My Girlfriend Is a Magical Girl!

Most importantly, they wondered why Lu Ming was standing with a girl from International Middle School, drinking lemon tea.

Was lemon tea really that good?

Give me a sip too.

Nope, nyah nyah nyah.

Under the gazes of the surrounding students, Lu Annuan's cheeks reddened slightly, but... she continued standing beside Lu Ming.

Lu Ming was scanning the people at the school gate when he suddenly saw a cute, short-haired girl from International Middle School run over and pat Lu Annuan on the shoulder.

"Hehe, are you two dating here or something?" the short-haired girl said with a smile, extending her hand to Lu Ming. "My name is Meng Xuan. I'm Annuan's best friend. You're the famous Lu Ming, right?"

"Hello, I'm the famous Lu Ming, I suppose." Lu Ming shook her hand.

As long as you don't pull any copper stuff, you can be my good friend too.

Lu Annuan hurriedly waved her hands. "We're not dating. We're just drinking beverages together."

When you rejected that so quickly, did you ever consider how I felt?

Lu Annuan hurriedly looked at Lu Ming again. "We're not dating, right?"

She looked at him as though sneaking a peek.

Why are you asking me?

"How would I know? All I know is drinking beverages!" Lu Ming even slipped into an out-of-province dialect.

Fine, he was a little scared too.

Mainly because he had never dated before.

Later, he could ask Tang Zhiqing or Ran Yanyue for their advice.

"Haha, you really are as interesting as Annuan said." Meng Xuan laughed.

She didn't casually make up sexual rumors about me, did she?

"And it's pretty rare to see students from Haiyang No. 2 Middle School here."

What, seeing students from the Haiyang Village main family scared you traitorous ninjas pissless?

"Does Haiyang No. 2 Middle School have any must-eat food?" Meng Xuan asked curiously.

Of course. Even idiots have to eat.

You rich people at International Middle School look down on idiots, huh?

"Oh, you mean delicious food. There's quite a lot. The fried rice by the school gate is top-notch, way better than the cafeteria." Lu Ming hurriedly said.

"Sounds like your cafeteria food is awful?"

"Not entirely. There was a senior who studied accounting and had been to prison. When he came back and ate in our cafeteria, he cried. When someone asked why, he said the food reminded him of his days in jail." Lu Ming sighed.

"Ah, really?" Meng Xuan experienced a small dose of Haiyang No. 2 Middle School shock.

As expected of the Haiyang main family. Even their cafeteria food was a little worse.

"Of course I'm joking." Lu Ming shook his head. "Though it's usually mediocre, every Wednesday we get salt-baked chicken legs. They're ridiculously delicious."

Cao Guang snatched people's chicken legs every week and went to town on them, so he was somewhat indirectly involved.

Lu Ming couldn't do that. If he wanted an indirect kiss with Tang Zhiqing, she had probably already thought of more ways to kill him than he could count.

Hearing Lu Ming's words, Meng Xuan walked over to Lu Annuan and whispered, "So Haiyang No. 2 Middle School's cafeteria is like that. I thought slavery had ended ages ago."

No, screw you!

Lu Ming got worked up.

"Haha, I'm kidding. Our school cafeteria is terrible too." Meng Xuan laughed, blinking as she said, "Otherwise, why do you think there are so many delicious restaurants around our school? Because nobody eats in the cafeteria."

Haha, screw you too.

You almost made me see red.

So you're making me practice temperature control now, huh?

With her classmate beside her, Lu Annuan was clearly a little shy. Seeing this, Meng Xuan quietly said to Lu Ming, "Recently, a third-year student named Wei Lihui has been pursuing Annuan. You should keep an eye out."

"Why are you telling me that?"

Lu Annuan and I aren't dating.

But I happen to be bored, so go ahead and tell me. I'll casually listen.

Better dig up this guy's entire family tree.

"Just think of it as protecting your childhood friend. His family has a little money, he's a little handsome, but he acts all high and mighty and he's really annoying." Meng Xuan shook her head.

Could he possibly have more money than our young lady Ran Yanyue?

Could he possibly be more handsome than me?

One look was enough. Certified pure small fry.

"Hey, that's him, the one playing basketball on the court. He's looking over here," Meng Xuan whispered. "Annuan really hates this guy, but she's too nice to curse at people. That's why he keeps coming to her class to find her."

Lu Ming looked over. That boy was indeed frowning as he stared at Lu Ming, who was standing beside Lu Annuan.

He even went to her classroom?

"And he's a playboy too. He had three girlfriends when he was in his first year, all upperclassmen from our school." Meng Xuan continued badmouthing him.

So he was a frequent flyer at hotels?

"Stop it, stop it. Class is about to start. Let's go back first." Lu Annuan took Meng Xuan's hand. She was a little embarrassed and didn't really want Lu Ming to know about her troubles.

She couldn't always trouble him.

She and Lu Ming... were only childhood friends, not boyfriend and girlfriend.

"Oh, okay. You two go to school first, then." Lu Ming waved.

