Author: 易修罗 / Yi Xiu Luo

Translator: Kinky || https://kinkytranslations.com/

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Chapter 71

“Love, confession, kissing, growth—this is the correct order, right?”

“Yeah.”

“So, what if the order is growth, kissing, confession, and love?”

“Hahahaha, what is this? A time-reversal game?”

“Hey!”

Ling Xiao and Red Head were lying head-to-head on the grass. The weather today was clear, making it a perfect day to lie comfortably on the lawn and talk.

After laughing for a while, Red Head realized, “You’re not talking about yourself, are you?”

“I’m serious with you, and you’re making fun of me. I shouldn’t have asked you.”

“So, it really is like that, huh?” Red Head flipped over curiously. “Three-star couples are indeed different.”

“You’re still laughing?”

Red Head still wants to laugh, trying hard to hold it back. “I won’t laugh anymore; tell me, which step have you reached?”

Ling Xiao hesitated. “The second step.”

“Kissed? So, isn’t the next step to confess?”

Ling Xiao was stunned; he had never thought about this.

“Just confess!” Red Head sat up abruptly. “What are you waiting for? Once you confess, you can start dating, and the seven stars will be within reach.”

“Seven stars…” Ling Xiao hesitated. “When you got together with Bing Can, did you confess first?”

“Of course, my Qizhu is the male god of Lion Academy. Many people secretly admired him like I did.” Red Head sank into sweet memories. “Back then, to gain his attention, I often deliberately did stupid things in public, causing the other students to burst into laughter. At that time, even if he just glanced at me a little, it felt worth it, even being laughed at by others…”

“Hey.” He poked Ling Xiao discontentedly. “I’m sharing my personal experience with you. Are you listening?”

“I’m listening, I’m listening,” Ling Xiao said absentmindedly.

At this time, what he was thinking was that gaining someone’s attention by any means originated from this mentality. If he had realized it earlier, perhaps he and Ying Feng could have developed in the normal order.

Red Head finally finished recalling the past. “…And he accepted my confession. It still feels like a dream when I think about it.”

He finished his lamentation and saw that Ling Xiao hadn’t responded for a long time, so he poked him again. “No applause?”

Ling Xiao didn’t hear how he successfully confessed. “Then? Because you liked him, becoming a Qizi didn’t matter?”

“How can you say that? Of course, I also hoped to be a Qizhu. I did my best in the coming-of-age ceremony too. I willingly became a Qizi because I lost due to my lesser skills. If he lost, he would naturally be the Qizi. There’s nothing to worry about. The coming-of-age ceremony is fair.”

He finished and asked again, “So, have you figured it out?”

Ling Xiao was taken aback. “Figured out what?”

“Confessing!” Red Head was anxious for him. “I’ve talked for so long; you haven’t been listening at all.”

“Oh, that…” Ling Xiao wanted to back out as soon as he heard it.

Red Head punched him. “You’re hesitating. That’s not like you.” He suddenly had a bright idea. “I have an idea.”

He whispered his plan to Ling Xiao.

“Is this okay?” Ling Xiao frowned. “It’s too high-profile. Ying Feng won’t like it.”

“Nobody dislikes a passionate confession ceremony. Trust me.” Without another word, Red Head pulled Ling Xiao up from the grass and dragged him towards the experiment area.

“Where to?”

“To get props!”

Chemistry Department Laboratory Building.

“Let me introduce you. This is my classmate from Shiji. He also got admitted this year, studying in the Chemistry Department.”

“Hello.” The two greeted each other.

Red Head described what he needed. “Do you have something like this?”

“Yes, what color do you want?”

“For a confession, it has to be pink, don’t you agree?” He asked Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao was unsure. A person who likes strawberries should like pink, right?

“Then let’s go with pink.”

The classmate from the chemistry department brought them two small bags of powder, one white and one pink. “Mixing them together will achieve the effect you want.”

“Is this little amount enough?”

The classmate patted his chest. “It’s enough. Trust me.”

Ling Xiao and the others, with the items obtained from the chemistry lab, headed straight to the Royal Sky landing pad.

“Is this method you mentioned really effective?” Ling Xiao asked, sitting in the driver’s seat.

“Of course.” The voice of Red Head came from behind. “Once I modify the exhaust pipe, when you start it, the Flying Shark will spew pink gas. Wow, it will be so romantic.”

“Okay, it’s done!” He got into the co-pilot seat. “Let’s go to the most conspicuous place in Royal Sky where everyone can see!”

The only place Ling Xiao could think of was the playground, which was spacious enough. He switched the Flying Shark to flight mode and activated the jet system, and indeed, pink smoke was emitted from behind the Flying Shark.

“Haha, how about it? Pretty, right?” Red Head was directing from the side. “Try drawing a heart.”

