Chapter 445: Pop, pop, pop

"Oh oh! ——"

Just as Qin Jian and Huo Wu were quietly embracing, feeling each other's warmth after several years, the aunt-like laughter from the crowd of onlookers below brought them back to reality.

Two blushes spread from Huo Wu's face at a speed visible to the naked eye, until her neck and earlobes were dyed bright red.

"You, you let go of me!"

She began to struggle slightly.

After all, she hadn't yet cultivated Qin Jian's peerless thick skin; she couldn't bring herself to show affection in front of her foster parents and a crowd of junior students.

"I won't let go."

Qin Jian instead hugged her even tighter, wrapping that soft body completely into his arms, and said with a face full of smiles, "What can you do?"

According to past experience, it was impossible to have this level of contact with Huo Wu; she should have been vomiting blood by now, but surprisingly she wasn't. Whatever the reason, let's just enjoy it for now...

"You..."

The temperature on Huo Wu's face continued to rise, and she could only whisper a plea: "I... when there's no one around, will you hold me then, okay?"

The proud girl's soft plea made Qin Jian's heartbeat start to accelerate.

He almost subconsciously wanted to hear more, so he blurted out: "Won't let go, won't let go, just won't let go!"

What a proud person Huo Wu was; whispering a plea once was already her limit, yet he was actually pushing his luck...

"Repulsive... Fire Ring!"

Without further ado, the soul ring on her body lit up again, and the tried-and-tested skill once again repelled Qin Jian.

And because the distance was closer this time, the repulsive effect was multiplied, so Qin Jian looked as if he had been smashed away by a punch...

"Stinky man! Stinky man! Stinky man!"

Huo Wu's whole body was emitting flames, especially her medium-length red hair, which was boiling with fire; seen from afar, she looked like a goddess born from flames.

A Flame Figure floated behind her; that was her martial soul.

"Such pure flame power..." Na'er said in a low voice.

But at this moment, Qin Jian didn't notice her words; his entire attention was focused on Huo Wu.

"Scumbag! I want to duel you!"

Huo Wu stood with one hand on her hip, pointing at Qin Jian with the other, her indignant appearance making many people find it hilarious.

Why still be stubborn? Who doesn't know you're just being tsundere...

"How do you want to duel? Where do you want to duel?" Qin Jian raised an eyebrow.

"Where do you want to... ah no, right here!"

Halfway through her sentence, Huo Wu immediately reacted.

This stinky man has too many smooth lines; can't fall into his trap!

"Right here? Are you sure?"

Qin Jian crossed his arms, and the half-smile on his face somehow always made Huo Wu feel he was up to no good.

In public, he shouldn't be able to do anything... should he... right?

"Yes! Right here!"

Huo Wu made up her mind, the Flame Figure behind her ignited with raging Flame, and her Fifth Soul Skill lit up directly.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Flame Meteor!"

Countless meteor fireballs appeared around the Fire Shadow, and as Huo Wu's slender hands danced, they were all aimed at Qin Jian and smashed toward him.

"You're playing for real!"

Almost getting a meteor fireball plastered on his face, Qin Jian scrambled to flap his Sword Wings to dodge.

"Otherwise what! Do you think this lady is joking with you?! Stinky man! Go to hell!"

Huo Wu came along with the endless Flame meteors.

"Th... this lady..."

Qin Jian was stunned by her self-reference, and as a result, he almost got plastered in the face again.

"Warned you once, if you do it again I won't be polite..."

As soon as the words fell, another fireball a yard wide flew over his head.

"Warned you again..."

The meteor fireballs came down relentlessly.

"Are you even a man! Why are you babbling so much! Come fight!"

Huo Wu's whole body was erupting with flames, wantonly releasing her flame power.

"To actually say that to your man..."

Qin Jian suddenly stopped dodging left and right, his Sword Wings unfolded behind him, then slammed shut to block in front of him.

"Boom!"

A ball of Flame exploded on the Sword Wings, but it failed to cause any damage.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, the Sword Wings swiped, and Qin Jian disappeared from his original position.

As soon as Huo Wu saw this, she recalled how her parents had been defeated by Qin Jian's Speed earlier, and she retreated rapidly.

But Qin Jian's tall figure immediately appeared in front of her; he reached out to wrap his arms around her retreating waist and planted a kiss directly on her smooth cheek.

Huo Wu was stunned.

"Muah!"

Subsequently, the other cheek got one too.

"Repulsive Fire Ring!"

Huo Wu's face flushed red, and she sent out another Repulsion Ring.

But Qin Jian was already prepared; he vaulted into the air to dodge the ring, and as he landed again, he was behind her, continuing to hold her waist tightly, pressing close, and a kiss... landed on her snow-white swan-like neck.

"Muah!"

Huo Wu's body went a little soft, but before she could cast another Repulsion Ring, Qin Jian kissed her repeatedly like a woodpecker, *dudu-du*.

"Muah, muah, muah..."

All the students of Blazing Academy were stunned.

Except for Huo Tianhua and a few students who had witnessed the previous Academy Tournament...

They were very calm; having seen many such famous scenes back then, this little scene was nothing.

"Repulsion Ring!"

Huo Wu was still struggling, and then she was kissed all along the side of her face by Qin Jian.

"Repulsion Ring!"

The other cheek was also kissed all over.

"Re... Repulsion..."

This time Qin Jian came in front of her, reached out to wrap his arms around her waist, and pulled her into his embrace face-to-face.

"Fire..."

The word "Ring" ultimately could not be spoken, because Qin Jian whispered in her ear: "Huo Wu... I really missed you..."

The words surged into her body like an electric current, extending along her nerve pathways straight to her brain, making Huo Wu's entire body go numb.

"I..."

Like a ball of fire in Qin Jian's arms, she was as scorching as a Flame.

"Qin Jian... I... I also..."

She murmured, wanting to say that sentence, but it was always stuck in her throat, unable to come out no matter what.

"You don't need to say it, I understand everything."

Qin Jian loosened his grip slightly, allowing himself to lean back a bit to see the appearance of the person in his arms clearly.

She was still as stubborn and tsundere as ever; one could even tell this from the lines on her face.

But at the same time, she had grown her hair long, and compared to her girlhood, she had a bit more softness and tranquility.

Time had ultimately left traces of growth on both of them; no one could escape it.

"Huo Wu..."

Qin Jian spoke softly, his gaze gentle: "It's been five years. Are you still willing to be with me? To go see those sceneries we haven't seen, walk those journeys we haven't walked, tread through the most difficult days, and walk hand-in-hand into the future..."

When Qin Jian truly entered deep-affection mode, paired with his peerless good looks, the lethality was magnified exponentially.

Huo Wu's eyes became somewhat unfocused, even though she knew clearly that Qin Jian wanted to walk hand-in-hand with more than just her, even though she knew clearly that choosing him meant sharing him with other women, even though she knew clearly that the road ahead would be difficult...

But she still could not suppress the palpitation in her heart; that beating heart seemed to be burning with a raging Flame, boiling her blood and igniting her Spirit.

She did not speak.

She only wrapped her arms tightly around Qin Jian's neck, tilted her beautiful neck, and gently and passionately pressed her lips against his...

(End of chapter)