Become a Knight Across the World

Chapter 116 Fantasy

"Oh, please! It's you who won the award, not me. How can you treat me? I should be the one treating you to dinner! How about we go get some fried skewers?" Lin Yue waved her hand generously.

"Fried skewers? Where are the fried skewers?" Just then, Lu Chen suddenly appeared from the milk tea shop next door, carrying three cups of milk tea in his hand.

With a broad smile, he handed two of the cups to Li Yuetian and Lin Yue respectively, then winked and asked, "Can I go eat fried skewers with you guys?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yuetian's heart skipped a beat, and he knew he was in trouble. How could he have forgotten about Lu Chen? He shouldn't have dragged Lu Chen along to wait for someone.

A hint of embarrassment appeared on his face, and he could only open his mouth helplessly without saying a word.

Lin Yue didn't mind at all. She smiled and said, "Okay, the more the merrier! Let's go together!" With that, she took the lead and walked ahead, her steps light as the wind.

Seeing this, Li Yuetian had no choice but to follow slowly behind. As he walked, he stared intently at Lu Chen with resentful eyes.

Lu Chen is completely innocent. Didn't you ask me to come with you? Is it my fault?

Ye Chen slowly walked out of the school gate, his gaze casually sweeping over the surroundings. When he saw Lin Yue and the others, an indescribable sense of loss welled up in his heart again.

My gaze shifted to the small fried food stall next door. Although the shop was small, the long queue outside and the bustling crowd inside were enough to prove how popular it was. The aroma of fried food wafted through the air, making my mouth water.

"Boss, give us a little bit of each kind of fried skewer!" Lin Yue shouted excitedly, her voice clear and melodious.

Before long, plates of steaming hot, fragrant fried skewers were brought to the table. Lin Yue could no longer contain her excitement and eagerly reached out to pick up a skewer of golden, crispy fried chicken strips, taking a small bite.

Instantly, the tender, juicy chicken, infused with the unique flavors of spices, burst open in her mouth, and she couldn't help but exclaim with satisfaction, "Mmm~ Delicious!"

Just then, Lu Chen smiled and said, "You guys take your time eating. I'll go to the convenience store next door and buy a few drinks." With that, he stood up and walked towards the convenience store.

"Yue Tian, ​​this is all I can do. I hope it will give you and Lin Yue some more time alone..." Lu Chen thought to himself. He secretly paid for the fried skewers. He couldn't really let the girl pay for it.

Li Yuetian sat there quietly, his eyes fixed on Lin Yue, who was eating with great relish and wolfing down her food. She looked like a starving kitten, utterly adorable. At the same time, his peripheral vision involuntarily swept over Lu Chen's receding figure until it disappeared from sight, and a strange sense of gratitude welled up in his heart.

Li Yuetian subtly shifted his body, slowly moving closer to Lin Yue. He opened his mouth slightly, as if a thousand words were stuck in his throat, but for a moment he didn't know where to begin. Just then, Lin Yue, who had been focused on the food, seemed to suddenly notice Li Yuetian's subtle movement. She abruptly raised her head, her bright, star-like eyes meeting Li Yuetian's gaze.

In an instant, Li Yuetian felt a rush of heat to his head, his face turning bright red, like a ripe apple. Like a child caught doing something wrong, he hurriedly lowered his head, frantically grabbing a skewer of grilled meat, pretending to be intently eating. However, his previously calm heart was now pounding wildly like a deer's.

Li Yuetian secretly glanced at Lin Yue beside him out of the corner of his eye. He saw a faint blush on her fair, rosy cheeks, like a peach blossom in spring, delicate and alluring. Taking a deep breath, Li Yuetian finally mustered all his courage and stammered to Lin Yue, "Lin...Lin Yue, I...I like...you. Can...can you be my girlfriend...friend?"

