The Revenge of the Reborn Supreme Sovereign-Chapter 307 - 300: Jiang Yino!!! (4)

It might have been fate or a coincidence, but Qin Fan and Xu Jiayi failed to realize they were on the same flight. Neither noticed the other in the airport corridor. Under normal circumstances, Qin Fan's Divine Sense surely would have detected her. However, he was too preoccupied to expand it, his mind already fixated on the freshman registration at Jinling University.

Stepping out of the airport, he glanced at the time—it was approaching three o'clock—and hailed a taxi. Once he sat in the cab and gave the address for Jinling University, his heart began to pound uncontrollably. From that moment on, his mind was completely consumed by Jiang Yino's every smile and frown.

Yinuo, I will protect you for the rest of your life! In this lifetime, no one will ever hurt you! No one! Gripping his thighs, Qin Fan swallowed and silently vowed to himself.

By the time his taxi arrived at Jinling University, it was nearly four o'clock.

Outside the imposing gates of the university, a large red banner with gold lettering hung high overhead. Written in powerful brush calligraphy, the words 'Warmly Welcome the Perfect-Score Top Scholar to Jinling University' billowed in the wind with imposing momentum.

He glanced indifferently at this welcoming gesture prepared just for him, then swallowed nervously and quickened his pace, heading inside. He lifted his wrist to check the time. There were still a few minutes to go before the time he remembered from his past life—sometime after 4:20.

Just a few more minutes... Yinuo should be on campus by now! Qin Fan's throat felt dry as he mumbled to himself again, raising his head to scan the bustling registration area for new students.

Suddenly, his body trembled.

His gaze locked firmly onto a tall girl with shoulder-length hair pulling a suitcase. She was wearing a white patterned T-shirt and a light-blue denim skirt. While her features might not have been nation-toppling, they were undeniably among the most exquisite.

For Qin Fan to have ended up with her in his past life, countless people had called it a case of "a toad lusting after a swan's flesh" or "a beautiful flower planted in cow dung." It just went to show what a cruel joke fate had played on him with its great joys and sorrows.

At this moment, a hint of anxiety appeared on the girl's pure, pretty face. Her bright phoenix eyes continuously scanned the registration areas for the different departments.

"Yinuo..." Qin Fan breathed her name, his voice trembling.

A hint of joy appeared on Jiang Yino's face as she finally spotted the sign for the Department of Finance and Economics and started walking toward it. He followed her, his own legs trembling.

Nothing has changed! Nothing! Yinuo still appeared at this exact time, wearing this exact outfit!

In that instant, his mouth went completely dry. It was pure nervousness. He trailed a couple of paces behind her. As she got within three or four meters of the registration desk, Qin Fan's nervousness spiked again.

In my past life, this was exactly where she tripped!

Sure enough, just as Qin Fan recalled that memory, Jiang Yino, who was walking briskly forward, suddenly stumbled. With a small cry, she pitched forward.

"Be careful!"

In that split second, though her fall seemed to unfold in slow motion to Qin Fan's eyes, he still instinctively shouted in alarm. His body surged forward. Just as she was halfway to the ground, he swiftly caught her around the waist. But when he looked directly at her face—a face so familiar it was etched into his very being—Qin Fan felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He froze completely, as endless memories of Jiang Yino erupted from the depths of his mind.

"Senior, you... you...!" Jiang Yino's delicate body trembled slightly as she noticed his hand was still on her waist. She gently pushed herself free from his grip. Seeing the extremely unusual expression on his face, she was so astonished that she even forgot to thank him.

Her voice snapped Qin Fan out of his stupor. "Ah! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" he stammered anxiously. When a man's feelings for a woman reached the point where he was willing to protect her with his life, the fear of loss would always be a part of it. That was precisely the state Qin Fan was in now. He was terrified that by changing history, this one small act of catching her would trigger a butterfly effect. He was afraid his fated connection with Jiang Yino would be knocked off its course. As a Cultivator just one Heavenly Thunder Tribulation away from becoming an Ascension Immortal and joining the Immortal Class, his current state of mind was, frankly, unacceptable. It was a far cry from what a Cultivator's mindset should be.

"It-it's okay! Thank you, Senior. Thank you!" Noticing how nervous and flustered he was, Jiang Yino suddenly felt a pang of guilt for her own awkward reaction. If this senior had not caught her, what would have happened? Without a doubt, she would have fallen flat on her face, drawing stares from everyone. On her very first day of school, she would have become infamous at Jinling University. No one, boy or girl, would ever want to be in that kind of situation.

"No, no, I'm not a senior," Qin Fan quickly replied. "I'm a freshman just like you. I'm also here to register for the Department of Finance and Economics!" He sounded exactly like a naive student fresh out of high school. This was not an act; it was his genuine, nervous reaction to being in front of Jiang Yino.

"Ah! What a coincidence!" Jiang Yino's expression turned playful, the earlier awkwardness clearly forgotten. She continued cheerfully, laughing as she spoke, "Since we're in the same department, I really owe you one. I would've been so embarrassed today otherwise, haha! We should get to know each other. I'm Jiang Yino, from Shanghai!"

With a bright laugh, Jiang Yino extended her hand to Qin Fan. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Qin Fan. From Jiangzhou," he replied, his voice trembling slightly as his own shaking right hand took her soft, fair one.

Five hundred years! It's been five hundred years! This familiar face, this warm, soft hand... I've missed this for five hundred long years!

Thinking of all the tender moments they had shared in his past life, he could not help but tighten his grip on the hand that felt just as familiar as he remembered.

Startled by his sudden squeeze, Jiang Yino did not awkwardly pull her hand away as one might expect. Instead, her charming, expressive eyes widened as she simply allowed him to hold it tightly. Her gaze was filled with incredulous shock.

Qin Fan? From Jiangzhou? Qin Fan... Jiangzhou... Jinling University... Wait, isn't that the name of the heaven-defying genius who got a perfect score on the college entrance exam? My god! It's really him! He's in the Department of Finance and Economics too? And he just saved me from a mortifying fall? The perfect-score top scholar... a handsome top scholar who just saved me... All of these qualities combined in one person... What girl just starting her journey in the ivory tower could possibly resist the charm that naturally radiated from such a person? Every girl dreams of her Prince Charming. And for someone who has just left home for the first time to step into the ivory tower of a university, isn't a boy who meets all these criteria the very definition of a Prince Charming from a fairy tale?

In an instant, Jiang Yino's face flushed.

Yes, she was blushing.