Chapter 384 Social Death_1

"Whimper."

Huo Wu lay in bed, still curled up, holding Xu Ran's hand tightly in her embrace.

At this moment, Huo Wu was dreaming. In her dream, she was walking with Xu Ran, doing the things that couples do. The feeling of entanglement was so intense that she could hardly control herself.

In the dream, she became the ultimate fire and ended up walking hand in hand with Xu Ran. Soon her strength even surpassed Shui Bing'er's. Xu Ran's favorite person also became her…

"Xu Ran, don't, don't touch me…" Huo Wu murmured softly, clutching Xu Ran's hand to her chest, her long beautiful legs trapping the quilt, looking incredibly seductive.

"Well, damn."

Xu Ran couldn't help his lips twitch as he watched Huo Wu's posture, his throat involuntarily moved.

This seemed, far too seductive.

Surely she hadn't fallen for him just over the course of a day.

But it wasn't impossible, just like how many men in the past had fallen for Sister Cang.

Huo Wu had stayed up all night watching plays, and by the wee hours, she hadn't closed her eyes. She only managed to sleep because she was utterly exhausted.

So, in Huo Wu's heart, could it be that Xu Ran held the same status as Sister Cang among the vast sea of male peers?

But why did he feel so strange about it?

Was Xu Ran really that unlucky? He was a decent person.

Wasn't there something wrong with the image of Xu Ran? He was supposed to be a strong, noble, and virtuous man!

"I wonder if this girl will think too much when she wakes up." Xu Ran pondered for a while, pulled his hand back, and also pulled out the blanket to properly cover Huo Wu.

He still remembered a phrase from his past life that was viral on the internet.

The three most embarrassing situations for a young man: being caught by your parents doing a 'slow motion with your left and right hand'; being overheard when commenting on a female teacher's big butt; being publicly exposed for writing cringy fantasy novels.

Each situation was so embarrassing that one could dig out a three-bedroom apartment with their toenails, leading to a social death.

Social death was even more terrible and hard to endure than physical death.

However, Xu Ran didn't agree, as he had witnessed someone caught by several teachers in the act of 'left and right hand slow motion' and even had their photo taken as a keepsake.

For Huo Wu, peeking at a couple's love and watching it all night only to fall asleep on the ground and be discovered was akin to social suicide. However, fortunately, she hadn't told Shui Bing'er about this incident. Otherwise, Shui Bing'er would have been depressed too, forced to stay in the room for several days, too embarrassed to go out.

"If I had thought of it earlier, I would have reminded her last night when this girl came to my room and chased her out." Xu Ran frowned, disregarding the girl's sense of shame.

Although Huo Wu's character was unconventional, she was still a girl.

In Soul Land, gender roles were a bit more liberal than in his previous life's ancient times, but they still held conservatively on certain matters. Witnessing such things was considered impure.

"Or should I carry this girl back, pretending I saw nothing?" Xu Ran's lips twitched again as he looked at the soundly sleeping Huo Wu.

"Forget it, I'll see how it goes later. This kid is probably not that fragile-hearted." Xu Ran shook his head, closed the door to the room, and turned to make breakfast for Bing'er and Yue'er.

"I'll check on this kid later. She shouldn't be so distressed to think of doing something foolish. If it were Yue'er, it would be better. Yue'er has thick skin; she wouldn't have any problems." Xu Ran waved his hand.

…

Xu Ran went to the cafeteria at Tianshui College and brought back a lavish breakfast.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er had just gotten up, washed their faces, got dressed, and went back under the covers. They felt so weak and sore that they didn't have any desire to move at all.

Originally, Xu Ran liked to use the Life Attribute to help them recover, but then he realized a serious problem—if everything was healed, there would be no after-effect, and the meaning would be lost.

So, except in cases of severe bleeding, Xu Ran wouldn't intentionally use his soul skills to help them recover.

"You're awake?" Xu Ran looked towards them.

Now that Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er are together, things aren't awkward anymore.

They grew up together and now that they know each other's depths, they naturally feel relieved and not awkward at all.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er took breakfast from Xu Ran's hands, eating heartily without any concern for their ladylike image in front of him.

After eating for a while, Shui Bing'er furrowed her brows, remembering the events of the previous day.

Last night she always felt like someone was watching them, but since it was late, she didn't pay much attention. However, a girl's sixth sense gave her an ominous premonition.

"Xu Ran, is it safe here?" Shui Bing'er rummaged through her rice bowl, suddenly asking with concern.

"Safe, of course, it's safe. Don't you trust my strength? I'm fully aware of every blade of grass and every tree in Tianshui College; how could it possibly be unsafe?" Xu Ran was somewhat surprised by the woman's sixth sense. Could they really sense that? How scary.

"But what was that about?" Shui Bing'er pointed at the dragon eye-sized hole on the gauze window, her heart pounding. She always felt like she and Shui Yue'er... but thankfully, the Tianshui College was all girls.

As for the boys, even the distant guests who aren't particularly important are arranged to stay outside the Tianshui College. That was not a worry.

But even if it's just girls, that's still shameful.

As Shui Yue'er rummaged through her rice bowl, she also froze, feeling the rice had lost its flavor. Although she had thick skin, it was precisely because of her thick skin that she played openly.

Both girls looked at Xu Ran suspiciously, their eyes unblinking.

"What's wrong? I did that last time when I was practicing in my room. I've been perfecting a soul skill for controlling qi," Xu Ran explained, bringing his index and middle fingers together, pointing towards the window, and instantly another identical round hole appeared in the gauze.

"So that's what it was; you scared me to death." Shui Bing'er breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Xu Ran with reproach. She thought someone had peeped last night, but it turned out to be her scaring herself.

With Xu Ran's strength being so formidable, how could he allow anyone to approach his room?

Even a Titled Douluo wouldn't be able to get close without notice.

"Hehe, even if someone saw, it's no big deal since it's your wife they saw. If someone covets us, you're the one who loses out in the end." Shui Yue'er spoke without restraint, earning herself a hard bonk on the head from Shui Bing'er.

Xu Ran also looked at Shui Yue'er with annoyance. This girl was becoming wilder.

...

It was almost evening when Huo Wu finally woke up lazily.

After staying up all night, her head was still buzzing.

"Ss." Huo Wu stretched languidly, opening her sleepy eyes, her memory growing clearer.

But the bold Huo Wu was still savoring the memory of Bing'er, Yue'er and Xu Ran...

She replayed the movie in her head once more, feeling satisfied and ready to lay back down for another sleep.

"Click."

Before Huo Wu could lay down, as if there was a faint sound from the ether, her body suddenly froze in place.

She suddenly remembered that she hadn't come back last night; it seemed she had fallen asleep right there after getting tired from watching.

How had she managed to return now?

And she hadn't paid attention to where her guest room was yesterday, so how did she find it?

"It's all over, I'm done for; I might as well not live."

"Aaaaah!"

At that moment, Huo Wu flopped onto the bed, rolling around in embarrassment, kicking all the bedclothes and sheets off the bed. Right then, Huo Wu wished she could just crawl into a hole.

Oh heavens, she had watched through someone else's window all night, fallen asleep, and then been brought back for bed.

Just thinking about the scene made Huo Wu unbearably embarrassed, wishing she could just end her own life.