THE XIAO'CHEN JOURNEY

A'LING AND QIAN'YU

After from the Moonlight Association, Xiao'Chen and A'Ling walked down the city. Although it is night the city remains bright and crowded even though it is not as crowded as day but it actually makes the atmosphere more calm and comfortable.

A'Ling took Xiao'Chen away to a dining place by the side of the road, the place sells many types of ramen and if you notice in front of this ramen place there is a luxury restaurant that seems quite famous in this city because it is visited by many people, so that the place of the ramen seller looks more lonely than the restaurant in front of him.

Upon entering the not-so-large ramen shop, A'Ling immediately ordered two special bowls of ramen for herself and Xiao'Chen. A middle-aged man greeted Xiao'Chen and A'Ling with a friendly smile and immediately made their order.

While waiting for his order to be finished, A'Ling invited Xiao'Chen to sit down at a round table. The atmosphere had become quiet and awkward as Xiao'Chen and A'Ling were silent to each other, but the one that looked most agitated was A'Ling as Xiao'Chen only showed a flat expression.

"Anu.."A'Ling wanted to melt the atmosphere, but he was confused about what to talk about because he was not so familiar with what Xiao'Chen looked like because so far the young man was more often flat and silent.

"Are you always flat like this ?"Ask A'Ling.

Xiao'Chen who was thinking about his next move, started to show a slight reaction by looking at A'Ling.

"depends."His speech was short and flat, making A'Ling feel puzzled.

"Depends ?"

As he looked at A'Ling sitting before him, Xiao'Chen recalled that when the beautiful woman had already disowned him, he thought of doing something similar. Xiao'Chen smiled seductively making him look so handsome, while slightly bringing his face closer towards A'Ling.

"depends ? Whether the woman could attract my attention or not.. Miss Ling, you're so boring, it makes me want to keep bothering you."

Seeing Xiao'Chen's handsome face that was difficult to describe with words being right before him, made A'Ling become a little jolted with a face as red as a ripe tomato.

Xiao'Chen returned the blessing with a still smile."Turns out right, you're pretty... But what I don't like about you is the fact that you're still too weak."

The smell of mint when Xiao'Chen spoke before him, made A'Ling feel strange as if he was drunk on the mark with his breathing becoming heavy.

A'Ling slowly wrapped her hands around Xiao'Chen's neck and Xiao'Chen did not reject her at all because somehow she also felt the same way that A'Ling felt. Slowly the faces of the two of them who had been flushed were getting closer, but when the lips of the two were about to meet, a woman who was a waitress from the tavern came carrying the orders of Xiao'Chen and A'Ling.. The waiter was immediately startled with a slight shout when he saw the scene in front of him.

Hearing the waiter's cry made A'Ling instantly aware as well as Xiao'Chen. The two quickly returned to their original positions and threw away each other with faces that were still equally red.

The servant immediately delivered the order and placed it on the table Xiao'Chen and A'Ling."I'm sorry to bother you, you can continue."The waiter quickly left.

While Xiao'Chen and A'Ling were still speechless and did not dare to look at each other, yet the awkward feeling between the two was truly unbearable that the voice-unposed A'Ling.

"Why not eat ?"

"You alone ?"Answer Xiao'Chen.

"Then I will eat first. Have a good meal."A'Ling started eating her food slowly.

While Xiao'Chen did the same, he ate the food in front of him and was surprised that it tasted good for him.

A'Ling was delighted when she saw Xiao'Chen eating his food voraciously, because before A'Ling thought Xiao'Chen would not like cheap food like ramen because he thought Xiao'Chen looked like a rich man's son who was used to living a good life. But it turned out that his conjecture was wrong, the young man turned out to be simpler than he seemed.

A'Ling then continued to eat her food and did not realize that Qian Yu was looking at the two of them from outside. Moments later after finishing their meal and finished paying, Xiao'Chen and A'Ling were seen taking a walk enjoying the atmosphere of the city at night.

They accidentally went through a fancy restaurant before, and Xiao'Chen looked over and looked so A'Ling thought the young man wanted to eat there.

"I'm sorry, next time I have enough money I'll take you to eat there. Right now I'm frugally and can only eat cheap, because it's not been on a mission for a few weeks."

"..."- ".Xiao'Chen just silently heard A'Ling's words, now his gaze was straight ahead. He did not look at the restaurant because he wanted to eat there, but he accidentally saw Qian'Yu was there but the woman turned her face when Xiao'Chen looked at him.

"Mission ? Can you explain it to me ?"Ask Xiao'Chen.

A'Ling nodded slowly and began to explain."You can run a mission If your abilities are recognized by the sect elders, so you will get a promotion to carry out a mission.. The difficulty level of the mission will be adjusted to your abilities, the higher the level of the mission will be more dangerous but also more profitable, because you will get many rewards from starting money, books, and books, weapons and others,"A'Ling sighed softly, then continued his words."It's been 2 weeks there's no mission that fits me so my finances are stuck, maybe what you said was true about me is still too weak."

"If you're doing that, then why are you treating me ?"Ask Xiao'Chen.

"Of course I have to ! Thanks to you, now I can be free of that fucking Icarus."Said A'Ling excitedly while clenching one of her hands.

"..."- ".Xiao'Chen paused for a moment, then said with the intention of testing A'Ling."Do you want to be strong ?"

A'Ling looked at Xiao'Chen, then confidently said."Of course ! Being weak is boring, I wish to become the most famous female swordsman !!"

Hearing that Xiao'Chen smiled faintly, he felt happy to hear what A'Ling said because he also felt so.

"Tomorrow after finishing the ancient language class, would you like to go to the library together ?"Xiao'Chen asked because he happened to want to find a book for his green jade sword.

Hearing Xiao'Chen's invitation made A'Ling feel happy and wonder why the young man had suddenly invited him to the library together, but A'Ling did not refuse and accepted Xiao'Chen's invitation.

The two of them walked together towards the academy, not realizing that it was a few meters behind.. Qian'Yu who was with some of her female friends was looking at the two of them with a look of annoyance.

One of Qian'Yu's friends who realized it immediately asked his friends."Uh, isn't that A'Ling and the new student who said he was so handsome ?"

His other companions immediately looked towards Xiao'Chen and A'Ling.

"Well, that's the new student. He is really handsome and has a high posture.. She looks so mature when she's only 10."

"Eh, by the way what is she doing together with A'Ling who is said to be the most beautiful in the Scarlet academy ??"

One of the women laughed a little."What are you talking about ? Of course young miss Qian'Yu is much prettier than her !"

"Eh, yes. What do you think they're doing, are they lovers ??"

"See, I don't know. You think ?"

When his friends were fussing over the status of Xiao'Chen and A'Ling.. Qian'Yu looked increasingly upset and walked quickly away from her friends.

"Eh, miss Yu. Where are you going ??"

"Hush.. Maybe he's mad at you, next time don't bring up appearances. Miss Qian'Yu did not like being compared to A'Ling."

"I understand."

⁇ ️ Qian'Yu Illustration

⁇ ️ Illustration of A'Ling