21: Chapter 21 I'm tired, let's destroy... Wait, is this a critical hit right at the start of the day?

"Sister Tianmeng, can you turn into a smaller form? You're taking up half the bed like this, how am I supposed to meditate at night?"

Huo Yuhao looked at Tianmeng Iceworm, who was lying on his bed, having already transformed into human form and was stretching lazily, his tone filled with helplessness.

Tianmeng Iceworm was dressed in a pale blue long dress, lying lazily on her side, her curves exquisite, with a head of ice-blue long hair spread out on the pillow.

She blinked her hazy sleepy eyes and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Why meditate? After a tiring day, of course, you should hold me and sleep, Yuhao.

This is Shrek Academy's dormitory, after all. Although the bed is a bit small, it's very soft and much more comfortable than sleeping in the Star Dou Great Forest."

"This is a single bed," Huo Yuhao emphasized.

"So what if it's a single bed? What is our relationship? Why distinguish between single and double?" Sister Tianmeng patted the empty space beside her with righteous confidence. "Come here, let me hug you."

Huo Yuhao put his hand to his forehead. He had just finished laying out the bedding provided by the academy and had conveniently placed the meditation array disc he brought with him under the bed.

Before he could even catch his breath, Sister Tianmeng had already brazenly "occupied" his bed.

As his first Soul Spirit, Tianmeng Iceworm could appear by his side anytime, anywhere, in either spiritual or physical form.

In this small, independent dormitory room, she seemed to prefer using her human form to squeeze onto his bed.

"Go back to my Spiritual Sea to sleep; it's more spacious there," Huo Yuhao tried to reason.

"No, it's cold in there. It's warmer holding onto you," Sister Tianmeng said, even shifting toward the middle of the bed, leaving him with even less space.

Huo Yuhao was completely out of options.

He looked out the window. The moonlight was like water, spilling through the window lattice onto the floor. In the distance, the intermittent chirping of crickets made the night seem exceptionally peaceful.

This was the east side of the academy, close to the teachers' residential area, truly a rare and quiet place.

Forget it, squeezing in will have to do.

Just as he was preparing to take off his outer garment to make do for the night, a faint knock on the door suddenly rang out.

"Knock, knock-knock."

The sound was very light, carrying a hint of hesitation.

Huo Yuhao froze.

Who could it be at this late hour?

"Who is it?" Sister Tianmeng also sat up from the bed, looking curiously toward the door.

Huo Yuhao walked to the door, with a hint of vigilance and confusion, and gently pulled the door open.

Outside the door, under the moonlight, a slender figure stood silently.

Gu Yuena was wearing a pure white silk pajama set, the supple fabric clinging to her golden-ratio figure.

Moonlight poured down on her signature long silver hair, as if plating every strand with a holy halo.

She wasn't wearing shoes, her fair, petite feet bare, standing quietly on the cool stone path.

Her face remained expressionless, her purple eyes like two bottomless pools of water in the night, looking straight at Huo Yuhao.

For a moment, Huo Yuhao's mind went blank.

He had imagined countless possibilities, but he never expected it would be her.

Shouldn't she be in the girls' dormitory area?

Before Huo Yuhao could speak, Gu Yuena walked past him, as naturally as if she were entering her own home.

Her gaze swept around the small dormitory, finally landing on the ice-blue-haired woman on the bed. Her brows furrowed imperceptibly, but she quickly returned to calm.

Then, she sat down on the other side of the bed, her movements fluid, without a hint of hesitation.

The air in the entire room seemed to freeze.

Sister Tianmeng looked at the silver-haired girl who had suddenly intruded, then looked at Huo Yuhao, who was still petrified at the doorway, her beautiful face filled with a giant question mark.

Huo Yuhao finally found his voice. He closed the door, turned around, and looked at Gu Yuena sitting on the edge of the bed, asking with a dry tone: "...What about your dormitory?"

Gu Yuena looked up, her purple eyes fixed on him, and spat out two words concisely: "Too far."

This reason was powerful enough that Huo Yuhao couldn't refute it.

For someone like her, who could manipulate spatial power, distance probably depended only on whether she wanted to walk or not.

"I only have... one bed here," Huo Yuhao said, steeling himself as he pointed to the single bed that was already half-occupied by Sister Tianmeng and now had a corner claimed by her.

"I know," Gu Yuena's reply remained calm. "I'll just sleep next to you."

"..."

Huo Yuhao was completely speechless.

