Free Web NovelChapter 489: Chapter 489: Ma Xiaotao Seeks Huo Yuhao to Suppress Her Evil Fire — A Touch of Ambiguity Between Them, “Get in Here!” (Extra)
"Which one is your room?"
Ma Xiaotao strode ahead.
A few strands of her fiery red hair brushed across Huo Yuhao’s cheek, carrying a scorching warmth.
He answered instinctively: "The first room on the right."
Bang!
The door was shoved open roughly.
"Get in here!"
Another bang followed.
The door was tightly shut.
Inside the room—
Ma Xiaotao still gripped Huo Yuhao’s wrist.
She suddenly turned around.
Her charming face was flushed crimson, her breath fragrant like orchids and musk, those blazing bright eyes staring straight into the boy’s.
Huo Yuhao instinctively turned his face aside.
Even with a second life, in his previous one he had only been seventeen.
All the memories afterward had been shown to him by that person.
He had never truly experienced matters between men and women.
As for his past with Wang Dong—or rather, Tang Wutong—to him it was merely a failed romance.
Now—
being gazed at from such close proximity by a radiant girl—
he truly felt somewhat at a loss.
"Heh, nice view, love to see it!" Inside his sea of consciousness, Skydream Ice Silkworm’s two transparent antennae swayed incessantly.
Ripples spread across the spiritual sea.
A light screen slowly unfolded,
displaying a real-time projection of the outside scene.
The Titan Snow Demon King rumbled:
"Are they about to mate?"
Bear Lord turned his body aside in apparent disdain.
In reality, however, he secretly cracked one eye open, glancing repeatedly at the light screen.
At that moment—
the gray orb trembled lightly.
A wave of spiritual power rippled outward, shattering the light screen into a shower of glowing fragments.
Skydream, Bear Lord, and the Titan Snow Demon King all turned toward the orb.
"Elder Yi, what are you doing?!"
"Young people spending time together—peeking is hardly appropriate."
Electrolux’s aged, smiling voice sounded slowly.
"Yuhao, rest assured. I have temporarily isolated the spiritual sea. Whatever happens outside, you may act as you wish."
"Act as I wish..."
Huo Yuhao looked at the slender, captivating Ma Xiaotao before him, her gaze blazing.
He felt his own cheeks growing warm.
Though young,
his physique was powerful; he already stood nearly eight chi tall, without any physical immaturity.
The air in the room seemed to grow dense, carrying a faint undercurrent of ambiguity.
"Junior Brother Yuhao, hurry and help me..."
Ma Xiaotao opened her arms.
As she made the motion,
her shirt-style academy uniform suddenly tightened; near the third button the fabric stretched taut, faintly revealing a flash of red beneath.
Huo Yuhao looked flustered.
"Senior Sister Xiaotao, you... please conduct yourself properly..."
The moment he said this—
Ma Xiaotao froze.
Then—
a look of hurt rose in her flame-lit eyes.
"Junior Brother Yuhao, what do you mean?"
"I asked you to help me suppress my evil fire. I haven’t done anything improper!"
Her white teeth bit down on her lower lip. Under the influence of the evil fire, her emotions were growing harder to control.
"Though I bear this evil fire, I have always held fast to my heart."
"There is a simplest way to restrain it—but I, Ma Xiaotao, am absolutely not someone who would willingly debase herself!"
Her voice trembled, and her eyes began to redden.
"For me to come find you like this..."
"This is the first time in my life!"
"Huo Yuhao, in your eyes, am I some indecent woman without self-respect?"
As Ma Xiaotao grew increasingly agitated under the burning torment of the evil fire, faint moisture even appearing in her eyes, Huo Yuhao truly panicked.
—He would rather fight Jing Hongchen again than deal with the situation before him.
"That’s not what I meant..."
He hurriedly grabbed a tissue from the table and reached out to wipe away the tear that had slid down Ma Xiaotao’s cheek.
