The Year of Lihua: She Was Reborn

At this moment, all the aches and pains in his body were relieved. Hua Ye collapsed in the bathtub, feeling drowsy, and actually fell asleep...

This time, there were no nightmares tormenting her. She slept so soundly that she rolled over and slipped into the bathtub.

Hua Ye, who was not good at swimming, was so scared that he fell down, choked on the water several times and almost suffocated.

She clasped the sides of the tub with her hands, closed her eyes and held her breath with her long wet hair, and emerged from the water with a sneer on her lips.

Like a lotus emerging from water, water droplets quickly dripped from her delicate skin back into the bathtub, splashing water stains all over the room.

She gripped the edge of the tub tightly with one hand, wiped the water off her face with the other, and slowly opened her eyes...

Looking down at her from above in the bathtub, her figure gradually became clearer.

Master Xuzhi's stern and beautiful face was imprinted in her red eyes.

She wanted to scream, but she suppressed it. The scene of herself drowning flashed through her mind, and she knew that Xuzhi must have been summoned by her.

"The last time I was stabbed, he suddenly appeared like this."

In a second, she shrank back into the bathtub where the water had cooled down, leaving only her head exposed. She then secretly wrapped the bath towel in the tub around her chest.

"Master, why are you here? How long have you been here?"

Hua Ye pretended to be calm as she spoke, but her shrill voice betrayed her.

Xu Zhi maintained his usual expression, his face not blushing nor his heart beating, he just looked at her indifferently, and spoke sarcastically with his cold lips slightly opened.

"The water isn't deep, how could you drown?"

Hua Ye's face instantly turned red from his neck to the tips of his ears, and was as red as a ripe red apple.

"Master, did you see everything?"

A hint of unnaturalness flashed in Xu Zhi's cold light brown eyes. He nodded and turned his body to the side, facing away from her.

"Don't you know that men and women are different and shouldn't be looked at indecently? I'm still a virgin, get out of here!"

She indignantly lifted her arm out of the water and pointed outside the door.

"When Nuwa first created mankind, there was no distinction between men and women. To me, you are just a human being."

Xu Zhiyi spoke nonsense seriously to comfort her.

"A woman's reputation is extremely important in this world. If I say that, she'll probably understand better..."

"Yes, yes, you are an immortal! You have cut off all emotions, so of course your heart is calm. But I am different! Get out of here first."

"You don't even need to use honorifics..."

Xu Zhi glanced at her oval face which was getting redder and redder.

Hua Ye finally exploded, picked up the wet towel in the bucket and threw it accurately at Xu Zhi's departing back.

Just as it was about to land on his back, the wet towel fell steadily onto the loess.

His figure vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a faint scent of snow lotus that lingered in the room...

Hua Ye moved his ears and listened carefully to the movements in every corner of the room to make sure that there was no one there.

She slowly stood up from the bathtub, took the towel on the screen and quickly wiped the water droplets on her body, then put on the orange-yellow bustier skirt.

She tied up her wet hair with a dry towel, then opened the door and stuck her head out to see if Xuzhi was still in the yard.

Seeing that Master Xuzhi was no longer there, she walked out with confidence, wiping her wet hair as she walked.

Little did she know that Xuzhi was standing on the eaves of her bathroom, looking down at her.

She strode to the large water tank in the yard, scooped a ladle of water and drank it all.

She wiped her mouth generously with the back of her hand, threw the ladle back into the tub, and fanned her face vigorously with both hands to get rid of the remaining heat.

If I could defeat him, I'd gouge his eyes out! Isn't my figure impressive? What does that calm expression on his face mean?

The more Hua Ye thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more he felt that Xu Zhi had taken advantage of him.

"Yer, are you planning to gouge out my eyes?"

Xuzhi landed behind her silently, lowered his head and asked indifferently in her ear.

The cold tone frightened Hua Ye so much that he shivered. He instantly jumped away, widened the distance between them, and stood face to face.

Before they distanced themselves from each other, Xuzhi's bloodless hand ripped off the scarf on her head, and her hair fell down instantly.

The wet hair floating in the air with the wind was steaming, and when it fell on her back, there was no trace of moisture left.

"Disciple, I dare not!"

She clasped her fists and lowered them slightly, not daring to look at him.

"That's good. It's cold at night, so go to bed early. Protect yourself and don't be so reckless again."

Xuzhi had an expressionless face and his lips curled up. That extremely faint smile made people shudder.

"Yes, Master! I will follow your instructions!"

Hua Ye bent down a little more.

"I need to meditate for a long time. You must ensure that your life is safe and do not do anything that may harm your life." Xu Zhi frowned slightly and spoke in a serious tone.

"I promise you that I will never do anything dangerous again. You can rest assured and practice in seclusion."

Hua Ye immediately understood and promised.

"That's good..."