Chapter One Little Girl

  Li Luyu got on the bus and, as usual, opened his mobile phone to check the news and morning paper. Only then did he discover that he had received a text message from An Zhi Shui: "Li Luyu, Ma De Li, Qin Nan, Sun Yan Qing, Liu Zi Yue, please go to the counselor's office before class."

  The message appears to be a mass send and does not give Li Rouyou any special treatment of individual notification.

  Arriving at school, they bumped into four others clustered outside the office. The five of them exchanged a tacit glance and immediately put on a docile expression as they walked into the office.

  The counselor's office of the accounting department is in a large room, and the department head is alone in a small office inside, separated by a glass door that can be seen from the outside. Although it has entered the police station, after all, it is a misunderstanding. The department head looked at several people for a few eyes without personally coming to instruct them.

  The counselor and An Zhi Shui had been waiting for the five of them.

  Because five people set out with a sense of justice, the counselor mainly encouraged and criticized, said a few words, and handed over the speaking work to An Zhi Shui.

  An Zhishui was still as beautiful as ever, wearing a white polka-dot midi skirt. Her two legs were long and straight, standing together without a gap. On her slender feet, there were pink ribbons tied around them, and on the calfskin sandals, there were two golden butterflies that fluttered slightly.

  What a delicate butterfly, Li Luyu recognized that kind of butterfly. Every time he passed by the Swarovski flagship store on Yuanhai Road, he could see the golden butterfly necklace in the beautiful cabinet. He thought his sister would definitely like it, but it was too luxurious. An Zhishui's leather shoes were customized, and she bought four butterfly pendants to make two butterflies inlaid on her sandals.

  An Zhishui saw that the five people all lowered their heads, but Li Luyu was slightly higher, and she could still see that he didn't seem to be honestly accepting criticism with his head down, what's with that gaze that seemed to be staring at her own feet?

  As soon as I stepped into the water, I felt a slight itchiness on the back of my foot, so I shifted my heel backwards.

  Li Rouyu finally shifted her gaze, and An Zhi became even more certain that she had been staring at his feet earlier. A flush rose to her face as she cleared her throat, preparing to speak.

  In the office, An Zhi Shui is exceptionally serious and must treat them equally.

  Won't they be treated equally? Thinking of Li Luyu peeking at her feet earlier, An Zhi Shui was extremely angry. How could he do this? But she couldn't openly criticize him, after all, there was no evidence, and with so many people around, she felt embarrassed.

  "In the future, when you encounter similar situations, you must act within your capabilities and pay attention to protecting yourselves. As students of Guofa University, the contributions you can make to the country, society, and people in the future far exceed catching thieves. Catching thieves is the responsibility of the police, not yours. However, your bravery in upholding justice is still worthy of praise. I will ask the propaganda department to do a special feature on your story, but of course, the part where you caught the thief but got caught yourselves will not be written... This special feature is not meant to encourage everyone to go catch thieves, but rather to emphasize that upholding justice must prioritize ensuring one's own safety. In times of crisis, one cannot rely solely on passion and impulse, but must remain calm, composed, and rational..."

  An Zhishui's theoretical level is very high, speaking fluently and continuously, without any intention of stopping for a while, leaving the counselors in the office speechless, and the department head occasionally looks up to glance outside.

  The instructor looked at the table several times and found that An Zhi Shui did not understand his meaning, so he had to cough a few more times.

  "Alright, that's it. Don't worry about what happened yesterday, get ready for class. Li Rou, you stay behind." An Zhi Shui finally understood and quickly ended the speech.

  Li Rouyu stayed behind and looked at An Zhi Shui, asking: "Class Monitor, is there anything else?"

  An Zhishui opened her mouth, she just felt that there were still some words targeting Li Luyou that hadn't been said yet, but now she only remembered that he had stolen a glance at her feet. But how could she say it here? Seeing several counselors looking at her, pointing to the outside of the door, "Nothing, go out and talk, don't delay the teacher's work."

  As they walked out the door, several people from Madrid were already gone, leaving only their backs in view. Only Liu Ziyu was still there, gloating: "The elementary school student has set his sights on Li Luyu..."

  "Who is Xiaoxuesheng?" An Zhishui asked Li Luyu in confusion.

  "Hmm, someone who treats college students like elementary school kids." An Chishui's work methods are indeed problematic.

  "You... " An Zhi Shui was very annoyed, she worked hard to help them correct their mistakes and establish a positive and healthy discipline concept, but they actually called her a primary school student and gave her such a nickname.

  "Never mind, just a joke, don't take it seriously." Li Luyu didn't think he could change An Zhi Shui's point of view. An Zhi Shui, such a beautiful girl, actually had a sense of superiority and confidence driven by her surroundings and mainstream social views. They were often particularly stubborn about certain things they recognized, and to shake their entrenched ideas, something would have to happen to thoroughly crush their confidence and sense of superiority. Otherwise, just relying on reasoning and facts to persuade An Zhi Shui was a pipe dream.

  "Yesterday... yesterday..." An Zhi Shui decided to ignore those hopeless people and glanced at Li Luoyu, muttering to herself.

  "What's wrong with you yesterday?" Li Luyu asked, earlier she was talking non-stop in the office.

