Furious and Trembling

Wang Dong'er looked at her dilapidated dormitory, suddenly feeling a chill run down her spine. Could this world get any worse?

Wait, I'm a girl too!

But I'm currently disguised as a boy. If this were discovered, I'd probably be branded a pervert.

At this thought, Wang Dong'er became anxious and indignant.

Back at the Clear Sky Sect, why did I have a sudden whim to disguise myself as a boy and enroll in Shrek Academy?

Now I've really backed myself into a corner.

"True, if the girls' dormitory didn't have private bathrooms, they'd probably get into a fight every morning over usage."

Huo Yuhao replied to Wang Dong'er offhandedly while nimbly changing into a clean school uniform, then packed his personal items into his storage Soul Tool.

"Vice monitor, are you going out tonight?" Wang Dong'er asked curiously, watching Huo Yuhao finish packing and prepare to leave.

Huo Yuhao, now ready, pulled open the dormitory door and stood in the threshold.

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

"Right, someone might come by later. Remember not to get too worked up; try to keep a calm heart."

When Wang Dong'er heard this, her mind was filled with question marks.

Who is coming in the middle of the night, and why shouldn't I get worked up?

Before Wang Dong'er could ask further, the dormitory door had already been shut.

"So mysterious," Wang Dong'er pouted, muttering to herself, "Don't tell me some girl is coming to the dorm to find him late at night, and he's worried that I, this young master, won't be able to handle the blow?"

She shook her head, too lazy to dwell on it, and picked up her storybook again, flipping through it leisurely.

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

When she opened the door in confusion, she saw a middle-aged woman dressed in the standard Shrek Academy professional attire standing outside.

The middle-aged teacher looked at Wang Dong'er, who had opened the door, and said expressionlessly:

"Student Wang Dong, right? Your roommate, Huo Yuhao, reported to the dormitory management office that you are a girl disguised as a boy, infiltrating the boys' dormitory with ulterior motives. Please come with me to the management office to undergo an investigation."

"???"

Wang Dong'er was completely stunned where she stood.

It took a full several seconds for her to realize what had happened.

She roared frantically in her heart: Huo Yuhao, you deserve to die!

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

Sea God Island was shrouded in thick water mist year-round, so standing on the shore of the Shrek Academy Outer Court, one could usually only vaguely see the Golden Tree, over sixty meters tall, in the center of the island.

Huo Yuhao stepped calmly onto the lake surface. With every step he took, a piece of crystal-clear ice rapidly condensed beneath his feet, steadily supporting his body.

Just like that, he walked across the ice. Before long, Huo Yuhao stepped onto Sea God Island.

Not long after he set foot on the island, an old woman suddenly appeared before him and asked suspiciously: "An Outer Court student? Don't you know that Outer Court students are not allowed to board Sea God Island at will?"

Huo Yuhao took the badge that Ling Luochen had given him from his robes and handed it to the old woman:

"I am here to find Senior Sister Ling Luochen of the Inner Court."

"Little girl Ling?" The old woman took the badge, looked at it closely, and nodded.

Her figure vanished, only to reappear a moment later, tossing the badge back to Huo Yuhao.

"Stay here and don't wander off. Little girl Ling will be here to find you soon."

Having dropped those words, the old woman's figure vanished once again.

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

Ling Luochen's signature blue-and-white long hair fluttered slightly in the night breeze, and her cold, clear face bore an obvious look of worry.

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

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

She paused, subconsciously lowering her voice as she asked nervously: "Did that Ma Xiaotao come looking for you?"

Seeing Ling Luochen's nervous appearance, Huo Yuhao felt a warmth in his heart and said softly:

"Senior Sister, this isn't the place to talk. Why don't we go back to your dormitory pavilion first, and I'll explain in detail?"

On the west side of Sea God Island, along the shoreline, stood a row of quaint and elegant wooden pavilions.

This was exactly where the Inner Court disciples resided.

Compared to the arduous living conditions of the Outer Court, every Inner Court student was entitled to their own two-story building by the lake.

Ling Luochen walked to the door of her pavilion, reached out to push it open, and was about to turn and invite Huo Yuhao inside when she suddenly remembered something and froze.

She pulled the door shut behind her, blocking the entrance with a slightly stiff posture, a flush of unnatural red appearing on her fair cheeks.

"Yuhao, wait a moment. I... I need to go in and tidy up first."

She had received the news that Huo Yuhao was looking for her so suddenly that she had run out almost instinctively, not even having time to tidy up her room.

What embarrassed her even more was the realization that in her haste, she had forgotten to change her clothes and was still wearing her pajamas.

A moment later, the door to the attic opened once again.

Ling Luochen had changed into simple, elegant casual wear; although the flush had not yet faded from her face, her expression had returned to its usual composure.

"Alright, Yuhao, please come in."

As Huo Yuhao stepped into the attic, he could see that the living room on the first floor had been tidied up until it was spotless.

On the wooden table in the center of the room, two delicate teacups had already been set out.

Ling Luochen picked up one of the cups, cradling it in her palms as she took small sips of the warm tea, her gaze lowered as if to hide the shyness in her heart.

Being alone in a room with a junior much younger than herself at such a late hour made her feel inexplicably nervous.

Seeing Huo Yuhao sit down in a chair, Ling Luochen suppressed the shyness in her heart and took the initiative to ask, "Yuhao, is there something urgent that brought you to see your senior at this hour?"

Huo Yuhao then gave a concise account of Wang Dong'er disguising herself as a boy, as well as his own "predicament" of having nowhere to go tonight.

This bizarre experience left Ling Luochen stunned, her cold, clear eyes filled with astonishment.

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

This was only one of the reasons.

More importantly, Huo Yuhao remembered very clearly that in his previous life, on the second day after school started, Ma Xiaotao had been unable to suppress the evil fire within her and had lost control, rushing out of the Inner Court.

Although he did not know if it would happen again in this life, staying on Sea God Island would at least allow him to better control the situation.