He watched Lu Annuan and Meng Xuan enter International Middle School. The boy called Wei Lihui immediately began jogging toward Lu Annuan with a basketball in hand, looking every bit the athletic student.

Lu Annuan pursed her lips and refused to look at him, clearly not very happy to see him.

Wei Lihui smiled broadly and glanced at Lu Ming, planning to ask Lu Annuan about him later.

Lu Annuan couldn't have fallen for him, could she?

A Haiyang No. 2 Middle School student couldn't have more money than my family, right?

And could he be more athletic than me? No, right?

Lu Annuan and Meng Xuan linked arms, ignored Wei Lihui, and walked straight toward the teaching building.

Then she felt a gust of wind sweep past her.

Wei Lihui saw the tall boy who had been standing with Lu Annuan run over, snatch the basketball from his hand, then jump straight up on the spot... and shoot!

The basketball traced a beautiful arc and dropped into the hoop with a whoosh. It was even a clean swish.

Yet Lu Ming was still standing at the gate of International Middle School. He was at least thirty meters from the hoop. A standard basketball court was twenty-eight meters long, which meant Lu Ming had shot from at least one and a half basketball courts away.

What kind of arm strength was that?!

What kind of accuracy was that?

And that... was insanely cool, wasn't it?!

And he was even wearing Haiyang No. 2 Middle School's uniform.

Where had this professional player come from? Why wasn't he going pro and making a name for himself instead of hiding away in tiny Haiyang No. 2 Middle School?

Everyone around them was stunned.

Lu Ming looked at Lu Annuan and shouted, "Annuan, I'll come pick you up after school tonight! Otherwise Uncle Lu will blame me again for not taking good care of you!"

Lu Ming's voice was loud enough for everyone around him to hear.

The International Middle School students were drawn in by that beyond-the-three-point-line shot and his voice. Hey... why had this Haiyang No. 2 Middle School student come to their school to confess to Lu Annuan?

So arrogant?!

Lu Annuan was one of the most well-known students among International Middle School's exceptional crowd. Not only was she beautiful, but she was also the face of the school. Recently, half the newspaper stories about International Middle School had been related to Lu Annuan.

Wait, but he said Lu Annuan's father had asked him to.

Could he be... her fiancé?!

The girls at the school immediately had stars in their eyes, while the boys looked as dejected as if their parents had died. Especially after Lu Ming's shot just now... its sheer weight was overwhelming!

It didn't look like a lucky shot.

He was genuinely incredible!

So Lu Annuan had long had such a handsome, athletic boyfriend. No wonder she had no interest in anyone else.

Wei Lihui stopped as well, his face blank as he completely forgot to speak to Lu Annuan.

Lu Annuan stood there with a flushed face, at a loss. There really wasn't anything wrong with what Lu Ming had said, since their families were close, but when he said it like that... didn't it sound like they were dating?!

After shouting that, Lu Ming simply waved goodbye to Lu Annuan.

He waved his sleeve and took not a single cloud with him, leaving behind only a legend.

Only after Lu Ming had gone far away did cries of surprise erupt.

"Lu Annuan, that guy was so handsome!" a girl ran over and said, blushing.

"H-He was okay, I guess." Lu Annuan looked delighted, brushing aside the hair by her cheek as she secretly looked in the direction Lu Ming had left.

"Is he your boyfriend?"

Actually... he wasn't.

Seeing the sparkling eyes of the girls gathering around her, Lu Annuan suddenly found her courage and softly said, "Don't tell the teachers about this yet."

She hadn't denied it, so it was true!

If both parents approved of a high school relationship, why would they need the homeroom teacher's approval?

Besides, International Middle School's school culture was nowhere near as strict as Haiyang No. 2 Middle School's.

"Got it, got it. If this gets back to Haiyang No. 2 Middle School, your boyfriend will be the one who has to write a self-criticism." The girls nodded vigorously.

Looking at their envious gazes, Lu Annuan's cheeks reddened. She felt a tiny bit vain.

Even Magical Girls... could be vain sometimes.

When she returned to the classroom, everyone in the class had heard about it and looked at Lu Annuan curiously.

They had thought Lu Annuan had always been aloof and rarely talked to anyone. So it turned out she had a boyfriend all along.

No wonder she ignored Wei Lihui, and her boyfriend seemed more handsome too!

With her face bright red, Lu Annuan took out her phone and sent Lu Ming a sticker of "a figure-skating cat kicking your face into a mess."

Lu Ming received the message on the bus and also heard the system's voice.

[Mission successful. Reward: Endurance +1]

Endurance?

My endurance is already strong. The system is just adding icing to the cake.

But if the system insists on giving it to me, I can't stop it.

Auntie, how did the red envelope in my pocket get forcibly stuffed in there by you?

In high spirits, Lu Ming got off the bus and saw Tang Zhiqing at the school gate, looking at him with a half-smile.

I'm dead.

"Late?" Tang Zhiqing smiled.

"Can you cut me some slack?"

I've rendered services to the school. I went to International Middle School and showed off.

"Hehe, go run on the track." Tang Zhiqing continued smiling.

"How many laps?"

"Until you can't run anymore."