After an unknown amount of time had passed, Yun Fei slowly opened her eyes.
As expected, she felt a tingling, numb sensation traveling up from her right hand. The intense stimulation jolted her awake instantly.
*Hiss…* what is going on? It’s so numb!
Yun Fei tilted her head to the right in confusion, only to see that little cutie Mu Lingxi’s face pressed against her hand, pinning her down.
Seeing this, Yun Fei’s face darkened with frustration.
She moved her right hand, attempting to pull it out, but she accidentally disturbed the sleeping Mu Lingxi.
However, the girl had no intention of waking up.
Like a log in a deep sleep, she merely shifted slightly and continued to slumber.
Unfortunately, that single movement only added to Yun Fei’s suffering.
Out of all the things Mu Lingxi could have moved, she just had to move her hands—she actually grabbed Yun Fei’s wrist!
“Ugh… dammit! I can’t pull it out! How is this woman so strong even when she’s sleeping?”
Yun Fei’s face turned bright red from the effort, but her hand didn’t budge an inch.
Left with no choice, Yun Fei tried to sit up to push Mu Lingxi away.
But the heavens were not on her side.
The moment she moved, she aggravated her internal injuries.
A sharp pain shot through her from the inside out, forcing her to stop.
“Mu Lingxi! Mu Lingxi! Wake up! You jerk!”
Yun Fei was so angry she wanted to stomp her feet, but she couldn’t move at all.
She could only use her voice.
*Rustle, rustle…*
Yun Fei watched with hopeful eyes, thinking the girl was about to wake up.
Instead, Mu Lingxi just twisted her body and went back to sleep.
“Mu Lingxi, you… Huh? A stool?”
Yun Fei was about to snap, but Mu Lingxi’s movement revealed that she was slumped over while sitting on a stool.
This sparked a brilliant plan in Yun Fei’s mind.
‘Aha! I can use Demonic Power to push the stool away. That way, she’ll fall. She can’t possibly stay asleep after falling, right?’
Yun Fei’s clever brain decided the plan was feasible.
Without hesitation, she acted!
Enduring the numbness in her right hand, she slightly channeled the small amount of Demonic Power she had managed to recover.
She condensed it into a large hand, which gripped a leg of the stool and yanked it back!
*Bang!*
“Ow!”
*Thud!*
“Yeah! Plan successful!”
The corners of Yun Fei’s mouth curled into a smile.
Watching Mu Lingxi tumble to the floor filled her with a sense of pure joy.
“Ugh… what happened?”
Mu Lingxi rubbed her bleary eyes, looking completely dazed.
Seeing Mu Lingxi look over, Yun Fei quickly wiped the smile off her face.
She pretended nothing had happened, turned her head back, and tucked her right hand under the covers.
“What are you looking at me for? Never seen a beautiful girl before? Falling to the floor while sleeping… you really are something, Lady Saintess~”
Yun Fei rolled her eyes, her tongue as sharp as ever.
“I… Are you okay?”
“Okay? How could I be okay? My whole body hurts whenever I move, and it’s all thanks to you!”
“I’m sorry… I didn’t know…”
“Hmph… sorry? You think a single ‘sorry’ can—”
‘Wait! Mu Lingxi is actually apologizing to me! I’ve never heard that before! Should I… forgive her first?’
Yun Fei looked at Mu Lingxi suspiciously, but she saw deep self-blame and guilt in the girl’s eyes.
Mu Lingxi kept her head lowered, avoiding Yun Fei’s gaze.
‘Oh my god! This is a rare sight! A monumental discovery!’
Mu Lingxi had bowed her head to her! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Although Yun Fei desperately wanted to laugh out loud, her throat was still hoarse, so making a scene wasn’t a good idea.
However, laughing to herself was just as good.
“Mu Lingxi, where are we?”
Once her internal excitement calmed down, Yun Fei finally realized this wasn’t her room, and it didn’t look like Mu Lingxi’s either.
“This is… a room the Vice Principal lent us.”
“The Vice Principal? Who’s that? Never met them, don’t know them!”
No such person existed in Yun Fei’s memory.
They must have appeared after her accident.
“Right… but this is the Vice Principal’s room, after all. It’s not good to stay here forever… How about this? Since you’re still in pain, I’ll take you somewhere where your injuries will definitely heal faster!”
Mu Lingxi patted her clothes and stood up. she looked at Yun Fei with eyes full of expectation, as if she really wanted her to agree.
“Ugh… don’t look at me like that. It’s giving me the creeps…”
She wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, but after waking up, she felt Mu Lingxi had changed a bit.
As for what exactly… she couldn’t quite put her finger on it.
“Fine. I don’t want to stay in bed forever anyway. If I can recover faster, then the sooner the better… but you’d better not be up to anything bad!”
Under that fervent gaze, Yun Fei could only agree.
However, she knew Mu Lingxi was likely plotting something, so she gave her a verbal warning—even if it probably wouldn’t work.
“Oh, come on~ Don’t think so poorly of me~ I am the Saintess, after all~ What kind of bad intentions could a kind-hearted Saintess possibly have~”
Mu Lingxi covered her mouth and giggled, walking toward Yun Fei step by step.
“You… saying that… makes it really hard not to suspect you’re up to something.”
Watching Mu Lingxi approach with a mysterious smile, Yun Fei couldn’t help but shrink back into the blankets.
