Chapter 690: Xu Jingming's Domineering Side! Does This Count as a Confession?

Just as Xu Jingming was testing his newly acquired domain ability.

In the broken blood cocoon, Ling Shuang slowly awoke, sat up from the ground, and her snow-white delicate body was instantly exposed to the air.

Looking at the blanket covering her, she froze for a moment, and only after quite a while did she react, an extremely complicated expression surfacing on her pretty face:

"So that wasn't a dream..."

Crackle, pop—

Thunder rumbled, and Ling Shuang instinctively looked outside, only to see that tall figure shrouded in Lei Ting.

"Jingming..."

Thinking of yesterday's madness, a trace of shyness inevitably flashed through Ling Shuang's beautiful eyes.

Thinking about it now, she, an eighth-rank Master Zongshi.

Although in a heavily injured state, if she had forced herself to act, she could have also dispersed Xu Jingming's negative emotions.

Yet in the end, as if possessed, she chose to step in and help personally...

"Forcing my hand might cause Jingming to fail in absorbing the divine blood.

I did this for his sake too, mm, it must be exactly like this."

Ling Shuang muttered silently in her heart.

But she knew very well that this was nothing more than an excuse.

Her feelings toward Xu Jingming were actually very complicated.

Back then at Demon University, she had initially only treated Xu Jingming as an outstanding student.

But Xu Jingming was like a slowly rising sun, gradually emitting a shocking, dazzling brilliance!

Perhaps it was because in her youth, such an outstanding male peer had never appeared before.

Xu Jingming's radiance made her, the vice president of Demon University, feel proud while also stirring up an inexplicable emotion.

Especially after spending long periods together and discovering the steady qualities in Xu Jingming that differed from an ordinary young man, she developed even more goodwill.

This caused her, every time before going to find Xu Jingming, to subconsciously dress up a bit—an action she had never done before.

Even this time was the same, subconsciously choosing this kind of solution...

"Teacher Ling, you're awake?"

At this moment, Xu Jingming noticed the awakened Ling Shuang, withdrew his Lei Ting, and walked over with a smile.

"Mm, your condition looks pretty good, qi and blood vigorous."

Only then did Ling Shuang come back to her senses, tidied her hair, and tried to speak in the same tone as usual.

"Qi and blood have indeed fully recovered, but I'm just a bit thirsty."

Xu Jingming took out a bottle of mineral water from his spatial ring and drank it dry in one go.

At the same time, he handed a bottle over to Ling Shuang and subconsciously joked: "Teacher Ling, you drink some too, after all your consumption wasn't low either."

Hearing this, Ling Shuang's coldly beautiful Bai Xi face instantly turned crimson like blood.

When absorbing the divine blood, at the very beginning Xu Jingming took the lead, but later on, it was she who twisted her waist and actively responded.

She didn't know if it was because it was her first time tasting this flavor, or because she had been repressed for too long.

In terms of consumption alone, it was indeed greater for her.

"You're quite considerate!"

Ling Shuang couldn't help but glare at him, and took the mineral water bottle.

Truth be told, she really was a bit thirsty.

Being interrupted like this, Ling Shuang's originally tense emotions eased considerably.

After replenishing her water, she quickly calmed down and regained her usual elegance.

A pair of beautiful eyes looked straight at Xu Jingming, and after a moment of hesitation, she still said softly:

"Jingming, what happened a few hours ago was just an accident.

You can treat it as having had a spring dream; once the dream ends, nothing ever happened, alright?"

As if nothing had ever happened.

Easy to say, but hard to do.

At least, Ling Shuang herself couldn't do it.

But if she didn't handle it this way, what else could she do?

Confirm the relationship and become lovers?

That wasn't very possible.

After all, she was more than ten years older than Xu Jingming—age-wise, she could be his mother.

Status-wise it wasn't quite appropriate either; although there was no master-disciple relationship, she could still be considered half of Xu Jingming's teacher.

Not to mention Xu Jingming also had two other lovers.

