Peerless Douluo: Blood of the Black King Nidhogg!

Chapter 189 But for Your Sake (2)

Sigh... As if sensing Ling Luochen's emotions, Mo Yuan sighed deeply in his heart. He raised his head slightly, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and remained silent for a long time.

May all lovers in the world be united in marriage... Mo Yuan thought to himself, and then he continued on his way. Not long after, he stopped again.

The girl in front of him visibly stiffened, a thin mist rising in her clear, light blue eyes beneath the veil. She pursed her red lips, revealing a happy smile.

Mo Yuan lifted Ning Tian's veil and hat, revealing a bright and peerless face beneath. Long platinum-gold hair cascaded down from behind her head, sparkling like stars in the moonlight.

No words of confession were needed; they simply gazed at each other silently, their eyes seemingly holding a thousand unspoken words.

After leaving Ning Tian's position, Mo Yuan finally arrived in front of his senior sister, Han Ruoruo.

Interestingly, Han Ruoruo was standing next to Ma Xiaotao.

Looking at Mo Yuan, who had unveiled Han Ruoruo's veil and hat, Ma Xiaotao bit her lip tightly, not letting go until blood flowed out, as if trying to use the pain to suppress the indescribable sense of loss in her heart.

"What are you thinking about now?"

Han Ruoruo suddenly asked this question. Her smile remained unchanged, and there was no doubt in her eyes. It was just a simple, casual question.

"Of course I was wondering why you look so beautiful tonight," Mo Yuan said with a smile.

Han Ruoruo smiled lightly. After removing the veils and hats from the three women, Mo Yuan stopped and turned to return to the water lily leaves.

Just as Mo Yuan was about to leave, Ma Xiaotao, who had been keeping her head down and silent, suddenly spoke softly.
"and many more."

Mo Yuan stopped and turned around to look at her. There was no emotion in the boy's eyes, as if to say: You speak, I'm listening.

Looking at Mo Yuan, who was smiling at her, Ma Xiaotao felt a bitter taste in her throat. She clenched her hands tightly together, and her heart pounded in her chest.

Just as everyone knows, Ma Xiaotao has always been a fiery, outgoing, and bold girl who seems fearless and brimming with energy.

But at this moment, she was suddenly filled with fear, and the words she had rehearsed countless times in her mind simply wouldn't come out.

There is no doubt that confessing your feelings takes courage.

That courage didn't come from nowhere; rather, it was like a spring stream, quietly accumulating in the heart, little by little, overflowing the stones of hesitation, and finally bursting forth.

The girl stood before her beloved, her throat tightened, her palms sweated, and even her breathing became cautious.

She had rehearsed the words a thousand times in her mind, but when the words came out, they were like dandelion seeds scattered by the wind, scattered and disorganized.

She feared that if she spoke out, she would lose even the friendship, yet she also feared that if she didn't speak out, it would become a lifelong regret.

The bright moonlight slanted between the two, casting long shadows that seemed like a silent urging.

Ma Xiaotao took a deep breath and finally uttered the words she had been holding back for so long. They were light yet heavy, like a feather falling on a lake, yet stirring up ripples that could not be calmed.

"Mo Yuan, I like you."

"Thank you." The boy's reply was very formulaic, a smile and a nod that were perfectly acceptable.

At that moment, the world seemed to stand still.

The sounds of the wind, cicadas, and the distant noise of the lake shore all blurred into a blur. Ma Xiaotao could only hear her own heartbeat, deafening, as if it were about to burst out of her chest.

Beneath the veil, her radiant face bloomed like a rose, two lines of clear tears slid down her cheeks, she smiled, and then turned and left.

She wasn't Ling Luochen; she preferred to express herself through silence. Even though she already knew the outcome, she didn't want to give up.

Regardless of the boy's answer, at least in that moment, she was brave. Even if they meet again many years later, she will not think about whether the ending would have been different if she had been braver that day.

"Sigh, this child..." Yan Shaozhe sighed helplessly as he watched Ma Xiaotao disappear from sight.

He had been thinking about bringing Ma Xiaotao and Mo Yuan together for a long time, since it would be beneficial to him and Shrek Academy in every way.

But now it seems that everything is over. If it were before, he might have been able to use some underhanded tricks to make it a fait accompli, but now... Yan Shaozhe looked at Mo Yuan in the distance and sighed again.

"Brother Mo is awesome! His will is so strong, he actually rejected Senior Sister Xiao Tao," Xu Sanshi winked at Mo Yuan, who had returned to the water lily leaf, with admiration on his face.

He was certain that if someone else had Mo Yuan's qualities, let alone refusing Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, they would be considered restrained if they didn't die from exhaustion within a year.

