CHAPTER 39: CHAPTER 39: EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL’S CAMPUS BELLE

Looking up, it was a Messenger Pelican about half a person’s height.

It flapped its wings, settled on the railing of the hallway, glanced at Lin Guang’s door number, and then proudly lifted its little head.

"Hu Hu, right on time," Lin Guang praised.

Just like the couriers of the past life, every Messenger Pelican in Dongfeng Express Company was assigned a fixed area. The one named "Hu Hu" in front of him was responsible for Haiyue District and the neighboring Fuhai District. It was an old employee and had been working there since Lin Guang was little.

Lin Guang took the plastic bag Hu Hu was holding in its beak and tossed a cube from his hand over it.

If it were a stranger, Hu Hu might still uphold its professional ethics, but with an old customer like Lin Guang, it was different. It precisely raised its neck, caught the rolling snack in mid-air, devoured it with a joyful "quack," and happily flapped its wings away.

The bag contained a pound of the front shoulder meat of a Steel Pig and a few preserved eggs marinated with Ten Yellow eggs, which Lin Guang had ordered on his phone last night. Vishdair managed to memorize nine frequently used Great Xia characters and won such a feast from him.

Returning to the kitchen, Lin Guang skillfully sliced the meat into thin shreds, sprinkled it with a little salt and white pepper, and mixed it gently with his hands.

Peeling the shells off five preserved eggs, the egg white was as clear as crystal, and the yolk was sleek like coagulated fat. He quickly diced them into small pieces and sliced a few strips of ginger for added flavor.

Leaning against the kitchen wall, Lin Guang scrolled through the Spirit Master forum with a phone in one hand and stirred with a long-handled ladle in the other to prevent sticking.

Half an hour later, the rice boiled in the pot, releasing white steam, and Lin Guang added the ginger strips and the marinated meat shreds, stirring gently.

The ingredients danced in the boiling water, the meat shreds gradually turning tender white, blending with the rice grains, and a rich aroma permeated the whole kitchen.

Then, Lin Guang added the diced preserved eggs into the congee, continuing to simmer slowly over low heat.

The congee gradually thickened, Lin Guang gently stirred it, sprinkled chopped green onions, and finally drizzled a few drops of sesame oil, instantly filling the space with its fragrance.

The sound of footsteps from behind let Lin Guang know that a glutton had already woken up. He took out bowls and chopsticks from the sterilizer and had just filled a bowl when it was eagerly taken to the living room by Vishdair, with a series of slurping sounds along the way.

This made Lin Guang a bit envious; in both his lifetimes, he had a cat’s tongue and preferred to eat when it was warm.

Glancing at the time on the wall clock, Lin Guang took out ice cubes frozen the previous night from the lower section of the fridge, filled a basin with water, and placed both the ice cubes and the bowl of preserved egg and lean meat congee into the basin.

He vaguely remembered that when he was little in this life, Lin Guang’s mother used to cool the congee for him while complaining about his cat’s tongue.

In no time, the congee reached an ingestible temperature.

During this time, Vishdair had already finished the entire pot of congee. She subconsciously stared at the bowl in Lin Guang’s hand, moved her lips, and then shifted her gaze away.

[You fed Vishdair, the Star Shards progress bar increased.]

[Star Shards progress bar 100%, obtained one Star Shard.]

"Go ahead and eat, I’ll buy something on the way later."

Lin Guang generously pushed the bowl in front of him over, then rested his chin in one hand, tilting his head to observe the way Vishdair devoured the food. After watching for a while, he suddenly noticed the phone screen on the table light up.

He picked up the phone, seeing a message from the screen sent by the class teacher Ouyang Wei.

[Go to the research room on the third floor of the medical center, Dr. Kaiwen is looking for you.]

What a coincidence, Lin Guang was slightly taken aback. He had planned to go there this morning anyway.

Just as Vishdair had also eaten her fill, the two tidied up and walked out the door.

Before leaving, Lin Guang checked the egg tray at the entrance, and the eggs inside were still intact—the old ones were taken back yesterday to be eaten, and the new ones were placed outside—but he felt a bit disappointed and didn’t bring the egg tray back inside.

Vishdair’s lips moved up and down, and finally couldn’t help but say, "Do you really want to bring that fox home so badly?"

After saying this, Vishdair realized what she had just said, and her expression became a bit subtle.

"I don’t necessarily have to adopt it," Lin Guang shrugged indifferently. "Even if Spirit Beasts are stronger and more intelligent than ordinary animals, such a small cub would find it difficult to get food in this human city after leaving its mother. Maybe just leaving a few eggs here could save its life? It’s not a big deal anyway."

"..."

"Hm?"

Lin Guang finally noticed that something seemed off with Vishdair, but she had already adjusted her emotions.

"Nothing."

She shook her head and walked downstairs first.

...

Parking the electric scooter under a giant Golden Birch Tree at the entrance of the Experimental School, Lin Guang grabbed a bag of steamed buns from the handlebars.

The sunshine was nice today, warm and quite comfortable. Lin Guang walked and ate at the same time, like taking a stroll by the lake, creating a stark contrast with the hurried students around him.

"Hmm?"

On the way, a figure passed by Lin Guang. It turned out to be Wang Dawei. Today he had switched back to those Michael Jordan signature sneakers. He didn’t care about them getting dirty at all, with a hint of anxiety on his face.

This puzzled Lin Guang since the first class today wasn’t with Ouyang Wei, and Wang Dawei generally wasn’t intimidated by other teachers. It was uncertain what had happened.

Ding, ding, ding-ding, ding-ding-ding-ding.

The long school bell rang, and there were no students to be seen around.

As Lin Guang was lost in his thoughts, at the corner ahead, under the dense shadow of a Golden Birch Tree, a girl with an umbrella appeared gracefully. She had a delicate appearance, and her simple blue and white school uniform exuded a particular youthful charm.

Lin Guang instinctively looked up. It wasn’t raining today, and the sun was quite warm too. He found it strange why she was holding an umbrella, but he didn’t think much of it and instead found the girl somewhat familiar. After some mental searching, he recalled—Miaomiao, the top student of Class 13, the Liberal Arts Class.

They had no acquaintance at all; Lin Guang knew Miaomiao’s name only because in the entire grade, Lin Guang was ranked first, He Shenghuang second, and third was always this mysteriously named Miaomiao.

Of course, after adding Spirit Beast battle assessments in the second half of the semester, Class 13’s grades were no longer counted with the other classes.

The reason Lin Guang could recognize Miaomiao was all due to Wang Dawei’s chatter. Not only was she the top student of Class 13, but also very good-looking, to the extent that if someone claimed her to be the school belle of the Experimental School, probably not many would oppose.