Although Xiao Wu was puzzled by Li Ye's approach, she did not feel any aversion to it. She merely felt that Li Ye acted too fast and completely failed to give her a chance.
Yet how could Li Ye possibly let Xiao Wu go and fight a group of grown men, especially since her Soul Skills all required close combat to unleash their maximum power? He certainly did not want Xiao Wu to come into contact with those disgusting fellows.
Arriving in Heaven Dou City, Li Ye did not bring Xiao Wu into the city, but instead walked all the way to the Blue Tyrant Academy according to the address provided by Liu Erlong.
"Please go and tell Liu Erlong that Feng Yeli is here."
Hearing Li Ye's words, the teacher guarding the school gate immediately raised his head to look at Li Ye. Discovering that Li Ye was indeed the tall and handsome youth that their dean Liu Erlong had described, he nodded immediately and walked quickly into the academy.
"Dean, that Feng Yeli you were waiting for has arrived. He is right at the gate. I am not sure if it is him in person, so I wanted to ask you to go and take a look."
"All right, I am going right now."
Hearing Yin Shu's words, Liu Erlong stood up in a hurry, not even bothering to tidy up her desk, and bolted straight past Yin Shu to run out at a sprint.
Seeing this, Yin Shu let out a speechless sigh, silently tidying up Liu Erlong's desk. By the way, he took all of Liu Erlong's unfinished official business and handed it over to a senior teacher in the academy to process.
Yin Shu: Alas, how did we ever end up with such a dean? She doesn't do any work, and every day she only knows how to water flowers. It was so hard to get her to actually work these past two days, and I was hoping she would handle some affairs, but look how long it's been before she shirked her duties again.
As a teacher who doubled as the admissions officer and personnel director for the Blue Tyrant Academy, Yin Shu could be said to have watched the Blue Tyrant Academy grow. Whenever there was any matter, he was usually the one to notify Liu Erlong, making him arguably the person in the academy who understood Liu Erlong best.
He truly had unspeakable grievances regarding this hot-tempered, slack-off dean Liu Erlong!
"Ye Li, you've finally come!"
From a long way off, Liu Erlong caught sight of Li Ye waiting at the main gate alongside a cute little girl with a scorpion braid. She was so excited that she completely cast her image aside and flung herself straight into Li Ye's arms.
Come to think of it, when she met Li Ye last year, she wore high heels and could kiss Li Ye right on the lips; when they met again this year, she could actually only reach Li Ye's Adam's apple.
If Li Ye had not lowered his head, her reunion kiss probably really would have landed on Li Ye's Adam's apple.
Seeing Li Ye and Liu Erlong kissing with no one else around them, Xiao Wu instantly panicked. She rushed up to the two of them and began trying to pry them apart, wearing an expression that forbade them from kissing any more.
After struggling for a moment, Xiao Wu finally managed to separate Li Ye and Liu Erlong. The moment they parted, she spotted the lipstick mark on Li Ye's mouth and grew so angry that she pulled out her own handkerchief to wipe it off for Li Ye.
Seeing Xiao Wu's aggrieved look with her eyes turning red, Li Ye said nothing more, while Liu Erlong stood to the side and watched this silly little girl wipe Li Ye's mouth.
Once Xiao Wu finished wiping, Li Ye took her hand and followed Liu Erlong into the Blue Tyrant Academy.
"Long'er, did you tell Yan Yan? If not, I will go to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to pick her up."
"Rest assured, I told her long ago. She has been staying with me these past few days."
"Is that so? That's good then."
Hearing the conversation between Li Ye and Liu Erlong, Xiao Wu's heart tightened instantly. She suddenly realized that she seemed to have become an outsider, as Liu Erlong and that Dugu Yan whom she had not yet met had actually formed a united front!
Amidst her panic, Xiao Wu grabbed hold of Li Ye's arm with a death grip, as if terrified that Li Ye would be snatched away by Liu Erlong and Dugu Yan and no longer want her.
Seeing this, Li Ye also smiled helplessly, then wrapped his arm around Xiao Wu's slender waist to give her a sufficient sense of security.
Suddenly, Xiao Wu seemed to think of something. Putting on the air of a green tea bitch who knew nothing, she said to Li Ye, "Brother Ye, why does Sister Liu call you Yeli? Aren't you called Li Ye?"
"When the two of us met before, I used my alias. She got used to calling me that and couldn't change her tune."
