ling Feng directly grabbed Su Xiaoxiao's hand and pulled her upstairs. If they did not leave now, he figured she might run off again.
The moment Su Xiaoxiao saw how lively Ancient City Street was, she was instantly captivated. Weren't you supposed to be the young lady of some big family?
There would be time later anyway, right? There was no need to rush!
Su Xiaoxiao did not know what Ling Feng was thinking, but when he took her hand, her heart truly started racing and her face turned a little red.
The master was holding her hand?
On countless nights, she had thought longingly about what he looked like. Who would have thought she had met him before?
Su Xiaoxiao felt as though a burst of blazing red had flashed before her eyes, leaving her dazed...
Su Yun's Love Lesson
Zhao Ping was fairly outgoing. When he saw Su Xiaoxiao, he greeted her directly and acted as though Ling Feng did not exist. Ling Feng did not mind in the slightest.
Still, the fact that the two had come together made things seem a little suspicious.
"I happened to run into her downstairs when I got here," Ling Feng explained nonchalantly. As long as she was here, that was enough.
"Cousin."
Su Xiaoxiao saw Su Yun at her seat and waved in greeting. Su Yun smiled and nodded.
The Winter Tournament was being held at the Spacetime Esports Arena in Linzhou City this time. It was a rare opportunity, and it would have been a pity not to participate.
It was the perfect chance to fulfill their esports dreams, and the first-place prize was fifty thousand yuan. That was what Ling Feng had come for.
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