Chapter 135: One hundred thirty-five, I have arrived. Chapter 135: One hundred thirty-five, I have arrived. “Can I sit here alone?” Song Yan Ning’s eyes twinkled with a sly gleam as she pointed to the seat beside Ling Yu. She wanted to see when they would finally realize that she was Song Yan Ning.
Ling Yu exchanged a glance with Guo Kai.
“Yes, but there’s going to be a little sister coming over soon, so once she gets here, you’ll have to move to another seat,” Ling Yu said. They were going to meet the boss later and would discuss matters of the Emperor Realm; such topics weren’t suitable for a little girl to hear.
“Okay!” Song Yan Ning nodded with a smile.
“What would you like to eat? I’ll go order for you,” Ling Yu asked. Although the little girl wasn’t pretty, he found her company quite pleasant.
“Just a drink,” Song Yan Ning wasn’t fond of greasy snacks.
“All right, wait here for a moment,” Ling Yu got up and headed for the ordering counter. The girl’s grandfather was an old friend of his, so naturally, he wanted to look after her.
“Little girl, why are you out here alone? Aren’t your folks worried about you?” Guo Kai asked. She seemed to be only six or seven years old, so vulnerable on her own; what if something bad happened?
“I came to buy some stationery; I’ll head back soon,” Song Yan Ning said, smiling at Guo Kai.
“Are you starting school too?” With the start of the school year approaching tomorrow, Guo Kai asked.
“Mm-hmm,” Song Yan Ning nodded. She actually preferred to spend all her time on cultivation, but since everyone in this world had to go to school, she couldn’t deviate from the norm. Just like Qin Yushen, he went to school too.
Ling Yu returned with a tray. Although Song Yan Ning said she only wanted a drink, he’d bought a kids’ meal.
Setting the tray in front of Song Yan Ning, “If it’s not enough, tell me and I’ll go get you more.”
“Mm-hmm,” Song Yan Ning nodded, took a sip of her drink, and slightly frowned. The cola was too sweet for her taste; she preferred tea.
Ling Yu checked the time, “Why hasn’t the boss arrived?” They were already five minutes past their scheduled meetup, and the boss wasn’t the kind to be late. Could something have happened?
“Why not send a message to the boss?” Guo Kai suggested.
“Mm-hmm,” Ling Yu took out the phone from the table and sent a message.
“Ding!” Song Yan Ning’s phone buzzed in her pocket.
Ling Yu and Guo Kai looked at Song Yan Ning simultaneously. It was such a coincidence that her phone went off too. But of course, they couldn’t imagine that she was their boss.
With a slight smile, Song Yan Ning put down her cola, pulled out her phone from her pocket, and lightly tapped the screen a few times.
Then, Ling Yu’s phone buzzed.
Ling Yu looked at his phone, which displayed the message, “I’m already here.”
“Already here?” Ling Yu was stunned, looked around, then back at the phone in Song Yan Ning’s hand, and gaped at her in astonishment, “You… you’re not the boss, are you?”
After hearing Ling Yu’s words, Guo Kai stared at Song Yan Ning, disbelieving. How was that possible?
“Mm-hmm,” Song Yan Ning nodded slightly with a smile.
“You really are the boss?” Ling Yu still couldn’t believe it; that Song Yan Ning, the person he admired, was actually their boss. Although the boss was indeed much shorter than them in the Emperor Realm, how could she possibly be Song Yan Ning?
“Yes,” Song Yan Ning admitted.
“Oh my gosh!” Ling Yu cupped a hand over his forehead. He still couldn’t believe that the boss he’d longed to meet was actually Song Yan Ning, the granddaughter of his grandfather’s friend – they had actually met before.
“You’re not pulling our leg, are you?” Guo Kai measured Song Yan Ning with disbelief; he just couldn’t see her as their boss.
Song Yan Ning looked helplessly at both men, “Can you two stop being so shocked? Is it that strange that I’m Song Yan Ning?”
“Very strange!” Ling Yu and Guo Kai spoke in unison.
Song Yan Ning rolled her eyes, placed her phone on the table, and picked up her cola.
“Boss, did you already know my identity from the start?” Ling Yu asked. Although he hadn’t expected Song Yan Ning to be the boss he admired, he was thrilled that the boss was someone he knew.
“Mm-hmm,” Song Yan Ning didn’t deny it.
“Why didn’t you say something earlier? Then I could have boasted in front of Sharpshooter. He just said that he met you in Beijing.” He hadn’t expected that not only had he met the boss before Sharpshooter, but he also had such a close relationship with her.
“Mm-hmm,” Song Yan Ning nodded her head again.
“Boss, how did you meet Sharpshooter? Did he send you a message too?” Guo Kai and Ling Yu were both very curious.
“He’s a friend of a friend,” Song Yan Ning simply recounted her encounter with Zhou Jiyou.
“No wonder there’s an old saying, ‘Coincidences make history,’” Guo Kai smiled and shook his head.
“Boss, are you teaming up with Wuji now?” Ling Yu thought back to when Song Yan Ning asked him to look up information on Qin Yushen.
“Mm-hmm,” Song Yan Ning nodded again.
“I heard Wuji never teams up with anyone but that princess; how did he end up teaming up with you?” Guo Kai curiously asked. In the Emperor Realm, aside from the boss, Wuji was another person he admired. Wuji’s track record was unquestionably impressive; he had never failed a mission he took on. It was too bad that he hadn’t had the fortune to team up with Wuji.
“Perhaps we are similar kinds of people,” Song Yan Ning wasn’t quite sure how to describe her relationship with Qin Yushen.
“Boss, are you close to advancing to the Middle-level System?” Ling Yu inquired. The boss was so amazing, and so was Wuji; if the two of them teamed up, reaching the Middle-level System must not be far off. He fervently wished to join a team with the boss and Wuji!
“After one more mission, I should be there,” Song Yan Ning nodded. She had heard from Qin Yushen that after Song Yanxue lost her spot in the Emperor Realm, not only was she beaten, but she was also banished by the family.
A single slot was so valued by the Song Family, which showed that the Emperor Realm was no trivial place. But her current level was too low to uncover the secrets of the Emperor Realm. However, she could be sure that a place that made all the major families so eager wasn’t simple at all.
“Boss, can you share some of your experiences with us? We also want to level up quickly,” Ling Yu and Guo Kai looked on enviously at Song Yan Ning, hoping that they too would have a chance to team up with the boss in the future, and of course, teaming up with Wuji would be even better.
Song Yan Ning nodded with a smile, sharing her experiences with the two. While everyone has their ways of dealing with things, knowing more is always beneficial. She also hoped that they wouldn’t be eliminated by the Emperor Realm.