Laughing at the World's "Special Attention"

Chapter 23 Laughing at the World's "Special Attention"

"Laugh, your title as the empire's number one genius may have already changed hands."

Seeing Meng Hongchen's teasing expression, Xiao Hongchen pretended to be calm and said:

"What's wrong? He was just exceptionally admitted to Mingde Hall, okay. That's really outrageous."

After all, since the founding of the Sun Moon Kingdom, no one has been able to enter Mingde Hall in the second year, let alone a freshman who has only been enrolled for a few days!

Thinking of this, Xiao Hongchen's expression became somewhat serious, but he still shook his head, a little more color returning to his face, and gritted his teeth, stubbornly saying:

"Impossible! I, Xiao Hongchen, am invincible among my peers!"

Seeing that he was still being stubborn, Meng Hongchen smiled and continued:

"I heard that his research findings have been classified as military secrets by his grandfather, the director, and Professor Xuan Ziwen."

Seeing her sly smile, Xiao Hongchen said with some excitement:

"Dream, I think I've figured it out. Are you trying to annoy me because you think I'm in a good mood today?"

"You're being too stingy. I just wanted to share some news about the person Grandpa told us to keep a close eye on. Don't you think he's really quite capable?"

Meng Hongchen twirled a strand of hair between her fingers and said casually, "..." Xiao Hongchen shrugged, feigning indifference, and said lightly with a nonchalant expression:

"You know, Dream. The reason we are called geniuses is not because of our soul tools, but because we are 13 or 14-year-old quasi-Soul Kings. I will soon obtain my fifth soul ring, and then I will be able to become a level 5 Soul Master. How can ordinary geniuses compare to us?"

"But he's an eleven-year-old level two Soul Master, and he's only been using Soul Tools for less than half a month. I think there's still a gap between you and a level two Soul Master who's not even twelve years old, bro."

Xiao Hongchen's originally fair face flushed even more, her lips twitching as she suppressed the bitterness in her heart, before she stubbornly said:

"Okay, I admit he's ahead of me in terms of soul tools, but combat performance is the most important thing, Meng."

Upon hearing this, Meng Hongchen feigned surprise and looked up, her crystal-blue eyes narrowing into slits. Then, she said in a flippant tone:

"Oh? But brother, I remember when I was eleven, I didn't seem to have defeated a level three Soul Master in three moves."

"Does it really have to be this, Meng? Fine, then let's wait until he becomes a Level 4 Soul Master, and I'll spar with him. Isn't that what you want to hear?"

"Given his personality, even if you care about him a lot, he won't easily agree to your request."

Seeing Meng Hongchen's teasing expression, Xiao Hongchen's expression finally froze. His face flushed red, and he grabbed the water glass beside him, gulping down a mouthful before shouting:

"Don't talk nonsense, I haven't been paying attention to him at all!"

Meng Hongchen nodded with a smile, feigning a puzzled look:

"Really? Then why did I see you looking at someone's information sheet so intently yesterday? Were I sleepwalking?"

Xiao Hongchen's face instantly turned red and heated up: "Don't give me that. I'm just trying to better complete Grandpa's mission and see if he's worth it."

Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Meng Hongchen gave Xiao Hongchen a "whatever makes you happy" look, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a teasing tone:

"You can stay here and laugh by yourself. I'm going to check what that person you're 'paying special attention' attention to is up to."

Only Xiao Hongchen, his blood boiling, remained standing there, slamming his fist on the armrest of the chair:

"Impossible! I, a fellow cultivator, am unmatched; no one here deserves my special attention!"

In high spirits, Meng Hongchen excitedly knocked on Lin Dong's door, but after a long silence, she lowered her hand in disappointment and muttered under her breath:

"Ever since he joined Mingdetang, this guy has been leaving early and returning late, and I can never find him. It's a real shame that I can't even get a chance to tease him and make him laugh."

At this moment, Lin Dong was in Xuan Ziwen's laboratory, facing the eager questions of three "students" with fiery eyes.

This was Lin Dong's promise to the three humble teachers before him: every Friday, he would answer their questions about the core formation.

Lin Dong had been responding to the three teachers' enthusiasm since morning, but what surprised him was...

Judging from the questions they raised, Xuan Ziwen was actually making the fastest progress among the three, and was already trying to upgrade the formation to level three.

However, it seems to be just an experiment. By the time he figures it out, Lin Dong will probably be close to level 20.

Looking at the setting sun outside, Lin Dong breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at the three people below the stage whose enthusiasm had not waned:

"Teachers, I think we should call it a day. I should take a rest too."

The three could only nod reluctantly. Due to Lin Dong's strong opposition, the three did not come to the villa area as they had done last time.

Without Lin Dong's explanation, the three of them could only stare blankly at the core formation for the time being, so their requests for Lin Dong as their "good teacher" were met with unanimous approval.

Lin Dong rushed back to his apartment before it got completely dark. As the door opened, he suddenly heard a voice in his ear:

"Where have you been? Why are you so late?"

Lin Dong turned his head in the direction of the voice and saw Meng Hongchen standing quietly in the doorway, one hand on the doorframe. She then replied calmly:

"I don't think I need to report to you where I go, Miss Meng, do I?"

Meng Hongchen was taken aback by her words, and said with some dissatisfaction, "I was just curious, not interrogating you. Why are you talking like that?"

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Lin Dong was taken aback for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "I was overthinking it, Miss Meng. Your timing was too coincidental. I thought..."

"You thought I was spying on you, didn't you?" Although Lin Dong didn't say it explicitly, Meng Hongchen could still tell what he wanted to say from his tone and expression.

Seeing her somewhat resentful gaze, Lin Dong nodded awkwardly: "The dean asked me to attend to some matters. I'm sorry, I misunderstood you."

Meng Hongchen waved her hand and said generously, "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll forgive you. This is the academy, and most of the students are very friendly. Why are you so nervous?"

Not everyone wants to harm you, okay? You'll easily lose all your friends if you act like this. Besides, you're practically my grandfather's apple now, who would dare to mess with you?

Lin Dong watched her chattering away, nodded patiently, smiled, and said gently, "Thank you for reminding me, Miss Meng. I will be careful."

Seeing this, Meng Hongchen nodded in satisfaction: "That's more like it. You look quite handsome when you smile. I've never seen you smile much before."

Lin Dong looked at the kind but overly talkative girl in front of him and smiled helplessly:

"Miss Meng, I have to go back to cultivate. I won't trouble you with any more suggestions."

Without waiting for Meng Hongchen's reply, he quickly closed the door. He hadn't absorbed the lightning power he had today, and if they continued chatting, given Meng Hongchen's talkative nature, who knew how long it would take.

Meng Hongchen returned to her room, recalling the scene from earlier. Lying on her pillow, she shook her head: "Is this guy really that obsessed with cultivation? His personality is so strange. No wonder Xiao was interested in you."

(End of this chapter)