Come Up Here, You

Wang Dong called out the name of Ji Jing with an incredibly earnest tone, and then... she fell silent again, the blush on her cheeks deepening until it seemed as if it might drip blood.

Ji Jing watched her with interest, a playful smile tugging at the corners of his mouth:

"Hmm? What is it?"

He had, of course, already guessed what she wanted to say, but he was in no hurry.

Some things are only meaningful when spoken by the person themselves.

Wang Dong felt her cheeks burning, her heart thumping wildly and uncontrollably.

She took another deep breath, as if summoning all her strength, and finally gathered the courage to say:

"I... I have a secret to tell you. Actually... I am a girl!"

After speaking, she reached out a slender hand and gently wiped her face.

The contours that had been meticulously disguised to carry masculine features instantly softened, revealing a flawless, delicate face.

At the same time, her neat, powder-blue short hair shed its disguise, cascading down like a waterfall until it reached her waist, shimmering with a dreamlike luster under the sunlight.

Having done all this, she met Ji Jing's gaze once more, her large, watery eyes blinking as they shimmered with nervousness and shyness, making her look both adorable and moving.

However, the look of shock she had expected from Ji Jing did not appear; he simply watched her quietly, his face still wearing that same smile.

"You... why don't you have any reaction at all?"

Wang Dong grew a little anxious.

Ji Jing smiled and finally spoke:

"Because I knew it all along."

"Ah?"

Wang Dong was completely stunned, her beautiful eyes wide as saucers.

Ji Jing patiently explained:

"The Radiant Goddess Butterfly martial soul only appears in female soul masters. So, from the very first day we met, I knew you were a girl."

This was a lie.

As a son of a god, how could he possibly fail to recognize his childhood sweetheart?

But this reason sounded the most logical at the moment.

Wang Dong stood frozen in place, her mind a complete blank.

After a long while, she finally reacted, her pretty face turning redder than a ripe apple in a flash.

She stammered:

"Then... doesn't that mean that all this time, you... you have known..."

Thinking of all her clumsy attempts at cross-dressing and those unguarded moments in the dormitory, all of which he had witnessed, Wang Dong felt so embarrassed she wanted to crawl into a hole.

Watching her distressed appearance, Ji Jing chuckled:

"You are so easily embarrassed and thin-skinned. If you were truly a boy, I would have run away long ago."

This joke eased Wang Dong's awkwardness, but it also gave rise to a new worry:

"Then... now that I have returned to my female form, does that mean I can't... can't live in the same dormitory as you, or be with you anymore?"

"Isn't it fine as long as we don't tell anyone else?"

Ji Jing comforted her, "Since the academy allowed you to live with me in the first place, it means they don't intend to interfere. Everything will be fine if we keep things as they are."

He paused, then changed the subject:

"And besides..."

Ji Jing suddenly took a step forward, closing the distance to Wang Dong.

Wang Dong instinctively stepped back, but her back hit a thick tree trunk, leaving her nowhere to go.

Ji Jing took the opportunity to stretch out his arm and brace it against the trunk beside her ear, "wall-pinning" her between himself and the tree.

The sudden intimacy made Wang Dong blush furiously, her breathing becoming rapid. She could clearly feel the aura radiating from Ji Jing, and her heart felt as if it were about to leap out of her throat.

Ji Jing gazed into her shy, darting eyes and said every word clearly:

"I once said that I would cook for you for the rest of my life."

Wang Dong froze in surprise.

She looked up, colliding with his eyes, which were as dazzling as the sun.

All her unease, shyness, and worry vanished into thin air at this moment.

The next second, Wang Dong took the initiative to step forward, opening her arms to wrap them tightly around Ji Jing's waist.

She buried her face in his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, a brilliant smile blooming on her face as she spoke with a voice choked with joy.

"Okay, I'm looking forward to it."

God Realm, Sea God Temple.

Within the magnificent temple, azure divine power flowed like ripples of water.

Tang San sat upright on the main throne, but his handsome face was so gloomy it seemed as if water could drip from it.

Through the water curtain in the Sea God Temple, he clearly saw everything happening in the lower realm.

From his daughter summoning the courage to reveal her true gender, to that brat Ji Jing taking the opportunity to pin her against a tree, and then his daughter actively throwing herself into his arms...

Every scene was like a needle, precisely pricking the heart of this old man.

To be honest, Tang San could find no fault with Ji Jing as a prospective son-in-law.

He was gifted, steady in temperament, and cherished his daughter in every possible way...

More importantly, the look in his daughter's eyes when she gazed at him was filled with the same radiance Xiao Wu had once held for him.

As a father, he naturally hoped his daughter would find a happy love.

However, hope was one thing, and reason was another; emotionally, he just felt displeased.

How old was his daughter, anyway?

She had already revealed her true gender?

And they were just going to continue living together like this, in such an ambiguous state?

That brat, what was the meaning of that final wall-pin?

And what was with that smug, "I knew it all along" look on his face?

A nameless fire burned fiercely in Tang San's heart.

He had originally intended to go straight to Ji Dong to cause trouble and give him a beating.

Since it was just to vent his anger, as long as he didn't let things get out of hand, Lie Yan wouldn't interfere.

Ji Dong and Lie Yan only inherited part of their divine positions and possessed no super-divine artifacts; in a one-on-one fight, he was guaranteed to win.

Beating up that father to "seek justice" for his daughter would certainly be a satisfying way to vent.

However, an unexpected discovery not long ago had made him abandon this idea.

He had seen the original God of Goodness.

Since she was there, the original God of Evil must certainly be there as well.

That old man was even more shameless than he was; if he ran off to challenge Ji Dong, there was a high probability that he would jump out, call it a "friendly spar," and then join forces with Ji Dong to beat him up.

Facing two opponents, especially Ji Dong and a God King who had existed since the creation of the world, Tang San had no desire to ask for trouble.

If he couldn't beat the old one, he would just have to take it out on the young one!

Tang San watched the Douluo Continent in the water curtain, where night had already fallen.

His daughter was walking alone on the road back to the Clear Sky Sect, while Ji Jing was on his way back to Shrek Academy.

The opportunity had arrived!

The more Tang San thought about it, the angrier he became; his frustration had reached its peak.

A flash of light gleamed in his eyes, and without further hesitation, he waved his hand violently toward the direction of the lower realm!

"Get up here!"

A brilliant, dazzling golden light of the Sea God pierced through the barrier between the God Realm and the mortal world, precisely enveloping Ji Jing as he walked along the night road.