"Is that so? I thought Brother Ye was deliberately hiding it from Sister Liu, just so she wouldn't know you are the disciple of the Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang."
"All right, Xiao Wu, stop putting on this dead act, will you? It's almost making me sick. I told Long'er about this long ago, and I really can't get used to you acting like this!"
Hearing Li Ye's words, Liu Erlong, who was walking ahead, immediately stopped in her tracks and burst into a fit of booming laughter while clutching her stomach.
When she had previously heard Li Ye mention Xiao Wu, he had never once said that Xiao Wu would be like this. She had always assumed Xiao Wu's temper was similar to her own; she never expected that today, in order to contend for Li Ye, the girl would deliberately put on the act of a green tea bitch.
Following Liu Erlong's laughter, even a bold and unconstrained girl like Xiao Wu instantly blushed crimson, burying her face in Li Ye's chest and not daring to utter another word.
She had finally mustered up her courage just once, only to make a complete fool of herself in front of her rival in love. She felt so deeply embarrassed right now that she could claw out a three-bedroom apartment with her toes, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Li Ye hadn't told her that he had already confessed to Liu Erlong, which left her wanting to use the matter to drive a wedge between their relationship.
Actually, speaking of which, when Liu Erlong first learned the truth from Li Ye's mouth, she had found it somewhat difficult to accept for a moment.
Yet every time she thought of the process by which she and Li Ye had met, come to know each other, and fallen in love, she was unwilling to give up just like that.
Back then, she had missed out once because she lacked sufficient strength, and she did not want to miss out a second time.
Even if Li Ye was Yu Xiaogang's disciple, she was unwilling to let go.
Moreover, recalling the past, a large part of the reason she had grown fond of Li Ye so quickly was that Li Ye was rather similar to Yu Xiaogang, possessing Yu Xiaogang's strengths while lacking Yu Xiaogang's flaws.
Once she thought it through, she let go of the burden. After all, apart from the final step, everything that should have happened between her and Li Ye had already happened, and there was no longer any chance of turning back.
She could only wish in her heart that Yu Xiaogang might also find his own happiness soon and find true happiness, while also hoping in her heart that Yu Xiaogang could understand her and Li Ye and give them his blessing.
Arriving at Liu Erlong's small cottage, Li Ye saw Dugu Yan decorating the little house with red silks, making it look more like a simplified wedding hall.
Seeing this, Li Ye hurriedly pulled Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong along to start helping out. After all, this was also their wedding hall, so naturally they had to decorate it together.
Until night fell and the stars filled the sky in all their brilliance, Li Ye put on the red wedding attire prepared in advance. Standing on the left holding the silk ribbon, he led Liu Erlong, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu-who stood on the right also holding the silk ribbon, dressed in red bridal gowns and wearing phoenix crowns with beaded veils-outside the small cottage to begin a wedding belonging only to the four of them.
This first bow was to heaven and earth, thanking the fate arranged by the heavens for bringing them together, and thanking the earth for giving them the opportunity to have this lifetime.
This second bow was to Li Ye's late parents, Liu Erlong's deceased mother, Dugu Yan's departed parents, and Xiao Wu's dead father and mother.
The third bow was to the affection between husband and wife, thereby concluding the pact of fate for the male and female parties in this present life.
When the three bows concluded, the four of them each took a lock of hair, wove them into a small knot, and placed it inside a sachet to serve as witness to the bond of tied hair.
From this moment onward, Li Ye joined with Liu Erlong, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu as husband and wife by the tying of hair, swearing to cling to one another through life and death, never to forsake each other, to grow old together, and to unite their hearts as one forever.
The only thing that differed from anyone else was that Li Ye had three wives of tied hair, whereas others had only one.
Entering the nuptial chamber, Li Ye drank the nuptial wine of crossed cups successively with Liu Erlong, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu, before blowing out the candlelight in the room.
Tonight was destined to be an extraordinary night. Li Ye welcomed a rebirth, growing from a youth into a man, and following closely upon that came the transformation of Liu Erlong and the other two from maidens into young matrons.
The duration of their resistance against the pressure matched their ages: Xiao Wu for 1.2 hours, Dugu Yan for 1.8 hours, and Liu Erlong for 4 hours.
From 10 o'clock at night until 5 o'clock the next morning-while the sun had yet to rise and the sky was still faintly bright-Li Ye did not rest for a single moment, effectively venting out all the suppressed frustration of such a long time in one single go.
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