She had no desire to compete for favor with those two little youngsters barely in their twenties.

More critically, the Li family!

The Li family had three ninth-rank Councilors in one clan!

If Li Hao, who had been pestering her for so long, found out that she had chosen Xu Jingming as her lover, he would surely be driven mad with rage.

Even though Xu Jingming was a top prodigy of the Great Xia, after all he had not yet reached the level of a ninth-rank Councilor.

When the time came, Li Hao would exert pressure through the Li family, which would likely cause considerable obstruction to Xu Jingming and affect his growth in strength.

"Pretend as if nothing ever happened?"

Xu Jingming frowned, and a steady, forceful voice rang out:

"I'm sorry, Teacher Ling, if you can't give me a reason, I'm afraid I won't be able to do that."

Rejected?

Hearing Ling Shuang was momentarily stunned.

This seemed to be the first time Xu Jingming had refused her since they met, didn't it?

"Since you want a reason, then I'll give you a proper explanation."

After taking a few deep breaths, Hearing Ling Shuang briefly described her concerns.

Including the master-disciple status, the age factor, as well as Song Qiuyun and the Li family.

But unexpectedly, after hearing all this, Xu Jingming revealed a brilliant smile.

"What are you smiling about? I'm being serious with you, not joking." Hearing Ling Shuang's willow brows slightly furrowed as she emphasized.

"I'm happy, because Teacher Ling, you've listed so many reasons.

Yet not a single one is because you yourself have any aversion to me."

The smile on Xu Jingming's face grew even more brilliant as he explained them one by one:

"For ordinary people, age and status might be obstacles.

But for us ability users, this doesn't need to be considered at all.

We're only a little over ten years apart — partners with forty or fifty years between them aren't unheard of either.

Besides, Qiuyun and Jiang Chu Xuan are both very kind; there won't be the problems you worry about.

As for the Li family, that's even less of a problem!"

Xu Jingming's aura, belonging to a peak sixth-rank ability user, suddenly erupted!

Boom!!

The formidable aura churned throughout the entire cavern, and the brilliant Doushen Shenlei radiated a heart-palpitating violent presence.

"Two years ago, I was still just an Awakener, but now, two years later, I'm about to break through and become a seventh-rank Grandmaster!

So what if the Li family has three councilors in one household? They can't do anything to me now. Give me one more year, and I can easily suppress them!"

A firm and powerful voice echoed through the cavern, stirring the heart.

One year to suppress the Li family!

What arrogant words these were!

Hearing Ling Shuang opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found she had nothing to say at all.

Indeed, she had watched Xu Jingming's growth speed with her own eyes — calling him a monster wouldn't be an exaggeration!

As for the Li family, given Xu Jingming's character —

If he said it, then he would definitely do it.

"So, Teacher Ling.

Since you yourself have no aversion to me, I will absolutely not let you escape from my grasp."

Xu Jingming restrained his smile and looked toward Hearing Ling Shuang.

His serious expression, along with the confidence and resolve filling those stark black-and-white, cold eyes, left Hearing Ling Shuang momentarily dazed.

This man was clearly only twenty years old.

Yet in the way he spoke and acted, he was forceful and domineering, leaving no room for refusal......

After quite a while, she finally came back to her senses. A glint of playfulness flickered in her clear, beautiful eyes, and the corners of her crimson lips curved slightly upward:

"Was that just now your confession?"

"I suppose so. Then, Teacher Ling, do you accept?"

"After you've said all that, how could I not accept?"

Hearing Ling Shuang pressed her bright red lips together and said softly.

Every single one of her excuses had been dismantled one by one by the man before her.

So what was there left to worry about?

PS: Hearing Ling Shuang appeared in chapter 95, and from the moment she appeared, she was already designated as one of the female leads.

It wasn't until chapter 690 that she finally became a couple — the longest time span of any of them.

Among the three female leads, the effort I've spent on Hearing Ling Shuang is also the most.

I can only say romance scenes are indeed hard to write. I revised this chapter several times — this is a version I'm barely satisfied with.

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