"Huo Yuhao, as long as you cultivate diligently and grow stronger, yesterday's events will never happen again, understood?" Wang Dong said very seriously.
In the classroom, everyone had just finished their morning class and was chatting.
Early in the morning, Wang Dong moved his seat next to Huo Yuhao's.
Flanking him on the left and right with Xiao Xiao, they closely protected Huo Yuhao; just thinking about yesterday's events was terrifying.
Xiao Xiao's small hand spun in circles under the table, glancing at Huo Yuhao every half minute. Her mouth hung open for a long time, but she simply did not know what to say.
Huo Yuhao still stared blankly, the corner of his sleeve folded inward to reveal a trace of the weights he wore on his wrists, and his right hand silently squeezed the familiar hand gripper.
Zhou Yi walked into the classroom slowly, and the atmosphere in Freshman Class One instantly grew tense.
Wang Dong quickly straightened his back, looked at Zhou Yi walking into the classroom, and tried his best to make his spirit full of vigor.
Zhou Yi looked at Wang Dong, nodded, then glanced at Huo Yuhao beside him, letting out a soft sigh with eyes full of disappointment.
"Everyone stand up, gather on the plaza."
Zhou Yi said only a single sentence at the classroom door and walked straight out.
No one dawdled; the group of students quickly stood up, walked briskly out of the classroom, and followed Zhou Yi toward the plaza in neat and quiet rows.
"Yuhao, let me help you carry your sword," Xiao Xiao whispered in Huo Yuhao's ear.
She had observed carefully: the sword in Huo Yuhao's hand seemed very important to him, and he kept it almost inseparable from his body.
She had not been able to help much, and she already felt quite guilty.
She could not share a dorm with Huo Yuhao like Wang Dong, with no way to comfort him at any moment. Nor did she have the strength to rival Dai Huabin, leaving her unable to properly protect him.
She could only put forth whatever effort of her own she could; as long as that was enough, it would do.
Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment, then still handed the sword over to Xiao Xiao's hands.
Piles of iron armor sat upon the plaza, looking exceptionally heavy.
Under Zhou Yi's command, the students stood in neat rows.
"Wang Dong," Zhou Yi called out.
"Present," Wang Dong stepped forward.
"Based on your entrance exam scores plus yesterday's results, Wang Dong's cultivation is the highest. Now I announce that he is the monitor of Freshman Class One. However, as long as any of you can defeat him, this monitor position is yours," Zhou Yi announced.
"Now, everyone put on the iron armor and run laps around the plaza until the end-of-class bell rings. The last person will be directly expelled."
No one dawdled; they certainly dared not speak out against Zhou Yi's iron-fisted methods from yesterday.
Huo Yuhao took the sword from Xiao Xiao's hands, set it aside, put on the iron armor, and started running.
Lap after lap, Huo Yuhao consistently maintained his place in the lower-middle tier, neither rising nor falling.
Zhou Yi looked at Huo Yuhao, who was panting like an ox, her eyes filled with nothing but disappointment.
"Jingle bell-"
To the students on the plaza, the end-of-class bell was quite literally salvation.
They all collapsed onto the ground, the heavy iron armor pressing down so hard they couldn't catch their breath.
A white-clad figure descended quietly, and gentle Soul Power nourished them.
Nourished by the Soul Power of a level-seventy healing Soul Saint, the students quickly recovered their strength.
"Wang Dong, awesome! Starting today, you're our monitor," Xiao Xiao said, covering her mouth.
"From now on I'll cover the two of you. Oh right, I'm heading back to the dorms first and I'll come look for you two later," Wang Dong said, and without waiting for Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, he ran straight off.
"Yuhao, wait for me a moment, I... I have something to tell you."
With a blushing face, Xiao Xiao grabbed Huo Yuhao, who was about to leave.
Wang Dong's departure finally gave her the courage.
"Hm?" Huo Yuhao looked puzzled.
Xiao Xiao looked at Huo Yuhao's handsome face, her small hands busy behind her back as she struggled internally.
"Little Potato, want to eat a burger?"
Seeing her stay silent for so long, Huo Yuhao could only guess.
"N... no, last night... I thought about it carefully. Even though I'm only a two-ring Soul Grandmaster and my family is just a musical lineage, we can guarantee food and clothing without worries, lacking the transcendent status of the Duke's Mansion, but... but as long as you want... I can..." Xiao Xiao stammered.
