Leaving the classroom, Wang Lin headed straight for the canteen of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.
The school had just been dismissed, and the roads were packed with students who were inevitably heading to the canteen for a meal.
Besides lower-grade students, Wang Lin also saw many young men and women on the road.
Almost all of them were in pairs; those who were alone like him were extremely few.
Mingling in the army of students going for a meal, Wang Lin couldn't help but feel a little lonely.
Clap!
Suddenly, a hand grabbed Wang Lin's shoulder. A person walked out from behind Wang Lin and came alongside him as the sound rang out.
"Hey, Wang Lin, I don't like men."
Hearing this sentence, Wang Lin didn't even need to turn his head to know who it was; it couldn't be anyone but Xiao Hongchen.
"I know. You don't need to explain."
"Hmph, good that you know."
A proud voice rang out. After explaining, Xiao Hongchen didn't leave. He continued.
"Hey, which one of the three great empires are you from?"
Wang Lin looked at Xiao Hongchen. He could tell at a glance that this tsundere youth was trying to make conversation. With a combined age of thirty from two lives, he didn't mind Xiao Hongchen's attitude.
However, he did not answer Xiao Hongchen's question, but asked instead.
"You don't have anyone to be with either?"
Xiao Hongchen was stunned upon hearing this. Clearly, Wang Lin had seen through his thoughts. Just as he was about to argue, Wang Lin's voice rang out again.
"No need to say it. I know that fierce beasts always walk alone, and only sheep flock together."
"Right, fierce beasts walk alone." Hearing this sentence, Xiao Hongchen almost nodded subconsciously.
"Then keep up, fierce beast." Wang Lin shook his head and sped up. Regardless of the youth's personality or talent, he was still just a youth.
So, for Wang Lin, dealing with a small Xiao Hongchen was not a problem.
"Wait for me." Seeing Wang Lin speed up, Xiao Hongchen paused, then still sped up to catch up with Wang Lin.
He approached Wang Lin again. Wang Lin took out the piece of wood he used for practicing soul guide array carving in the morning and handed it to Xiao Hongchen.
"Hey, help me check what the problem is?"
"Why should I help you check?" Xiao Hongchen frowned, looking at the wood full of messy carving marks.
"You can't, right!?" Wang Lin was instantly surprised. Saying this, he was about to put the wood away. "Then I'll ask your sister this afternoon!"
Hearing this, Xiao Hongchen was so angry he almost laughed. "Do you think such a simple provocation will work?"
"I underestimated you." Wang Lin shook his head. Since it didn't work, he put the wood back into his storage soul tool.
"You, you bastard." Xiao Hongchen gritted his teeth, looking at Wang Lin. Wang Lin waved his hand, indicating no need to care.
"By the way, Xiao Hongchen, I am from the Star Luo Empire."
"Star Luo Empire? Then why did you come to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy instead of Shrek Academy?" Xiao Hongchen asked.
"Because of compelling circumstances. Although the place I originally wanted to go wasn't Shrek Academy either." Wang Lin answered. The place he always wanted to go was the Body Sect; it had never changed.
"Compelling circumstances?" Hearing this, Xiao Hongchen suddenly realized something and asked in a deep voice: "You aren't a spy from the Star Luo Empire, are you?"
"Yes, I am a spy." Wang Lin said casually. For some reason, he always felt that this Xiao Hongchen was a bit foolishly naive.
"You're trying to fool me again. What spy would admit to being one? Moreover, you joined Class 1. How could the academy possibly let a spy mix in?"
Xiao Hongchen looked at Wang Lin, gritting his teeth as he spoke.
"Your brain is still functional. You have to ask your grandfather about my issue." Wang Lin nodded, looking at Xiao Hongchen with a gratified expression.
"Don't look at me with that kind of gaze," Xiao Hongchen said in a deep voice, taking Wang Lin's words to heart.
Wang Lin did not continue to tease this tsundere youth. He chatted aimlessly with Xiao Hongchen. With thirty years of experience from two lives, fooling a proud youth with no friends wasn't difficult.
Xiao Hongchen even paid for his lunch.
After lunch, Wang Lin did not return to the dormitory but went back to the classroom, continuing to practice the carving technique Meng Hongchen taught him in the morning.
Sitting alone in the empty classroom, Wang Lin had just taken out the wood full of carving marks from his storage soul tool.
Xiao Hongchen's faint voice rang out beside him, "Hey, do you want me to help you check it?"
Wang Lin turned to look at Xiao Hongchen, whose face showed an expression of 'don't take it if you don't want to'. He couldn't help but chuckle inwardly. Tsundere is outdated, let alone this guy is male.
Although he thought so in his heart, Wang Lin did not refuse. He handed the wood in his hand over.
"Please help me check it!"
The word "please" made Xiao Hongchen feel somewhat smug in his heart. However, he showed no other expression on his face. He took the wood, quickly scanned it, and began pointing out Wang Lin's shortcomings.
One person spoke seriously, and the other listened seriously. Time passed quietly.
Soon, students began to return to the class one after another. The students who entered noticed the situation between Xiao Hongchen and Wang Lin and couldn't help but be surprised.
After a simple explanation, Wang Lin took back the wood, shaved off a layer of the surface, and continued practicing under Xiao Hongchen's guidance.
Meng Hongchen walked into the classroom with her friends. Seeing her brother sitting with Wang Lin, her blue eyes widened, but she did not interrupt.
She quietly sat down in Xiao Hongchen's seat.
Soon, after confirming that Wang Lin's carving technique had no major issues, Xiao Hongchen came back to his senses and found that his sister was sitting beside him at some point.
"Xiao Meng, when did you arrive?"
"Brother, did you make a friend?" Meng Hongchen smiled brightly. Xiao Hongchen paused upon hearing this and nodded, not refuting.
"Something like that."
"I hope Brother can curb his personality and get along well with him. That would fulfill one of my wishes." Meng Hongchen said with a smile.
"He is the difficult one. Xiao Meng, you don't know, when we first met, he actually dared to say I..." Xiao Hongchen became anxious upon hearing this, but the last part of the sentence was something he couldn't say in front of his sister.
"Said what?" Meng Hongchen asked confusedly.
"Nothing." Xiao Hongchen was silent for a good while before waving his hand.
While the siblings were talking, the students of Class 1 had all arrived. Homeroom Teacher Ma Yuyuan walked into the class just as the class bell rang.
Wang Lin came back to his senses at this time. Noticing Meng Hongchen had come to the classroom, he greeted her.
"Good afternoon!"
"Mn, good afternoon." Meng Hongchen replied. Ma Yuyuan scanned the students below, and his gaze finally landed on Wang Lin, feeling somewhat headache-inducing.
A student like Wang Lin, who had no foundation in Soul Engineers, should not have been placed in Class 1 no matter what.
For this reason, Ma Yuyuan had specifically gone to find Lin Jiayi during lunch, only to find out that Wang Lin had not been placed in the wrong class.
The afternoon class was still not much different from the morning, with Ma Yuyuan guiding the students in batches. Since Xiao Hongchen had already received individual guidance in the morning, but Meng Hongchen hadn't...
So, the one guiding Wang Lin in the afternoon naturally changed from Meng Hongchen to Xiao Hongchen.