Madame is Pretending to be an Academic Slacker Again!

Qin Xin looked in the direction of the Divine Academy, waiting for the silhouette of Master Tuantuan to return.

But, the long wait remained unresolved.

The Second Elder was already a bit anxious: ”Miss Lan, time waits for no one. If we are discovered here secretly opening the Time Gate, I’m afraid the consequences will be unimaginable... You won’t be able to leave.”

Qin Xin lowered her gaze and was silent for a moment.

Indeed, she couldn’t let the three of them wait with her.

She slowly spoke: ”Fine, let’s go.”

Ao Xinghao and the others stood at the edge of the Time Gate, making way for a passage, gentlemanly asking Qin Xin to go first.

Yet Qin Xin said: ”We still don’t know what’s inside; you guys go ahead and explore the way.”

Bai Chi immediately responded: ”Yes, yes, brother will explore the way for you, little Qingxin, you can be assured! I’m quite formidable now.”

Si Moyu also cheerfully strode forward: ”Bai Chi, stop bragging, move aside.”

The two of them stepped into the Time Gate first.

Only Ao Xinghao hesitated for a moment: ”Xin, we said we would go together...”

He always had an unspoken worry, concerned that Qin Xin might act unusually tonight.

After all, Nalan Ye Jue hadn’t come, which he found strange.

Could it be that Mr. Emperor can freely come and go in this world without waiting for the hard-won opportunity to open the Time Gate?

Qin Xin bit her lip, knowing that Ao Xinghao was always meticulous, sensitive, and intelligent. He wasn’t easy to fool, unlike those two simple-minded guys.

She bit her lip again, ceased further explanation and delay, and silently moved forward, stretching out her hand.

Just as Ao Xinghao thought Qin Xin was about to hold his hand to leave together, and his heart skipped a beat, suddenly a powerful force pushed him directly into the Time Gate.

As he fell into the time vortex, Ao Xinghao suddenly understood what Qin Xin intended to do.

She wasn’t leaving.

She was going to find that man.

If Nalan Ye Jue wasn’t leaving, she wouldn’t leave.

Her heart was ultimately tied firmly to that man.

And he would always be the outsider watching from the sidelines.

Ao Xinghao felt a mix of anguish, worry, and tension.

He wanted to rush back, but couldn’t resist the power of time.

Even the last despairing cry, ”Xin, don’t—” was drowned in time.

The Second Elder watched Qin Xin decisively push Ao Xinghao into the Time Gate, and was stunned in surprise.

”Miss Lan, you are...”

Not leaving?

Qin Xin calmly patted her hands: ”I’ll wait for my master.”

She said ’master’ instead of ’tutor.’

But the Second Elder already understood a few things: ”Your master said he’d be a little late, and he especially instructed that if he couldn’t make it to leave with you this time, I was to tell you definitely not to wait for him. You should go first, he will find a way, and later find an opportunity to reunite with you...”

Qin Xin calmly interrupted the Second Elder’s persuasion.

”There will be no more opportunities, right?” She saw the Second Elder secretly wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth but forgot to hide the sleeve stained with blood. ”You have violated this world’s rules, privately initiated the Time Gate, and have suffered backlash. I’m afraid your spiritual power is not enough to open the Time Gate again for a short time, and maybe even never be able to open it a second time in this lifetime.”

And without the Second Elder’s assistance, Master Tuantuan couldn’t leave this world.

Before parting, he said he wasn’t from this world. He only helped a dying Great Tutor by chance to temporarily assume his identity.

How could she leave him here forever?

And heartlessly leave?

She couldn’t do it!