Chapter 27: He Could Not Hold Back Any Longer

Translator: Larbre Studio

Editor: Larbre Studio

Li He had only come over for Su Ying. He was convinced they were a match made in heaven. Ice with fire, how compatible was that?

However, after he sat down at the table, he was not in a rush to express himself. Usually, getting to know someone step by step was the way to go. If he was going to be too obvious from the start, he would have scared people off. He did not boast like he had earlier on. Everything he did was prim and proper.

Hong Xiaofu looked at him carefully, but he did not say anything. After all, it had not been a glorious scene that he had knelt during the broadcast yesterday. He would not add fuel to the fire…

Zhao Ming started introducing everyone at the table to Li He, “Brother He, let me introduce them to you.” He first pointed at Su Ying and said, “This is our Class Monitor, Su Ying, and that is her dad.” 

Li He smiled and stretched out his hands while saying, “Oh, hello!” 

Su Ying was being polite—she stretched out her hand and just gently shook his before taking it back quickly as she replied, “Hello.” 

Li He also stretched out his hand toward Su Kuang, “Hi, sir.” 

“Young man, you will do amazing things.” Su Kuang smiled as he shook hands with Li He and said, “A fire Awakener. I have heard that this power is unique—not easy, not easy.”

So that was his future father-in-law?

Deep down in his heart, Li He was delighted, but did not show any expressions when he looked toward Su Ying and said, “You are too kind with your words, sir. I’m not that good. I’m average, just average.” 

Zhang Yang, who was sitting at the side, was silent. That was not what he had said earlier. Didn’t he say that he did not fear anyone in the city? He was acting humble?

Zhao Ming was unaware of their underlying motives; he thought Zhang Yang had brought Li He over purely to get to know one another. After all, they were all Awakeners, they were bound to meet each other in the future. Zhao Ming went on to introduce Hong Xiaofu, “Brother He, this is Hong Xiaofu, the Mascot of our class. He is also an Awakener, his power is—”

As he said that, Hong Xiaofu quickly kicked Zhao Ming from under the table and he quickly took over the conversation, “My power is not amazing, it is definitely not as good as that of Brother He.” 

Hong Xiaofu thought of it simply. Li He had just knelt down the day before. That day, he was here. It would be embarrassing. He had gotten onto his knees on their first meeting, it would not have been nice to let people know… He didn’t want to mention that. He extended his hand and said, “Please look out for me in the future.” 

“Sure, no problem.” Li He smiled and held his hand as he said, “If you need help with anything in the future, feel free to look for me. I’m a good friend of Zhang Yang, that makes all of you my friends too—don’t stand on ceremony with me!” 

Everyone took their seat as Zhao Ming also briefly introduced Shen Xiaoling. At that point, the introduction was somewhat done. 

Everyone raised their glasses and shouted, “Come come, let’s drink one first, for our bright future!” 

After a shot of alcohol, the atmosphere became lively and Li He has started to talk a lot.

He looked at Su Ying and smiled while asking, “Sister Su Ying, I heard that your power is ice?” 

Su Ying looked at him with her big eyes and replied, “Yup, but I have just been Awakened. It has only been a short period of time so I have not had much experience with it. What about you?” 

Li He was older than most of the people seated at the table. Su Ying was then genuine in sharing her experiences and she hoped that she would hear from Li He, too. Hong Xiaofu’s strange power was hard to talk about, and Zhang Yang was from the Strengthening System, which had almost no relations with the Elemental System. It was not easy to meet someone from the Elemental System, so Su Ying wanted to hear him out.

But that was not what Li He wanted. It was his specialty—when else would he boast if not then?

Li He leaned backward a little. He raised his hands and suddenly his entire right arm caught on fire!

It was weird. While his arm was burning in flames, his shirt was totally unaffected, and he said, “I have been practicing hard for the past two days and I have seen some results. Look, no matter how much my arm is burning, my shirt is fine, this is done through the control of energy. In this aspect, I think I have adequate skills. Su Ying, if you are unsure of anything feel free to ask me. I promise to teach you everything I know!” 

“Wow!” Shen Xiaoling loved every minute of it. She was so excited!

Zhang Yang looked at him out the corner of his eyes. He was indeed good at performing…

Zhao Ming was watching with envy as he spoke, “Brother He, you can already control your powers so well? Bravo! According to your current level of power, it is pretty awesome for people our age here, right?” 

“Definitely.” How could Li He not take this good chance to boast? He immediately answered, “I have honestly asked about this before. You know Director Han Feng from the Awakeners Ability Centre right? I checked this with him over the phone previously. Currently, there are only one hundred and twenty-seven Awakeners in our age range in the city! Do you know how many young people we have here? If you calculate the ratio, it is about what ten thousand is to one! There are only six Awakeners in the Elemental System, including me. Six, okay? I’m at least in the top two!” 

After he said that everyone took in a deep breath of cold air. It was their first time listening to such news. In the whole of Shencheng, among all people their age, there were only 127 Awakeners? The percentage was indeed very low!

Seeing that Li He was so powerful, Zhao Ming immediately gave him a toast and said, “Oh my, Brother He is so cool! Come come, I’ll give you a toast!” 

“No problem, no problem.” Li He laughed and drank with Zhao Ming. He glanced over at Su Ying and looked at everyone at the table and said, “That’s why I said that in the circle of Awakeners here in Shenyang, I do have a little reputation. Just a little reputation, enough to look out for you!” 

Su Kuang was extremely wise. He could tell from Li He’s expressions that he was eyeing his daughter. He giggled and said, “It is a surprise to meet such a genius like Li He. Come everyone, let’s have a toast!” Everyone took another shot.

Zhao Ming looked up to Li He. As they continued drinking, they were more open in their conversations so Zhao Ming asked, “Brother He, do you remember how you became an Awakener?” 

“Me?” Li He thought about it carefully and replied, “I don’t really remember. I think I was playing games, it got epic and I was instantly pleased, then I was Awakened.” 

When Hong Xiaofu heard his words, he knew he could not hold back any longer.