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Wang Donger ignored the curious or stunned gazes around her. Her lips were tightly pursed, and her autumn-water eyes didn't stray for a moment, only standing on her tiptoes from time to time to look into the distance.
Her gaze passed through the crowding heads and over the Students who were still whispering to each other, seemingly searching for something.
Soon, she found her target.
On the periphery of the crowd, a figure rushed into her sight.
It was a young man, his well-tailored school uniform accentuating his slender yet slightly robust frame. His short black hair shimmered cleanly in the sunlight, looking fresh and spirited.
In terms of looks, he wasn't particularly stunning or outstanding; he could only be described as handsome in a clean way.
But in Wang Donger's eyes, that face was the only scenery in the World.
What Wang Donger saw was naturally Huo Yuhao, whom she had been waiting for.
At the same time, Huo Yuhao also saw Wang Donger in the crowd.
The long pink-blue hair, features so exquisite they were almost unreal, and that long dress like rosy clouds and mist.
Huo Yuhao's eyes suddenly lit up, but there was no surprise in the depths of his eyes, as if he had long expected this scene.
He just thought secretly to himself that he had finally seen his future wife's true form.
Leng Yaozhu, walking beside Huo Yuhao, naturally also saw that unignorable figure in the crowd.
Although the other party was young, her features were already exquisite to an unforgettable degree, especially that signature long pink-blue hair, which flowed with a dreamlike luster in the sunlight.
Leng Yaozhu's heart stirred; this was clearly identical to the figure on the Spirit Pagoda murals.
The figure depicted on the murals was the Dragon Butterfly Douluo, the legendary woman who stood side-by-side with the Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao and was praised by later generations as his 'official match.'
In this instant, she had already confirmed the other party's identity.
Wang Donger moved then, lifting her feet and running straight toward Huo Yuhao's direction. The hem of her skirt rose in a light arc behind her, her pink-blue hair was brushed up by the wind, and that yellow bow seemed ready to take flight in the sunlight.
The surrounding crowd almost subconsciously made way to both sides, watching as this pink-blue figure fluttered past them.
Soon, everyone saw her stop beside Huo Yuhao.
Wang Donger stood still, tilting her head up slightly, looking straight at the young man before her. Her chest heaved slightly from the short run, but she didn't say a word, just seriously sizing up Huo Yuhao's face, as if trying to find something on that clean-cut countenance.
Surprise? Confusion?
None of these expressions, which Wang Donger thought would appear on Huo Yuhao's face, were there at all.
What did she see?
It was calmness, appreciation, a lack of surprise, and a sense that this was how it should be. It seemed Huo Yuhao wasn't at all confused about who this 'stranger' was.
Just then, she saw the corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth slowly rise, and a clearly visible smile appeared in the depths of his eyes.
Wang Donger's heart trembled at that smile; in this instant, she suddenly felt as if the other party had seen through all her secrets.
She subconsciously opened her mouth, and those words blurted out almost without passing through her brain: "You knew I was a girl?"
Huo Yuhao looked at her, the smile on his lips deepening a bit more, and then he nodded with a laugh.
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have agreed to those requests you made when we first met."
Wang Donger was stunned, her thoughts instantly dragged back to several years ago. To when they first met, and those strange 'Five Rules of Agreement' she had proposed to Huo Yuhao.
So it turns out... he knew she was a girl from the very beginning?!
A crimson blush quietly spread from her neck, climbing up her cheeks inch by inch, until even her two originally fair little ears were completely red, looking like they might drip blood amidst her pink-blue hair.
All the thoughts in her mind tangled into a mess, finally turning into a single sentence echoing over and over.
He knew.
He knew all along.
Wang Donger bit her lip, but ultimately couldn't resist asking, "How did you tell?"
She really couldn't understand. Her Big Dad had clearly told her himself that the Secret Disguise Technique on her was extremely exquisite; unless she actively revealed her true form, even a Titled Douluo level powerhouse wouldn't be able to see through it.
Huo Yuhao naturally couldn't tell her that he knew this secret from the history books Ten Thousand Years later.
So he slightly curved the corners of his mouth, revealing a mysterious smile: "Don't forget, my Spirit is the eyes."
A Mental-type Body Martial Soul's insight far surpassed that of ordinary people. Wang Donger still didn't quite believe it, but at this moment, she didn't have the spare energy to get to the bottom of things.
Her heart was in a mess, like a pool of spring water that had been stirred up; even she herself couldn't distinguish what kind of emotions were surging in her heart right now.
Dressing as a man was supposed to be her biggest secret.
But Huo Yuhao had known from the beginning yet hadn't exposed her, even silently accepting those requests of hers that, looking back now, could truly be called rude.
This should be something to be happy about. Thinking of this, a hint of sweetness indeed welled up in Wang Donger's heart.
