Xiao Xiao

At that moment, Gu Chen raised an eyebrow, pointed at his large bed, and said calmly, "Actually, if you like, you can come stay in my dorm. My bed is big enough, and it's soundproof too. Maybe we can even become good friends—friends who watch fireworks together."

"Dream on!"

Wang Dong rolled her eyes and gritted her teeth.

Gu Chen, you lecherous bastard, ptooey!

It was one thing that she was currently in a male body, but Xiao Xiao was a girl. How could she live with Gu Chen? What if a little Gu Chen suddenly popped out one day?

If that happened, they would truly become the center of attention at the academy.

Gu Chen's expression fell. Resting both hands beneath his head, he said blandly, "Alright, hurry up and fulfill the bet. Right now, I have no desire to talk to you at all. You just need to be taught a lesson. If you dare bet with me again next time, I'll definitely teach you a harsh lesson."

"You..."

Wang Dong bit her lip, her cheeks growing faintly hot.

He could even say something like teaching her a lesson. Gu Chen really was a lecherous bastard—he even had such thoughts about men.

Just wait!

Next time, this young lady would definitely get him back and teach him a harsh lesson.

Immediately afterward, Wang Dong took a deep breath, shut her eyes, and shouted, "Master, master, master, master, master..."

She kept shouting until she had said it a hundred times. Her throat felt dry, and her pretty face had long since turned as red as an apple.

"Hahahahaha, good, good, good..."

Gu Chen glanced back at Princess Tang and smiled even more smugly, looking no different from a villain.

Then Gu Chen looked at Xiao Xiao, who had her head lowered and said nothing, and frowned. "Why aren't you calling me? A bet is a bet. Otherwise, I won't bet with you two again next time. Don't even think about winning back your pride from me."

"I..."

Xiao Xiao lowered her head, her face red as a monkey's backside. The girl's bashfulness made it difficult for her to speak.

If she called him Master, wouldn't that mean she was bound to him? Wouldn't she become Gu Chen's maid from then on?

Xiao Xiao did not want to become some contract beast for others to order around.

At that moment, Wang Dong turned around, raised her little brows, and said, "Xiao Xiao, we made this bet together. How can you refuse to call him? Don't tell me you expect me to call for you. If so, we won't be able to play together anymore."

Xiao Xiao pursed her lips, feeling as though she had been placed over a fire.

It seemed she had never even made the bet. Wang Dong had simply dragged her aboard.

Forget it. If she had to call him, then she would call him.

Just then, Gu Chen suddenly raised a hand and stopped Xiao Xiao.

For a girl who looked so pitiful at first glance, he truly did not want to humiliate her pride. After all, not everyone needed to be taught a lesson like Princess Tang.

Gu Chen was very magnanimous and did not make things difficult for Xiao Xiao. He said, "Xiao Xiao, do you know why your Nine-Phoenix Flute is so weak?"

Xiao Xiao lifted her not-so-clever little head and replied sweetly, "It's very strong. It just has fewer restrictions when facing you. An ordinary person wouldn't be able to move at all, because your bloodline is too powerful—even stronger than the Azure Phoenix within the Nine-Phoenix Flute."

Gu Chen shook his head. "Actually, you could restrict me too. You simply haven't grasped it yet."

"How do I grasp it?" Xiao Xiao blinked her delicate eyes and asked curiously.

Gu Chen stood up, walked before Xiao Xiao, and tapped the girl's fairly ample chest. "You haven't been playing the flute with your heart."

"With my heart?"

Xiao Xiao froze for a moment, lifting her clear eyes to look at Gu Chen. An urge to learn rose within her.

Could she play it with her heart?

Beside them, Wang Dong crossed her arms and said coolly, "A lecher is still a lecher. You make it sound so refined. I despise you!"

Gu Chen coughed, completely ignoring Wang Dong's contempt. Looking at the adorable Xiao Xiao, he asked, "Want to learn? I'll teach you to play the flute. Then you'll be able to restrain stronger opponents in the future."

Xiao Xiao blinked and nodded firmly. "I do! Please teach me."

A smug glint immediately flashed through Gu Chen's eyes. He gestured for Xiao Xiao to take out the Nine-Phoenix Flute and personally taught her how to play it properly.

