By the time they returned to the bar, it was already past ten.
Their conversation along the way had given Lin Xiao a preliminary understanding of Qin Shaojun. It turned out he and Su Qingning had been childhood playmates, all the way up until junior high. Su Qingning, with her stellar academic achievements, was admitted to the best high school in Jinling City, whereas Qin Shaojun ended up in a high school that couldn't have been more ordinary. Combined with the increasingly heavy workload of high school, the two saw each other less and less.
One afternoon near the end of their freshman year, Qin Shaojun suddenly got in touch with Su Qingning, asking to meet. She happily accepted. When they met, Qin Shaojun told her very seriously that he was dropping out of school. Su Qingning asked him why. With a smile, he explained that a major sect had taken an interest in him and he was going to become a Martial Artist.
