Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Tang Xiaolian found an opportunity to leave, claiming she needed to use the restroom, and then left Su Yunjin's room.

Standing in front of Yan Yu's door, she took a deep breath.

Holding breath, calming mind, focusing spirit, True Yuan gathered at both sides of her head.

Ear Sense, open!

Envoy Cultivators need to command various summoned creatures, using Divine Sense more than common professions. Once the training of Ear Sense commenced, one could enhance their hearing with Divine Sense, achieving the effect of "hearing in all directions" — indeed, she quickly heard the voices inside.

Yan Yu: "You should go back now."

Zhou Hongyu: "What, are you rushing me to leave?"

Yan Yu: "I wouldn't dare."

Tang Xiaolian's face was a picture of shock as she thought to herself, when did Captain Zhou come here? How did I not know!

Wait, Captain Zhou couldn't have come looking for me, could she!!!

The extent of Zhou Hongyu's obsession with Yan Yu was well-known within the Huofeng Team—so intense that even if she was smiling and drinking one second, she would instantly stiffen and become expressionless if her teammates mentioned Yan Yu, telling everyone to stop talking about him—even if it was to speak ill of him.

In other words, if Zhou Hongyu and Yan Yu met, it was highly unlikely she'd speak to him with a pleasant demeanor and tenderness. And since Yan Yu was not the type to give in to women, the moment he retorted, Zhou Hongyu would become infuriated, likely leading to a confrontation, threatening to reduce the whole house to ashes!

Thinking of this, Xiaolian didn't care to continue eavesdropping and quickly phased through the wall, shouting:

"Captain Yan, Captain Yan, you have to calm down! Captain Zhou didn't mean that!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she stood frozen.

Yan Yu and Zhou Hongyu were unprepared for Tang Xiaolian's sudden intrusion... Or rather, they might have been cautious at first, but as they became carried away with each other, who would have time for anything else?

Seeing her suddenly phase through the wall, Zhou Hongyu quickly wiped the water from her mouth (after all, she had just rinsed), and Yan Yu hurriedly pulled up a blanket to cover their legs, but with one glance, Tang Xiaolian was already frozen in shock.

What on earth... are you two... doing?

Zhou Hongyu also felt a difficult-to-convey embarrassment. If the girls from the Zhenhai Team had barged in, flaunting the proud attitude of catching cheaters, she would dare to argue, but Tang Xiaolian was from their own team. How could she argue with her? And if they fell out, how could Xiaolian continue to stay with the Huofeng Team?

"Cough, cough, I'm leaving." In her state of confusion, she decisively chose to retreat immediately, turned, and phased through the wall to the balcony, and left by Sword Control.

Seeing Zhou Hongyu beat a hasty retreat, Yan Yu was speechless.

Where had all the courage you just had to bite me gone?

"Xiao Lian," he coughed, clearing his throat, "what brings you here?"

"Why aren't you wearing pants?" Tang Xiaolian asked with a blank stare.

After being stunned for a long time, she finally thought of a reasonable explanation:

It must be Captain Yan bullying Captain Zhou again! Using reasons like 'you lost a bet' or 'you owe me a favor' to force Captain Zhou into doing embarrassing and shame-inducing things! Bad Captain Yan!

"Look at what you're implying," Yan Yu said with a smile, "this is my room, I'll sleep naked if I want to. Is it really necessary to wear pants?"

Convinced she had grasped the key point, Tang Xiaolian sat down beside Yan Yu's bed and sighed:

"Yan Yu, it's okay for you to tease Captain Zhou usually, but this kind of thing... aren't you afraid she'll hold a grudge against you? Let me tell you, she's the type who can easily lose her temper out of anger. If you really infuriate her to the point of summoning ghost fire, and if she decides to take you down with her, what will you do?"

Yan Yu instinctively wanted to retort "her, really?" because even if Zhou Hongyu truly wanted to go down together, he had a thousand ways to stop her.

But since this was Tang Xiaolian, and considering her status as a member of the Huofeng Team, it was already disloyal of her to come and advise him instead of sharing in her captain's enmity. So, Yan Yu didn't continue to boast in front of her, but just laughed and said:

"Don't worry, it won't come to that."

But how could Tang Xiaolian not worry? She had clearly seen Zhou Hongyu wipe the corner of her mouth earlier!

No one understands Captain Zhou's personality better than I do! Suffering such an outrageous humiliation, she probably dreams of burning you up. I genuinely worry about your life, and you still laugh!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but grit her teeth and say:

"Yan Yu, if you really have needs, stop bothering Captain Zhou. Actually, I also..."

She could only say the first part, but the rest got stuck in her throat.

Regarding those matters, Tang Xiaolian, though not very averse, also didn't have Zhou Hongyu's boldness. She would at least need the person to be her boyfriend—that was her bottom line.

Of course, she admitted she did have a liking for Yan Yu, so she pondered whether, even if she couldn't be more flexible about her standards, could she compromise in other ways? Like...

"Actually, I could... use my hand to help you," Tang Xiaolian offered shyly.

Yan Yu looked at her with astonishment, his gaze quickly becoming affectionate and gentle as he asked:

"You're not sick in the head, are you?"

"Wow, Captain Yan, that's too much!" Tang Xiaolian, still a bit embarrassed, immediately forgot her shyness upon hearing this, starting to protest loudly, "I finally let go of my pride to say this, and you come back with that kind of remark!"

"No, little sister," Yan Yu teased, amused by her, "what's our relationship, that you'd be willing to do that for me?"

"And what's your relationship with Captain Zhou, that you blackmail her into doing... doing that kind of thing?" Tang Xiaolian shot back at him, "I'm just worried that you're getting her so vexed, she'll end up wanting to bring us both down!"

"Thank you for your concern," seeing that she was completely baffled yet trying to force an understanding, Yan Yu could not help but to chuckle, "but you don't have to worry about me. I have no such needs."