Hearing this sudden confession, Lin Yue was completely stunned. Her beautiful eyes widened, filled with surprise and disbelief. After a long while, she seemed to snap out of a daze, a slightly shy smile gradually appearing on her lips, her voice as soft as a breeze caressing the strings of a harp: "Okay."

Suddenly, Li Yuetian came to his senses and realized that everything that had just happened was just his imagination.

He looked at Lin Yue, who was eating fried skewers and hadn't noticed him.

Li Yuetian shifted his body slightly: "By the way, why did it take you so long to leave the school?"

"Oh, this? Ye Chen stopped me in the classroom and delayed me for a while," Lin Yue said casually.

"Ye Chen? What does he want from you?" Li Yuetian was a little annoyed. That damned Ye Chen really wanted to die. If he did something, he would definitely beat him up.

“That’s interesting,” Lin Yue said, suddenly becoming animated and launching into a conversation.

Her voice wasn't loud, omitting the fact that Qin had kidnapped her, but Li Yuetian was increasingly shocked as he listened: "So his fiancée is you?" This was practically a melodramatic plot straight out of a novel.

"Stop, stop, wait a minute!" Li Yuetian hurriedly waved his hand as Lin Yue mentioned the method to cure the hidden ailment, his face already flushed red.

"What's wrong?" "You said... how do you talk about things like men and women sleeping together... so casually?"

"Is there a problem with this?" Lin Yue was very puzzled. She didn't feel that this was a big deal.

Li Yuetian's face turned even redder. He lowered his head and stammered, "This...this kind of thing, how can you...you just say it like that? It's like you have a lot of experience..."

Lin Yue found it strange: "I have no experience, but isn't this just normal physiological knowledge?"

Li Yuetian raised his head, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself down: "Um... okay, but you shouldn't say things like that so casually in the future, it's not good for others to hear it."

Lin Yue nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll continue."

Watching Lin Yue continue her eloquent narration, Li Yuetian felt a strange sensation welling up inside him. For some reason, he felt that this girl seemed to have some emotional issues. She was not only slow to react to emotional signals from others, but also completely indifferent to them—this was highly unusual.

After Lin Yue finally finished speaking, Li Yuetian said with a serious expression, "In the future, try to stay away from that Ye Chen as much as possible."

Hearing this, Lin Yue was slightly taken aback, then raised her head and looked directly at Li Yuetian, asking curiously, "Why do you say that?"

Faced with Lin Yue's questioning gaze, Li Yuetian did not hesitate at all and frankly revealed his true thoughts: "Because I don't like him as a person."

To everyone's surprise, Lin Yue suddenly burst into laughter after hearing this. Her smile was as radiant as a flower blooming in spring. However, what she said made Li Yuetian both amused and exasperated: "Isn't this obvious? Did you really need to remind me?"

Li Yuetian remained silent. Had he gone off-topic?

"I'm back!" Lu Chen strode into the store, carrying two large bottles of drinks.

After walking into the dining table, Lu Chen plopped down on a stool, his gaze quickly sweeping over Lin Yue and Li Yuetian.

However, to his surprise, the atmosphere between the two people before him was exactly the same as before he left. No, to be precise, it was exactly the same!

"What's going on?" Lu Chen muttered to himself. "What is Li Yuetian doing? I spent a lot of time choosing drinks, thinking I would get a different reaction, but..." Thinking of this, Lu Chen couldn't help but frown, beginning to doubt whether the methods he had taught Li Yuetian to foster their relationship were completely useless.

"Fifteen minutes! If you come any later, we'll have finished all our fried skewers!" Lin Yue mocked him with a smile.

"Sorry, my mobile network was bad just now, and I had to make several payments. What were you guys talking about?" Lu Chen asked.

"Let me tell you, Lin Yue just said..." Li Yuetian rambled on, but he omitted the part about curing the hidden illness, something he was a little ashamed to talk about.

Lu Chen: "..." Well, this kid has gone off-topic. It seems we can forget about him making any progress today.