Still, Could Brother Yun Really Handle Her...

"My master wanted me to stay at the Gym, but since you're on the team competing too, Brother Yun, I thought I might run into you if I stayed at the hotel."

"Hehe! Pretty smart of me, right?"

Chi Duoduo clung to Mu Yun's arm and grinned, looking rather pleased with her reasoning.

"Very smart."

Mu Yun smiled and rubbed her head, playing along with the compliment.

"Your timing's perfect. Want to grab lunch together? I'll introduce you to my classmates."

"The boy who's prettier than most girls?"

Chi Duoduo asked curiously.

Chi Duoduo boarded at Songjiang No. 2 High School, so she didn't know Liu Jianhao and the others.

Mu Yun had only mentioned them now and then when they chatted.

Of them all, Liu Jianhao had made the biggest impression.

After all, a boy with feminine features wasn't unusual. One that good-looking, with a voice that sounded feminine too, was much rarer.

Put it this way: if Liu Jianhao started a TikTok account, he wouldn't even need to learn to fake a girl's voice. Unless he lifted his skirt, no one would realize he was a guy.

Wait, why a skirt?

Mu Yun hurriedly cleared the strange image from his mind.

They'd used the bathroom together before. That image was way too weird.

"Yes. There are a few others too. They're all good friends of mine," Mu Yun said gently, as though introducing his friends to family.

"Are there any pretty girls?"

Chi Duoduo asked out of nowhere.

"Huh?"

Mu Yun paused. The faces of Sun Xin and Ma Sitong sprang to mind.

How to put it? Both were fairly attractive, especially Ma Sitong. Her bold, commanding air gave her the look of a real heroine—though it was a little funny when she bit her lip and started