An Ailing Wang Dong'er and a Distracted Huo Yuhao

After classes ended that evening, Huo Yuhao returned from the soul tool experimental area and took out his key to open the door.

Only then did he realize that the door seemed to be locked from the inside. He could not open it at all.

"Wang Dong, are you there? Open the door for me," Huo Yuhao called.

Yet although the light inside was clearly on, Wang Dong did not answer.

"Yuhao, you're done for. Looks like Wang Dong is angry with you," said the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his spiritual sea.

"No way. Is she really angry because I gave the Soul Bone to Xiao Xiao first? We're all friends. I just thought that Soul Bone suited Xiao Xiao better."

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shook his head helplessly. "Yuhao, you still don't really understand wom... you really don't understand Wang Dong's heart."

"Let me ask you: who matters more to you, Xiao Xiao or Wang Dong?"

"They both matter a lot. They're both my good friends."

"What if you could only choose one?"

Huo Yuhao answered without hesitation, "Wang Dong."

"There you go. Of course you should give good things to the person who matters most to you first, whether she can use them or not."

Huo Yuhao nodded. "So that's how it works. I understand."

He called through the gap in the door, "Wang Dong, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. If I get another Soul Bone, you'll be the first person I give it to."

"Idiot, hurry up and say, 'You're the one who matters most to me,'" the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm prompted.

Huo Yuhao hesitated, but still did as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said.

"Wang Dong, you're the one who matters most to me."

Click!

Creeeak—

The door swung open.

Huo Yuhao looked at Wang Dong'er behind the door, delighted. "Wang Dong, you finally opened the door for me!"

Wang Dong'er stared at him. "Huo Yuhao, remember what you said today. If there's a next time, I'll snip you off."

Wang Dong'er held out two fingers like scissors and waved them.

Huo Yuhao felt a chill between his legs.

"Don't worry, it won't happen again. I promise!"

Huo Yuhao took a shower first, then obediently waited on his bed for Wang Dong'er.

Wang Dong'er lay on her bed with her back to him.

"I'm tired today. I don't want to cultivate."

"Come on, Wang Dong. Haven't I already apologized? Are you still upset with me?"

"I really am too tired today."

"Come on, Wang Dong. We have to make the most of our time and cultivate!"

Huo Yuhao climbed straight onto Wang Dong'er's bed and wrapped his arms around her.

"Let go of me!"

"No. If you don't agree, I won't let go." Huo Yuhao was acting like a stubborn child.

Wang Dong'er gave his waist a vicious pinch.

Huo Yuhao jumped up in pain and hurriedly climbed back onto his own bed.

"Why are you pinching me?"

Wang Dong'er ignored him, pulled her quilt tightly around herself, and went to sleep.

Huo Yuhao lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. He kept feeling that Wang Dong'er had an unusually bad temper today, but he had no idea why.

Huo Yuhao did not know when he had fallen asleep. By the time he woke up, sunlight was already streaming into the room.

"We're doomed! We're going to be late. Wang Dong, hurry up and get up!"

Huo Yuhao quickly changed his clothes.

He saw that Wang Dong'er was still lying in bed, her face a little pale.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. My stomach hurts a little. I don't want to go today. Please let Teacher Zhou know for me."

"Are you really all right? Wang Dong, you look like you're in a lot of pain."

"I'm really fine. Go on."

Huo Yuhao sniffed and suddenly caught a faint scent of blood.

"Wang Dong, are you hurt?"

He took Wang Dong'er's hand and looked her over, but could not find any injuries.

When he tried to lift her quilt to check, Wang Dong'er grabbed his hand.

"I said, get out!"

Seeing Wang Dong'er look as though she wanted to devour him, Huo Yuhao stood up.

"All right, then. Don't be angry. I'll bring you lunch at noon."

Huo Yuhao left the dorm room, still feeling that Wang Dong'er was acting strangely.

But class was about to start, so Huo Yuhao had no time to think it through. He hurried to the classroom.

Throughout class, Huo Yuhao kept thinking about Wang Dong'er. He barely took in even Zhou Yi's lesson.

"Huo Yuhao."

"Huo Yuhao!"

"What are you daydreaming about?" Zhou Yi demanded.

Huo Yuhao froze for a moment, then quickly stood up. "I'm sorry, Teacher Zhou."

Zhou Yi thought he was upset because he had not been selected as a Core Disciple, so she addressed the entire class.

"Quite a few students in this class have been selected as Core Disciples, but don't get too full of yourselves. Along with receiving more resources from the academy, you will naturally face stricter tests."

"Those who haven't become Core Disciples shouldn't lose heart either. Cultivate diligently, and you'll have plenty of opportunities in the future."

"All right, Huo Yuhao. Sit down."

"Yes."

After classes ended at noon, Huo Yuhao left the classroom and hurried toward the cafeteria.

"Yuhao, wait for me!" Xiao Xiao caught up with him.

"What's wrong? You look like your soul has wandered off. And where's Wang Dong? Why didn't she come to class today?" Xiao Xiao asked one question after another.

"Wang Dong said her stomach hurt a little."

Huo Yuhao stopped walking.

"Xiao Xiao, do you think she's sick?"

"Sick? Surely not. We Soul Masters almost never get sick."

"When she woke up this morning, her face was a little pale. She said her stomach hurt, but wouldn't let me do anything. I also smelled a little blood."

A pale face, stomach pain, and the scent of blood—with those three clues combined, Xiao Xiao suddenly arrived at an unbelievable conclusion, and a look of horror came over her face.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Wang Dong?"

"Don't panic. I'll go see her in a little while. Don't worry. If it really is what I'm thinking, she'll be fine."

"Or rather, she'll be fine. I'm the one who'll be in trouble."

Huo Yuhao scratched his head. Why couldn't he understand what Xiao Xiao was saying? Why were they all becoming so difficult to understand, one after another?

Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao ate at the cafeteria, then got a portion to take back to Wang Dong'er.

The girls' dorm rooms were on the upper floors. Xiao Xiao did not go upstairs, but headed straight to Huo Yuhao's door.

"Won't you get caught sneaking in here?" Huo Yuhao asked worriedly.

"Don't worry. As long as the dorm supervisor doesn't catch me, it's fine. Give me the food. I'll go in first. You're not allowed to come in."

Xiao Xiao took the food and shut Huo Yuhao outside.

Huo Yuhao stood outside, feeling anxious.

"Yuhao, you're back?" Wang Dong'er sat up, only to discover that it was Xiao Xiao.

"Xiao Xiao, what are you doing here?"

"Yuhao said your stomach hurt, so I came to check on you. We bought this food for you."

"Thank you. I'm fine now." Wang Dong'er's complexion had improved considerably.

Xiao Xiao leaned closer and sniffed Wang Dong'er carefully.

"What are you doing?"

"That smell... just as I thought."

Xiao Xiao stared intently at Wang Dong'er, as though she had realized something.

She sat straight down on Huo Yuhao's bed beside her, looking as though her world had collapsed.

"Heavens, why am I so miserable?"

"What's wrong?" Hearing Xiao Xiao's cry, Huo Yuhao opened the door and came in.

"Get out!" they shouted in unison.