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"What's with the act?" a girl sneered from a distance as she watched the two, "Do they really have to meditate or play games right now?"
"It's all just an act of being profound and pretending to be nonchalant," Zhou Xiner said with a casual laugh, rubbing the scratch on her neck, "They're just lost in the new environment and too afraid to talk to anyone, so they pretend to be busy doing their own thing, looking all cool and indifferent. We used to do that when we were kids too."
"Haha, you're right," another person chimed in, glancing at the Northern Isle trio, "That Li Qingming probably just wants to establish his authority early on to avoid being bullied."
Hao Weilun snickered quietly upon hearing this, and after confirming that Li Qingming wasn't looking their way, he dared not to speak too loudly, "Looks like he's been bullied a lot before since he's so sensitive and easy to rile up."
"Hahaha!"
Everyone around them burst into laughter too.
