Coming Clean

It took quite a while for them to recover.

"Haha, Xiao Xiao, what kind of joke is that?" Tang Ya shot Xiao Xiao a glare.

The others also breathed sighs of relief. Wang Dong, a boy, liked Huo Yuhao?

But Wang Dong did not get angry. Her face simply flushed crimson, and she did not dare look up at them.

No way! Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi exchanged a glance, then promptly took a step back each.

"Um," Wang Dong said nervously, "I, I..."

Xu Sanshi raised a hand to pat Wang Dong's shoulder, but stopped halfway and withdrew it.

"Wang Dong, we can't tell you who to like, but, well, Huo Yuhao likes women."

Everyone present knew Huo Yuhao had two young girlfriends. Bei Bei even knew that his Great Ancestor intended to match Sister Lexuan with Huo Yuhao. When he had learned from his Great Ancestor that Sister Lexuan had developed a trace of a different sort of feeling for Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei had almost jumped for joy.

"No!" Wang Dong finally raised her head. "I do like Huo Yuhao, but!"

Wang Dong turned to Xiao Xiao. "There's something I have to come clean about. Xiao Xiao, don't get angry."

"I won't. Go ahead. I've thought of you as a sister for ages anyway." Xiao Xiao was quite composed, openly admitting how she regarded Wang Dong.

Hearing this, Wang Dong relaxed a little. Then she smoothed her hair and face and removed the disguise at her Adam's apple. They watched in astonishment as Wang Dong changed from a boy into a girl.

"Actually, I'm a girl." Wang Dong's voice had become entirely female.

Xiao Xiao's expression shifted from shock to anger, and she summoned the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.

"You said you wouldn't get angry!" At the sight, Wang Dong took to her heels without even summoning her Martial Soul.

Xiao Xiao chased after her. "I wasn't angry just now, but I am now!"

It took quite a while before they stopped. Xiao Xiao caught up with Wang Dong after all and jumped onto her back, pounding her shoulders and back with little fists, neither too hard nor too lightly.

"You actually lied to me! Now we really are sisters."

"My family told me to dress as a boy. I don't know why I agreed back then either," Wang Dong explained helplessly.

"Good grief, so you were a girl all along." Xu Sanshi slowly approached from a distance, along with Bei Bei.

"So our little Dong is this pretty!" Tang Ya cupped and kneaded Wang Dong's cheeks, marveling, "They feel so nice!"

"All right, Xiao Ya." Bei Bei pulled Tang Ya's hands away and asked Wang Dong, "Then what exactly is our little junior sister's name?"

"My real name is Wang Dong'er."

"So you like Teacher Huo, and you're planning to come clean with him?"

"Yes! But I've always presented myself as a boy. I'm afraid..." Wang Dong'er did not continue. "So I wanted you to help me think of something."

"Could it be," Jiang Nannan said with a smile, looking at Wang Dong'er's face, which surpassed even her own, "that Teacher Huo knows you're a girl?"

Boom! A thunderbolt struck Wang Dong'er. He knows? He must know! That's right, Yuhao is so clever. How could he not know?

She recalled how Huo Yuhao usually treated her. At times, it was nothing like how he would treat a man!

"Then why did he go along with it?"

"Teacher Huo is so understanding. Perhaps he thought you had some difficulty you couldn't speak of."

Thinking of that boy who sometimes wore a gentle smile, Wang Dong'er immediately felt the same way.

"But Teacher Huo already has two girlfriends," Tang Ya said with some concern. "Have you really made up your mind?"

"Yes," Bei Bei agreed. "And there's a good chance there'll be even more in the future."

"Huh? Bei Bei, what do you mean by that?"

"Ahem."

Ignoring them, Wang Dong said firmly, "I don't mind. I was the one who fell for him despite knowing he already liked someone."

Bei Bei came back to his senses. "Still, let me explain things to the academy for you first."

"Thank you, eldest senior brother."

The next day, the students of Class One all noticed three empty seats: Dai Huabin's, Zhu Lu's, and Wang Dong's.

When class began, a very pretty girl followed Wang Yan in. She had short pinkish-blue hair and delicate features.

Wang Yan began the introduction. "Hello, everyone. Today, I'd like to introduce a 'new student.'"

Wang Dong'er stepped forward. "Hello, everyone. My name is Wang Dong'er, also known as Wang Dong. I'm actually a girl. I'm very sorry for deceiving everyone before."

At once, two utterly different reactions arose in the classroom. The boys were excited, while the girls felt their hearts shatter.

Yuhao really did know! Wang Dong'er thought when she saw Huo Yuhao's calm expression.

Then, smiling and gazing at Huo Yuhao with tender affection, she walked to her seat.

No! The boys in the class instantly felt their hearts shatter too. There had been few girls in the class to begin with, and the two prettiest were both Huo Yuhao's girlfriends. But because they were strong, no one else dared provoke them. Most of the other girls liked Wang Dong, that exceptionally "handsome guy."

Now Wang Dong was gone, replaced by Wang Dong'er, a beauty no less lovely than the Gu sisters, and she liked Huo Yuhao too?

Wait, everyone finally remembered. Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao shared a dorm room!

Of course, Wang Dong'er had moved out yesterday. Huo Yuhao had even wondered about it briefly when he returned to the dorm.

Huff! Huff!

Having watched the whole thing, Tang Yin's eyes immediately turned bloodshot, and he panted like an ox.

At first, seeing Wang Dong'er return to dressing as a girl had made Tang Yin rather pleased. Xiao Qi had finally changed back and no longer had to share a dorm room with Huo Yuhao.

And what happened? She dropped a huge bombshell on him! His daughter had still fallen for that bastard Huo Yuhao! What was that idiot doing?

Although Tang Yin considered this Huo Yuhao a different person from the Huo Yuhao he knew, he still could not help feeling disgust.

Seeing Tang Yin's reaction, the others could not help sympathizing. Was there anything more painful than having the person you liked fall for someone else? And that person even had two girlfriends already!

The two girls beside Huo Yuhao were wary at first too, but soon calmed down. Don't we know what sort of person Yuhao is? Yuhao definitely knew, but he definitely isn't interested in Wang Dong'er either.

"Quiet down, everyone. Let's begin class."

After letting the commotion continue for a while, Wang Yan began the lesson.

These stupid women don't deserve me! Seeing the look Wang Dong'er gave Huo Yuhao, Xu Yang burned with rage. Just you wait, Huo Yuhao. I'll take everything from you!

Xu Yang began making calculations in his mind. My Golden Eyes Martial Soul is missing a Soul Ring. I need to replace it quickly. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Soul Skill is so useful!

I'll have to reveal my Second Martial Soul too. With my new Martial Soul, the Cold Sun Phoenix, no one will be able to tell I'm from the Sun Moon Imperium. That resentment has also been masked by the power of light. The system said no one could tell.

I've got it! I can use the explanation Huo Yuhao gave in the original story. I'll just say I awakened my Second Martial Soul, but somehow, one of my First Martial Soul's Soul Rings disappeared.

The Cold Sun Phoenix has an ice attribute, and that Soul Ring came from an Ice Silkworm too. Perhaps there's some connection. Shrek won't investigate seriously anyway!