He looked at Gu Yuena's stunning yet expressionless face, trying to find a trace of a joke on it, but he failed.

Her purple eyes were clear and bottomless, filled with seriousness, as if she were stating something perfectly normal.

The atmosphere in the room became exceptionally strange.

Sister Tianmeng looked at one, then the other, the fire of gossip in her eyes burning fiercely.

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, feeling he had to defend the last bit of his dignity as the room's owner: "Gu Yuena, this is Shrek Academy. Men and women should be separated; this is inappropriate."

Gu Yuena listened to him quietly, and then, a ripple suddenly appeared in her purple eyes that had always been as still as an ancient well.

She tilted her head slightly, her gaze shifting as she looked at Huo Yuhao. A hint of imperceptible grievance had actually appeared in her originally flat tone.

"We could sleep together at home, but we can't now that we're out?"

Her voice was very light, carrying a bit of a nasal tone, like a feather gently scratching Huo Yuhao's heart.

Huo Yuhao froze completely.

Immediately after, the corners of Gu Yuena's mouth turned down slightly, and her gaze upon him carried a hint of accusation.

Using a tone he had never heard before, carrying a bit of coyness, she drew out her words and whispered: "Huo Yuhao, you big bad guy, hmph~"

"Boom."

Huo Yuhao only felt as if his brain had been struck by a bolt of heavenly lightning; it went instantly blank and started buzzing.

What did he see? What did he hear?

Gu Yuena... that Gu Yuena who always maintained a cold and calm demeanor, as if nothing in the world could leave a mark on her heart.

That existence who was the Silver Dragon King, possessing the power to destroy the world... was actually acting spoiled with him?

And in this... this kind of tone that could make any man's bones melt!

How could he refuse this? There was simply no way to refuse!

Sister Tianmeng on the side also gaped in shock. She looked at Huo Yuhao's distracted appearance, then at Gu Yuena, who had suddenly become "girly," and the meaning in her eyes became even more complex.

This Silver Dragon King, her level is a bit high!

Huo Yuhao's inner heart was locked in a battle between heaven and man.

Reason told him this was absolutely not okay; if word got out, it would cause a huge misunderstanding.

But emotionally, facing Gu Yuena like this, he couldn't say a single word of refusal.

What was even worse was that there was still a covetous Sister Tianmeng on the side!

She had already occupied half the bed!

Huo Yuhao glanced at the lazy and charming Sister Tianmeng on his left, then at the slightly aggrieved and persistent Gu Yuena on his right, and a desperate thought rose from the bottom of his heart.

Forget it, just let it be, just let me be destroyed...

He gave up resistance, walked to the bedside with an expressionless face, and lay down in the tiny gap left between Tianmeng and Gu Yuena.

"Yuhao, you're so warm." Sister Tianmeng immediately wrapped herself around him like an octopus, one arm draped over his chest, her head leaning in, affectionately rubbing against his neck.

On the other side, Gu Yuena didn't make such a big move, but she also quietly lay down, pressing closely against Huo Yuhao's other side.

Huo Yuhao could clearly feel the cool yet incredibly soft sensation coming from her, as well as the faint fragrance emanating from her hair.

Huo Yuhao lay motionless in the middle, his body stiff as a wooden board.

On the left was the fiery, warm, mature charm; on the right was the cool, moon-like, girlish fragrance.

What cultivation? What meditation?

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

...

The next morning, when the horizon just began to turn a fish-belly white, a rhythmic knocking on the door rang out again.

This time, the knocking was much clearer and more forceful than last night's.

"Huo Yuhao, get up for morning exercise!" Wang Qiuer's crisp and energetic voice came from outside the door.

On the bed, Huo Yuhao, sporting two large dark circles under his eyes, opened his eyes with difficulty.

He had barely slept all night; even with his powerful Mental Energy, he couldn't withstand the torture of having "beauties" on both sides.

He gently moved away the arm Sister Tianmeng had draped over him, then carefully shifted away from Gu Yuena, getting out of bed like a thief.

Sister Tianmeng and Gu Yuena seemed to have been awakened by the knocking as well.

Sister Tianmeng rubbed her sleepy eyes and yawned, while Gu Yuena sat straight up, her long silver hair cascading down like a waterfall, her expression cold, showing no trace of sleepiness.

"Who is it, so early in the morning? Can't a person sleep?" Sister Tianmeng muttered dissatisfiedly.

"It's Wang Qiuer," Huo Yuhao answered in a low voice while putting on his outer garment.

