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She scrambled to her feet and ran fro man stood frozen in surprise He was at a loss, soto understand what she’d said

“Here!” Suddenly a voice arose from behind him

Richard turned his head in ti as it ca them the man who’d suffered the same fate as he at the hands of that awful Professor Tan, ‘the Savage Goddess’

The twoto the roses clutched in Richard’s hands They then swept to the tearful Zhou Qianlin

Hua Li looked wide-eyed and open-irl who looked so lasses slid askew on his straight nose

She really was a uish the two at first She was nothing short of Hera’s clone! Unlike Hera, she released no significant waves of energy from a discipline – but otherwise they were alike in every way Of course, Hera also possessed the ability to hide her powers from vieell He couldn’t fault Lan Jue; were it he who’d seen her first, he’d have mistaken her for Hera as well

Zhou Qianlin ran directly to Lan Jue, pulling herself on to the back perch of the bicycle Her voice, thick with sobs, called to hilance at Richard, then began pedaling the bicycle down the mountain

Richard sloalked to where Zhou Qianlin had made her escape, in a daze He stopped just at Hua Li’s side

“So that day, when he said he was there for his cousin… that really was Qianlin he was talking about?”

“Well shit! What am I supposed to do? A-Jue you unabashed sexist!” Hua Li, suddenly aware of his lot, shouted indignantly at the rapidly disappearing figured of Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin

“Hey, have you ever been dumped before?” Richard turned his pitiful face towards Hua Li

Hua Li shoved his sunglasses higher on his nose “You’re alone in that, brother”

Richard responded with a sigh “I was going to give you a lift, but… well, the miserable only seek the coed “I have been dumped, actually! A-Jue you rat-bastard… Coet out of here” He muttered curses as he made his way towards the verti-car On the way here he’d spotted no means of public transportation

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Lan Jue silently pedaled the bicycle, Qianlin bu behind She, too, reentle breeze set her long silken hair to fluttering, brushing against her sad face

“I’ht all this trouble on you I swear I’ll keep to uard” At last, Lan Jue broke the uncoood man I shouldn’t have hurt him,” Zhou Qianlin muttered, her words barely audible

“It was I who hurt you both”

Zhou Qianlin looked at his back “You’rewill be fine”

“Alright I’ll co you to school While you’re studying, I’ll be there at the ready” As the words left his h hi

As the words reached Qianlin, even though the tere hardly close, it felt to her as though a gap had widened between them

They rode in silence for the rest of the trip to the campus As before, Lan Jue dropped her off at that corner not far froain so his bicycle towards the school

“Lan Jue!” A figure rushed at hi hiically teleport?!”

“I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!”

“Quiet! Teachers are looking, I’ll call the teaching affairs office for help! I’ll tear off your disguise! Let go, I can’t breathe!”