Not Xue'er, Why Are You the One Feeling Wronged? Wasn't I the Victim? You Were the One Who Forced a Kiss on Me!

Once white clothes got wet, they became somewhat see-through. Especially since Qian Renxue's underlayers were thin and close-fitting—once soaked, they revealed practically everything.

Lin Yu said somewhat helplessly, "Just lie down in there wearing that for now."

"Okay!"

Qian Renxue lifted her jade-like feet and stepped into the bathtub, then lay down flat.

Her pitiful yet slightly panicked appearance was exceptionally alluring, but Lin Yu had no improper thoughts at the moment. He released the Water Element again and quickly filled the bathtub.

He also kept the water icy cold.

"Phew~"

At last, everything calmed down.

Qian Renxue lay flat in the bathtub, her body submerged in the freezing water Lin Yu had conjured.

Lin Yu sat on the floor, leaning against the bathtub with his back to Qian Renxue.

"You're not hot anymore, right?"

"Mm~"

Lin Yu asked, and Qian Renxue answered.

After that brief exchange, the atmosphere fell silent.

Both of them recalled what had just happened. The more Qian Renxue thought about it, the more wronged and unhappy she felt. Somewhat resentfully, she said, "Lin Yu, why didn't you warn me first that Whale Rubber would... would do that!"

"I told you before!"

Qian Renxue threw a little girl's tantrum, lightly pounding the bathwater with her small fists. "But I was so happy after breaking through to level 50 that I forgot!"

"Well, I forgot too!"

"How annoying! That was my first kiss! And I just let you, you brat, get it for free!" Qian Renxue covered her face with both hands in embarrassment, though there was anger in her voice as well.

Lin Yu immediately got worked up too. "What are you talking about? What do you mean, I got it for free? That was my first kiss too!"

Although they were very close, they had not reached the point of liking each other.

Lin Yu had also felt that something was off. Then he realized it, his face full of disbelief. "No! Miss, you're throwing a tantrum? You're the one feeling wronged? Shouldn't I be the victim here?!"

"You were the one who forced a kiss on me! Not the other way around!"

"Alright, I'm sorry~" Qian Renxue puffed out her cheeks, realizing that she was in the wrong. What was done was done, and she could only accept the fact that she had lost her first kiss.

"Then bring me a change of clothes, okay?"

Seeing Qian Renxue pouting and softening her attitude, Lin Yu instantly lost his temper. "Uh, oh, okay. I-I'll go get them."

Lin Yu left the bathroom and came before Qian Renxue's wardrobe, sighing inwardly. So my first kiss is just gone like that.

Gone is gone, but the important thing is that I was in too much of a hurry just now. I didn't even get to feel what it was like to kiss a girl. Didn't I just get kissed for nothing? Sigh, forget it.

Lin Yu shook his head with a sigh and opened the wardrobe, raising his brows slightly. "Oh? Xue'er even likes wearing gold-colored underwear?"

He did not pick them up to smell them. He was not that perverted, okay?

Lin Yu quickly took out clothes, pants, a bra, and underwear, then headed toward the bathroom.

Meanwhile, Qian Renxue, lying in the bathtub, also sighed inwardly. So my first kiss is gone just like that... and it was... it was with Lin Yu...

Sigh, Qian Renxue, what foolish thing have you done?

Although Qian Renxue sometimes felt that Lin Yu was more mature and steady than she was, he was still young in the end.

Forget it. I won't think about it. I'll just pretend it never happened.

At that moment, Lin Yu walked in and said to Qian Renxue, "Here, I brought them."

Qian Renxue took one look, her eyes immediately widening before she screamed, "Aahhh~!"

"What now?!"

Qian Renxue was utterly embarrassed. "Who told you to bring my underwear in too?!"

Lin Yu looked utterly confused. "What? Aren't you going to wear it?"

"I am, but... but those are my private clothes! It's embarrassing for a boy like you to bring them in! I... I can put on my outer clothes first, then change into those myself later!" Qian Renxue said bashfully, with a hint of complaint.

"Uh..."

"Put them down already! Then get out and close the door!"

"Oh, okay, okay, okay!"

Lin Yu hurriedly tossed the clothes down and left.

"Honestly, what an idiot." Qian Renxue shook her head with a helpless smile and quietly remained submerged in the water.

Meanwhile, Lin Yu sat quietly on the sofa outside and waited.

After a long while, Qian Renxue finally came out of the bathroom, her tone much gentler. "Alright, I'm fine now. You should hurry back and rest too."

Seeing that Qian Renxue's condition had passed, Lin Yu did not linger any longer. "Alright, then I'll head back."

Both of them pushed what had just happened to the back of their minds, wanting to pretend that it had never happened.

But how could something that had already happened truly be treated as though it had never happened?

That night, neither Lin Yu nor Qian Renxue slept a wink. They tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep, with the scene from earlier surfacing in their minds from time to time.

Whenever she thought of having done something so intimate with Lin Yu, Qian Renxue could not help but blush.

And after that kiss.

The relationship between Lin Yu and Qian Renxue underwent another qualitative change. Neither of them noticed that, beginning the next day, the way they interacted had already subtly shifted.

And that change would gradually intensify with time!

By the time they suddenly realized it one day, they would already be deeply trapped, unable to pull themselves free.

The next morning.

Lin Yu and Qian Renxue got up promptly at seven, washed up, and stepped out of their rooms, meeting right at the doorway.

The moment she saw Lin Yu, Qian Renxue's pretty face flushed. She gave two dry coughs and said, "Ahem, let's go. We're going to see Grandpa."

"Uh... yeah, alright." Lin Yu was a little awkward as well.

The two went to find Qian Daoliu together.

Qian Daoliu wanted to personally handle both his granddaughter's and Lin Yu's soul rings, so this time, he would be taking Qian Renxue to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a soul ring.

Lin Yu planned to accompany them.

Ordinary soul masters could absorb their first ten-thousand-year soul ring after cultivating to Rank 50.

However, most found it difficult to exceed twelve thousand years. Qian Renxue was naturally no ordinary person; her fifth soul ring could reach fifteen thousand years. Furthermore, having now consumed ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, she could easily absorb a soul ring over twenty thousand years old.

Therefore, Qian Daoliu planned to take them directly deep into an area near the Core Area.

After several days of searching, Qian Daoliu successfully found their target.

It was a twenty-five-thousand-year-old dragon-type soul beast called the Lightfire Sword Dragon.

This type of dragon had two sharp, sword-shaped dragon horns growing from its head. It possessed a powerful Light Attribute and also carried the power of fire.

"Ha!"

Qian Daoliu surged with power and knocked it down in a single strike.

Bang!

"Xiao Xue, go."

"Mm-hmm!" Qian Renxue nodded and hurried forward. Then she sat cross-legged and began absorbing the soul ring.

Absorbing a soul ring beyond her level would inevitably raise Qian Renxue's Soul Power by two ranks.

As expected, once the soul ring fused steadily.

Qian Renxue's Soul Power quickly broke through to Rank 51 and then entered Rank 52—but then something unexpected happened!