People are Fighting to Break Their Diaries! They Forced Me to Eat Soft Food

39: Chapter 39 Two Women Team Up! (Hehehe, Zi Yan)”Help me!”

Xiao Yi Xian panicked. For a moment, she didn’t know what to do and could only throw a subtle, pleading look toward Xun’er.

”Brother Yan, how can you even ask that?” Xun’er returned a reassuring look before glancing at him with a slightly coquettish tilt of her head. ”You were staring so intently at Sister Xiao Yi Xian’s face; even I would blush if it were me.”

Realizing that he had been distracted while writing in the Diary and had likely been ”zoning out” while looking at Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Ting felt it was natural to be misunderstood. He couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed. ”Sorry, I was thinking about something just now. My apologies for being rude.”

”It’s alright.” Xiao Yi Xian secretly breathed a sigh of relief and gave Xun’er a thumbs-up under the table. ”With Sister Xun’er here, I believe Young Master Xiao Ting didn’t mean it.”

”Even if Xun’er wasn’t here, I still wouldn’t have meant it,” Xiao Ting immediately defended himself.

If he had intended to do it, he would have done it even with Xun’er present.

Whether one dared to do something and whether one actually did it were two different things.

”Brother Yan, stop explaining.” Xun’er suddenly stood up and spoke with a hint of jealousy, ”You’ve never looked at me like that.”

Xiao Ting’s lips twitched. He thought to himself that before his past life’s memories awakened, he had mostly treated her as a sister.

Now that their relationship was out in the open and he had successfully secured his ’soft rice’ meal ticket, he couldn’t act too much like a lecher.

”Since Brother Yan has already spoken with Uncle, shall we set off for Qingshan Town now?” Before Xiao Ting could explain, Xun’er spoke again.

”It’s already night, and traveling is inconvenient.” Seeing Xun’er take the initiative to change the subject, Xiao Ting naturally followed her lead. ”Let’s leave tomorrow morning. I also need to let Brother Yan and Yao Lao know.”

He also needed to leave time for Xiao Zhan to ”accidentally” spread the news and lure the fish onto the hook.

”Then I shall take my leave first,” Xiao Yi Xian said as she stood up, her expression having returned to normal.

”Is Sister Xiao Yi Xian going back to the inn?” Xun’er asked proactively. Seeing Xiao Yi Xian nod, she invited her, ”I have several guest rooms in my courtyard. Why don’t you stay with me tonight? It will be more convenient for our departure tomorrow.”

”That might not be appropriate,” Xiao Yi Xian said with a look of hesitation.

”There’s nothing inappropriate about it,” Xun’er said with a sweet smile. ”I have many books in my collection; Sister Xiao Yi Xian is welcome to browse them.”

”Staying at Xun’er’s place is indeed more convenient,” Xiao Ting chimed in.

”Then I shall gratefully accept,” Xiao Yi Xian nodded after a slight hesitation.

”Then let’s go.” Xun’er seemed to glare at Xiao Ting before leading Xiao Yi Xian away.

”This girl...” Xiao Ting shook his head with a smile.

However, this incident served as a reminder to him.

He should try to write in the Diary when no one was around or when nothing was happening.

Although others couldn’t see the Diary and no one knew what he was doing, ”spacing out” all the time wasn’t good.

Unless he encountered something very important or interesting.

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BOOM!

In the Black-Corner Region, at the Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, a certain building was shaken to its foundations by a surge of brute force.

”My little ancestor, what are you trying to do now?”

A white-bearded, white-haired old man in black robes spoke with a face full of helplessness, his eyes filled with affection.

If any students from the Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy were present, they would be utterly shocked by this scene. This was because the speaker was the Inner Academy’s First Elder, Su Qian, who was usually cold-eyed, old-fashioned, and stern.

As a Dou Zong, Su Qian was a rare existence in the Black-Corner Region and exerted a powerful pressure on others. Yet now, he was speaking kindly to a young girl in a white dress who looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old, appearing completely at a loss.

But if they knew the girl, those students would think it was only natural.

