: Class Reunion

"What did you see? What did you see?"

I meant...

Qiao Yuan became more and more justified the more he thought about it.

Yan Baobao on the other end of the phone snorted even more arrogantly: "Where's that huge White Crane Martial Arts GG? You and her filmed this together!"

Qiao Yuan listened, speechless: "Please, how was I supposed to know she was there? How was I supposed to know that Master Li of the White Crane Martial Arts School was his uncle?"

"Oh, I see," Yan Baobao quickly laughed, "I knew it, absolutely impossible."

"Then why are you so certain?"

"Because I only saw it this morning, and I was going to call you to ask about it." Yan Baobao snorted again, "This is clearly an older sister caring about her younger brother, okay? She's been with several people, her private life is a mess."

Qiao Yuan couldn't help but chuckle.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Hahaha," Qiao Yuan laughed even louder, the baby was just too cute.

I don't know when it started, but Yan Baobao, who is always calm and rational in public, always seems impulsive, jealous, and easily emotional in front of him.

Moreover, Yan Baobao trusts him completely and believes everything he says, although he has never lied.

But they are siblings!

Even though we're not related by blood, we've been closer than sisters since we were little.

Yan Baobao said coquettishly, "Don't laugh!"

"Ahem, I was just about to tell you that I ran into Teacher Shen," Qiao Yuan decisively changed the subject.

Yan Baobao immediately asked, "Did he ask you for money? You absolutely can't lend it to him!"

"Don't get the wrong idea, how could I possibly lend it? But I was lucky today, I made 15,000 at Jianghai Boxing Gym, hehe, I just bought a flight backpack."

"Huh? You...you placed a bet?" Yan Baobao seemed a little surprised: "Did he lead you? Ugh, it's best not to touch gambling."

"No, what are you thinking? He came up to me asking to borrow money, and I refused outright. Then I tried my luck and won. I'll buy the baby a durian pizza tonight, from King George's. They can raise the price if they want."

Yan Baobao's laughter grew even louder: "Qiao Yuan is the best! I'll go home early tonight."

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Yuan stopped at the entrance of the residential area, bought some fruit, and went home. In the past, Bao Bao would buy most of the fruit, but now he could earn some money himself.

When he mentioned money earlier, he actually had another intention: to let the baby gradually get used to his good luck. After all, this is just the beginning, and he will earn more and more money in the future.

During the day, he continued practicing the Linghe Dasanshou at home, and before he knew it, it was evening.

After the sublimation, every aspect of my body underwent a qualitative change, and my physical condition improved much faster.

In the eight hours from afternoon to evening, his physique improved by a full 0.1, which is twice what it used to be. This feeling of rapid progress is amazing.

If we calculate it this way, and consider each level of physical improvement as a breakthrough, then with intense training, it should only take about a week, which is quite fast.

Moreover, through today's efforts, Linghe Sanshou has officially reached the second level, and his strength has been enhanced once again.

He is now becoming increasingly enthusiastic about magic.

In the past, having a liking something could improve one's strength, but now, one can also achieve a breakthrough by comprehending magical techniques.

I'm currently five steps away from the first-tier advancement, which doesn't seem like a difficult task. I can just keep learning from other martial arts schools; it's that easy.

However, not just any technique will do. The breakthrough only specifies four types: ancient martial arts, new techniques, Taoist techniques, and forbidden techniques.

Ancient martial arts are passed down from the past. Although they are not numerous, they can still be seen occasionally, just like the White Crane Freehand Technique.

New techniques are rare; they represent the future and a completely new system. They probably don't exist in Huanxi Prefecture, but they definitely do exist in the main city.

As for Taoist techniques and forbidden arts, they are even rarer. He had only heard his homeroom teacher mention them once. They all have various thresholds and extremely high requirements.

Therefore, the fastest way is to start with ancient martial arts. You can ask Teacher Wang for advice, and then visit other martial arts schools in the next day or two.

As he was thinking this, it was only six o'clock in the evening when he heard the sound of the baby opening the door from the entrance hall.

Oh, I haven't bought the pizza yet.

As he placed his order, he said, "How about we get a set meal, baby? I'll eat that too."

"Okay, I didn't eat dinner. I came back especially to taste the thoughtfulness of my Qiao Yuan." Yan Baobao skillfully unbuttoned the Ember Mech combat suit and smiled sweetly.