Ling Xiao circled in the air twice, leaving behind a pair of huge hearts reflecting each other and lingering in the air for a long time.

“Cool! Look, people are already watching below.” Red Head was as excited as if he were confessing. “Can it be more complicated?”

Ling Xiao’s piloting skills were impeccable. He played various stunts in the air, becoming more and more excited and even forgetting his initial purpose.

“I feel something is wrong.” Red Head said while coughing, “Why is there so much smoke in the cockpit?”

Ling Xiao also realized retrospectively that the smoke inside the aircraft was getting thicker and the visibility outside had almost dropped to zero. Even the radar had automatically turned on, and the alarm system was sounding non-stop.

“What the hell, cough cough.” Red Head was fanning desperately. “Land quickly, land quickly.”

Ling Xiao also wanted to land, but he couldn’t see anything. The students on the ground were pointing, “Ah, is it on fire up there?”

“Someone come and put out the fire!”

The two people sitting in the aircraft only felt a sudden stop, and the speed gradually decreased.

“Damn, it seems like we hit something!”

“Heavens!”

“It’s auto-descending!” Ling Xiao made another discovery in panic.

The Flying Shark slowly landed from the air. As soon as the cabin door opened, two people hurriedly escaped to a safe place, gasping for fresh air.

“What happened?” Although Flying Shark had landed, a large amount of smoke was still pouring out, looking like a grand pink firework.

Ling Xiao was about to speak when he saw a person walking out of the smoke. He gulped down his words.

The person he remembered deeply on the first day of school, the rumored strictest administrator of Royal Sky, the Disciplinary Director, was walking towards them with a serious face.

Red Head also saw him, and his voice trembled. “We’re doomed.”

The director came over, and the two stood straight. “Hello, sir! Sir, we know we were wrong!”

The Disciplinary Director saw that the troublemakers were two first-year students. “What happened here?”

“Reporting sir, it was, it was an accident.”

“Accident?”

Red Head caught a familiar figure in the crowd out of the corner of his eye. The person immediately fled upon being spotted.

“Ah, don’t run!” Red Head wanted to chase him. This dumb chemistry student had gotten them into big trouble.

“Stop!” The Disciplinary Director shouted causing Red Head to freeze in place.

“Still trying to run?”

“No…”

“Which department are you from?”

“Reporting sir, Joint Combat Department.”

“Call your Qizhus here.”

The two were dumbfounded. “Eh?”

“Eh what? Qizhus are responsible for their Qizis’ mistakes. Don’t tell me you didn’t know.”

The two were dumbstruck. After a while, Ling Xiao said, “Can we not call our Qizhu? They didn’t know about the trouble we caused.”

“Yes,” Red Head pleaded. “Sir, please, just punish us.”

“Be serious!”

Red Head put his hands back to his sides.

“It’s the school rule; no exceptions!”

Ling Xiao braced himself. “School rule, can we challenge it…”

The director sneered, “Sure, the holder of this school rule is me. Come and challenge.”

Ling Xiao: ……

“If you’re not challenging, then hurry up and notify your Qizhus to pick you up.”

Ying Feng and Bing Can received a notification and hurried to the scene. Upon arrival, they saw Ling Xiao and Red Head standing dejectedly by the playground, being scolded by the director. They looked like completely different people compared to their usually aggressive selves.

In the middle of the playground, not far away, there was a gleaming yellow Flying Shark, from which a strange pink smoke was emanating. Although most of the smoke had dissipated, this discordance with the serious atmosphere of the military academy still left a strong visual impact.

“Hello, director… May I ask what happened?” Bing Can carefully inquired.

The director grunted, “Ask them.”

The two hesitated for a long time and didn’t clarify the matter. Every time Red Head mentioned words related to a confession, Ling Xiao would subtly elbow him, a sight caught by the three bystanders. The Disciplinary Director didn’t expose them, and the other two also endured.

“Forget it. I don’t want to know the reason. Mistakes must be punished. Although the Qizhu was unaware beforehand, the lack of supervision also deserves punishment.”

Red Head’s head was almost hanging to the ground; Ling Xiao was extremely regretful, and he felt embarrassed that Ying Feng found out about this silly act.

“Considering it’s your first offense in the first year, a verbal warning for each of you, and 30 hours of compulsory labor.” The director pointed with his chin. “Get your junk out of here.”

Bing Can had already noticed that Ling Xiao had something to hide and didn’t let Red Head say it. He quickly took his Qizi back for “education” as an excuse.

Once they were far enough away from the others, Bing Can asked, “What happened?”

Red Head stutteringly explained the cause and process of the matter, leaving Bing Can massaging his forehead in frustration.

“Monkeys and apes together can’t think of anything romantic. You should stop giving people bad ideas.”

“But that’s how I won you over.” Red Head wasn’t happy being scolded like that.

