"Ju Zi! Why are you sleeping again? Hurry up and get up." Xuan Ziwen stepped forward and tugged her wrist with practiced ease, clearly long accustomed to this situation.
"Mm! Don't bother me. I went to bed really late yesterday. I need to catch up on sleep!" Ju Zi waved a hand and spoke limply.
"Ah, I really don't know what to do with you!" Xuan Ziwen pressed a hand to his forehead, looking thoroughly exasperated.
Xuan Ziwen bent down slightly and suddenly shouted, "Time to eat!"
"Ah! Time to eat! Hurry, charge! Otherwise, we'll go hungry!" The moment Ju Zi heard that, she shot toward the laboratory door as though she had activated a blink skill.
The girl who had come in with her hurriedly called out, "Ju Zi, we just ate breakfast!"
Ju Zi already had one foot through the laboratory doorway when those words finally sank in.
"Hahaha! This trick really works every time!" Xuan Ziwen burst out laughing at the sight.
"You liar! You lied to me again. I'll pelt you to death!" Ju Zi fumed, her arms spinning like windmills as she hurled ball after ball of yellow light from her hands.
At the sight, Tian Chen was immediately captivated by her adorably ditzy manner.
Lazy, adorably clueless, beautiful... was this really the future empress and goddess of war who would kill without blinking?
Before Tian Chen could react, oranges filled the air as they flew toward Xuan Ziwen.
Seeing this, Tian Chen immediately formed threads from his spiritual power and caught them.
The moment he acted, the girl beside him noticed him.
"Wow! What a handsome young cutie! How come I've never seen you before?" Keke's eyes lit up as soon as she saw Tian Chen.
She was a longtime student of the academy