Chapter 194: High School Reunion! Lin Qingyuan, Who Left Early!

The next day, 5:30 p. m.

Jiangcheng Fuding Restaurant.

Half an hour remained before the class dinner's 6 p. m. start, yet most of Class Five from Jiangcheng No. 2 High School had already arrived.

As the organizer, class monitor Lin Qingyuan was among the first to arrive.

She wore a gray-white knitted cardigan on top.

Below, a black short skirt, her thighs encased in nude stockings.

Nude stockings demand excellent leg shape—most girls would look disastrous in them.

But Lin Qingyuan was different; her thighs, wrapped in the sheer fabric, appeared straight and slender.

Her slightly casual attire, combined with her naturally pure beauty, made her look youthful and radiant.

In fact, it wasn't just Lin Qingyuan.

Most of the girls present clearly showed signs of careful grooming and makeup.

"Holy shit? How did I never notice Tong Yin was this hot?"

"That tomboy? She's suddenly so feminine?"

"All of them are beauties! I feel like I was blind in high school."

"......"

Faced with female classmates whose looks were no longer on the same level as their high school selves, the male students were stunned.

Why hadn't they noticed how beautiful these girls were in high school?

Of course,

Lin Qingyuan, as class monitor, had always been the class beauty—and now she still dominated them all.

Every frown and smile captivated many of the male students.

"By the way, hasn't Xu Jingming arrived yet?"

"Not yet, he should be coming soon."

"This guy, got into the Metropolis Psychic University and didn't even throw a graduation party—we've got to get him drunk later."

"Haha, you're just a normal person—can you even hold your liquor against Xu Jingming, a psychic?"

"Psychic? Xu Jingming was still an Awakened one during the Gaokao—did he level up that fast?"

"What do you think? I heard Zhang Hao say Xu Jingming's been a psychic for a while!"

"Tsk tsk, a psychic my lord? Xu Jingming must be at least Mid-First Rank by now?"

"......"

Xu Jingming!

Provincial top scorer of Jiangnan Province!

Jiangcheng's most honored achiever in recent years!

Also, a legendary figure at Jiangcheng No. 2 High School!

Now, at this Class Five reunion, conversation naturally revolved around him.

When students learned Xu Jingming had evolved from an Awakened into a Psychic, they couldn't help but marvel.

Class Five had 35 students total; 14 had entered Psychic universities.

But Xu Jingming was the only one who had reached the Psychic realm.

"Mid-First Rank?"

Listening to the chatter around her, class monitor Lin Qingyuan silently shook her head.

When they found out he was already Third Rank, they'd probably drop their jaws.

"This guy, Ah Ming, is completely different now."

Zhang Hao and Liu Jie sat on the sofa, their faces filled with emotion.

Back then, Xu Jingming hadn't stood out in class—only they two had been his close friends.

Who could've imagined that now, half the conversation would center on him?

"If you'd won the provincial top score, you'd be different too," Liu Jie chuckled.

"Duh—if I had the strength to win the Wu Ke provincial top score, would I have taken the Wen Ke Gaokao?"

Zhang Hao rolled his eyes.

At that moment, Liu Jie suddenly brightened, staring toward the entrance:

"Ah Ming's here!"

"Oh?"

Zhang Hao quickly turned his head.

Indeed,

a tall, muscular young man walked in through the restaurant entrance.

The youth stood nearly 1.89 meters tall, dressed in a perfectly fitted black casual outfit, appearing both towering and powerful.

His face was firm and rugged, his cold, piercing eyes—black and white sharply distinct—deep as the stars.

It was none other than Xu Jingming, long unseen!

Though Xu Jingming had done his best to suppress his aura,

the transformation brought by his SS-rank Psychic ability, Dou Tian Shen Lei, and the fourth layer of Lei Ting Bu Mie Shen,

still made him feel like a tiger entering a flock of sheep—the entire room fell silent.

"Jingming, you're here."

Class monitor Lin Qingyuan, her face lit with a bright, lovely smile, stepped forward first to break the silence.

Only then did the others come back to their senses, breaking into hushed discussion.

"Damn, Xu Jingming's changed so much!"

"A first-rank ability user can have this kind of pressure? Something feels off to me."

"Going to a top-tier academy really is different."

"..."

Perhaps Xu Jingming's aura was simply too overwhelming; his former classmates had all become oddly reserved.

