Invitation

"Xiaotao, it's over."

"Mhm, it's over~"

Ma Xiaotao's voice was weak and syrupy.

Her crimson hair lay scattered across her snowy cheeks.

Dampened by the sweat on her face, it clung tightly to her skin.

Her entire body lay limply across the bed.

Her lovely, radiant face was full of the bliss that followed the suppression of her evil fire.

It felt so good!

No matter how many times it had been suppressed, that sensation of relief remained just as intoxicating!

Ma Xiaotao did not feel like speaking at all right now.

She only wanted to savor the pleasure that came after suppressing her evil fire.

Bai Luo did not rush her.

This was not his first time suppressing Ma Xiaotao's evil fire, and he had long since grown accustomed to her reactions afterward.

He merely glanced at the sheets, which had been completely soaked through.

Then he sighed inwardly.

Fortunately, he had prepared another set of sheets beforehand. Otherwise, they might have had to sleep directly on the mattress tonight.

After a long while.

Ma Xiaotao gradually came back to herself.

Remembering how she had behaved just now, a blush could not help but appear on her snowy face.

However, since this was not the first time, Ma Xiaotao did not act too unusually.

She quickly regained her composure.

Patting her slightly heated cheeks, she said,

"Xiao Luo, you should be free tomorrow, right?"

Ma Xiaotao remembered Bai Luo's routine.

He only saw patients in the afternoons.

He only worked five days a week, leaving two extra days free to arrange as he pleased.

After all, Bai Luo had finally transmigrated, and he even had a God King sister looking out for him. Naturally, he had to enjoy himself properly.

He could not possibly devote all his energy to busy work.

Otherwise, if he had been a workhorse before transmigrating and remained a workhorse afterward, would not the whole transmigration have been for nothing?

"Mm, I am."

Bai Luo nodded.

He did not have anything to do lately.

Normally, during the weekend over the next two days, he would either wander around or stay on the second floor of his clinic, drinking tea and basking in the sun.

Though he was clearly still young, Bai Luo had already grown fond of such a leisurely life.

Perhaps the grueling life of being a medical workhorse in his previous life had been too torturous, causing him to enter his psychological old age ahead of time.

Hearing this, Ma Xiaotao's eyes lit up.

A rare trace of shyness appeared on her normally bright and lovely face.

"Then would Xiao Luo like to come to Shrek Academy tomorrow to have some fun?"

Ma Xiaotao extended the invitation.

Bai Luo did not agree immediately.

Instead, he sounded both wary and helpless.

"Xiaotao, don't tell me Dean Yan asked you to come again?"

Ever since learning of Bai Luo's age and cultivation, Yan Shaozhe had developed a keen desire to recruit him.

He could not wait to bring this monstrous genius into Shrek Academy.

He had repeatedly invited Bai Luo.

But Bai Luo had turned him down every time.

He had no interest whatsoever in joining Shrek Academy.

After all, he did not need to learn any of that miscellaneous knowledge in the first place.

Given Bai Luo's unique circumstances, all he needed to do was continue healing the sick and saving lives as he did now, occasionally appearing at certain special critical junctures.

By harvesting destiny feedback, he could grow smoothly all the way onward.

There was simply no need for him to go to a soul master academy to learn anything.

As for the terms Yan Shaozhe had offered, they might indeed have been irresistible temptations to others.

But to Bai Luo, who had a God King sister backing him, they did not hold much appeal at all.

For instance, one of Yan Shaozhe's promised conditions had been helping him hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

It could not be said that this condition was not generous.

It was absolutely enough to make ninety-nine percent of the soul master world unable to refuse.

Unfortunately, Bai Luo was not among them.

He did not need to hunt soul beasts to break through bottlenecks at all.

He only needed to call out to his sister.

God-bestowed soul rings would solve every problem for him.

Since he could withstand the pressure of a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, a God-bestowed soul ring could naturally reach the hundred-thousand-year level as well.

Thus, the terms Yan Shaozhe considered incomparably generous had no appeal to Bai Luo at all.

Yet perhaps Yan Shaozhe truly valued talent too highly. He was remarkably persistent when it came to recruiting Bai Luo.

That was why Bai Luo's first reaction upon hearing Ma Xiaotao's invitation was that Yan Shaozhe had sent her to persuade him.

"No, no, my teacher didn't ask me to come."

Noticing Bai Luo's wary gaze, Ma Xiaotao hurriedly waved her hands in denial.

She explained,

"It just so happens that tomorrow is Shrek Academy's admissions day, so it should be quite lively."

"So I wanted to invite you over to take a look."

"After all, Xiao Luo, on weekends you either drink tea and read on the second floor of your clinic or wander around. You must get bored at least a little."

"So I invited you. It absolutely has nothing to do with my teacher."

Ma Xiaotao did not really understand why Bai Luo was so resistant to joining Shrek Academy.

But she merely did not understand; she did not have any other opinion on the matter.

After all, it was Bai Luo's freedom.

Everything she had said was true.

She had merely deliberately concealed one tiny detail.

The reason Ma Xiaotao had taken the initiative to invite Bai Luo to Shrek Academy.

Was not solely because Shrek Academy happened to be recruiting students.

There was another reason: Ling Luochan.

She had gotten into a small verbal dispute with that ice woman while in the inner courtyard.

It had not been anything significant.

After all, everyone in the inner courtyard knew that the Ice and Fire Twin Stars did not have a particularly good relationship.

It was perfectly normal for them to trade barbs in everyday life.

But this time was somewhat different.

When Ling Luochan mocked Ma Xiaotao, she had specifically seized upon Ma Xiaotao's volcano-like temper.

She ridiculed her, saying that no one would ever like a living volcano.

How could Ma Xiaotao possibly endure that?

In a heated moment, she dragged Bai Luo into it.

She confidently told Ling Luochan that Bai Luo was her boyfriend.

But how could Ling Luochan possibly believe Ma Xiaotao's one-sided claim so easily?

Bai Luo's reputation had long since spread throughout all of Shrek City.

Though Ling Luochan had never met Bai Luo, she had heard a little about the name of that succubus-like young doctor.

She did not believe that a hot-tempered woman like Ma Xiaotao could win over Bai Luo, that irresistible man who had countless noble ladies and young misses yearning for him late at night, softly sighing and murmuring his name.

So she crossed her arms and voiced her doubts.

She also declared that unless Ma Xiaotao brought Bai Luo to Shrek Academy, everything she said was a lie.

At the time, Ma Xiaotao was fired up.

And before Ling Luochan, her lifelong rival, there was no way she could back down.

With no way out, she could only stubbornly declare,

"Then I'll bring him! Who's afraid of who?!"

That was why Ma Xiaotao had made this invitation now.

Recalling the matter, Ma Xiaotao felt somewhat guilty.

Because she was afraid of losing face, she had not yet confessed this matter to Bai Luo.

Bai Luo did not know what had happened between Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochan.

Upon hearing that this had not been Yan Shaozhe's idea, he let out a sigh of relief.

Though he was not afraid of Yan Shaozhe, it would still be troublesome if the man kept pestering him.

Since that was not the case, things were simple.

"Sure. I'll come by tomorrow."

Bai Luo agreed without hesitation.

He happened to have nothing to do.

And judging by the timing, this should also be when all the members of the protagonist group appeared.

He could take a look while he was there.

"Mm-hm!"

Ma Xiaotao rejoiced inwardly.

What she had feared most was Bai Luo refusing.

If that happened, she would lose all face before Ling Luochan.

Since Bai Luo had agreed, at least the first step had succeeded.

As for what came next, if she handled things properly, she probably would not be exposed.

Probably...