Ding Yumian's Guarded Heart

After arriving at the campus, Tang Miao headed straight for Dean Xiao's residence, but as he passed by the Fire Academy, he happened to see a girl.

The girl was standing there, seemingly waiting for someone. Looking at her graceful figure, she resembled a bright and beautiful white rose, pure and flawless yet charming and graceful. Her hair, piled high and falling down to her chest, was still so eye-catching!

Upon seeing the girl in front of him, Tang Miao walked over, patted her soft shoulder, and said, "Ding Yumian?"

"Ah~"

Ding Yumian startled by Tang Miao's sudden tap. However, she breathed a slight sigh of relief when she turned around and saw that it was Tang Miao.

Seeing Ding Yumian's reaction, Tang Miao curled his lip and said, "I say, is it really that serious?"

He really hadn't expected this girl, who wasn't particularly interested in anything, to react so strongly.

Ding Yumian pouted and said with dissatisfaction, "In the entire academy, you're probably the only rude guy who would treat a girl like this!"

The reason she was so startled was precisely because she had never been joked with like that before.

Tang Miao knew that this girl had a slight reservation. She had been somewhat inconsiderate in what she had just done. However, he still stubbornly insisted, "How can that be considered rude? You should thank me."

"You scared me, and I should thank you?" Even Ding Yumian, who was usually calm and collected, was somewhat dissatisfied with Tang Miao's statement.

She's such a quiet and beautiful girl; everyone would be too busy taking care of her. This guy not only scared her, but he also acts like he's completely in the right after doing something wrong?

"Brother is just letting you experience it. Look at you, you're so Xiao Ke. You're wasting your youth on such trivial things, what's the point?" Tang Miao argued illogically.

Ding Yumian had already talked to Tang Miao about the past, and actually felt much lighter after confiding in someone. She had previously thought that others wouldn't be able to accept it, but after Tang Miao spoke about it, Ding Yumian found that she didn't feel the heartache and self-blame she had imagined.

After a moment of surprise, Ding Yumian said, "Then I should thank you, right?"

However, she didn't think about it too much at the moment; she was just very unhappy with what Tang Miao had said.

"No need to thank me, we're practically family." Tang Miao waved his hand, speaking very generously. Then, looking at the quiet girl in front of him, he said, "Hey~ want to experience the taste of love?"

Without even thinking, Ding Yumian shook her head and refused, saying, "No, you scumbag!"

"If you don't want it, then don't. But I meant well, so why are you calling me a jerk?" Tang Miao said, somewhat dissatisfied.

He didn't think this girl had seen through him at all, and besides, Ding Yumian didn't like going online or anything like that, so Tang Miao was very puzzled as to why she called him a scumbag.

Who would believe you?

Ding Yumian rolled her eyes at Tang Miao before saying, "Should we go ask Mu Nujiao?"

"Forehead..."

Tang Miao paused, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "What does this Mu Nujiao?"

Ding Yumian glared at Tang Miao with some dissatisfaction and said, "Thanks to some bastard, he stole the title of school beauty from Mingzhu, and now the new school beauty has fallen on my head."

With such an obvious veiled insult, Tang Miao wasn't stupid. If he couldn't understand what was going on, he'd have wasted his life.

But he remembered that the last time he chatted with Ding Yumian, she was still a completely innocent young girl. How did she become like this now?

Seeing Tang Miao staring blankly at her, Ding Yumian giggled and then said, "Do you feel like I'm not so easy to fool anymore?"

Tang Miao nodded subconsciously.

Seeing Tang Miao nod without hesitation, Ding Yumian snorted in dissatisfaction, then continued, "After our last chat, I thought about a lot of things and became more open-minded. Besides, in my free time, I learned a lot about you, you scumbag."

Tang Miao's lips twitched slightly...

Ding Yumian continued, "You're already living with Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu, and you still want to fool me? Aren't you a scumbag? The 'big pig's trotter' thing on the internet, I think it suits you perfectly."

"Oh..."

Tang Miao was speechless for a moment. So, after all the attempts to comfort and guide her, this little girl had become so wary of him?

"Hey-hey..."

Seeing Tang Miao looking puzzled, Ding Yumian suddenly laughed.

What are you laughing at?!

Ding Yumian's eyes were as bright and clear as autumn water as she stared intently at Tang Miao and asked, "Do you regret advising me now?"

"No, I was thinking, now that you've made it through this, shouldn't you repay me?" Tang Miao said with a mischievous grin, looking at Ding Yumian's protruding area.

When Ding Yumian saw where Tang Miao was looking, she hugged herself and then cursed, "You scoundrel, don't even think about it."

Tang Miao shrugged, then said seriously, "You're getting the wrong idea. I just wanted to say that with your abilities, getting into the National Team shouldn't be difficult. Why don't you intend to participate?"

Ding Yumian is now Advanced Mage, so joining the National Academy shouldn't be difficult for her. Plus, she's overcome her inner turmoil, so Tang Miao is genuinely puzzled that she's still at school.

Seeing that Tang Miao no longer had that smug expression, Ding Yumian lowered her guard. At the same time, her expression dimmed slightly as she said, "I don't want to be too flashy, and besides, life at the Pearl Academy suits me very well."

Everyone has their own ambitions, Tang Miao was just asking casually, and then asked, "So what are you doing here?"

"I'm waiting for Huang Xingli."

"Then you can continue waiting. I'm going to find Dean Xiao."

He didn't know this so-called Huang Xingli, and since there was no chance for him to be a jerk anymore, there was nothing more to say.

Okay, goodbye.

Watching Tang Miao leave, Ding Yumian's expression, which had been changing just moments before, returned to its previous calm.

She hadn't completely recovered from that incident, but talking to Tang Miao had definitely relieved a lot of her stress. The reason she responded that way to Tang Miao was simply because she didn't want too much contact...

He was initially quite pleased to see Ding Yumian, after all, she was such a pure and innocent beauty, and he secretly wanted to taint her. Unfortunately, she didn't give him the chance at all...

After arriving at Dean Xiao's office...

Dean Xiao was stunned to see Tang Miao arrive. After all, shouldn't Tang Miao be training in South Korea right now? How did he end up here?

He hadn't received any news that Tang Miao had been kicked out.

After Tang Miao explained, Dean Xiao finally understood what was going on. And upon hearing that Tang Miao wanted to go to the Three-Step Tower to cultivate for a period of time, he readily agreed. After all, he was still waiting for Tang Miao to become world-famous!