The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

Meanwhile, on the other side, at Hongxing Junior High School.

The first period of school had just ended, and the classroom of Class 3, Grade 8 was quite lively.

The students gathered in twos and threes, discussing the interesting things that had happened in the past few days.

Li Kai sat by the window, still clutching the two eggs he had put in his pocket that morning.

After a period of internal struggle, he finally stood up and walked casually to Zhang Xiaohua's desk.

"Little Flower, you can eat this later."

Li Kai lowered his voice and quickly stuffed the eggs into her desk drawer.

Zhang Xiaohua was reading a book when she was startled by the sudden noise.

She looked down and saw two round eggs. She quickly picked them up and pushed them back.

"Li Kai, I already told you I couldn't accept it, you should take it back!"

"The past is the past!"

Li Kai's face hardened, and his attitude became firm: "You admitted yesterday that you are my future wife, so I have an obligation to take good care of you and make you plump and healthy."

"Keep your voice down!" Zhang Xiaohua's ears turned bright red instantly, and she quickly glanced around.

Fortunately, the students were all busy with their own things and no one noticed what was happening here.

"Then you should accept it."

Zhang Xiaohua bit her lip and finally stuffed the eggs back into the drawer.

"Th-thank you, Brother Kai."

Her voice was very soft, barely audible to the two of them.

"Xiaohua, you don't need to thank me!" Li Kai grinned. "From now on, I'll bring you eggs every morning, so you can't refuse anymore!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaohua was about to say something more.

But when he looked up, Li Kai was already back in his seat.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongyan, who was sitting next to her, quickly came over and asked, "Xiaohua, what did Li Kai just give me? Can I see it?"

Before Zhang Xiaohua could react, she stuck her head into her drawer.

Zhang Xiaohua tried to stop it, but it was too late.

"It's an egg!" Zhao Hongyan's eyes widened, her voice rising, "Xiaohua, Li Kai actually..."

Zhang Xiaohua quickly covered her mouth: "Hongyan, don't shout!"

Zhao Hongyan made two soft whimpers and blinked hard, at which point Zhang Xiaohua finally let go of her hand.

"Xiaohua, are you two dating? Tell me!" Zhao Hongyan asked, her face full of gossip.

"Hongyan, don't talk nonsense!" Zhang Xiaohua blushed. "We are, we are classmates."

"Ah, right, right, classmate!" Zhao Hongyan winked and teased, "The classmate who comes over every day to ask how I am and brings me eggs, right!"

Zhang Xiaohua felt her face burning from Zhao Hongyan's words, so she simply ignored her and pretended to be engrossed in reading.

Li Kai had been paying attention to the situation here, and when he saw Zhang Xiaohua's cute appearance, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.

.......

Lunchtime at the transportation station's canteen.

Li Kaixin, Zhou Zhiming, Wu Tian, ​​Xu Jie, and Hu Tu each held their lunchboxes and sat down together.

"You guys are so unfair! You didn't even tell me who got to choose the car first, and I ended up having to pick a half-used one."

Zhou Zhiming looked aggrieved, poking around in his lunchbox with his chopsticks.

Hu Tu looked up and chuckled, "Zhiming, you can't blame us. It's an old tradition at the transport station. We thought Kaixin had told you about it!"

"Second Brother, I didn't know about this either. The station just assigned me a new car right away."

"Master, what you're saying hurts me even more." Zhou Zhiming clutched his chest, feigning deep distress.

Wu Tian, ​​who was listening nearby, almost spat out his food from laughing:

"Zhiming, this is actually partly your own fault."

"Several times before, new riders came to the station to choose their bikes, and you were just staring blankly in the bike shed with Kaixin. Couldn't you have paid a little more attention and found out?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiming smiled sheepishly, "I... I didn't think that much about it!"

"Alright, Zhiming, stop complaining!" Li Kaixin patted his apprentice on the shoulder. "If you're still not satisfied, I'll let you drive mine!"

"Then forget it, I think mine is actually pretty good too." Zhou Zhiming quickly waved his hand.

He dared not accept his master's car; if word got out, he would be laughed at to death.

At this moment, Qian Dazhuang, who hadn't said much until now, suddenly spoke up:

"Hey, tell me, what kind of apprentices are you taking on this afternoon?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Tian and Zhou Zhiming both perked up.

Xu Jie and Hu Tu exchanged a knowing glance but didn't rush to reply.

Zhou Zhiming's eyes darted around, and he quickly said, "Dazhuang, I'll take him in based on age. That way, he'll call me master and grandmaster more often!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present looked at him with strange expressions.

"Zhiming, you're really lucky to be my apprentice this afternoon." Wu Tian clicked his tongue twice and continued, "Having a master like you means you not only have to practice your skills but also develop a thick skin."

"Go away, what do you know? I'm just showing respect for my teacher," Zhou Zhiming tried to explain.

Li Kaixin immediately slapped his apprentice on the back of the head, laughing and scolding, "Zhiming, you little brat, you don't think much about serious matters, but you're good at twisting logic."

Everyone present burst into laughter at this sight.

In the afternoon, Director Xie arrived as scheduled and instructed the official driver to go to the conference room for a meeting.

Li Kaixin, Wu Tian, ​​Zhou Zhiming, and Qian Dazhuang met at the entrance of the conference room and walked inside together.

In the conference room, Station Chief Zhao and fifteen new apprentices were already standing on the stage.

These apprentices all looked quite young, the oldest probably only in their early twenties.

When Li Kaixin and his three companions arrived, they were seated in the first row because they were selecting apprentices.

As soon as Zhou Zhiming sat down, he spotted the oldest apprentice.

His eyes lit up immediately: "Master, what do you think about me taking that person as my disciple?"

As he spoke, his hand unconsciously pointed at that person.

Before Li Kaixin could speak, Wu Tian interrupted with a look of astonishment, "Zhiming, you're really going to take on older women? I thought you were joking!"

"Who's joking with you?" Zhou Zhiming's lips curled into a slight smile. "Taking on an older apprentice makes you look so prestigious!"

Sitting to his left, Qian Dazhuang couldn't help but remind him, "Zhiming, apprentices are there to learn skills, so don't mess around with it."

"Brother Dazhuang, don't worry about that!"

Zhou Zhiming patted his chest and said, "I will definitely teach you with all my heart. I'll just let him call me 'Master' a few more times so he can have some fun."

Li Kaixin smiled and shook her head, without saying anything.

He understood his apprentice's personality well; aside from being a bit eccentric, he was quite decisive when it came to serious matters.