Six-thirty in the evening.

In this apartment of Duanmu Yunji at Yunji International, Qin Rubing and Duanmu Yunji were already sitting one on each side of Luofeng, with Luofeng holding them both.

Luofeng was telling Duanmu Yunji about everything that had happened today.

After waiting for Luofeng to finish, Duanmu Yunji sighed and said, "These people are really complicated! And also..."

Seeing that Duanmu Yunji was finding it hard to continue, Luofeng guessed what she meant and deliberately asked, "And what else?"

"It's just... just why do those middle‑aged guys like two men teaming up against one woman?" Duanmu Yunji said tactfully.

After all, in her mind,

just imagining that kind of thing was terrifying.

That was why she and Qin Rubing had always been unable to accept "I must have a teacher among them."

They could only accept being a pair of birds flying side by side.

"Ahem, I do think two men bullying one girl is a bit too much. Girls are fragile after all. But two girls teaming up against one guy? That's absolutely necessary!" Luofeng grinned wickedly, spouting crooked logic without missing a beat.

Qin Rubing and Duanmu Yunji rolled their eyes at Luofeng in perfect sync.

Luofeng changed the subject. "Yunji, your International Piano Competition doesn't have similar crap going on, right?"

Duanmu Yunji shook her head. "I've never heard of anything like that!"

Idiot, how could they possibly let you hear about things like that?

Qin Rubing chimed in, "I've never heard of anything like that either!"

Luofeng just smiled noncommittally and said, "By the way, I'm planning to go back to school tomorrow. I've pretty much been skipping classes for a whole month again this time. Before the May Day holiday, I want to go back and check in on things."

Duanmu Yunji leaned on Luofeng's shoulder and said, "Then Luo the Immortal, when are you coming back?"

The Great Cat still really liked hanging out with Luofeng.

Even though she knew she lost to Luo the Immortal every single time.

She was the classic weak but loves to play type.

Duanmu Yunji's attachment to Luofeng was always written all over her face and constantly on her lips.

But Qin Rubing expressed her attachment to Luofeng more subtly.

They both wanted Luofeng to stay by their side.

"Of course I'll come over whenever I have time!" Luofeng patted this Capital City Great Cat, whose clinging and acting‑cute skills were top‑tier. The key point was, she wasn't even the delicate, clingy little‑bird type of girl.

But once she started acting cute, the effect was even better than those little‑bird type girls.

Maybe that's just the power of being pretty?

When a beautiful woman acts cute, who could possibly resist?

Around ten that night, Luofeng once again joined Duanmu Yunji in her piano practice. Since he was leaving, Duanmu Yunji didn't kick him out.

The two of them played Our Love together.

When the piece ended,

Luofeng picked up this Great Cat in a bridal carry, and the two of them put on a professional‑level performance in the master bathroom.

Qin Rubing had slipped away long ago.

Over half an hour later,

in the master bedroom, Duanmu Yunji was leaning on Luofeng's arm, curled up in the crook of his elbow, one slender index finger lightly tracing circles on Luofeng's chest.

"Luo the Immortal, when are you going to fish up that poor little fish Bingbing too?" Duanmu Yunji asked.

Luofeng reached out and pinched Duanmu Yunji's soft, fair cheek. "There's something off about the way you're putting that."

"What's off about me?" Duanmu Yunji hummed.

"What kind of girl pushes her own boyfriend onto someone else?" Luofeng hummed back.

Duanmu Yunji pouted playfully. "That's because you're the one who's off, okay?" 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Huh?" Luofeng was confused.

"Don't try to spin this on me. Clearly you're the weird one!" Duanmu Yunji grumbled.

Luofeng was a Double Talented Warrior.

A real man would never be done in five seconds, okay?

Even those Little Fairies with insane combat power could only be left flustered and scrambling in front of Luofeng, cursing under their breath...

Basically throwing everything they had at him.

