A shaft of sunlight shone into Dormitory 108, falling across Wang Dong's face.
"Hm?"
Wang Dong murmured in her sleep. Her pink-and-blue eyelashes suddenly fluttered, and her nose twitched slightly.
So comfortable... and what was that familiar scent?
She stretched luxuriously, straightening her still-weary body until she felt wonderfully at ease.
"I slept so well~"
She hadn't slept this comfortably in ages. What time was it now?
Wang Dong sat up in bed and rubbed her bleary eyes. The first thing she saw upon waking was Huo Yuhao quietly grilling fish by the window.
"You're awake?" Huo Yuhao asked mildly when he saw Wang Dong sit up.
Wang Dong froze for a moment, taking a few seconds to recall what had happened before. Then her face filled with mortified anger.
"Huo. Yu. Hao! What did you do to me?"
Faced with Wang Dong's accusation, Huo Yuhao answered calmly, "Your guess is right."
"Y-you..."
Remembering yesterday, Wang Dong wished she could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
"I'm sorry."
Wang Dong stared blankly at Huo Yuhao. His sudden apology forced back the embarrassed curses she had been about to let loose.
"Yuhao, you... what's wrong with you?" Wang Dong asked cautiously.
In her mind, Huo Yuhao had always been someone who did things his own way, with a strong personality. It was hard to imagine him taking the initiative to apologize to anyone.
"I was a little overbearing yesterday," Huo Yuhao said mildly.
When he had absorbed Wang Dong's soul power yesterday, its rapid growth had made him lose some of his reason. Only after returning to the dormitory that night and seeing Wang Dong sleeping unconscious on his bed had he calmed down again.
That terrifying cultivation speed had benefited him enormously, but it had come