58: Chapter 58 You want to learn too? Are you jealous?

Amidst the envious gazes of those around, Lin Yuan and Tang Wanrou walked side-by-side out of the Martial Arts Hall, heading toward Tang Wanrou's villa.

Lin Yuan arrived at Tang Wanrou's villa and taught her in the training room for two hours, but Tang Wanrou couldn't even master one set of footwork. It seemed this Martial Arts was indeed difficult to grasp.

Afterward, Lin Yuan made an excuse that he needed to leave. Tang Wanrou reluctantly saw him to the villa entrance.

"Lin Yuan, thank you for teaching me Martial Arts. However, I haven't learned it yet. When you have time, can you teach me some more?"

Tang Wanrou leaned against the door and said softly.

"I'll teach you when I have time. I'm quite busy recently," Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

"No problem. Won't you... stay a bit longer?" Tang Wanrou winked at Lin Yuan.

"Uh—no, no, I still have things to do."

Lin Yuan awkwardly waved his hand, turned his head, and immediately used his movement technique to leave.

"Hehe—"

Tang Wanrou lightly covered her red lips and chuckled charmingly. "So you can get shy too. I thought you didn't like women."

Recalling Lin Yuan's handsome face and tall, straight posture, Tang Wanrou's pretty face flushed slightly as she slowly closed the door.

...

Just as Lin Yuan was heading back to the dormitory, a voice suddenly reached his ears.

"Lin Yuan, come to my office for a moment—"

A cold and pleasant female voice came. Lin Yuan was slightly stunned. "Dean Mu? Why is she looking for me at this hour?"

Although Lin Yuan was puzzled, he still headed straight for the Dean's office.

Mu Qianqian knew that Lin Yuan had borrowed the Star Scar Nine Steps and had even displayed it in public. Such heaven-defying comprehension shocked her.

She had to see if Lin Yuan had truly mastered that Martial Arts technique that no one else could comprehend.

Walking into the Dean's office, Lin Yuan saw Mu Qianqian sitting behind the desk. Although her expression was blank, she was still stunningly beautiful.

"Close the door."

Mu Qianqian's thin lips, like crystal, parted slightly.

"Okay."

Lin Yuan casually closed the door and walked into the office. "Dean Mu, what is it that you need me for at this time?"

Mu Qianqian put down the documents in her hand and looked at Lin Yuan with beautiful eyes, calm as still water, revealing nothing of what she was thinking.

"You went to the Martial Arts Hall today? And got into a fight?" Mu Qianqian asked faintly.

"Yes, they started trouble. If I hadn't acted, wouldn't I have been looked down upon?"

Lin Yuan thought Mu Qianqian was going to reprimand him over the incident, as he hadn't been quiet since arriving at Qing University...

"Mm, you did very well. Martial artists should have some spirit," Mu Qianqian paused, then continued:

"Later, you went to Tang Wanrou's villa with her?"

"Uh—Dean Mu, don't misunderstand. Nothing happened between us. I was just going there to teach her Martial Arts."

Lin Yuan explained without thinking.

Mu Qianqian heard this, the corner of her mouth lifted slightly, then she stood up and walked in front of Lin Yuan.

"You seem a little nervous?"

"How so? Does the academy not allow students to date?" Lin Yuan asked, shrugging.

"What if I say the academy doesn't restrict students from dating?" Mu Qianqian said with a half-smile.

"Whether there are restrictions or not has nothing to do with me. We were genuinely just exchanging Martial Arts, not dating," Lin Yuan said seriously.

"Mm, then teach me too."

Mu Qianqian suddenly said. Lin Yuan was completely stunned. What did she mean, asking him to teach a Ninth-Rank Expert Martial Arts?

"You want to learn too?" Lin Yuan blurted out.

"What? You can teach Tang Wanrou, but you can't teach me, right? Besides you, no one else in Great Xia knows the Star Scar Nine Steps. If I want to learn, of course, I have to ask you to teach me," Mu Qianqian said lightly, with a trace of displeasure in her tone.