Huo Yuhao looked over the little loli before him, already knowing what she was thinking.
"Little Potato, I'm not that fragile. I'll consider what you said," Huo Yuhao wiped the sweat from his face and flashed a cheerful smile.
"Right, take this. Buy yourself something nice, and recover well these next few days."
With that, Xiao Xiao pulled a heavy cloth bag from her storage tool and handed it into Huo Yuhao's hands.
Huo Yuhao hadn't rejected her, which made her heart very happy, and he even said he would consider the two of them. Right now, she only hoped Huo Yuhao could get better soon.
After pondering through the whole of yesterday evening, she discovered that she had truly fallen for the boy before her.
When he held her, his embrace was so warm; when he treated her to a burger, he was equally dazzling.
After a few days of getting along, Huo Yuhao's figure had already left a mark in her heart.
Huo Yuhao curiously opened the cloth bag in his hand. Inside, a golden light gleamed as individual Gold Soul Coins dazzled his eyes.
"Xiao Xiao, I admit I spoke a bit loudly just now; I've thought it through!" Huo Yuhao hastily put away the cloth bag and said with a sincere expression.
Xiao Xiao tilted her head in some confusion. How could Yuhao have thought it through so quickly?
Huo Yuhao fiddled with the Gold Soul Coins in his hand, his mind utterly clear. Life like this was simply too wonderful.
Downstairs at the dorm building, Mu En's aged figure was still absent, leaving only that recliner swaying slightly beneath the tree.
Huo Yuhao returned straight to the dorm and pushed open the door.
What met his eyes was a snow-white expanse of... a back.
Rounded shoulders sloped downward, the soft curves of the waist appeared and disappeared within the mist-filled steam, the buttocks were curved and lifted straight, and the thighs were straight and slender without a hint of excess flesh.
droplets of water flowed slowly down tender skin, and amidst the crystal clarity lay a yearning forest.
The visual impact was truly intense!
Huo Yuhao instinctively activated his Spirit Eyes, and the obstruction of the final wisp of mist vanished...
"Ah-! Huo Yuhao, why don't you knock!"
A piercing, ear-shattering scream rang out as a blue-purple flash of intense light illuminated the room, and Huo Yuhao was forced to close his eyes.
Two butterfly wings instantly spread from Wang Dong's back to hurriedly cover his body, and he kicked Huo Yuhao flying out the door.
He quickly dressed himself, his small face flushed with shame and anger, but since Huo Yuhao was an injured patient, he found it hard to truly lash out.
Huo Yuhao pushed open the door and walked back in, looking at Wang Dong's crimson face before lying down on his bed.
"Huo Yuhao, what did you just see?"
Wang Dong narrowed his eyes, lunged right in front of Huo Yuhao, and shouted angrily with a red face.
"Are you asking about the peaks of winter, or the gloomy deep forest? I didn't see anything at all, you know?" Huo Yuhao looked up at the ceiling, righteous and imposing.
"You... you you you..."
Wang Dong's face was as red as a freshly boiled kettle, so ashamed he felt he might faint on the spot. He had actually been seen completely bare by Huo Yuhao.
Wasn't his identity going to be exposed!
It took Wang Dong'er a long time to recover his wits. He grabbed Huo Yuhao's collar like a fluffed-up little cat.
"Huo Yuhao, I... I'm warning you, you are not allowed to speak of this matter."
Huo Yuhao rested his chin on his hand and pondered: "Which matter? The matter of you taking a bath, or the matter of you dressing as a man?"
"Huo Yuhao, you bastard!"
Wang Dong'er shouted, trembling all over with anger at Huo Yuhao, and grabbed a pillow as if to smother Huo Yuhao to death.
Huo Yuhao rolled over, catching that softness right in his embrace and pinning it fiercely beneath him.
Their eyes locked, their exhaled breaths colliding with one another. The rich scent of male hormones made Wang Dong'er's body soften, leaving her to let Huo Yuhao pin her down.
Thump, thump, thump...
Her heart raced wildly as Wang Dong'er nervously looked at the Huo Yuhao above her. Those long eyelashes swept across Huo Yuhao's cheeks like brushes.
