âXueâer, youâre awake.â Leng Qingtianâs mood immediately improved when he saw his precious granddaughter.
âGrandpa, why didnât you sleep a little more?â Leng Ruoxue said with displeasure.?Grandpa just came back. Why didnât he rest well?
âHehe, Grandpa is used to it and canât stay idle,â Leng Qingtian said with a fawning face. He didnât want his granddaughter to be angry with him!
âGrandpa, is there something important?â Leng Ruoxue noticed that her grandfather didnât look too good.
âItâs okay. Grandpa will take care of it.â Leng Qingtian didnât want his granddaughter to worry about him.
âGrandpa, you have to tell me if anything happens!â Leng Ruoxue reminded. She really wanted to share the burden with her grandfather, but he refused to tell her, and she couldnât force him.
âHehe, donât worry. Grandpa wonât be polite with you if thereâs really something that I canât solve,â Leng Qingtian promised.
âOkay, Grandpa. Xueâer is hungry. Go eat with me!â Leng Ruoxue hugged her grandfatherâs arm affectionately.
âAlright.â
Leng Qingtian and his granddaughter entered the dining room, only to find that they were the last to arrive.
âYou stinky brats arenât as caring as my precious granddaughter.â Leng Qingtian put on a stern face and pretended to be displeased.
âGrandpa, thatâs because we all know that Xueâer would look for you!â Leng Ruohan hurriedly stood up and walked to Leng Qingtianâs side to curry favor.
âYes, Grandpa. Arenât we all waiting for you? How can we dare to eat if you donât come!â Freak came over as well, his beautiful face full of flattery.
âHehe, you stinky brats, Iâm just teasing you! You must be hungry, right? Hurry up and eat!â Then the two of them sat down in their respective seats.
âBy the way, what do you think of the banquet in the imperial palace?â Leng Qingtian asked his granddaughter and the others after breakfast.
âI donât want to go.â Leng Ruoxue was the first to express her opinion. The imperial palace was too dark, and she didnât know what the emperor was thinking, so it was better not to have anything to do with him.
âIâll listen to Xueâer.â Freak followed Xueâer in everything. He was the twenty-four-hour-a-day exemplary obedient fiancé.
âGrandpa, I donât want to go either.â Leng Ruohanâs handsome face looked thoughtful.
âWhat about you?â Leng Qingtian turned to Feng Da and the others.
âSince Miss isnât going, we arenât going either,â Feng Da said without hesitation. The palace wasnât his cup of tea.
âNo, they can choose not to go, but the few of you must,â Leng Qingtian said domineeringly. Wouldnât they be disrespecting the emperor if they didnât go? He was still the empireâs general after all.
âWhy?â Feng Da said gloomily with a long face.
âBecause if you donât go, no one will,â Leng Qingtian said matter-of-factly.
ââ¦â So they were just going to make up the numbers!
âGeneral, socializing isnât my forte. Really, donât make me go. I might embarrass you, our elderly,â Feng Da said pitifully, almost crying.
âElderly? Am I that old?â Leng Qingtian glared at Feng Da.
âNo, no, youâre not old at all. See. Iâm not good at talking, so donât make me go!â Seeing that the volcano was about to erupt, Feng Da hurriedly put out the fire and gave a suggestion.
âYou must go.â General Leng made the final decision, leaving no room for resistance.
âMiss.â Feng Da looked at Leng Ruoxue with a bitter face.
âBe good and eat more for us.â Leng Ruoxue patted Feng Daâs head and comforted him like she was comforting a puppy with a bright smile on her face.
âFreak, accompany me to the academy!â Leng Ruoxue turned to Freak. She should go and see Grandpa Lin.
âOkay.â
â¦
It was already evening when they arrived at the Heavenly Phoenix Academy. They entered the academy and went straight to the principalâs office.
âGrandpa Lin.â Leng Ruoxue knocked on the door.
âRuoxue, why are you here so late?â Lin Liang was surprised to see Leng Ruoxue and Ye Chen.
âI have something to tell Grandpa Lin.â Leng Ruoxue went straight to the point.
âOh. Do you want to talk about not attending the academy?â Elder Qiu had already reported to him after returning.
âYes, weâve finished our task. Our focus will be on cultivating from now on, so we shouldnât be going to the academy anymore,â Leng Ruoxue said very tactfully.
âYes, you should cultivate diligently.â Lin Liang approved of this point. Moreover, he also knew that it was unlikely that this girl would be restrained by the academy.
âBy the way, Ruoxue, Huo Qingâ¦â Lin Liang looked awkward and hesitant to speak.
âGrandpa Lin, I know that he wants to transfer to the Heavenly Phoenix Academy.â
âHeâs not the only one. There are others.â Lin Liang was very helpless.
âWho else?â Leng Ruoxue was puzzled.
âThereâs also Southern Duskâs Crown Prince Huangfu Lian, Shui Xinran, Northern Frostâs Princess Ximen Ya, and Ye Xiao. All of them want to transfer here,â Lin Liang said with a slight headache. If the two best geniuses of the Rising Dragon Academy transferred to their academy, that old fellow at the Rising Dragon Academy would definitely hate him to death.
Leng Ruoxue and Freak exchanged glances and said in unison, âGrandpa Lin will have a way.â
âI have no choice!â He had a headache over this for the past two days.
âRuoxue, Huo Qing and the others are here for you. You canât just leave them alone.â Lin Liang looked expectantly at the cunning girl.
âGrandpa Lin, they didnât come for me. Iâm not going to the academy anymore. Even if they came for me, thereâs nothing I can do!â Leng Ruoxue made it clear that she was irresponsible and didnât want to care about this matter.
âRuoxue, can you give Grandpa Lin a good idea?â Lin Liang said expectantly. He really didnât want to take in those people. Taking them in would mean trouble, but not taking them in wouldâ¦
âGrandpa Lin, as long as you can convince Huo Qing, the others are nothing to fear,â Leng Ruoxue reminded kindly.
âAlright, Iâll try!â Lin Liang really had no other way.
âOh, right. Grandpa Lin, did the Fu family and Vice Principal Chen do anything in the past month?â Leng Ruoxue asked curiously.