Xiao Ye's eyebrow twitched.
Why was she putting her smelly foot on his leg?
Seeing Xiao Ye's disdainful expression, Liu Ya glared at him with her beautiful eyes, sternly saying, "Hurry up and massage it, or I'll shove it in your face and see if it stinks."
"!" Xiao Ye was taken aback, responding, "It doesn't stink, of course not. How could a fairy's feet stink?"
If she really put it in his face, that would be a disaster.
Xiao Ye began rubbing her ankle, feeling the smooth and delicate skin beneath his fingers.
Liu Ya, with her charming, mature face, looked satisfied, thinking to herself smugly: I can handle a young man like you easily.
After about ten minutes,
Nangong Siyao and Cheng Bingxi rushed in, panting and saying, "We found the healing ointment!"
With that, Nangong Siyao opened the bottle and poured the blue ointment onto Liu Ya's ankle.
Xiao Ye then spread the ointment evenly, allowing better absorption.
Ten minutes later, the swelling on Liu Ya's ankle visibly reduced, almost healed.
She finally withdrew her foot, giving Xiao Ye a sigh of relief.
Seeing Xiao Ye's relieved expression, Liu Ya skeptically sniffed her own foot.
"Not smelly!"
"Fragrant!"
Liu Ya concluded.
Xiao Ye and the others stared at Liu Ya's comical action in shock, asking, "Instructor, what are you doing?"
"Embarrassed!" Liu Ya replied with a surprising line, "I wanted to see if it smells like pork trotters."
"..." Xiao Ye was speechless, there was certainly a difference between jade feet and pork trotters.
"Ahh! This bastard made me sniff!"
Liu Ya awkwardly wanted to roll on the stone chair.
Her ankle had already recovered, as it was a fabricated injury.
Seeing Xiao Ye's disdainful look, she thought fiercely:
"Hmph! I'll find a chance to make you sniff it, to see if it really is fragrant!"
If Xiao Ye knew, he would likely flee, pleading: Instructor, no need, I'm not a pervert, I really don't want to sniff!
Seeing Liu Ya's injury almost healed, Xiao Ye prepared to take his leave.
Liu Ya didn't want Xiao Ye to leave and, in her urgency, came up with an excuse even she found absurd:
"Xiao Ye, I tried cultivating a bit and found my realm regressed again. Could you massage me again?"
As soon as she said it, Liu Ya felt embarrassed.
A massage required her to be completely open with Xiao Ye!
Xiao Ye's eyes narrowed, surprised, "Regressed again?"
Liu Ya's face blushed, deciding to go all out, she smiled and said, "Yes!"
Xiao Ye frowned, scrutinizing Liu Ya, sensing she was lying. The Dao rhythm energy wasn't depleted; how could her realm regress?
Nangong Siyao patted Xiao Ye's shoulder, pouting, "Oh come on, Xiao Ye, don't be stingy, it's just a massage, won't cost you anything!"
Filled with suspicion, Xiao Ye reluctantly smiled, "Alright then, Instructor, I'll massage you once more later."
"See you tomorrow, Instructor. Xiao Ye, we'll wait for you at home." With that, Nangong Siyao and Cheng Bingxi left for their villa 001, a few hundred meters away.
Seeing Liu Ya's eagerness to make him sniff her foot, Xiao Ye felt an urgent need to use the restroom.
"Ding dong!"
The doorbell rang.
Liu Ya thought it was Nangong Siyao and Cheng Bingxi returning, worried they might not want Xiao Ye to massage her.
Feeling anxious, Liu Ya hurried to open the door, only to find a burly man with a long scar on his right cheek, who grinned fiercely and said:
"Liu Ya, still as beautiful as ever after a year."
Seeing it wasn't the two girls, but this fierce man, Liu Ya's smiling face vanished, leaving a blank expression as she said:
"What are you here for? Need something?"
Liu Ya had no intention of letting the fierce man inside.
The fierce man looked around the villa, displeased, "Liu Ya, we're colleagues, won't you invite me in to sit?"
"Or are you hiding a man inside that you don't want me to find?"
Liu Ya's face darkened, for there was indeed a man inside: "Do you have business or not? If not, get lost."
The fierce man was one of her pursuers, the unscrupulous type.
Named Hong Tao, a Ten-star Great Venerable, he was a top instructor at one of the three major martial arts schools in Magic City and an external assistant instructor at the Titan Combat Academy of Magic City Beastmaster Academy.
Technically, they were colleagues, both external assistant instructors, though not at the same academy.
Titan Combat Academy and Kunpeng Combat Academy were among the ten academies of Magic City Academy.
Despite Liu Ya's harsh words, the fierce man Hong Tao found her endearing.
Hong Tao said, "Of course I have business! Something great!"
Liu Ya, skeptical, allowed Hong Tao inside, preparing tea and fruit as the host.
Hong Tao's eyes roamed curiously around the Syrian-style decor.
Liu Ya's unique style really suits my taste, I like it!
Hong Tao's gaze shamelessly lingered on Liu Ya's seductive figure, revealing deep-seated greed.
Noticing Liu Ya's awareness, he quickly pretended to survey the room.
After preparing tea and fruit, Liu Ya sipped and frowned, "What do you want?"
Hong Tao didn't rush to respond, instead savoring the tea Liu Ya made, enjoying it, "As expected from Instructor Liu, your tea is fragrant!"
Despite the compliment, Liu Ya remained emotionally unmoved.
However, fragrant? If Xiao Ye said her feet were fragrant, she'd laugh in her dreams.
Xiao Ye: Nope, nope, nope!
"I'm not idle, say what you came for." Liu Ya's face showed impatience.
"Uh!" Hong Tao hadn't expected Liu Ya to dislike him so much and got straight to the point, "I'm here with a great opportunity!"
"My Hong Family Martial Arts School has opened over a hundred new branches nationwide, with locations in every base city."
"Instructor Liu, with your extensive network and many disciples, the Hong Family branches are willing to offer salaries far above market rates to hire your disciples as instructors. What do you think?"
"No way!" Liu Ya refused outright, leaving no room for negotiation.
Hong Tao frowned, "Why not? The Hong Family Martial Arts School already offers high salaries, and I'm willing to double them for your disciples."
"As the young master of the Hong Family School, I have the authority."
Liu Ya dismissed the offer, "My disciples are all highly skilled and don't need your wages, and they can choose their own paths. I have no right to interfere."
Moreover, Hong Tao's motives were impure.
If her disciples joined the Hong Family School, Hong Tao would find ways to blackmail them, using various excuses to coerce her into submission.
Knowing Hong Tao's unscrupulous nature, Liu Ya was certain he would stoop to such tactics.
At that moment, Xiao Ye finished in the restroom and emerged, surprised, "Instructor, who's this?"
"!"
Hong Tao was startled, realizing there was indeed a man in the house!
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