“Anda, can you speak properly? I’m not really brave enough to talk to you like this.”
Li Ruoxi placed her hand on her neck, pretending to defend herself.
“When did you find out?”
Vivian was just momentarily agitated.
She looked Li Ruoxi over carefully; aside from her appearance, there was no trace of her former self anywhere, and even less in her temperament.
“Me?”
Li Ruoxi’s eyes dropped as she thought.
“It was that time, when I was in soul form and returned to my body after you cast that spell on me… some memories slowly appeared in my mind.”
“And what do you remember?”
Vivian forced calm into her voice, still wearing that fierce expression.
“N-no… I don’t remember… just bits and pieces… don’t worry, nothing about you.”
Li Ruoxi assured her.
“How do you know that’s what I was going to ask?”
Vivian’s scarlet eyes deepened into a profound blue, still unsettlingly deep.
Li Ruoxi looked up this time, but she wasn’t as afraid.
“You must have seen something.”
Vivian narrowed her eyes. Li Ruoxi was trying to fool her.
She hadn’t even asked which aspect of the memories, and Li Ruoxi immediately said there was nothing about her.
With a little thought, it was clear that Li Ruoxi must have remembered something to react that way.
“Speak.”
The curt command carried no emotion.
“I… I… I really don’t know… it was just a flash… I was lying on the altar… in the same position as when I was in the hospital bed back then… I don’t know anything else… really, I don’t.”
“That doesn’t sound like a lie now.”
Having got the truth, Vivian naturally wouldn’t make a big deal out of it with Li Ruoxi.
Holding Li Ruoxi’s soft body again, Vivian had long forgotten why she had come.
“You… couldn’t have come just for me… like this…”
Li Ruoxi asked weakly.
“Is there something else? You don’t want to kill me, do you?”
Held in Vivian’s arms, Li Ruoxi voiced her doubts.
From the moment she first met Li Wentian, to Vivian appearing there later,
if there was no connection between the two, Li Ruoxi would never believe it.
The most important thing was that Vivian must have come to her for something.
“Not willing to say?”
Summoning her courage, Li Ruoxi shifted her body up a little, then reached out to wrap her arms around Vivian’s waist.
At the feel of it, Li Ruoxi barely stopped herself from rubbing up and down.
Forcing down the wicked heat in her chest, Li Ruoxi boldly met Vivian’s gaze.
“I want to know what you’re really trying to do. Tell me, okay?”
Li Ruoxi’s gaze was full of sincere hope and warmth.
“Idiot.”
Vivian simply pressed Li Ruoxi down and held her again.
“Just do what you need to do. Don’t ask so many questions.”
…
Held in bed by Vivian all morning, Li Ruoxi only got released when she was so hungry her stomach growled.
On the square dining table in the villa—similar to an old-fashioned eight-immortal table—
Li Ruoxi had a lavish lunch set before her: steak, red wine, fruit, and pastries.
An elegant Western-style lunch that looked more like dinner.
“Don’t you need to eat?”
Li Ruoxi had already finished.
The red wine beside her was aged, with plenty of tannins, tasting very bitter, but it complemented the Australian veal leg meat perfectly, enhancing both.
After wiping her hands, Li Ruoxi put down the damp towel and picked up a dry towel to wipe her mouth.
“I only feed once a week.”
Vivian crossed her hands under her chin, staring at her.
“…Oh… I’ll try to eat a bit more… so you can feed once more a month…”
Li Ruoxi realized she had asked the wrong question.
“Are you going to school?”
She changed the subject directly.
“I don’t need to.”
Vivian replied.
“I stayed here for a long time too. This used to be one of my castles. I thought it was too quiet, so I transferred it to Lilith Academy.”
So vampires were all rich weirdos.
Vivian’s words meant she had complete control over the academy, and with the wealth she had accumulated over the centuries, plus her family’s inheritance, she could support a small country.
“Oh.”
Li Ruoxi sat quietly for a moment, then said,
“I want to go take a look first.”
She was curious about the environment she would soon be studying in.
Her large eyes stared straight at Vivian.
“Can I?”
Li Ruoxi asked again.
Now Vivian was her boss.
If she upset her, there would be no good outcome.
At the very least, a blood feast on the spot would be unavoidable.
“Mm, go ahead.”
Vivian simply nodded.
Li Ruoxi happily picked up her phone and called Ouyang Xue.
Vivian jumped over the wall and returned to her own villa courtyard.
About ten minutes after receiving Li Ruoxi’s call, Ouyang Xue arrived.
Today she wore a thin wool long-sleeved top with a short skirt, beige stockings hugging her shapely calves, making them look long and smooth, with red high heels on her feet.
She sat in the passenger seat, and the driver was a young man in his early twenties, still with the green look of a college student.
He wore a blue striped shirt and dark black athletic pants.
Although neatly kept, the creases at the cuffs and folds showed the clothes were well-worn.
