You Want Me to Take Responsibility?

Loss, anguish, and despair. The three emotions circled endlessly in Ma Xiaotao's heart.

But there was nothing to be done about it. No girl could remain calm about something like this, much less when she had lost the most important thing in her life while unconscious!

And the proof that it had really happened?

The greatest proof was their tattered clothes and her utterly weakened body!

But that was not the worst of it. Even if Ma Xiaotao wanted to blame the boy in front of her, she knew perfectly well that, in theory, it was her fault.

She had been the one to initiate the whole thing! The boy in front of her had merely been forced to endure pain no one his age should have had to bear!

Although the Evil Fire had driven her to do it, she had still been the one to initiate it!

As a result, she was the one who needed to apologize to the boy!

First, she had lost her chastity without knowing how, and now she had to apologize to the person who had taken it. What kind of situation was this?!

The more Ma Xiaotao thought about it, the more helpless she felt, until she actually began to cry. If anyone else in the Inner Court had seen this, their jaws would have dropped.

Ma Xiaotao was usually a carefree, straightforward girl. On top of that, having been plagued by Evil Fire since childhood, she had developed an extremely tenacious will.

If not for her excessively explosive temper, plenty of boys would have been willing to pursue her.

Under normal circumstances, Ma Xiaotao would never have cried like a little girl.

But now, Ma Xiaotao was convinced that she had lost her chastity, and that she had done it with a junior she had never met before.

Her composure had completely collapsed, and she did not know what else she could do but cry!

Xu Xingyu watched Ma Xiaotao, who had suddenly started crying for some reason. As far as he knew, she had only forced a kiss on him and had not done anything else.

That was indeed what had happened. Their clothes had been torn to shreds purely during the fight, while Ma Xiaotao's weakness came from the injuries she had sustained fighting the Inner Court teachers while she was berserk, before she had encountered Xu Xingyu.

So, in theory, the only thing Ma Xiaotao had lost was her first kiss. Although that was important to a girl, it was nothing compared to her chastity.

As a result, Ma Xiaotao's sudden tears left Xu Xingyu utterly miserable.

In the end, Xu Xingyu looked at the still-crying Ma Xiaotao and could only sigh silently. He would let her vent for a while.

All he could do was offer her some comfort and hope she would stop making such a fuss.

Xu Xingyu picked up a quilt from the bed and draped it over Ma Xiaotao. "Senior, please calm down first. I'll be going now. If you need anything, you can find me in room 108 of the Outer Court dormitory building."

But just as Xu Xingyu was about to leave, a strong, jade-like hand grabbed him.

It was Ma Xiaotao's hand! As Xu Xingyu looked at her in confusion, Ma Xiaotao spoke word by word. "You must take responsibility!"

"Huh?! You want me to take responsibility? For what?"

Xu Xingyu's mind was full of question marks. He had only been forcibly kissed by her while she was out of her mind as he suppressed her Evil Fire, and now he had to take responsibility for her?!

He had not even said that Ma Xiaotao should take responsibility for him, yet the moment she opened her mouth, it was somehow his fault instead?

Seeing the bewilderment in Xu Xingyu's eyes, Ma Xiaotao's anger flared. "I said you must take responsibility! I know this was my fault, so I won't take your life! But you must take responsibility for what I lost!"

"What you lost?"

"You! You're denying it, aren't you?! I never thought I'd fall into the hands of an irresponsible man like you!"

With her having said this much, if Xu Xingyu still could not tell what Ma Xiaotao had mistaken the situation for, he might as well go and let a block of tofu smash him to death.

What on earth is going on in Ma Xiaotao's head? Couldn't she just check her body with Soul Power to find out whether we did it or not?

She really is a big-breasted, brainless woman!

Seeing that Ma Xiaotao wanted to keep making trouble for him, Xu Xingyu could only explain the whole story at an unhurried pace.

After listening to Xu Xingyu's explanation, Ma Xiaotao calmed down and began to examine her body carefully. As it turned out, there really did not seem to be anything wrong with her.

The discovery left Ma Xiaotao terribly embarrassed. She had thought she had been utterly defiled, a ruined flower and a withered willow, yet had things really taken a turn for the better?

Ma Xiaotao could only apologize to Xu Xingyu. Under normal circumstances, she was too proud to set aside her pride and apologize to a first-year student who had not even entered the Inner Court.

But he had saved her, after all, and she might need his help to continue suppressing her Evil Fire in the future. It was better to soften her attitude a little.

"I'm sorry about what just happened, and about the earlier Evil Fire incursion. If there's anything you need help with, I can help you once. Of course, that's on the condition that it doesn't violate my personal principles."

Xu Xingyu decided to accept Ma Xiaotao's apology. After all, he had not suffered any losses; if anything, he had received plenty of benefits.

"I accept your apology. Neither of us lost anything, so let's just treat it as an accident."

Hearing that, Ma Xiaotao spoke in a tone that brooked no objection. "No! I was in the wrong, so I won't feel right if I don't help you. Besides, not to brag, but my teacher is the dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department. If all I'm doing is helping an Outer Court student like you, no one would dare stop me."

Seeing Ma Xiaotao's expression, which made it clear she would not give up unless he agreed, Xu Xingyu could only say, "All right, then. If you insist, I'll gratefully accept this favor, Senior."

"That's more like it! I hate people who hem and haw." Ma Xiaotao nodded in satisfaction. "Oh, right, I forgot to ask earlier. What's your name, Junior?"

"Oh, I'm Xu Xingyu. It's a pleasure to meet you, Senior." Xu Xingyu politely held out his hand as he replied.

Ma Xiaotao paused for a moment when she saw Xu Xingyu's hand, then reached out and shook it. "I'm Ma Xiaotao. It's my good fortune to meet you too, Junior Xu."

But the moment she finished speaking, something occurred to her. "Your name is Xu Xingyu? You're the Xu Xingyu that Nannan has been thinking about day and night!"

"Oh, you know Sister Nannan?"

Ma Xiaotao soon explained how she had met Jiang Nannan, revealing where the Yin Fire in her body had come from in the process.

Xu Xingyu could only cry out inwardly, Fuck, my own wife unknowingly screwed me over!

After all, Ma Xiaotao had not originally possessed Yin Fire. If she had not had it then, her Evil Fire would have been suppressed by Ultimate Ice, just as in the original story, rather than continuing to run wild.

What puzzled Xu Xingyu, however, was why Ma Xiaotao had not attacked him when her Yin Fire erupted, but had instead instinctively forced a kiss on him.

Just as Xu Xingyu was about to ask more questions, he suddenly turned toward the door under Ma Xiaotao's startled gaze and shouted, "Who's there?!"

But laughter was the only answer to his question.

"Not bad, not bad. You could actually sense me even though I used Soul Power to hide myself. It seems you really might become the most outstanding student Shrek Academy has had in years."

A middle-aged man suddenly appeared out of thin air, looking at the two people in the room with a faint, gratified smile.

Ma Xiaotao stared at him in disbelief. "Teacher! What brings you here?!"

That was right. The man before them was Ma Xiaotao's teacher: Yan Shaozhe.