"Okay, then let's arrange everything."

Besides the signature durian pizza, Qiao Yuan sat on the sofa with Yan Baobao and ordered herb shrimp, cream of mushroom soup, two cups of matcha coffee, a medium-rare black pepper Wagyu beef, chocolate snow glaze, and baked corn kernels with cheese.

The whole set cost 750 yuan, which was a bit of a splurge.

Yan Baobao got really close tonight, and her faint body fragrance smelled wonderful. She blinked slightly and pursed her lips, saying, "Suddenly, I feel that it's quite good that you're not working now, because I can see you every night."

"You miss me that much?" Qiao Yuan teased.

"What? I'm worried you might die suddenly. Anyway, you're not short of money now, it's a good thing."

A blush rose on Yan Baobao's delicate, fair face, and she hummed, "That way you can play games with me every day, of course I want to."

Qiao Yuan said meaningfully, "Oh, it's just for playing games? I thought it was something else."

When I looked again, the baby's cheeks were already flushed red.

He found Yan Baobao increasingly interesting. She was usually very ambiguous and had no sense of boundaries, but when he actually took the initiative, she would actually get shy.

Yan Baobao coughed slightly: "I'll take a shower first, then we can eat and play together, okay?"

"Hmm," Qiao Yuan smiled.

He's lying on the sofa now, thinking about ancient martial arts. Oh, no need to think anymore, I almost forgot, tomorrow he's going to attend his class reunion to steal Charles's Noble Ascension Technique. Hehe, that's good.

I remember this is also an ancient martial art.

An ancient martial arts manual from the nobles of the main city!

cool.

Then we'll see if we can get some benefits from the Twilight Group through Jiang Qi.

"With my current abilities, I should travel around and get to know different circles."

Qiao Yuan murmured to himself, making new plans for the future. However, he realized that one's social circle is something that cannot be forced; he would just wait until he went to Galaxy University.

That night, after the delivery from King George's Pizza arrived, he took a shower after his baby's bath, and then spent his time eating, drinking, and playing games, living a more and more comfortable life.

Yan Baobao continued telling him the story of Minako and Kenta, and gradually became attracted by the chocolate dessert: "This chocolate snowy dessert is delicious."

"Can you do it?" Qiao Yuan asked.

"I'll try it next time, and let you have a taste."

"Okay!"

……

The following afternoon, Qiao Yuan lazily rubbed his eyes and slowly opened them, then contentedly closed them again.

To be honest, this kind of life—playing until midnight whenever he wanted, sleeping until he naturally woke up, without worrying about money or the future—was practically his ultimate childhood dream.

After dozing off for a while, Qiao Yuan got up and glanced at the time. Before he knew it, it was already five o'clock in the evening.

After washing up, he watched the news for a while, changed into a more formal white shirt with a collar and buttons, and left home at seven o'clock. He first went to Jianghai Boxing Gym to earn 10,000 yuan, and then used his T30 flight backpack to go to the top floor of Meilin Building.

Baby isn't interested in these kinds of gatherings. In fact, from childhood to adulthood, aside from constantly getting stronger, Yan Baobao has only ever been interested in him.

Although she is the class monitor, it is only because she is a genius. After all, she has always been the top student in the whole school. In fact, the class has always been led by the class representative, Qin Xue.

Now that Baby has joined Ember, in addition to making money, he also wants to increase his value and advance to the Destiny Ascension King sequence to obtain a higher loan limit. In short, he is different from ordinary people and his goals have always been lofty.

He flew higher and higher, and the night sky, like a tide, gradually submerged the fiery clouds. The dense, floating buildings lost their surface heat, reflecting a brilliant starry sky and dazzling neon lights.

Sihai Music Restaurant is located on the top floor of the Meilin Building, which reaches a height of 2700 meters. It is one of the highest areas in Huanxi State and is a renowned Michelin three-star restaurant with a history of over 300 years.

Although he often passed by the place when he was in school, he never went in and couldn't afford to eat there.

It's supposedly a membership-based event. Hu Tu mentioned it to him this afternoon. Charlton is leading this class reunion, which makes perfect sense.

The upper part is like a sky garden, with lush green vegetation and flowers everywhere, creating a paradise atmosphere. The materials used are also exquisite, all of them are lightweight and strong carbon fiber. Many floating sports cars are parked at the airport next to it.

