Chapter 213: Do You Want Me?

"Huh? What did you just say?"

Qin Jian picked at his ear, looking incredulous.

This time he was truly a bit suspicious that he had misheard; after all, it had been so long since they last met, and even though they had many interactions in the past, he thought it wouldn't have much of an impact on the present, at most earning some goodwill, and he had intended to take things step by step.

But that sentence Huo Wu just said was practically no different from a confession; was this girl really this bold?

But when he looked over again, he saw Huo Wu's face was almost hanging down to her chest...

She... could probably still see a bit of her toes...

"Can you say that again?"

Qin Jian blinked and said, "I didn't hear you clearly just now."

Huo Wu's cheeks were flushed, but she suddenly raised her head, hands on her hips, looking puffed up with anger: "I said, I want you to stay!"

It caused the eyeballs of everyone around to drop to the floor...

"What do you want me to stay for?"

Qin Jian crossed his arms, seemingly unmoved.

"I..."

Huo Wu opened her mouth, hesitating, but finally said in a low voice: "I hope you can stay and help me."

A hint of a smile flashed in Qin Jian's eyes, but he asked, "Help you with what?"

Huo Wu took a deep breath, the temperature on her face gradually cooling down, and she looked at Qin Jian and said: "Saying it might put you in a difficult position, but I really don't have a better candidate right now..."

Right then, she told Qin Jian about the Immersive Cultivation arranged by Blazing Academy for their team.

"So, this Mimicry Cultivation Ground of yours must be entered in pairs to avoid being eroded by the manic nature of the flames and committing acts that harm yourselves?" Qin Jian said.

Huo Wu looked into his eyes and said: "That is the case."

"That was your brother just now, right? Why aren't you with him?" Qin Jian asked again.

Huo Wu's gaze suddenly became somewhat evasive: "That... because..."

Of course, she couldn't say that she didn't want to pair up with someone of the opposite sex...

A flash of inspiration struck her, and she said: "It's because among the seven members of the team, my brother has a partner, and since our attributes are similar, it's even more dangerous, so I'm not with him."

Qin Jian was, of course, not that easy to fool, and he asked again: "Then you could also find someone else from the academy to help; it's impossible that Blazing Academy can't find a single person, right?"

"It really can't be found..."

Huo Wu answered this question without hesitation: "This Mimicry Cultivation Ground of ours is very special; the power only gathers enough to be opened once every five years. The Flame Beasts inside are basically only enough for the seven of us to absorb with our martial souls. Even so, we still need to compete with each other, so it's impossible to let an eighth person in."

She looked up at Qin Jian and added: "Unless it's an outsider with a non-fire attribute martial soul."

Qin Jian nodded; he had finally sorted out the settings of this so-called Immersive Cultivation of theirs. He could only say that arriving early is not as good as arriving at the right time?

"So that means I can't do anything for the next half a year and can only accompany you in cultivation?" Qin Jian said, squinting at her.

Of course, he couldn't just agree immediately upon hearing Huo Wu's request; after all... Lick Dogs don't get houses...

Under normal circumstances, it was impossible for him to agree easily either.

Sure enough, upon hearing this from Qin Jian, Huo Wu did not show the slightest bit of surprise.

She lowered her head and said: "I know this request is asking a lot of you, but I really need it right now. Can you help me? I can... agree to any of your requests."

"Any request?"

Qin Jian swept a glance over her heaving figure and said with interest: "You'll really agree to any request?"

Huo Wu clenched her hands, slightly annoyed: "What are you looking at? Don't think I'll agree to that kind of request!"

"Which kind of request?"

Qin Jian crossed his arms and said: "I remember you already owe me a request, don't you?"

"Ye-yes..."

Huo Wu's gaze began to drift again; she really didn't have the confidence to ask anything more of Qin Jian. After all, she already owed him once, and the two of them weren't in any particularly intimate relationship—at most, they were friends. What would she use to repay him in the future? Herself?

Herself?

Huo Wu's heart skipped a beat, and suddenly she felt a bit restless.

She knew she actually quite liked him; the guidance on Ring Fusion and his first-place finish in the tournament back then had left too deep an impression on her, and his figure still often appeared in her dreams in the middle of the night.

"Qin Jian."

She suddenly raised her head, the look in her eyes as scorching and pressing as flames: "If you are willing to stay and accompany me for half a year, I will... I will be your girlfriend!"

To her surprise, Qin Jian was not as happy as she had imagined; instead, he frowned, looked at her carefully, and said: "Huo Wu, you want to use this as an Exchange?"

"No matter who it is, as long as they help you for half a year, you promise this?"

Qin Jian took a slight step back and said in a cool tone: "If that's the case, then you should go find Feng Xiaotian."

He shook his head as if very disappointed, then turned and walked toward the hotel.

"You..."

Huo Wu opened her mouth, stunned for a moment, and then an unnamed fire rose from the bottom of her heart.

"Bang!"

Before Qin Jian could react, Huo Wu rushed up and pressed him entirely against the wall: "You stop right there!"

Qin Jian: "???"

This posture... was he being subjected to a reverse Wall-thumping?

Qin Jian's mind was a mess.

Unbeknownst to them, there were already over a dozen Blazing Academy students behind them watching the drama.

Unlike Tianshui Academy, there were definitely no shortage of male students at Blazing Academy; the ratio of men to women was seven to one, one couple for every three... ahem...

So female students were naturally highly sought after, let alone the stunningly beautiful Huo Wu. Even if her temper was a bit fiery, the people who liked her could line up around Blazing Academy.

Now, seeing Huo Wu, who had always been cold to boys, being so intimate with someone on the street, how could they not be jealous?

"Everything I said to you, it was only because that person is you, do you understand!"

Huo Wu tilted her head back and glared at him fiercely: "If it weren't for you, even if it were my brother, I wouldn't be willing to be tied together!"

"So this is the real reason you aren't willing to be with your brother? You just... want me?"

Qin Jian turned the tables with a single sentence, and only then did Huo Wu realize what exactly she had said; it was essentially a confession!

Sensing the hand pinning him down loosen slightly, Qin Jian performed a direct flip.

Huo Wu only felt her body suddenly turned, and then she swapped positions with Qin Jian, ending up pressed against the wall by him.

"Do you like me?"

Qin Jian lowered his head slightly, his warm breath brushing against her delicate, smooth cheek; it was an experience she had never had before, tingling and itchy, extending from her cheek all the way to her heart, which was beating violently.

"I... no... I..."

The incoherent Huo Wu once again caused the watching Blazing Fire Academy students to drop their jaws in shock.

Qin Jian did not intend to continue; he felt that Huo Wu had already been pushed to her limit, and if he kept teasing her, it would likely trigger her emergency response... flipping the table.

"Hoo..."

He suddenly took a step back and said: "I will consider your request and give you an answer tomorrow."

Seeing him step back, Huo Wu first breathed a sigh of relief, but then inexplicably felt a sense of regret.

"Then... then I'll come find you tomorrow..."

This fiery-tempered girl had definitely met her match in Qin Jian; her explosive temper could never be unleashed, and in the end, she could only flee in a panic.

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Thanks to the newly promoted Helmsman 【Amogul】 for the tip!

(End of this chapter)