  "Are... you hurt?" An Zhi Shui's voice was laced with concern, so it was very low, like a mosquito humming, fortunately Li Lu You was particularly close to her, only then did she hear.

  "No, what's wrong with you?" Li Luyu said casually, and then a soft and fluffy feeling surged in her heart, with some ups and downs. Yes, her first feeling was that An Zhi Shui was embarrassed to express her concern for Li Luyu. Why was she embarrassed? If they were just ordinary friends or classmates, there would be no need to feel embarrassed, right? Just like when she had spoken righteously earlier about putting their own safety first, why did she have a hint of embarrassment in her tone when expressing similar sentiments alone with him? Was she afraid that Li Luyu would see through something?

  "What do I have to be guilty about? Why should I be guilty?" An Zhi Shui said loudly, then decided to ignore Li Luoyu. Her cheeks were a bit hot, and she quickly turned around and ran away. Actually, she had already known about this matter last night. The student office informed the counselor and her, the head of the class, and she immediately called Tang Niang anxiously, asking her to find someone to ask clearly about the whole process. Just watching the news on TV, when the police caught the bad guys, they were very rough, often using violent means to deal with the suspects, even if it was just a suspect. Until this morning, seeing that several people in Madrid were fine, she thought Li Luoyu should also be okay. But just now, she couldn't help but ask, on the surface, everything seemed fine, who knows if there were injuries on the chest or back or places that can't be seen?

  Sunlight pours through the window, filling the corridor with a warm glow. The girl's long hair floats behind her, casting a slender shadow on the wall. Li Luyu stands there, feeling a little radiant, as if she's floating on air.

  Before the National Day, Li Luyu and An Nanxiu went to take pictures of the online game poster for the company. On their way back, An Nanxiu looked at the streets filled with small red flags and asked in confusion: "This seems to be your national flag, why is it hung everywhere?"

  "Let's celebrate, why can't we hang out?" Li Luoyu took her to the supermarket to buy vegetables.

  The national flag of the Tianyun Empire can only appear in places where the Emperor and the heir to the throne reside, as well as in the governor's mansion of each province, and in the army that goes out to battle. Annan Xiu obviously felt that this way of hanging flags everywhere was a desecration of national dignity.

  "We just need to maintain our respect for the national flag, and not trample, destroy or defile it. It's also a way of respecting the sacred meaning that the national flag symbolizes." Li Luoyu looked at the bright red color, and when facing Annan Xiu, this possible invader, he felt exceptionally excited and proud, as if he had now adopted this great devil who was preparing to conquer the earth, just like the revolutionary martyrs who had watered the national flag with their blood.

  Annan nodded, "This is only done during National Day, right? There are five days off from school, so you're at home for all five days?"

  "Yes." Li Lu bought a whole chicken.

  An Nan Xiu didn't know why, but she was in a good mood. Of course, it wasn't because she could see Li Lu You all the time, but because at noon, she no longer had to heat up her own meals and could eat the fresh dishes made by Li Lu You.

  "The National Day holiday is three days off, plus Saturday and Sunday, our school has a five-day break, unfortunately the high school only has three days off." Li Luyou said regretfully, and bought another fish, half a catty of sausage, steeled herself to buy bird's nest and sea cucumber, because today the supermarket is having a sale, and the prices are almost the same as online, after checking online, the bird's nest and sea cucumber here are not bad.

  "Are you planning on not going out to buy groceries for five days?" Annan Xiu looked at the shopping cart, which was piled high with goods. Since Li Luyu knew about her wrist injury, he didn't consider the difficulty of carrying things when buying stuff, but this was a bit too much. Annan Xiu liked to eat fresh food every day.

  "No, I'll cook something delicious tonight." Although she had to busy herself with cooking a table full of dishes tonight, Li Rouyu was in a good mood and willing to do so.

  "Does this thing taste good? It looks disgusting." An Nanxiu pointed at the sea cucumber and said with extreme disgust.

  The appearance of sea cucumber is indeed not good, in fact, sea cucumber, abalone, bird's nest and shark fin, these famous tonic products do not have one that can stimulate people's appetite at first sight.

  "It's just a little bit, but several hundred ice sticks." Li Luyu pointed to the swallow nest and sea cucumber, saying that when it comes time to spend money, you still have to spend it. After all, it's not something you eat every day, so it's worth splurging on occasion.

  "Oh, it's so expensive! Why are you being so generous today?" Annan Xiu was also surprised, and she could intuitively sense their value just by using an ice stick to measure them. Li Luyou was usually very stingy.

  "Because my sister is coming back today, she's been studying really hard lately, I want her to nourish her body." Li Luoyou smiled slightly, actually he had also kept a Longevity Fruit for his sister, eating the Longevity Fruit would definitely be more nourishing than these things, but he still had some concerns in his heart.

  That presumptuous woman actually dared to call herself "zi" like the historically renowned and extraordinary Confucius, Laozi, Mozi, Xunzi, and Mencius? An Nanxiu snorted coldly, wanting to see what made her so exceptional.

  Li Luyu obviously doted on his little sister Baobei, and Annanxiu lost all appetite at the sight of the full cart of vegetables.