Xiao Ling: Why Does This Old Woman Pretend to Be a Maiden?

As the sunlight gradually dimmed, today's school festival and sports meet came to a temporary close.

After asking the Rover to take Xiao Ling Little Ai scrolled through his phone, waiting for Roccia to come and pick him up.

As the sunlight completely disappeared and night gradually fell, Xiao Ling finally saw a car with Roccia's image on itasha (a type of Japanese car) driving towards him not far from the school gate.

Hmm... judging by the car model, it's probably a BMW or something... Is Roccia that rich?

The BMW slowly stopped in front of Xiao Ling, and then the passenger window was rolled down. Roccia, wearing black sunglasses, winked at Xiao Ling with her purple eyes.

"Handsome young man, are you alone?" Roccia in a seductive voice. "Get in the car, I'll take you for a ride."

"Then I shall respectfully accept your offer."

Xiao Ling deftly opened the car door and got in. As soon as the door closed, Roccia stepped on the gas, and the school gate was left far behind them.

"Sorry I'm a little late. There were some urgent matters at school that I needed to review personally," Roccia explained why she was late.

"Thankfully, I didn't have to wait long." After fastening his seatbelt, Xiao Ling chatted with Roccia. "Speaking of which, you have a driver's license, right?"

After sitting in the car for so long, Xiao Ling had gotten used to it. At least she wasn't as pale as before, and she could still chat.

"Would I dare drive without a license?" Roccia retorted. "If those girls knew that I, the principal, had been arrested for driving without a license, they would make fun of me about it."

"And your ID card...?"

Dania's ID card was obtained with Xiao Ling's help when he had some free time. Aemeath and the others' ID cards were created using Little Ai's electronic hacking abilities. But Roccia...?

"That's what I'm talking about." Roccia calmly tapped her temple. "Knowledge and technology are hard currency in your world. The records of the ' Helios ' project provided by Professor Morning alone are enough to shock your higher-ups."

Xiao Ling gave an awkward yet polite smile.

Of course! In this world, the idea of manually controlling nuclear fusion is still too far-fetched. You can imagine how shocked those people above would be when they saw Professor Morning's engineering report on Helios.

"Did you also help them Cart their identities?"

"Well, we're all from the same hometown anyway, so there's no harm in helping each other out."

Xiao Ling silently gave Principal Roccia a thumbs up in her heart; she was indeed a reliable adult.

It was during this time that he began to take a closer look at Roccia's current appearance.

Her long, dark blue hair still fell to her waist as usual, but she had changed her clothes. She wore a light purple short-sleeved T-shirt with a sky-blue long skirt, and white summer ankle boots. She also had a hair clip with her own chibi-style image on her head, and she wasn't wearing her graduation cap.

Overall, Xiao Ling felt that Roccia in front of him seemed to have more of a youthful vibe, and he personally thought she was quite good.

"Aren't you going for the mature, sophisticated principal look today? Instead, you're going for a youthful, intellectual senior student look?" Xiao Ling teased after observing for a while.

"Oh my, you have good taste, you could tell that." Roccia a smile, "I've also dabbled in the fashion here, but this is the first time I've put it into practice."

"How do you like it?"

"I love it," Xiao Ling said seriously. "Principal Roccia looks good in anything."

"You certainly have a sweet tongue." Roccia curled the corners of her lips. "No wonder you're the infamous Sea King of the school."

"Damn it, is this a never-ending situation, Roccia?"

"Waaaaah~ I'm so heartbroken~ I've been working so hard to clear your name," Roccia, feigning a sob, wiping away imaginary tears with her fingers, "And my student doesn't appreciate it at all."

Why is the old woman acting so innocently like a virgin?

Xiao Ling's words successfully made the veins on Roccia's forehead bulge.

So, as soon as the vehicle reached the intersection where the light was red, Xiao Ling's kidney was suddenly and forcefully twisted without warning.

"Damn it!" Xiao Ling cried out in pain, blurting out a beautiful phrase in Dragon Country, "Are you serious, Roccia?!"

"It hurts? That's good." Having gotten her revenge, Roccia contentedly placed her wicked right hand back on the steering wheel. "Serves you right for talking nonsense."

Xiao Ling looked indignant, muttering something to himself, and rubbing his kidneys where he had just been attacked. There was a moment of silence between the two.

Only after the green light came on and Roccia restarted the vehicle and continued driving did she speak slowly and deliberately.

"Speaking of which, your school seems to be avoiding me... no, I should say the position of principal like the plague. I haven't done anything particularly scary, have I?"

"That's not hard to explain, Roccia," Xiao Ling explained calmly. "Our students here are different from the students you encountered at the Star Torch Academy. They have a deep-seated sense of awe and respect for the person sitting in the principal's seat."

Simply put, even if you act very approachable, they might still think you're two-faced.

"Differentiations due to cultural differences? Interesting." Roccia accepted this explanation.

"Well, changing students' stereotypes will take some time," Xiao Ling said with a smile. "I believe they will accept you as their senior principal one day."

"Thank you for your kind words."

The vehicle moved smoothly under Roccia's driving, and Xiao Ling finally remembered that he should ask them about their destination.

"Speaking of which, where are we going?" Xiao Ling asked Roccia, who was driving.

"Don't you know the three most popular dating spots?" Roccia's purple eyes met Xiao Ling's gaze, a hint of a smile in her eyes.

"Could it be one of those three?"

"An aquarium, a movie theater, and a Ferris wheel," Roccia stated. "I must say, whoever suggested these three date locations is truly a genius with a keen eye for people."

"You read that in a book, didn't you?"

"That's right. In order to have more topics to talk about with the students, I've explored the literature and games here."

"Oh, I see."

Xiao Ling didn't need to guess to know what book Roccia was reading, after all, Little Ai had recently become obsessed with that book, and even dragged Honey Peach and Mandarin Orange to read it together.

(Don't go! Maybe there are other books you can find...)

As for himself, he only bought the whole series of books because of the trend, but never read them. He just couldn't understand this kind of youth-angst literature.

However, the book was so famous that even Xiao Ling, who was not in the circle, knew some of the plot, including the three sacred dating spots.

"So, Principal, where are we going today?"

"The movie theater, I was just thinking of going to see a movie," Roccia said with a smirk. "You don't mind, do you?"

"It's entirely up to the principal."

"Just call me Roccia."

After finalizing the itinerary, the two sped towards the cinema, the scenery rushing past the window like a film reel flashing back.