Mo Yuan glanced at Xu Sanshi, then closed his eyes to rest. He had absolutely no interest in the Sea God's Fate matter and only wanted to end it as soon as possible.

Xu Sanshi was about to continue speaking when Zhang Lexuan's voice suddenly rang out.

"Xu Sanshi, it's your turn."

"Oh! Great!" Xu Sanshi rubbed his hands excitedly, and without saying a word, he leaped towards the female student.

Then, not long after, he flew back to the water lily leaf with a bright red high-heeled shoe print on his face.

"Xu Sanshi, are you having a mental breakdown?" Bei Bei asked with concern, frowning as she looked at Xu Sanshi, who was covering his face with a relaxed expression, afraid that he would collapse because of Jiang Nannan's rejection again.

"You don't know anything," Xu Sanshi said irritably, putting his arm around Bei Bei's shoulder and whispering with a sly look, "Let me tell you, when a woman kicks you, the first thing you smell is her fragrance, then her high heels. The moment the fragrance fills your nostrils, the burning sensation on your face is no longer pain, it's pleasure."

"Get lost, you pervert!" Bei Bei felt a chill run down her spine, kicked Xu Sanshi away with a look of disgust, and flew towards the female students.

Xu Sanshi wasn't angry at being kicked; he was still cheerful. He wasn't a masochist, of course. The reason he was so happy was because Jiang Nannan had said something to him when she kicked him: "Not today, I need to think about it some more."

In Xu Sanshi's view, what does this sentence mean? It means that Nannan has feelings for him, but she needs to think about some things that happened before, so he still has a great chance!

Mo Yuan opened his eyes, glanced at the grinning Xu Sanshi, and shook his head speechlessly. This kid was truly hopeless.

The mutual appreciation activity continued in an orderly manner, with male trainees taking turns to find their ideal partners. However, imperfections ultimately occupy the majority of their time in this world.

Only a very small number of male trainees were able to lift the veils and hats of the female trainees as smoothly as Mo Yuan and Bei Bei.

As for the rest, they all left with regrets.

The first round quickly came to a close. Five male trainees were eliminated after falling into the lake for various reasons, while seven female trainees were still wearing veils and hats and had not yet revealed their faces.

After the initial mutual appreciation, everyone present was thoroughly engaged. Some were filled with hope for the future, while others reminisced about the past as they watched the young couple fall in love. But most were simply there for the amusement of watching the drama unfold.

After all, the drama of two men fighting over one woman, or a chaotic love triangle, is an unmissable spectacle. As a certain philosopher surnamed Lü said, "I love watching two women fight."

According to the rules, in the second round, the male students needed to be re-ranked based on the number of female students' hats they had removed. Mo Yuan, with three hats, unsurprisingly ranked first, followed closely by a senior student at the Soul Saint level with two hats.

As for Xu Sanshi... he and many other male trainees were placed at the end of the line.

After all the male trainees had lined up in their positions, Zhang Lexuan began, "Next is the second round, 'Love at First Sight.' The rules for this round are simple: each female trainee will receive a switch to control the soul guide lamp beneath her feet. They will each choose to either turn off the lamp or leave it on for each male trainee."

"Any female contestant who chooses to keep her light on for a male contestant can proceed to the next round; otherwise, she will be eliminated. Similarly, if any female contestant has never kept her light on for a male contestant in this round, it means that she has chosen to give up on this Sea God's Fate Blind Date Event."

As Zhang Lexuan finished speaking, no one in the room spoke, and everyone turned their attention to Mo Yuan, who was standing at the head of the room with his eyes closed, wanting to see how many lamps he could keep lit up in this round.

Senior Hua Yao picked up where Zhang Lexuan left off and continued, "The second segment, 'Love at First Sight,' is about to begin. First, please, all you sea goddesses, leave your lamps lit for Mo Yuan."

As Hua Yao's voice faded away, everyone waited for nearly a minute without any change in the scene. All the lights were still shining, as if the second segment had not yet begun.

"Damn! Does this have to be so hurtful?!" A male trainee who hadn't even taken off his straw hat in the previous round cried out in anguish.

"Sigh, senior, you haven't seen enough. Both Mo Yuan and I were in the outer academy. You wouldn't believe it, but during that year in the outer academy, I never saw a single guy successfully confess his feelings..." Another male student sighed, his eyes full of envy as he looked at Mo Yuan. He couldn't even imagine how happy he would be if he had those advantages.

Compared to the male students' sighs and lamentations, Mo Yuan, the protagonist, was much calmer. He simply looked at all the soul guide lamps in front of him without any change in expression.

If he weren't afraid of getting beaten up, he might even have wanted to pull off a stunt, like saying something like, "Change the batch."

(End of this chapter)