Besides the Four Seas Music Restaurant, there is also a golf course and an outdoor swimming pool in the distance, as well as an artistic opera house that resembles a palm with five outstretched fingers, which is quite pleasing to the eye.

Qiao Yuan's expression shifted slightly. After all, it was his first time here, and the atmosphere was completely different from the lively scene below. There was a faint sense of tranquility and elegance in the air.

Even the air here seems cleaner, though that might just be an illusion.

After all, even Haitang District, which is 3500 meters high, suffers from air pollution.

He landed on a carbon fiber silver-gray sky bridge, and under the beautiful night sky, the Sihai Music Restaurant was right in front of him.

Standing at the restaurant entrance was a chubby, fair-skinned boy, about 1.7 meters tall, wearing a handmade textured light yellow shirt and black overalls, with a head of fluffy, permed hair.

Upon seeing him, she immediately raised her hand and waved enthusiastically, saying, "Hey, Qiao Yuan!"

The chubby boy waving was Hu Tu, his best friend. He came from a single-parent family and lived with his father, who ran a business.

The opponent had recently undergone a first-level Ascension, choosing the Psionic Ascension Hacker Sequence. They were exceptionally intelligent and possessed a thorough understanding of various program Trojans.

To facilitate his hacking activities, there is also a brain-computer interface below his left ear.

He gets shy and stutters when he sees girls, especially pretty ones. He doesn't even dare to talk to Yan Baobao normally. Only when the three of them are together does Hu Tu relax and become more natural.

Qiao Yuan walked over with a smile: "Tsk tsk, you're even wearing perfume. Don't back out at the last minute again."

Hu Tu blushed, nudged him, took a deep breath, and said, "Cough cough, how could that be! I'm definitely going to confess to Qin Xue today, I'm ready!"

"You know, Qin Xue didn't apply to Galaxy University, she applied to another university in the main city. If I don't confess now, I'll never have another chance. I have to say it no matter what."

"Yeah, don't overthink it," Qiao Yuan encouraged Hu Tu. "It's good to just say it."

They scanned their biometric information, which they had registered for the class reunion in advance, at the restaurant entrance before entering. The private room was upstairs, but there was no elevator; they had to walk up the colorful glass spiral staircase on both sides. Fortunately, it wasn't very high, only three floors in total.

On the way, Hu Tu kept muttering, "I plan to wait until after dinner. Oh right, the vampire thing that day was really scary. Luckily you have a genius older sister. I was so worried back then."

"Ah, it's nothing." Qiao Yuan smiled. He and Hu Tu quickly arrived at the third floor. Along the polished blue-and-white tiled floor, in the semi-open corridor on the left, they reached the second VIP room, "Dongjun."

It must be said that as a Chinese restaurant, this place is very particular in every aspect. Although the exterior is not particularly luxurious, the details are excellent.

As we approached the Dongjun private room.

At that moment, six or seven guests left the VIP room next door. Qiao Yuan glanced at them out of the corner of his eye, then paused, his heart skipping a beat.

One of the fat men, wearing a white suit, looked unwell; his face was noticeably thinner, making his gaunt features even more pronounced.

"Damn it, I said I wanted the best, the best in the whole of Huanxi Prefecture. Golden nanmu won't do, it has to be submerged golden nanmu wood, that's my daughter!"

The person on the other end of the phone was cursing and swearing; it was Zhao Hu, the owner of the Wangsheng Hotel!

What a coincidence.

I can't believe I ran into you here.

Qiao Yuan's expression changed; the demon substitute ring he was holding now belonged to the other party.

Because of the white rose, Boss Zhao's daughter, Xinran, was taken hostage. At this moment, he listened to the other party's roar, which seemed to be about the urn again...

Does that mean the other party's daughter is dead?

Damn! What's going on? Even though this has nothing to do with him, he took the belongings.

Moreover, four burly bodyguards followed closely behind him, looking exactly like the White Rose's men from that night...

Hu Tu pushed open the door to the "Dongjun" private room, turned around and looked at him: "Hey? Qiao Yuan? What are you spacing out for? Come in quickly."

Qin Xue, the class representative in the room, stood up and waved to Qiao Yuan, saying, "Come in, Qiao Yuan!"