He walked to the door, took a deep breath, prepared himself mentally, and then pulled the door open.

At the door, Wang Qiuer was in a sharp, capable outfit, her long golden hair tied into a high ponytail, looking heroic and spirited.

Seeing Huo Yuhao open the door, a bright smile appeared on her face: "You're quite punctual... uh..."

Her smile froze on her face.

Because she saw behind Huo Yuhao, two women with vastly different styles, yet equally breathtakingly beautiful, walking slowly out of his room in their pajamas.

One was an exquisite loli in a pale blue long dress, full of charm.

The other was a stunningly beautiful girl in pure white pajamas, with silver hair and purple eyes, her temperament as cold as a fairy from the moon palace.

Wang Qiuer's beautiful golden eyes widened instantly, her gaze scanning back and forth between Huo Yuhao's slightly weary face and the two women behind him, who were also clearly just waking up.

An indescribable sense of awkwardness and eeriness filled the air.

A few seconds later, the surprise on Wang Qiuer's face slowly faded, replaced by an extremely complex, one could say "spectacular," expression.

In that expression, there was shock, disbelief, sudden realization, and finally, it all turned into a thick layer of mockery.

Huo Yuhao looked at her expression and knew that things had already developed in the worst possible direction.

He felt his temples throbbing and could only explain with an expressionless face, in a voice even he felt was unconvincing: "Qiuer, don't misunderstand, it's not what you think."

Hearing this, Wang Qiuer raised an eyebrow slightly, the corners of her mouth curling into a playful arc. She crossed her arms with great interest.

Looking Huo Yuhao up and down, she spoke slowly: "Oh? Then what is it that I'm thinking?"

"..."

Huo Yuhao was once again rendered speechless.

How could he explain it?

Say that one is my million-year Soul Spirit, and the other is the Silver Dragon King, and they just happened to sleep on my bed last night, and nothing happened between us?

If he said that, let alone Wang Qiuer not believing it, even he wouldn't believe it himself.

Just then, footsteps were heard not far away.

"Eh, it's Yuhao and Wang Qiuer, you're up really early." Tang Ya's gentle voice came.

Huo Yuhao turned his head to look, only to see Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan walking out of the adjacent dormitory building together, seemingly heading for morning exercise as well.

However, when they walked closer and saw the scene at Huo Yuhao's doorway of "one man, two women, and disheveled clothing," both of them stopped in their tracks.

On Jiang Nannan's classical and tranquil pretty face, a flash of astonishment first appeared, which was then quickly replaced by a sense of understanding and embarrassment.

Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she subconsciously avoided Huo Yuhao's gaze.

Tang Ya's reaction was more direct. After being stunned for a moment, a flash of surprise crossed her eyes, and she immediately gave Jiang Nannan a "we understand" look.

Then she immediately took Jiang Nannan's hand, turned around, and walked away, while saying loudly:

"Oh, Nannan, I suddenly remembered that the scenery is better over there. Let's go stroll over there; I didn't see anything."

Jiang Nannan also immediately understood, lowering her head, and echoed in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "Yeah, me too, I didn't see anything."

After they finished speaking, they quickened their pace without looking back, rapidly disappearing around the corner of the path, as if something monstrous was chasing them from behind.

Huo Yuhao stood at the doorway, watching their "fleeing" backs, then looked at Wang Qiuer in front of him, who had an expression of "I see through everything."

As well as the two "culprits" behind him who had absolutely no awareness of the severity of the problem, he only felt a sense of vertigo.

It's over.

On the first day of school, Huo Yuhao's "innocence" was completely gone.

Wang Qiuer looked at his look of utter despair and finally couldn't help but chuckle. She walked forward.

She nudged Huo Yuhao's arm lightly with her elbow, lowered her voice, and said in a teasing tone: "Not bad, Yuhao, I really couldn't tell. You seem a bit greedy this time~ But... can your body handle it?"

Huo Yuhao looked at her expressionlessly and squeezed a few words through his teeth: "Let's go for morning exercise."

He didn't want to say another word right now; he just wanted to find a place to be quiet.

The new life at Shrek Academy seemed to have been sprinting toward a direction he couldn't have anticipated at all, right from the first day.

However, beneath this chaotic and ludicrous beginning, Huo Yuhao's heart was incomparably clear.

He came here not just for learning and cultivation.

In this number one academy on the continent, there were old acquaintances he had to see, and karma he had to resolve.