“You hung banners on every tree in the academy. It took me a long time to clean them up. Your way of confessing is too brutal; even I can’t stand it, let alone Ying Feng, who is even more introverted than me?”

Hong Mao was about to cry. “You said you were touched at the time.”

“Because if I didn’t say that, you wouldn’t stop.” Bing Can was helpless. He knew Red Head meant well, but the combination of their poor judgments was still negative. “Those methods don’t work on Ying Feng.”

“So what will work?”

“That’s between them. Different partners have different ways of getting along. You, an outsider, should not interfere.”

Seeing Red Head looking hurt, Bing Can affectionately patted his head. “They will find a way suitable to express their feelings. Moreover, not all feelings need to be spoken out loud. A look can be a confession.”

Red Head closed his eyes, seemingly enjoying this action. “Pat me again.”

Bing Can, holding back his laughter, patted him again. “You were the one who made a mistake. How did this turn into a reward? If you do this again, such treatment will be canceled.”

The onlookers gradually left, leaving only Ying Feng and Ling Xiao. Ling Xiao, lowering his head, was sneakily observing Ying Feng’s reaction from the corner of his eye, quickly averting his gaze when caught.

Ying Feng walked around the Flying Shark, finally stopping in front of it. The vehicle had ten deep fingerprints; the director had forced it to land with his bare hands in midair. Ying Feng measured the depth of the fingerprints with his hand. The physical specialist had used at least a level seven soul crystal.

Ling Xiao’s mood worsened after seeing those fingerprints; he felt remorseful and scared that Ying Feng might be angry.

“What are you doing standing there? Come up.”

Ling Xiao snapped back to reality, noticing that Ying Feng had already entered the cabin and activated the air purification equipment.

He quickly got in. “Where to?”

“Repair, of course.”

Ying Feng drove the Flying Shark to the repair center, leaving pink exhaust all the way. He didn’t ask Ling Xiao for the reason. Ling Xiao’s heart was in suspense. Fortunately, the vehicle had a long warranty; Ling Xiao didn’t know this and thought he would have to pay a huge repair fee, considering the obvious high cost of the Flying Shark.

Ying Feng finished arranging the repair and saw Ling Xiao waiting dejectedly. If he had a tail, it would definitely be hanging to the ground, and his ears seemed to want to cover his face.

Before Ying Feng could speak, Ling Xiao hurriedly said, “I will only eat bread this month, won’t buy things, won’t play games. If that’s not enough, add my living expenses for next month.”

Ying Feng, originally a bit angry at Ling Xiao for disregarding school rules and acting recklessly, felt his anger dissipate after seeing Ling Xiao like this.

“Why?” he finally asked.

“…Wanted to give you a surprise.” Ling Xiao gave a half-true reason.

Ying Feng looked back at the Flying Shark under repair. “It is quite surprising.”

Ling Xiao pursed his lips. “I’m sorry.”

Ying Feng, seeing his infinitely guilty look, inexplicably felt an impulse and went up to pat his head. Ling Xiao kept his body straight, his expression strange.

“What did you just use?”

“What?”

“On your hand.” Ling Xiao was unsure. “It felt strange.”

Ying Feng looked at his hand. There seemed to be a slightly burning sensation just now, but he was sure he hadn’t used mental power.

“Is that so?” He patted again.

This time, Ling Xiao, closing his eyes and raising his head, felt a comfortable sensation spreading throughout his body along with Ying Feng’s touch, lightening his depressed mood.

A word suddenly appeared in Ying Feng’s mind, but he wasn’t sure, or, to be precise, he didn’t believe it.

Seeing Ling Xiao enjoying himself so much that he was unwilling to open his eyes, Ying Feng quietly turned around and pulled up the information he had stored earlier in the terminal.

[When the objects of mutual crushes gather the courage to confess, congratulations, your affection value has reached six stars. If you have already become spouses, don’t forget to try the Qizhu’s skill—Spiritual Comfort. This will allow your Qizi to get rid of sadness, anger, or other negative emotions and also make them feel comfortable and relaxed.]

[Spiritual Comfort does not consume mental power, and once your Qizi has enjoyed it once, they will never tire of it. Do not let your indulgence make them overly addicted to it; use it as a means of comfort only when necessary.]

After enjoying the lingering effects of the soothing, Ling Xiao still craved more. He opened his eyes only to see Ying Feng with his back to him, bowing his head, not knowing what he was looking at.

“What are you looking at?” He tried to look around but was blocked by Ying Feng’s body and couldn’t see anything.

“Nothing.” Ying Feng shut down the terminal, but a huge question mark rose in his heart.

Seeing him turn around, Ling Xiao happily put his head forward. “Pat my head, pat my head.”

Ying Feng uncertainly put his hand up, and sure enough, Ling Xiao again revealed that kind of joyful and enjoyable expression, making it impossible for him not to believe.

But six stars… is it really possible?

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