Through the thin layer of paper—
the instant his slightly cool fingertips brushed against her burning skin—
both of them trembled faintly, almost imperceptibly.
"Senior Sister Xiaotao, my wording was inappropriate and caused you to misunderstand... I apologize."
Seeing the pain in her brows deepen, and the evil fire around her body surge further out of control—its heat even scorching the edges of her specially tailored academy uniform, revealing glimpses of pale skin beneath—
Huo Yuhao dared not delay any longer.
"I’ll stabilize your evil fire first."
A flash of deep blue frost bloomed at his fingertip.
Swift as lightning, he tapped it against the center of Ma Xiaotao’s brow.
From that point of contact—
an icy aura rippled outward in layers, standing in stark opposition to the raging evil fire around her.
Ultimate Ice had evolved into Ultimate Ice and Snow—
far beyond what her not-yet-ultimate evil fire could contend with.
In only a few breaths—
the evil fire retreated step by step.
Ma Xiaotao’s tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed, a soft murmur escaping her lips.
About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn—
the evil fire was completely suppressed.
Huo Yuhao slowly withdrew his finger.
Ma Xiaotao opened her eyes. Clarity had returned to them; the earlier emotional turmoil was gone.
She remembered everything that had just happened. A trace of embarrassment crossed her pretty face as she lifted a hand to wipe away the tear marks on her cheek and said softly:
"Junior Brother Yuhao, I’m sorry..."
"Because of the evil fire... my emotions were difficult to control for a moment. I lost my composure."
She naturally understood that Huo Yuhao had meant no harm.
It was simply that she had been disturbed by the evil fire.
Her emotions had slipped beyond restraint.
Huo Yuhao was about to speak when his gaze inadvertently swept over the patch of pale skin revealed beneath her fire-scorched collar. His face instantly grew hot, and he hurriedly looked away.
That reaction—
amused Ma Xiaotao greatly.
The Huo Yuhao she had seen before was either overpowering seven opponents at the Spirit Master Tournament or battling top experts like Jing Hongchen.
In every gesture—
he exuded the brilliance and composure of a peerless prodigy.
This moment, however—
this boyish fluster and shyness—
felt vivid and alive.
It made her want to look at him a little longer.
Ma Xiaotao lightly covered her chest with a slender hand. Her bright, fiery eyes blinked as she suddenly leaned closer to Huo Yuhao, her face nearly brushing against the tip of his nose.
Seeing the faint blush spreading to the roots of his ears, a mischievous smile rippled through her eyes, her lashes curving like crescent moons.
"This expression of yours, Junior Brother Yuhao, is quite rare to see."
Her warm breath brushed gently across his face, tickling faintly.
Huo Yuhao made a summoning gesture.
An outer robe drifted over from the side.
Without further explanation, he draped it over Ma Xiaotao’s shoulders and stepped back half a pace.
"This suppression of the evil fire was quite thorough. For the next month, Senior Sister should remain unharmed."
He spoke a little faster than usual.
"I still need to head to the Star Dou Great Forest, so I shall take my leave first!"
With that—
he forgot that this was his own room, turned around, and strode out.
After a few swift movements, he disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Watching his almost "fleeing in defeat" figure, Ma Xiaotao couldn’t help but laugh softly and followed him out.
Standing outside the inn,
she raised her voice and called out:
"Be careful on the road!"
Huo Yuhao did not turn back, merely lifting a hand in a brief wave.
Only after his figure had completely vanished at the far end of the long street did Ma Xiaotao withdraw her gaze and turn toward the academy.
She gathered the wide blue outer robe more closely around herself. A faint, refreshing scent of grass and wood lingered on it—like the light fragrance of soapberry.
Ma Xiaotao’s lips curved upward, making her radiant face shine even more brightly.
"Teacher always urged me to participate in the Sea God Fated Blind Date Festival. I originally had no intention of doing so..."
"But now..."
"I’ve changed my mind."
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