Chapter 393: 391. Just Friends (3/4)
"Wanyan!"
Lin Kewu called out softly, his face filled with deep joy, like a stranded traveler in the desert seeing an oasis. His voice was small, as if afraid of disturbing Wanyan.
Even though he called out, it was still so quiet—quite contradictory, isn’t it?
Whether Wanyan heard it or not, only Wanyan knew, but Qingyi and the others definitely heard it. Despite being very soft, Lin Kewu’s voice was too familiar, and their attention immediately focused on him, looking over at Lin Kewu.
"He’s the one who made Wanyan miss the opportunity, almost losing the competition."
"It’s that voice."
"Who is this guy, I haven’t seen this outfit before?"
They had seen the uniforms of Mountain and Sea City’s influences, but never anything so elegant. It didn’t look like a uniform, more like something a playboy would wear to a brothel.
"No matter who he is, no matter what Realm, to almost make Wanyan lose, it’s unforgivable!" The young man with the surname Lin’s eyes suddenly gleamed coldly, looking disdainfully at Lin Kewu with arms akimbo.
But Lin Kewu at this moment was completely unaware, still looking at Wanyan.
Wanyan’s red lips, starry eyes, dark brows, and her current cheerful smile made everything else pale in comparison. One could say that at this moment, Lin Kewu saw no one but Wanyan.
"Elder Kui." At this moment, Wanyan was receiving the Inner Courtyard Identity Token handed over by the Divine Profound Elder of Qi Bing Academy. Elder Kui’s phoenix eyes immediately narrowed into a line, very pleased.
"Linsan has already mentioned you to me, if you find your Divine Profound Elder in the Inner Courtyard unsatisfactory, you can come find me." After Elder Kui finished speaking, he immediately returned to the platform.
Hearing these words, Wanyan did not come back to her senses for a while, until Qingyi ran up to pull her over.
But nobody remembered to offer congratulations, and just as Linsan was about to say something, Lin Kewu ran up.
"Wanyan."
"Kewu." Wanyan immediately welcomed him with a smile, "Why did you come to Mountain and Sea City?"
"I came to find you. You don’t know, over these two months I’ve missed you a lot, day and night thinking about you. Now that I’ve seen you join Qi Bing Academy, I’m really happy for you."
Saying this, Lin Kewu almost wanted to release his aura, so everyone would know he was in the Lower Profound Realm.
But he thought it was better to save the surprise for last.
Otherwise, how could it be called a surprise?
"Hehe." Wanyan instinctively looked back a few times, a hint of embarrassment flashing in her eyes, "In such a crowd, why are you saying this... Did Uncle Lin come with you?"
"My father didn’t come, I followed..." Lin Kewu’s words were immediately interrupted.
Linsan came up close.
Akum and others also came up, seemingly to support Linsan.
"Wanyan, who is he?"
Linsan came up, deliberately pressing close to Wanyan, and then asked.
Wanyan instinctively moved aside a step, but before she could explain, Lin Kewu spoke up himself, "I... I am Wanyan’s childhood friend. My name is Lin Kewu!"
"Childhood friend?"
Linsan’s expression turned pale, his eyebrows immediately furrowing, "Since you’re childhood friends, why did you deliberately disturb Wanyan during the competition, do you know she almost lost because of you?"
"Brother Lin, don’t be like this." Wanyan immediately pulled Lin Kewu along, "Brother Lin, I want to be alone with him for a while." With that said, Wanyan grabbed Lin Kewu and squeezed out of the crowd.
Once out of the crowd, Wanyan immediately pulled him to a quiet spot.
"Kewu, why did you come here?"
"To find you."
Lin Kewu responded with a smile.
"Why not cultivate and come here to find me? Are you thinking of joining the selection competition too? Never mind what you came for, I have to go to Qi Bing Academy now, we can talk another day."
"Another day... then where can I find you another day?"
"Qi Bing Academy... If you really want to find a Sect in Mountain and Sea City to join, you’d better go back. The Lin Family is also a Three-star Influence, nurturing you certainly provides more resources than any Sect Influence could."
Wanyan expressed with a well-intentioned face.
Lin Kewu replied, "You don’t have to worry about me, I’ve already joined a Sect, this time I came out traveling with our Sect Leader. You have now joined the Inner Courtyard of Qi Bing Academy, congratulations."
"I never thought I’d win either." Wanyan gave a helpless smile, but she was in no mood to continue chatting now, "How about this, wait a few days for you to come find me, or I’ll come to you. I really have to go enroll at the academy now, I can’t chat, those senior brothers and sisters are still waiting for me."
With that, Wanyan turned to leave.
"Wanyan, actually I came..."
Lin Kewu had just spoken halfway when Wanyan waved her hand and disappeared into the crowd.
"Still the same, once something makes her happy, she becomes particularly anxious. Enrollment isn’t something that needs to be done right away?" He understood Wanyan, because she has always been like this.
Back when she could first start cultivating, when going to receive the Cultivation Technique, she had seven days to claim it. Yet she insisted on being early by an hour waiting outside the family’s Library Pavilion for the doors to open.
It’s not that she wanted to be the first; she just never let happy events come late.
At this moment, having returned to Qingyi’s side, Wanyan hurriedly urged everyone to return to Qi Bing Academy.
Of course, it was also to avoid seeing Lin Kewu.
She didn’t know how to face Lin Kewu.
Friend?
The day Lin Kewu started liking her, their relationship changed.
Lover?
But she didn’t have feelings for Lin Kewu.
All she could do now was not hurt Lin Kewu, focusing on cultivation silently, and deal with future matters in the future. After all, there were still two years left until the age of 25 agreement, maybe Lin Kewu would lose interest in these two years.
She simply thought Lin Kewu was foolish to cross over ten thousand miles to Mountain and Sea City for her.
How much hardship did he endure along the way, she could imagine.
To be honest, it was quite touching, because Lin Kewu had always been sincere to her. Unfortunately, she just didn’t feel anything.
"Wanyan, who is that Lin Kewu?" On the way out, Linsan couldn’t help but ask.
"He’s a friend from Bright Mirror Lake." Wanyan responded casually while boarding the Beast Vehicle with Qingyi.
But Wanyan’s casual response didn’t carry any special meaning.
However, in Akum’s ears, it took on a different tone.
"Bright Mirror Lake is about ten thousand miles away from here, what kind of friend would travel ten thousand miles here to say he misses Wanyan?" Akum glanced at Linsan beside him, "What are you staring for, not doing anything? That guy definitely has something to do with Wanyan, maybe even that kind of relationship."
"Wanyan said they’re just friends." Linsan replied.
"Do you believe it?"
"No..."
Linsan fell silent.
He really liked Wanyan, would do anything for her.
Getting a Divine Profound Elder to accept an Inner Courtyard disciple was unprecedented in Qi Bing Academy. Even if it was on the back of his father’s influence, it still cost over a hundred White Crystals.
Over a hundred White Crystals, enough to create several in the Profound Realm.
But now Lin Kewu suddenly appeared.
Seemingly wanting to disrupt everything.
As if wanting to take Wanyan away.
"No, he cannot live." Linsan spoke abruptly.