In the early morning at Queenvail Academy, the flow of people wasn't particularly heavy; only a few students in sportswear were seen jogging in the open space outside the campus for their morning practice.
Fang Li's figure suddenly appeared here without any warning, and he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief as he loosened his body.
"Now that I'm here, it should be fine, right?"
On the map, this area was still considered part of Queenvail Academy.
However, strictly speaking, this was already outside the school, and even if someone was not a student here, they could still engage in activities.
The evidence was present: aside from the students of Queenvail Academy jogging for morning practice, there were also some boys exercising in the area.
Of course, from the furtive glances of those boys directed toward the nearby girls, it was clear that their presence here must be driven by some ulterior motives.
After all, the students of Queenvail Academy were all extremely beautiful, which was one of the admission criteria. Some even debuted in the entertainment industry and became stars, meaning that there were certainly some very famous students here.
Thus, it wouldn't be surprising for boys to come here to flirt.
Naturally, the students of Queenvail Academy were well aware of this.
So, upon closer inspection, the girls jogging in the open space were looking at those boys with disdain.
If someone were to approach them to flirt at that moment, they would undoubtedly get beaten up.
"Maybe I've become part of that group too," Fang Li chuckled and shook his head.
In reality, the students of Queenvail Academy were indeed exquisite young women, and there wouldn't be any problem with them debuting as idols.
Unfortunately, Fang Li had already picked the best one in the academy, so he had no reason to pay attention to these students anymore.
However, others certainly wouldn't think this way.
"It's better to leave here quickly."
After saying that, Fang Li lifted his feet and began to walk out of the open space.
At that moment, he noticed something.
That was, for some reason, many gazes began to converge on him.
The students from Queenvail Academy who were jogging for morning practice stopped one after another as they brushed past Fang Li, looking at him with surprised expressions.
Shortly afterward, a slight commotion began to spread.
"Why does that guy look so familiar?"
"It seems like I've seen him somewhere…"
Upon hearing this, Fang Li suddenly recalled something very important and secretly thought that it was not good.
At that moment, someone had already recognized Fang Li's identity and shouted in surprise.
"Isn't that Fang Li, the champion partner of Jie Long who won at the 'Phoenix Festa,' teamed up with Cecily-Wang?"
This one sentence suddenly amplified the surrounding commotion.
It was only then that Fang Li remembered.
The Festa was a world-class large-scale event with an audience that spanned the globe, and there were groups of people who loved the Festa in every corner of the world.
Just as football fans would regard outstanding football players as stars to admire and worship, those who achieved excellent results at the Festa would also gain the admiration of many and thus have their own fans.
As one of the champion partners of the 'Phoenix Festa,' Fang Li certainly couldn't be without fans.
Yesterday, when he was on the street, Fang Li had been engrossed in browsing various news online, and without realizing it, he had hurried away, which didn't draw too much attention.
But now it was different.
After all, this was still near Queenvail Academy. As a student who also aimed for the Festa, even if Fang Li had faded from others' view for nearly a year, he was still recognized.
In this situation, a girl dressed in sportswear approached a bit shyly.
"Um… um…"
The girl's sportswear bore the Queenvail Academy emblem, clearly indicating she was a student of the academy.
At that moment, this young girl was somewhat excitedly asking Fang Li, "Excuse me, are you Fang Li from Jie Long?"
Seeing the girl's flushed face filled with excitement, Fang Li wanted to say she had mistaken him for someone else, but upon closer inspection, he realized that almost everyone around him had gathered in a circle.
So, Fang Li could only helplessly nod.
The next moment, screams began to erupt from all around.
"Hey… hello! Fang-san!"
The Queenvail Academy girl's charming face turned bright red as she excitedly extended her trembling hand towards Fang Li.
"I… I'm your number one fan. Can you please shake my hand?"
Before Fang Li could respond to this request, a group of Queenvail Academy students immediately gathered around.
"I… I'm a fan of yours too!"
"Me too!"
"Please make sure to shake my hand!"
"Me… me as well!"
"Can you sign something for me?"
"Can we take a picture together?"
"Please!"
Just like that, a group of girls, dressed in sportswear and slightly sweaty from their morning jog, surrounded Fang Li one after another. They were all flushed with excitement, chattering incessantly, turning the once peaceful morning into a noisy scene.
As he was surrounded by these girls, Fang Li had completely fallen silent.
At the same time, he could feel the resentful and envious gazes of those boys who had come here with ulterior motives during morning practice, looking at him as if they wanted to curse him.
"... Is this a misfortune?"
Surrounded by a group of girls, Fang Li could only sigh.
...
"Hū…"
About an hour later, Fang Li finally escaped from the increasingly noisy scene and made his way back to Jie Long, exhaling heavily and lamenting to himself.
"Being treated like this is worse than facing those hateful enemies directly."
At least when facing enemies, Fang Li could deal with them without reservations. Even if the situation got worse, it would only result in a life-or-death struggle, which he considered trivial.
Conversely, handling such pure goodwill was far more troublesome.
Even with Aria, Shirayuki, Riko, Reki, and the others, no matter how noisy they got, Fang Li could do nothing about them precisely because of that.
If they were enemies, Fang Li could just rush in with the Moon Blade and Bo Xie, and that would be fine.
"It seems that next time I'll have to ask Sylvie to teach me some tricks to avoid attention."
Muttering to himself like this, Fang Li returned to Jie Long and stepped into the academy.
At that instant, an anomaly occurred.
"Buzz————!"
Around Fang Li, mana began to boil.
"Hmm?"
Before Fang Li could react, the boiling mana wrapped around him.
(End Of The Chapter)
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