After all, she was the number one on the Inner Academy’s Strong Ranking, Zi Yan!

”I want to go out and play.” The girl raised her chin cutely, a hint of craftiness hidden deep within her lively eyes. ”The Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Academy should be heading out for recruitment soon, right? Give me a token. I’ll sneak into the Outer Academy’s recruitment team and look around nearby.”

”You...” Su Qian shook his head with a laugh.

Recruitment was such a serious matter, yet she wanted to sneak into the team to play. One had to admit, this was very typical of Zi Yan.

With Zi Yan’s strength as a Dou Wang, she could have graduated long ago according to the Inner Academy’s rules.

However, she was an orphan who didn’t know her origins and had no home to return to, so she had stayed.

”Do you really want to go?” Su Qian confirmed in a serious tone.

”Old Man Su, aren’t you annoying?” Zi Yan seemed to appear on the desk in an instant, sitting with one leg crossed over her knee and arms folded. She turned her head away with a cocky attitude. ”If I said I’m going, I’m going.”

”Fine then.” Su Qian hesitated slightly but didn’t refuse. ”With your strength, there’s absolutely no problem with you going out. I have only one requirement: you must listen to the teacher in charge of the team.”

Zi Yan was powerful, but her temperament was unstable, making it easy for her to cause trouble.

”I know, I know, hmph~” Zi Yan reached out her hand.

Su Qian didn’t give her a token. Instead, he sent a message to Hu Gan, the Vice Dean of the Outer Academy and its actual person-in-charge.

Before long, Hu Gan, who happened to be in the Inner Academy to report on some matters, rushed over. ”First Elder, you were looking for me?”

”Zi Yan wants to follow the recruitment team out for a look. Take her to the Outer Academy and make the arrangements.” Su Qian regained his stern expression. ”Find a team where the lead instructor has a steady personality.”

Hu Gan was no stranger to this number one genius of the Inner Academy whom the First Elder had picked up. His own granddaughter, known as the ’Little Witch,’ was completely outclassed in front of her.

”Yes, First Elder.” Hu Gan thought for a moment and said, ”Instructor Ruo Lin of the Outer Academy has a gentle personality; she adheres to principles but is also flexible and accommodating. It would be perfect for Zi Yan to be with her.”

”I don’t want that.” Zi Yan immediately objected. She wasn’t actually going out just to play. ”I heard people say that above the Black-Corner Region is the Northwest Continent, and some parts directly border it. I want to go there to play, like the Jia Ma Empire, Izumo Empire, Mu Lan Empire...”

Surprise flashed in Su Qian’s eyes. Zi Yan had clearly come prepared.

Could it be that she had recalled some childhood memories and wanted to go confirm them?

Su Qian didn’t ask further but nodded to Hu Gan.

”Haha, little girl, then following Ruo Lin’s team is even more correct.” Hu Gan stroked his beard and smiled. ”She is one of the lead instructors for several regions in the southwestern part of the Northwest Continent. The recruitment route she’s assigned to includes those empires you mentioned.”

”Then it’s settled, her it is.” Zi Yan nodded immediately.

With the matter settled, Su Qian spoke, ”Hu Gan still has a meeting in the Inner Academy. Wait here for a bit, and he’ll take you to the Outer Academy afterward.”

”Understood, go on, go on.” Zi Yan flashed to a nearby bench and lay down, reaching into her storage ring to pull out a fruit and stuff it into her mouth.

Hu Gan’s pupils constricted.

If he wasn’t mistaken, Zi Yan was eating a Rank 5 Spirit Fruit. Some Tier 6 pills required these during refinement; eating it directly was simply a waste of heavenly treasures.

But seeing Su Qian’s unfazed expression, he chose to pretend he hadn’t seen anything.

”Pui! Pui!”

Spitting out a few fruit pits, Zi Yan stretched and stared expectantly at the journal copy.

”Jie jie jie.” Zi Yan let out the trademark weird laugh of the Hall of Souls. ”Xiao Ting, is it?”

”You seem to know a lot about me. I’m coming to find you.”