Shivering with Rage and Cold

Wang Dong'er looked at this shabby dormitory of hers and suddenly felt herself shivering with rage and cold. Was this world ever going to get better?

No, wait, she herself was a girl too!

But she was still disguised as a boy. If that got discovered, she would probably be treated as some kind of pervert.

The more she thought about it, the more anxious and angry Wang Dong'er became.

Back when she had been at the Clear Sky Sect, why had she suddenly gotten the absurd idea of disguising herself as a boy to enroll at Shrek Academy?

Well, now she had thoroughly embarrassed herself.

"Yeah. If the girls' dorms didn't have private bathrooms, they'd probably fight every morning over who got to use them."

As he casually answered Wang Dong'er, Huo Yuhao swiftly changed into a clean set of academy uniforms and packed his personal belongings into his Storage Soul Tool.

"Vice Class Monitor, are you going out tonight?" Wang Dong'er asked curiously as she watched the packed-up Huo Yuhao make as if to leave.

Huo Yuhao, already finished packing, pulled open the dormitory door and stood in the doorway.

He looked back at Wang Dong'er, who was still lying on the bed with a curious expression, and added,

"Oh, right. Someone might come by later. Remember not to get too emotional. Try to stay calm."

Wang Dong'er was instantly filled with question marks.

Who would come by in the middle of the night, and why couldn't she get too emotional?

Before Wang Dong'er could ask anything else, the dormitory door had already closed.

"So mysterious," Wang Dong'er muttered with a curl of her lips. "Could it be that some girl is coming to the dorm to see him in the middle of the night, and he's worried this young master won't be able to handle the blow?"

She shook her head, too lazy to think further about it, then picked up the storybook from before and leisurely resumed reading.

However, less than half a shichen after Huo Yuhao left the dormitory, Wang Dong'er heard a clear knock at the door.

When she opened the dormitory door in confusion, she saw a middle-aged woman outside, dressed in Shrek Academy's standard staff uniform.

Upon seeing Wang Dong'er open the door, the middle-aged female teacher said expressionlessly,

"Student Wang Dong, correct? Your roommate, Huo Yuhao, reported to the dormitory administration that you disguised yourself as a boy and infiltrated the boys' dormitory with improper intentions. Please come with me to the dormitory administration office for an investigation."

"???"

Wang Dong'er stood there, completely dumbfounded.

It took her several seconds to understand what had happened.

She roared inwardly, Huo Yuhao, you deserve to die!

At this moment, Huo Yuhao had already arrived alone at the shore of Sea God Lake.

Sea God Island was shrouded in dense water mist all year round. Thus, from the lakeshore of Shrek Academy's Outer Court, one could usually only vaguely make out the Golden Tree at the island's center, more than sixty meters tall.

Huo Yuhao calmly stepped onto the lake's surface. With every step he took, a piece of crystalline solid ice rapidly condensed beneath his feet, steadily supporting his body.

Walking across the ice like this, Huo Yuhao reached Sea God Island before long.

Not long after he stepped onto Sea God Island, an old woman suddenly appeared before him and asked in puzzlement, "An Outer Court student? Don't you know that Outer Court students aren't allowed to set foot on Sea God Island whenever they please?"

Huo Yuhao took out the badge Ling Luochen had given him earlier from his chest and handed it to the old woman before him.

"I'm here to see Senior Sister Ling Luochen from the Inner Court."

"That little girl Ling?" The old woman took the badge, brought it closer for a careful look, and nodded.

Her figure vanished from where she stood. A moment later, she reappeared and casually tossed the badge back to Huo Yuhao.

"Stay here and don't wander around. That little girl Ling will be here to see you soon."

After leaving those words behind, the old woman's figure vanished once more.

After waiting a short while, Huo Yuhao saw a familiar figure in the distance, bathed in the cool moonlight and hurrying toward him.

Ling Luochen's distinctive blue-and-white hair fluttered lightly in the night breeze, while obvious worry showed on her cool, delicate face.

"Yuhao, why did you suddenly come to Sea God Island? Did you run into some trouble in the Outer Court?"

Ling Luochen stood before Huo Yuhao, concern evident in her clear eyes.

She paused, then instinctively lowered her voice and asked nervously, "Could it be that Ma Xiaotao came looking for you?"

Seeing Ling Luochen's nervous expression, warmth rose in Huo Yuhao's heart. He said softly,

"Senior Sister, this isn't a good place to talk. Why don't we go back to your dormitory loft first and discuss it in detail?"

On the western side of Sea God Island, a row of quaint, elegant wooden lofts had been built at irregular intervals along the lakeshore.

This was where the Inner Court disciples lived.

Compared to the harsh living conditions of the Outer Court, every Inner Court student had a two-story house by the lake all to themselves.

Ling Luochen walked to the door of her loft and reached out to push it open. Just as she was about to step aside and invite Huo Yuhao in, she seemed to remember something, and her movements abruptly froze.

She pulled the door mostly shut again and stood somewhat stiffly in front of it. An unnatural blush quickly rose on her fair cheeks.

"Yuhao, wait a moment. I... I'll go in and tidy up first."

When she had suddenly received word that Huo Yuhao was looking for her, she had practically run out on instinct without even having time to clean up the room.

What embarrassed her even more was that she had only just realized that, in her haste, she had even forgotten to change clothes. She was still wearing her pajamas.

A moment later, the loft door opened again.

Ling Luochen had changed into a plain, elegant set of casual clothes. Though the blush had not faded from her face, she had regained her usual composure.

"All right, Yuhao. Please come in."

As Huo Yuhao stepped into the loft, he saw that the first-floor hall appeared to have been tidied spotlessly clean.

Two exquisite teacups had already been set on the wooden table in the center of the hall.

Ling Luochen picked up one of the teacups and held it in both hands, taking small sips of the warm tea with her eyes slightly lowered, as though trying to conceal the trace of shyness in her heart.

Being alone in a room so late at night with a junior disciple much younger than herself made her feel inexplicably nervous.

Once Huo Yuhao sat down, Ling Luochen suppressed the strange shyness in her heart and took the initiative to ask, "Yuhao, did you come to see Senior Sister so late because something urgent happened?"

Huo Yuhao then briefly explained Wang Dong'er's disguise as a boy, as well as his "predicament" of having nowhere to go that night.

This bizarre account left Ling Luochen stunned, her cool eyes filled with surprise.

"So, Senior Sister, if you don't take me in tonight, I'm afraid I won't have anywhere to go."

That was only one reason.

More importantly, Huo Yuhao remembered clearly that on the second day after school began in his previous life, Ma Xiaotao had been unable to suppress the Evil Fire in her body and had lost control, rushing out of the Inner Court.

Though he did not know whether it would still happen in this life, staying on Sea God Island would at least allow him to control the situation more effectively.