"Tch, this guy Aming—half a year without seeing him, and he somehow got even more handsome?"

Zhang Hao and Liu Jie seemed unaffected, joking as they stood up and waved him over:

"Aming, over here."

"Homeroom teacher, I'll head over first."

"Mm, go ahead. We'll eat on the second floor at six."

Xu Jingming said a word to Lin Qingyuan and walked toward Zhang Hao's side.

"Aming, how the hell did you get this handsome?"

The moment Xu Jingming walked over, Zhang Hao threw a passionate arm around his neck.

"Haven't I always been this handsome?" Xu Jingming's sword brows lifted slightly.

"I told you last time Aming's skin had gotten thicker—you didn't believe me. Now you've seen it for yourself, right?"

Liu Jie cut in, grinning lecherously:

"I've long heard Magic University's full of beauties. Spill it—how many girlfriends have you gotten over there?"

"Girlfriends? Not a single one." Xu Jingming said with a smile.

"No way! Even I have a girlfriend—how could you not?" Zhang Hao's eyes went wide.

"You have a girlfriend? When did that happen? How come I didn't know?"

"Just got together recently, didn't get a chance to tell you guys yet."

"Tch, wasn't your goddess Jiang Chuxuan from our school? What, you came around?"

"Didn't I tell you long ago? Goddess Jiang is an unreachable dream—I still have to keep my feet on the ground, right?"

"Heh, then give me back that signed photo I sent you last time."

"Ahem, Brother Ming! Lord Ming! I'm begging you, just let me keep it."

"What signed photo? Let me see too."

"..."

Compared to their high school days, neither of the two had changed much.

Zhang Hao still had his bowl-cut, and Liu Jie's expression was still lecherous.

After more than half a year apart, Xu Jingming was also having a rare, easy time trading jabs with these two old friends.

As for the others—after all, they'd been classmates with Xu Jingming for a full three years.

After a few minutes of adjustment, the awkwardness faded, and they drifted over in twos and threes to greet Xu Jingming.

Some even pulled out their phones to take photos with him.

Xu Jingming naturally went along with it without refusing.

"Bishop, that little girl isn't in her room—she really must have gone to a class reunion."

Meanwhile, in Jiangcheng, in a room of an ordinary residential building.

Leng Chang sat in a chair with his legs crossed, listening to the three ability users who had finished searching every room report to him.

A middle-aged couple knelt before Leng Chang; the woman among them bore a seven- or eight-tenths resemblance to Lin Qingyuan.

"A class reunion? Then Xu Jingming should be there too?"

Leng Chang snorted coldly, his gaze icy as he ordered the middle-aged woman:

"Call your daughter. Tell her to go to the park beside Fuding Restaurant."

"No, I won't make the ca—"

The woman showed intense resistance, but before she could finish.

Her eyes met Leng Chang's, and moments later her gaze went blank; mechanically she took out her phone and dialed:

"Hello, Xiaoyuan, come to the park beside the restaurant. I'll wait for you here."

After the call, the woman collapsed to the floor with a thud.

"Li Qing, Qian Rui—you two go. We'll wait for you here."

"Remember, record the whole thing properly. I'm sending it to Xu Jingming afterward."

Leng Chang licked his lips in a twisted way.

He was very much looking forward to the expression of agony on Xu Jingming's face when he discovered that the class president—who had once been kind to him—had died a terrible death at his own hands.

"Don't worry, leave it to us."

The two peak third-rank ability users grinned, then swiftly left the room.

"Strange—why does my mom sound a little off?"

At Fuding Restaurant, Lin Qingyuan's pretty face showed a flicker of doubt after hanging up.

"Xiaoyuan, what's wrong? Don't tell me you've got butterflies just because Xu Jingming's here?"

"Yeah, yeah—I remember back in our class, you were the nicest to him among all the girls."

Seeing Lin Qingyuan spacing out, the girls around her who were on better terms with her immediately began to tease.

"Don't talk nonsense."

Lin Qingyuan's cheeks flushed slightly as she glanced toward Xu Jingming.

He noticed he was surrounded by a group of people, so he didn't go over to disturb them, and stood up, saying to a few girls:

"You all chat first, I'm heading out for a bit, I'll be back soon."

After saying that, he walked toward the outside with his long, straight legs.