Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

“Me too, it’s 0226.” Gao Shenxue also showed the number on her watch.

"Haha, that's great!" Xia Xiyao clapped her hands together, looking very happy. "Now we can do missions together again. We really are childhood sweethearts, it's fate!"

Ye Ge smiled secretly, thinking how could it be such a coincidence.

The teacher probably knew that the three of them got along well, so he specially gave them extra help and put them in a group, right?

The three little ones arrived at the mission hall together.

Today, the academy's mission hall was probably the most crowded and bustling it had ever been since they enrolled.

After all, all the students from the inner sect were mobilized.

Ye Ge, Gao Shenxue, and Xia Xiyao quickly found a room with an electronic code that read: 0226. This was their team's private pre-battle discussion room.

There was no one in the private room at the moment; obviously, the remaining two teammates and the teacher in charge had not yet arrived.

The private room contained only a long table, a few chairs, a mural, and a decorative vase—just the typical furnishings of a conference room.

The three little ones found seats and sat down. "This time, the teams are five people per group, right?" Xia Xiyao asked expectantly, resting her chin on her hands. "I wonder what our other two teammates will be like?"

Ye Ge said, "If the academy wanted every team to be of equal strength, they would probably assign us two teammates from the passing class."

After all, Ye Ge was a direct disciple, while Gao Shenxue and Xia Xiyao were both from the elite class.

The number of students in the elite class is already small. If two more students with an excellent rating or above are assigned to their team, the strength will be too unbalanced compared to the other teams.

"Huh?" Xia Xiyao tilted her head and thought for a moment: "Hmm... then we're not going to be matched with that childish guy Jiang Xiaoming, are we?"

“Actually, it’s not that absolute,” Gao Shenxue said. “Although we are in the elite class, that only represents our talent. Xi Yao and I are only at the Profound Realm, and Xiao Ye is only at the Earth Realm. There are still many students at the Heaven Realm who have stayed at the school. If we consider the overall strength, the three of us are not actually considered top-tier.”

Ye Ge nodded.

Xue'er's words make sense.

Gao Shenxue looked at Ye Ge and suddenly remembered something: "We're about to go on a mission, so we need to eat something nutritious to replenish our energy." As she spoke, the girl pulled out a lunchbox from somewhere: "I have some prepared lunchboxes in my spatial ring."

Night Song: "...Isn't it unnecessary? Besides, we're not leaving until tomorrow morning, are we?"

Gao Shenxue's eyes were sincere, making it impossible to refuse: "But discussing mission tactics also requires physical strength."

Night Song: "..."

squeak-

After a while, the door to the private room was opened again.

Nangong Qiuyue looked at the number 0226 on the private room door as she pushed it open and entered.

As soon as she entered, she saw Ye Ge obediently accepting Gao Shenxue's feeding with her mouth open...

"Is it you?!"

"It's you??"

Nangong Qiuyue and Xia Xiyao spoke almost in unison.

Ye Ge chewed on the soft rice that Shen Xue's mother fed him, then turned to look at Nangong Qiuyue.

'...'

What a coincidence?

Could this be... also the teacher's arrangement?

Nangong Qiuyue's lips twitched slightly, and she immediately felt a little embarrassed...

After all, she had just been caught stalking someone during the day...

"It's you again? You're not here to stalk Xiaoye again, are you?" Xia Xiyao blinked her innocent eyes and said, "Your stalking skills are so bad. If you want to gather information, you should be eavesdropping outside the private room, right? This space is so small, you've exposed yourself to us as soon as you come in."

"...Of course I know that! I'm not that stupid!" Nangong Qiuyue said angrily, feeling as if her intelligence had been insulted: "I'm here to find my teammates! My mission number is 0226!"

Xia Xiyao was stunned for a moment, then confirmed the number on her watch: "It's actually real! What a coincidence..."

Nangong Qiuyue also sat down, waiting with Ye Ge and the others for the last teammate and their teacher.

Gao Shenxue continued to feed Ye Ge with great care.

Meanwhile, Xia Xiyao, the social terrorist, took the initiative to chat with Nangong Qiuyue: "Hey, let me tell you, when we're on a mission together tomorrow, you're not allowed to bully Ye Ge! I know that you righteous people are very prejudiced against Ye Ge's demonized identity. If I find out that you're bullying him, I absolutely won't allow it!"

"I bullied him?" Nangong Qiuyue glanced at Ye Ge with a wronged expression.

Just how innocent and harmless do you think this guy is?!

This guy...this guy is clearly a big bad guy!

Nangong Qiuyue still remembers the feeling of Ye Ge grabbing her bun and making her sit on the ground with a thud.

At that time, she clearly saw Ye Ge secretly giving a sly and wicked smile!

It's made both of her buttocks ache slightly now...

"So, what exactly is your relationship?" Nangong Qiuyue lowered her voice and glanced at Ye Ge and Gao Shenxue.

"We're childhood sweethearts!" Xia Xiyao proudly puffed out her chest. "The three of us are the best friends in the world!"

"Childhood sweethearts? What does that mean?" Nangong Qiuyue frowned.

"Haven't you heard of this word before?" Xia Xiyao asked, puzzled.

Nangong Qiuyue pondered, "Hmm... I've never heard of that. The books I've read since I was little have all been about battles and the Night's Watch; I don't know much else. But I remember reading a book before, and there was a line that went something like, 'Childhood sweethearts can never beat those who fall from the sky'... These two childhood sweethearts must be the same one, right?"

Xia Xiyao: "......"

After a while, the door to the private room finally opened again.

Two people came in at the same time this time.

One is a dragon tassel.

There was another man who looked to be in his thirties, wearing a dark blue casual suit, with his hair styled in a slicked-back, side-parted style, and wearing thin-rimmed glasses.

......

Happy New Year! (*^▽^*)