One Wave Has Yet to Settle, Another Rises

Chen Hao narrowed his eyes, the corners of his lips curling upward. No matter how one looked at him, he did not seem like a good man. Inside the room, Hu Liena wore thin clothes, her fair, supple legs exposed beneath her shorts.

By the moonlight outside the window, Chen Hao found Hu Liena even more delicate and captivating than before, far surpassing those so-called imperial princesses.

Chen Hao licked his lips, rubbed his hands together, and leered. "Nana, you should know perfectly well how I feel about you. We're both adults here, so why are you acting like this?"

"Could it be that you really don't like me at all?"

Hu Liena snapped at Chen Hao, "Get out. If you don't leave, I'll make a move."

"Make a move?"

"Hmph!"

"If this had been five years ago, I might have had some concerns. But now, I can deal with you with one hand."

"Don't be so shameless. I don't even mind that you're damaged goods, yet you're still putting on airs with me. Do you really think I wouldn't dare hit you?"

"Today, I'm going to take you by force. Let's see whether Yu Xiaofeng will—"

"Ha ha ha!"

Chen Hao's vulgar laughter echoed through the room, painfully harsh to Hu Liena's ears. He walked toward her. At that moment, Hu Liena stood less than half a meter from her bed. Humiliated and furious, she cursed, "Chen Hao, you beast, get out—"

Before she could finish speaking—

Chen Hao lunged before Hu Liena in a single stride. As they struggled, Hu Liena gathered her Soul Power in an attempt to resist. But Chen Hao took out a bag of powder from his Soul Guiding Device. The instant the powder scattered, a pink mist enveloped Hu Liena, and she went limp in moments.

Hu Liena's eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief. Tears burst from her eyes, and Yu Xiaofeng's face filled her mind. In that brief instant of distraction, she heard a sound by her ear. Her eyes instinctively lowered, only to see Chen Hao violently tear at her shirt.

"Rip..."

The sight of her snow-white skin instantly made Chen Hao's blood surge. Blood gushed from his nostrils, and Hu Liena screamed with all her strength, "Help!"

Hu Liena's cry shattered the silence of the night. Countless figures rushed toward her room at the sound.

Yet Hu Liena's scream did not frighten Chen Hao away. Instead, it seemed to make him even more excited.

Chen Hao: "Hahahahaha!"

"So you can be afraid too. I thought you—"

(Some things can't be written. Sorry these two lines are a little awkward!)

As he spoke, he had already thrown Hu Liena onto the bed, pressing his entire body down over hers.

Staring at Hu Liena's pitiful, tear-streaked face, Chen Hao lunged forward and kissed her wildly.

At that moment, the door to the room was smashed open. Bibi Dong appeared in Hu Liena's room and struck Chen Hao squarely in the back with a palm filled with killing intent.

Chen Hao spat a mouthful of blood all over Hu Liena's face. Before he could recover, Bibi Dong used her Soul Power to fling him away.

Bibi Dong looked terrifyingly cold, her eyes brimming with killing intent. With a sweep of her sleeve, she used Soul Power to roll up the blanket and cover Hu Liena. Then she turned around, rushed forward, and stomped on Chen Hao. "You beast! I'll kill you today."

Just as she exerted force with her foot, a black shadow attacked swiftly from the right. Bibi Dong kicked Chen Hao away and met the newcomer's palm strike head-on with her Soul Power fully unleashed.

The two clashed in an instant. Bibi Dong was forced back more than ten meters, staring at the old man before her in shock.

The old man was none other than Qian Daoliu himself.

Neither spoke after their exchange. Bibi Dong's heart burned with rage. This was how she had been violated back then, and now this old bastard had let his disciple use the same disgusting method against her own student. How could she not be furious?

Qian Daoliu was inwardly startled. From their exchange just now, he knew Bibi Dong had grown stronger over the past five years. The surprise on his face vanished in a flash, and he smiled. "Dong'er, this is a matter between children. We adults should not interfere."

He glanced at Chen Hao, who lay on the ground with blood all over his face. "Hao'er, why aren't you apologizing?"

Chen Hao forced himself upright, blood spilling from his mouth as he said to Bibi Dong, "Chen Hao knows he was wrong. I'm sorry. Please... please forgive me, His Holiness the Pope Bibi Dong!"

Bibi Dong trembled with anger. She ignored him completely and turned to walk into Hu Liena's room.

It was not that she did not want to kill him. But with Qian Daoliu present, acting rashly would invite criticism, and her position would become unstable. Chen Hao was not worth openly falling out with Qian Daoliu over.

She had countless reasons and opportunities to kill Chen Hao, so she chose to leave.

Hu Liena was curled up beneath the blanket, hugging her knees as she hid in the corner and trembled. Not a single tear remained on her face.

When Bibi Dong came before Hu Liena, she found killing intent on her face. That intense killing intent had already twisted her youthful features.

Unable to bear it, Bibi Dong pulled her into her arms. "Forget tonight. Fortunately, we discovered it early. This won't affect your relationship with Xiaofeng."

At the mention of Xiaofeng's name, tears slid from the corners of Hu Liena's eyes. Her twisted expression gradually relaxed, and she began to cry her heart out.

Bibi Dong stroked Hu Liena's hair. "Come on. From now on, stay with me. I won't let you be hurt again."

Hu Liena looked at Bibi Dong through tear-filled eyes and sobbed, "Will Xiaofeng... stop caring about me?"

Bibi Dong smiled and stroked her head. "Didn't you say he was a stupid fool?"

"Don't you know what your stupid fool is like?"

"I believe that if Nana's stupid fool learns of this, not only will he not be angry, he'll help you vent this anger and avenge you."

A smile appeared at the corner of Hu Liena's lips. She nodded. "That stupid fool wouldn't do that. I'll kill that beast Chen Hao myself."

"Chen Hao, you're dead. For the sin you committed tonight, you'll repay it with your life."

Bibi Dong saw Hu Liena's resolve in her eyes. A breeze swept past, and the two vanished from the room.

Elsewhere—

"Teacher, I know I was wrong."

Chen Hao lay miserably on the ground as he spoke.

Qian Daoliu glanced at Chen Hao and questioned, "You know you were wrong? Then where were you wrong?"

Chen Hao panted, "I shouldn't have tried to rape Hu Liena."

"Wrong. Your mistake was letting her make a sound. Your mistake was doing it in her room. Your mistake was your arrogance and overconfidence."

"Why didn't you lure her out? Why didn't you go to some desolate forest?"

"Wouldn't doing it in the forest have been better?"

"Wouldn't taking her hostage to threaten Yu Xiaofeng have been better?"

"Wouldn't giving Yu Xiaofeng a green hat have been better?"

"Your greatest mistake was using the wrong method. I must have been blind to specifically give you a bottle of powder."

"I'm telling you, if you ruin the matter concerning Yu Xiaofeng again, I guarantee you won't live to see tomorrow's sun."

"Get out!"

Qian Daoliu ranted in fury, berating him for failing to live up to expectations before driving him away.