As expected, Mu Lingxi stepped forward and yanked the covers away.
The white sheets were tossed aside, leaving Yun Fei curled up and staring at Mu Lingxi with a look of extreme caution.
Seeing Yun Fei look so enticing in her current state, Mu Lingxi’s throat moved as she swallowed.
A “brilliant” idea popped into her head.
“Heehee~ Why is the Young Lord being so modest? You were so well-behaved last night when I helped you wash your body~”
Mu Lingxi intentionally wore a wicked grin while saying this.
Yun Fei’s first reaction was disbelief, but she still looked down to check.
With one look—*Oh!*
She was wearing pajamas that had come from who-knows-where.
And did they feel a bit tight around her chest?
It was over… her clothes had been changed… She was only wearing this single pajama top, and there was nothing underneath… Didn’t that mean…
Yun Fei looked up at Mu Lingxi with a stiff expression, her eyes filled with resentment.
“Waaaah… I’m not clean anymore~”
“Huh? Please~ We’re both girls, so how can you say you’re not clean? Aside from wiping the blood off you last night, I didn’t do anything!”
Mu Lingxi, who looked upright on the outside but was questionable on the inside, would not accept such groundless slander from Yun Fei.
“I… I don’t care! My male mindset is still stubbornly present! I don’t accept this! Spiritually, I am no longer clean… waaaah~”
“Shut up! Talking to you is such a chore! You’re just trying to stall for time! You have to come with me today! Once your injuries are healed, I’m going to beat you up first thing!”
Yun Fei was shocked.
“I… I was sent to that hellish place because of you, and I’m this badly hurt, yet you still want to hit me? What kind of Saintess are you! I want to complain!”
“Complain? Go ahead and complain to the Mirror of the Heart then! Either way, one thing at a time. Taking you to heal will settle what I owe you. Hitting you later is because you were just rude, saying I defiled your body! I’m perfectly clean! Your words are the ultimate insult to me!”
Yun Fei stared wide-eyed as Mu Lingxi explained the logic behind her upcoming violence with perfect clarity.
For a moment, she didn’t know how to respond.
But the current situation didn’t allow her to respond.
Mu Lingxi had already moved!
Mu Lingxi knelt on the edge of the bed and reached out with both hands.
One arm went behind Yun Fei’s neck, and the other under her thighs, lifting her off the bed.
“W-What are you doing?”
Startled by the move, Yun Fei cried out in alarm.
“What am I doing? I’m carrying you there. A wounded cripple like you shouldn’t resist~ It’ll be over soon~”
Mu Lingxi leaned down and whispered into Yun Fei’s ear.
The cool breath made the temperature of Yun Fei’s earlobes rise steadily.
This didn’t seem right, did it?
“Why… why do you have to use this pose? Can’t you change to another one? Like carrying me on your back or something?”
Yun Fei’s face felt hot and flushed.
Realizing the heat in her cheeks, she quickly turned her head away, her heart lamenting her situation.
‘Oh, for heaven’s sake! Why am I acting like such a stereotypical shy girl? How can I even blush?’
‘Tougen up! She’s Mu Lingxi! Once the Void Calamity is over, she’ll be your enemy! How can you blush at her!’
As expected, did the mind and body always tend to synchronize?
She hadn’t believed that theory before…
Thinking of this, Yun Fei felt a wave of melancholy.
‘Is there no turning back?’
“Hmm? What kind of nonsense are you mumbling? Oh! Why is your face so red!”
A mischievous smile appeared on Mu Lingxi’s face.
Her eyes darted around.
She decided to tease Yun Fei a bit more~
With that thought, Mu Lingxi used her right hand to give Yun Fei’s bouncy thigh a little squeeze.
“Eek—Mu. Ling. Xi!”
The blush on Yun Fei’s face deepened for a second before turning into a full-blown “red-line” heat.
She growled Mu Lingxi’s name syllable by syllable, as if she wanted to tear her apart.
However, through Mu Lingxi’s current “amusement filter,” the blushing and the anger looked exactly the same.
So…
“Young Lord Yun Fei looks very cute when she’s shy~ As I thought, it was right for you to become a girl~ Boys aren’t nearly this easy on the eyes~”
Mu Lingxi continued her assault, constantly teasing Yun Fei’s nerves with her words.
She succeeded in making Yun Fei feel completely exhausted mentally.
When had the proud Yun Fei ever suffered such humiliation?
To be forced to endure her rival’s provocations while unable to do anything?
Yun Fei decided to be firm for once.
“I want you to carry me on your back! Don’t hold me like this!”
Forcing the flush from her face with her Demonic Power, Yun Fei looked up and stared Mu Lingxi in the eye with a serious expression.
Mu Lingxi narrowed her eyes slightly, her lips parting as she spat out a few words.
“I refuse~”
“Why? Don’t you think this is weird!”
Yun Fei snapped.
Mu Lingxi’s gaze drifted from Yun Fei’s face down toward her neck, finally settling on the mounds on her chest that had already moved past being buds.
“If I carry you on my back… those things will press against me… and well, it would be very uncomfortable while I’m using Sword Kinesis.”
Yun Fei followed her gaze.
Good grief!
She hadn’t really noticed it before, but her “dumplings” seemed to be… much bigger than Mu Lingxi’s!
Did this count as winning a round?