"Did you save me?"
The girl slowly woke in Dongfang Chen's arms. The moment she opened her eyes, her gaze met his.
Her mind was still hazy. All she remembered was that some strange creature had attacked her in the dressing room.
Then she'd passed out, and when she woke again, she'd seen Dongfang Chen.
"How are you feeling?" Dongfang Chen asked.
The girl shook her head. "I feel awful. I don't have any strength at all."
"That's normal. You were infected by a demon. There's a parasite inside you, and it's greedily absorbing your body's nutrients."
Dongfang Chen took the girl's wrist and cut open her thumb.
A wriggling Parasitic Worm suddenly emerged from the thin line of blood at the cut.
Dongfang Chen grabbed it. Heavenly Flames surged in his hand, refining it in an instant.
"You're fine now. With this kind of parasitic demon, you just need to get rid of the larvae inside you before it grows."
The girl spoke weakly. "Y-You're Dongfang Chen, right? My name is Baitingting."
"That's right. You know me?"
Dongfang Chen looked at Baitingting.
Although she was pale as a sheet, it was still easy to see that she had delicate, lovely features.
If anything, her pallor only added to her fragile, sickly beauty.
Dongfang Chen knew who Baitingting was, but only because he remembered the Original Work from his previous life.
In this life, he couldn't recall ever having crossed paths with her.
"Of course I do... Cough, cough..."
Baitingting spoke too quickly, but she was still too weak to get the words out so fast.
"You're famous on our Green Campus."
A faint smile appeared on Baitingting's face.
There was something else she hadn't said.
She'd had a terrible impression of Dongfang Chen before.
Her family, the Bai Family,