It's Thundering! It's Raining!

Su Xiaohan awakened an “extreme” talent, causing a sensation across the school and drawing everyone’s attention.

Meanwhile, Xiaobai, who had grown up alongside her, stood on the Yuanlin Platform and was judged to have no talent.

Mockery, pressure to quit, and disqualification from martial arts classes.

Watching the whole school discuss him as a joke, she gripped the hem of her uniform until her knuckles turned white.

He remained unfazed, returned to his seat, and opened the unfinished math test.

“Can’t you ever take anything seriously?!”

“I did.”

“Where did you put it?!”

“...”

She was so angry she wanted to hit someone.

Later, he held a knife to the neck of a top-grade warrior, and the entire crowd fell silent.

She stood up in the stands, her palms slick with sweat.

He walked off the platform and slumped into the shadows. She rushed over and caught him.

On the night the corroding rain fell, everyone kept their doors and windows tightly shut.

When she found him, he was standing on the balcony, gazing at the gray-blue sky.

The wind tousled the hair over his forehead.

She had never seen that look in his eyes before: not fear, not indifference.

It was anticipation.

“What exactly are you waiting for?”

He didn’t answer, but the corner of his mouth lifted ever so slightly for an instant.

She froze.

“You smiled.”

“No, I didn’t.”

“You absolutely did!”