As her gaze darted away, Huo Yuhao's prominent Adam's apple entered her field of vision; its distinct lines actually made her unable to tear her eyes away.
Swallowing instinctively, an inexplicable warmth surged in her lower abdomen, causing her entire body to grow hot. Her cherry lips parted slightly, panting like orchids.
Realizing her abnormal state, her slender fingers moved in a panic to push against Huo Yuhao's chest.
Her fingers passed through his shirt, and the solid, powerful feel of his chest traveled straight to her brain along her fingertips, completely scrambling her senses. Acting on a sudden impulse, Wang Dong'er reached out and gently stroked it.
Hm? Wait a minute, wasn't something a bit off?
Huo Yuhao stood straight up and buttoned up his shirt.
Lying on the bed, Wang Dong'er had crimson cheeks and a mouth that panted continuously. Her skin was so flushed it seemed as though it could drip water, her gaze was misty, and she was lost in a deep passion she couldn't control.
Huo Yuhao had no choice but to cover her with the quilt first and walked out by himself.
Bang!
The sound of the dorm door closing completely jolted Wang Dong'er awake!
Her own disgraceful display kept echoing in her mind, lingering for a long time.
Wang Dong'er's face burned red. She was too humiliated!
She curled up entirely, wrapping her head in the quilt, her pretty face crimson.
A faint scent drifted from within the quilt, causing Wang Dong'er to shudder as the warmth in her lower abdomen surged once more.
"Ah!"
Wang Dong'er cried out, violently shoving the quilt aside and diving back into her own bed.
After a long while, Huo Yuhao walked back in holding a paper bag.
By now, Wang Dong'er had recovered her composure and stared at Huo Yuhao like a resentful wife.
"Here, treat yourself to a burger."
Huo Yuhao took one out of the paper bag for himself and left the bag in Wang Dong'er's arms.
Wang Dong'er didn't move, her eyes fixed firmly on him as if she wanted to tear Huo Yuhao apart and swallow him alive.
"My eyes can see through disguises. The very first time I saw you, I knew you were a girl."
Huo Yuhao said casually as he ate his burger.
"What?! Then why didn't you expose me?" Wang Dong'er asked in shock.
"Everyone has their own secrets. Curiosity only kills the cat."
Listening to Huo Yuhao's words, Wang Dong'er pondered them inwardly, finally feeling a sense of relief.
"Fine. You know my identity as a girl, and I know your identity-we're even."
Wang Dong'er emphasized, "However, I must make one thing clear to you: you cannot expose my identity as a girl!"
Huo Yuhao raised his head and gazed blankly at the ceiling, "Actually, isn't living with Little Potato pretty good?"
"Curiosity kills the cat."
"Oh."
Huo Yuhao chuckled and shook his head. Wang Dong'er opened the packaging bag and opened her mouth to bite into the burger.
"Right, let me know when you want to take a bath in the future. I'll keep watch for you so no one accidentally wanders in."
"Cough, cough, cough! Stinky pervert..."
Wang Dong'er choked on his bold words, coughing continuously. Her cheeks flushed red, yet she did not refuse Huo Yuhao's proposal.
"Classmate Wang Dong, I have completely no improper thoughts. Pure friendship between us, alright?"
Huo Yuhao waved his hand and smoothly handed over a tissue.
"Hmph! Too lazy to bother with you!"
Wang Dong'er turned her head away proudly, her hands clutching the quilt tightly. Upon closer inspection, beneath the crimson flush on both sides, a hint of a smile lingered.
"Tonight, I'll be back late. Today is destined to be a restless night, so get some rest early."
Seeing that she was fine, Huo Yuhao got up, picked up his sword, and opened the door.
A restless night?!
Hm? What is Huo Yuhao planning to do?
Knowing I'm a girl, he's going to start getting handsy with me tonight? No, absolutely not!
The moment Wang Dong'er thought of what had just happened, she instantly made up her mind. She must protect herself well tonight and absolutely not let Huo Yuhao succeed.
However, he's injured, hey; what if I accidentally hurt him?
Should she... should she just let him... let him be today?
Aiya, Wang Dong'er, what are you thinking about!
Big Dad and Second Dad both said that a girl must be reserved...
Wang Dong'er slapped her cheeks hard, her complexion growing even more flushed.
While she was still letting her imagination run wild, Huo Yuhao had already left Shrek Academy.