Entering Jianghai High School, Encountering the White Lotus

The Leng Family.

As the primary organizational target recently, Leng Qingqiu was back to work early in the morning.

"Let me see, it should be worn like this..."

Holding a knitting needle, Leng Qingqiu knitted while visualizing the scene in her mind.

The frustration caused by her inability to see was alleviated by constructing a three-dimensional image in her mind, making things much simpler.

Hehe~ What kind of expression would Gu Yan have when she gave this to him later?

Would he be surprised? Of course, she wouldn’t be able to see it, but he would probably be so moved that he’d tremble and blush, right?

[Other me, at this rate, the scarf seems like it’ll be finished soon.]

[How are you planning to give it to our furnace?]

Little Cold suddenly popped up again.

Leng Qingqiu frowned slightly, seemingly annoyed that Little Cold had interrupted her imagination.

She replied unhappily, "He’s *my* furnace!"

"And how I give it to Gu Yan is my business. What does it have to do with you?"

"Can’t you just watch quietly without jumping in every time?"

Little Cold fell silent for a moment in her mind.

Then she slowly said—

[No, what I mean is, if you don’t have any ideas, I can offer some suggestions.]

[In a little over a month, it’ll be...]

Leng Qingqiu didn’t want to hear the tempting words of her other personality, so she immediately interrupted, "I won’t listen, I won’t listen, I won’t listen!!"

"Little Cold, shut up! I have my own ideas!"

"Just stay quietly inside me, okay?"

As she said this, Leng Qingqiu suddenly became alert. "Speaking of which, you’ve been talking a lot more lately."

"And you seem to know a lot more too..."

"Are you planning to come out of my body without me knowing?"

[..........]

[I don’t know what you’re talking about. Without your permission, of course, I can’t come out.]

Leng Qingqiu was a bit suspicious but was confident that Little Cold couldn’t take over her body without her consent.

With that, she finally relaxed and continued knitting the scarf.

But as she knitted, Leng Qingqiu suddenly asked, "Has Gu Yan not arrived yet?"

[No, I don’t sense him.]

[Are you looking forward to meeting him?]

"You! Don’t talk nonsense! I was just asking casually!"

Leng Qingqiu immediately denied it in a flustered tone and went back to knitting.

But her thoughts kept drifting to someone.

How annoying! Why did he come yesterday but not today?

What is that jerk doing?!

.....

......

Every year, the Gu Corporation makes some charitable donations.

Jianghai High School, where her younger sister attends, is one of the schools that receives donations from the Gu Corporation annually.

In Principal Ge Tian’s office, Gu Yan was chatting with him.

Ge Tian was extremely enthusiastic, as this year, the young master of the Gu Family had promised to donate twice as much as usual.

This amount of money would be enough to renovate the old campus!

They could even replace several batches of outdated equipment.

Rumors of the young master of the Gu Family coming to his senses had long been circulating.

Now that they’d met, Ge Tian could see that Gu Yan’s demeanor and aura clearly reflected his status as the heir of a top-tier family.

"Haha, young Gu, on behalf of the entire school, I thank the Gu Family for their generous donation!"

"You must come to our school and give a speech!"

Ge Tian warmly shook Gu Yan’s hand, growing fonder of the young man by the minute.

Gu Yan withdrew his hand and smiled. "I just want to contribute to the future of the Eastern Nation!"

(This world is fictional, divided into the Eastern Nation and the Western Nation.)

(To avoid unnecessary complications, I’ve made some adjustments.)

Just then.

Gu Yan suddenly looked around, alert.

Huh? Why does it feel like Qingqiu just mentioned me?

Principal Ge Tian, who had been chatting happily, noticed Gu Yan’s sudden change and asked, "Young Gu, what’s wrong?"

Gu Yan snapped out of it and shook his head with a helpless smile. "It’s nothing, just a sudden chill."

"Maybe Ling'er caused some trouble at school again."

Ling'er, of course, referred to Leng Ling'er.

People of Ge Tian’s status were already aware of some of the events that had taken place at the Yan Xing Group’s banquet.

