Su Xingwan

...

Soon, they returned to the hotel.

Outside the elevator doors in the first-floor lobby, Qin Ning and his group were waiting for the elevator.

"Ding!"

The elevator arrived at the first floor. As the doors opened, a young woman in her twenties wearing high heels stepped out.

She was wearing a white blouse paired with a black midi skirt, giving off the overall impression of a white-collar professional.

"Qin Ning?"

The woman had just stepped out of the elevator when she saw Qin Ning face-to-face. After a brief moment of shock, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Class Monitor?"

Qin Ning also recognized her. It was his high school classmate, Su Xingwan.

Although he had grown up in an orphanage, he had always had good grades since childhood. He later got into Liu City First High School, where he was in the same class as Su Xingwan.

Su Xingwan was not just the class monitor; her academic performance ranked in the top twenty of the entire school. She was also the class beauty, so many male students admired her greatly.

At that time, Qin Ning was just reaching the age of his first awakening to love, so he had harbored a secret crush on Su Xingwan for a while.

Unfortunately, due to the pressures of life, he didn't finish high school and dropped out to deliver takeout. Since then, he hadn't seen Su Xingwan again. He never expected to run into her here in the Magic City.

"Qin Ning, is it really you?"

Su Xingwan was also pleasantly surprised. "Why are you in the Magic City? Are you working here?"

She didn't know much about Qin Ning, but she did know that he had actually grown up in an orphanage in Liu City.

"I'm not working, just here to play for a few days," Qin Ning said with a smile. "What about you? Working here?"

"I work in Liu City, but my grandfather's family is in the Magic City. I specially took a few days off to come over and celebrate his birthday."

Saying this, Su Xingwan invited him, "Are you staying at this hotel? My grandfather's birthday banquet happens to be held here. Seven o'clock tonight, on the fourth floor. If you have time, you can come over and hang out."

She took out a stack of invitation cards from her shoulder bag and stuffed them into Qin Ning's hands, because Su Xingwan could tell that the people around Qin Ning were probably his friends.

Whether they came or not, she would just give them the invitations anyway.

Besides, in this day and age, invitations were really just a formality; it didn't matter whether names were written on them or not.

"We haven't seen each other for so long, let's have a good chat tonight. There are still some things going on with my grandfather's side, so I need to go over and help. Let's add each other on MoonChat first."

Saying that, she brought out her QR code.

After Qin Ning scanned it, she waved her hand and said with a smile, "Make sure you come tonight."

After Su Xingwan left, Qin Ning and his group got on the elevator.

Arriving at the top-floor suite, Xia Fei and the others returned to their own rooms to rest.

Meanwhile, the three girls, including Qin Fei, sat in the living room with Qin Ning, and Cheng Weiyang brewed some tea.

Qin Fei couldn't help but ask, "Brother, was that girl just now your classmate?"

"Yeah, my class monitor from high school," Qin Ning nodded.

"Just the class monitor? The way you looked at her just now was a bit unusual. Were you two a couple back then?" Qin Fei said with a smile.

"Cough, cough..."

Qin Ning coughed dryly twice. "Kids shouldn't ask so many questions."

"I'm not a kid."

Qin Fei pouted, looked down at herself, then looked at Cheng Weiyang, shook her head, and finally looked at Gu Siyu. "Sister Gu, my brother says I'm a kid, so why don't you ask?"

Gu Siyu froze for a moment, not understanding. Then she looked down at herself and immediately realized what was meant, feeling somewhat caught between laughter and tears.

"Young Master Qin, were you and that girl just now a couple before?" Gu Siyu asked. She was also extremely curious in her heart, and a faint sense of crisis emerged.

Qin Ning hadn't managed to grasp the meaning behind Qin Fei and Gu Siyu looking down at themselves just now, nor did he overthink it. Hearing Gu Siyu's question at this moment, he subconsciously repeated, "I told you, kids shouldn't ask so many questions."

Hearing this, Gu Siyu immediately felt a little indignant. She quickly shifted closer to Qin Ning, pressing against his arm. "Does Young Master Qin think I'm still a kid?"

"Pfft!"

Qin Ning spat out a mouthful of tea, finally understanding what their looking down gesture meant.

"Cough, cough... Whether you're a kid or not actually has nothing to do with physical development. In my eyes, you guys are no different from children."

He continued, "Besides, what couple? There was nothing like that between me and the class monitor. However, I did indeed have a secret crush on her back then."

Qin Ning did not hide it.

It was human nature, after all.

Not to mention that at the time, he hadn't yet transmigrated to the cultivation world. It was inevitable for a hot-blooded teenage boy, just awakening to love, to have fond feelings for a pretty girl beside him.

Most importantly, his and Su Xingwan's grades were both very good at the time, so after school every day, the two of them would stay in the classroom to discuss academic problems with each other.

Over time, Qin Ning's affection for Su Xingwan naturally increased a lot.

But that was all in the past.

"That's so nice. If I were a few years younger, maybe I would have gone to the same school as Young Master Qin too. With my charm, I definitely would have completely captivated you back then, stealing all the attention you placed on the class monitor," Gu Siyu said.

Qin Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It was impossible to continue this conversation, so he could only helplessly give a casual reply, "Sister Gu is also very charming right now."

"Really?" Hearing this, her eyes couldn't help but light up. She looked at Qin Ning with anticipation, as if waiting for his further response.

However, before Qin Ning could speak, Cheng Weiyang on the side hurriedly shouted, "What about me? What about me?"

"And me!" Qin Fei also joined in the fun, not willing to be outdone.

"You all have charm, much more charm than the class monitor," Qin Ning said with a smile.

These words were not against his conscience. The three of them were not much inferior to Su Xingwan, and each had their own unique temperament.

"Brother, are you going to the birthday banquet tonight?" Qin Fei asked after the fooling around.

"Let's go, it's just downstairs anyway," Qin Ning answered without thinking.

...

Soon, when it was almost seven o'clock in the evening, Xia Fei and the others also came over to Qin Ning's place.

They had specially changed into new suits, dressing up quite properly.

Because during the day at the elevator doors, they had also noticed that there seemed to be something special between Qin Ning and Su Xingwan.

Since it was the birthday banquet of Su Xingwan's grandfather, they naturally had to dress more formally.

After all, she was very likely their future sister-in-law.

Even if there was only a tiny sliver of possibility, they had to treat it seriously. They had already arranged for gifts to be prepared downstairs, which could be brought straight up later.

The group took the elevator to the fourth floor.

This entire floor had been booked for tonight to serve as the venue for the birthday banquet.

"Qin Ning, over here!"

Just as Qin Ning and the others stepped out of the elevator, outside the banquet hall doors, they saw Su Xingwan waving from afar, as if she had been specially waiting here.