When Shui Bing'er opened the door and saw the Vice Dean and Long Jie, she froze for a moment. Confused, she asked, "What is it, Vice Dean? At this late hour... is something wrong?"
The Vice Dean smiled kindly, pulled over the visibly awkward Long Jie, and said, "Bing'er, I really feel a little bad disturbing you so late. Isn't it that your captain has nowhere to stay? I remember you have two beds here, so... he'll sleep here tonight!"
"What?" Shui Bing'er was greatly shocked, and her face visibly reddened. "Vice Dean... that wouldn't be appropriate, would it...?"
"What's inappropriate about it? It's decided!" With a push, the Vice Dean shoved Long Jie into Shui Bing'er's arms, then gave them another push from behind, sending them through the doorway before tightly shutting the door.
"Long Jie, sleep well tonight!"
The Vice Dean could not help but smile. After witnessing Long Jie's talent and Soul Rings, she had come up with a bold idea.
She wanted Long Jie to remain at Heavenly Water Academy permanently. That way, Heavenly Water Academy would definitely become the strongest among the Five Great Element Academies.
It might even become the strongest academy on the continent.
So, she had deceived Long Jie and arranged for him to stay with Shui Bing'er.
I refuse to believe you won't fall for it when Bing'er is so beautiful and charming. The Vice Dean smiled. In her eyes, Long Jie was so outstanding that even if Shui Bing'er ended up with him, Shui Bing'er would not be losing out.
Inside that small room, a man and a woman sat facing each other, neither knowing what to say.
Shui Bing'er lowered her head, feeling uncomfortable all over. It was the first time she had let a man into her room, and this man was going to stay here from now on?
Just thinking about it felt terrifying.
Long Jie felt somewhat uncomfortable as well. Looking at the pure white room, he did not know what to say for a moment.
Fortunately, Shui Bing'er's room really did have two beds. Otherwise, he would not have known what to do with himself.
"Um... I'll sleep here tonight?" Long Jie pointed at the bed beneath him and spoke.
"Ah... okay!" Shui Bing'er answered, only to regret it a little after saying so.
There were two beds in her room. One was the bed she normally slept in—the very one Long Jie had just chosen—while the other was for when Shui Yue'er occasionally came to sleep over.
She and Shui Yue'er were sisters, and Shui Yue'er often came to sleep with her for all sorts of reasons. After a while, she had simply added a second bed to the room.
She had never expected it to become the Vice Dean's excuse for arranging Long Jie's stay.
"Then I'll go take a shower first!" Feeling quite awkward, Long Jie hurried toward the bathroom. Shui Bing'er blanked for a second before realizing what was happening. Just as she was about to stop him, Long Jie had already entered the bathroom.
There were clothes she had changed out of in the shower room...
Shui Bing'er's face flushed red. For a moment, she did not know what to do. The Vice Dean's outrageous maneuver had left her completely at a loss.
Helplessly, she took out a quilt, lay on her side on the bed, and pretended to be asleep.
Yet the sound of water coming from the bathroom still made her feel uneasy.
It was like a stranger had suddenly entered a world that had once belonged only to you, while you had no way to drive them away.
Shui Bing'er lay quietly on the bed, her thoughts in utter turmoil.
Before long, Long Jie came out of the bathroom. To avoid making Shui Bing'er dislike him, he had put on his clothes early, then simply used Soul Power to dry his hair, trying his best not to make any noise.
By the time he finished and came out, Shui Bing'er was already lying on her bed.
Long Jie could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. He quickly returned to his own bed and lay down, hoping tonight would be a quiet night.
The moon climbed from halfway up the mountain to the middle of the sky, then descended again. By the time the sun rose, neither of them had fallen asleep.
They got up from their beds at the same time as though by mutual understanding. When they looked at each other, they both saw the dark circles beneath the other's eyes and froze.
"You didn't sleep well last night?"
"You didn't sleep well last night?"
Feeling a little guilty, Long Jie hurriedly said, "I'll go find the Vice Dean later and have her arrange another place for me!"
"It's... it's fine. It's actually nothing!" Shui Bing'er said against her true feelings, only to regret it as soon as the words left her mouth. She clearly cared a great deal.
Long Jie understood what she was thinking. He smiled at her and said, "Don't worry, I'll handle it!"
Shui Bing'er nodded. After quickly washing up, the two left the room.
When they appeared in the dining hall together, the other six members of the Tianshui Battle Team were already seated there.
This was the Tianshui Battle Team's private dining hall. No one else had the right to enter.
Seeing Long Jie and Shui Bing'er come in together, the girls exchanged looks and suddenly laughed. "Oh? Isn't this our captain and Bing'er Jie? Why did you come together?"
"Don't tell me you slept together last night?"
As they spoke, the girls burst out laughing themselves, finding the idea rather amusing.
But a trace of awkwardness appeared on Long Jie and Shui Bing'er's faces.
"Captain, your dance training method really works!" Shui Yue'er said excitedly. "I went back and cultivated a little yesterday, and I found that my cultivation speed had become much faster!"
"Yeah, yeah! I originally needed another week to level up, but now I feel like I can break through tomorrow or the day after!"
The girls spoke excitedly, all in high spirits. Even Yu Hairou, who had always been at odds with Long Jie, set aside her prejudice, smiled at him, and said, "You were right. That method really works!"
They were all delighted. For the first time, they truly recognized Long Jie. Only Shui Bing'er looked completely bewildered. She had gone to bed early last night and had not cultivated at all, so naturally she did not know whether the benefits were real.
Could his dance training really be that miraculous?
Long Jie smiled. This was all within his expectations. He had long understood a principle through cultivation: as long as you gave your body plenty of exercise during the day, your Soul Power absorption at night would be much faster.
And the middle split dance was excellent movement training.
"So you finally understand my good intentions. Will you still dare to slack off from now on?" Long Jie asked with a smile, looking at Shui Yue'er. Shui Yue'er stuck out her tongue playfully. "I won't!"
Her action made everyone burst into laughter.
Shui Bing'er also gave Long Jie another curious look, once again revising her opinion of him.
After the girls finished breakfast, they trained for a little while longer. Their attitudes were now extremely serious, and they quickly became familiar with the JK Hot Dance. Put simply, they had learned all the movements and it was now watchable.
Long Jie nodded in satisfaction and looked at the girls. "Very good. Since you've all learned these things, put on your brand-new equipment and set off with me!"
"Equipment? What equipment? Where are we going?"
Under the girls' puzzled gazes, Long Jie took out an essential item for JK outfits.
Safety Pants!
After handing all the Safety Pants to the girls, Long Jie received no praise. Instead, every one of them glared at him.
Shui Bing'er stepped forward, planted her hands on her hips, and said angrily, "Long Jie, why didn't you take these out earlier? Tell me, did you just want to watch us have wardrobe malfunctions?"
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