Ouyang Xue looked very happy to see Li Ruoxi.
“Let me introduce you. This is my most outstanding student. His name is Wei Ziyuan. Compared to me back then, he may pass the academy’s comprehensive assessment a year early.”
Ouyang Xue introduced him seriously.
“Oh.”
Li Ruoxi replied with little interest, but out of politeness she gave Wei Ziyuan a symbolic smile and greeting.
“Hello.”
“And this is Xiao Xi.”
Ouyang Xue introduced her briefly, then explained to Li Ruoxi,
“Today the new students are arriving. There’s an evening party to attend, and I need to prepare some things in advance, so I had Ziyuan guide me.”
“Then… actually, you don’t have to… I can go see it later when you’re free. I’ll go eventually anyway.”
Seeing an unfamiliar man, even if he was Ouyang Xue’s star student, Li Ruoxi still instinctively wanted to keep her distance.
Since coming to this world, the only men she had encountered who could look at her normally were the big brother from Jingjiang Community and Li Wentian.
Everyone else had some other meaning in their eyes.
If she thought about it too much, Li Ruoxi couldn’t stand being objectified.
“There’s another student. She’s a girl, so don’t worry.”
Ouyang Xue took Li Ruoxi’s hand.
Her outfit today had a hint of youth mixed with maturity.
Ouyang Xue herself looked very young, and with this little dress-up and dark lipstick, she appeared even fairer, with bright eyes like a tempting green apple—young and beautiful.
Wei Ziyuan in the car didn’t dare look too much.
After greeting Li Ruoxi with a smile, he sat nervously in the driver’s seat, looking elsewhere.
“Alright.”
Once in the car, Li Ruoxi answered Ouyang Xue’s questions half-heartedly.
But it was clear Ouyang Xue wasn’t trying to introduce Li Ruoxi to Wei Ziyuan, nor did she have any intention of setting her up with a boyfriend.
The car drove along the now-familiar road. Little by little, more of the same small beetles appeared.
Today was indeed much more crowded than yesterday.
Along the roadsides, under the ancient castle buildings, there were spaced intervals.
Under the trees, groups of young people walked on both sides of the street.
Li Ruoxi remembered that this was just the high school division of the academy.
The college division of Lilith Academy wasn’t here but in another campus ten kilometers away.
“So, did you sleep well last night?”
Ouyang Xue had just asked what Li Ruoxi had for breakfast, and now she was asking about her sleep.
“Uh… not bad. It was very quiet and I slept deeply.”
Li Ruoxi’s gaze shifted from the car window back to the front.
Through the windshield, the car had already arrived at the entrance of an underground parking lot.
“Teacher, Xiao Xi, you can get off here. Xiao Xi, could you wait for me here? I can show you around your school district later.”
Wei Ziyuan hesitated for a moment, then finished and unlocked the doors.
Li Ruoxi quickly got out of the car and waved at Wei Ziyuan.
“No need, Senior Ziyuan.”
“Alright then. Teacher, do you need me to pick you up later?”
Wei Ziyuan said to Ouyang Xue.
“Ziyuan, you don’t need to wait. Go back first. I’ll have He Ranran take Xiao Xi. You go ahead.”
Wei Ziyuan acknowledged and drove off.
He didn’t head into the parking lot but drove away directly.
“Sigh, it’s all your fault for being so adorable, but you’re actually hard-hearted.”
Ouyang Xue stood beside Li Ruoxi.
She was already quite tall, and with heels on, she seemed even taller.
Then her fair, mature, and alluring face broke into a soft smile.
“But luckily you’re soft-hearted. I was really worried that after Ziyuan drove you once, he wouldn’t want to drive any other girl. Even I, his respected teacher, might be rejected.”
“Sister Xue, stop joking.”
Li Ruoxi raised her hand to shield the sun.
“The sun is so strong. You should go do what you need to. Just tell me the general area, and I’ll go look around by myself.”
“Then how will you get back?”
Ouyang Xue’s gaze dropped slightly.
Li Ruoxi wore a small white floral dress.
Around her neck hung a blue gem necklace that sparkled with a dazzling silver light.
Her long hair was simply pinned back with small black hair clips.
In her simple outfit, there was an air of quiet elegance.
This girl was naturally so serene and pleasant to look at.
“Get back… right…”
Li Ruoxi took out her phone.
This was the one Nangong Li had given her before leaving.
She wasn’t very familiar with non-touchscreen phones—this one was just long, surrounded by a ring of blue crystal diamonds.
The whole phone was a blue-black color, looking low-key and luxurious.
Ouyang Xue’s breath caught, and her pupils contracted.
“This—”
“Sister Xue, can you give me your contact info?”
Li Ruoxi stepped forward a little, moving closer to Ouyang Xue.
The sun shining from behind Ouyang Xue was just blocked by her tall figure.
This girl… did she have any idea just how rich she was?
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