Yuhao Was So Cute

A. Too cute

B. Dressed too nicely

C. Had been through some things

"C-Chaoguang, I really don't know you. The way you're looking at me is kind of scary..."

Huo Yuhao forced out the words through a cold sweat. No matter what, he had to protect himself.

"I know. It's alright. No matter how much you've forgotten, it doesn't matter. You're still you. Even if every memory of the past has vanished, we can create new memories together."

What a pervert!

Huo Yuhao kept backing away from Qian Chaoguang in terror before falling flat on his butt. It hurt like hell—at least not in that way.

At last, a Golden Dragon Spear blocked Qian Chaoguang's path. At the same time, Wang Dong'er released her martial soul and stood protectively before Huo Yuhao. Never before had he thought their figures looked so tall, and his eyes welled up with tears.

"How can you be so tactless? Can't you see Yu Tong is troubled? Stay away from him, or I won't be polite." Wang Dong raised her brows and used her butterfly wings to block Qian Chaoguang's view.

"He said he doesn't know you. Are you deaf? Stop babbling like a lunatic, or my dragon spear won't be so forgiving." Wang Qiu'er was even less polite. The Golden Dragon Spear gathered momentum, as though it could strike at any moment.

"You've made some very good friends. Thank you for taking care of Yu Tong. My name is Qian Chaoguang. If you ever need help, you can come find me." Qian Chaoguang showed a bright smile that left Huo Yuhao on the verge of tears.

What the hell was this?

Just then, Qian Chaoguang suddenly turned to look at the few people who had finished running and reminded them,

"You still have a few laps left. I advise you to finish them, or you'll really be expelled."

With that, Qian Chaoguang found a shady spot by himself, smiling as he closed his eyes to rest.

The people he had reminded looked at one another. In the end, several of them still got to their feet and prepared to complete the hundred laps.

"He's actually pretty nice..." Although Huo Yuhao knew that Qian Chaoguang had only reminded them in the book because he was at odds with Zhou Yi, it was still a good thing. He had protected their futures.

"Yu Tong, are you alright?"

"Are you hurt anywhere?"

Only then did Huo Yuhao realize that he had been clutching Wang Dong'er's butterfly wing tightly. He quickly let go. "S-Sorry, I'm fine... Thank you for earlier..."

Meanwhile, Zhou Yi watched the little incident between them with interest. She had not expected it to end so abruptly, which left her somewhat disappointed. Still, Wang Dong'er's Light Goddess Butterfly made her look forward to more. It was the most beautiful martial soul on the continent, and its quality was among the very best.

An hour had passed, and every student had completed one hundred laps. Zhou Yi turned toward them expressionlessly and said flatly, "Those whose names I call, step forward. Shangguan Chentian, Lin Zeyu, Tai Long."

The three were somewhat uneasy. Qian Chaoguang had just warned them. Could it be that...

"You can get lost. From this moment onward, you are no longer students of Shrek Academy."

"Huh?"

The students erupted into an uproar.

The few who had followed Qian Chaoguang's warning were especially pale.

Zhou Yi really was going to expel students just because they had failed to finish running!

The three expelled students felt a surge of regret, but even more resentment. After failing to get anywhere in their confrontation with Zhou Yi, they could only run to the Academic Affairs Office to complain.

However, the Academic Affairs Office would not offend Zhou Yi for the sake of a few students. At most, they would help them transfer classes. After all, she was Fan Yu's wife, and Fan Yu was second only to the vice dean of the Soul Tool Department.

That really sounded like nepotism...

Judging by their ages, they were just children who had not even finished elementary school. Being expelled over something like this was wrong no matter how one looked at it.

Qian Chaoguang, on the other hand, was arrogant. While making veiled sarcastic remarks, he openly and covertly drove a wedge between Zhou Yi and the students. The classmates he had saved with his warning also began to support him.

"Go back to your dormitories and change clothes, then report to the classroom for class! You have only fifteen minutes!"

Zhou Yi coldly tossed out those words before turning and heading back to the teaching building.

How could the freshmen of Class One dare to delay? They raced back to their dormitories without stopping, terrified of following in those students' footsteps.

Just as Huo Yuhao was about to run back to the dormitory, he happened to see the students of Freshman Class Nine heading toward the Soul Fighting Area. Then, by sheer coincidence, he met Xu Zihuang's gaze.

Huo Yuhao gave a token wave. After all, they could be considered acquainted. If he did nothing at all, people might become suspicious.

"What is it?" Wang Dong'er asked curiously.

"Ah, he was someone who traveled with me when we came to the academy. His name is Yu Tianhuang, and he seems to be a Soul Elder?"

"Oh?" Wang Qiu'er raised her brows. She exchanged a glance with Wang Dong'er, confirming each other's suspicions.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was on him!

Neither Wang Qiu'er nor Wang Dong'er had much goodwill toward him. Xu Zihuang's spiritually superior personality was simply detestable. Still, his strength was beyond doubt. The strongest freshman might well emerge from either Xu Zihuang or Qian Chaoguang.

The three ran back to the dormitory together, and Wang Qiu'er naturally followed them inside.

"Why aren't you going back to your own dormitory?" Wang Dong said unhappily. This was a rare chance for her to be alone with Huo Yuhao!

"I didn't go at the start of school, so I've already forgotten where it is. Hehe." Wang Qiu'er stuck out her tongue and spoke playfully. "Yu Tong, men and women shouldn't be too intimate, so don't you dare turn around."

"I-I won't! Hurry up and change!" Huo Yuhao was not pretending this time. In his previous life, he had only been little Chu Nan, who played galgames. Changing clothes in the same room as girls was still far too advanced for him.

Huo Yuhao gathered his thoughts, took off his sweat-soaked clothes, and wiped himself down with a clean cloth. Just as he was washing up, he heard movement at his side. He did not dare turn his head, only glancing from the corner of his eye. He found that the two had already crept over on tiptoe, pretending to cover their eyes. Yet each had conveniently left a gap between her fingers, staring straight at him.

Silence—

A long silence—

"Y-You..." Huo Yuhao blushed furiously and instinctively covered himself. "What are you trying to do?"

"Ahem, well, you know, that... Hahaha." Wang Qiu'er laughed awkwardly and secretly stepped on Wang Dong'er's foot. After all, it was Wang Dong'er who had carelessly revealed their footsteps.

"Ah, ah, s-sorry..." Wang Dong'er was thinner-skinned, and her face had already turned red with embarrassment.

"Both of you, turn around!"

Knowing they were in the wrong, the two obediently hid in a corner and stopped peeking.

"There really is one. Seeing Qian Chaoguang scared me too. Good thing Yu Tong really is a boy..."

"Mm..."

Hearing their whispered conversation, Huo Yuhao's face turned burning hot!

My fake name is still being pursued, and I want to know whether you two are girls too. Shouldn't you let me have a look?

He quickly washed himself and changed into clean clothes, then informed the two of them.

"I-I'm changed."

"Here, as compensation, do you want to... l-look back?"