How could a qualified control-type Soul Master not know how to play the flute?

Soon, the voices of a man and a woman drifted out from the dorm room. They belonged to Gu Chen and Xiao Xiao.

"My mouth should be closer, right?"

"That's right. Close your eyes, go slowly, and play with your heart."

"Mmhm~"

"Is this okay? I can kind of feel that playing with my heart really is different."

"Practice more. You'll be able to play it better in the future."

"Mm! I'll work even harder."

"..."

Outside the dormitory.

At that moment, Xie Huanyue happened to pass by with some packed late-night snacks. Hearing the sounds from inside, he quietly moved closer to listen.

But after listening for only a moment, Xie Huanyue broke out in a cold sweat, nearly dropping what he was carrying.

What the fuck!

What was Boss Gu Chen doing in there?!

Playing the flute, and so ambiguously too. It was obviously Xiao Xiao talking to the boss!

Xie Huanyue had already imagined an entire action movie inside his Spirit Sea, and it was the kind without clothes.

But right then, all Xie Huanyue wanted was to leave immediately and bury the secret in his mind for the rest of his life, never daring to tell anyone.

However, just then, someone came up the dormitory stairs and happened to see Xie Huanyue as she turned around.

"Ning Tian!"

Xie Huanyue's pupils shrank. The moment the name left his mouth, he clamped it shut and made a shushing gesture.

Ning Tian frowned slightly and walked over.

Xie Huanyue immediately waved for Ning Tian to leave, covering for his boss.

He knew Ning Tian had feelings for his boss. He could not let her hear those strange sounds, or everything would be over.

Yet Ning Tian only grew more curious.

Just go, just go... Xie Huanyue was so anxious that he nearly spoke aloud.

Ning Tian furrowed her brows, immediately shoved Xie Huanyue aside, and pressed her ear against the door.

Then she froze, her eyes widening enormously.

Playing the flute? What flute?

As the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Tian had received her education early and knew all about relations between men and women. Even so, she was stunned.

Xiao Xiao and Gu Chen were actually involved, and no one even knew when they had gotten together.

Xiao Xiao was playing the flute?

Damn it, I was here first!

Beside her, Xie Huanyue watched Ning Tian's expression change and silently broke into a cold sweat for his boss.

It's over!

I told you not to listen. Now look what happened.

Sometimes, not knowing certain things was a good thing.

Creak—!

At that moment, the door opened. Xie Huanyue and Ning Tian lost their balance and fell inside, and several pairs of eyes met in an instant.

Whoosh—!

Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong's faces instantly turned crimson. Like startled rabbits, they darted out through the window.

It's over!

Their reputations were ruined!

"Boss, if I say I didn't hear anything, would you believe me?" Xie Huanyue scratched his head, trying to ease the awkwardness.

Gu Chen clasped his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Hear what? Everything I, Gu Chen, do is aboveboard. I never hide anything. So what if you heard it?"

"Miss Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong came to see me to learn a foreign language. You don't seriously think that two men and one girl could do anything in there, do you? Your thoughts are truly filthy."

Xie Huanyue froze.

Learning a foreign language?

Did I misunderstand? What kind of foreign language needed studying?

Weren't they playing the flute just now?

Beside him, Ning Tian rose to her feet, bit her cherry lips, and said, "I know. They were learning a foreign language, not playing the flute. I misunderstood."

Gu Chen covered his forehead with one hand and explained, "Playing the flute, I mean playing that flute!"

"Which flute?" Ning Tian asked.

"That flute!" Gu Chen gestured vaguely.

Now the misunderstanding was even harder to explain. Ning Tian's pretty face reddened all the way to her ears.

Gu Chen sighed. "Xiao Xiao's Nine-Phoenix Flute!"

Oh!

Only then did Ning Tian and Xie Huanyue come to a realization and instantly understand.

So it was the Nine-Phoenix Flute, not the kind of flute they had imagined. It seemed Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao had really come to learn a foreign language, while also learning to play the flute.

But those words were truly easy to misunderstand.

This foreign language was good. They had to learn this foreign language.

At that moment.

Ning Tian's face turned even redder. Realizing that her thoughts had gone astray, the girl quickly turned around and fled in embarrassment.

She had no face left to stay here, sob sob sob~

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