Mu En lay in his recliner, a mysterious, Maitreya-like smile on his aged face.
"Why isn't Bei Bei here yet?" Xian Lin'er muttered impatiently beside him. As Shrek's Flying Valkyrie, she hardly had a good temper.
I'll poke ten thousand holes in him!
Just then-
"Is this friendship across genders?!"
"Awesome! Who the hell is this legend?"
A chorus of excited voices drifted in from outside the Sea God Pavilion.
"This lady's trip was well worth it."
Ling Luochеn rubbed her hands together, unable to suppress the gleam of gossip in her eyes. She leaned forward, practically itching to stick her head right up close.
"Want a macaron?"
The cat-eared girl beside her scratched one of her ears, then reached out a finger and poked her with painfully obvious social anxiety.
"Oh, sure. Thank you, Xixi."
"Oh my goodness, girl! Why does that handsome little guy whose hand he's holding look so much like our dear Dai Yueheng?"
Gongyang Mo propped up his face and exclaimed in surprise, reaching out to grab Dai Yueheng's arm and shake it.
This damned sissy!
Dai Yueheng still wore his gentle, jade-like smile, but a flicker of undisguisable disgust flashed through his eyes.
?!
Looking utterly puzzled, Xian Lin'er walked out of the Sea God Pavilion and came face-to-face with Bei Bei and his companions.
Bei Bei held Dai Huabin's hand on his left and Xu Sanshi's on his right. With their fingers interlocked and their steps in sync, they walked with an oddly harmonious air.
Eww...
Xian Lin'er's expression was complicated. The corners of her mouth twitched twice, and her gaze swept back and forth over the three boys' clasped hands.
"Dean Xian Lin'er, don't tell me you've heard those people outside spreading rumors too?"
Bei Bei hurriedly explained, "There's nothing going