Gao Wu: Oh no! Young Master Zhen is a cultivator!

Zhao Meng looked up at Chu Xining, then at Lin Ran.

He had just arranged to switch seats with Lin Ran, specifically to sit next to him. Now, the same fate had befallen him.

"Okay, classmate, please sit down." Zhao Meng grabbed his backpack and went to another empty seat.

Chu Xining sat down next to Lin Ran, placed her hands on the desk, and turned her head to give Lin Ran a sweet smile.

"Brother Lin Ran, what a coincidence!"

Lin Ran casually flipped through his textbook: "Do you think I'm stupid?"

"Did I make my brother angry again?" Chu Xining's smile immediately vanished, replaced by a wronged expression.

Lin Ran shook his head helplessly: "I really didn't expect that the culprit who bullied me for two and a half years was actually you."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xining's eyes instantly reddened, and her voice trembled slightly: "I didn't know Sun Jinghuan would do such a thing. Brother Lin Ran, you must believe me!"

Lin Ran frowned, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that Chu Xining hadn't lied.

In the original owner's memories, he had always been avoiding Chu Xining and trying to avoid any interaction with her.

No matter what happens to her, she will not let Chu Xining know.

He himself refused to reveal a single detail, and it was even less likely that anyone else would tell Chu Xining about this.

"Never mind, it's not your fault." Lin Ran took a deep breath: "Sigh... Now that you've transferred to No. 1 High School, things are probably going to get more turbulent here."

"I will protect Brother Lin Ran!"

"Hehe..." Lin Ran chuckled dryly twice.

Chu Xining pursed her lips, lowered her head, and opened her textbook.

From a seat not far away, Bai Ruolin glanced in this direction.

Just then, Chu Xining also looked up, and the two locked eyes.

Bai Ruolin's gaze lingered on Chu Xining's face for a moment before she slowly turned her head away.

Chu Xining glanced at Bai Ruolin for two more seconds before turning her gaze back to her textbook.

At the same time, Lin Haozhe, who was sitting in the front row, also turned around and glanced at Chu Xining, seemingly lost in thought.

The morning session was a theory class, explaining the various differences between F-rank and SSS-rank. Lin Ran, unusually, didn't lie down and sleep.

For both Awakened Beings, the difficulty of training at F-rank and SSS-rank is worlds apart.

Even with diligent cultivation, an F-rank Awakener's highest achievement might only be the Inner Breath Realm, and breaking through to the Innate Realm would be difficult.

As for SSS-level awakened individuals, as long as they cultivate steadily, they are guaranteed to become Martial Saints, and may even reach the Celestial Realm.

The so-called Celestial Beings are naturally beings from the heavens, a realm comparable to immortals, and currently the highest realm that warriors on Blue Star can reach.

Lin Ran has now reached the first level of Qi Refining, and can easily release his true Qi, which is equivalent to the Innate Realm of a martial artist.

In other words, he has already reached a level that F-level Awakened individuals can hardly attain.

The school bell rang at noon.

Bai Ruolin stood up from her seat and walked straight to Lin Ran's desk.

Seeing this, Chu Xining spoke first: "Brother Lin Ran, let's go to the cafeteria."

"Okay." Lin Ran nodded casually.

Bai Ruolin's lips twitched almost imperceptibly: "Why don't we go together?"

Chu Xining glanced at her and said, "Okay."

At this moment, they both saw a different meaning in each other's eyes.

"Let's go!" Lin Ran closed his textbook and slowly stood up.

The three of them walked out of the classroom together, the atmosphere subtle.

Seeing this, Zhao Meng wisely refrained from stepping forward.

In the martial arts class section of the cafeteria, the three of them got their food and sat down at a table by the window.

Zhao Meng and his classmate Zheng Hong sat two rows apart, glancing at Lin Ran every now and then.

"Do you think those two might start fighting?" Zhao Meng asked in a low voice.

Zheng Hong lowered his head and ate his rice, saying, "What's it to you?"

Aren't you curious?

"What does this have to do with me?"

Zhao Meng rolled his eyes: "You idiot!"

"Nothing is more important than eating!" Zheng Hong said dismissively, continuing to eat.

Chu Xining picked up a piece of fish from her plate and put it into Lin Ran's bowl: "Brother Lin Ran, eat more fish, it's good for your health."

"Okay, you eat too," Lin Ran replied casually.

