Ma Xiaotao's Nighttime Confession of Love? Jiang Nannan and Ling Luochen Are Here Too!

Zhang Lexuan watched Jiang Yang walk away, no longer able to suppress her emotions, and burst into tears right there.

Beibei—these two words had already turned into a sharp blade, piercing her heart for far, far too long.

It left her feeling somewhat suffocated.

As the eldest senior sister of the Inner Court, and having experienced the incident back then when Xuan Zi led the team, there were very few people left to whom she could pour out her heart.

Over these years, she had kept this inexplicable affection suppressed deep within her.

She desperately wanted to tell herself that this feeling was love, that she had fallen for Beibei, yet her heart resisted this love with all its might.

There was no reason for this love.

There was only one thing: a name of love given by her teacher, the Dragon God Douluo Mu En.

This feeling was like duckweed without roots; she wanted to grasp it, yet she could never hold on.

But if she chose not to grasp it, the sensation would only resurface in her mind.

"Ah—"

"Ah!!!!!"

Zhang Lexuan screamed toward the sky.

This scream was significant; the moment it rang out, it caused Jiang Nannan, who had originally come to the Inner Court to look for Jiang Yang, to stop in her tracks.

"Sister Luochen, could it be in that direction?"

Hearing Jiang Nannan say this, Ling Luochen, who had been leading the way, also paused, lifting her head to look toward the direction from which the sound came.

"Ma Xiaotao's room?"

"Why would he be in Ma Xiaotao's room?"

"However—"

"You suspected earlier that Jiang Yang possessed Ultimate Ice... could it be that Jiang Yang really does have a second Martial Soul, and it's Ultimate Ice?"

As Ling Luochen said this, her eyes lit up.

If it were true, then everything could be explained clearly.

As fellow Inner Court disciples and members of the Shrek Seven Devils, although her temperament didn't quite mesh with Ma Xiaotao's, it didn't mean there was any enmity between them.

Therefore, she naturally knew of this secret that wasn't really a secret.

Although Jiang Nannan kept her promise and did not tell Ling Luochen what Dean Yan had said to her or what she had witnessed, Ling Luochen, who had always known that Dean Yan intended to find a Soul Master with an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul for Ma Xiaotao, instantly understood the cause and effect.

"Sister Luochen, let's go quickly!"

The moment Jiang Nannan thought of what Dean Yan had told her, and connected it to the identities of Ma Xiaotao and Dean Yan, she couldn't hold back anymore.

She felt as if her home had been raided.

"Mm!"

Ling Luochen didn't waste words, immediately taking two flight-type Soul Tools from her storage device.

She gave one to Jiang Nannan and used the other herself.

They flew rapidly toward the courtyard where Ma Xiaotao resided.

"Jiang Yang!"

Before he had walked very far from the courtyard, Jiang Yang saw Ma Xiaotao, who had run out earlier.

At this moment, she stood with her hands behind her back, her figure turning slightly. Her dark hair swayed with the movement, and as she turned her head to look back, the corners of her lips curled into a faint smile. Her vibrant, beautiful eyes carried a hint of lazy arrogance, her charm etched into her very bones.

"What is it now?"

"Do you... do you hate me that much?"

"..."

Hearing this, Jiang Yang was silent for a moment before adding, "I don't hate you; I just haven't recovered from what happened yet."

He wasn't lying to Ma Xiaotao.

It was indeed his first time, too.

He was also speechless as to why his first time had been lost in such a muddled, confusing way.

He had simply woken up, suddenly heard a scream, and then, seeing Ma Xiaotao in that state, he had instinctively reacted.

Once he reacted, he had inexplicably lost his first time.

And that was only after just a shallow, fleeting encounter.

The very next moment, he had been scorched by the Evil Fire that Ma Xiaotao had subconsciously unleashed.

It was only thanks to his extraordinary spiritual power and his experience living in the wild from a young age that he was able to react quickly and retreat outside the door.

Otherwise, while his life might not have been in danger, he certainly would have ended up as a Green Dragon without a doubt.

"So, are you planning to just let it go like this?"

Ma Xiaotao asked, looking slightly shy.

"..."

Jiang Yang fell silent once again.

Let it go?

That was definitely out of the question!

Hold someone accountable?

But whose responsibility should he pursue, exactly?

Or rather, how should he even go about pursuing it?

"What does your silence mean?"

Ma Xiaotao pressed him.

"This is our first time meeting, right?"

Jiang Yang didn't answer, asking a question instead.

"Yeah!"

Ma Xiaotao replied instinctively.

But soon, she realized what he meant and understood the implication behind Jiang Yang's words.

"Are you doubting my motives?"

"..."

Faced with this interrogation.

Jiang Yang fell silent once more.

To be honest, he wasn't the type to believe in love at first sight.

Especially not under these circumstances.

This forced him to harbor deep suspicions regarding Ma Xiaotao's motives.

However, just because he didn't quite believe in it didn't mean the possibility didn't exist.

What if it were true? Right?

Jiang Yang had always had a favorable impression of Ma Xiaotao.

He simply didn't want to become an unwitting tool.

Even if he were to win Ma Xiaotao over, he would do it through Righteous and Bright means, not through the underhanded tactics of someone like Yan Shaozhe.

It seems necessary to make Yan Shaozhe suffer a bit more and bleed heavily for this, Jiang Yang thought to himself.

At the same time.

Ma Xiaotao began walking toward him.

Although the night was deep, the moonlight revealed the teardrops still swirling in the corners of her eyes.

This couldn't help but make Jiang Yang's heart tighten.

He really had no experience dealing with this kind of situation.

He was used to the straightforward nature of fighting and killing—either it worked or it didn't—but to suddenly pull this kind of act...

"You're always like this, going silent whenever you encounter a difficult question."

"Forget it, since I make you feel so... unable to speak your mind... then I'll just leave!"

"Wuu wuu wuu—"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but burst into tears, turning around to run away.

However.

Just at that moment.

Ling Luochen and Jiang Nannan landed one after the other, perfectly blocking Ma Xiaotao's path.

"Xiaotao, what's wrong?"

"Ah? It's nothing!"

Ma Xiaotao looked up, and upon seeing that it was Ling Luochen, she immediately ran away in an even greater panic.

Am I seeing ghosts?

"To think Ma Xiaotao could actually weep so pitifully, running off looking so bashful?"

"And there's a little hunk standing right beside you..."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk—"

"In the middle of the night, you two are really playing quite the game."

"So, you're the one called Jiang Yang, right?"

Ling Luochen immediately retorted with sarcasm.

While it seemed like she was speaking for Ma Xiaotao, she was actually standing up for Jiang Nannan.

At this moment.

Tears were welling up in Jiang Nannan's eyes as well, but she held them back and remained silent, seemingly waiting for what Jiang Yang had to say next.

"Nannan, why are you here?"

Jiang Yang did not answer Ling Luochen's question; he didn't even spare her a single glance.

"I—I couldn't... couldn't see you, and I was worried, so I asked Sister Luochen to bring me to find..."

"Nannan, why bother saying so much to a man like this? Do you still hold out hope for him?"