31: Chapter 31 The First Day of School

Looking at the group divided into two factions before him, Flender, as the Dean, shook his head helplessly. Having led Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun for several years, he knew their habits all too well; it was almost certainly one of them who had offended the girls.

He then addressed the group.

"I am very gratified that a few more little monsters have arrived this year. However, apart from Ning Rongrong and Oscar, whose classes are in the morning, everyone else's classes are in the evening. Therefore, the rest of you may disperse; only those I just named are to stay."

Oscar, who had originally been fantasizing about having the advantage of proximity to the new junior female students, felt his mood instantly plummet, and he walked over dejectedly.

Dai Mubai patted him on the shoulder, then glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, only to find she wasn't looking at him at all. He then left with Ma Hongjun. Although he didn't usually like hanging out with Ma Hongjun, he was in a bad mood today and decided to just find someone to keep him company. Before leaving, he thought about asking Tang San if he wanted to come along, but seeing Tang San's expression, he decided against it and just dragged Ma Hongjun away.

Tang San, as it happened, had no intention of going either. He planned to go back and rest for a while before heading into the city to buy metal. He also wanted to see if he could find a decent blacksmith shop to work at, so he could craft a few more powerful Hidden Weapons to kill Bai Qi.

On the girls' side, due to Bai Qi, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had already established a good relationship with Xiao Wu.

Therefore, upon hearing that Ning Rongrong was to stay.

Xiao Wu patted her chest and said.

"It's okay, Rongrong, we'll stay and keep you company. Go see what your class is."

Ning Rongrong gave Xiao Wu a grateful look and walked over to Flender.

Flender looked at the two who had walked up to him and said.

"Everyone's Spirit has its own training method, but support Spirit Masters don't need that. They just need to be able to run the fastest when encountering danger and provide better support to their teammates. Therefore, your lesson for today is to run twenty laps around the village."

"Yes."

In order to better showcase herself in front of Bai Qi, Ning Rongrong immediately accepted the task and started running outward.

Oscar, as if he had long known what Flender was going to say, said listlessly.

"Yes~"

He cast an envious glance at Bai Qi and the others before starting to run.

Flender nodded with satisfaction as he watched the two start running. He then left, intending to find Tang San to chat about how the Great Master had been doing lately.

At this moment, Xiao Wu said to Bai Qi and Zhu Zhuqing.

"Let's go, let's go cheer for Rongrong."

Zhu Zhuqing indicated she had no objections.

Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing was willing to follow, Xiao Wu didn't wait for Bai Qi to respond; she grabbed Bai Qi's hand and started walking forward, saying.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go, set off."

Bai Qi, being pulled along, watched Xiao Wu with a smile. After taking two steps, he turned back and took Zhu Zhuqing's hand. It was very cold—that was Bai Qi's first impression, likely due to Zhu Zhuqing's Spirit. Regardless, Bai Qi held Zhu Zhuqing's hand even tighter.

Zhu Zhuqing watched as she was pulled along by Bai Qi. Even though she could have pulled away, she didn't want to right now. She knew that what she had said last night was spoken in anger. After calming down, she realized she couldn't escape her family's fate, so it was better to cherish the present; every day gained was another day. Having thought it through, the smile on Zhu Zhuqing's face became brighter.

The academy gate, a necessary path for the run.

Bai Qi, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing watched as Ning Rongrong, who had been high-spirited and greeting them when she first started running, began to struggle more and more as time passed. In the end, she couldn't even keep up her pretense and simply plopped herself down on a chair that Bai Qi had produced from somewhere, saying.

"I'm not running anymore. Whoever wants to run can run; I'm exhausted to death."

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were stunned by Ning Rongrong's outburst. Only Bai Qi laughed upon hearing it, because as a transmigrator, he knew exactly what kind of personality Ning Rongrong had right now.

While Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were still in a daze, Bai Qi took a watermelon out of his Spirit Storage Ring and handed it to Ning Rongrong.

"Thanks."

After taking the watermelon, Ning Rongrong took a few bites before she finally reacted, looking at Bai Qi with surprise.

"Don't you think I'm acting very strange right now?"

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, sitting to the side, nodded subconsciously.

But Bai Qi replied with a straight face.

"It's alright. You've been running for so long, and you're a support Spirit Master; it's already quite good to have run this much right from the start."

"Then don't you think my personality is very strange right now?"

Ning Rongrong, listening to Bai Qi's encouraging words, still asked with confusion.

"Do I think so? It's alright."

After speaking, he reached out and gently rubbed Ning Rongrong's head, then continued with a chuckle.

"After all, this is who you are."

Ning Rongrong froze, then her face scrunched up. Although she really wanted to retort, what he said was so right.

Bai Qi, seeing Ning Rongrong's expression, deliberately imitated it.

"Hahaha!"

Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing all laughed upon seeing Bai Qi's expression.

Bai Qi watched the three of them finish laughing before saying seriously.

"Alright, the laughing is over. Rongrong, it's time to continue running."

Ning Rongrong had indeed recovered from her earlier reluctance to run, and she stood up and said.

"Okay, I'm going to start running again."

"Go, Rongrong!!!"

The other three also offered their encouragement immediately.

"Mm."

After Ning Rongrong nodded heavily, she continued to run.

Oscar, forming a stark contrast to Ning Rongrong, ran over with a miserable expression after Ning Rongrong started running. Seeing the three of them eating watermelon, he looked at Bai Qi with eager longing, begging for a piece, but was ignored by Bai Qi.

After that, it was a cycle of Ning Rongrong running for a while and resting for a while, and each time she persisted longer than the last, although in the end, she still didn't finish.

Time reached the evening. Because Ning Rongrong hadn't finished running, she seemed a bit nervous.

Upon arriving at the plaza, Xiao Wu, as the big sister of the trio, patted Ning Rongrong on the shoulder to comfort her.

"It's okay, what does it matter if you didn't finish running? If Dean Flender dares to be fierce to you, let's see if I won't have Xiao Bai bite him."

After speaking, she turned back to look at Bai Qi and said.

"Right, Xiao Bai."

Listening to Xiao Wu's joke, Ning Rongrong finally laughed, as did Zhu Zhuqing. While the three were laughing.

Our protagonist who was the subject of the joke.

"..."

However, seeing the three of them laughing so happily, Bai Qi also smiled helplessly.

Of course, there was also Oscar, who had finished running.

At this moment, three people walked over from the academy gate with their arms around each other's shoulders.

They were none other than Dai Mubai and Oscar, who had just finished having fun, and Tang San, who had gone into the city to look for metal after chatting with Flender.

Upon seeing them, Oscar hurried over to join them.

Flender, watching them from not far away, nodded with satisfaction. However, in order to establish his authority as Dean, he had to sacrifice Ning Rongrong a little; after all, it was her fault for not finishing the run.

However, this time would cause Flender to regret it for the rest of his life, but that is a story for another time. After all, this task that intentionally wasn't completed by Ning Rongrong had been set by Zuo... no, that's not right, it had been set by Bai Qi.

Thinking of this, Flender straightened his clothes and walked toward the group.

When they saw Flender approaching, they all quieted down and watched him walk over slowly. He stood in front of the group and looked at Oscar with an icy gaze, saying.

"Have you finished your assigned running task?"