Before Lu Sheng woke up in the Human Realm, or rather, when she was about to leave the Divine Realm, Li Zhi had already mentioned to her that he had a travel plan for a long time, asking her to first go back and sort out the matters in the Human Realm.
Back then, Lu Sheng thought that the travel plan Li Zhi mentioned was probably a trip to the Human Realm.
However, she didn’t expect that Li Zhi’s travel plan involved not only Li Zhi but also Yu Si and Wu Mian.
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The first Saturday after the start of the semester.
When Lu Sheng woke up, the clock on the wall already pointed to eleven in the morning. She reached out habitually to touch the side, but didn’t feel Li Muchen beside her.
Lu Sheng thought, Li Muchen had probably gone to the office to busy himself, afraid of waking her up, so he left by himself, and she didn’t mind.
The first week back at Beijing University was dedicated to military training, and every morning they had to gather at eight o’clock. In the evening, to cultivate students’ learning habits, the Law School’s freshman counselor even arranged evening self-study.
This resulted in the past week, not only did Li Muchen have to accompany Lu Sheng to school before eight every morning, but he also had to wait outside the school until nine-thirty at night to pick Lu Sheng up and take her home.
Not only was their time together reduced, but because Lu Sheng had to wake up early every day, Li Muchen couldn’t tire the exhausted girl who had endured a day of military training and self-study at night—at most, just kisses and hugs.
And so, they lived entirely abstinent for the whole week.
Last night marked an end to that abstinence. The man delighted in indulgence, continuing almost until dawn. Only when Lu Sheng was too exhausted to keep her eyes open did Li Muchen finally carry her off to bathe and sleep.
With Li Muchen gone, Lu Sheng got up alone.
As she opened the curtains, the bright, dazzling sunshine fell on her face—it was a rare beautiful day.
Lu Sheng stretched lazily by the floor-to-ceiling window. Just after freshening up in the bathroom, she received a phone call from Lan Yu.
"Shengsheng, darling, I came to your place to find you for fun! Are you awake yet?"
The energetic voice of Lan Yu was as lively as ever, yet in the next second, it took a mysterious turn.
"Let me tell you, Shengsheng, I’m already outside your house, but I happen to see a few cosplay people lurking around your entrance. Should you perhaps have your guard or butler go take a look?"
"...cosplay people?"
Lu Sheng briefly didn’t understand.
Lan Yu said: "Yes! Although I couldn’t see their faces clearly, I saw four people in total. The tallest man has waist-length silver hair, another guy has misty blue hair, one has red hair, and there’s a woman with an incredibly voluptuous figure with purple hair."
"The clothes they wear are quite normal, but if not for cosplay, who would wear so many brightly colored wigs? Could it be some of your die-hard fans? Oh dear, Shengsheng, don’t come out yet, I’ll go confront them for you!"
——Silver hair, misty blue hair, red hair, purple hair?
Isn’t this Li Zhi, Wu Mian, Yu Si, Ling Yue?
Did they come to the Human Realm?
Lu Sheng hadn’t had a chance to stop Lan Yu before her impulsive nature ended the call.
Lu Sheng feared that Lan Yu might mistake Li Zhi and the others for troublemakers and cause a conflict.
She hurried downstairs towards the yard without even bothering to change out of her pajamas or greet the butler and servants.
As the courtyard gate opened, she saw Lan Yu standing starry-eyed before Li Zhi, holding out paper and pen with a flourish.
Speak enthusiastically: "Handsome, which cosplay brand are you from? You’re so handsome; I haven’t seen your photos online before. Do you have a Douyin account? May I follow you?"
...
Wasn’t she supposed to drive away die-hard fans for her?
From a glance, Lu Sheng could tell that Lan Yu had hopelessly fallen for Li Zhi at first sight.
Lu Sheng turned her gaze towards the few people outside the gate.
Though dressed in human attire, Li Zhi wore a light white robe even in the hot summer, his waist-long silver hair, and gentle golden eyes emitting an innate divinity, handsome yet gentle.
Beside him, Yu Si and Wu Mian were wearing human short sleeves. Yu Si’s red hair was flamboyant, exuding a rebellious charm. Wu Mian’s features were exquisite, and he still held in his arms that rabbit doll that never left his side.
What surprised Lu Sheng was that Ling Yue had also come. Still sporting those eye-catching big wavy curls in memory, her front was voluminous, dressed in a black tight dress outlining her fiery figure.
"Yinyin! Do you know how much I’ve missed you!"
Upon seeing Lu Sheng open the gate, Yu Si was the first to rush over and hug her, rubbing his chin intimately on her shoulder.
Out the gates, Lan Yu looked puzzled: "...Yinyin? Who is Yinyin, handsome, did you mistake..."
Before Lan Yu could finish her sentence of "did you mistake her," Lu Sheng took a deep breath and walked beside her.
Pressed her hand over her eyes: "Hastily made your way here, are you tired? Take a nap."
Lan Yu didn’t have time to react before her eyes closed, fainting softly against Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng addressed the arriving butler: "Uncle Wang, take Lan Yu to the guest room to rest. Also, everyone in the house gets a day off, you can all leave now."
The butler immediately took over Lan Yu, without asking who these few people were, respectfully said: "Yes, madam, I will take Miss Lan Yu to the guest room and then inform the others."
The maids of the Li Family were quick on their feet, and within minutes, everyone left promptly.
With outsiders gone from the house, Lu Sheng finally relaxed. After arriving at the living room, she hugged Wu Mian actively, then went over to embrace Li Zhi, asking: "...Why didn’t you tell me ahead of time you were coming, I wasn’t mentally prepared."
Li Zhi had a faint smile on his lips, his hand ruffling Lu Sheng’s slightly messy black hair gently, with tenderness and affection in his eyes.
Clearly the girl had just hurried over after washing up, still in pajamas and slippers, looking very much like her usual waking state in the Divine Realm before.
"Actually planned to give you a surprise," Li Zhi said, "but as soon as we arrived, we were stopped by your guards, and Ling Yue knocked them unconscious."
Lu Sheng then noticed the guard sleeping on the table in the sentry booth, and cast her gaze to Ling Yue.
Ling Yue, seeing Lu Sheng with an uneasy expression, coldly snorted and raised her chin: "...Who’s calling us freaks, and threatening to call the police if we don’t leave? Have you ever seen a freak as beautiful as me."
Lu Sheng didn’t expect Ling Yue would come to the Human Realm along with Li Zhi and the others.
Back in the Divine Realm, Ling Yue’s dislike for her was evident, always opposing her. Later in the final battle after her downfall, only Ling Yue sincerely wanted to kill her.
Seeing Lu Sheng’s face showing a bit of confusion, Ling Yue, embarrassed, assured with pique: "I just came to see Tan Yuan. What, am I unwelcome then? I’ll leave if that’s the case."
She refused to admit she was there because, after discovering the truth, she realized her previous biases against Chen Yin were narrow-minded and unjustified, hence felt guilty wanting to visit her in the Human Realm.
"Certainly not," Lu Sheng held Ling Yue back seriously saying, "I was just surprised, no unwelcome feelings. Also, Li Muchen went to the office today, he’s not home."
Li Muchen, now the human identity of Tan Yuan, right?
Quite surprised that on a weekend, as a CEO in the human world, he still had to work.
And yet in the next second, the supposed CEO off to work walked out of the kitchen wearing a black shirt and a cute bunny apron.
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