Bai Yushan, You Bastard

Bai Yushan chewed on a dried mango, looked at the sky outside the window, and couldn't help but chuckle.

That brat never learns her lesson. She's been beaten so many times, yet she still dares to come looking for trouble.

They really need to be taught a lesson.

Time passed slowly, and after about an hour, a faint noise came from the bedroom.

First came a very soft groan, followed by the rustling sound of fabric rubbing together.

Bai Yushan raised an eyebrow, put the bag of snacks on the coffee table, slowly stood up, strolled to the bedroom door, leaned against the door frame, crossed his arms, and looked inside.

Gu Yue had just woken up in bed.

Her head was still a little fuzzy, and she felt dizzy. Every bone in her body ached and felt numb, especially her chest, which ached dully. Her eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes, her purple pupils still a little unfocused.

As soon as my gaze focused, a magnified handsome face came into view.

The boy leaned against the doorframe, his black hair slightly disheveled, a half-smile playing on his lips, his eyes gleaming with mockery and sarcasm as he stared at her with great interest.

It's Bai Yushan!

Gu Yue instantly regained consciousness.

Memories flooded my mind like a tidal wave...

Not good!

Gu Yue seemed to remember something and wished she could faint again right now.

Unfortunately... it's too late!!!

"Oh, the little good-for-nothing's awake?"

Bai Yushan spoke slowly, his tone almost overflowing with mockery, "I thought you were going to sleep until tomorrow morning. How could you be so weak? You couldn't even last a second!"

Gu Yue glared at him fiercely, her purple eyes like ice. "Bai Yushan! You bastard! Who let you into my room!"

Her voice was still a little weak, hoarse from just waking up, but it was still very firm.

"Otherwise what?" Bai Yushan raised an eyebrow, took two steps forward, and stood by the bed, looking down at her. "Would I just leave you hanging on the training field? The teacher will say I'm bullying you again."

He paused, his smile becoming even more irritating, "Besides, looking like this, what's wrong with me going into your room? You're not going to get up and hit me, are you?"

"You!"

Gu Yue's chest heaved with anger, and the exertion aggravated her injury, causing her face to turn pale with pain, and she let out another muffled groan.

"Look, look," Bai Yushan shook his head, looking like he knew it. "Is that all you've got? You dare to talk about burning my hair? I'll stand right here and let you burn it. Can you even lift your hand now?"

He reached out and gently poked Gu Yue's arm with his fingertips.

Gu Yue tried to dodge, but she couldn't muster any strength and could only watch helplessly as his finger poked at her, making her so angry she wanted to bite him.

Gu Yue gritted her teeth, secretly gathering a bit of ice element at her fingertips, wanting to teach this guy a lesson. But as soon as her Soul Power reached her wrist, it became stagnant, and the faint ice shards dissipated as soon as they appeared, leaving not even a trace of coolness.

Bai Yushan saw through her little tricks clearly and sneered, "Save your energy. With your current Soul Power, you can't even condense a lump of ice, and you still want to fight me?"

He turned and left the bedroom, returning a moment later with a glass of warm water. He handed it to Gu Yue, saying, "Here, drink this. So you won't complain to the teacher that I beat you up."

Gu Yue was taken aback.

Sunlight streamed in obliquely from the window, falling on the boy's sharply defined profile, even softening the playfulness in his eyes. The warmth of his fingertips wafted through the glass, a stark contrast to his usual cold and arrogant demeanor.

Her heart skipped a beat for no reason. She turned her face away and said in a stiff tone, "I don't need your fake kindness."

"Drink it or don't, it's up to you." Bai Yushan withdrew his hand, as if to take it back. "Anyway, it's not me who's thirsty."

"Wait!" Gu Yue hurriedly called out, reaching out to take the cup. Her whole body felt weak, and her fingers barely touched the cup before she lost her grip. The cup wobbled, spilling a few drops of warm water onto the back of her hand.

Bai Yushan frowned slightly, reached out to steady the bottom of the cup, and with his other hand naturally pulled out a tissue and wiped the back of her hand.

My fingertips brushed against my skin, and a cool sensation flashed by.

The air suddenly went still for half a second.

Gu Yue's ears turned slightly red, and she abruptly withdrew her hand. "I can do it myself!"

Bai Yushan was taken aback for a moment, then his lips curled up as if he had discovered something new. "Oh, you're blushing? Are you shy because I touched you?"

"Who's shy!" Gu Yue glared at him immediately, her cheeks turning even redder. "Stop trying to flatter yourself!"

"Alright, alright, aren't you shy?" Bai Yushan grinned irritatingly, shoving the cup into her hand and staring unabashedly at Gu Yue's chest. He said slowly, "Yeah, with your small frame, I'd feel uncomfortable even if you just let me touch you. You're the only one who treats yourself like a treasure."

The delicate atmosphere that had just begun to emerge shattered instantly.

Gu Yue was so angry that her hands trembled. She took a big gulp from the cup, but she drank too fast and choked. She covered her mouth and coughed incessantly, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Tsk, so clumsy." Bai Yushan shook his head, stepped forward, and patted her back lightly twice. The force was just right, and she caught her breath in a few pats.

His palms, still warm from the lightning tempering, radiated through the thin fabric, making Gu Yue's back stiffen and even stop coughing.

She was about to say "It's none of your business" when she heard the boy's irritating voice from above. "You really are a piece of trash, you can even choke on your water. If nobody cared about you, would you choke yourself unconscious?"

Gu Yue: "..."

She finally understood: you couldn't be polite to Bai Yushan in the slightest. He never uttered a kind word; he'd barely shown any humanity before he could make you furious.

She suddenly raised her hand, using all her strength to condense a small cluster of ice needles, and hurled them at Bai Yushan. The ice needles were as thin as cow hair, seemingly harmless, yet they aimed precisely at his face.

Bai Yushan dodged the attack with a slight tilt of his head, flicking away the last ice needle with his fingertip. He raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "Oh, still have the strength to launch a sneak attack? Looks like you weren't seriously injured enough. I should have gone a little harder just now, so you'd be lying in bed all day."

"Bai Yushan!" Gu Yue gritted her teeth, "Wait till I recover, and I'll see how I deal with you!"

"Take care of me?" Bai Yushan seemed to have heard a joke, leaning closer to her, the distance between them instantly closing. "You? When have you never said that to me? And what happened? You always got pinned to the ground by me in one move."

His breath gently brushed against Gu Yue's forehead, carrying a hint of sweet mango scent.

Gu Yue's heart skipped a beat again. Just as she was about to back away, she heard him add, "I advise you to give up now. Even if you train for another ten years, you still won't be able to beat me."

After saying that, he straightened up, turned around and walked out, grabbing the remaining half-pack of dried mangoes from the coffee table. "The snacks are confiscated; consider it payment for bringing you back. See you at the training ground tomorrow. If you still can't get up by then, I won't wait for you."

The door clicked shut, and the bedroom returned to silence.

Gu Yue sat on the bed, touching her still slightly hot ear tips, and angrily threw her pillow towards the door.

"Mixed Egg Bai Yushan!"

She shouldn't have had even the slightest expectation of this guy!

Just wait, one day she'll get back everything she owed today, with interest!