So a battle‑power‑scum Capital City Great Cat getting defeated was perfectly normal, right?

Which meant the one who was "off" was Luofeng; he was simply beyond human.

Today, Duanmu Yunji seemed to be on chicken blood. After losing once, she actually wanted a rematch?

That was just courting death.

Luofeng of course didn't hold back and directly suppressed her.

......

The next morning, April 27th.

Monday.

Around ten in the morning, Duanmu Yunji finally woke up.

She immediately yelped, "Crap, I'm late again. I'm gonna get yelled at this time for sure. It's all your fault!"

"Huh?" Luofeng's face was full of question marks.

How was it his fault?

Yesterday it was clearly you, this battle‑power‑scum, who insisted on playing, okay?

But how could a man not accept this kind of blame‑shifting?

He had, after all, gotten the actual benefits out of it.

Since he was already taking the blame, he might as well commit to it.

Aren't you blaming me?

Fine then.

He pinned her down once more in the morning.

Time flashed by, and at 10:30, Duanmu Yunji hurried to wash up.

Qin Rubing had already passed her driving test, and Luofeng had bought her a Cayenne. Now she and Duanmu Yunji could each drive to school, so they didn't have to wait for each other.

It wasn't that their relationship had cooled; it was just more convenient.

After all, they didn't go to the same school.

Back then, Duanmu Yunji had to drop Qin Rubing off at Dance University first, then go back to Music University herself. All that back‑and‑forth wasted over ten minutes.

"Luo the Immortal, I'm heading to class. I won't be seeing you off this time!" Duanmu Yunji said.

"Mm‑hmm, you'd better focus on how you're going to face Teacher Yang." Luofeng grinned wickedly.

Duanmu Yunji snorted softly. "I naturally have my brilliant plan!"

Something occurred to Duanmu Yunji, and she asked, "Oh right, you went over to Rubing's place at midnight yesterday? You two..."

This Great Cat.

She always had to ask how many times.

And the details.

Luofeng smiled and answered simply, "One on top, two on the bottom, standard package."

"Hmph, that's reasonably fair." Duanmu Yunji huffed coquettishly.

Luofeng didn't say anything else, just hugged Duanmu Yunji and kissed her deeply for a while before letting the Great Cat head off to school.

11 a.m.

At Official Music University, in practice room No. 9 as usual.

Lin Meixin was resting; she had already been playing for over an hour.

She glanced silently at the time. It was already 10:50.

It was almost 11.

But Duanmu Yunji still hadn't shown up.

This kind of "being late"...

didn't really count as being late anymore.

It was basically skipping class, right?

Yang Xiaohui felt nothing but helplessness and worry.

And Yang Xiaohui had also heard about what happened over at Dance College yesterday. She knew Duanmu Yunji and Qin Rubing were besties.

Could it be that she was dealing with all that?

The two besties had fallen out?

Those were the things Yang Xiaohui was worried about.

Right before 11, Duanmu Yunji finally arrived at practice room No. 9.

Maybe because she'd jogged all the way, Duanmu Yunji's face was a little flushed. She looked at Yang Xiaohui and said apologetically, "Teacher Yang, um, I... well..."

Yang Xiaohui cut off Duanmu Yunji's attempt to find an excuse and said, "The piano competition starts in July. You don't have that much time left. Try to come a bit earlier from now on."

Yang Xiaohui no longer dared hope she wouldn't be late at all; as long as she came earlier, that would be enough.

"Starting tomorrow, I absolutely won't be late!" Duanmu Yunji said.

"Ha!" Lin Meixin couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.

Did this Duanmu Yunji not realize she was telling a joke?

How many times had she promised that already?

Even Yang Xiaohui laughed, shaking her head in utter disbelief.

Duanmu Yunji quickly said, "Luofeng already flew out of the Capital City today. I heard he has to go home over Labor Day to deal with family business, so he won't be coming back to the Capital City before the piano competition!"

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