"get up--!!!"
A deafening roar echoed through the room.
Xiao He rolled over, grabbed a pillow to cover the back of his head and ears, and showed no intention of getting up.
Dai Lele was stunned!
"You? You've been spoiled rotten by Wang Xuefeng, haven't you?!"
"How dare you cover your ears when I say that?! You're asking for it!"
"Splash—"
When the blanket was lifted, a large handful of icy water appeared, comparable to a dam bursting.
"ah!!"
Xiao He's heart-wrenching wails pierced the sky...
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The Cloud Academy in the Morning Light.
Laughter and cheerful voices echoed from all over the campus.
Xiao He looked dejected as he strolled along the brand-new school path with Dai Lele.
Fiesburg has moved back to the college grounds, situated in the middle of a small lake.
Dai Lele was planning to take Xiao He to familiarize himself with the route.
"So what if I'm spoiled..." Xiao He dared not say it aloud, and could only mutter to himself all the way: "Who isn't a little princess... Humph..."
At this moment, Xiao He perfectly embodied the phrase "his wings have hardened," and his original "good boy mentality" was instantly overturned.
However, out of instinct, she still acted timidly in front of Dai Lele.
The latter led her onto a quiet path, and their pace gradually slowed down.
"Do you know where Xuefeng went?" Dai Lele suddenly asked.
"I don't know," Xiao He answered honestly.
"He won't tell you, so you won't ask?" Dai Lele asked, her eyes slanted, her tone clearly questioning.
"If he doesn't tell me, I won't ask."
Xiao He kept his eyes down, seemingly oblivious to her presence, and though he didn't look directly at her, he appeared completely at ease.
"Hey!! You two wait for me!!" Horry's horse hooves sounded from behind them.
Dai Lele stopped in surprise and turned to watch him jump off the horse.
"Didn't you say you were going back to Yanluo today?"
I'm not going back.
"Why?"
"Brother Feng told me to protect you temporarily."
"Hmm?" Dai Lele narrowed her eyes, a threatening glint in her eyes: "Aren't you going to make things clearer?"
Horry scratched his head: "That's what he said!"
"What's the reason?"
"There's no reason for it!"
Dai Lele was stunned, feeling increasingly unable to understand.
"Why? Why are you all so willing to believe him?"
"Huh? This?" Xiao He and Huo Lei exclaimed in unison, then exchanged a puzzled look.
"Could it be... you...? Don't you believe him...?" Horry forced a very weak smile, glancing at Xiao He as he spoke, afraid that his words would upset her.
When Dai Lele faced Xiao He's surprised gaze, her eyes seemed somewhat evasive and hesitant.
"Don't you really believe him?" Xiao He asked.
"I...I'm sorry, it's not that I don't trust him, it's just that I don't trust anyone." Dai Lele's voice grew softer and softer, and finally she silently turned her face away.
The remaining two looked at each other, wondering what was wrong with her.
"If it were me, I think I have the right to know. I won't cooperate if I'm not told anything," Dai Lele said calmly as she walked ahead.
The two could not see her expression, but could barely sense a sense of distance from her.
Dai Lele didn't turn around, as if she were talking to herself in front of her.
Are you wondering why I've always been unwilling to accept his feelings?
"That's because he never told me why he was pursuing me."
"In other people's eyes, I'm just a delinquent. Even if I'm the only girl in the group, and he's so accomplished, why does he have to pursue me? How can you prove he's not just making fun of me?"
“Maybe…” Horry interjected tentatively, “because you’re good-looking…”
After saying that, he immediately covered his head: "I'm not making this up! The three of us, no, the four of us, including Li Zilong who was replaced by Xuefeng, all talked about this topic back then... cough cough..."
Dai Lele paused, wanting to turn around and hit him with a stick, but she held back: "I can understand this reason, but I cannot accept it."
"Why?" Horry asked instinctively.
Dai Lele chuckled lightly, but instead of answering directly, she changed the subject: "Why don't you ask Xiao He if she would accept a man who pursues her because she is beautiful?"
Horry blinked, then turned to look at Xiao He beside him and asked honestly, "Would you accept?"
"..." Xiao He was speechless: "Why are you turning this on me?"
"Because you're a beautiful woman now." Dai Lele said with a half-smile, "Back then, so many people pursued you, why didn't you even glance at them?"
“That’s because—” Xiao He paused for a moment: “That’s because they’re all men!!”
Dai Lele smirked: "Isn't Xuefeng a man too?"
“Then? That’s different…” Xiao He touched his nose: “Even if he’s a man, he’s different from everyone else.”
"How is it different?" Horry unconsciously shifted his focus: "Aren't all men like this?"
Xiao He glanced at him: "He's different from you."
"How is it different?!" Horry felt challenged.
“It’s different everywhere!!” Xiao He deliberately provoked him.
"So you want me to pull it out and compare?!"
"Go ahead and take it!!"
Sensing the increasing momentum of the two, Dai Lele finally turned around with a strange look on her face: "Xiao He, you're a girl now, can you not bring up this kind of topic with him?"
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