Rest time.

“I really don’t know what methods she used to gather so much support in just one night,” Song Xinghui lowered his voice. “She truly lives up to being the Miss of the Yae family, which holds the royal bloodline of their country.”

“By the way, how come none of our Xuanqing Empire’s aristocrats, who are on par with the Yae family, are in our class? There’s no one to rival her.”

“Also, her brother, Yae Masakatsu, is quite something too. Next year, he might become the vice president of our school’s student union.”

“You’ve investigated quite a bit.”

“Regardless of the time, gathering intelligence is always the most crucial. Intelligence is paramount, that’s the truth I believe in.” Song Xinghui shrugged. “It’s just a pity that our class will probably fall under the influence of Sun and Moon country after this.”

“Let’s not talk about this. Why didn’t the senior bring you milk tea today?” Song Xinghui glanced at the sun in the sky. “It’s just as hot as yesterday.”

“Graduate students are busy too, and I’m really not that close to her.”

“Hey brother, you should stand up against Yae Mitsuha.”

Su Yuchen remained silent; there was more than one way to oppose her, not just by being straightforward.

…

“Finally, class is over.”

Zhao Yibai glanced away from her phone screen. “Yushuang, let’s buy two cups of milk tea and head to the playground to watch the freshmen’s military training?”

“No.” Finishing the last of her notes and closing her notebook, Xia Yushuang refused.

“We don’t have classes in the morning, and it’s still two hours before lunch. Since you don’t live on campus anymore, are you just going straight home?”

“I’m going to the library.” Xia Yushuang picked up her books. “I’m leaving now.”

“In the world of top students, don’t you ever think about dating a handsome schoolmate?”

As Xia Yushuang ignored the chatter and stepped out of the classroom, her eyes narrowed slightly. The temperature seemed to rise abruptly. Many girls at the school were pulling out sun umbrellas to avoid getting sunburnt by the blazing sun.

Opening her umbrella, Xia Yushuang walked toward the library. She also didn’t like the scorching sun, not because she was afraid of getting tanned but simply because she disliked it.

Her favorite season was winter.

“If he didn’t participate in military training, the weather wouldn’t be this hot.” Xia Yushuang pondered, recalling things from her childhood. It seemed that as he aged, the level of ‘misfortune’ that descended upon him was increasing.

“Could it be that the world will explode because of him in the future?”

“How ridiculous…”

Pushing aside the absurd thoughts in her mind, Xia Yushuang entered the library and went directly to the top floor to the individual study room she had booked in advance.

Looking out the window, she had a clear view of the playground.

With thousands of freshmen participating in military training, all dressed in uniform camouflage, she could still spot Su Yuchen in the formation.

Placing her books on the table, leaning against the wall by the window, Xia Yushuang’s crossed arms raised the collar of her school uniform higher.

Her ice-blue eyes now radiated a gentle light, openly showing a softness at this moment.

He definitely doesn’t know. When he was four years old, she already knew him… He surely wouldn’t connect her present self with her self from that first encounter.

He definitely wouldn’t.

After all, he was a member of the feeble race called ‘humans.’

But that was alright. Even if humanity were to face extinction in the future, it wouldn’t affect him in the slightest.

But… it seemed he had forgotten some things from childhood, like why she ‘relocated’.

But that too didn’t matter, as long as she remembered, it was fine.

“Even his marching style looks handsome.”

Xia Yushuang thought silently. The books on the table had been forgotten – she didn’t come to the library to study in the first place.

Just to watch him, that’s all.

If she hadn’t left him ten years ago, would their relationship have progressed further by now?

For humans, ten years was a considerable time, but for her, it wasn’t much… There was a bit of regret for leaving, but just a bit.

A reunion after ten years wouldn’t be an issue, even if it meant starting from scratch, because as adults, they could do much more than what they couldn’t do as children.

For instance…

She lifted her right hand, fingertips lightly grazing her tender, slightly cold pink lips.

“That makes it 36 times.”

Her whisper was gentler than before.

…

“I feel so weak and have no energy, yet I still insist on coming to the undergrad’s side to eat…” In the cafeteria, Phyllis weakly lay her head on the table, her crimson eyes filled with exhaustion.

“So tired?” Kristia looked at her, surprised. “You didn’t come back last night… You’re this tired, did something happen to your boyfriend?”

“It has nothing to do with him.” Phyllis looked at Kristia. “Tia, let me have a bit of your blood, okay? The blood bags provided by the school aren’t nearly enough.”

As the full moon of Mid-Autumn approached, the consumption of blood increased. The school’s supply of blood bags, allocated daily for vampires, was becoming insufficient.

Although she had several boyfriends simultaneously, she dared not overdo it when it came to blood consumption—excessive blood drinking that risked death led to forced expulsion from the school.

“No!” Kristia finished stirring her tomato egg noodles, looking at the red-tinted noodles, expressing satisfaction through her lenses. Although it was a deceiving method, tasting the blood of a virgin freshman student these days made even tomato egg noodles taste much better.

“I really want to take you back.” Phyllis muttered. If not for being in this city in the sky, she would’ve already forcibly initiated Tia, her roommate, making her an obedient blood servant.

“What did you say?” Kristia glanced at her.

“Why aren’t you going to see that junior today?” Phyllis immediately changed the topic, smiling. “Didn’t see you earnestly preparing milk tea today.”

“Because I don’t want to be scolded for not being ‘human.'”

“Oh… that post.” Phyllis immediately straightened up. “Then can I have a go at him?”

An eighteen-year-old junior, the blood of youthful exuberance was surely delicious.

“Actually, the junior looks quite… uh…”

“Phyllis.” Kristia, who inserted chopsticks into her mouth, smiled gently and spoke softly, “I’ve heard that vampires have strong self-healing abilities. As long as they don’t die, they can recover from any injury… I want to pluck your tongue and write a research paper on it, how about that?”

Phyllis leaned back slightly, allowing the chopsticks to leave her mouth, her breathing a bit hurried… not out of anger.

“Tia, wouldn’t it be great if you were a vampire? I’d willingly offer myself to you… let you bestow the First Embrace.”

“I’m not interested.” Kristia, swapping chopsticks, said casually.

“Well then, how about…” Phyllis’s eyes suddenly lit up: “Junior Yuchen, over here!”