Blazing City.
Blazing Academy, by the hot spring lake.
An incense stick time passed, and Huo Wu finally woke up from her meditative state of refining and absorbing the medicinal power of the herb.
The very next instant she opened her eyes, she did not care to sense her mental state. She immediately stood straight up, her beautiful eyes sweeping quickly around her surroundings as she began searching for a certain someone's figure.
Soon, Huo Wu spotted Ye Qifeng, who had a gentle smile on his face standing nearby. She gently patted her swelling chest with her small hand and let out a heavy sigh of relief.
Immediately after, she let out a soft cry of "ah", and without caring about her older brother Huo Wushuang standing close by, she launched straight into a flying tackle, crashing into Ye Qifeng's embrace, her two snow-white, slender jade arms hooking directly around Ye Qifeng's neck.
Her delicate body pressed tightly against Ye Qifeng. Huo Wu's pair of dark red eyes instantly burned like water, her passionate feelings gradually emerging. Her little heart thumped wildly of its own accord, and a crimson flush quickly crawled up her cheeks.
She gently bit her rosy lower lip, her lovely eyes gazing straight at Ye Qifeng. In a soft voice filled with sweet surprise, she spoke:
"Great, you really are still here. You didn't lie to me."
Feeling the softness against his chest, along with the unique fragrance carrying a fire-element aura on Huo Wu's body, Ye Qifeng could not help but feel a slight stirring in his heart.
Yet upon hearing Huo Wu's soft words, this trace of a stir was instantly suppressed by him.
Looking at Huo Wu before him, the expression in Ye Qifeng's pitch-black eyes turned even gentler, containing apology while also