"Really?" he asked instinctively.
Lia nodded. "Really. But..."
She paused, then added, "I need to go back to the dormitory and wash up now. I sweated a lot during the match just now, and I feel uncomfortable."
Feng Xiaotian froze for a moment, then understood.
Right, Lia had just finished an intense match. She had to be drenched in sweat. Yet he had kept her here talking—how rude of him!
"Sorry, sorry!" Feng Xiaotian hurriedly said. "I'll leave right away. I won't disturb you."
As he spoke, he turned to leave.
But after taking just one step, he stopped again.
"Um..." Feng Xiaotian turned back and said somewhat awkwardly, "May I ask which dormitory building you live in? Later... when I want to see you, can I come find you?"
After asking that, Feng Xiaotian felt like a complete fool.
But Lia did not think he was foolish.
She thought for a moment and said, "Blazing Fire Academy's girls' dormitory area, Building Seven, third floor, Room 307."
She gave him the address in great detail, without the slightest hesitation.
That warmed Feng Xiaotian's heart again.
She was willing to tell him where she lived. That meant she truly wanted to be friends with him and was not merely brushing him off.
"I'll remember it," Feng Xiaotian said solemnly. "Then... I won't disturb you anymore. Go back and wash up first."
"Mm." Lia nodded. "Goodbye."
"Goodbye," Feng Xiaotian said with a smile.
He watched Lia turn and head toward the girls' dormitory area.
Her slender figure cast a long shadow beneath the sunlight, and her brown ponytail swayed gently with every step.
Only after Lia disappeared from sight did Feng Xiaotian slowly let out a breath.
Meanwhile, within Heaven Dou City.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Education Committee Office.
Sunlight streamed