Watching him made Xiao Wu feel nauseous, and she asked coldly in return, "Then why don't you dare go and ask Li Yuan directly?"
Yu Xiaogang was suddenly left speechless.
He wanted to, but the problem was he didn't dare.
Li Yuan's explosive temper last time had scared him quite a bit. What if he provoked him and the boy rushed up to give him a sound thrashing?
With his old arms and legs, he couldn't handle that kind of tossing around.
Of course, Yu Xiaogang couldn't possibly say those words out loud. He could only stammer out an explanation: "I... I did that to avoid suspicion. If this matter affected Li Yuan's learning state, then I would be guilty."
"Hmph, you know exactly what you're trying to do! I'm not staying for this!"
Xiao Wu snorted coldly and turned to leave.
Bang!
With a dull thud, Yu Xiaogang slammed the desk in anger, pointing at Xiao Wu while trembling with rage: "You! Is this any way to speak to a teacher?"
"You? You're worthy of being called a teacher?"
Xiao Wu spun around, hands on her hips, glaring at him without backing down. Her pink eyes were full of disdain: "You're just a trash who eats and drinks for free at the academy. You think you're worthy of yapping at me?"
"You! Bastard! You dead rabbit Xiao Wu, you dare speak to me like that?"
Yu Xiaogang was poked in his sore spot and immediately became fly into a rage out of humiliation, cursing recklessly.
"Hmph!"
A cold light flashed in Xiao Wu's eyes as she suddenly attacked.
Her long, powerful, jade-like leg rose like lightning, firmly pinning Yu Xiaogang's neck.
"Ugh... cough, cough..."
Yu Xiaogang's face instantly turned red from the chokehold, his eyes nearly bulging out. He struggled desperately but couldn't break free from Xiao Wu's long leg, which looked slender but contained terrifying power.
Xiao Wu watched him struggle coldly, and only when he was about to lose his breath did she finally release her leg.
Thud!
Yu Xiaogang slumped to the ground, gasping for air, his face filled with lingering fear.
Xiao Wu looked down at him from above, her gaze icy: "For the Dean's sake, I'll let you go this time. If there's a next time, I won't show any mercy!"
"Also, Xiao Yuan's business is my business. Remember this: he's under my protection!"
After those words, Xiao Wu coolly flipped her ponytail and turned to leave, leaving behind only a valiant silhouette.
Yu Xiaogang was left sitting paralyzed on the ground. It took him a long time to catch his breath, his face incredibly ugly and his eyes filled with resentment.
"Rebellion! This is total rebellion! A student dares to hit a teacher? This is infuriating!"
However, Xiao Wu's lesson did not diminish his ideas; instead, it further stimulated his curiosity.
"She had such a big reaction; Li Yuan's Spirit must have a huge secret. If I can get it... maybe I can jump to become a world-renowned Spirit Grandmaster!"
Yu Xiaogang's eyes were full of greed and fanaticism, as if he could already see the image of himself becoming famous and being admired by ten thousand people after obtaining Li Yuan's secret.
"Just wait... I will definitely get my hands on that secret!"
...After leaving the office, Xiao Wu immediately posted the video to the group.
[Loves Eating Carrots: (4 minute 47 second video)]
[Loves Eating Carrots: Look at how shameless this Grandmaster is. (Vomit emoji)]
The video content was exactly the whole process of how Yu Xiaogang "righteously" tried to pry into Li Yuan's secrets, how he was left speechless by Xiao Wu's rebuttals, and how he finally flew into a rage only to be pinned by the throat by Xiao Wu's leg.
Once the video was posted, the group instantly boiled over.
[The Richest Little Socialite in Heaven Dou: Wow! This person is so disgusting! What right does he have to pry into the secrets of someone else's Spirit?]
[Big Cat in the Dark Night: And he has the face to say he wants to write a book. Being generous with others' things to enjoy the fame for himself. (Middle finger disdain emoji)]
[Lonely All My Life: I only finished catching up on the gossip yesterday, and I didn't expect to see Yu Xiaogang's true face today. He fits my imagination perfectly! So ugly! There are no trash Spirits, only trash Spirit Masters? I think there are only trash Grandmasters, not trash Spirits.]
[Big Sister with a Vicious Heart: Outrageous! I really don't understand, since he's clearly the one asking for help, why does he still put on such a high-and-mighty attitude? (Speechless)]
[Ice and Snow Smart: Probably to maintain that pathetic self-esteem of his.]