"How could that be? Since Dean Mu wants to learn, then as a student, I will certainly teach you. Uh—"

Lin Yuan felt that what he said sounded so awkward—a student teaching the Dean...

"Then let's go. If you teach me successfully, I will give you an advanced Martial Arts technique."

Mu Qianqian walked directly toward the training room, and Lin Yuan quickly followed her in.

Lin Yuan first demonstrated the first footwork. Mu Qianqian followed his movements, but this footwork was very awkward, and Mu Qianqian couldn't get it right.

"Wait, Dean Mu, this step is wrong. Your right foot should step over here."

Lin Yuan walked over directly, grabbed one of Mu Qianqian's ankles, and placed her foot in an extremely awkward position.

Mu Qianqian's face instantly flushed red when her ankle was grabbed, and she coughed awkwardly twice.

Lin Yuan also realized something and quickly let go, feeling slightly awkward.

He hadn't thought much of it just now; he had just naturally reached out to grab Mu Qianqian's ankle.

Perhaps in Lin Yuan's heart, he already considered Mu Qianqian a friend.

"Ahem—Lin Yuan, is this how you taught Tang Wanrou?" Mu Qianqian asked in a faint voice, lowering her head.

"Uh—no, absolutely not. I didn't even touch her once," Lin Yuan's explanation came out instantly, and even he didn't realize why he felt the need to explain...

"Mm—continue then," Mu Qianqian responded with a casual hum.

"Oh, oh."

Lin Yuan replied and quickly resumed teaching.

Two hours later, Mu Qianqian actually grasped the essentials of the first footwork. Although her execution was not fluid, it had taken initial shape.

As expected of a Ninth-Rank genius martial artist in her twenties, her comprehension was indeed incomparable to Tang Wanrou's.

"Alright, Lin Yuan, let's stop here for today. We can continue another day. The Sophomore Graduation Test is in a few days; how are you preparing? Are you confident?" Mu Qianqian ended the lesson and asked Lin Yuan.

"Of course. The sophomores pose no pressure on me," Lin Yuan said proudly.

"Don't be careless. There are two students in the sophomore year who have broken through to the early Third Rank. They aren't all as weak as Wen Mang," Mu Qianqian couldn't help but remind him, seeing his slight arrogance.

"Are you worried about me?" Lin Yuan blurted out. Having spent a lot of time with Mu Qianqian, Lin Yuan sometimes forgot her status and asked subconsciously.

"You are a key cultivation subject of Qing University, so of course, I worry about you," Mu Qianqian said faintly.

Lin Yuan heard this and nodded, seemingly lost in thought.

"Dean Mu, I'll take my leave then." Lin Yuan said his farewell and walked toward the door.

"Go ahead," Mu Qianqian said lightly.

But when Lin Yuan reached the door, he stopped, turned back.

Mu Qianqian frowned, recalling that the last time Lin Yuan stopped like this before leaving, he had turned back to mock her. But before she could speak,

She only heard Lin Yuan say: "Dean Mu, are you jealous of Tang Wanrou?"

As the words fell, the Star Scar Nine Steps were unleashed, and Lin Yuan's figure instantly vanished from the spot.

"Lin Yuan—!!!"

A furious, delicate shout came from behind him, but Lin Yuan left the scene, accelerating with a smile on his lips.

After learning Mu Qianqian's age, Lin Yuan could never treat her as a lofty Dean and always wanted to tease her.

Mu Qianqian sat in her office, her chest heaving, her mind racing with thoughts.

"What is wrong with me? Am I really jealous? Hehe—how is that possible? I've ignored so many peerless geniuses; how could I possibly be moved by an eighteen-year-old brat like him? Absolutely not—"

Mu Qianqian told herself this in her heart, but she didn't realize that the more she denied it, the more she cared.

Unconsciously, whether it was Lin Yuan's talent, his decisiveness, or that particularly familiar sense of closeness, and of course, Lin Yuan's handsome appearance—all were subtly attracting her.

From that brief glimpse in the Martial God Tower, she could no longer regard Lin Yuan as just an ordinary student...