Seeing this, Bai Ruolin took a deep breath, picked up a lettuce leaf, put it in her mouth, and chewed it with a crunching sound.

Just then, a tall figure appeared beside Lin Ran's dining table.

Lin Ran looked up.

Sure enough, it was Sun Jingyao again.

The guy still had a bandage wrapped around his left arm, and his complexion was better than yesterday, but his eyes still held a fiery temper.

"What, you didn't get enough yesterday? What kind of gift do you want to give me today?" Lin Ran put his chopsticks on the edge of his plate.

Sun Jingyao opened his mouth, and after a long while, he said, "Don't be so smug, I'll win back sooner or later."

"Sure, you're welcome anytime." Lin Ran shrugged. "Or, you can do it now!"

"I didn't come here to see you today!"

Sun Jingyao turned his gaze to Chu Xining, his tone solemn: "Miss Chu, you and my Sun family are engaged. How can you so brazenly associate with other men? Don't you respect my Sun family?"

Chu Xining put down her chopsticks and looked up to meet Sun Jingyao's gaze: "I have never approved of this marriage contract, and I would never marry someone who has bullied Brother Lin Ran."

"Brother Lin Ran? That sounds so intimate!"

Sun Jingyao's temple throbbed: "What do you think the Chu family and the Sun family are? You think you can just dismiss the marriage agreement between the two families with a simple disagreement?"

"So what? At worst, I'll just leave the Chu family."

"You!" Sun Jingyao clenched and then relaxed his fist: "Fine! We'll see!"

After saying that, he turned and strode away.

Lin Ran picked up his chopsticks again, thinking to himself, "Why do I suddenly understand Sun Jinghuan's situation?"

"No wonder Sun Jinghuan is targeting you; he thinks you stole his fiancée." Bai Ruolin picked up her water glass and took a sip.

"No, that's not it!" Chu Xining turned her head, her expression slightly flustered.

"Brother Lin Ran, please don't misunderstand! Those were all agreements between the Chu family elders and the Sun family, and have nothing to do with me! I will absolutely not marry Sun Jinghuan!"

"Okay, let's eat." Lin Ran said calmly.

As he chewed his food, his thoughts drifted far away.

If Sun Jinghuan is rejected by the engagement, will he say something like "Thirty years west of the river, thirty years east of the river"?

No, that's not right. This guy is the young master of the Sun family, he's not poor at all.

If someone were to say something like that, it should be someone who has been an orphan for over a decade.

However, since Chu Xining has transferred here, Sun Jinghuan should be transferring to Xinhai No.1 Middle School soon, right?

Lin Ran put aside his distracting thoughts and continued eating.

Regardless of whether Sun Jinghuan will come after him, his life must go on.

With Chu Xining joining the afternoon practical training session, the atmosphere became subtle.

Especially when Chu Xining and Bai Ruolin's eyes met, the subtle sparks between them made the training atmosphere in the whole class much more tense.

"What's going on? These two seem to be at odds."

"For example, if your girlfriend had a childhood sweetheart before, would you still like him?"

"I don't have a girlfriend, and I don't like men."

"You fucking...is that the point?"

"Okay, I understand what you mean. But... Bai Ruolin isn't Lin Ran's girlfriend, is she?"

"If it weren't for Chu Xining, this Miss Bai and Young Master Lin would actually be quite a good match."

"Now that you mention it, it's true..."

It turns out that the things you worry about most are the most likely to happen.

The next morning, Zhou Zhengping brought Sun Jinghuan to the training ground of Class 1, Grade 12.

This guy was tall and slender, with features that bore a slight resemblance to Sun Jingyao, and his arrogance was no less than Sun Jingyao's.

"This is Sun Jinghuan, a transfer student to our class today," Zhou Zhengping introduced as usual. "Please welcome him!"

A commotion erupted in the classroom.

"Is this guy here to avenge his cousin?"

"You're so ignorant! He came because of Chu Xining!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

"The Chu family and the Sun family have a marriage agreement. Strictly speaking, Chu Xining is Sun Jinghuan's fiancée..."

At this moment, everyone felt that Sun Jinghuan's hair seemed to be dripping with lush greenery.

Sun Jinghuan's gaze swept around the classroom, landing precisely on the back row by the window.

Just then, Lin Ran looked up and their eyes met.

Looking at the guy in front of him who had been bullied by the original owner for two and a half years, Lin Ran felt a surge of excitement for no reason.

After two and a half years of bullying, I really need to get my revenge.