[Child Without Parents: I used to think the Group Owner's description of Yu Xiaogang might be a bit exaggerated, but now I feel like the Group Owner wasn't wrong at all. (Eye roll)]
[Little Fox Who Likes Teacher the Most: He's really lost all face! He's an academy teacher after all, and this is the attitude he has when talking to a student? When someone doesn't want to talk, he actually gets angry out of shame. Truly speechless!]
[The Single Married Woman Who Runs the Academy: Yu Xiaogang, your current appearance really makes me sick!]
Blue Tyrant Academy.
Liu Erlong spat, her face full of disgust: "I must have been blind back then to have fallen for you!"
She really wondered if she had been cursed or if her brain had been caught in a door back then.
Otherwise, how could she have fallen for such a bastard?
[Li Yuan: Tsk tsk tsk, you'll get used to it.]
Nuoding Dormitory.
Li Yuan looked at Xiao Wu's sharp, crisp, and valiant movements in the video, especially that final leg-lock on the throat and the domineering declaration. A smile of appreciation couldn't help but curl at the corners of his mouth.
To be honest, that kick was really cool.
Who could refuse being protected from behind by a beautiful and valiant girl?
But at the end... what was with that line "Li Yuan is under my protection"?
Li Yuan's mouth hung open slightly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Ah? Had he gloriously become a kept man just like that?
Don't do this!
He didn't want to lose his goal of striving so early!
Although there was nothing wrong with being a kept man.
But through the System's efforts, the world could be even wider for him!
[The Richest Little Socialite in Heaven Dou: This Young Miss is very curious about one thing now. Tell me, why did Bibi Dong fall for such a shameless person back then?]
[Ice and Snow Smart: Um... I don't know either.]
It seemed like she didn't know, but in reality, Ye Lingling was truly at a loss for words.
[Loves Eating Carrots: Is it because Bibi Dong liked that he doesn't shower? Liked his old age? Liked his ugliness? Or liked that he's a trash?]
[Big Cat in the Dark Night: I heard that prisoners in jail are forced to have buzz cuts. Maybe Bibi Dong likes the 'Pure Prison Style'.]
[Big Sister with a Vicious Heart: 666! Heaven-Defying Pure Prison Style old man!]
[Little Fox Who Likes Teacher the Most: Pfft, hahaha, I'm dying of laughter!]
Saintess Hall.
Hu Liena suddenly laughed so hard her body trembled. She clutched her stomach and lay on the bed, tears almost coming out.
What the hell, liked that he doesn't shower.
And what is this 'Pure Prison Style'?
Talented, too talented!
Although she knew it was rude to laugh like this, she really couldn't help it.
"Hahahaha! Sorry, Teacher! Let me have a good laugh for once!"
...Meanwhile.
Supreme Pontiff Palace.
Bibi Dong, who had just finished handling the morning's official business, opened the group chat.
At that moment, her world collapsed.
Why was the group gossiping about her again?
And most of it was disparaging and mocking comments about her and Yu Xiaogang... especially that message from Loves Eating Carrots, which instantly made Bibi Dong's blood pressure soar.
What do you mean this old lady liked that he doesn't shower?
"You bunch of little girls, what do you know?!"
Bibi Dong was trembling with rage.
She took several deep breaths before she managed to suppress the urge to kill all these "little wenches." With a trembling hand, she typed a line of words.
[The Yandere Maniac Beauty of the Spirit Hall: First of all, I didn't provoke any of you!]
[The Yandere Maniac Beauty of the Spirit Hall: Secondly, what do you know? What happened between Xiaogang and me back then wasn't what you think! I never wanted anything from him... this is called love, do you understand!]
[The Yandere Maniac Beauty of the Spirit Hall: Finally, let me reiterate, if you dare to talk nonsense again, be careful or this Empress will tear your mouths apart!]
Meanwhile.
Crown Princes Mansion.
Qian Renxue watched her mom, Bibi Dong, still trying to defend Yu Xiaogang in the group chat. The slight guilt she had felt because she was preparing to secretly win over Gui Mei and Yue Guan instantly vanished into thin air.
In its place was an uncontrollable resentment and... disappointment at her for not living up to expectations!
[Child Without Parents: Mom, I just don't get it. What exactly do you like about him?]
[Child Without Parents: He has no money, no strength, and no personal charm! Is it really as Carrots and Big Cat said, you just liked that he doesn't shower and his Pure Prison Style?]
She really couldn't understand her arrogant, ruthless, and powerful mother.
How could she have fallen for someone like Yu Xiaogang back then—someone who had nothing and was full of hypocritical, pedantic air?
Liked his old age?
Liked that he doesn't shower?
Liked that set of nonsensical "theories" of his?
Or liked his pitiful "unrecognized talent" look from when he was young, which could trigger a woman's maternal instincts?