But before the sweetness could melt, another sour thought followed closely behind.
Since he knew she was a girl, yet in these years of being together day and night, eating and living together, and fighting side by side, he had never shown any indication.
Then, in his eyes, was she ultimately just an ordinary companion?
Did he simply not have those kinds of feelings for her?
Wang Donger's heart floated to the clouds one moment and plunged to the bottom of the valley the next, her expression changing along with it.
She lowered her head, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, as if engaged in a silent tug-of-war with some invisible enemy.
H
uo Yuhao saw every subtle change on her face. He didn't let her continue to be entangled in those wild thoughts and directly spoke to break the silence.
"Perhaps, I should just call you Donger directly."
The name "Donger" made Wang Donger's heart tremble violently.
Those two words seemed to have grown wings, flying directly into the softest part of her heart, stirring up a tingle of ripples there.
She looked up, her watery pink-blue eyes gazing at Huo Yuhao. Her eyes were slightly red, like lake water dyed by the sunset, brimming with indescribable emotions.
Huo Yuhao still held that smile at the corner of his mouth as he asked gently, "So, you are that 'older sister'?"
Hearing this, the blush on Wang Donger's face deepened by another layer.
After all, she had told Huo Yuhao more than once before that she would introduce the 'older sister' at home to him.
Wang Dong wasn't a shy character by nature. At this moment, she suppressed the shame in her heart, looked up again, and gazed straight into Huo Yuhao's eyes, which were clearly filled with laughter.
A glimmer of stubborn light flickered in the depths of her eyes, as if she had gathered all her courage. She spoke and asked, "Yes, so do you like it?"
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He had originally harbored a bit of a mischievous intent, enjoying Wang Dong's rare embarrassed appearance with great interest.
But he never expected that Wang Dong would suddenly counterattack at this time, throwing the question back so bluntly.
This straight ball caught him off guard.
Then, the teasing expression on his face gradually faded.
Watching the change in his expression, Wang Dong's heart also hung in suspense. She had seemed bold when asking that question, but in reality, her internal organs were trembling, for fear of hearing an answer from Huo Yuhao's mouth that she couldn't bear.
But she didn't look away, still stubbornly meeting his gaze, though her eyes were already uncontrollably turning red.
However, Huo Yuhao's expression became solemn. He put away all jokes and all teasing, and those Spirit Eyes were filled with the most serious light.
He looked at Wang Dong and nodded. His voice wasn't loud, but he said each word clearly: "I like it."
Finally hearing this answer truly from Huo Yuhao's mouth, Wang Dong's eyes suddenly widened.
In her pink-blue eyes, a hint of surprise flashed first, and then that surprise was submerged by overwhelming excitement, like a giant stone being thrown into a calm lake, stirring up ten thousand feet of waves.
She had waited, and she had finally received the answer she wanted most.
The recent days and nights of anxiety, those hidden secret expectations she didn't dare to voice, the sourness and panic that surged when she saw Jin Li getting close to Huo Yuhao—at this moment, they all had meaning.
Her waiting was not in vain. This moment when she gathered her courage to reveal her heart had exchanged for those words she had dreamed of hearing.
Wang Dong's eyes grew even redder, and in those moist eyes, crystal tears kept swirling, like a lake filled with an entire spring's worth of water, about to burst its banks.
Her voice also carried a hint of a trembling sob, thick with nasal tones, intermittent: "I... I thought you had fallen for... Jin Li."
Huo Yuhao's heart was tugged hard by the grievance that couldn't be dissolved in that voice. He didn't speak, but just raised his hand, his thumb gently brushing past the corner of Wang Dong's eye, tenderly wiping away the tears that were about to fall.
His movements were very light, as if he were afraid of breaking something fragile, but the temperature of his fingertips was so hot that Wang Dong's whole body trembled.
His voice was low and gentle as he said, "In this World, the person I like has always been you."
With just this one sentence, Wang Dong could no longer control herself.
All her reserve, all her stubbornness, all her suppressed emotions collapsed before this single sentence.
Her whole body instantly leaned forward, and regardless of anything, she threw herself directly into Huo Yuhao's embrace.
Her forehead hit his solid chest, hitting somewhat painfully, but she didn't care at all.
She buried her face deep in his chest, her hands tightly clutching the clothes on his back, her knuckles turning white from the grip, as if she wanted to melt her whole self into his bones and blood.
Huo Yuhao was stunned for a brief moment, then raised his arms, gently encircling the trembling person in his embrace.
His chin rested on the top of her pink-blue hair, a faint fragrance lingering around his nose.
The surrounding onlookers were already dumbfounded, but none of them made a sound.
This embrace under the sunlight was like a painting, quiet yet burning hot.
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