In the dim hallway, Ji Lingyuan’s figure was so lonely.
She watched Su Ling’s graceful silhouette, biting her lower lip.
Frustration grew like weeds.
Su Ling didn’t look back.
She wasn’t feeling much better either.
Her relationship with Ji Lingyuan was a doomed affair from the start.
After Ji Lingyuan broke up with Hua Feihua, she went looking for pleasure and met her.
They were nothing more than passing strangers.
But Ji Lingyuan fell in love.
‘Ha, what a fool. She actually fell for a Fuliji.’
If that would make Ji Lingyuan give up, then that was fine.
Su Ling thought so.
She arrived outside Yan Li’s hospital room.
Through the glass, she saw Yan Li and Yan Lin talking about something. Yan Lin’s face was red, while Yan Li had a teasing expression.
It was a warm scene of sisters getting along.
But Su Ling’s eyes dimmed.
‘Miao Miao…’
At that moment, inside the room, Yan Lin, who was being teased by her sister, suddenly received a message from Su Ling.
The phone was something Su Ling had insisted on buying for her that morning after they finished shopping for clothes.
She said it would make it easier to contact each other.
I Am Truly a Transmigrator: “For now, it seems there’s no danger. I’m heading back first.”
I Am Truly a Transmigrator: “Remember to give me a good review~”
She had helped Yan Lin on a whim in the first place.
Thinking carefully, there was too much irrationality and willfulness in it.
She and Yan Lin were also strangers.
The most rational thing would have been to stand by and watch, or simply leave and let Yan Lin find another temp worker from the Witch’s Hut to take care of Yan Li.
But she gave in to her willfulness.
They were just strangers.
Yes, just strangers…
Su Ling put away her phone, took one last look at the two inside, and turned to leave.
Whether it was Ji Lingyuan or Yan Lin, to her, they were just strangers.
If she analyzed it rationally, she had taken a huge loss this time.
Not only did she gain nothing, but she also sank nearly six million Moni into it.
She used to be an Industrial Engineering Master back on Earth.
But ever since she recovered all her memories, she seemed to have become more emotional?
Su Ling laughed at herself.
Inside the room, Yan Lin saw Su Ling’s message, froze for a moment, then opened the door.
Outside, Su Ling’s figure was already gone.
Yan Lin’s eyes darkened quickly.
Just then, she saw Ji Lingyuan coming down the stairs.
They looked at each other.
“She left?”
Ji Lingyuan pursed her lips.
The sweet scent of cherry blossoms still lingered in the air.
“Yeah.”
Yan Lin glanced at Ji Lingyuan and nodded slightly.
Ji Lingyuan took a deep breath, then let out a bitter laugh.
‘Ha, really. Am I that annoying?’
‘Su Ling… what are you worried about?’
Ji Lingyuan pinched her brow, wanting to leave this place.
She had been secretly let out by her sister, originally planning to come to the academy to participate in the Astral Grand Competition.
Unexpectedly, she ran into the incident of Se Lin being attacked, and was even caught to assist Nova in the investigation. She was exhausted from the journey, and on top of that, after a high-intensity battle just now, she was mentally drained, to the point of barely being able to stand.
Of course, what troubled her most was her relationship with Su Ling.
Su Ling’s last words still echoed in her ears.
Every time she thought about it, she felt inexplicably irritated.
What did she mean?
What did she take her for?
And also, what did Su Ling take herself for?
“Th-then…”
Unexpectedly, the voice of Yan Lin came from behind.
Ji Lingyuan raised an eyebrow.
She turned to look at Yan Lin.
“You… what is your relationship with Su Ling?”
Yan Lin’s heart was pounding.
Her observational skills were sharp.
The subtle expressions when Su Ling and Ji Lingyuan met earlier, the interactions between them, and the faint sounds from the rooftop just now…
She was naive, but not clueless.
After all, some storybooks could be quite explicit.
Ji Lingyuan, already irritated, became even more annoyed at the question.
What did she mean? Was she provoking her?
Ji Lingyuan walked toward her.
They were about the same height, but Ji Lingyuan’s aura was more mature and confident.
“She’s my girlfriend, got it?”
Ji Lingyuan suddenly felt a bit playful.
‘Ha, a forty-day girlfriend is still a girlfriend.’
But contrary to her expectations, Yan Lin showed no shock or anger. Instead, she shook her head.
“No, you’re not.”
“What do you mean? Don’t believe me? Ha, we were that loud just now, don’t tell me you didn’t hear?”
Ji Lingyuan was stunned at first, then enraged.
This girl kept provoking her!
Yan Lin bit her lip, but she stared firmly into Ji Lingyuan’s eyes. There was an indescribable meaning in those blazing eyes, even causing Ji Lingyuan to feel a hint of fear.
“If you two were in a romantic relationship, she would have shown surprise, not shock, when she saw you just now.”
“Also, although you interacted just now, it was probably only to satisfy physical pleasure. There was no love between lovers.”
“The magic power on you is surging, clearly caused by Su Ling using relatively intense methods.”
“If you were really lovers, you would have been unsatisfied after satisfying physical pleasure and would have found a comfortable place to continue being intimate. But you didn’t; you went separate ways.”
“I reasonably suspect that you may have had an argument just now.”
“Your brows are full of irritation and fatigue, which I assume is from that argument.”
“Su Ling just sent me a message, which shows that she didn’t take the argument to heart. Meanwhile, you seem very concerned.”
“Therefore.”
Yan Lin stared at Ji Lingyuan and said word by word: “Your relationship is above friends but below lovers. You are in a one-sided pursuit of Su Ling.”
Dead silence.
Ji Lingyuan’s head buzzed.
“Are you from the Academy of Truth?”
She asked subconsciously.
Such precise reasoning was really like those bookworms from the Academy of Truth.
“No, I just learned this from storybooks.” Yan Lin shook her head.
“Then why ask me if you’ve already guessed?”
Ji Lingyuan said irritably.
If not for being in the academy…
“I just want to ask… is Su Ling that kind of person?”
Ji Lingyuan fell silent.
Suddenly, a mocking smile appeared on her face.
“What? Disgusted by her?”
“It seems so.”
Yan Lin suddenly smiled.
Ji Lingyuan was stunned.
What did that mean?
“I know that Su Ling may have some unknown motives for helping me.”
That motive was likely her body.
She could sense that Su Ling did not walk any Sequence.
Yet she could use the magic of Sequence [Ice].
And when escaping, there seemed to be a time limit. She could clearly feel Su Ling change from a Transcendent Witch to an Ordinary Witch in an instant.
She had been curious before.
But when she learned that the ice dragon from last night was the [Soaring Dragon of the Firmament], exactly the same as the one Long Ying used.
Then, connecting it to Su Ling buying a can of Canned Magic Power at the black market,
A guess vaguely formed in her mind.
Su Ling might have some method to obtain the owner’s abilities through a witch’s magic power.
And Su Ling’s help might have been aimed at her magic power from the start.
Therefore, a “storybook” about Su Ling emerged in her mind.
Su Ling might be a Mana Hunter, using her stunning beauty to hunt the magic power of various witches.
And identities like the Witch’s Hut were likely her disguise.
Both Ji Lingyuan and herself were Su Ling’s prey.
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