"Huo Yuhao, you're back! That's wonderful!" The moment the door opened, Huo Yuhao felt a fragrant breeze rush into his arms, followed by someone wrapping him in a hug.
Looking closely, Huo Yuhao saw that it was Wang Dong. Now that she was at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, she no longer concealed her identity as a girl. She wore a light blue dress, and her pinkish-blue hair had been cut into a shoulder-length bob, lying softly against her head.
"You look quite pretty today." Huo Yuhao put an arm around Wang Dong's waist as he sat down on the bed, casually offering her a compliment.
At Huo Yuhao's praise, Wang Dong's eyes curved into crescents. She then said, "I've been so anxious looking for you lately. Ever since you came to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, you've neglected Xiao Xiao and me. You never even come see us."
Huo Yuhao did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Could you stop acting like some resentful wife? We're still just normal friends. We haven't even pierced that paper window between us yet."
Wang Dong immediately put on a wounded expression. "I thought we wouldn't need some deliberate ceremony, that things between us would naturally fall into place! I didn't expect there to still be a paper window in your heart."
Huo Yuhao smiled, then stroked Wang Dong's face. "After a while, once I become a Soul Sage, I'll pierce everything that ought to be pierced."
A blush appeared on Wang Dong's face. She gently pushed Huo Yuhao and said, "So improper... though being too proper sometimes isn't good either."
Then Wang Dong said to Huo Yuhao, "But speaking of obtaining Soul Rings, I need to get my fifth Soul Ring too. Do you want to come