This included the Gu and Leng Families rekindling their close relationship.

Gu Yan and the divine maiden Leng Qingqiu... were actually dating.

That made Leng Ling'er Gu Yan’s sister-in-law.

Although Ge Tian knew that Leng Ling'er was quite mischievous at school and her grades weren’t great, he still smiled and said, "It’s normal for someone Ling'er’s age to be lively."

"If she were too serious, it wouldn’t suit her age, would it?"

Gu Yan nodded, then glanced at Old Gao, who had been standing behind him. "Old Gao, what time is it?"

"It’s noon."

Hearing this.

Ge Tian stood up and invited, "Young Gu, why not stay for lunch? Let me show you what our school’s meals are like!"

Gu Yan, wanting to prepare in advance, naturally agreed. He stood up and smiled. "Sure, thank you, Principal Ge."

"Haha, don’t mention it! I even held you when you were born!"

"Hehe..."

.......

.......

Cafeteria.

Deng Feng sat alone at a table, his gaze distant, clearly distracted.

"Bai Lian... Bai Lian... What a beautiful name."

Deng Feng muttered to himself. Ever since he saved that girl yesterday, he couldn’t stop thinking about her, even in his dreams.

He felt this was wrong.

Because his heart belonged to Leng Ling'er.

But...

Deng Feng secretly glanced at Leng Ling'er, who was sitting several tables away, but she didn’t even look his way.

His expression turned dejected. Was there nothing he could do to catch Ling'er’s attention?

Even though his grades were good and he had changed so much, why wouldn’t Ling'er even glance at him?

Just then.

"Deng Feng! You’re here too!"

A soft, cute voice rang out. Deng Feng was startled and looked up.

Bai Lian was holding a tray, walking over with a look of pleasant surprise.

Thump! Thump!

Deng Feng’s eyes immediately glazed over, his heart racing.

"Bai... Bai Lian?"

"What a coincidence..."

Deng Feng stammered, his nerves getting the better of him.

Bai Lian’s arrival drew the attention of everyone in the cafeteria.

"Who’s that freshman? She’s so pretty!"

"I’ve never seen her before!"

"What’s going on... Does she know Deng Feng? I’m so jealous!"

Whether it was intentional or not.

Bai Lian walked over to Deng Feng’s table, hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a soft, sweet voice, "Deng Feng, can I sit next to you?"

The whispers around them boosted Deng Feng’s ego immensely.

When Bai Lian asked, he immediately blushed and stammered, "Of... of course! Please, sit!"

Deng Feng quickly moved over, wiping the table clean with his sleeve.

Seeing this, Bai Lian’s eyes flashed with mockery.

Hehe~ What a loser❤~~ Just a little gesture and he’s already a nervous wreck~~

Is this the heir of the Black Tortoise Gate? How amusing❤~ It seems I’ll be able to complete the task my master assigned soon~~

On the surface, Bai Lian sat down next to Deng Feng, looking like an innocent, cute girl.

Alright~ Now, how should I extract information from him~~

Just as Bai Lian was thinking this, her peripheral vision caught something.

She glanced over.

And froze.

There.

The man who had resisted her charm before and was her master’s nominal husband in the mortal world.

Was now surrounded by faculty members, heading toward the food counter.

And! What made Bai Lian even more annoyed was.

He actually glanced back at her!

His gaze held three parts surprise, four parts realization, and three parts mockery.

Wait, mockery? What’s that about!

Bai Lian glared back fiercely.

Gu Yan, pretending not to know her, looked away.

Huh? Why is Bai Lian here?

And sitting next to Deng Feng, the heir of the Black Tortoise Gate.

In the original work, there was no storyline involving Bai Lian and Deng Feng... What's going on here? Could it be...

A hint of something unspoken flashed in Gu Yan's eyes.

Since Leng Ling'er is still alive, Leng Qingqiu chose a subtler approach to dismantle the Black Tortoise Gate to avoid taking action at Jianghai High School?

Interesting.

Gu Yan smiled faintly.

Let's keep observing for now.