"Sorry, junior. I didn't hurt you when I bumped into you, did I?"
Hearing the voice beside him,
Chen Mo looked up to see who had knocked him over.
It was a pretty girl he did not recognize at all.
She had a distinctive oval face, almond-shaped brown eyes behind a pair of glasses, and long, straight, tea-brown hair with a little cowlick. White feather earrings hung from her ears, and her snow-white skin had not a single visible pore, as though the slightest pinch could squeeze water from it. She wore a white-and-yellow uniform.
Her appearance was sweet and gentle, giving her an adorably airheaded air.
"You are..."
Chen Mo looked the girl up and down.
For some reason,
he felt she looked very familiar, as though he had seen her somewhere before.
Before Chen Mo could remember,
the girl exclaimed in surprise, looking every inch a starstruck fangirl. "Ah!!! I know you! You're Chen Mo, the genius disciple the dean recently took on, who led the team to defeat Shrek Academy in this year's Tournament and won the Sun Moon Empire its first-ever championship, right?"
At that,
Chen Mo was somewhat speechless.
Come on, girl.
Isn't your acting a little too obvious?
I recognized you at a glance, seed thief—Ju Zi!
Still, he did not expose her. Instead, he played along and nodded. "That's me."
"Oh! It really is you! This is wonderful. I finally get to meet you in person! I didn't hurt you just now, did I? By the way, junior, could you give me your autograph?" Ju Zi took out a pen and notebook she had prepared beforehand.
"Of course."
Whatever Ju Zi's motives were,
Chen Mo still accepted the pen and notebook and signed his name.
Across two lifetimes,
this was the first time